Maggie MacInnes and her Band: The Kalokerinos Tapes
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Award winning Gaelic singer, Maggie MacInnes, will be performing contemporary arrangements of songs from a previously unreleased private archive recorded by her mother, the great traditional singer from the island of Barra, Flora MacNeil MBE. The archive of around 180 songs was recorded in the 1950s and 60s by an Australian folklorist, Dr James Kalokerinos, and includes many rare gems alongside some of the many traditional songs which Flora helped make popular today.
With assistance from Creative Scotland, Maggie has put together a show which pays tribute to Flora and to other tradition bearers who passed on the songs to her, and she has recorded the songs from the show on her recently released album, Uiseagan Bharraigh (Barra Skylarks) MARCD07.
Accompanying Maggie will be some of Scotland’s finest musicians including Wendy Weatherby (cello), Calum Park (fiddle & guitar), Ailis Sutherland (pipes & flute), Dan Brown (keyboards) and Alex Palmer (percussion)
With assistance from Creative Scotland, Maggie has put together a show which pays tribute to Flora and to other tradition bearers who passed on the songs to her, and she has recorded the songs from the show on her recently released album, Uiseagan Bharraigh (Barra Skylarks) MARCD07.
Accompanying Maggie will be some of Scotland’s finest musicians including Wendy Weatherby (cello), Calum Park (fiddle & guitar), Ailis Sutherland (pipes & flute), Dan Brown (keyboards) and Alex Palmer (percussion)
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Cultarlann Inbhir Nis, 51 Castle Street, Inverness, IV2 3, United Kingdom
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