Posts Tagged ‘Mairi MacMillan’
Life with MĂ iri MacMillan: ‘You don’t need to speak Gaelic to enjoy the music’
Traditional Scottish singer MĂ iri MacMillan on growing up in Uist, the music of her childhood and why you don’t need to speak Gaelic to enjoy the music. I grew up in South Uist in the Western Isles, but I live on the Southside of Glasgow now. I don’t believe in mainland ghosts, but there…
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Gaelic singer Mairi MacMillan has created a stunning rendition of a centuries old island song, depicting life on South Uist during the 1920s. The moving single, FĂ gail Bhornais, which translates to Leaving Bornish, was originally penned by Donald MacDonald from Bòrnais in South Uist. The song reflects on island life before the mass emigration which…
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