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Shooglenifty

Shooglenifty are a Scottish, Edinburgh-based six-piece Celtic fusion band that tours internationally. The band blends Scottish traditional music with influences ranging from electronica to alternative rock. They contributed to Afro Celt Sound System's 1996 album Volume 1: Sound Magic.[1] The band have performed in countries including Australia, Austria, Cuba, Belgium, France, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, New Zealand, Indonesia, South Africa, Lebanon, Spain, the US, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, India, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, Mexico and the UK.[2] They have performed for a number of notable fans, including Prince Charles, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela, and Emperor Akihito of Japan.[2]

Shooglenifty

Several of the band members had previously played together in Swamptrash.[3][4]


Angus R. Grant, the band's fiddler and frontman, died in October 2016 at the age 49.[5] Eilidh Shaw joined the band on fiddle after Grant's death.[6]

(Greentrax) – 1994

Venus in Tweeds

(Greentrax) – 1996

A Whisky Kiss

(Womad) – 1996

Live at Selwyn Hall

(Compass/Verical) – 2001

Solar Shears

(Compass) – 2003

The Arms Dealer's Daughter

(Compass) – 2005

Radical Mestizo

(Shoogle) – 2007

Troots

(Shoogle) – 2009

Murmichan

(Shoogle) – 2015[7]

The Untied Knot

Written in Water with (Shoogle) – 2018

Dhun Dhora

Acid Croft Vol 9 (Shoogle) – 2020

[8]

Eilidh Shaw –

fiddle

Garry Finlayson – and banjax

banjo

James Mackintosh – , drum machines and darabuka

drums

Ewan MacPherson – and tenor banjo

mandolin

Quee MacArthur – and percussion

bass

Malcolm Crosbie – and electric guitars

acoustic

Kaela Rowan –

vocals

Angus R. Grant –

fiddle

Iain McLeod – mandolin

Conrad Ivitsky – bass

Luke Plumb – mandolin

Official website

Shooglenifty at Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast