Iain and I spent a wonderful hour today in the Strathclyde Suite of the Glasgow Concert Hall where Mairearad Green was performing. This young player (accordion, pipes) from Achiltibuie had been commissioned under the New Voices scheme to compose something for Celtic Connections. And I am here to say it was very high calibre!



Piggy has a walk-on part in this Photoshop Mini-performance as he was recently in Achiltibuie (and he thinks he can sing). He and the sheep were doing their 3/4 time Summer Isles Serenade: "Baa, baa, Oink"! What was a Pig from Vancouver doing in Wester Ross? Well, that is where Iain's father's people are from; yes, Mairearad is a far-out relation. Yes, we know ... they are are all related and, indeed, lots of folk were in the hall so it was meeting-and greeting time. (Piggy ... you missed that!)
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