Alyth Catriona McCormack, better known mononymously as Alyth (born 1970) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and actress. She was brought up on the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. In 2020 she has collaborated with the Art of Peace global project, composed and arranged by Mehran Alirezaei as vocalist.

Biography

As a young child in the 1970s, Alyth was immersed in the culture of Hebridean Scotland. She went on to study classical singing and drama at the RSAMD in Glasgow. Since then, she has worked on a string of collaborations, with folk, jazz, classical and

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Footstompin.com During this time she recorded with various artists, appearing on over 16 albums between then and 2007, and in 2000 released her début solo album ''An Iomall'' ( gd, The Edge) on Vertical records. In 2004, she began touring with ''On Eagles' Wings'', and toured again in 2007. Throughout 2007 and 2008, she performed worldwide with

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, appearing at venues such

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and Carnegie Hall. She toured with

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during their UK Tour in 2008, and appeared at the Liverpool Philharmonic. Alyth performed a concert for

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alongside

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and Nóirín Ní Riain. She is a member of The Island Tapes, Shine and other bands. In 2009, Alyth released her second solo album, ''People Like Me'', which featured members of the Scottish band

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. McCormack married Irish musician Noel Eccles in Aberdeenshire in 2009. Her wedding dress was specially designed and made from

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Discography

Solo albums

* 2000 – An Iomall * 2009 – People Like Me

Collaborations

* 2002 – Sugarcane ''with'' Shine * 2004 – The Captain's Collection ''with'' The Captain's Collection * 2005 – On Eagles Wing * 2006 – Tha a laithean a’ dol seachad ''with'' Various Artists &

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* 2008 – The Island Tapes ''with'' The Island Tapes * 2007 – Sun Honey ''with''

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artists * 2006 – Persian Nights/Celtic Dawn ''with'' Savourna Stevenson * 2008 – Dhachaigh (Home), The Murdo MacFarlane Songbook ''with'' Various artists

References

External links

Alyth's official websiteOfficial Alyth Myspace Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alyth Living people Scottish folk singers Scottish singer-songwriters People from the Isle of Lewis 1970s births Date of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Scottish women singers Vertical Records artists 20th-century Scottish women singers