Robyn Stapleton is a Scottish singer who performs traditional songs in English, Scots, and Gaelic. She studied music at the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and ...
and the
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick (UL) ( ga, Ollscoil Luimnigh) is a public research university institution in Limerick, Ireland. Founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it became a university in 1989 in accordance w ...
in Ireland. In 2014, Robyn won the
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician
The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician competition has run annually since 2001.
It exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to provide performance opportunities, tools and advice to help contestants make ...
award and was nominated for Scots Singer of the Year at that year's
Scots Trad Music Awards
The Scots Trad Music Awards or Na Trads were founded in 2003 by Simon Thoumire to celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media an ...
.
Discography
*''Fickle Fortune'' (1 June 2015)
*''The Songs of Robert Burns'' (20 January 2017)
References
External links
Official website
Scottish folk singers
20th-century Scottish women singers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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