Breabach is a

Scottish folk music Scottish folk music (also Scottish traditional music) is a genre of folk music that uses forms that are identified as part of the Scottish musical tradition. There is evidence that there was a flourishing culture of popular music in Scotland duri ...

band formed in 2005. In 2011, they received nominations for ‘Best Group’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. They won Scottish Folk Band of the Year in 2012 and Live Act of the Year in 2013 at the Scots Trad Music Awards (''Na Trads''). Photo - Festival de Cornouaille 2012 - Breabach en concert le 26 juillet - 030

Photo - Festival de Cornouaille 2012 - Breabach en concert le 26 juillet - 030

Members

*Calum MacCrimmon – pipes, whistles, bouzouki, vocals *:MacCrimmon graduated with honours from the

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 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 ...

. He is currently a member of Breabach, Mans Ruin, The Unusual Suspects, Seudan and RTK9000. From 2004 to 2008 he was acting musical co-director/accompanist/tutor for The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. *Megan Henderson – fiddle, vocals *:Henderson is from Fort William. She is involved with the

Feisean A () or () is a traditional Gaelic arts and culture festival. The plural forms are () and (). The term is commonly used referring to Irish dance competitions and, in Scotland, to immersive teaching courses, specialising in traditional musi ...

movement, playing at festivals including Celtic Colours, Canada, Celtic Connections, Scotland and Blas, also in Scotland. Henderson moved to Glasgow in 2007 to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She currently plays with Salsa Celtica. *Ewan Robertson – guitar, cajon, vocals *:Robertson became interested in guitar and song whilst studying at

Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd Plockton High School is a 300-pupil high school in the village of Plockton, Scotland. The catchment area for the school stretches from Applecross in the north to Corran in the south. Since the opening of the Skye Bridge, increasing numbers of pu ...

. He was awarded the

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Young Traditional Musician award in 2008. *James Lindsay – double bass, vocals *:Lindsay comes from Inverurie in the heart of Aberdeenshire. He graduated with Honours in 2011 from Strathclyde University in Glasgow with a BA Applied Music degree. He combines playing with the band and working as a session musician. *Conal McDonagh - pipes, whistles, vocals

Past members

*James Duncan Mackenzie – pipes, flute, whistles *:Mackenzie is from Back in the Isle of Lewis. He has a BA(Hons) in Scottish Music, specializing in piping at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He played with the ScottishPower Pipe Band for two years. *Patsy Reid - Fiddle, viola, and cello *:Reid is from

Perthshire Perthshire ( locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the nor ...

Discography

Studio albums

* ''The Big Spree'' (2007) * ''The Desperate Battle of the Birds'' (2010) * ''Bann ''(2012) * ''Ùrlar'' (2013) * ''Astar'' (2016) * ''Frenzy of the Meeting'' (2018) * ''Dùsgadh'' (2021) Soundtrack album to the animated film Dùsgadh * ''Fàs'' (2022)

Performances

The band has performed at events such as

Fairport's Cropredy Convention Fairport's Cropredy Convention (formerly Cropredy Festival) is an annual festival of folk and rock music, headed by British folk-rock band Fairport Convention and held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, England. The festi ...

, Isle of Skye Music Festival,

Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury Folk Festival is an annual festival of folk and world music and traditional dance held in the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It takes place over four days on and around the UK Late Summer bank holiday weekend (usually t ...

, the

Edinburgh Fringe The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as The Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, or Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest arts and media festival, which in 2019 spanned 25 days and featured more than 59,600 performances of 3,841 dif ...

and

WOMAD WOMAD ( ; World of Music, Arts and Dance) is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance. History WOMAD was founded in 1980 by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, w ...

. It has received reviews in numerous publications including Songlines, fRoots and

The Scotsman ''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its pa ...

.Reviews page on Breabach website
accessed 11 Dec 2012.

References

External links

Breabach discover a new way of bonding
The Herald article detailing early history and membership of the band Scottish folk music groups Vertical Records artists Scottish Gaelic music {{Scotland-band-stub