Sìleas (pronounced sheelis) is a Scottish harp duo.

Patsy Seddon Patsy Seddon is a Scottish harpist, violinist, and traditional singer in Scots and Gaelic. Biography Seddon was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was a member of leading folk band The Poozies from 1990 until 2012, and the duo Sìleas with ...

plays electric harp and gut-strung harp, and Mary Macmaster plays electric harp and metal-strung harp. They sing in

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

and English. The name of the band is explained on the back cover of the debut album, ''Delighted with Harps''. Sìleas na Ceapaich was an 18th-century Gaelic poet. Her praise of harp music led Seddon and Macmaster to take "Sìleas" as their professional name. They were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame in 2013.

Discography

* ''Delighted with Harps'' (Lapwing, 1986 ) * ''Beating Harps'' ( Green Linnet, 1987) * ''Harpbreakers'' (1990) * ''File Under Christmas'' (1991) * ''Play on Light'' (1996)

References

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