I was brought up in Back on the Isle of Lewis. I learned at a young age to sing in my native language of Gaelic and started playing the Highland bagpipes age ten.     After Early Mod successes, television appearances and requests to perform at ceilidhs all over the islands I recorded my debut recording ‘Out of the Blue’ (KRL/Lochshore) age 20.

'Out of the Blue' offers a contemporary angle on Gaelic song and piping, the Scottish small pipes and I was accompanied on a range of instruments including cittern, button box and African percussion.

In 1997 my second album ‘Into Indigo’ was released on Lochshore, following in a similar musical vein with greater song content and introducing many new tunes played on both Highland and small pipes. Guitar and bouzouki form the backbone of the accompaniment, which also features very un-Gaelic blues harmonica and Hammond organ!

Click here for an MP3 sample - The Hazy Day/Zeto the Bubbleman/The last tango in Harris (148K)

There are more samples at and this link takes you to the right place!

My third album 'Tri Nithean' was released in January 2001 at Celtic Connections. This album has a cleaner feel to it as I have tried to keep the arrangements as simple as possible. More details are at the following page

I have been on various compilation recordings including:

A specially commissioned track for the album ‘Calanais’, produced by An Lanntair in Lewis,

‘Fir Chlis’ on Lochshore,

‘Dance of the Celts’ and 'Brave Hearts' on Narada

New Celtic Dimensions on the Lochshore label

The Gaelic Women Album released by GreenTrax

The Ceol Tasci album released by Vertical Records