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Flora MacNeil

Flora MacNeil

Flora MacNeil has been played on NTS shows including Supporter Radio: Heartbreak, with Gur Muladach Sgìth Mi (I Am Weary And Desolate) first played on 7 May 2023.

Flora MacNeil, MBE (born 6 October 1928 on the island of Barra, Scotland; died15 May 2015) was a Scottish Gaelic singer. Originally discovered by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, she continued to perform into her later years.

MacNeil left Barra in 1947 to find work in Edinburgh. She found a public platform in the burgeoning round of ceilidhs and concerts that marked the first stirrings of the British folk revival. These brought her to the attention of Hamish Henderson, who recorded her singing as part of his 1950s collaboration with American musicologist Alan Lomax

MacNeil later recorded two albums, Craobh nan Ubhal in 1976 (reissued in 1993), and Orain Floraidh in 2000.

MacNeil's daughter, Maggie MacInnes, is a Gaelic singer and harpist.

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Flora MacNeil

Flora MacNeil has been played on NTS shows including Supporter Radio: Heartbreak, with Gur Muladach Sgìth Mi (I Am Weary And Desolate) first played on 7 May 2023.

Flora MacNeil, MBE (born 6 October 1928 on the island of Barra, Scotland; died15 May 2015) was a Scottish Gaelic singer. Originally discovered by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, she continued to perform into her later years.

MacNeil left Barra in 1947 to find work in Edinburgh. She found a public platform in the burgeoning round of ceilidhs and concerts that marked the first stirrings of the British folk revival. These brought her to the attention of Hamish Henderson, who recorded her singing as part of his 1950s collaboration with American musicologist Alan Lomax

MacNeil later recorded two albums, Craobh nan Ubhal in 1976 (reissued in 1993), and Orain Floraidh in 2000.

MacNeil's daughter, Maggie MacInnes, is a Gaelic singer and harpist.

Original source: Last.fm

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Gur Muladach Sgìth Mi (I Am Weary And Desolate)
Flora MacNeil
Tangent Records1976