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Celtic grooves scotland the brave5/10/2023 ![]() He has worked on national TV/radio as both performer and presenter, and appeared at festivals, theatres, music camps and universities throughout the UK, Europe and America. Hamish has collaborated with leading artists such as Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson (Capercaillie), Julie Fowlis (Brave), Duncan Chisholm (Wolfstone), Blue Rose Code and Martyn Bennett. The Woods (’20) was awarded 'Album of the Year' in the Scots Trad Music Awards – he has previous nominations for Community Composer, Live Act and Tutor of the Year. The River (‘16) and The Railway (‘18) received 5-stars in national newspapers. On returning home 4 years ago, he began his 'Strathspey Pentalogy’, an ambitious 10-year project to produce 5 landscape inspired albums. ![]() For 17 years he lived and worked in Glasgow and Boston’s vibrant, multi-genre music scenes. He was born and brought up in Strathspey. Hamish Napier is a Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist, educator and composer inspired by the heritage and nature of his native landscape. Track 11 from my second solo album The Railway.Ĭommissioned by Karen Blessington of Grantown East: Highland Heritage & Cultural Centre © Hamish Napier MCPS/PRS 2018 Composer website: Spey East, just over the river from the house. He also worked in the goods sheds up at Grantown-on. A tenant farmer called Donald Grant lived at Cherrygrove before us. ![]() A 'slip jig' composed for my parents Strathspey home 'Cherrygrove' – for all the great house ceilidhs there with friends and family over the years.
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