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Check out www.macdug.co.uk for details fo the new music publishing company
from Fiona and Irvin Duguid.
Fiona is a native of The East Coast of Scotland but has lived in the Highlands
for 20 years and is a fluent Gaelic speaker.
Fiona won the prestigious Ladies
Gold Medal for Gaelic singing at the Royal National Mod in Stornoway 2005 and
her performing over thelast few years has taken her to sing in New York, Holland,
Ireland, Lorient in Brittany, the Library of Congress in Washington, North
Carolina, Ireland, Wales and Virginia.
Fiona was delighted to be nominated
for best Gaelic singer in the Scots Trad Music Awards, December 2006 and 2007
and was voted BBC Scotland Traditional Music Personality of the Year in 2004.
Fiona
released her debut album on Greentrax in Dec 2007 - Duan Nollaig, the first
ever Scottish Gaelic Christmas album a unique double CD of Gaelic Christmas
carols and Songs for all ages This unique album was produced for
Fiona by Irvin
Duguid , who brought a fresh approach and sound to traditional Gaelic song.
The Duan Nollaig Carol Book was published in 2008 - 16 songs arranged for
piano, voice & guitar- the only book of its kind in the world. The book was produced
by MacDug Music Ltd , a company formed by Fiona & Irvin in 2009.
 Fionas
new album 'A Good Suit of Clothes' is due for release on July 1st 2009 and
is a unique album of Gaelic Emigrant Songs. The album will also be released
by Greentrax and was produced by Irvin Duguid. Featuring some of Scotlands
best musicians and singers, the album profiles both traditional and contemporary
songs, describing the troubles and successes experienced by Scottish Emigrants
over the last 300 years.
Check out Irvin's Myspace.
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