Fiona performs mainly with;
Rick Taylor (piano)
Derek Urquhart (guitar)
Mairi Campbell (violin/viola)
and sometimes Su-a Lee (cello) when schedules permit
Fiona has also performed with;
Brian Ó hEadhra
Gillian Mackenzie
Eilidh Mackenzie Anna Murray Anam
Alyth McCormack
Mary Smith Sandy Brechin
Christine Primrose
Ishbel MacAskill
Gordon Gunn
Nuala Kennedy
Fiona 'Bosie' Mackenzie
Fiona 'Alba/Chasm' Mackenzie
Influences
Loads and loads including;
Numerous Irish & Scottish traditional Gaelic singers
Various Hungarian folk music (especially Márta Sebestyén & Muszikas)
Sami Yoiking singing
My dad, uncle Kenny and Marlene - all those ceilidhs listening to their harmonies
My three sisters - Sheila, Eilidh and Gillie singing together when we were wee in the back of the car on our holidays
Stina Nordenstam
Kate Bush
Nik Kershaw
Tracy Chapman
Dolly Parton
Nick Drake
Nick Cave
Hothouse Flowers
Metallica
AC/DC
Paolo Conte
Emmylou Harris
Steve Earle
Bjork
Muse
Tom Waits
Radiohead
Thom Yorke
Cocteau Twins
The Cure
etc, etc, etc
Stuff I'm listening to these days;
Sia
Dengue Fever
Santogold
Emmylou Harris (Wrecking Ball - could this be my desert island disc?)
Brandi Carlile
soundtrack to Battlestar Galactica (though only in my head, don't have the cd yet)
Murdo Dan
Tilly and the Wall
Damien Rice
Nick Cave
My daughters' "makey-up" songs
The soundtrack to the film 'Amelie'
The soundtrack to the film 'Once'
My favourite songs of the moment...
'Les Artistes' by Santogold. It's soooo good.
Also 'The Story' by Brandi Carlile
& 'Tiger Phone Card' by Dengue Fever
Fiona Mackenzie was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis off the west coast of Scotland. She has been singing and writing songs in Scottish Gaelic and English from a young age.
Fiona has been performing as a professional singer since leaving her native island for university life in Glasgow. She has toured and recorded with the Edinburgh-based folk band, Seelyhoo, and continues to perform and record as a solo artist and with the groups Anam and Mackenzie.
Now a resident of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, Fiona's debut solo album, 'Elevate', was released on Linn Records in early Feb 2008. This album has been recorded with the acclaimed music producer, Calum Malcolm, and comprises of Fiona's self-penned songs in both English and Gaelic. See Fiona's blog entries for some of the rave reviews that 'Elevate' has been getting.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
How you been? Just to let you know Graeme and I will be up in Inverness on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October and it would be lovely to meet up with you and the family if you're free. We are up for the River Ness 10k.....yikes....my first attempt at running any distance further than from my car to my flat when it's raining! I'll hopefully manage to complete it by the Monday though ;-)
I hope you're all well and that the music is coming together with your new band.....have you sorted that out yet? Lots of Love Fi Bosie x
Fiona...thank you for your kind thoughts....I have a gig 2.5 weeks after the surgery and I'm not cancelling...that's how confident I am....again...your thoughts are very much appreciated!!!! daniel
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After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
dude hope u get a chance to give one or two of my toons a listen sometime. good singing and songs u've got there on ur page! cheers keith ps-sent a story to raw weeks ago and they haven't replied, the swines!
did u see the vid.. ? needs a lot of work, but theres potential in there somewhere eh? and guess what? did I not just come down with.. chicken pox!! I should've listened to your advice.. it's alot sorer than I imagined, all the blisters.. ouch.. ach well, like confucious says, everyman must plant a tree, have a child, build a house and get chicken pox in order to really live.. hope to work with you again soon!
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