Skipinnish

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Skipinnish is a traditional Scottish band from the Gàidhealtachd, singing primarily in English. Both the band and brand Skipinnish was created by Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson in 1999 who were both studying at the time at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow.

The Skipinnish brand is used in addition to market whisky, and also in the running of a cèilidh house named the Skipinnish Ceilidh House which has been built in Fort William around the brand. There was previously a Skipinnish Ceilidh House in Oban.^[1]

The band runs its own record label which issues acts such as Skerryvore, Deoch 'n' Dorus, Gary Innes and Rachel Walker.

The current line-up consists of:

• Angus MacPhail: Accordion, vocals
• Andrew Stevenson: Highland bagpipes, small pipes, whistles, fiddle
• Norrie MacIver: Lead singer, guitar
• Rory Grindlay: Drums
• Charlotte Printer: Bass guitar
• Alistair Iain Paterson: Piano, keyboards
• Archie McAllister: Fiddle

Regular guest musicians include:

• Alastair MacLean: Bagpipes, whistles
• Duncan Nicholson: Small pipes, bagpipes, whistles
• Kyle Orr: Small pipes, bagpipes, whistles

Earlier members of the band include:

• Robert Robertson: Lead singer, guitar, now the lead singer of Tide Lines
• Ross Wilson: Keyboard, bass
• Jonathan Gillespie: Keyboard, backing vocals
• Angus Tikka: Bass guitar
• Alasdair Murray: Drums, Highland bagpipes

In 2016 Robertson was replaced in Skipinnish by Norrie MacIver as new lead singer. In the same year the band also saw Rory Grindlay join on drums. In the following years Alistair Iain Paterson and Charlotte Printer also joined to form the current band.

• Skipinnish (2001)
• Sgurr Mor to Skerryvore (2003)
• Deoch 'N' Dorus (2005)
• The Sound of the Summer (2007)
• Live From The Ceilidh House (2009)
• The Wedding Dance (2010)
• Atlantic Roar (2013)
• Western Ocean (2014)
• The Seventh Wave (2017)^[2]
• Steer by the Stars (2019)

• "Walking on the Waves" (2014) ^[3]
• "December" (2014)
• "The Island" (2015)
• "Home on the Sea" (2016)
• "Alive" (2017)
• "Wishing Well" (2017)
• "Wishing Well" (2018) (re-released as a May 2018 to help with fundraising for a permanent memorial to Eilidh MacLeod from Barra who was killed in the Manchester Arena Bombing)
• "Summer Call" (2022) ^[4]

• Official website