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A convention of sorting names with the Scottish and Irish patronymic prefixes Mac and Mc together persists in library science and archival practice. An example is from the Archives at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library . [ 1 ]
The band won the award for Best Up and Coming Artist at the Scots Trad Music Awards [4] in November 2009 and subsequently performed a concert at the Arches in Glasgow which was broadcast on BBC Alba. The band also completed a one-month tour in the USA to coincide with the release of Between Two Worlds on Mad River Records in late 2010.
The Great Big Scottish Songbook was released on 26 May 2008 by EMI Records, and featured The MacDonald Brothers tracks as well as some of Scotland's most well known artists including KT Tunstall, The Proclaimers, Simple Minds and Runrig. In 2008, The MacDonald Brothers again joined Irish boy band Westlife on the Scottish leg of their UK Tour. [13]
The Real McKenzies is a Canadian Celtic punk band founded in 1992 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia.They are considered the founders of the Canadian Celtic punk movement, and were one of the first Celtic punk bands, albeit 10 years after The Pogues. [1]
Jimmie Macgregor was born in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland, [2] and grew up in a tenement and then a council house, about which he has said: "Our house was a focus for people to gather and make music....
Dea Matrona are an Irish rock band currently based in Belfast and led by Orláith Forsythe and Mollie McGinn. Formally formed in 2018, the band have written and produced all of their catalogue to the present day, as well as covering many of their favourite songs. Dea Matrona's influences are Fleetwood Mac, HAIM, The White Stripes and Arctic ...
MacCarthy was the band's acoustic guitar player and, together with Sinnott, wrote much of the band's own material. While in Southpaw, MacCarthy secured gigs at venues such as Cork’s Connolly Hall, supporting John Martyn, [ 5 ] the Manhattan Bar in Galway, [ 6 ] the Festival Dome, [ 7 ] the UCC Downtown Kampus, [ 8 ] the Blue Shark in Kinsale ...
McGoldrick has played regularly for Afro-Celt Sound System and Kate Rusby's band. As of 2011 he leads the Michael McGoldrick Band. Between 1996 and the present, McGoldrick recorded five solo albums, all featuring an array of well-known supporting musicians: Morning Rory (1996) showcases his traditional skills.