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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 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]
Michelle McManus (born 8 May 1980 [3]) is a Scottish singer, columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter who won the second and final series of the UK talent show Pop Idol in 2003. She currently presents the Afternoon radio show broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland , [ 4 ] and is the host of The Entertainment Mix (2024–present) which ...
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.... I had aunties and cousins who were chorus girls."
Outside music, McKellar wrote a sketch, involving a blindfolded man trying to identify the name of the celebrity beating him up, [7] which was performed by the Monty Python team at The Secret Policeman's Ball. This was the only time they performed a sketch written by a non-member. [8] McKellar made most of his recordings on the Decca Records ...
It featured musicians such as Oisín Mc Auley and Éamonn Doorley from Danú, Gerry O Beirne, and John Doyle from Solas. In 2008, Nic Amhlaoibh recorded Dual in Irish and Scottish Gaelic with Julie Fowlis, Éamonn Doorley (of Danú), and Ross Martin to highlight the many similarities and differences between Irish and Scottish Gaelic cultures.
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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.