Iain Morrison (musician)

Iain Morrison (Musician) at Rodel

Iain Morrison is a Scottish musician and singer/songwriter. He was born on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

Career

Morrison grew up on the Isle of Lewis. He was taught to play the highland bagpipes by his father Iain M Morrison. He later learned to play guitar and developed his own style as a singer/songwriter. He was a member of the Glasgow-based band Crash My Model Car. They were signed to V2 Records in 2005 and released an album Ghosts & Heights.

Due to his early background in the classical music of the highland pipes (piobaireachd) he was commissioned in 2010 by the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow to write songs to form a show based on such melodies. The show, titled 'Ceol Mor/Little Music', received a 5 Star review[1] from The Scotsman newspaper. Songs from Ceol Mor/Little Music were recorded for a feature on a radio session broadcast on the Mary Ann Kennedy show for the BBC World on 3 radio programme.[2]

He won Composer of the Year at The Scots Trad Music Awards[3] in 2010. He appeared on 3 programmes of the BBC’s TV series Transatlantic Sessions[4] in 2011, singing 3 of his own songs alongside Bela Fleck, Danny Thompson and Jerry Douglas. He sang the part of Orpheus for Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown show[5] in Glasgow in 2011.

To record his last album, To the Horizon, Sir, Morrison traveled to Vermont and the home studio of producer & friend Michael Chorney (Hadestown Orchestra, Anais Mitchell, Dollar General, Justin Vernon, Ani Difranco). He returned to Scotland and completed the album with musician friends. Songs from To the Horizon, Sir were featured in a live broadcast on the Tom Morton show for BBC Radio Scotland.[6]

Discography

Solo

With poet Daibhidh Martin

With Crash My Model Car

With Poor Old Ben

References

  1. ↑ Ceol Mor / little music review (19 January 2010). "The Scotsman Newspaper review". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Mary Ann Kennedy show. "BBC World on 3 Radio programme". Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  3. ↑ MG Alba. "Music Awards". Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Transatlantic Sessions, Series 5. "BBC Transatlantic Sessions". Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Hadestown. "Hadestown show Glasgow. NME". Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Tom Morton radio show. "BBC Radio Scotland Tom Morton show". Retrieved 10 March 2013.

Reviews

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