Shooglenifty

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Years active circa 1990–present Genres Celtic fusion, Folk rock		Website Official website

Labels Greentrax, Womad, Compass, Shoogle Past members Angus R. Grant (deceased)Luke PlumbIain MacLeodConrad Ivitsky Origin Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1990) Members Angus Grant, Luke Plumb, James MacKintosh Albums The Untied Knot, A Whisky Kiss, Venus in Tweeds, Troots, Solar Shears Profiles Myspace

Shooglenifty the whisky kiss live at the jazz and roots club

Shooglenifty are a Scottish, Edinburgh-based six-piece Celtic fusion band, that tours internationally. The band blends Scottish traditional music with influences ranging from electronica to alternative rock. They contributed to Afro Celt Sound System's 1996 album Volume 1: Sound Magic.

Several of the band members had previously played together in Swamptrash.

Angus R. Grant, the band's fiddler and frontman, died in October 2016 at the age 49.

Shooglenifty da eye wifey

Albums

Venus in Tweeds (Greentrax) – 1994

A Whisky Kiss (Greentrax) – 1996

Live at Selwyn Hall (Womad) – 1996

Solar Shears (Compass) – 2001

The Arms Dealer's Daughter (Compass) – 2003

Radical Mestizo (Compass) – 2005

Troots (Shoogle) – 2007

Murmichan (Shoogle) – 2009

The Untied Knot (Shoogle) – 2015

Current members

Malcolm Crosbie – acoustic and electric guitars

Garry Finlayson – banjo and banjax

James Mackintosh – drums, drum machines and darabuka

Ewan MacPherson – mandolin and tenor banjo

Quee MacArthur – bass and percussion

Former members

Angus R. Grant – fiddle

Iain McLeod – mandolin

Conrad Ivitsky – bass

Luke Plumb - mandolin

Songs

Da Eye WifeyA Whisky Kiss · 1996
Two Fifty to VigoVenus in Tweeds · 1994
McConnell's RantTroots · 2007

References

Shooglenifty Wikipedia

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