Failte gu larach-lin aig Sgorrabreac
Tha Sgorrabreac a'gabhail òrain Ghàidhlig le cùl-taic ionnsramideach. Tha triuir sa chòmhlan: Mairead NicNeacail (seinn is piano), Michel Byrne (seinn, fideag is faram) agus Stiùbhart Dòmhnallach (basùgaidh is giotàr).  Thainig a chiad chlàr aca Eadar Muir is tir, a-mach ann an 2005, an darna Chaill mi mo chridhe ann an 2006, , agus an treas , Faire Dhun-Eideann ann an 2008

Bienvenus sur le site de Sgorrabreac

Le groupe Sgorrabreac interprète les chansons en Gaelic écossais avec accompagnement instrumental.  Le groupe a trois membres: Margaret Nicolson (voix et piano), Michel Byrne (voix, flûte à bec, percussion) et Stewart McDonald (guitare et bozouki).  Le groupe a fait sortir son premier CD, Eadar Muir is Tir, en 2005 , leur deuxième CD, Chaill mi mo chridhe en 2006 st leur troisième Faire Dhun-Eideann en 2008.

Willkommen von Sgorrabreac

Sgorrabreac singen gälische Lieder mit instrumentaler Begleitung. Die Gruppe besteht aus drei Mitgliedern: Margaret Nicolson (Gesang und Klavier), Michel Byrne (Gesang, Flöte, Schlagzeug) und Stewart McDonald (Gitarre und  Bouzouki). Die Gruppe hat im Jahr 2005 ihre erste CD, Eadar Muir is Tir, herausgebracht, im Jahr 2006  ihre zweite CD, Chaill mi mo chridhe, aufgenommen und ihre dritte CD, Faire Dhun-Eideann. im Jahr 2008 herausgebracht.

Welcome to Sgorrabreac's website

The three-piece Edinburgh-based band, Sgorrabreac, were formed in 2004 and have quickly become established on the folk music and Gaelic music scenes. They focus on a wide-ranging Gaelic song repertoire and aim to create musical arrangements which best suit the mood and spirit of the songs. 

Many of the songs are ones learned and performed many times by Margaret Nicolson in her youth on Skye. The band also uniquely cover more eclectic repertoire, such as songs by the poet George Campbell Hay of Tarbert, Argyll.  The band's links with the poet are through their singer and djembe player, Michel Byrne, who edited the first complete collection of Hay's works for Edinburgh University Press.  Bozouki and guitar player Stewart McDonald, veteran of too many folk bands to mention, but including, notably, Birlinn and The Parlour Band. provide accompaniment with  Margaret and Michel joining him on piano and percussion.  The band also performs songs by the  Scottish composer Alasdair Nicolson, ( Margaret's brother),  from his  stage work 'Sgathach', with lyrics written by another member of the Nicolson clan, poet Aonghas MacNeacail.

Sgorrabreac released their first CD, Eadar muir is tìr in May 2005, with the launch at Leith Folk Club on the 31st of May in ‘The Village’.   Their second album, Chaill mi mo chridhe was launched during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Coda Music in Edinburgh on the 11th of August 2006.  Sgorrabreac's third CD Faire Dhun-Eideann has just appeared.

For further information contact sgorrabreac@aol.com

Thanks to Tom K. Gebbie for kind permission to reproduce all photographs.