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Following a debut album released under the name Gan Bua, this Chicago-based band dropped the first part of the name, retaining only ‘Bua’ (meaning talent in Irish).

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Hailing from the island of Islay, the southernmost of the Outer Hebrides, Mairi McGillivray is a traditional singer who performs most of the songs on her debut album 'Mo Thìr' (My Land) in Gaelic.

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Yet another American singer: meet Kyle Carey. Born in New Hampshire, she was drawn to Scottish music – and Gaelic singing in particular – from a very early age. So much so that, whilst at university, she studied traditional Scottish Gaelic singing and music in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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Karen Marshalsay is from Scotland, and more specifically from Edinburgh. She is a highly acclaimed harpist, one of the few contemporary musicians to use the fingernail technique on Clarsach (Scottish harps) with gut and metal strings, as well as on the bray harp, which originates from the Scottish Lowlands; this little-known, more rhythmic instrument is better suited to ancient modal melodies and dances.