Biography
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.
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Angus R. Grant died at the age 49 in October 2016.
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
They take a leading role in the recent Celtic Fusion movement, along with similar artists such as Peatbog Faeries and Croft No. Five.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.