SHOOGLENIFTY
Peatbog Faeries
About SHOOGLENIFTY
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 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.
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