Mary Ann Kennedy
Mary Ann Kennedy - Màiri Anna NicUalraig is a Scottish Gael brought up in the urban diaspora of Glasgow, with roots in the islands of Skye and Tiree. Her mother’s family are well-known Gaelic tradition bearers, but she also trained as a classical musician at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Mary Ann is co-director of the highly successful residential studio and creative hub, Watercolour Music, in the Scottish West Highlands. She was Gaelic singer of the Year at the 2019 Scottish Traditional Music Awards, and a New Writer awardee with the Scottish Books Trust in 2020. Having performed on and produced over 40 albums in her career, she has now released two solo albums internationally on ARC Music – ‘An Dàn’ (The Song/Destined, 2017) and ‘Glaschu - Hometown Love Song’ (2019). She helps brew amazing award-winning beer in the local artisan microbrewery where she can also be found on a Friday night turning pizza chef. Learn more about Mary Ann here
Joy Dunlop
Joy Dunlop is a Scottish broadcaster, singer, step dancer and educator from the village of Connel in Argyll. Joy is a five times nominated Gaelic Singer of the Year, she has also won both the coveted Royal National Mòd Gold Medal and the Oban Times Gold Medal and is the only person to be crowned both Traditional Singer of the Year & Traditional Dance Champion at the Pan Celtic Festival. She’s released three highly acclaimed solo albums, Caoir, Dùsgadh and Faileasan and also, Dithis; a duo album with her brother Andrew. Joy is also the driving force between ‘Gaelic/Gaeilge supergroup’, LAS and has been featured on a range of collaborative albums. Learn more about Joy here.