Festival 2008 - Fèis 2008
Shooglenifty - Saturday
Groundbreaking Scottish mavericks Shooglenifty push the word traditional to its limits with their unique blend of dance vibes and roots music. Genuinely genre defying, they have been described as anything from "acid croft" to "hypnofolkadelia". Journalists may compete with labels to brand them with, but all agree they are virtually impossible not to dance to and one of the best live bands of their genre around.
Their latest release 'Troots' was described by the Guardian as "predictably classy" displaying as it does Shooglenifty's trademark wildness, with fiddle and mandolin playing off one another across a vast expanse of grooves. Closing the festival in 'traditional' style.
The band includes Angus Grant (fiddle), Luke Plum (mandolin and banjo), Garry Finlayson (banjax), Malcolm Crosbie (guitar), Quee MacArthur (bass) and James Macintosh (drums and percussion).
