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Iseabail Strachan is an accordionist, banjo player and singer from Skye

Her new album Uiseag Aiseig is out now.

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Clàr Ùr - Uiseag Aiseig

Uiseag Aiseig, pronounced "ooshak ashik", means skylark of Ashaig. The album is a collection of tunes and songs Iseabail has been playing and singing over the last few years.

The album features lively tunes, slow airs and contemporary Gaelic songs in an Americana string band style, as well as a cover of the well known song Come by the Hills.

Iseabail plays accordion, banjo, guitar and sings on the album alongside a whole host of musicians from Skye and Lochalsh.. Her music takes influence from the natural world, her home village of Ashaig in south Skye and her travels to North Carolina.

Arcaibh | Orkney 🪗💙 A couple of weeks ago, on midsummer, I headed to Orkney for the first time to attend a course with Karen Tweed and Karen Street, two wonderful accordionists from different musical backgrounds, as part of @stmagnusfestival A lo
An cuala sibh mi air an rèidio an latha roimhe? 📻 Tha mi cho toilichte gun d'fhuair mi cothrom Mo Chuairt Chiùil a chlàradh do @bbcrng Gheibh sibh e air BBC Sounds. I thoroughly enjoyed putting together some of my favourite tra
Tha mi air bhioran gu bheil mo chlàr Uiseag Aiseig ri reic anns a’ bhùth aig @taighceilidh ann an Steornabhagh! Seo agaibh Dylan a tha ag obair ann. An Taigh Ceilidh are are now selling Uiseag Aiseig on CD. Why not pop in when yo
Bha mi air an rèidio an-raoir! 📻 I am thrilled to have had a song played on Travelling Folk on @bbcradioscot through @bbcintroducing last night. Anna Massie played our version of Come by the Hills, lyrics by William Gordon Smith, from Uiseag
Tha an làrach-lin agam a-nis beò! ✨ I have been working away on finally creating my own website. Please do check it out - link in my bio! 🔗🪗🪕or try www.iseabailstrachan.com! 📷 Iain Raasay (of me and @livingstone.donald playing som
Feasgar an-diugh 🌞 I'm gearing up to play some songs and tunes at @marketkitchenskye in Broadford to celebrate their 1st year of business. Come along for music and delicious food and coffee ☕ I'll be on from 3-4pm and they'll have live music on unti
Uiseag Aiseig aig @Kyleakin Connections 🐦 Here's my sister Ester Strachan of @esterandiseabail with Uiseag Aiseig, which is now for sale at the Nice Cafe at Kyleakin Connections, Skye. Ester plays fiddle in the final track on the album, The Sound of
Hi a chàirdean! I hope you're all well ☺️ I've been taking some time away from social media since the album launch. It felt like a mad time, and it's been lovely to have a wee break to process it all. Here's a wee pic of me in the hills in S
Tha Uiseag Aiseig a-nis ri reic sa bhùth aig Keri! 🐦 Pop into Keri Skye's shop in the Market Square in Broadford to get your copy of the CD of Uiseag Aiseig 💿 Keri also plays bass on the album and I am sure she'd be happy to have a chat abo
'S e Woohaoine a th'ann! 🎊 🎉 Hooray for Friday! It also happens to be @bandcamp Friday, which means if you purchase music or merchandise today nearly all proceeds from sales go directly to the artist. It's the perfect opportunity to buy Uiseag Ai

Live dates & workshops

Disathairne (Sat) 9.8.25

1.00-4.00pm

Family Fun Day, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Performance with Ester Strachan, as Ester & Iseabail.

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