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Brian McNeill

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A career spanning nearly 50 years has established Brian McNeill as one of the most acclaimed forces in Scottish music. His gig will include a wall of instruments - fiddle, octave fiddle, guitars, mandocello, bouzouki and concertina - and a wealth of songs that have found their way into many other performers' repertoires across three continents. Add an acerbic humour, a passionate belief in the tradition's future as well as its past and a stunning slice of real, hand made music and you have a performance of emotion, fun and sheer magic.

"Scotland's most meaningful contemporary songwriter" - The Scotsman

"There are simply not enough superlatives to describe McNeill's solo set. After a slow air, he had the good judgement to launch without pause into four reels, sparing the audience the decision of whether to applaud or merely sit in stunned silence after his breathtaking rendition of the complex, brooding tune". North Carolina Spectator.

Website: www.brianmcneill.co.uk


2017 Live Music

ED MILLER
Scotland, UK
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Jil Chambliss & Scooter Muse
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ANTON & THE COLTS 
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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BRIAN McNEILL 
Scotland, UK
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SCOTLAND RISING
Texas & Oklahoma, USA
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MURDER THE STOUT
Houston, TX USA
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REEL TREBLE
North Texas
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FORT WORTH SCOTTISH PIPES & DRUMS
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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RATHMORE
Texas & Oklahoma, USA
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TULLAMORE
North Texas
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Margaret Gravitt & Jim McCrain
Texas
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CLEGHORN
USA
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JIGGERNAUT
North Texas
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SELKIE GIRLS
North Texas
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PIPER JONES BAND
USA
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CLANDESTINE
Houston, Texas
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SKELETON MCKEE
North Texas
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SEAMUS STOUT
North Texas
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N TEXAS CALEDONIAN PIPES & DRUMS
North Texas
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WILLOW & HER GIANT
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North Texas
LASSIES GALORE w/Emily Dugas
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North Texas

2017 Texas Scots Talent Winners

ANTON & THE COLTS +
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
THE VINE BROTHERS
Fayetteville, AR
The BROOK & The BLUFF
Birmingham, AL
THE GRENAWAYS
Cornwall, England, UK
REEL TREBLE +
North Texas

CONNEMARASTONE
Essen, NW, Germany
NARROW PLAINS
London, England, UK
CHARLIE JEAN +
London, England, UK
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Be sure to listen, like and follow all of our Texas Scot Talent Winners! Talent with a "+" are planning to perform at the 2017 Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games. Schedule TBA.

Past Texas Scots Talent Performers/Winners

John McGroarty +
Fife, Scotland
Madi Davis +
McKinney, TX
Scottish Thunder +
Austin, TX
Dead Tree Duo +
Austin, TX
Songs For Ceilidh +
Worcester, MA

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