Anna Macdonald

"Hauntingly beautiful, traditionally inspired music." Gardensessions.co.uk Anna MacDonald is a singer and songwriter of folk songs that show her celtic roots. A multi-instrumentalist she is able to play the piano, guitar and clarsach which she beautifully intertwines with both English and Gaelic songs. Anna was raised in Glasgow but spent every summer on the Isle of Skye where her family’s roots run deep. Her Highland connections had a strong influence on her from an early age: Anna learned more from the family ceildihs she attended than she ever did in school. In 2003 Anna spent a year studying at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland’s Gaelic College, which cemented her love for the language. Having completed successful sets at the Colonsay Music Festival and the Jura Music Festival with her partner in crime, fiddler Jen MacNeil, 2010 kicks off with the opening slot at the Celtic Connections’ emerging talent Danny Kyle stage. "There were afternoon sessions in the pub - the bar of the hotel - where everyone joined in for a jam, and where I mainly ate a great deal of gourmet chips while being blown away by Jen MacNeill's and Anna MacDonald's singing.'' Sophie Cooke, Guardian http://annamacdonald.bandcamp.com