Albannach, Gaelic for "Scottish" or "Scotsman", is a Scottish band. Their traditional music is heavily percussive, driven by bass drums, bodhráns and a single bagpipe. From the first, eponymous album in 2006, Albannach has promoted a sentiment of Scottish patriotism in songs such as "Uprising," a tribute to famed patriot William Wallace; they have covered songs like "1320" by Scottish folk artist Gordon Menzies of the band Gaberlunzie. Several songs on early albums referred to the Island of Barra, the Outer Hebrides home of Albannach's bagpiper, Donnie MacNeil. Vocal songs that survive in the touring repertoire are sung either a cappella or with minimal accompaniment, emphasizing their lyrics. Examples of these include "Scotland is Her Name" and "Peaceful is the Glen"; the latter commemorates the Massacre of Glencoe, while the former is more directly topical and even political in its implied support for an independent Scotland. With these exceptions, the bulk of the touring repertoire, and of the band's discography, remains instrumental.
The band frequently performs at Highland games and Scottish cultural events throughout the UK and North America.[3] Albannach are based in Glasgow, Scotland .
Jamesie Johnston, born in Glasgow in 1973, is the bass drummer and also a vocalist. He played the bass drum with Clann An Drumma. After working with them for five years, he left and became part of Albannach. A signature musical addition of Johnston's involves strapping his bass drum, normally worn at the player's waist, around his upper body in order to play it with the double-ended striker normally used with the bodhrán frame drum. This technique allows for an extremely fast style of bass play and a deeply subdivided beat. Johnston has become something of a band figurehead; he is notably vocal about Scottish history and topics he considers intimately related, such as environmental conservation.
Jacquie Holland, born in Paisley, is the bass rhythm drummer and vocalist. She is a founding member of Clann An Drumma, but left with other members and formed Albannach. Holland's vocals provide reflective moments about halfway through tour sets, as on "Ancestors," a deceptively simple plea that could readily apply to any descendants of a diaspora.
Donnie MacNeil is a bagpipe player who also plays drums, piano, and guitar. His background in traditional regimental piping, combined with a fondness for highly technical, heavily ornamented passages, ultimately led to Albannach's winning the Bagpipe section of the 2007 Celtic Radio Awards for the song "Auld Nick's a Piper," on the album Eye of the Storm.
Born and brought up in the Pitlochry area of Scotland, Kyle Gray was a member of the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, where he spent one year as the juvenile Drum major. He was the lead drummer in Albannach, leaving in November 2009.
Colin Walker is the current lead drummer, having previously played with the Neilston & District Pipe Band and various other traditional Scottish folk bands. He also plays electric and acoustic guitars.
Aya Thorne from Pitlochry plays the bodhrán. Although the band as a whole is visually animated in performance, Aya has thus far been the only one to pick up a tambourine and add freestyle dance segments to the show.
Davey Morrison is a bodhrán player with Albannach at various times in the band's history, adding baritone vocals as well.He formerly played with Clann An Drumma.
A view of the Scottish country taken from across Scotland. Many of the photographs were taken by friends.
Accompanied by the music The Gael by Albannach. http://www.albannachmusic.com
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