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Picture by John Haxby |
Clare McLaughlin Fiddle/Vocals |
| Clare's musical background lies in the dynamic cultural
melting-pot of Glasgow, where she absorbed the tradition and learned the fiddle
among the city's Irish community. Her widening experience of playing in sessions
and at festivals coincided with the rising new wave of Scottish music in the
run-up to devolution, and the inspiration she drew from this led to her joining
Deaf Shepherd in 1994, a move she describes as the musical turning-point in her
life. Clare's playing is renowned for both its joyously spirited attack and its
expressive grace, vividly communicating her huge passion for the music.
Her duo with the band's fellow fiddler Marianne Campbell has already won considerable acclaim at home and abroad. She has also performed with one of Ireland's top young fiddlers, Liz Doherty (the Bumblebees, ex-Nomos), and is well respected for her solo performances |
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