Dougie MacLean
Dougie MacLean Dougie MacLean has built an international reputation as songwriter, composer and extraordinary performer on his own terms. This talent has taken his performance to concerts and festivals all over the world and to the stage of Carnegie Hall in New York. His 2005 concerts included Culzean Castle (alongside Lou Reed and Eddie Reader), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (with the Premiere of his SongVision Symphony Rural Image) and BBC Proms in the Park (with BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Youth Choir). His songs have been covered by hosts of artists including Irish singers Mary Black, Dolores Keane and Deanta, and Grammy award winning US country singer Kathy Mattea, and his Caledonia has topped the Scottish charts and become one of Scotlands most popular contemporary songs. His music has been used in Hollywood films (eg Last of the Mohicans), TV Drama (eg BBCs A Mugs Game) and he has been the subject of three BBC TV Specials (The Land-Songs of Dougie MacLean, SongRoads and Clann na Mara- Children of the Sea) Along with his artist wife Jennifer, this very independent man of extraordinary energy also has a record label, recording studio, publishing company and an amazing website!