The Hebridean Celtic Festival has announced it has added 12 bands and singers from
home and abroad for this summer’s four-
The overseas contingent includes the singer songwriter Chastity Brown, from Minneapolis, whose music crosses the blues, folk, jazz, soul and rock genres and has been astounding critics in recent years.
Canadian folk music group Le Vent du Nord, who took Celtic Connections by storm recently,
will bring their own vibrant songs and energetic re-
Michigan roots ensemble Lindsay Lou and The Flatbellys are hailed as a new voice
in modern bluegrass, while Jamie Smith's MABON, an inter-
Latest acts announced for Heb Celt Fest
12 February 2015
Heading the Scottish contingent at this year’s HebCelt is renowned singer Karen Matheson, who will be heading her own band which includes husband and fellow founder member of Capercaillie, Donald Shaw.
She is joined by singer Siobhan Miller, voted Scots Singer of the Year at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards in 2011 and 2013; and Lewis singer songwriter Iain Morrison, who will launch his latest album at HebCelt.
Also on stage this year will be electro/techno group Halcyon, a three-
HebCelt fans will recognise familiar faces in the new band Malin which combines some
of the best Hebridean creative talent, including Jane Hepburn (fiddle), Craig Muirhead
(keyboards), Cameron Drummond (pipes), Alasdair Maclean (accordion), and DC Macmillan
(drums) as well as the sublime vocals of award-
Completing today’s announcement are young indie pop and folk-