Shooglenifty

Shooglenifty
Origin	Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres	Celtic fusion, folk rock
Years active	circa 1990–present
Labels	Greentrax, Womad, Compass, Shoogle
Members	Malcolm Crosbie Garry Finlayson Ewan MacPherson Quee MacArthur James Mackintosh
Past members	Angus R. Grant (deceased) Luke Plumb Iain MacLeod Conrad Ivitsky
Website	Official website

Shooglenifty are a Scottish, Edinburgh-based six-piece Celtic fusion band, that tours internationally. The band blends Scottish traditional music with influences ranging from electronica to alternative rock. They contributed to Afro Celt Sound System's 1996 album Volume 1: Sound Magic.

Several of the band members had previously played together in Swamptrash.

Angus R. Grant, the band's fiddler and frontman, died in October 2016 at the age 49.

Albums

• Venus in Tweeds (Greentrax) – 1994
• A Whisky Kiss (Greentrax) – 1996
• Live at Selwyn Hall (Womad) – 1996
• Solar Shears (Compass) – 2001
• The Arms Dealer's Daughter (Compass) – 2003
• Radical Mestizo (Compass) – 2005
• Troots (Shoogle) – 2007
• Murmichan (Shoogle) – 2009
• The Untied Knot (Shoogle) – 2015

Current members

• Malcolm Crosbie – acoustic and electric guitars
• Garry Finlayson – banjo and banjax
• James Mackintosh – drums, drum machines and darabuka
• Ewan MacPherson – mandolin and tenor banjo
• Quee MacArthur – bass and percussion

Former members

• Angus R. Grant – fiddle
• Iain McLeod – mandolin
• Conrad Ivitsky – bass
• Luke Plumb - mandolin

External links

• Shooglenifty official website
• Shooglenifty biography at Footstompin.com