In the world of contemporary folk music, the debut CD of Skipinnish, eschews drum programmers, bowed harps and saxophones, It is really out there on its own. So far out that only certifiable lunatics would make the leap backwards into a time when Scottish dance bands played music that people actually liked to dance to.
Who were these lunatics? Step forward Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson who come from the island of Tiree and the hamlet of Achnacarry in Lochaber respectively. This does not mean they are strangers to fashion, irony and complexity. Both have BA degrees in Scottish Music from the RSAMD....
