Fiona Mackenzie

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REVIEW OF DUAN NOLLAIG IN 'SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY NOV 11 2007( read complete review in BIO with others)the answer to all that crass Christmas commercialism. This astonishingly eclectic double album by H REVIEW OF DUAN NOLLAIG IN SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY NOV 11 2007
"the answer to all that crass Christmas commercialism. This astonishingly eclectic double album by the Highland Council's Gaelic Song Fellow and former Mod medallist delves deeply into Gaeldom's religious song tradition. It also creates new ones all of its own.

Among the 35 songs, the famously beautiful Taladh Chriosda is here in heart-stopping vocal harmony, while Leonard Cohen's Halleluiah gets an apocalyptic, wall-of-sound, contemporary arrangement of which Runrig would be proud." SOS 11/11/2007

Scotland on Sunday (11 November 2007)

Review in (expired link) - Nov 2007
"The iconic Greentrax label out of Scotland continues to produce incredible music, as they seem to have the gift of finding the very best Scottish singers and musicians, and getting their projects done on a timely basis. The Scottish stream has turned into a river of excellence, so we were pretty sure we would love the brand new double Christmas album , Duann Nollaig by Fiona Mackenzie. We were right. Now, let's take a closer listen to all 35 beautiful songs. They are all sung in Scots Gaelic. Don't stop reading. We don't