Lorne MacDougall Trio
EventsWebsite: www.lornemacdougall.comThree time BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the year finalist, Lorne MacDougall is one of Scotland’s leading young pipers. Born and brought up in Carradale, in the piping stronghold of Kintyre Lorne was awarded a BA in Scottish Music – Piping at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2005 and has performed at many local and international festivals and has been involved in a number of recordings including UK Top 40 hits and albums achieving platinum disc status.
On leaving school, Lorne studied for his music degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, graduating with honours in 2005, one of the first graduates on the RSAMD’s piping course. He has played in Grade 1 pipe bands at world championship level from an early age including such leading bands as the Scottish Power Pipe Band.
He has toured Scotland and Europe with his principal folk band Canterach, Brian McNeill’s “Baltic tae Byzantium”, The Muckle Loons and Bodega. He has performed at many significant festivals including Lorient, Aviles, Celtic Connections, Mull of Kintyre, Jura, Orkney Folk Festival and a number of times at the Cambridge Folk Festival. A versatile musician who plays Highland bagpipes, smallpipes, Border pipes, whistles, piano and keyboards, Lorne has made frequent radio appearances, including live sessions on BBC Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk, A Bit of a Blow and Pipeline, and as a session musician has appeared on many albums including the new Red Hot Chilli Pipers’ “Music for the Kilted Generation”, two TMSA Young Trad Tour CDs, the Campbells’ release and the 2008 BBC Scotland Children in Need single “We Have a Dream”.
As a composer his tunes have featured on albums from such bands as Skerryvore, Deoch ‘n’ Dorus, Stuart Cassells, the House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. They have also been used in various media events such as the theme music for Sky Sport’s SPL coverage. Lorne’s band consists of some of the most respected musicians in Scotland who originally got together for the recording of his debut solo album, “Hello World” and enjoyed their debut gig at a busy Celtic Connections as well as a live slot on BBC Radio 3’s “World on Three”.
When not playing music he is the presenter and producer of the highly popular internet radio show PlanetPipe with Bees Nees Media in Glasgow. Working with Bees Nees means he also enjoys occasionally working on other productions including Radio Scotland’s Iain Anderson Show and various productions for BBC Alba. He also teaches with various organisations throughout Scotland such as Tarbert Academy Music Centre and the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop.