WE ARE CÀRNAN.
ARTHUR
BROOK
LOUDEN MACKAY
BREANNA
WILSON
ARTHUR BROOK
GUITAR / VOCALS
Arthur hails from Sleat on the Isle of Skye. Originally a fiddle player, he picked up the guitar in his late teens. Receiving tuition from Scottish singer/guitarist Doc Livingstone, Arthur was introduced to many genres of music, including Irish folk. Arthur’s musical inspirations include artists such as Anna Massie, John Martyn, Leonard Cohen and John Doyle.
He is currently studying medicine in Aberdeen with the dream of being on stage between shifts at A&E.
LOUDEN MACKAY
ACCORDION
Louden Mackay comes from Kintail in Lochalsh. From a young age, he was inspired to learn the accordion through the music and playing of his late father Donnie Mackay. Louden has since had privilege of being taught by some of the best traditional musicians in Scotland, including Ally Mackenzie, Andrew Waite, Sandy Brechin and John Carmichael. He studied for two years at the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music (NCETM) in Plockton after being accepted in 2017. A year later, he had the opportunity to perform with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the score for an upcoming CBBC animation written by Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman.
The music Louden has written has been greatly inspired by artists like Silly Wizard and Gary Innes, not to mention the various family, friends and characters back home in Kintail.
BREANNA WILSON
FIDDLE
Breanna is a Glasgow based fiddle player who has been playing the fiddle from a very young age. She has experience performing at festivals and on stages across Europe and beyond. Her repertoire consists of Irish and Scottish music, which she grew up learning, and American and Scandinavian music which she really began to explore whilst studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tuition of Marie Fielding. Since graduating she has performed in France, Switzerland and Thailand with the Irish dance show Celtic Legends and performed at Birmingham TradFest alongside Sophie Joint.
As well as performing and travelling, Breanna enjoys composing. She draws inspiration from her traditional music background however is also heavily influenced by Blues and Rock and listens to a lot of guitarists such as Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray Vaughn and folk/rock bands like Fairport Convention and Jefferson Airplane.
