Duncan Chisholm

Duncan Chisholm
Born	(1968-10-31) 31 October 1968 (age 56) Inverness, Scotland
Genres	Folk, folk rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Fiddle
Years active	1980s-present
Website	duncanchisholm.com

Duncan Chisholm (born 31 October 1968) is a Scottish fiddle player and composer. He has released seven solo albums as a solo artist. His studio album, Affric , released in 2012, was longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award. In 2022, he released a seventh studio album, titled Black Cuillin. He tours with the Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis's band. He is also a founder member of the folk rock group Wolfstone. He played fiddle for Runrig.

Discography

Solo

• Redpoint (1997)
• The Door of Saints (2001)
• Farrar (2008)
• Canaich (2010)
• Affric (2012)
• Live at Celtic Connections (2013)
• Sandwood (2018)
• Black Cuillin (2022)

with Wolfstone

• Unleashed (1991)
• The Chase (1992)
• Year of the Dog (1994)
• The Half Tail (1996)
• Pick of the Litter (1997)
• Seven (1999)
• Not Enough Shouting (2000)
• Almost an Island (2002)
• Terra Firma (2007)

Guest appearances

• Across the City and the World – Donnie Munro (2002)
• Proterra – Runrig (2003)
• Day of Days – Runrig (2004)
• Heart of America – Donnie Munro (2006)
• Everything You See – Runrig (2007)
• Uam – Julie Fowlis (2009)
• The Beat of You – Coast (2010)
• Live at Perthshire Amber – Julie Fowlis (2011)
• Uncovered – Beth Nielsen Chapman (2013)
• Party on the Moor – Runrig (2014)
• Gach Sgeul – Julie Fowlis (2014)
• Alterum – Julie Fowlis (2017)
• Flat Earth Society (on the track Isak) – West of Eden (2019)

Awards

• MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards – Album of the Year 2008 – Farrar ^[1]
• Herald Angel – Edinburgh Festival – for multi-media production Kin
• Scots Trad Music Awards – Musician of the Year 2012
• Scots Trad Music Awards – Album of the Year 2014 – Live at Celtic Connections ^[2]
• Scots Trad Music Awards – Album of the Year 2018 – 'Sandwood'

References

1. 2008 Awards Winners and Nominees, BBC
2. Ferguson, Brian (13 December 2014). "Trad Music Awards: Martyn Bennett Story victorious". The Scotsman . Retrieved 30 July 2016.

External links

• SoundCloud page