(Photo by Dennis Connaghan)

Thanks for visiting my website! I hope you find something of interest in the various sections.

There’s all sorts of items about Scottish music played on mandolin, tenor banjo, resonator tenor guitar, octave mandolin & bouzouki! And more about my travels and friendships with music.

I have had a lifelong interest in the traditional folk music of Scotland and Ireland, and countries further afield.

I started learning the basics of music, aged 4, and played the violin until I was 15, when I developed a great interest in the sound of the mandolin and Greek bouzouki on hearing the exceptional traditional musicianship of Alec Finn & Frankie Gavin of De Danann and Andy Irvine of Planxty in 1975. So, I taught myself to use a plectrum, got hold of an old mandolin, and immersed myself in Scottish music.

Since then, I have explored Scottish bagpipe music, Gaelic music, the fiddle and dance band repertoires, but also the wider folk traditions of the world. I joined The Occasionals ceilidh band in 1986, and that has been the main outlet for my music.

Thanks for taking a look! Kevin Macleod