Alasdair Whyte

Alasdair was brought up on the Inner Hebridean island of Mull. He is now based in Glasgow. His principal musical interests are in interpreting traditional Gaelic songs, particularly those from his own area, and composing original music and song, particularly in Gaelic. He was involved in traditional music from an early age, having been brought up within a family of musicians and singers.

Alasdair won the men’s gold medal at the Royal National Mòd in 2006 aged 19. He released his debut album Las with Watercolour Music in 2012:

Eloquent, impassioned and powerful, ‘Las’ is a landmark recording that will appeal to fans of Runrig and Julie Fowlis while smouldering with a heartwarming intensity that’s all its own. (Kevin MacNeil: ‘The Stornoway Way’; ‘The Brilliant & Forever’).

He has recorded with the likes of Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers (2008), Struileag/Shore to Shore (2014) and Niteworks (2015). In recent years he has performed with Struileag at the XXth Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (July 2014), with his own band at St Giles’ Cathedral at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 2014) and at the International Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland where he has twice won new song competitions (2012 and 2016). Alasdair regularly tutors young singers and songwriters.