Modern music's great Scot.Byline: Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard When it comes to Scottish music, there aren't many names bigger than Dougie MacLean. MacLean has six gold albums under his belt. His song "Caledonia" has become an unofficial Scottish anthem. And he's seen his songs covered by the likes of Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea, full name Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959, in South Charleston, West Virginia), is a female country music and bluegrass performer who often brings celtic sounds to her music, particularly with her release of Love Travels and used in films such as "Last of the Mohicans" and "Angel Eyes." The 50-year-old singer-songwriter, guitarist and fiddler will bring the sounds of the Scottish highlands
The Scottish Highlands (A' Ghàidhealtachd and lowlands to the WOW Hall tonight. MacLean blends the traditional, ancient sounds of Scottish music with more contemporary rhythms. And his skills have brought him dedicated fans around the world. If the 2000 CD, "Dougie MacLean Live, From the Ends of the Earth," is any indication, MacLean's WOW Hall show will be short on bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes and long on well-crafted guitar-driven folk, all performed with a Scottish accent. MacLean was raised in a musical family. His father, a gardener, played the fiddle, and his mother played the mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. . He continues to live near Perthshire, Scotland, where he was born. He runs his own record company - Dunkeld Records - with its own studio, publishing company, retail outlet retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → and, yes, even a pub. He's toured extensively in Europe, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Australia, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. He's also become a regular at the Fringe music and art festival in Edinburgh and at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. MacLean has 18 albums to his credit; the most recent is 2002's "Who Am I." He's on a short, two-week tour of North America, which takes him from Salt Lake City to Calgary to Eugene and points in between. CONCERT PREVIEW Dougie MacLean When: 8 p.m. today Where: WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. Tickets: $24 at the door CAPTION(S): Dougie MacLean, on of the biggest names in Scottish music, is in Eugene tonight. |
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