TRADITION WITH A TWIST
Finlay MacDonald Job l’rper and founder of the I rrrla, MacDonald band. Glasgow
“Mist lfirrngs ra//. funk and dance grooves to Scottrsh rrgs and rat:
lrrrla,’ Mavlflmald. 28. has been
uurrourrr led b,‘ Scottr'lr ll(l(I!Il’)lliil rrrus'r. for as long am he can remember 'M‘, lamrir, .‘xere al'.‘.'a,f, at textual. nr .'.'rth pH rple playrrrg rrruszrf he "We lust lrved and breathed rtf
He was ten ten he asked lrr‘; dad. the leader «rt (Alasgov/s Nerlsr )ll drxrsron prpe band to teach hrm. and has never looked back. At, a student at the Hmaf Srottrsh Acaderrry ot Musrr; and Drama he really started to mrx thrngs up lie explarns: ‘I played wrth lots ot drtlerent people. experrmentrrrg wrtn some of the raw plavert; or <:lassr<:al. (treatrrrg drtterent tracks and backrngtr'
l’rom those early experrrrrents emerged the l Inlay Ma<1l)r rnald band 7 a blend of prpes. trddle. gurtar. drums and bass corrrbrnrng tunk and raX/ grooves Wrth tradrtrorral and conterrrporan; tolk tunes. MacDonald tropes rt's helprng to broaden ptxrple's horr/ons. Scottrsh tolk musrr: seerrrs to be (:orrrrng rnto rts oWn.‘ he says. "There rs a realrS‘x'ttron that the prpes are not rust a grmmrck or the preserve of a guy rn a krlt outsrde E—drnbur‘gh (fastlef
“lher‘e rs a general pro Scotland teelrng rust now and the musrc rs a huge part ol that ~ rt's our herrtage. But that doesn't rrrean rt can stand strll. lt's takrrrg rn new rntluerrces and that drrves rt torward.’
Anna King Job Artrst and basket weaver. Edrnbur'gh Twist Creates decorative art works usrng tr'adrtronal weavrng technroues When Anna Krng was growrng up her father w0uld tell her the gruesome stem of the Well of Seyen Heads. oft the shores of Loch Orch. even time they passed the spot renounrxl tor rts hrstor‘, ot clan vrolence. Decades later she took those chrldhood tears as a starting pornt and wore a freelorm basket taork called the Seyen Heads. rnsprred b\ the legends and lant‘lscarxa ‘That's the, thrng about tradrtrons you prck up as a cth.‘ she says. 'They stax wrth \ou.' Tr‘arnrng at Aberdeen and then Edrrtburgh art schools. Krng started weavrng tapestrres before drsc0\errng basketwork rust over a decade ago. Its r'rch her‘rtage rmrhedratek appealed. ‘lltere rs a fantastrc tradrtron of basket makrng in Scotland. Exen, regron had a
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In 1994. Glaser, whose background
was rn wrne makrng and rrrarkefrngr. found hrmselt tallrng 'n tone. 'it .'.a:‘ a cold. damp Februan. ma'nrnr .Arull .'.a:; standrng rn the lalska' r.'.ar-.:,':r:t.se She drrnkrng from a lrtre
had bw—rt pulled strarght from the ask
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