Skipinnish

Skipinnish brand

The Skipinnish brand is also operated by Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson, and in the past has been used to market whisky. The brand also previously operated a cèilidh house named the Skipinnish Ceilidh House, which had locations in both Fort William and Oban.

Skipinnish Records

The band runs its own record label which issues acts such as Skerryvore, Deoch 'n' Dorus, Gary Innes and Rachel Walker.

Members

The current line-up consists of:

• Angus MacPhail: Accordion, vocals
• Andrew Stevenson: Highland bagpipes, small pipes, whistles, fiddle

Regular touring musicians:

• Archie McAllister: Fiddle

Regular guest musicians include:

• Rachel Walker: Vocals
• Duncan Nicholson: Small pipes, bagpipes, whistles

Previous touring musicians:

• Norrie MacIver: Lead singer, guitar
• Robert Robertson: Lead singer, guitar, now the lead singer of Tide Lines
• Ross Wilson: Keyboard, bass
• Rory Grindlay: Drums
• Jonathan Gillespie: Keyboard, backing vocals
• Angus Tikka: Bass guitar
• Charlotte Printer: Bass guitar
• Kyle Orr: Small pipes, bagpipes, whistles
• Alistair Iain Paterson: Keyboards
• Alasdair Murray: Drums, Highland bagpipes
• Alastair MacLean: Bagpipes, whistles
• Euan Malloch: Electric Guitar

In 2016 Robertson was replaced by Norrie MacIver as new lead singer and Rory Grindlay also joined as drummer. They were joined by Alistair Iain Paterson on keyboards in 2017, Charlotte Printer on bass guitar in 2018 before Alastair MacLean (pipes/whistles) and Euan Malloch (electric guitar) completed the lineup in the following years.

Alistair Iain Paterson left the lineup after the band's performance at Glasgow's OVO Hydro in September 2025.

In November 2025 Skipinnish announced that they would be parting ways with Norrie MacIver, and at the same time, drummer Rory Grindlay, bass guitarist Charlotte Printer, piper Alastair MacLean and electric guitarist Euan Malloch also decided to move on to work on other projects.

Discography

Albums

• Skipinnish (2001)
• Sgurr Mor to Skerryvore (2003)
• Deoch 'N' Dorus (2005)
• The Sound of the Summer (2007)
• Live From The Ceilidh House (2009)
• The Wedding Dance (2010)
• Atlantic Roar (2013)
• Western Ocean (2014)
• The Seventh Wave (2017)
• Steer by the Stars (2019)

Singles / videography

• "Walking on the Waves" (2014)
• "December" (2014)
• "The Island" (2015)
• "Home on the Sea" (2016)
• "Alive" (2017)
• "Wishing Well" (2017)
• "Wishing Well" (2018) (re-released as a May 2018 to help with fundraising for a permanent memorial to Eilidh MacLeod from Barra who was killed in the Manchester Arena Bombing)
• "Summer Call" (2022)
• Clearances again (2023)
• Fuadaichean (2023)
• Eagles wing (2024)

References

References

1. [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-review/Folk-album-review-Skipinnish-.5536684.jp ''Scotsman'': Folk album review: Skipinnish Live From The Ceilidh House]
2. Manager, Skipinnish Web. "Online Store".
3. (5 June 2014). "Skipinnish // Walking on the Waves [Official Music Video] (ORIGINAL)".
4. "Scottish Celtic Powerhouse Band Skipinnish Announce Highly-Anticipated New Single 'Summer Call'" https://www.thesoundcafe.com/post/scottish-celtic-powerhouse-band-skipinnish-announce-highly-anticipated-new-single-summer-call