Mary Ann Kennedy
Mary Ann Kennedy is a Scottish Gael brought up in the urban diaspora of Glasgow, with roots in the islands of Skye and Tiree. She was brought up in the city's multicultural Southside, where a mother-tongue that was not English was the norm.
Her mother’s family are well-known Gaelic tradition bearers, but she also trained as a classical musician at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
She earned her broadcasting chops in BBC news, before returning to a freelance life combining music, radio and television. Mary Ann is co-director of the highly successful production house Watercolour Music in the Scottish West Highlands, involved in many projects for Gaelic TV including 'Rùrachd', her popular series on wild food foraging.
Gaelic singer of the Year at the 2019 Scottish Traditional Music Awards, she has performed on and produced over 50 albums in her career, with two solo albums on ARC Music – ‘An Dàn’ and ‘Glaschu - Hometown Love Song’.
Mary Ann played an important role in the development of Deiseil: Dancing in Time and performs puirt a beul in the show.
For more on her work -
www.watercolourmusic.co.uk
