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Eilidh
Grant
 Born in 1982 in Glasgow to a west coast mother and a north
east father, Eilidh has been in and around folk clubs all
her life. Although Eilidh performed in dramatic plays and
musicals at a young age and went to many folk festivals
with her father and 3 brothers, she did not recognise her
talent for singing folk music until 2002 when she sang ‘A
case Of You’ by Joni Mitchell. It was then Eilidh decided
that this was the route she would love to take and is now
recognised as one of the most up and coming vocalists in
Scotland.
Eilidh’s stunning voice
beautifully renders both classic folk songs and original
material. With a love for traditional and contemporary
folk alike, underpinned by a passion for Burns, Eilidh has
made a considerable impression on the British and Irish
folk scenes. Her vocal style, with shades of a Caledonian
Joni Mitchell, won her the Danny Kyle Award at the 2004
Celtic Connections festival. Since then she has performed
at many folk clubs and festivals throughout Scotland,
Ireland and England. Her first gig was at the Star Folk
Club in Glasgow and since then has grown from strength to
strength, the highlights being performing at Celtic
Connections, supporting Ralph Mctell at the Linlithgow
Folk Festival and performing for the British ambassador
for Belgium at the Scottish Festival in Belgium.
 In 2011 Eilidh won a
Scottish New Music Award for best Folk/Traditional
recording of year. When Eilidh finally brought out her
long awaited debut album “Masks and Smiles” she never
dreamed that she would be nominated for an award. She knew
that she had put her heart and soul into the album but she
never thought that it would stand a chance next the other
great nominees, namely Mairi Cambell and Dougie MacLean.
However in October 2011 Eilidh was named winner of the
SNMA award and dedicated it to her baby boy. The award now
sits proudly out of reach of little hands. |
