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Thank you very much to everyone who voted for us at the Trad Awards finals. We were absolutely over the moon to collect ‘Album of the Year’ and with Norrie picking up ‘Gaelic singer of the Year’ it was some night, I’m sure you can imagine.

Hope to see you at a gig very soon
Gary x

I am delighted to announce that Mànran’s debut album has made the final 4 of ‘Album of the Year’ category in the Trad Awards.

I am also pleased to say that our singer ‘Norrie Maciver’ has been nominated for ‘Gaelic singer of the year’ at this years awards also.

The category is open for voting between Oct 31st – 18th Nov.

If you would like to vote please click here

Thank you
Gary x

Saturday 29th October sees the return leg of the 2011 Shinty/Hurling International live on BBC 2 from 1.45 pm

Ireland are leading the series by 4 points heading into this final match.

C’mon Scotland

I am delighted to have been asked to join Stuart Cosgrove, and Tam Cowan, on ‘Off the Ball’ this coming Saturday.  It’s an amazing programme, and a show that I have listened to for many years.

As many of you know I am more a shinty supporter than a football fan, so goodness knows what on earth I am going to talk about, however I’m pretty sure the boys will have me cringing, squirming, and laughing, as they do with all their other guests.

The show is on between 12-2pm on BBC Radio Scotland if you manage to tune in.

Gary x

I am very excited and delighted to be musical director for this year’s Blas festival Lochaber Gold concert.

Lochaber Gold is a unique concert to celebrate and highlight all the incredible musicians and talent that went through Lochaber High School as it celebrates it’s 50th year.

Joined alongside this musical extravaganza will be the RT Hon Charles Kennedy MP, Duncan Shearer, Catherine Macleod, and Donald Park, who all attended the school at various times to talk about their lives.

Hugh Dan Maclennan has the task of extracting all the fun and gory details from our distinguished guests, sandwiched between music composed or written in Lochaber. The Lochaber Pipe Band will also be involved and will open and close the evening with a few surprises in the middle.

This is a one off must see show.

To purchase tickets please click here.

Hope to see you there

I was over the moon to be awarded Shinty’s Marine Harvest Player of the Year award, alongside the Scottish Hydro Premier Player of the Year award, at this year’s annual shinty awards.

Shinty as many of you know is literally a passion I move heaven and earth to try and make each Saturday when I can, and to receive both these awards in one season is just a dream come true.

Thank you very much to all the clubs and committee’s that voted for myself, I will be sure to buy you a large dram if you make yourself known to me.

Gary x

Well folks I am delighted to announce  that our debut Mànran album is now available from www.manran.co.uk and various download sites. We are also extremely lucky to have a Worldwide distribution deal with Cadiz to make sure we get to all 4 corners of the globe.

It has been an incredible experience over this past year since the band has been formed and we hope to continue this success for many many years to come, with your support of course.

I hope you enjoy.

Gary x

STV 5pm 21/1/11

A quick chat with Michelle Mcmanus and Stephen Jardine regarding Mànran’s new single “Latha Math” on STV between 5-6pm

Hope you manage to tune in.

Click on this link to watch the show with us on it.

I am delighted to say that Mànran’s single “Latha Math” is now out. You can download the track on itunes and other music down load sites, costing you only 79p. Apart from the fact we want people to buy the song and enjoy  it, we are really pushing hard to try and sell 7500 copies in one week to break into the Official UK top 40. If we were to manage this, we would be the first band of the 21st century to get a Gaelic song into the charts. This of course would be just incredible. We have also publicly been backed by Runrig, Julie Fowlis, Red Hot Chilli Pipers and many many more to which we are extremely grateful.

You can get the link to the itunes store by clicking here.

View the Official video for “Latha Math” by clicking here

View BBC Scotland today’s report on single launch here

Thank you

Gary

Happy New Year folks, I hope 2011 is as exciting and healthy for you as 2010 was.

With a new year bring new challenges, and this year starts pretty hectic with the release of Mànran’s single “Latha Math”. Our aim is to be the first band of the 21st century to get a gaelic song into the UK top 40. Some may say we are peeing into the wind, however we are pulling out all the stops to try and make this ambitious effort successful. The song will be released on itunes and other downloadable sites from January 17th, and fingers crossed by the 23rd we will all be ceilidh stars haha.

We are also very excited to be launching the single on Saturday 16th January in Glasgow’s ABC as part of Celtic Connections. A show not to be missed.

I hope to see you all very soon on the road, in the pub or at a gig, and here’s to a fantastic 2011 ahead.

Gary x