This week’s featured artist: Pàdruig Morrison – debut solo album ‘Buin’

From the island of Grimsay, in Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Pàdruig Morrison is an acclaimed accordionist and composer. Performing around the country with fellow Uist musicians as part of Beinn Lee, the six-piece band have received many plaudits for their impassioned interpretations of traditional Gaelic music. Morrison himself was a finalist in the 2020 BBC Radio Scotland Young Musician of the Year and also picked up a Celtic Connections New Voices commission that same year. Equally comfortable in the worlds of both classical and contemporary composition, Morrison has also written music for the National Trust for Scotland, St Magnus International Festival, Thirteen North string ensemble, Hebrides Ensemble, Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble, Edinburgh International Book Festival, members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and soundtracks for TV and radio. When he is at home and not performing or composing, he teaches accordion and piano and raises cattle and sheep on his croft in Grimsay. Buin…