Mary Ann Kennedy
Bio
Mary Ann Kennedy, an accomplished singer, broadcaster, and musician, hails from the vibrant and multicultural southside of Glasgow.
Mary Ann joined the BBC in 1993 and embarked on a freelance broadcasting career a few years later. She is the principal host of the annual Scots Trad Music Awards on BBC ALBA, and presents the TV series ‘Seirm’ from the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.
Mary Ann was voted Gaelic singer of the year at the 2019 Scots Trad Music Awards. Her first band, Cliar, also won the all-time Best Album accolade at the inaugural awards in 2003. She earned a Saltire Award for her ground-breaking choral project, ‘Lasair Dhè’ and with her tradition-bearer family, the Campbells of Greepe, the major biography and album project ‘Fonn’ won the Arts and Culture award at the first National Gaelic Awards. Mary Ann is also Artistic Director of Scotland’s Gaelic Gospel Choir, Soisgeul.
Reviews
“This is one from the heart… which finely expresses her commitment to Gaelic song as an ongoing culture”
“An absolute winner … An Dàn is a moving, beautiful work of art; I shall listen to Mary Ann’s voice constantly and never, ever grow tired it.”
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