Ewen Henderson (musician)
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Ewen Henderson | |
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 Henderson in 2013. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) Fort William, Scotland |
| Genres | Folk, Folk rock, World Music[1] |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments | Fiddle, bagpipe, penny whistle, piano, vocals |
| Website | ewen-henderson.com |
Ewen Henderson (born 1987) Scottish Gaelic: Eòghann Mac Eunraig[2] is a multi-instrumentalist folk musician from Fort William in Scotland.[3]
Henderson comes from a musical family, with his sisters Megan (of Breabach)[4] and Ingrid and brother Allan (formerly of Blazin' Fiddles)[5] in particular being musicians of renown. He started learning the fiddle at the age of five under the tutelage of Aonghas Grant Snr.[6]
Besides fiddle, Ewen regularly performs on bagpipe, penny whistle and piano. He is also fluent in Scottish Gaelic and sings in the language.
He has been a member of Battlefield Band (2010–2014),[7] the Pneumatic Drills and Skipinnish but is currently most often found performing with Mànran, the band he helped found in 2010.[8] His Scottish Gaelic singing has been aired on BBC Alba broadcasts. Since 2015, Ewen has also performed regularly with World music pioneers the Afro Celt Sound System.[9]
Henderson is in high demand as a composer and created the soundtrack to the 2016 BBC Alba documentary "The Wee Govan Gadgies/ Pìobairean Beaga Bhaile Ghobhainn".[10] and was involved in the soundtrack for ITV drama Sanditon.[11] He has also worked regularly as a Musical Director, including "Strì is Buaidh: Strife and Success" at 2017's Celtic Connections festival,[12] a show covering Gaelic political music over the last 600 years, several series' of BBC Alba's Alleluia![13] and the opening concert of the 2022 Royal National Mòd[14]
Since 2021, Henderson has also been working as a broadcaster, notably on BBC Radio Scotland's Piping Sounds[15] programme and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal's Crùnluath.[16] These shows won the award for Trad Music in the Media at the 2024 Scots Trad Music Awards.[17]
Ewen's most recent solo album, "Lèirsinn - Perception" was named as one of the best Folk Albums of 2024 by The Scotsman newspaper.[18]
A keen follower of the sport shinty, he has played for Glasgow University Shinty Club.
