Ewen henderson biography of donald

Musical artist

Ewen Henderson (born 1987) Scottish Gaelic: Eòghann Mac Eunraig^[2] is a multi-instrumentalist folk musician from Fort William in Scotland.^[3]

Musical career

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