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[[File:Afro Celt Sound System, Barbican, London, October 2016 (25).jpg|thumb|Labruidh playing with Afro Celt Sound System, October 2016]]
'''Griogair Labhruidh''' (born 24 October 1982)<ref>{{cite web|title=Griogair Labhruidh|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/fea6f350-593f-4972-8161-8a6e3a01d47b|website=BBC Music|publisher=BBC|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref> is a [[Scottish Gaelic]]  singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist from [[Gartocharn]] with strong roots in the Gaelic tradition of [[Ballachulish]] in the [[Scottish Highlands]].<ref name="interview">{{cite web|last1=Labhruidh and Michael Newton|title=Interview with Griogair Labhruidh|url=https://gaelicusa.org/interview-with-griogair-labhruidh/|website=Gaelic USA|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicinscotland.com/acatalog/Griogair_Labhruidh.html |title=Griogair Labhruidh - Gaelic singing |access-date=2018-12-20 |archive-date=2018-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221184005/https://www.musicinscotland.com/acatalog/Griogair_Labhruidh.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> After many years recording the Gaelic traditions of his local area, Gaelic became his dominant language and he is one of the few musicians who can speak and perform in a mainland Gaelic dialect, rather than the [[Mid-Minch Gaelic|standard Hebridean Gaelic]].<ref name="Dingwall">{{cite web|last1=Dingwall|first1=John|title=Scotland's only Gaelic rapper Griogair Labhruidh is up for a gong at the Scots Trad Music Awards|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/scotlands-only-gaelic-rapper-griogair-6954805|website=Daily Record|date=4 December 2015 |accessdate=16 January 2017}}</ref> Well-versed in the [[pibroch|ceòl mòr]] piping tradition of his native district, Labhruidh is a member of the [[Afro-Celt Sound System]] and has also produced Gaelic music in non-traditional genres, such as [[hip-hop]].<ref name=daimh/> In 2014, Labhruidh, who sings in a [[Sean-nós singing|sean-nós]] style,<ref name=jom/> became the main vocalist for the Gaelic supergroup [[Dàimh]].<ref name=daimh>{{cite web|title=The Band|url=https://www.daimh.net/the-band/|website=Dàimh|accessdate=6 January 2017}}</ref> He was Gaelic Singer of the Year at the [[MG Alba]] Trad Music Awards of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=TRIUMPH FOR TRAD TALENT IN DUNDEE WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS 2015|url=https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmusicawards/triumph-for-trad-talent-in-dundee-winners-announced-for-mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2015/|website=Scots Trad Music Awards|date=6 December 2015|publisher=Hands Up For Trad|accessdate=16 January 2017}}</ref>  He contributed a chapter to the book ''Dhá Leagan Déag: Léargais Nua ar an Sean-Nós''.<ref name=jom>{{cite news |title=New Thinking for Sean-nós Singing? |url=https://journalofmusic.com/opinion/new-thinking-sean-nos-singing |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=The Journal of Music {{!}} News, Reviews and Opinion|first=Dáibhí |last=Ó Cróinín|authorlink=Dáibhí Ó Cróinín |language=en}}</ref>

Labhruidh was a Ph.D. candidate at the [[National University of Ireland]]; his dissertation "challenges the influences of cultural colonisation upon the Gaelic singing tradition of Scotland".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stuart Curnow |title=Griogair Labhruidh: Gàidhealtachd Warrior |url=http://stuart-curnow.squarespace.com/blog/2014/11/1/griogair-labhruidh-gidhealtachd-warrior |accessdate=6 January 2017 |website=Stuart Curnow}}</ref> In addition, he runs a [[Croft (land)|croft]] in the Ballachulish area of the Scottish Highlands.<ref name="interview" /><ref name="stereotype">{{cite web |title=Meet the world's first Gaelic rapper |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15024390.Meet_the_Gael_force_hip_hop_artist/ |accessdate=16 January 2017 |website=Scotland's Herald|date=15 January 2017 }}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://www.griogairmusic.com/ official Website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8M0lt6BeLvcVSTDG36iCXg Labhriudh's official YouTube channel]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/fea6f350-593f-4972-8161-8a6e3a01d47b Profile on BBC Music]
* [https://soundcloud.com/eolasofficial Èolas Soundcloud]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0975lg4 Scotland Outdoors interview, BBC Radio Scotland]

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[[Category:Scottish bagpipe players]]
[[Category:Afro Celt Sound System members]]
[[Category:People from West Dunbartonshire]]
[[Category:Uilleann pipers from Scotland]]


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