Kenneth I MacKenzie
@kennethimackenzie.bsky.social
Scottish Musician and Composer
Nominated for Composer of the Year for The Scots Trad Music Awards 2023
Purchase Glendrian here - https://linktr.ee/Glendrian
Nominated for Composer of the Year for The Scots Trad Music Awards 2023
Purchase Glendrian here - https://linktr.ee/Glendrian
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Just an update to say there won’t be a ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ blog post at 8pm this evening.
Had a very busy, full on week away leading our Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat www.rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan...
Have done lots of writing, notes and more towards the next and many other pieces…..
Had a very busy, full on week away leading our Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat www.rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan...
Have done lots of writing, notes and more towards the next and many other pieces…..
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Just an update to say there won’t be a ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ blog post at 8pm this evening.
Had a very busy, full on week away leading our Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat www.rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan...
Have done lots of writing, notes and more towards the next and many other pieces…..
Had a very busy, full on week away leading our Ardnamurchan Creative Retreat www.rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan...
Have done lots of writing, notes and more towards the next and many other pieces…..
lovely and thank you!
The crofting township of Glendrian in the Ardnamurchan "caldera", near Sanna.
Abandoned as recently as the 1940s.
As featured in this lovely album by @kennethimackenzie.bsky.social here:
open.spotify.com/album/54R14R...
And also in tinyurl.com/Rionnag
Gleann an Draighinn: the Blackthorn Glen
Abandoned as recently as the 1940s.
As featured in this lovely album by @kennethimackenzie.bsky.social here:
open.spotify.com/album/54R14R...
And also in tinyurl.com/Rionnag
Gleann an Draighinn: the Blackthorn Glen
October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
lovely and thank you!
Reposted by Kenneth I MacKenzie
The crofting township of Glendrian in the Ardnamurchan "caldera", near Sanna.
Abandoned as recently as the 1940s.
As featured in this lovely album by @kennethimackenzie.bsky.social here:
open.spotify.com/album/54R14R...
And also in tinyurl.com/Rionnag
Gleann an Draighinn: the Blackthorn Glen
Abandoned as recently as the 1940s.
As featured in this lovely album by @kennethimackenzie.bsky.social here:
open.spotify.com/album/54R14R...
And also in tinyurl.com/Rionnag
Gleann an Draighinn: the Blackthorn Glen
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The crofting township of Glendrian in the Ardnamurchan "caldera", near Sanna.
Abandoned as recently as the 1940s.
As featured in this lovely album by @kennethimackenzie.bsky.social here:
open.spotify.com/album/54R14R...
And also in tinyurl.com/Rionnag
Gleann an Draighinn: the Blackthorn Glen
Abandoned as recently as the 1940s.
As featured in this lovely album by @kennethimackenzie.bsky.social here:
open.spotify.com/album/54R14R...
And also in tinyurl.com/Rionnag
Gleann an Draighinn: the Blackthorn Glen
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12noon Lesley Riddoch Podcast on...
Indy Live Radio - new voices for a new Scotland
Online Scottish Radio for News, Chat, Music and Politics Eclectic music Mix, Topical Interviews and Podcasts. Get the Scottish views you're not getting.
indylive.radio
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
12noon Lesley Riddoch Podcast on...
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2-3pm. Oldies with John from the leafy west end on...
Indy Live Radio - new voices for a new Scotland
Online Scottish Radio for News, Chat, Music and Politics Eclectic music Mix, Topical Interviews and Podcasts. Get the Scottish views you're not getting.
indylive.radio
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
2-3pm. Oldies with John from the leafy west end on...
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12noon Lesley Riddoch Podcast on...
Indy Live Radio - new voices for a new Scotland
Online Scottish Radio for News, Chat, Music and Politics Eclectic music Mix, Topical Interviews and Podcasts. Get the Scottish views you're not getting.
indylive.radio
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
12noon Lesley Riddoch Podcast on...
NOMINATIONS for Scots Trad Music Awards #NaTrads CLOSE on Sun 19th Oct I was pleased to have been nominated for 'Composer of the Year' at the 2023 awards , so, if any followers would like to VOTE for me , click below:
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
Kenneth I MacKenzie
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Kenneth I MacKenzie
Vote now for your favourite act or organisation now!
Nominate now in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Nominate your favourite act or organisation here or fill in the form below. Nominations close on Sunday 19th October at midnight. The awards cer…
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October 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NOMINATIONS for Scots Trad Music Awards #NaTrads CLOSE on Sun 19th Oct I was pleased to have been nominated for 'Composer of the Year' at the 2023 awards , so, if any followers would like to VOTE for me , click below:
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
Kenneth I MacKenzie
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Kenneth I MacKenzie
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Great to see that nominations are now LIVE for the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2025.
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
Vote now for your favourite act or organisation now!
Nominate now in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Nominate your favourite act or organisation here or fill in the form below. Nominations close on Sunday 19th October at midnight. The awards cer…
projects.handsupfortrad.scot
October 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Great to see that nominations are now LIVE for the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2025.
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT #SCOTLAND
THE TARTAN ARMY ARE ON THE MARCH
Scotland v Greece
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
#SCOGRE #WCQ #BeTheRoar
THE TARTAN ARMY ARE ON THE MARCH
Scotland v Greece
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
#SCOGRE #WCQ #BeTheRoar
October 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT #SCOTLAND
THE TARTAN ARMY ARE ON THE MARCH
Scotland v Greece
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
#SCOGRE #WCQ #BeTheRoar
THE TARTAN ARMY ARE ON THE MARCH
Scotland v Greece
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
@FIFAWorldCup
@BBCScotland
@BBCiPlayer
#SCOGRE #WCQ #BeTheRoar
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Thoughts on "A Fresh Start with Independence" and "Your Right To Decide" documents. A 🧵
1. There is little that's new here, if you have been following things & reading things like manifestos, etc, as it's essentially the broad case for Indy & the right of Scots to be able to decide.
1/5
1. There is little that's new here, if you have been following things & reading things like manifestos, etc, as it's essentially the broad case for Indy & the right of Scots to be able to decide.
1/5
October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thoughts on "A Fresh Start with Independence" and "Your Right To Decide" documents. A 🧵
1. There is little that's new here, if you have been following things & reading things like manifestos, etc, as it's essentially the broad case for Indy & the right of Scots to be able to decide.
1/5
1. There is little that's new here, if you have been following things & reading things like manifestos, etc, as it's essentially the broad case for Indy & the right of Scots to be able to decide.
1/5
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8-9 Oldies with John from the leafy west end on...
Indy Live Radio - new voices for a new Scotland
Online Scottish Radio for News, Chat, Music and Politics Eclectic music Mix, Topical Interviews and Podcasts. Get the Scottish views you're not getting.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
8-9 Oldies with John from the leafy west end on...
'Song for Sanna'
Composed by Kenneth I MacKenzie
Performed by Martin Considine
youtu.be/d6ZveCumDAw?...
#sanna #ardnamurchan #lochaber #scotland
@musicnewsscotland.bsky.social
Composed by Kenneth I MacKenzie
Performed by Martin Considine
youtu.be/d6ZveCumDAw?...
#sanna #ardnamurchan #lochaber #scotland
@musicnewsscotland.bsky.social
“Song for Sanna” @martinconsidine
YouTube video by Martin Considine
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
'Song for Sanna'
Composed by Kenneth I MacKenzie
Performed by Martin Considine
youtu.be/d6ZveCumDAw?...
#sanna #ardnamurchan #lochaber #scotland
@musicnewsscotland.bsky.social
Composed by Kenneth I MacKenzie
Performed by Martin Considine
youtu.be/d6ZveCumDAw?...
#sanna #ardnamurchan #lochaber #scotland
@musicnewsscotland.bsky.social
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INDY LIVE RADIO - a new voice for a new Scotland
Today's schedule, Wed 8 Oct 2025
View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'
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View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'
October 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
INDY LIVE RADIO - a new voice for a new Scotland
Today's schedule, Wed 8 Oct 2025
View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'
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View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'
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#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Lewis Capaldi, singer/songwriter, 1996
Alesha Dixon, singer, Mis-Teeq, 1978
Tim Minchin, comic/actor/singer/songwriter/musician/producer, 1975
Thom Yorke, singer/songwriter, Radiohead, 1968
Toni Braxton, singer/songwriter, 1967
1/4
Lewis Capaldi, singer/songwriter, 1996
Alesha Dixon, singer, Mis-Teeq, 1978
Tim Minchin, comic/actor/singer/songwriter/musician/producer, 1975
Thom Yorke, singer/songwriter, Radiohead, 1968
Toni Braxton, singer/songwriter, 1967
1/4
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Lewis Capaldi, singer/songwriter, 1996
Alesha Dixon, singer, Mis-Teeq, 1978
Tim Minchin, comic/actor/singer/songwriter/musician/producer, 1975
Thom Yorke, singer/songwriter, Radiohead, 1968
Toni Braxton, singer/songwriter, 1967
1/4
Lewis Capaldi, singer/songwriter, 1996
Alesha Dixon, singer, Mis-Teeq, 1978
Tim Minchin, comic/actor/singer/songwriter/musician/producer, 1975
Thom Yorke, singer/songwriter, Radiohead, 1968
Toni Braxton, singer/songwriter, 1967
1/4
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“In Bourblaige, silence is not absence, but presence. The hush that hangs in the air is not empty, but full—of memory, of grief, of the long breath of time.”
Discover the latest in my Spiorad Àird nam Murchan series part 14:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#ThinPlaces #CulturalMemory
Discover the latest in my Spiorad Àird nam Murchan series part 14:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#ThinPlaces #CulturalMemory
October 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“In Bourblaige, silence is not absence, but presence. The hush that hangs in the air is not empty, but full—of memory, of grief, of the long breath of time.”
Discover the latest in my Spiorad Àird nam Murchan series part 14:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#ThinPlaces #CulturalMemory
Discover the latest in my Spiorad Àird nam Murchan series part 14:
www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#ThinPlaces #CulturalMemory
Reposted by Kenneth I MacKenzie
Join in with Emma Scott 7-9pm for this week's Pluggin Baby Radio Show for another 2 hours of #greatmusic #chat & so much more #newvoices4anewScotland on
Indy Live Radio - new voices for a new Scotland
Online Scottish Radio for News, Chat, Music and Politics Eclectic music Mix, Topical Interviews and Podcasts. Get the Scottish views you're not getting.
indylive.radio
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join in with Emma Scott 7-9pm for this week's Pluggin Baby Radio Show for another 2 hours of #greatmusic #chat & so much more #newvoices4anewScotland on
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In the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Graeme Macrae Burnet discusses his new novella BENBECULA, the #gothic tradition, how #historicalfiction speaks to the present day, & how BENBECULA links to HIS BLOODY PROJECT, Graeme’s Booker-shortlisted 2016 novel
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www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark-is...
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www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark-is...
Dark Isle: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Graeme Macrae Burnet...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast Ali spoke to returning guest Graeme Macrae Burnet about his new book Benbecula, which is the next entry in Polygon Books' excellent Darkland Tales series of nove...
www.scotswhayhae.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast, Graeme Macrae Burnet discusses his new novella BENBECULA, the #gothic tradition, how #historicalfiction speaks to the present day, & how BENBECULA links to HIS BLOODY PROJECT, Graeme’s Booker-shortlisted 2016 novel
💙📚
www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark-is...
💙📚
www.scotswhayhae.com/post/dark-is...
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“The path to Bourblaige lifts through bracken and wet grass until the ground opens like a bowl beneath the steep shoulder of Ben Hiant. Here the air is felt as much as breathed.”
Read the new essay now: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#Bourblaige #SpioradAirdnamMurchan #HighlandClearances
Read the new essay now: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#Bourblaige #SpioradAirdnamMurchan #HighlandClearances
October 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“The path to Bourblaige lifts through bracken and wet grass until the ground opens like a bowl beneath the steep shoulder of Ben Hiant. Here the air is felt as much as breathed.”
Read the new essay now: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#Bourblaige #SpioradAirdnamMurchan #HighlandClearances
Read the new essay now: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/10...
#Bourblaige #SpioradAirdnamMurchan #HighlandClearances
Great to see that nominations are now LIVE for the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2025.
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
Vote now for your favourite act or organisation now!
Nominate now in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Nominate your favourite act or organisation here or fill in the form below. Nominations close on Sunday 19th October at midnight. The awards cer…
projects.handsupfortrad.scot
October 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Great to see that nominations are now LIVE for the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2025.
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
I was delighted to have been nominated in the 'Composer of the Year' category in 2023.
To vote for me Kenneth I MacKenzie click on Link and scroll to 17
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...
🤞
Hi Folks
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#caberfeidhmusic #celticmusic #scottishmusician #scottishmusic #ScottishMusicScene
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October 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hi Folks
If any followers would like to hear about new music and compositions PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to my mailing list !
eepurl.com/iL5ySk
#caberfeidhmusic #celticmusic #scottishmusician #scottishmusic #ScottishMusicScene
If any followers would like to hear about new music and compositions PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to my mailing list !
eepurl.com/iL5ySk
#caberfeidhmusic #celticmusic #scottishmusician #scottishmusic #ScottishMusicScene
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Radio Jammor has expanded our Support of Liberation Scotland by adding a hoodie and sweatshirt to a mug as available products with our Unicorn design and where we will donate some of the price to Salvo.
Our shop page on the website and the related blog post have both been updated.
Our shop page on the website and the related blog post have both been updated.
September 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Radio Jammor has expanded our Support of Liberation Scotland by adding a hoodie and sweatshirt to a mug as available products with our Unicorn design and where we will donate some of the price to Salvo.
Our shop page on the website and the related blog post have both been updated.
Our shop page on the website and the related blog post have both been updated.
Reposted by Kenneth I MacKenzie
INDY LIVE RADIO - a new voice for a new Scotland
Today's schedule, Mon 6 Oct 2025
View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'
Today's schedule, Mon 6 Oct 2025
View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'
October 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
INDY LIVE RADIO - a new voice for a new Scotland
Today's schedule, Mon 6 Oct 2025
View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'
Today's schedule, Mon 6 Oct 2025
View the full schedule
How to listen
Get the iOS app
Get the Android app
or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'