Bruce MacGregor (musician)

Born in Inverness in 1970 Bruce MacGregor is a Scottish fiddler and broadcaster who founded Blazin' Fiddles in 1998 and currently presents Travelling Folk on BBC Radio Scotland.^[1] He is also a director of Bogbain Farm and a director of crowd-funded venture MacGregor's Bar in Inverness.

He is also the director of the Inverness whisky and gin festival

A pupil of Donald Riddell CBE who also taught fellow fiddlers Highland Duncan Chisholm and Iain MacFarlane who both joined MacGregor in the first Blazin Fiddles line up

Albums recorded

Blazin Fiddles - Fire on! (2000)

Blazin Fiddles - The Old Style (2004)

Blazin Fiddles - Magnificent Seven (2005)

Blazin Fiddles - Live (2007)

Blazin Fiddles - Thursday Night at the Caley (2011)

Blazin Fiddles - Six (2014)

Blazin Fiddles - Solo (2014)

Blazin Fiddles - North (2015)

Cliar - Cliar

Cliar Gun Tamh

Cliar Laiser Dhe

Bruce MacGregor - 101 Reasons to do nothing Bruce MacGregor - Loch Ness Bruce MacGregor & Christine Hanson - Kissin is the best of 'A

Bruce MacGregor, Duncan Chisholm & Iain MacFarlane - Portrait of a Highland Fiddler

Educated at Inverness Royal Academy, MacGregor studied history at Edinburgh University followed by a post graduate Business Diploma in Business Administration from Napier University

He started work at BBC Radio Scotland in 1994 as a researcher before becoming a producer and presenter. He produced and presented "The Strathspey King" in 2000 and "The Captain's Collection" 1999, both won Golden Torque awards at the International Celtic Media Awards. The Strathspey King was toured as a play produced by Dogstar Theatre

“…a colourful roller coaster of huge successes and dramatic failures…Billy Riddoch brought the character alive in vibrant and sympathetic fashion, fuelled by Hamish MacDonald’s sensitive and often very funny script……Scott Skinner’s music was also in good hands. Fiddler Bruce MacGregor and cellist Christine Hanson performed his tunes live throughout, and were worth the admission money on their own…This was a piece of imaginative and beautifully realised music theatre honouring a flawed genius of Scottish music.”

MacGregor played amateur rugby captaining Inverness based Highland Rugby Club He was also captain of Edinburgh University Rugby Club winning the Scottish Universities Cup in 1992 and touring Zimbabwe in 1990 and South America in 1992. MacGregor also represented Scottish Universities (1991 &92) and Scottish students (1991)

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