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Mactullagh Vannin

Mactullagh Vannin has been described as the seminal Manx band. Indeed, they were one of the first bands to release a recording – in those days in cassette form – of Manx traditional music. That was 1986 and they have been together in various line-ups ever since. After twenty years they finally decided to move into the world of CDs, re-releasing their original self-titled album with some new tracks as Twisted Roots. Mactullagh Vannin looks to the roots of the Manx tradition, bending and twisting them in such a way as to produce dynamic and exciting arrangements which have rightly transformed Manx music.

Line-up

David Collister - fiddle

John Corlett - bodhrán

Cinzia Yates/Peddyr Cubberley - whistles

Mai-Ying Ellis - tenor banjo/mandola/mandolins

Sue-Ling Jaques – guitar

Recordings

2004 Twisted Roots
1986 Mactullagh Vannin

Representation at festivals:

2012 Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Brittany (as musicians for Ny Fennee dancers)