It was Margaret Fay Shaw’s wish that her friends Paul McCallum and Vivien Mackie should come together to record songs from her book ‘Folksongs and Folklore in South Uist’.
Paul McCallum is a Mod Gold Medalist and his upbringing in North Glendale, South Uist beside the Macrae sisters’ home, allows him to interpret the songs exactly as he heard them and exactly as Margaret Fay Shaw herself heard them in the 1930s. Paul sings all over the world. He won both Gold Medals - the Comunn Gaidhealach Gold Medal and the traditional Gold Medal at the National Mod. He has beautiful Gaelic and a fine tenor voice. "The voice of an angel" has oft been said when referring to Paul's singing.
Vivien Mackie is a cellist of considerable acclaim having studied under Pablo Casals. But she also enjoyed visiting Canna House, where she accompanied Margaret Fay Shaw playing songs from her book on her Steinway grand piano.
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