SHOORMAL are Shetland’s unique vocal group who first performed at the 1997 Shetland Folk Festival. They are revered throughout the musical world for their unique slant on their own island culture. Their second album “Migrant” was said to be ‘the best album to have come out of Scotland that year’ and created an opportunity to participate in the Folk Alliance Convention in Austin, Texas, USA, in 2006, leading to a signing with an American agency.
Joyce McDill, Freda Leask and Donna Smith sing primarily in three part harmony and these stunning harmonies have become key to the Shoormal sound. The remaining five members, some of the best Shetland musicians, synergise with the singing  to provide rhythm and counter-melody - Trevor Smith and Gordon Tulloch play acoustic guitar; Gregg Arthur plays piano and accordion; while Jonathan Ritch and Archer Kemp complete the rhythm section on bass and drums. Shoormal’s music is very much a team effort. Jonathan Ritch will be well known to many for his fantastic bass playing with Fiddlers’ Bid and other Shetland bands. Joyce, Freda and Trevor have between them written the compositions for this their third album.