Scottish Highland-based singer, songwriter, musician, educator, tour guide, publisher.
Supporting traditional and indigenous arts and culture across the North Atlantic region.
11/06/2026
I'm delighted to be able to offer you a free recap of songs learned at Seinn Air Loidhne Gaelic Song Classes over the past few months. Join me for this free event on Zoom. All are welcome! Bidh e math ur faicinn ann!
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89968688786
04/06/2026
My June newsletter is out now! Nach leugh sibh e? 📬
Brian Ó hEadhra - June Newsletter | Cuairt-litir an Ògmhios All the latest news on workshops, online events, song circles, and more...
This beautiful song is in Lithuanian and is called Dėl žalio žolyno. Here, the first few verses are sung by our friend Viltė Ambrazaitytė who visited A' Ghàidhealtachd (the Scottish Highlands) recently.
Whenever we meet other singers, we always end up singing together. This is cèilidh culture (sharing music, song, dance, stories, crafts with family and friends). This short cèilidh took place in .
🇱🇹🏴 Į sveikatą! Slàinte!
03/06/2026
Mo bhuidheachas don a h-uile duine a ghabh pàirt sna clasaichean agam air loidhne am bliadhna. Fois a-nis dhomhsa (le stuth air loidhne) gus deireadh an t-samhraidh. 🙏
Many thanks to everyone who took part in my online classes this year. I look forward to seeing many of you after the summer break. 🌞
San sgeulachd seo ionnsaichidh sinn mu dheidhinn sìthiche a thuiteas ann an gaol le nighean nuair a tha e a’ buain na rannaich. Cha do mhair an dàimh, oir chuir a teaghlach stad air a’ chùis agus san òran cluinnidh sinn mu cho brònach sa tha an sìthiche bochd.
There are many variations of the story relating to this song but one says that it is a fairy singing in the song, telling of how he fell in love with a girl while he was cutting bracken. Their love was not to last as her family put a stop to the relationship. In the song the fairy mourns their lost love.
Ró and I sing the first two verses here and are delighted to be joined by the talented Lithuanian singer Viltė Ambrazaitytė.
Sin sibh...
A good few years back I translated this much loved Irish Gaelic song into Scottish Gaelic. Órla and I sing just a few verses here. The full version is on my album An t-Allt. 💿
Tha sinn an dòchas gun còrd e ruibh.
It's fun to sing this Scottish Gaelic mouth music song with some great rhythms within.
Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil Màiri toilichte leis na h-aodaich ùra aice. 💃🧥
A woman's love song in Scottish Gaelic. The woman in this song asks of her lover, who is away serving in the army, if he is ever going to return to her. She tells of how he is so far away from her. I just sing here the chorus and verse one.
24/05/2026
The next Highland Song Circle will be on Sunday 14th June, 3pm at The Wee Bar, Inverness. All welcome. Fàilte oirbh!
Consider the context (social, political, geographical, etc) of the folk songs you may learn or sing.