Launched last weekend and released on Shoogle Records, Aonghas is accompanied on some on the songs on the album by Ross Martin (guitar), Christine Hanson (cello), and Paul Connolly (concertina), as well as his son – who performs fiddle with Shooglenifty – Angus R Grant.
Hailing from the Highlands of Glen Moristone, Gaelic speaker and natural-born storyteller Aonghas comes from a long line of fiddlers, pipers, Gaelic singers and bards.
His musical career began at the tender age of 13 when he began playing the fiddle, learning many tunes from his father and uncles, and has continued successfully for over six decades.
In the 1960s and 70s Aonghas was fiddle champion at the Royal National mod four times and won the Tom Anderson cup twice. He also played for many years in the famous 'Roshven Ceilidh Band' and became known as the 'left handed fiddler'.
A renowned and influential teacher (his students proudly bearing the red tassel on their fiddles), Aonghas teaches fiddle students privately, is a visiting tutor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and takes part in festivals as well as running a summer course each year.
Playing a wide range of fiddle tunes, from ancient Gaelic airs to classic Neil Gow sets, Irish reels to Highland pipe tunes, until 'The Hills of Glengarry' Aonghas' only full length solo album was the 1977 landmark recording 'Angus Grant Highland Fiddle'.
'The Hills of Glengarry' is a welcome listen to any fiddle fan and a book 'The Glengarry Collection' The Highland Fiddle Music of Aonghas Grant is set to be published next year, gathering together for the first time several hundred transcripts of Aonghas' large and varied repertoire.
Aonghas will be performing 'The Hills of Glengarry' at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow on February 2, 2008.
The album is distributed by Proper Music – www.properdistribution.com – Highlander Music, and is available online at www.shoogle.com.