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Dàibhidh Stiùbhard sings from that deep place within which the most meaningful and meant words are found. His young life has been an exploration and excavation of song, and culture and language; digging into the soil and the soul of his native land to find his roots and his place. His debut album An Sionnach Dubh brings songs together from the Ulster, Irish language and Scots Gàidhlig traditions alongside some original compositions.
In 2018, Dàibhidh Stiùbhard was senior traditional singing champion at the Ulster Fleadh. That same year, he recorded with Scottish folk band Malinky as a guest on their 20th anniversary CD and, months later in 2019, joined them on-stage at Celtic Connections in Glasgow.
Stiùbhard’s home-place of Tullywiggan is a dot on the Tyrone landscape. Don't look for a road sign. There isn't one. He is a singer from a place with no name. The Ulster University photography graduate speaks of traditional music creeping into his childhood; his first words of Irish spoken in that Tullywiggan home. Since then, his discovery has been a language and a culture for all.
This is the context in which he speaks and sings of ‘Acht na Gaeilge anois’ in the song ‘Kin of Cú Chulainn’; not by way of some political statement or demand, but in recognition and acknowledgement of something that can be owned and cherished by all. Converting the different cultures and traditions and languages into song is, he says, "something wonderfully intimate."
Brian Rowan, Journalist
In 2018, Dàibhidh Stiùbhard was senior traditional singing champion at the Ulster Fleadh. That same year, he recorded with Scottish folk band Malinky as a guest on their 20th anniversary CD and, months later in 2019, joined them on-stage at Celtic Connections in Glasgow.
Stiùbhard’s home-place of Tullywiggan is a dot on the Tyrone landscape. Don't look for a road sign. There isn't one. He is a singer from a place with no name. The Ulster University photography graduate speaks of traditional music creeping into his childhood; his first words of Irish spoken in that Tullywiggan home. Since then, his discovery has been a language and a culture for all.
This is the context in which he speaks and sings of ‘Acht na Gaeilge anois’ in the song ‘Kin of Cú Chulainn’; not by way of some political statement or demand, but in recognition and acknowledgement of something that can be owned and cherished by all. Converting the different cultures and traditions and languages into song is, he says, "something wonderfully intimate."
Brian Rowan, Journalist
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