Shooglenifty will be touring Scotland this month as part of the Scottish Arts Council Tune Up Tour with the North American Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis. They will be appearing at Glen Urquhart Public Hall, Drumnadrochit, on Friday November 23rd. "Luke Plumb and Angus Grant have played the Hall three times so far with their Funky String Band outfit, and the last couple of years we've been talking about getting Shooglenifty here - so I am really thrilled that this is finally going to happen," says promoter Jennie Macfie. "The 100 year old hall has a great ceilidh atmosphere, just the right place to get the best of the Shoogle vibe...and the fact that Tanya is coming too is going to make it a very special night indeed. It's not every day we have Inuit throat singers appearing in Drumnadrochit."

For more than a decade Shooglenifty's signature combination of traditional style fiddle and mandolin melodies, urgent rhythmical propulsion and cohesive ensemble grooving, have been provoking dance floor activity around the world. They launched their fifth studio album "Troots" to wide acclaim at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow in January 2007.

Shooglenifty have toured extensively this year, including a Canadian tour in the Spring, a summer filled with International music festivals including the Rainforest Festival in Sarawak, Indonesia and Womad in Singapore to UK festival dates ranging from NessFest in Fort Augustus to the Outsider Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Shooglenifty first met Tanya Tagaq Gillis in the Canadian Yukon territory, where they were thrown together during a workshop at the Yellowknife Folk Festival. They were reunited at the Salmon Arm Festival in the Canadian Rockies, Tanya's otherworldly vocals melding uniquely with the bands rhythmic and melodic textures. Tanya's vocals appear on the track "Excess Baggage" on the album "Troots", and she performed with the band at the albums launch at Celtic Connections.

Tanya Tagaq Gillis, who has performed with Bjork and the Kronos Quartet, brings her thrilling improvisational ability and haunting vocal tone to this Tune Up tour with Shooglenifty.

Tune Up is an initiative of the Scottish Arts Council to support music touring in Scotland.

The album is distributed by Proper Music http:// www.properdistribution.com , Highlander Music, and available online at www.shoogle.com  Shooglerecords received funding from the Scottish Arts Council for the recording of this album.

For more information about the band visit www.shoogle.com