Kenna Campbell grew up in a singing crofting family in Greepe on Skye and won the Gold Medal at the 1959 National Mòd. A teacher by profession, she sang with the family group Na h-Eilthirich, and in 1990 she founded Bannal, a women’s group devoted to waulking songs. She was made an MBE in 2017 for promoting Gaelic language, music and education. She is the mother of the singer Mary Ann Kennedy.
© CaoimhinCC BY-SA 4.0 Kenna Campbell
Gaelic singer and teacher; Bannal
- Born
- 21 July 1937, Greepe, Isle of Skye (89)
Further reading: Wikipedia · Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame