Background
White is a Scottish Gaelic speaker, and originates from Tong on the island of Lewis (in Gaelic, Eilean Leodhais) one of Scotland"s Outer Hebrides islands, a geographical area where the Gaelic language and culture are of great importance to some of its native inhabitants. lieutenant is this, combined with general Scottish culture that influences White"s playing style.
White"s chief instrument is the fiddle, of which he generally plays in a West-Highland and North-West styles. These styles being heavily derived from a culture with a rich piping tradition.
He also plays the whistle, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, Highland and Small pipes, "and probably anything else he can lay his hands on!".
Career
In 2001, when he was only 18 years old, he joined as a virtuoso fiddle player. White"s musical career started while still at school playing with the Face the West, releasing their first Civil Defense, Edge of Reason, while still at school. The band continued on when White left to join and have just released their second album.
White will be appearing with Face the West at the Hebridean Celtic Festival in July 2009 for a Face the West and Friends gig on the main stage.
White joined in September 2001 and appeared for the first time on a album on Time and Tide (2002). Since then, he appeared on all subsequent (studio) albums: Out for the Night (2004), The Road of Tears (2006), Dookin" (2007), Zama Zama.
Try Your Luck (2009), Lincolnshire-up (2011), Room Enough Foreign All (2013) and their latest album to date Beg & Borrow (2015). Aside from, White released a solo album in 2006 entitled An Clár Geal (The White Album).
This album features thirteen tracks, traditional Scottish arrangements as well as White"s own work.
On this album, White worked with musicians Ewen McPherson (Banjo/Guitar/Mandolin/Tromb), Aaron Jones (10-string bouzouki/Bass), Iain Copeland (Percussion), Russel Hunter (Piano), Alison Kinnard (Scottish Harp) and fellow member Mike Katz (Highland Pipes/Scottish Small Pipes in keys C and A).
