inspired by the heritage & nature of his native landscape of Strathspey 

folk flautist, pianist, singer, educator & composer 

After nearly 2 decades amongst the vibrant, multi-genre music scenes in Glasgow and Boston, MA, Hamish returned home to his native Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands to begin his ambitious project to produce 5 album of landscape music The River (‘16) and The Railway (‘18) received 5- stars in national newspapers. The Woods (’20) won 'Album of the Year' in the Scots Trad Music Awards. The Hill and The Sky are next.

Hamish contributed significantly to two other recent album award winners Black Cuillin (‘23) and Sandwood (’18) by fellow Highlander and stellar fiddle player Duncan Chisholm (Wolfstone), with whom he has a successful long-standing co-writing partnership with.

He’s also collaborated with leading artists such as Ross Ainslie, Donald Shaw, Julie Fowlis, Blue Rose Code and Martyn Bennett. He has performed several times on national television and radio – and has even been a radio presenter for BBC Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk programme. He has appeared at festivals, theaters, music camps and universities throughout the UK, Europe and North America. 

He’s also collaborated with leading artists such as Ross Ainslie, Donald Shaw, Julie Fowlis, Blue Rose Code and Martyn Bennett. He has performed several times on national television and radio – and has even been a radio presenter for BBC Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk programme. He has appeared at festivals, theaters, music camps and universities throughout the UK, Europe and North America. 

He finds a balance between tradition and innovation, celebrating and respecting Scotland’s rich musical heritage while transcending boundaries, with jazz, classical and modern music production techniques. 

His work is often interdisciplinary: syncing music to landscape films or incorporating poems and stories. Hamish produced a film 'Strathspey Stories’ with David Francis that premiered at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. He is the writer and voice of over 10 hours of historical audio stories for smartphone travel apps ‘Highland Discovery’ and ‘Badenoch the Storylands’ for Transport Scotland and Badenoch Heritage. 

Over the last 3 years, he has been highly involved in the community arts in Cairngorms National Park, particularly through the Storylands Sessions event series co-created with writer Merryn Glover - a hugely successful performance hub for poetry, stories, music, art and song for all ages.