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William Jackson
William Jackson is a Scottish harpist and composer. William Jackson was born in Cambuslang, near Glasgow. As his grandparents came from County Donegal, he visited Ireland many times, throughout his childhood, and still has a home there. He trained as a music therapist at the Guildhall School of Music in 1992/93, and from 1998 - 2009 he headed the Music therapy department at Mission Children's Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. In 1969 he formed the Scottish folk group Contraband, who released an album in 1974, then disbanded in 1975. Jackson's brother George was also a member. He became a founding member of Ossian in 1976. He has lived in Ireland since 2009 and works as a music therapist there, while also continuing his concert and teaching work in the US for part of the year. Ossian disbanded in about 1989, and he continued as a solo artist both as a performer and composer. He became one of the first to compose using both traditional and classical musicians, and his "Wellpark Suite" in 1985 was generally acclaimed as a milestone in Scottish music. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_(Scottish_composer)) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
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Ba Mo Leanabh
William Jackson, Mackenzie, & Ian Lowthian
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St Kilda's Wedding / A St Kilda's Dance (feat. Aidan O'Rourke, Tony McManus, James McIntosh & Calum Malcolm)
William Jackson
Albums
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Notes from a Hebridean Island
2001
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Journey of Ages
1999
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Celtic Chill-Out
2005
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Celtic Tranquility
2000
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Celtic Tranquillity
1992
Singles & EPs
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Moonlanding
Single • 2019
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Space
Single • 2019
Videos See All
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Corryvreckan
Aribis • 11K views
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MacDonald Lord of the Isles (Highland Scottish Music)
Ungern Sternberg • 11K views
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Ossian - A Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals/Walking the Floor
hyksosmusic • 19K views
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Grainne Hambly & William Jackson - Elizabeth Kelly's Favourite
Kathy DeAngelo • 9K views
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Dreams by William Paul
Truus1949 • 577 views
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Celtic Chillout - Mary Scott Flower Of Yarrow - William Jackson
Harmony Celtica • 1.5K views
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