Shooglenifty

{{Short description|Scottish Celtic fusion band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Shooglenifty

| image = Shooglenifty-CelticConnections07.jpg

| caption = Shooglenifty in 2007

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| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin = Edinburgh, Scotland

| genre = Celtic fusion, folk rock

| years_active = circa 1990–present

| label = Greentrax, Womad, Compass, Shoogle

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| website = {{URL|http://www.shooglenifty.com|Official website}}

| current_members = Malcolm Crosbie
Garry Finlayson
Ewan MacPherson
Quee MacArthur
James Mackintosh
Eilidh Shaw

| past_members = Angus R. Grant (deceased)
Luke Plumb
Iain MacLeod
Conrad Ivitsky

}}

Shooglenifty are a Scottish, Edinburgh-based six-piece Celtic fusion band that tours internationally. The band blends Scottish traditional music with influences ranging from electronica to alternative rock. They contributed to Afro Celt Sound System's 1996 album Volume 1: Sound Magic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Afro-Celt-Sound-System-Volume-1-Sound-Magic/release/160317|title=Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 1 Sound Magic|publisher=Discogs|language=en|access-date=20 March 2018}}

The band have performed in countries including Australia, Austria, Cuba, Belgium, France, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, New Zealand, Indonesia, South Africa, Lebanon, Spain, the US, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, India, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, Mexico and the UK.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/shooglenifty-cult-celt-connection-100336.html|title=Shooglenifty: Cult Celt connection|last=Wilson|first=Sue|date=15 August 2003|work=The Independent|access-date=20 March 2018 |language=en-GB}} They have performed for a number of notable fans, including Charles III, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela, and Emperor Akihito of Japan.

Several of the band members had previously played together in Swamptrash.{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12664958.a-band-for-all-seasons/|title=A band for all seasons |first=David |last=Belcher |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 February 1995 |accessdate=4 November 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/27/angus-grantacid-croft-folk-musician--obituary/|title=Angus Grant,'acid croft' folk musician – obituary|date=27 October 2016 |work=The Telegraph|access-date=20 March 2018 |language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}

Angus R. Grant, the band's fiddler and frontman, died in October 2016 at the age 49.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-37610327 |title=Tributes paid to Shooglenifty's Angus R Grant |publisher=BBC News |date=10 October 2016 |accessdate=11 October 2016}} Eilidh Shaw joined the band on fiddle after Grant's death.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.scot/news/16068697.Fiddler_Eilidh_Shaw_to_Shoogle_full_time_after_joining_band/ |title=Fiddler Eilidh Shaw to Shoogle full time after joining band |first=Jonny |last=Jobson |work=The National |date=7 March 2018 |accessdate=4 November 2018}}