Rachel Walker

Rachel Walker is a Gaelic singer, songwriter and piano player based in Lochaber. She has extensive performance and recording experience as a solo artist, with bands such as Skipinnish, and as a duo with well known multi-instrumentalist and singer Aaron Jones with whom she was listed at number 40 of The List Magazine’s 'Hot 100' 2023. Rachel’s songwriting has been widely recognised as a shining light in the Gaelic and traditional music world, and her collaborations with poets such as Marcas Mac an Tuairneir and Flora MacPhail have seen her songs being commissioned to create new work as well as being showcased on an international stage. In 2023, on International Women’s Day she was named in The Scotsman and Hands Up For Trad’s list of 12 women in music and culture and has been added to the Scottish Poetry Library’s list of poets in recognition of her work as a Gaelic Songwriter. As well as being a busy touring musician, Rachel lectures music at UHI North, West and Hebrides, and is the Gaelic song tutor at the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music in Plockton.