Editing Hebrides (section)

===Music===
[[File:Scotland-Staffa-Fingals-Cave-1900.jpg|right|thumb|Entrance to [[Fingal's Cave]], [[Staffa]]]]
Many contemporary Gaelic musicians have roots in the Hebrides, including vocalist and multi-instrumentalist [[Julie Fowlis]] (North Uist),<ref name="Thistle">{{cite web |title=Julie Fowlis |work=Thistle and Shamrock |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=22 May 2013 |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/05/24/186500705/thistle-and-shamrock-julie-fowlis |access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref> [[Catherine-Ann MacPhee]] (Barra), [[Kathleen MacInnes]] of the band [[Capercaillie (band)|Capercaillie]] (South Uist), and [[Ishbel MacAskill]] (Lewis). All of these singers have composed their own music in Scottish Gaelic, with much of their repertoire stemming from Hebridean vocal traditions, such as ''{{lang|gd|[[puirt à beul]]}}'' ("mouth music", similar to Irish [[lilting]]) and ''{{lang|gd|òrain luaidh}}'' ([[waulking song]]s). This tradition includes many songs composed by little-known or anonymous poets, well-before the 1800s, such as "{{lang|gd|[[Fear a' bhàta]]}}", "{{lang|gd|[[Ailein duinn]]}}", "{{lang|gd|[[Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir|Hùg air a' bhonaid mhòir]]}}" and "{{lang|gd|[[Alasdair Mac Colla#Alasdair Mac Colla|Alasdair mhic Cholla Ghasda]]}}". Several of [[Runrig]]'s songs are inspired by the archipelago; Calum and {{lang|gd|Ruaraidh Dòmhnallach}} were raised on North Uist<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|id=1069730|name=Calum MacDonald}}. Retrieved 15 April 2017.</ref> and Donnie Munro on Skye.<ref>[http://www.donniemunro.co.uk/bio.htm "Donnie Munro: Biography"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530191658/http://donniemunro.co.uk/bio.htm |date=30 May 2014}} donniemunro.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2007.</ref>