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Biography
Use British English|date=March 2012BLP sources|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Donnie Munro| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1953|08|02|df=y|birth_place = Uig, Skye|Uig , Isle of Skye , Inverness-shire , Scotland| death_date =| origin = Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland| instrument = Acoustic guitar | genre = Folk rock | occupation =| years_active = 1973–present| label = Greentrax | associated_acts = Runrig , Niall Munro | website = http://www.donniemunro.co.uk/ www.donniemunro.co.uk| notable_instruments =Donnie Munro ( Donaidh Rothach ) (born 2 August 1953, Uig, Skye|Uig , Isle of Skye , Inverness-shire , Scotland ) is a Scottish musician , and former lead singer of the band Runrig .cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p20291/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Biography: Runrig|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher= All Media Guide|AMG |accessdate=8 May 2010
A native speaker of Scottish Gaelic , much of his work is in that language.
Early life
He attended Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and earned a postgraduate degree in teaching at Moray House in Edinburgh .
Music career
He first saw Runrig play in 1973 and was approached one year later to become a member of the band. As lead singer of Runrig, Munro became established as the leading Gaelic popular music performer of the 1980s and 1990s.
Munro left Runrig in 1997 to pursue a career in politics. His final performance was a farewell concert at Stirling Castle on 29 August.
Munro now enjoys a successful solo career. His most recent album , Heart of America , done in collaboration with fellow Skye songwriters Blair Douglas and Richard Macintyre, won Album of the Year in the Scottish TradMusic Awards 2006. He continues to work as the Director of Development at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig , Scotland's National Centre for the Gaelic Language and Culture on Isle of Skye|Skye .
Munro completed a series of acclaimed concert|live shows titled 'An Turas - The Journey', with a forty piece ensemble and is preparing for the release of a live album , recorded at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall|Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow , during Celtic Connections 2008.
Politics
Munro was elected as Rector of the University of Edinburgh in 1991, a position he held until 1994. He contested the UK Parliaemtary seat of Ross, Cromarty and Skye in the 1997 General Election but was defeated by Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrat). He then contested the Scottish Parliament seat of Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Inverness West at the Scottish parliamentary election, 1999 election for Labour Party (UK)|Labour , but was defeated by Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat John Farquhar Munro . These necessitated his leaving the band, which he did in 1997. His reasons for departure were a matter for lengthy private discussion over a two year period but were never the subject of public discourse.
Munro was alleged to have given up the offer of a 'safe' Labour seat in Central Scotland as he had already agreed and been adopted as a candidate to contest his own native Highland constituency, coming close to winning this hitherto safe Liberal Democrat seat in the 1999 Scottish election.Citation needed|date=August 2008
Honours
In 1996 he gave the prestigious Sabhal Mòr Lectures|Sabhal Mòr Lecture .
In 1998 Munro was elected as the first rector of the UHI Millennium Institute , a post that lasted 3 years.
S-starts-acaSuccession box|title= Rector of the University of Edinburgh |before= Muriel Gray |after= Malcolm Macleod |years=1991–1994Succession box|title= Rector of the UHI Millennium Institute |before=New position|after= Alistair MacFarlane|Sir Alistair MacFarlane |years=1998–2001S-end
Use dmy dates|date=August 2010 Persondata | NAME = Munro, Donnie | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 2 August 1953 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Uig, Skye|Uig , Isle of Skye , Inverness-shire , Scotland | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Munro, Donnie Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish Gaelic-speaking people Category:Labour Party (UK) politicians Category:University of the Highlands and Islands Category:Scottish male singers Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category:Alumni of Robert Gordon University Category:People from Skye and Lochalsh Category:Rectors of the University of Edinburgh Category:Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Category:Runrig members Category:Scottish rock musicians Category:Scottish Gaelic singers
