James Mackintosh
Hailing from the Scottish Highlands, James’s first forays into percussion were distinctly improvised.Fearing for the integrity of her pots and pans, his mother eventually bought him a drumkit for his 15th birthday.
Some 30 years later James is widely recognised as one of Scotland’s most innovative drummers, and he is responsible for the deliriously danceable grooves underpinning Shooglenifty’s sound. The Shoogle drummer is much in demand elsewhere: with Capercaillie, Grit Orchestra, The Transatlantic Sessions and Michael McGoldrick to name a few.