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An d猫idh toiseach t貌iseachaidh iongantach fhaighinn ann an saoghal a鈥� chi霉il ann an 2018, tha Peat & Diesel air ainm a dh猫anamh dhaibh fh猫in le na briathran aca agus na tha iad air a bhith ris bhon uairsin. Th貌isich an sgeulachd an uair a choinnich tr矛 Coves 脿 Ste貌rnabhagh (Innes, Uilly agus Boydie) aig an taigh gus craic a dh猫anamh air oidhche Shathairne, a鈥� cluich ce貌l le d矛reach an c霉 agus an cat gan coimhead. 鈥橲 e seo c貌mhlan 脿s an sg矛re a bha a鈥� seinn mu dheidhinn am beatha anns an oisean bheag aca fh猫in ach aig an robh buaidh mh貌r air m貌ran dhaoine taobh a-muigh na h-Eileanan an Iar. Bha luchd-leantainn 脿 Nis gu Newcastle a鈥� seinn na h-貌rain aca ann an taighean-seinnse 鈥檚 aig f猫isean agus th貌isich sluagh m貌r gan leantainn air na meadhanan s貌isealta. An uairsin, th脿inig am pandemic.

Ged a tha cuairt a tha dol timcheall na R矛oghachd Aonaichte a鈥� t脿ladh luchd-leantainn, tha d霉bhlain a鈥� tighinn an l霉ib a bhith air an rathad fad na h-霉ine agus balaich Peat & Diesel, 鈥渢rying to find a way to make a living鈥� mar a tha briathran aon de na h-貌rain aca a鈥� toirt iomradh. Ann an 脠irinn, feumaidh iad gluasad gu tallaichean nas motha is luchd-猫isteachd 猫asgaidh a鈥� cur f脿ilte orra ann am Beal Feirste, Baile Ath Cliath, Gaillimh agus Cork. Ann an Sasainn, tha e follaiseach gu bheil luchd-leantainn a鈥� siubhal fad 鈥檚 farsaing airson 猫isteachd ris a鈥� ch貌mhlan agus ged nach eil iad a鈥� tuigsinn m貌ran de na briathran G脿idhlig a tha am measg nan 貌ran aca, tha talla l脿n ann am Birmingham fhathast a鈥� seinn aig 脿rd an cinn. Chan fhaigh na balaich seachad gu bheil iad am measg nan c貌mhlan a bhios aig Glastonbury am bliadhna seo agus abair cothrom air leth a bhith dol air 脿rd-霉rlar aig aon de na f猫isean as motha anns an t-saoghal.

After a stunning arrival on the Scottish music scene in 2018, the lyrics and antics of Peat & Diesel became the stuff of legend. The story began when three Stornoway 鈥楥oves鈥� (Innes, Uilly and Boydie) met up in the house to have the craic on a Saturday night playing music with just the dog and the cat watching. This was a local band singing about life in their own corner of Scotland that found resonance way beyond the Western Isles. Fans from Ness to Newcastle belted out their songs in pubs and at festivals while their social media following exploded. Then the pandemic came.

While a tour zig-zagging the UK and Ireland pulls in the fans, the toll of being constantly on the road brings its challenges as the Peat & Diesel boys, in the words of one their songs find themselves 鈥渢rying to find a way to make a living鈥�. In Ireland they need to move to bigger venues as they are greeted with enthusiastic audiences in Belfast, Dublin, Galway and Cork. In England it becomes evident that fans are travelling far and wide to hear the band and, despite not understanding much of the Gaelic lyrics that weave through their songs, a sell-out crowd in Birmingham sing their hearts out.