PROJECT: PICTUS as "Oengus MacOg:" Renaissance Festival Bagpipe and Drum Act.
Drummer/Frontperson/Storyteller
PROJECT: Solo/Freelance
Drums, studio/session work, fill in, for hire, etc.
Original music, songwriting, guitar, bass, etc.
PROJECT: Mother Grove - Celtic Rock Band
Original music, songwriting, vocals, guitar.
Oengus MacOg, Bard of Pictus
Named for the first Pictish king, Oengus, the drummer bard of PICTUS, is a thunderclap behind the drums and a storyteller in the spaces between the notes. He fires up crowds with tales, jokes, chants, and war-drum thunder that shakes the rafters. His mission is simple and unwavering: carry music and joy to every corner he can reach.
ACT: PICTUS www.pictusmusic.com
Colonel Angus, the Pirate King of Scotland
The drummer and primary shenanigator of the band ROWDY SOUL, Angus is a legend in his own mind and, honestly, in everyone else’s too. He seems drunk, though no one ever sees him drink. Once a feared pirate of great renown, he’s now joyfully living that illusion. The self-proclaimed Pirate King (crowned by himself), he boasts loudly, struts proudly, and somehow remains irresistible to the lasses. Beneath the bravado is a true gentleman who just wants to make people smile. "But Colonel is an Army rank." "I know...that's how good I am!"
ACT: Rowdy Soul
Máni the Skald
A gentle wordsmith forged in Norse tradition, Máni writes music and poetry that call on wind, stone, wave, and the old gods. Soft-spoken when pondering, warm and boisterous when sharing mead, he carries a ritualist’s heart and has even officiated a marriage or two. His craft is inspiration. His gift is presence.
