{{Use British English|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Hannah Rarity | background = solo_singer | image = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | genre = Folk | occupation = Singer and songwriter | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 2012–present | label = | associated_acts = Cherish the Ladies | website = {{official URL}} | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Hannah Rarity''' is a Scottish singer and songwriter from Dechmont, West Lothian. In 2018, she was the winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award, and her debut album ''Neath the Gloaming Star'' was nominated for Album of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2019.
==Biography== Rarity was raised in Dechmont, West Lothian.<ref name="Scotsman" /> She joined the National Youth Choir of Scotland at the age of eight, where she developed a favouring of traditional music.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Singer Hannah Rarity wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/bbc-radio-scotland-young-trad-musician |access-date=2021-11-03 |work=BBC |date=29 January 2018}}</ref> She studied film and television at Glasgow University for two years before switching to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2012, to study Scottish music.<ref name="Scotsman" />
In 2015, she was invited by Phil Cunningham, the artistic director of the traditional music department at the Royal Conservatoire, and Joanie Madden, to tour with Cherish the Ladies, touring internationally with them for two years while completing her studies.<ref name="Scotsman" >{{cite news |title=Ones to watch in 2018: folk singer Hannah Rarity |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/ones-watch-2018-folk-singer-hannah-rarity-1433850 |access-date=2021-11-03 |work=The Scotsman |date=9 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2015, 2017 and 2021, she had a solo performance on BBC Scotland's Hogmanay Live.<ref>{{cite web |title=MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017: Hannah Rarity |url=https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmusicawards/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2017-hannah-rarity/ |website=Hands Up for Trad |access-date=2021-11-03}}</ref><ref name="Clark">{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=John-Paul |title=Hannah returns for Linlithgow concert |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/hannah-returns-for-linlithgow-concert-18812426 |access-date=2021-11-03 |work=Daily Record |date=1 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2016, she released a six-track EP titled ''Beginnings''. Her debut album, ''Neath the Gloaming Star'', was crowdfunded and released independently in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFayden |first1=Neil |title=Hannah Rarity: Neath the Gloaming Star |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/09/hannah-rarity-neath-the-gloaming-star/ |access-date=2021-11-03 |date=21 September 2018 |website=Folk Radio UK}}</ref> The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2019 Scots Trad Music Awards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jobson |first1=Jonny |title=The 10 Scots Trad Music Awards Album of the Year contenders |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18064708.10-scots-trad-music-awards-album-year-contenders/ |access-date=2021-11-03 |work=The National |date=28 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The album was self-published due to the lack of publishing labels in Scotland and the prevalence of musicians having success with crowdfunding.<ref>{{cite news |title=An Interview with Hannah Rarity |date=2019-02-01 |url=https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2019/02/an-interview-with-hannah-rarity/ |access-date=2021-11-03 |website=Folk Radio UK}}</ref>
In 2018, she won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award.<ref name="BBC" />
In 2021, she was co-musical director of the Opening Concert 'Neath the Gloaming Star' at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.
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== External links == * {{Official website}} * {{Cite magazine |title=HANNAH RARITY - ''Neath the Gloaming Star'' |date=December 2018 |magazine=The Living Tradition |url=https://www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/hr085nea.htm |last=Bechhofer |first=Jean |access-date=2021-11-03 |department=Review |issue=126}} {{authority control}}
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