Sìleas

{{Short description|Scottish harp duo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2017}} '''Sìleas''' (pronounced sheelis) is a Scottish harp duo. Patsy Seddon plays electric harp and gut-strung harp, and Mary Macmaster plays electric harp and metal-strung harp. They sing in Gaelic and English.

The name of the band is explained on the back cover of the debut album, ''Delighted with Harps''. Sìleas na Ceapaich was an 18th-century Gaelic poet. Her praise of harp music led Seddon and Macmaster to take "Sìleas" as their professional name.

They were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpfestival.co.uk/meet-the-tutors/patsy-seddon |title=Patsy Seddon – Edinburgh International Harp Festival | website=Harpfestival.co.uk |date=2014-01-09 |accessdate=2014-05-13}}</ref><ref name="scottishcultureonline1">{{cite web|url=http://projects.scottishcultureonline.com/hall-of-fame/?s=patsy+seddon|title=Hands Up For Trad : Hall of Fame|website=Projects.scottishcultureonline.com|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref>

==Discography== * ''Delighted with Harps'' (Lapwing, 1986 ) * ''Beating Harps'' (Green Linnet, 1987) * ''Harpbreakers'' (1990) * ''File Under Christmas'' (1991) * ''Play on Light'' (1996)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sileas}} Category:Scottish folk music groups Category:Scottish all-female bands Category:All-female folk groups Category:Scottish musical duos Category:Green Linnet Records artists Category:Female musical duos