Martin Swan
Introduction


**Martin Swan** (born [Sheffield](/wiki/Sheffield "Sheffield"), England) is a [Scottish](/wiki/Scottish_people "Scottish people") multi\-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, record producer, [recording engineer](/wiki/Recording_engineer "Recording engineer") and instrument designer.

Swan is best known as the leader of the [Mouth Music](/wiki/Mouth_Music_%28band%29 "Mouth Music (band)") project, whose combination of traditional [Gaelic](/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic "Scottish Gaelic") songs and music with contemporary instrumental and technological settings led them to international fame and number 1 placings in [world music](/wiki/World_music "World music") sales charts in the early 1990s. His multi\-instrumental skills and his approach towards the making of [folk music](/wiki/Folk_music "Folk music") (eclectic, restless and frequently non\-purist) has seen him compared to a folk music version of [Prince](/wiki/Prince_%28musician%29 "Prince (musician)"). [“Mouise Mujic Out Of Scotland, Africa”](http://fourthdoor.org/pdfs/14-17.1.pdf) – 4th Door Review interview with Mouth Music circa 1996, retrieved 7 December 2008

Swan is also involved in the restoration, manufacture and design of [string instruments](/wiki/String_instrument "String instrument").

Though born in England, Swan is of Scottish descent and identifies as Scottish.


What specific Scottish Gaelic songs and music did Mouth Music combine with contemporary instrumental settings?