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Findlay Napier is a Scottish musician, guitarist and songwriter. Napier was born in Glasgow in November 1978 and that winter, during coldest winter on record, his parents moved to Grantown on Spey. It was there that he would spend the rest of his life until 1996 when he moved back to Glasgow to join the first ever intake of the BA (Scottish Music) course at the RSAMD. After attending Feis Spe (part of Feisan nan Gaidhael) that his love of music was rekindled. In 1994 he was invited to a Feis for teenagers in Fort William that brought together young traditional musicians from across the Highlands and Islands. It was there he was introduced to piper Dougie Pincock and Jim Hunter who encouraged him to learn to play the guitar and start singing. Later Jim Hunter would encourage Napier to start writing songs. With help from Creative Scotland and Hands Up for Trad Findlay began a mentoring project with singer songwriter Boo Hewerdine. The project's initial aim was simply to improve Napier's songwriting. Exceeding all expectations the pair ended up writing seventeen new songs and recording and releasing an album called VIP: Very Interesting Persons. Each song on VIP is about a real life character who has led an interesting life and was researched predominantly on Wikipedia. Findlay has hosted the 'Late Night Session' at Celtic Connections since 2011 and is the organizer of Hazy Recollections [3] a mini festival that celebrates and connects acts whose music meets at the boundaries of the indie, folk and roots scenes.