Entries are now open for the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. The event has been running since 2001, raising the profile of Scottish traditional music and recognising rising talent in the genre. Last year’s winner from the six finalists was fiddle player Benedict Morris from Glasgow. The competition is […]
Distil Showcase 2019
Hands Up for Trad’s annual showcase of new music written by traditional musicians and performed by Mr McFall’s Chamber was held on the 29th March in the from The Tolbooth, Stirling at 8pm. The composers were: Becca Skeoch Owen Sinclair Robbie Grieg Catriona Hawksworth Adam Sutherland Esther Swift Fraya Thompsen Listen the the music Click […]
Battle of The Folk Bands 2019 is open for entries!
Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands 2019 competition to be held at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival on Saturday January 19th 2019. ENTER HERE If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven’t tried […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2019 Open For Entries
Could you be the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2019? This is now the premier award for young traditional musicians in Scotland and many of our past winners have gone on to have success in the world of traditional music. The final of this annual event takes place during the Celtic Connections Festival in […]
PRS for Music Foundation announce their Momentum fund to be available to Scottish musicians for this first time
Today at Wide Days conference Vanessa Reed (chief executive, PRS Foundation), Alan Morrison (head of music, Creative Scotland) and former Wide Days showcase artiste, Charlotte Brimner (Be Charlotte) will announce the Scottish launch of the Momentum Music Fund, set up to help acts break through to the next level of their careers. The Momentum Music […]
Distil Showcase 2018 – The music and videos!
What a great night we had in Stirling Tolbooth on Friday 6th April! Below is the music and concert video! If you can’t hear the music click here. Watch the concert below or click here.
Can’t make Distil Showcase tonight in Stirling? Watch it live online!
If you can’t make it along tonight (if you can find out more here) why not listen and watch to all the new compositions live online (on YouTube)! Either click play below or watch it here.
Distil Showcase 2018 – Watch it live online – 6th April 2018!
Hands Up for Trad’s annual showcase of new music written by traditional musicians and performed by Mr McFall’s Chamber is back on the 6th April live from The Tolbooth in Stirling at 8pm. Buy tickets here! The programme is: Michael Ferrie – Nomad Graham Mackenzie – The Falls of Clyde Pippa Reid-Foster – Murmuration Carly […]
A Life In Trad Music
Scotland is very fortunate in the depth and strength of its traditional musicians. At any given time, there are several generations working in the music sector and as the workforce naturally changes through time, older musicians have different priorities to their younger colleagues. In a new feature for Hands Up for Trad and in order […]
Got an idea for a music club? Scotland Live Awards 2018 Are Now Open For Entries
Scotland Live Awards 2018 are now open! After a successful first three years with 9 new clubs being set up we are now taking applications for the 4th year of this project. We are inviting applications from new Promoters who want to follow their love of music and set up a music club. We will give each […]
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