PRS Foundation’s International Keychange initiative gathers politicians, artists and the music industry at the Canadian High Commission this evening to celebrate a milestone moment on the journey to decreasing the gender gap in music. In a pioneering move, 45 international music industry conferences and festivals including four leading Canadian events have made a pledge towards achieving or maintaining a […]

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Just saw this on 9to5Mac.com. After opening the platform to a few thousand artists earlier this year, Apple is further expanding beta testing of its ‘Apple Music for Artists’ dashboard, the company announced via a tweet. Apple describe it as “everything you need to understand your music’s impact across Apple Music and iTunes.” While not particularly […]

We had a great Twitter chat on Thursday 8th March on International Women’s Day. Below is a quick summary of some of the chat but please visit Twitter and the hashtag #womenintrad for the complete discussion. Rachel Newton @rachel_newton_ It’s not just #womenintrad that need to address these issues it’s #menintrad too 🙂 equality is […]

Hands Up for Trad are very pleased to announce our top 20 tunes submitted to MusicHub in 2016. Simon Thoumire has played through all the tunes submitted and chosen his favourite 20. The list shows off the amazing level of contemporary composition by Scottish composers and showcases what is possible within the traditional form – […]

Drake Music Scotland is seeking an experienced and highly organised Administrator to join our committed and hard working team, to coordinate office and administrative systems, coordinate our MusicSPACE programme and take responsibility for the smooth day to day running of the organisation. Drake Music Scotland is an arts organisation with charitable status based in Edinburgh […]

Festivals seem to flourish, CDs still pour from the pressing plants, musicians are fizzing with ideas and skill. All seems to be well in the trad scene today, but what is the reality for musicians, promoters and venues? Are there enough gigs? Has the folk club had its day? What do audiences want? The Traditional Music […]

The Fenton Arts Trust was founded in 1986 by Shu-Yao Fenton in memory of her husband Colin, a collector of antiques and pictures and a dedicated supporter of the arts. Following her death in 2000 the substantial part of her estate passed to the Trust. This generous gift provided the Trust with an endowment large […]

The purpose of the Teacher Development Fund is to support delivery of effective arts-based teaching and learning opportunities in the primary classroom, and to embed learning through the arts. The fund aims to do this through supporting teachers and school leaders to develop the necessary skills, knowledge, confidence and experience. Each year we expect to […]