Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland are sponsoring Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2022. The awards will be held in Dundee’s Caird Hall on Sunday 4th December 2022 and we would love to see you there! You can buy a ticket here handsup.link/tradawardstickets. The […]
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Are you heading out on tour and looking for some additional promo? If you send us your dates we can put them in our weekly newsletter and highlight one of your music tracks (on FolkWaves) to all our broadcasters who may play it on their radio programmes. Submit your information here. Follow these topics: Featured News, News
Foot Stompin Free Scottish Music Podcast
If you haven’t heard it before why not listen to Hands Up for Trad’s Foot Stompin’ Podcast. It is a monthly podcast featuring six tracks of Scottish traditional music. You can sign up to it on iTunes or visit our dedicated website www.scotpodcast.com Follow these topics: News
Mairearad Green UK Tour
To celebrate the release of the critically acclaimed album Summer Isles, Mairearad Green has announced a selection of tour dates across the UK running from May 31st – June 29th 2016. Mairearad will be supported by Hector MacInnes; a songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and audio producer from the Isle of Skye. Hector has worked with some […]
Opportunity: THE VISIT – A CHANCE TO MEET SCOTLAND
The Visit is a unique event bringing together the German, Austrian, Swiss and Scottish music industry over four days between the 24th and 28th of April 2016 in Scotland. Held successfully for the first time in 2014 The Visit forms part of the work undertaken by the Showcase Scotland Export office which is supported by […]
Summer Isles CD by Mairearad Green
“Summer Isles” is a musical love story of the landscape and lore that surrounds her home in Achnahaird, Achiltibuie in Wester Ross. Mairearad is the daughter of David Green, former Highland Council Convener and Chairman of the Crofters Commission, and his wife Sheila, who teaches at Ullapool High School. Listen to a track. To mark […]
Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast no 146
Hello we’re back!! It’s been a busy time at Hands Up for Trad with the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, Christmas etc but it’s great to be playing some fab Scottish music for you. We start the podcast with the latest release from Blazin Fiddles – North. Then it’s another new release from Sarah […]
Latest Foot Stompin’ Podcast is here!
It’s great to be back with another Foot Stompin’ Scottish music podcast. We start of the show with Hounds from top Scottish band The Treacherous Orchestra. Next up is Cathy-Ann MacPhee singing a beautiful Gaelic song – An Ataireachd Ard (Eternal Surge Of The Sea). We follow this with a brand new release from Aberdeenshire band Clype […]
RURA hit the road for UK tour, after globetrotting summer
One of this year’s most in-demand and critically acclaimed Scottish folk acts, RURA will embark upon a 13-date UK tour this weekend – their second UK run of 2015. Having released their second album, Despite the Dark, to unanimous critical acclaim in April, the Glasgow and Edinburgh based five-piece has garnered widespread praise and a wide-reaching following. Following the album’s […]
Do You Hear the People Sing?
Do you hear the people sing? Meet the musician rediscovering Scotland’s radical tradition Alan Dickson is compiling songs of people’s history from 18th and 19th century Scotland FROM the struggle for land reform to early campaigns for democracy, Scotland has a rich history of people’s campaigns for change. One musican, Alan Dickson, was determined that […]
