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Distil

Distil is a twice yearly gathering of musicians rooted in folk and traditional music, but who are interested in expanding their creative horizons into other other areas of musical practice. With the continuing success of Celtic Connections’ New Voices programme, and with other commissioning opportunities, an increasing number of musicians is becoming interested in creating music that goes beyond … Read more

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The Glenbranter Waltz composed by John Kelly

Glenbranter is a Forestry Commission village in Cowal in Argyll and has great walks and trails and a lovely waterfall. We spend a lot of time in this lovely glen which is only about 15 minutes from our home. The tune came from the walks! Composer website: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOldBores Publisher: Tune type: Waltz Listen: If you […] … [Read More...]

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CHORUS Community Music Award Winner 2017: The Gleniffer Singers

Congratulations to The Gleniffer Singers who won the The Big Milestone – Celebrating Anniversaries Award category. We asked them the following questions. Tell us more about yourself / the choir The Gleniffer Singers is a Paisley-based ladies choir. With musical director Dr Roger McLean and accompanist David Stewart, we currently have around 35 active members, […]

Chorus Award Winner 2015: Dreghorn Musical Society

Scotland Sings announced its new Chorus Awards in 2015. The aim of these awards is to showcase the outstanding practice and great things going on in Scotland’s choirs and to celebrate and honour the people who are promoting singing together. The awards are not about how well you sing or perform and they are open […]

Trad Album of the Year. Have you added your album?

Have you released an album between September 2016 and August 2017? Why not submit your album into our 2017 Album of the Year competition. Based on the excellent Scottish Album of the Year Award organised by Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), our aim is to highlight the trad recording industry and to showcase the large […]

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Semi-finalists 2018 Announced

The semi-finalists of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2018 have been announced. The young musicians hail from all over Scotland and showcase the amazing amount of talent living in Scotland today. The finalists are:   Alexander Levack (Whistles, Pipes (Smallpipes/Highland Pipes)) – Maryburgh Amy Papiransky (Voice) – Keith David Sheddon (Bagpipes) – […]

Renewing the Tradition Workshops Return November 2017

Scotland Sings is back this Autumn with our penultimate season of Renewing the Tradition workshops. This time 5 fantastic tutors in 5 new venues will lead the day with material of their own choosing so expect an eclectic mix of some great songs and strong harmony parts. Taking place in Alloway, Traquair, Ardfern, Beauly and Birnam […]

ASD, Music and Me – a blog by Amber Thornley

Hi guys!I'm Amber, 18, and a  musician, but a musician with high functioning autism. It was only a year ago when I received the diagnosis, and was told that being female, and having such a strong passion in music to turn to when I'm struggling, masked my struggles up for years. My wee article will […]

Scotland’s Wild Heart World Premiere – Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017

Scotland's Wild HeartWorld Premiere – Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 – The Queen’s HallAugust 22nd 8pm / August 23rd 7.30pm & 9.30pm   Folk traditions meet orchestral grandeur in this audio-visual spectacular. A world-class ensemble led by award-winning composer Donald Shaw (Capercaillie) features the cream of Scotland’s musicians, including Patsy Reid (Fiddle), Michael McGoldrick (Flute & Pipes), Aidan O’Rourke (Fiddle), […]

MusicHub Composer Spotlight: Peter C Davie

Peter C Davie is a composer with compositions uploaded to MusicHub. Read below to find out more about them. I think my composing style is heavily influenced by the music I have listened to over the years and I suppose I am putting together phrases in a unique way within traditional structures.  Thus the 18-6 […]

Field of Bannockburn by Sylvia Barnes and Sandy Stanage

2014 is the 700TH Anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn and this album is released to mark this important event and the historical period of the Wars of Independence. 2014 is also the year of The Scottish Referendum for Independence and the album also recognises this historical event. The title of the album ‘For Freedom […]

The Clan MacDonald by Christine Weir

I wrote this song about the Glencoe Massacre in Scotland in 1692. It has been featured on the Glencoe Heritage Trust Facebook page. I also have it on video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-q6z0XR3kU Christine Weir was born in Scotland. Her parents moved to South Africa when she was five years old but she has retained her […]

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