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. If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven’t tried out yet this could be for you! We want musicians to take a chance and make a band that you might never have thought of! Your … Read more about Battle of The Folk Bands 2019
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Beyond Borders (PRS Foundation)
Beyond Borders supports the creation, touring and promotion of innovative and high-quality new music across all genres and encourages engagement with audiences across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Beyond Borders is a co-commissioning and touring programme run in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Arts Council of Ireland / An … [Read More...] about Beyond Borders (PRS Foundation)
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Partner Awards for Disabled Artists
Unlimited are partnering with 17 UK organisations to offer 20 awards to disabled artists to develop and present work across the country and/or internationally, with a partner organisation. Partner Awards are each jointly funded by Unlimited and a partner organisation from the wider arts sector. By commissioning in this way, we’re able to get more […]
£1000 Grant for Awesome Projects – Glasgow
We offer a no-strings-attached grant of £500 every 2 months to awesome ideas – this round we have one £1000 grant to offer to a project working with and for refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow. ABOUT US We’re the Glasgow Chapter of the Awesome Foundation. A fun way of giving £500, no-strings-attached mini-grants to […]
Lady Finella composed by Iona Fyfe
The song, written by Iona, was commissioned by Stonehaven Folk Club as part Sense of the Place album project. You can purchase the full album from www.stonehavenfolkclub.co.uk The ballad tells the story of Lady Finella, who assassinated King Kenneth II of Scotland, to avenge his killing of her son. Lady Finella, born in the year […]
Enter the MusicHub 2022 Collection
Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2022 for their 2022 Collection. They can be anything from reels, jigs, airs, waltzes and anything in between! All you have to do is to upload them to MusicHub! All the tunes will be listened to […]
Josie Duncan set to release debut solo album
‘As the Moonlight Melts’
The 2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner Josie Duncan ventures confidently into new ground, with her self-penned debut solo album ‘As the Moonlight Melts’. Set for release on 26th Aug 2022, itdraws comparisons to Sigrid, Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rodgers with heartfelt lyrics and catchy riffs. Josie’s original songs were receiving airtime before she left university, and by the time she […]
The Village and The Road at Edinburgh Fringe
A personal and collective story about rural depopulation, told through storytelling, live music and theatre. Tom Pow draws on his travels for this emotive journey exploring abandonment of the countryside, refugee crises and the great thinning of the natural world, whilst The Galloway Agreement musicians (Wendy Stewart (clarsach, vocals), Ruth Morris (alto and tenor nyckelharpa), […]
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig. 3-28 August, Lyceum at the Playfair Library, Edinburgh
A wild session of anarchic theatre, haunting, authentic folk music and strange goings-on. Co-creators David Greig and Wils Wilson revisit their award-winning production in the extraordinary surroundings of the Playfair Library. A revival of the original National Theatre Scotland commissioned production. Presented with support from The University of Edinburgh. #PrudenciaHart We very much look forward to welcoming you to The Strange Undoing of […]
Wind Rose by Jocelyn Pettit
‘Wind Rose’ is the title track of fiddle player Jocelyn Pettit’s third album. Composed after returning to Canada from living in Glasgow, it is an uplifting opener symbolizing the start of a journey. A ‘wind rose’ is a nautical compass for reading the direction of the winds, and a metaphor for the visible and invisible […]
The Sanna Barber composed by Kenneth I MacKenzie
Inspired by an old photo from many years ago, taken in Sanna, Ardnamurchan. Composer website: https://caberfeidhmusic.co.uk Link to audio of music: https://youtu.be/46kxEyU5bBk The-Sanna-Barber-02 Kenneth I MacKenzie is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Glasgow. If you would like to contact the composer – you can email them here. If you would like to view or download […]
Alasdair Gillies MBE composed by Kenneth MacKenzie
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