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
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Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 172 feat Julie Fowlis, Lau, Fara and many more.
The Foot Stompin' podcast is back for 2019 with a great lineup of albums old and new from the Scottish trad music scene. Feat Deaf Shepherd, Claire Hastings, Lau, Mairearad and Anna, Julie Fowlis, Dallahan, Fara, Iona Fyfe, Sineag MacIntyre, Ross Ainslie and Malcolm Jones, Brian McAlpine, Christine Kydd and Eriska. If you enjoy these podcasts please consider supporting our Patreon account at … [Read More...]
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BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Finals 2019 – This Sunday!
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Congratulations to Battle of The Folk Bands Winners 2019 – The Canny Band
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Bùthan-obrach – Glaschu ~ Glasgow Workshops Airson fios/sgaoileadh.
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Alasdair Gray Bursary Launched (£1000)
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Sound Hub Rights Officer – National Library of Scotland
This post was originally published hereThe aim of this role is to enable as many sound resources as possible to be included for online dissemination by conducting rights clearance activities and to ensure that the rights clearance process is recorded to a high standard to ensure proper due diligence audit trails are in place. This […]
8-week course for emerging musicians, game developers, visual and other artists (Tinderbox Collective)
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Complete Guide to 2019 Artist Grants & Opportunities
This post was originally published hereSpotted this on web from artworkarchive.com Get ahead of the game this year. We sent our team on a mission to find the best art opportunities, artist grants, and calls-for-entry for you in 2019. From that, we present you a list of the top international open calls, residencies, fellowships, and […]
Nettie’s Tree composed by Claire Gullan
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