Hands Up for Trad Showcase
Hands Up for Trad Showcase 2021: Tannara
Tannara are performing at the Hands Up for Trad Showcase on Saturday 10th April between 1pm and 9.30pm. You can watch them live on Hands Up for Trad's Facebook and YouTube. We asked Tannara a few questions. Tell Us About Yourself Bold, creative, and original; Tannara (Owen Sinclair, Robbie Greig, Becca Skeoch and Joseph Peach) have established themselves as one of the UK’s most interesting … [Read More...]
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Imogen Bose-Ward (Scotland)
Imogen Bose-Ward is performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about Imogen below and check out the event running order here. Imogen is a singer/songwriter and fiddle player based in Newcastle. After completing a degree in Folk and Traditional Music, she has been gigging and […]
Michael Biggins (Scotland)
Michael Biggins is performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about Michael below and check out the event running order here. Michael is a multi-instrumentalist originally from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne but now residing in Glasgow. He currently plays and tours with TRIP, The Canny Band, Tom McConville, […]
Ellie McLaren and Ciar Milne (Scotland)
Ellie McLaren and Ciar Milne are performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about them below and check out the event running order here. Ellie and Ciar have been playing together since November 2019, but given the pandemic, this is only their second public performance […]
Ellie Beaton Trio (Scotland)
Ellie Beaton Trio is performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about Ellie below and check out the event running order here. Vocalist Ellie Beaton is from Rothienorman in Aberdeenshire (Scotland). She became interested in traditional music from a young age. Ellie studied Classical Voice […]
Trio Alda (Finland)
Trio Alda are performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about them below and check out the event running order here. ALDA is a combination of furious Nordic groove, divine harmonies and top-notch melodies. Trio plays original compositions and traditional melodies and presents them with […]
WÖR (Belgium)
WÖR are performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about them below and check out the event running order here. Back to the 1780’s! If it sounded good back then, why not today? WÖR (pronounced ‘were’) is a band of five musicians whose curiosity, passion […]
Vigüela (Spain)
Vigüela are performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about them below and check out the event running order here. The history of Vigüela is the story of a vital surrender to a cultural legacy of a wild and very ignored beauty: the traditional music of […]
Startijenn (Brittany)
Startijenn are performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about them below and check out the event running order here. The 5 members of the band Startijenn are as thick as thieves. Together, they create an uncompromising music, made of emblematic instruments from the Breton fest-noz […]
O’Tridal (Brittany)
O’Tridal are performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about them below and check out the event running order here. An inventive and unclassifiable trio, O’Tridal has earned in less than three years since being formed, a notable reputation in the Who’s Who on the local […]
Lena Jonsson (Sweden)
Lena Jonsson is performing at Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day on Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST). Read about Lena below and check out the event running order here. Swedish award winning fiddler Lena Jonsson is one of the most sought after musicians in the Folk scene right now. Her ability to balance […]