Over the period of the Commonwealth Games it was great to hear so much trad music. The opening ceremony featured the Freedom Come All Ye, Julie Fowlis band with Duncan Chisholm and at every medal ceremony you could hear the bagpipes. It was brilliant to see Glasgow embracing its culture and not running away from […]
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Don’t wait to be asked!
I’m just thinking about (banging on?) passing on the tradition again. I know there are lots of you out there with many talents – singing, playing etc – and unfortunately the phone doesn’t ring enough any more with people crying out for you to gig! It happens to all of us. New folk come along […]
It’s a busy time of year…
This is a busy time of year for Hands Up for Trad. It used to be that everything started to ‘pile up’ around september time with Distil, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award, Scots Trad Music Awards, Scotland Sings all happening at once. This year we have added the Big Song Relay (part of […]
Edinburgh in the Nineties
The Edinburgh folk scene in the nineties was amazing. When I first got the call from Jim Sutherland to go along to The Tron Pub on Blair Street I hadn’t really been to many sessions apart from one at Rothbury festival. When I got there I met The Wrigley Sisters as well as Jim and […]
A Grand Day Out in Dunblane
We had a great day on Saturday at the Victoria Halls in Dunblane. Choir Leaders from all round Scotland came to learn our new Big Song Relay song Here’s to All Our Common Wealth from choir leader Alison Burns. We started off the day with some vocal warmups – a favourite of mine was Tarzan […]
It doesn’t seem that long ago…
Here’s a list of the 2013 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards winners! TIREE COMES UP TRUMPS AT TRAD AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards celebrated its 11th year in style tonight (Saturday 7th December) with a glittering awards ceremony which was the biggest […]
Musicians, singers, promoters and venues come together to boost festival with ambition
The signs of something special have been highlighted with the announcement of the Northern Roots Festival Inverness, line up for May 2014 Top of the billing goes to the Saturday night ‘Highland sessions’ show which brings together a stellar cast of musicians collaborating with singers Rachel Sermanni, Aoife O’Donovan and Robert Robertson alongside a group […]
Showcase Scotland Expo
Showcase Scotland expo is offering an opportunity to Scottish artists to Showcase internationally. Three opportunities exist. All of this activity has been made possible by Creative Scotland who we would like to thank for their support. The ECMA’s – The Eastern Canadian Music Alliance 2nd April to 4 April 2014. The Visit – 30 April […]