I drove up to Strathspeffer last Friday to present Fiona Dalgetty, the Chief Executive of Fèis Rois with our Inspiration Award. Fiona is an amazing person who works very hard and makes a difference to many peoples lives both in the highlands of Scotland and around the world. Below is my speech of the night. […]
Inspiration
Mairi Campbell Inspiration Award 2018
WHETHER interpreting traditional or Burns songs, or voicing thoughtful new compositions by herself and her husband, Dave Francis, Mairi Campbell’s poised vocals – described by one reviewer as “a voice to stop the clock” – have been a familiar strand within the Scottish folk scene for the past couple of decades. Her fiddle playing and […]
Inspiration Award 2017: Grace Stewart Skinner
Grace Stewart-Skinner is a 5th year pupil at Dingwall Academy. Grace has cerebral palsy and is a determined and very good young harp player. She has been going to the Feis Rois residential courses in Ullapool since she was in primary school, and she is a regular attendee of the International Harp Festival in Edinburgh. […]
Inspiration Award 2017 – Mary Macmaster
Mary MacMaster has been an inspiration to aspiring harp players since she emerged on the Scottish music scene with the all-women ceilidh band Sprangeen in 1981, and as a self-taught musician, she has progressed from playing the cheapest harp she could find in Exchange and Mart magazine to working with state-of-the-art electroharps and performing with […]
Rhona Smith – Inspiration
On March 31st 2017 Hands Up for Trad presented inspirational musician Rhona Smith with their inaugural Inspiration Award in Stirling Tolbooth. Read about Rhona below. Rhona Smith has become an inspiration to everyone who comes into contact with her through her ability to share her own inspirations through her work as a musician and composer. […]