As part of Lau-Land‘s Emerging Music platform we have three slots available for up and coming bands. The slots are at The Queens Hall, Edinburgh 27, 28 and 29 November. There is no genre specification or age restriction, but due to shortage of space, we may not be able to accommodate larger bands, however great […]
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New Music Book of Harp Music
A suite of music was specially commissioned for the year’s Harp Village, in Cromarty on the Black Isle, called The Cromarty Suite and has now been published by the Cromarty Arts Trust. The music was inspired by Cromarty itself, the Emigration Stone, Hugh Miller and Sir Thomas Urquhart and has been written by Mary Macmaster, […]
Carlos Arredondo
Frigate Unicorn Intimate Sounds in the Cabin CARLOS ARREDONDO Wednesday 15 October STARTS: 7.30pm TICKETS: £10.00/£8.00* Concession (Includes glass of wine) Book online: http://www.frigateunicorn.org/events/intimate-sounds-in-the-cabin/15-october-2014-carlos-arredondo Box Office – 01382 200900 Email: mail@frigateunicorn.org FREE Parking – Ask for a parking voucher at the event Carlos is a self–taught guitarist and singer inspired by Chilean folklorists, Violeta Parra […]
Liet International Song Competition for Scots and Gaelic writers
Scottish Gaelic and Scots singers and bands are invited to submit a song in either language to be performed and entered into the Liet International song competition in Oldenburg, Germany on 12 December 2014. Liet International is an annual event where singers and bands from across Europe compete to win best song in a European […]
Fiddle 2014 Programme Details (The Queens Hall and Summerhall, Edinburgh, Nov 21 -23)
Scots Fiddle Festival ‘Fiddle 2014’ Summerhall and The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh Friday 21 – Sunday 23 November 2014 ‘Event of the Year’ in the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2012 Big Changes at Fiddle 2014 in Edinburgh THREE Major Concerts at The Queen’s Hall (Orkney Fiddle Gathering, John McCusker, Frankie Gavin) And Everything Else […]
Liet – Farpais Eòrpach Eadar-nàiseanta airson Òrain Mhion-chànain
Leughaibh am brath-naidheachd seo ann am Beurla Ghallda no English. ’S e tachartas bliadhnail a th’ ann an Liet Eadar-nàiseanta far am bi seinneadairean is còmhlain chiùil bho air feadh na h-Eòrpa a’ farpais feuch cò aig a tha an t-òran as fheàrr ann am mion-chànan Eòrpach. Thèid tachartas na bliadhna sa a chumail ann […]
Music in Hospitals Auditions
Are you a professional musician? Would you feel comfortable performing in a healthcare environment and are you a natural communicator? Music in Hospitals is seeking musicians to give live performances in hospitals and other care establishments throughout Scotland. Auditions will be held in Edinburgh on Sunday 9th November 2014. Application deadline is Friday 17th October […]
Liet International European Minority Leid Song Competeition Cry oot fir Scottish Gaelic & Scots Leid Entries
Ivry year Leit International rins a competeition whaur sangsters and bands o musicians frae a ower Europe tak pairt in a live concert tae see wha will win the best sang performed in a European minority leid. In 2014, the competeition will tak place in Oldenburg, Germany on Friday 12 December.This mony-tunged event haes sangsters comin frae […]
Scottish Music 78s – old gramophone records in the Wighton Centre, Dundee. 1.15pm Wed 1st Oct
Scottish 78s might make you think of Jimmy Shand or Harry Lauder, but there will be nothing as obvious as that on Wednesday 1st October. Instead, Simon Chadwick will show off some rare gems from his collection of old Scottish 78rpm gramophone records. For the free lunchtime concert in the Wighton Centre, upstairs in Dundee […]
Mike Vass In the Wake of Neil Gunn
MIKE VASS RELEASES TOUR DATES FOR HIS TRADITIONAL ARTS COMMISSION, ‘IN THE WAKE OF NEIL GUNN’ In 1937, Neil Gunn quit his job at the Customs Office in Inverness to pursue his writing career full time. The first thing he did was to sell his house and buy a boat in the North of Skye. […]