Over 800 young pipers and drummers are expected to go head-to-head in the world’s largest schools pipe band competition in March 2018 and there is still time to be part of this! 120 schools from across Scotland will take part in the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships in Livingston on 11 March 2018 and the organisers have put out a call to remind them to get entries in by the closing date of 19 January to be in with a […]
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The Lochgoil Collection – a collection of tunes by members of Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop
The Tune Book – Traditional Fiddle Music consists of one hundred tunes reflecting the tutors, the catchment area of their members (mainly Cowal and mid-Argyll) and other local connections – piping, composers, titles named for people or places in the area. Included in the book is The Lochgoil Collection of six compositions by Henry Maughan, […]
Scottish traditional music on Spotify
Check out our Spotify Playlists featuring the best of Scottish music. Scottish and Celtic Jigs and Reels Scottish Love Songs Funky Folk Female Folk Celtic Traditional & Folk Music BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Winners MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2016
Alan Reid on tour in Scotland
Ex Battlefield Band singer Alan Reid has a few gigs in the next couple of weeks. If he is near you why not pop out and see him. Sun. 19th. THE WEE FOLK CLUB (Royal Oak) Edinburgh, http://www.royal-oak-folk.com Tue. 21st. STAR FOLK CLUB (Admiral Bar) Glasgow http://www.starfolkclub.com Thu. 23rd. CRIEFF FOLK CLUB (Strathearn Artspace) https://www.strathearnartspace.co.uk […]
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017 Shortlist Unveiled
Shortlisted nominations for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017 have been announced today. Heralded as the most prestigious award ceremony in the traditional music calendar, the winners will be revealed during a glitzy award ceremony on Saturday 2nd December, at Paisley’s Lagoon Centre as Paisley bids for UK City of Culture 2021. Organising […]
Local Voices is delighted to announce that Mairi McFadyen is today joining the organisation as a Co-Director alongside founders Steve Byrne and Chris Wright.
Mairi is an ethnologist and cultural activist based in Inverness. She holds both a Masters and PhD in ethnology from the University of Edinburgh and has taught courses in culture and heritage in both higher education (University of Edinburgh; Newbattle Abbey College) and non-formal settings. She has contributed to the development to a number of […]
More Hands Up for Trad photos!
Martin Forry has been out at recent our Hands Up for Trad events taking photos. Check out his photos from Distil Residential Tinto Adult Music Weekend You can see all the Hands Up for Trad photos on our gallery website.
Indian Drums Become Accessible To All Musicians Thanks To Revolutionary New Notation System
A revolutionary Indian Drum Notation system has been devised by British Asian musician Kuljit Bhamra MBE at Keda Music making Indian percussion accessible to musicians from all backgrounds. As part of Sound and Music’s portfolio programme, a pioneer of the British Bhangra sound and a British ambassador for South Asian music, Kuljit Bhamra has now […]
Talisk: ‘We hope that WOMEX gets how progressive the music in Scotland is’
Multi award-winning Glasgow-based trio Talisk have been selected to perform in the official programme at WOMEX 17 World Music Expo in the UNESCO City of Music Katowice, Poland, from Wednesday 25 to Sunday 29 October 2017.The annual five-day event, described by UNESCO as the most important international professional market of world music of every kind, […]
Aberdeen “FluteFling” : Sat. 4th Nov. 2017
After 4 years of successful events in Edinburgh, the “FluteFling” is branching out and heading North to Aberdeen. Two highly respected flute players – Sharon Creasey, from Glasgow [ Boehm-system ], and special guest Davy Maguire from Belfast [ simple-system ], will share their knowledge of playing traditional Scottish and Irish music in classes over […]