From Piping Live Festival in Glasgow. Join us again in 2017 as we make the Piping Live! Big Band even bigger and better! We want to celebrate Piping Live! with a massed band of all the pipers and drummers that are here in Glasgow that will also support a fantastic charity – Glasgow Children’s Hospital […]
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Tinto Summer School – just a few places left!
There are just a few Tinto Summer School places left for our original week long residential course (started in 2000) at Wiston Lodge, Wiston, South Lanarkshire – 3-8th July. This is an amazing event where the kids learn lots of music, make friends, sing songs at the campfire and perform a concert. If you would […]
Photos and video of James Alexander MBE Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame induction.
In May 2017 Martin Forry and I drove up to Fochabers for a surprise presentation to induct James Alexander MBE into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. It was a great night and 6o fiddlers from Fochabers Fiddles Past and Present all turned up to celebrate James. Check out the photos here. Watch our interview […]
Scots Sangs Fur Schools website
Have you seen Scots Sangs Fur Schools website made by award winning Ewan MacVicar? Includes a good slab of material for Primary schoolkids and younger, with performances, lyrics and notes about the songs. Find it at www.scotssangsfurschools.webs.com.
Born In The Borders
Lori Watson has released the fourth monthly digital single release of the Yarrow Acoustic Sessions, part of Lori’s (Scots Singer of the Year 2016) current project Yarrow. Born In The Borders was commissioned by John Henderson to celebrate the opening of Born In The Borders, near Ancrum. Since the ethos of the centre is showcasing local […]
Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award Longlist Unveiled
Twenty outstanding Scottish albums were unveiled tonight as The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award Longlist to a crowd of eager music fans at the O₂ ABC in Glasgow. Now in its sixth year, The SAY Award is Scotland’s most popular and prestigious music prize, boasting a lucrative £20,000 prize for the winner and […]
We are looking for a sponsor for an exciting new online festival – can you help?
On September 23rd Hands Up for Trad will be promoting our first online trad music festival called TradLive. The festival will be broadcast to the world on YouTube and will feature top Scottish acts. The festival proceeds will all go to charity – we will be asking the public to pledge during the festival time […]
Cairn Valley Song Cycle
Cairn Valley Song Cycle is a very special set of songs newly commissioned by Moniaive Festival Village as part of their Creative Places Award. Ten UK composers, some local, some internationally acclaimed, explore their response to the beautiful landscape of the Cairn Valley and the changing sense of community and home, through the ages. Local […]
Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award awarded to Twelfth Day
Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award is an award for musicians and bands who put the charge into the tradition. At Hands Up for Trad we like to celebrate innovation so we have brought forward this award to celebrate those musicians who take chances and in doing so make Scottish trad music an exciting place […]
Battle of The Folk Bands – The photos
As reported in last weeks newsletter we had a brilliant time at Battle of The Folk Bands! Congratulations to the winners Dosca however everyone played amazing. The future of our music is in safe hands. If you haven’t watched the whole concert yet you can do so here. View all the photos below. Check our […]