We have been travelling around interviewing musicians from the Scottish traditional music scene. We are so lucky in Scotland to have amazing people with stories to tell. You can watch our latest two interviews below or check out all the interviews here. Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel here.
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The Shetland Reel – Shetland’s indigenous dance
Maurice Henderson has been in touch about this interesting project to raise the profile of Shetland’s indigenous dance – The Shetland Reel. It is the match to our great repertoire of Shetland reels and Maurice set out to see who was dancing it around Shetland and in doing so put together a film – story […]
DOSCA COME OUT ON TOP, FIGHTING OFF FIERCE COMPETITION AT THE BATTLE OF THE FOLK BANDS
The penultimate night of tradfest 2017 saw DOSCA – one of scotland’s most promising trad acts – reign victorious, after a panel of judges declared them the winners of the debut Battle of The Folk Bands competition. DOSCA – an energetic five piece ensemble of bagpipes, flute, guitar, bass and drums – had stiff competition […]
Breabach’s ‘Astar’ nominated European album of the year in Songlines magazine
It’s great to hear that award winning band Breabach have been nominated for European album of the year in Songlines Music Awards 2017. These nominations are voted on by Songlines readers and the winners are announced in the June issue. Breabach have had a busy year with awards and won both Folk Band of the […]
Dumfriesshire’s African Explorer
Cultural Connections are back with another historical drama with music for this year’s Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival. The drama is written and directed by Ayrshire’s Craigie Folk Club joint organiser Dave Dewar. As usual Dave has teemed up with esteemed folk musicians. His musical director is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ian Walker who has written […]
Bill Wilkie MBE RIP
It was very sad to hear yesterday of the death of Bill Wilkie MBE. Bill was one of the great pillars of Scottish accordion music, a master and tireless champion of the instrument and an impresario and businessman who promoted and encouraged many of the leading players on the Scottish music scene. Born in Perth […]
Trad Music Spotlight: Elephant Sessions
Hands Up for Trad’s Trad Music Spotlight is a monthly feature on a band or solo artist. It was first launched in February 2015 and features musicians who are working in the trad scene – both in Scotland and around the world. We asked Elephant Sessions a few questions. What’s happening? We are about to […]
Battle of The Folk Bands Live on YouTube!
We are hoping to see you at TradFest Edinburgh this Sunday May 7th for a great live Battle of The Folk Bands concert (tickets are on sale here) however if you can’t make it along you will be able to watch worldwide on YouTube! We will have a special show with all the bands performing and interviews with the musicians […]
Workshop and concert exploring connection between Donegal Highland and Scottish and Cape Breton Strathspeys
DONEGAL TO DÙN ÈIDEANN FIDDLE WORKSHOP Join Liz Doherty and Amy Geddes on Saturday 6th May for a full day fiddle workshop to explore the connection between Donegal Highlands and Scottish and Cape Breton Strathspeys. Liz and Amy are inspirational tutors who bring an infectious love and unbridled knowledge of their respective traditions. They will explore the techniques of […]
The Friends of William Soutar – Soutar Birthday Lecture 2017 – This Thursday In Perth!
Oor Wullie – ‘Small’ ?? Mere Miniaturist – or Major Poet? By Dr Joy Hendry “I thocht the hale o the world was there Sae sma in a sma room.” (Soutar’s stane, Makars’ Court, Edinburgh) Soutar was fascinated by the very small, bairns and bumble-bees, but equally by the huge, the universal. On the eve […]