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Write a Song in a Day – Songwriting with Chiara Berardelli
Beginners songwriting workshop. Musically we will cover song structure and how to use basic chords. Lyrically we will work on how to develop an idea and what works in different sections of a song. We will finish the day with a completed song! If you’ve ever had the desire to express yourself in a song […]
Disability Rights Leadership Academy is recruiting delegates now!
A fundamental tenet of Disability Rights UK’s attitude to leadership is that disability provides leaders with a “unique advantage”. People with lived experience of disability and long term health conditions, need to work differently, and often think differently. Unlocking barriers provides access to a broader pool of talent and provides access to unique talents. The […]
Alistair McCulloch Trio on tour!
Top Scottish fiddler Alistair McCulloch will be on tour with his Trio during August on its 15th annual tour. Featuring Alistair (fiddle), Aaron Jones (vocals, bouzouki, guitar) and Marc Duff (whistles), here are the dates – 11th Aug – Abbotsford Hotel, Ayr 12th Aug – Hootananny, Inverness 13th Aug – Carnegie Hall, Porthahomack 14th Aug […]
Congratulations to Fred Morrison!
Hands Up for Trad hears that Fred Morrison has this evening won the coveted MacCrimmon Trophy at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient for the eighth time! Great news!
Glasgow Songwriting Festival – 9-11th September 2016
In September Govanhill Baths will host the inaugural Glasgow Songwriting Festival. Organised by singer songwriter Findlay Napier the festival is primarily a teaching festival with a ‘songwriters in the round’ style opening concert at the Glad Café. Places in the workshops are open to all adults regardless of abilities. It will be a great chance […]
New CD – Continuum by The Shee
Few bands would dare to involve the biggest, most respected names of their genre in their latest project, but The Shee, quietly, steadily building a reputation for innovative arrangements and immaculate live performances, have undoubtedly earned the respect of their peers. The Shee’s latest project is no run of the mill, sequential album, either, but […]
Summer Isles Festival – August 2016 Business Limelight of the Month
Summer Isles Festival are the thirty-seventh recipients of Hands Up for Trad’s Business Limelight Award. The “Limelight’s” are a monthly initiative (launched in October 2012) that recognises the outstanding contributions made by businesses and organisations who contribute, shape and influence the arts and cultural sector in Scotland today. Summer Isles Festival is an annual popular […]
Have you submitted your recently released album to Album of the Year to Scots Trad Music Awards yet?
Only a few weeks left to this deadline. You don’t want to miss it! Have you released an album between September 2015 and August 2016? Why not submit your album into our 2016 Album of the Year competition. Based on the excellent Scottish Album of the Year Award organised by Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), […]
Open call for sound works
Fort Process is an expansive multi-disciplinary music and arts festival that takes place in the evocative spaces of Newhaven Fort in East Sussex, UK. After an acclaimed, sold-out debut in 2014 the festival is back for a second edition on September 3rd 2016 with an extensive international programme of performances, site-specific sound installations, talks, films, […]