The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award semi-finals are this weekend! This is our sixteenth year and all in South Lanarkshire. If you want to come along to the semi-finals concert in Coulter Hall, Coulter on Saturday 3rd October (start time 7.30pm) you can buy tickets online. Read about the semi-finalists performing below. The […]
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Do you want to learn the English Concertina?
Have you ever wanted to learn the English concertina? Simon Thoumire has made this quick 6 part tutorial. You can watch it below!
Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner 2015 – The Photos!
We had a brilliant night on Friday 11th September at our annual Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner. We were hosted by Blas Festival and Inverness Airport and a great time was had by all. The food was brill and it was lovely to meet all of the inductees from 2015 and their families. […]
Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award awarded to Robert McFall
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 […]
Surprise in store for National Lottery Players
A new video from The National Lottery sees unsuspecting players getting more than they bargained for as they buy a ticket in a busy supermarket in Cumbernauld. The humorous video sees TV and radio broadcaster, Alan Dedicoat, best known as the ‘Voice of the Balls’ on the BBC’s National Lottery programmes, ‘break’ into the store’s […]
Seeking Artistic Director for new English National Youth Folk Ensemble
The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) is seeking an inaugural Artistic Director for the new National Youth Folk Ensemble. The Artistic Director will lead on the artistic vision of the Ensemble and work with EFDSS’ Education department to shape the programme in its first year. Click here to download the recruitment pack and […]
Sign up for Survey PRAEG and win prizes!
Do you have Gaelic? Or are you learning Gaelic? Simply join Survey PRAEG and fill in a quick weekly survey for a chance to win. Survey PRAEG measures use of Gaelic-language TV and radio (BBC Alba and Radio nan Gàidheal), finding out what you’re enjoying and what you really think on what’s on offer. We […]
Button Boxes and Moothies Festival
The Fourth Button Boxes & Moothies Festival of Free Reed Instruments will be taking place in Aberdeen on 6-8th November 2015. It’s an exciting time at the Elphinstone Institute at the University of Aberdeen. On 6-8th November 2015, the fourth Button Boxes and Moothies festival will again be held there, attracting musicians and enthusiasts from […]
Blazin in Beauly
Blazin in Beauly was started with a very specific principal and philosophy. “We wanted it to be the best music school in Scotland,” boldly states Bruce MacGregor, founder member of the Blazers and the music school. It’s easy to say “we want to be the “best”” but just what does that mean? Bruce takes us […]
City concerts bring together Gaelic, Québécois, Scots fiddle and bluegrass music luminaries
Four groups of musicians, separated by oceans but united in their passion for their musical heritage, have been brought together by Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) for two exclusive concerts in the Music Hall. Under the Northern Arc banner, APA have teamed up the dynamic Julie Fowlis and her interpretation of Scottish Gaelic culture with Canadian […]