A few months ago I attended Milngavie Folk Club to hear a couple of friends of mine – Sandy Wright and Gina Rae. Sandy is a great musician who I have recorded with many times and he is also a brilliant songwriter and has his songs sung by many luminaries including Kris Drever and Eddi […]
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New Opportunity for artists and Creative Industries
Hi everyone, Thursday 17 of September – venue Paisley Town Hall We have devised a new day for artists – its entirely free and is designed to give professional musicians and practitioners of the music industry information that is invaluable. We are bringing in over 50 speakers ranging from digital publishing experts, to agents and […]
Congratulations to Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia who have won…
The World Pipe Band Championships – the first Scottish band to win for 10 years! Watch their medley here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02zs0t6
Inner Ear Launches TradTV
Inner Ear has been working with traditional music for quite some time, live streaming world class piping competitions such as Glenfiddich and World Pipe Band Championships to global audiences, recording gigs, live sessions, interviews and much more. They have used this passionate interest to start our their web TV channel TradTV in celebration of traditional […]
The Sir Jimmy Shand Connection
Jimmy Shand was world renowned as player, composer, band leader and innovator. Less well known is that he was also a discerning collector of old music books. Friends of Wighton bought The Jimmy Shand Collection at auction and we are now raising money, through events, application to funding bodies and trusts, and crowdfunding, to have […]
Job Opportunity: Folkestra Musical Director
Sage Gateshead is looking for an inspirational Musical Director for its renowened youth folk ensemble – Folkestra. The successful applicant will be an outstanding folk performer and music leader with deep knowledge of folk and traditional music styles and knowledge of performance traditions. The Folkestra Musical Director is a significant leadership role and nurture and […]
Scottish ‘summer’ so far… by Claire Hastings
Although the schools are still off, I am having a very busy summer indeed! The strangest part of last month was definitely seeing my face staring back at me from the magazine aisle in Tesco, Dumfries. I was absolutely delighted to have been featured in the July issue of Dumfries & Galloway Life Magazine, and […]
Trad Music Spotlight: Malinky
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 Malinky a few questions. What’s happening? Our new album “Far Better […]
“Lindsay System” Scottish Smallpipes Chanter Competition
Composers of music, of all backgrounds and nationalities, are warmly invited to present an original piece of music for performance on a newly invented musical instrument – the “Lindsay System” Scottish Smallpipes Chanter. The piece can be of any length, and should be suitable for solo performance, accompanied by the pipes’ own drones on “A”. […]
New funding opportunity – Career Development Bursaries
Help Musicians have recently launched our new Career Development Bursaries scheme which may be of interest to the musicians you work with and your wider network. The new scheme has been set up to fund exceptional career development opportunities for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, songwriters or small groups aged between 21 – 30. Grants will […]