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John Byrne designs new Shooglenifty cover

This is great! Famous artist and writer John Byrne has designed the new Shooglenifty album cover “The Untied Knot”. You might recognise his style from the brilliant Gerry Rafferty album covers of the 70s. You can read more at the band’s website.   

Twentieth Business Limelight Award

I was counting our Business Limelight Awards the other day (as you do…) and I was amazed to see we were at 20! We originally launched The ‘Limelights’ to support businesses who were working in the culture sector. It’s not always the easiest sector to be working in and we wanted to give them something […]

Adam Gibb presented with David Roberts Memorial Plate

Hands Up for Trad announced the David Roberts Memorial Plate in memory of David Roberts, an early supporter of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award. The Award celebrates young traditional musicians in the Lanarkshire area who are doing really well and making a name for themselves. In 2014 we are very happy to present this […]

Showers, Shoes and Shooglenifty: Feis Seall 1000

Spirits were not the least bit dampened on Skye on Saturday 3 May 2014, despite the gentle drizzle, for the happy crowd that gathered at Sabhal Mor Ostaig to eat, drink and be merry in celebration of Seall’s 1000th event, facilitated by the organisation’s stellar group of volunteers. This was quite an astonishing moment for […]

Our Big Gig Scotland: Nationwide music celebration returns to a community near you this summer

Our Big Gig returns with free music events in communities across Scotland from 11-13th July 2014 Grants and support available for event organisers who wish to programme community events in their areas Our Big Gig, the UK’s largest community music festival is to return in 2014 from 11th to 13th July, Superact has announced today. Community organisations will […]

Flowers of Edinburgh Concert 2014

Saturday night’s Flowers of Edinburgh concert in Teviot House was a blast. It was great to hear so much brilliant music from Rona Wilkie and Morag Brown, Jamie Steele, Fiona Rutherford and Amy Duncan, Lucy Pringle and Chris Wright, Hugh MacDiamid’s Haircut, Mike Katz, Mark Maguire, Simon Thoumire, Amy MacDougall and Mary Macmaster, Steve Byrne […]

PRS for Music – May 2014 Business Limelight of the Month

PRS for Music are the fifteenth 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. PRS for Music are 100 years old […]

3D printing – bagpipe chanter

From email: I’m writing to let you know about a project, to develop a new Scottish Smallpipes chanter using 3D printing, with range extended to match that of the penny whistle, Uilleann pipes or wooden flute. The chanter’s conventional scale remains the same, so the instrument remains as accessible to all pipers as the standard […]

BBC Radio Scotland Appearance

Hands Up for Trad Creative Director Simon Thoumire recently spoke on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland about traditional music. It was very positive and well received! Read the article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25468364