Hands Up for Trad’s Women in Music and Culture 2025 list has been announced to celebrate just some of the women working in Scotland. Launched as part of International Women’s Day 2025, we shine the spotlight on 12 women who all contribute towards Scotland’s cultural landscape through their work. Read the 2025 list here. […]
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Hands Up for Trad’s Women in Music and Culture 2025: Nicola Benedetti
Hands Up for Trad’s Women in Music and Culture 2025 list has been announced to celebrate just some of the women working in Scotland. Launched as part of International Women’s Day 2025, we shine the spotlight on 13 women who all contribute towards Scotland’s cultural landscape through their work. Read the 2025 list here. […]
Listen to the Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 258
Hello! Here is our March edition of the Foot Stompin Scottish Music Podcast featuring lots of great music from our wonderful scene. Any questions please get in touch! If you would like to support this podcast please visit www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad The Drunken Man from Kalabakan by Ross Miller Bandhttps://rossmiller.bandcamp.com Her by Design by Jenn ButterworthTrack – […]
Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin – 3 Free Workshops in Partnership with Tinderbox starting 10th March
We’re partnering with Tinderbox for three free workshops starting a week tonight. This is ahead of our Big Band announcement which will follow in the next couple of weeks. Dates and times:Mondays 10th, 17th & 24th March 20255:30 – 7:30pmScottish Storytelling Centre (43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR) Sign-up link for participants is here: https://forms.gle/QuvsRDUxYnEnLSSB9 Background info Edinburgh […]
Shetland Folk festival launches its concert programme for the 43rd year
Music fans can start planning and eyeing up tickets as the Shetland Folk festival launches its concert programme for the 43rd year with 32 local artists confirmed alongside the 15 visiting acts. Audiences can look forward to a wide range of local favourites such as the recent Trad Award nominees, Haltadans, the ever popular Kansa, […]
SHOUT-ER HEBRIDES: Scots legend Lulu, supergroup Skerryvore and highland heroes Tide Lines will headline HebCelt with Nina Nesbitt, Eddi Reader, Trail West, Kassidy, Beluga Lagoon, NATI. and dozens more
Scots pop icon Lulu will headline this year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival with a spectacular summer performance celebrating her six decades in music. Best known for her ten Top 10 singles including the chart-topping Relight My Fire with Take That, Eurovision-winning Boom Bang-A-Bang, James Bond theme The Man With The Golden Gun, and her iconic debut hit Shout– Lulu will take […]
Scotland’s top traditional musicians unite for a weekend of music, song & dance in Ullapool
Traditional musicians from across Scotland and beyond will gather in Ullapool this May for Fèis Rois nan Inbheach (Adult Fèis), a vibrant weekend of music, song and dance workshops, concerts, and sessions, hosted by the Dingwall-based arts organisation, Fèis Rois. Running from 2nd – 5th May, the event welcomes musicians of all levels to learn […]
Govan’s cultural renaissance continues as festival reveals 2025 programme
One of the world’s most affordable music festivals, Govan Music Festival, has unveiled the programme for its fourth annual edition, taking place across the Glasgow neighbourhood from 26th – 29th March 2025. The festival has a cultural regeneration agenda at its heart, bringing a mix of music to the emerging corner of the city. With the new […]
How to Make it on YouTube in 2025 (Jack Conte Interview)
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WOMEX 2025 – Deadline for Proposals this Friday 28th February
Hi everyone This is a heads up for artists that the deadline for proposals to showcase as part of the WOMEX 25 official programme is this Friday 28th February. WOMEX (Worldwide Music Expo) is the biggest conference of the global music scene, with over 2,600 professionals from 90 countries attending to take part in a trade […]