John Dew is performing at Celtic Connections The New Tradition: Rejuvenation concert on Saturday 22nd January at 1pm in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. We asked John about the music they will perform in the concert. I’m John and I hail from Perthshire and learned the pipes in school from Anne Spalding. I then took an […]
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The New Tradition: Rejuvenation – Evie Waddell
Evie Waddell is performing at Celtic Connections The New Tradition: Rejuvenation concert on Saturday 22nd January at 1pm in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. We asked Evie about the music they will perform in the concert. I am a Gaelic and Scots singer and step dancer from Stirlingshire, who recently graduated from the BMus Traditional Music […]
Fraya Thomsen new video. Footloose
Fraya Thomsen is excited to release a new film made to music on Friday 14th of January. Director Eleanor Mortimer was inspired by Phrenetikos to make an accompanying film. Fraya met Eleanor when studying at the National Film and Television School where they struck up a collaborative bond. In this textural exploration, Eleanor and Fraya […]
WIDE DAYS 2022 ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
In partnership with PRS Foundation the Wide Days 2022 Artist Development Programme will support six acts based in Scotland, to develop opportunities internationally (including the rest of the UK). Applications are now open to solo-artists and bands of any genre and are now extending the opportunity to studio-based creators – songwriters, composers, producers and DJs […]
Folk In Crisis Fund – Can you donate?
Stonehaven Folk Club teamed up with Hands Up for Trad in March 2020 and donated £5000 to launch Folk In Crisis Fund to provide grants of £250 to help towards living expenses of Folk artists and support personnel severely affected by the Covid-19 crisis. With donations from other clubs and the public the fund has […]
Lewis Piper, James Duncan Mackenzie, releases tune book of own compositions
Lewis piper James Duncan Mackenzie has released a tune book featuring 70 of his own compositions for pipes and other instruments, including tunes which have already become popular in both the pipe band and folk music scenes. The James Duncan Mackenzie Collection features 52 pipe tunes, including tunes such as Smelling Fresh and Willie Bucach […]
New book! Tales From The Early Scottish Folk Scene by Fraser Bruce
The book – Tales From The Early Scottish Folk Scene by Fraser Bruce – has taken nearly three years to write and during that time Fraser met and chatted with over 100 people who were part of the early folk club scene during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The book tells the true story […]
Hands Up for Trad 12 Days of Christmas
We have asked musicians to take part in our Hands Up for Trad 12 Days of Christmas project again in 2021. View the playlist below to watch the videos. Remember and get your Christmas hat on!
New book! The Coigach and Assynt Collection
New from the brilliant Taigh na Teud Music Publishers. The Coigach and Assynt Collection is part of the Music and Tales of Coigach and Assynt project and full of local tunes, songs, stories and photographs. It is a beautifully presented, absorbing and moving celebration in music, words and pictures of the people, past and present, of […]
Speyfest To Return For 25th Anniversary Edition
Speyfest – the much-loved Moray folk festival – has announced it will return in 2022 as it gets set to celebrate 25 years at the heart of the Speyside community and the Scottish events calendar. Hosted in the event’s pop-up Tented Village by the picturesque banks of the River Spey, Speyfest will transform Fochabers into […]