2021 is the 70-year anniversary of the 1951 Edinburgh People’s Festival Ceilidh, the seminal event that heralded and generated the Scottish Folk Revival of the 1960s. Alan Lomax was on hand to record it in the Oddfellows Hall, and thus able to preserve a document of a legendary concert that alerted the astonished urban audience […]
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Ceòl is Craic returns to the CCA stage! 18th September
GAELS LE CHÉILE on 18th September will be our first live gig since March 2020 and the very first post-lockdown music event at Glasgow’s CCA. Gaels le Chéile is our annual celebration of the shared Gaelic / Gaeilge culture of Scotland and Ireland and is presented this year as part of Colmcille 1500, the celebration […]
Opportunity: Tunes From The Women
Attention all women tune-writers…. We are collecting and collating material for a book of tunes by 100 contemporary female composers from the folk/traditional music scenes of the UK and Ireland to be published in 2022 by Faber Music. This book is part of a larger project/movement and royalties will be pooled in order to set […]
Global Music Match Wins Prestigious Womex Professional Excellence Award
Global Music Match – a world-first collaboration founded in 2020 by Showcase Scotland Expo, Sounds Australia and Canada’s East Coast Music Association (ECMA) – has been honoured with the 2021 WOMEX Professional Excellence Award. Created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through social media and peer-to-peer collaboration, Global Music Match has advanced opportunities and networks […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2022 Semi-Finalists Announced
Congratulations to the 12 young musicians who have made it into the semi-finals of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2022. The semi-finals will be held in Glasgow on the first weekend of October. As ever it will be a brilliant concert. Each semi-finalist will be accompanist by the house band consisting of […]
Traditional music is being brought to life in East Renfrewshire, thanks to free lessons from talented performers.
Traditional music is being brought to life in East Renfrewshire, thanks to free lessons from talented performers. The Folks’ Music Project (TFMP) has been given a grant by Neilston Windfarm Legacy (NWL), which supports initiatives that benefit those who live in the G78 3 postcode area. Adults and young people are able to enjoy lessons […]
BBC ALBA showcases the return of live music audiences with Highland Festival
Inverness’s Eden Court has welcomed the return of live audiences in Scotland, with performances from some of the finest traditional acts on offer being showcased on BBC ALBA this autumn. Under Canvas signifies the return of a long-awaited platform for some of biggest names in Scottish traditional music to be playing in front of live […]
Hands Up for Trad’s International Make Music Day Broadcast 21st June
Join Hands Up for Trad to celebrate Make Music Day this Monday 21st June 2-6pm (BST) with an international lineup of musicians. Joining us live will be acts from Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Spain. Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Iceland all hosted by the inimitable Joy Dunlop. Music will start at 2pm and finish at 6pm. Watch it […]
Battle of The Folk Bands winners 2021 – Tom Campbell Trio
Congratulations to the Tom Campbell Trio – winners of Battle of The Folk Bands 2021. The band featuring Tom on flute, Calum Convoy (bodhran) and Scott Turnbull (guitar) played beautiful set of arrangements. Watch their winning set below. All the finalists performed brilliantly though and it was a great days music. The Fountaineers, Katie MacFarlane […]
Spending A Moment with Musicians
Hi there, Simon Thoumire has interviewed some musicians. If you would like to learn more about them you can listen below. There are many more interviews to come so click here to find them! Kevin Henderson Adam Sutherland Sarah-Jane Summers