The ‘Belhaven 300th Birthday Bash’ is set to take place on Saturday 21st September and will be a celebration of the very best of Scottish music and beer. Belhaven’s story marries 300 years of history with a distinctly modern outlook and the festival line up reflects this marriage of traditional and modern. The main stage […]
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Elephant Sessions and Word Elephant Day release a single to raise funds for the charity on August the 9th 2019.
Elephant Sessions and World Elephant Day have teamed up to release a single which will raise funds for the charity. The band from the Highlands of Scotland are famed for their unique brand of indie folk and have won Best Album and Best Live Act at the MG Alba Scots Trad Awards, in the past […]
Scotland’s Musicians To Showcase At International Celtic Festival This August
This summer, one of Scotland’s leading traditional arts organisations, Fèis Rois, is hosting the Scotland Pavilion at the acclaimed Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany, France for a second year, with over 80 hours of music, song and dance from some of Scotland’s best up and coming artists programmed. The festival, which is set to […]
Tinto Summer School is go!
We are writing to you this week from Tinto Summer School. We are at Wiston Lodge in South Lanarkshire and the house is buzzing with young people playing music, throwing frisbees and kicking footballs. It is fantastic! We are making a daily vlog – Monday to Friday – and you can watch all the videos […]
Fans Asked to Pipe Up with Favourite Memories of Bagpipes
Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival are asking fans from across the globe to submit their fondest piping memories – giving them chance to become part of the festival’s history and have their story printed on the official Piping Live! 2019 festival T-shirt, available to buy when the event returns from 10 – 18 August […]
FREE music camp for musicians aged 14-17 in Braemar 8-14th July.
St Margaret’s Braemar, in partnership with Live Music Now Scotland, will host a week-long music and composition project during the 2019 Summer holidays called Mountain Melodies, for talented young musicians from the local area, combining composition workshops, one-to-one tuition, talks, seminars and performances. A few places are remaining for the project running from Monday 8 […]
Murder mystery Gaelic drama series filmed on Skye to be shown in France
Interesting article by Brian Ferguson in the Edinburgh Evening News. A Nordic Noir-style Gaelic drama made on the Isle of Skye is to be shown in France, after its producers clinched its first international sales deal. Bannan, which has been made on the Hebridean island since 2013, will be shown in Breton dubbed versions and […]
Search is on for BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2020
Entries are now open for the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. The event has been running since 2001, raising the profile of Scottish traditional music and recognising rising talent in the genre. Last year’s winner from the six finalists was fiddle player Benedict Morris from Glasgow. The competition is […]
Land O’ Burns Fiddle Weekend (Ayr)
This fiddle weekend will take place 27-29th September in the University of the West of Scotland in Ayr. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE WEEKEND ENTAIL? 1. At least 15 hours of group workshops led by the best fiddlers in Scotland! 2. You will work with each of the 4 tutors throughout the weekend. 3. Participation in […]
Attending live concerts increases life expectancy, improves well-being more than yoga, dog-walking, study finds
I read this very interesting news article the other day by Stephen Raskauskas and thought you might like to see it! A new study conducted by O2, a company which owns some of United Kingdom’s largest music venues, and Patrick Fagan claims that attending live concerts can help increase life expectancy and improve overall well-being. […]