Music has been a therapy to top Scots fiddle maestro Paul Anderson in his fight against cancer – and now his is celebrity friends are tuning up to support him on his road to recovery by taking part in an all-star musical variety show. Hollywood actor Kevin McKidd, filmmaker Richard Jobson and River City actor […]
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Mallaig to Chengdu! I would walk 5000 miles
I would walk 5000 miles – 4 aspiring young traditional musicians from Mallaig High School fly to Chengdu City to perform in the largest students art event in Southern-West China, at the invitation of the Chengdu Government next month. Hats off to these four emerging musicians from Mallaig who are thrilled to have been invited […]
Glasgow’s Sundown Song Nights presents Rab Noakes 24th April, Glasgow
Sundown Song Nights is a new series of gigs that explores how broad the term ‘folk song’ can be. It returns this month with an incredible and contrasting line up of mighty solo singers in the beautifully intimate Glad Cafe. Rab Noakes 2019 sees Rab Noakes’s lifetime in music’n’song flourish as he continues to tour […]
TRACS celebrate May Day and Midsummer with opportunities to get involved, plus insights into developing music, story and dance together for a richer experience for participants and audiences.
Exploring Our Voices Sat 30 Mar | 2pm (2hrs 30) | £16 (£12 FM) | Music & Song There are a few spaces left in this accessible workshop with singer Kirsty Law who will highlight your capabilities and voice care, while exploring rhythm, pitch and harmonies. Whether a beginner, or already a singer, this workshop will help […]
Ceòl Mòr Ostaig Saturday 27 April 2019, CCA
Ceòl ’s Craic is the social hub and platform for contemporary Gaelic culture in Glasgow Ceòl Mòr Ostaig celebrates Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland’s National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture on the Isle of Skye. Our event features students from the BA (Hons) Gaelic and Traditional Music Degree programme who are joined by world-class staff […]
Tales from the early Scottish folk club scene
Following the recent passing of so many folk who were part of Scotland’s early folk club scene , Fraser Bruce has started to collect stories from those early days from people ‘who were there’ and create a book relevant to the ‘early days’. It is not his intention to write the book as this would […]
Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award awarded to Mike Vass
Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award is an award for musicians and bands who put the charge into the tradition. At Hands Up for Trad we like to celebrate innovation so we have brought forward this award to celebrate those musicians who take chances and in doing so make Scottish trad music an exciting place […]
MG ALBA looks to BBC to fulfil settlement agreement on extra hours
MG ALBA has today (Friday 15 March) congratulated the BBC on the successful launch of its new channel and warmly welcomed the new opportunities for the production sector that lie ahead. But the organisation that operates Scotland’s Gaelic-language television channel in partnership with the BBC has called upon the corporation to ensure that BBC ALBA has the same […]
Hugh MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank Cottage
Hugh MacDiarmid (born Christopher Murray Grieve) 1892 – 1978 is acknowledged to have been Scotland’s greatest poet of the twentieth century, and a Modernist writer of international significance. His work continues to permeate and shape Scottish identity in our time. From 1952 until his death in 1978 he lived at Brownsbank Cottage just to the […]
Between Islands project to celebrate the musical links between Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides at Orkney Folk Festival
The musical connections between three of Scotland’s island groups – Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides – are to be celebrated at this year’s Orkney Folk Festival, with two collaborative concerts featuring celebrated musicians and singers from each of the areas. Leading western Isles vocalists Julie Fowlis and Kathleen MacInnes will appear alongside Shetland’s Jenny […]