Want to play in what we hope will be the World’s Largest Ceilidh Band? On the 6th July at Mackie Academy in Stonehaven Stonehaven Folk Festival will attempt to establish a record for the World’s Largest Ceilidh Band. To set this record they need over 250 musicians to join us, see details below. To Register […]
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Don’t miss Battle of The Folk Bands 2018 this Sunday May 6th in Edinburgh!
Buy tickets now for Battle of The Folk Bands finalists 2018. Last years inaugural event was really exciting and the 2018 finals are back again for TradFest, Edinburgh on May 6th at 7.30pm. It will be a great concert! Buy tickets here. The finalists are: (click on the links to read about them) Balter Suas Eabhal Eriska […]
Landmark presentation: Glenfarg Folk Club: 1978 – 2018 (40 years old)
Simon and Martin Forry headed up to Glenfarg Folk Feast to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Glenfarg Folk Club. Read about the club below and check the photos of the celebration here. Glenfarg Folk CLub folk club first met on Monday 3rd April 1978 in the Glenfarg Hotel. Happily someone at that first club night […]
Dunoon Scottish Music Workshop 13-15th July 2018
Since 1988 the Cowal Fiddle Workshop has been committed to promoting and preserving Traditional Scottish Music in its many forms. It tutors the fiddle from the age of seven, gives countless concerts and recitals and many accomplished musicians have passed through its portals. Our not-for–profit organisation sponsors and promotes traditional fiddle playing in the West […]
Make Music Day UK
Make Music Day is an annual set of free music events taking place in venues and public spaces – from town squares to libraries, bandstands to school halls and arts centres. It takes place on the longest day of the year – on 21 June. You can organise or attend an event near you while […]
Singing to Learn, Learning to Sing – a new resource for Scottish schools
Singing to Learn, Learning to Sing, the new singing resource has been launched by the Music Education Partnership Group. Featuring teaching videos and resources from publishers the resource is designed to increase opportunities for children in ELCC and primary settings to experience music every day in the classroom. The resource is available on Glow, a […]
New album from Winners Hò-rò in the ‘Up and Coming Artist of the Year’ category at 2017’s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards
HEX is the much-anticipated new album from Scottish outfit Hò-rò. Winners in the ‘Up and Coming Artist of the Year’ category at 2017’s MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, the young band from the Scottish Highlands & Islands are releasing their second album HEX on Friday 25th May. Two years on from the release of their first album, Hò-rò […]
New Scottish Tune Book Bridges the Gap – Fife composer Gordon Shand launches a second collection of new tunes
Bridge the Gap, a sheet music book which contains thirty-nine recently composed tunes by Scottish musician and composer Gordon Shand, is released this month. New compositions, which include reels, jigs, marches, strathspeys and waltzes, “Bridge the Gap” between Traditional Scottish Dance Music and Contemporary Folk Music, with several of the melodies being ideal for use by […]
Stonehaven Folk Festival 1988 – 2018 (30 years old)
On 23rd March Simon and Martin Forry headed up to Stonehaven to celebrate the folk festival’s 30th Anniversary. Stonehaven Folk Festival began in 1988 after a successful Stonehaven Folk Club was started in the wine bar in Allardice Street, Stonehaven. The original idea for the Festival came from Sandy Johnston and Bill McEwen after they […]
Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award awarded to Duncan Lyall
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 […]