After five hugely successful years the Fochabers Fiddle Week returns in 2018 running from the 3rd – 6th April! We have four days of workshops and masterclasses with tutors at the forefront of Scottish traditional/folk music today then a student/tutor concert and ceilidh to finish it all off! The 2018 tutors are… Mike Vass Gillian […]
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Alasdair Fraser Interview on BBC Radio Scotland’s Take The Floor
I was listening to Take The Floor with Gary Innes on Sunday and really enjoyed the interview with legendary fiddler Alasdair Fiddler. It’s definitely worth a listen as Alasdair talks about his life and music. To listen click on the link below and navigate to 1hr 6mins. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09sz2n4
Trad Music Spotlight: James Duncan Mackenzie
Hands Up for Trad’s Trad Music Spotlight is a monthly feature on a band or solo artist. It was first launched in February 2015 and features musicians who are working in the trad scene – both in Scotland and around the world. We asked James Duncan Mackenzie a few questions. What’s happening? I recently launched […]
Renewing the Tradition – Book Launch. Fresh new songs for harmony singing
Over the four years of the Renewing the Tradition project we have commissioned 11 songs to be part of a new book. The songs in English, Scots and Gaelic have been written by some of the top songwriters in Scotland and form a new collection for community choirs and song groups to sing and make their […]
A great memory from Rab Noakes in 1966
Here’s a piece Rab Noakes posted on FaceBook in December 2016 Here’s a Xmas Eve tale from 50 years ago. In 1966, I was living in London and come Xmas it was time to make a trip north. I had left home in Cupar, Fife in 1963 and until the early ’70s I made an […]
Edinburgh International Harp Festival 30th March – 4th April 2018
Announcing a stellar array of performers appearing at the annual gathering that has established Edinburgh as a World class centre of harping. Harps of all sorts are featured with the Clarsach, our own Scottish Harp, at the heart of the Edinburgh International Harp Festival (EIHF). HOMECOMING The Clarsach is at the core of the EIHF […]
Tayside Young Fiddlers 25th anniversary 1992-2017 Reunion Concert this Saturday 24th Feb
Don’t miss Tayside Young Fiddlers 25th anniversary 1992-2017 Reunion Concert this Saturday at 7.30pm. The ensemble will perform with guest artists Patsy Reid, Sheena Wellington, Steve Byrne, McKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band and Tayside Young Fiddlers. Will be a great night! You can buy tickets here http://www.dundee.com/event/tayside-young-fiddlers-25th-reunion-concert
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Learning to play accordion with John Somerville this Easter at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig are delighted to introduce the talented John Somerville to their Short Courses programme with this brand new course Learning to play accordion, which is aimed at first time learners and will introduce course participants to the basics of the instrument in a fun and interactive way. Dates: 09/04/18 – 13/04/18 Price: £260 […]
Bothy Ballad Champion of Champions
Thanks to Hugh Hoffman for this report. Home from a most enjoyable weekend in Elgin for the Bothy Ballad Champion of Champions event. Joe Aitken was the well deserved winner, with Shona Donaldson and John Dickson second and third. The other finalists were also in good voice – Allan Taylor, Hector Riddell and Ian Russell. […]