Join the Hands Up for Trad Strathspey and Reel Society led by fiddler Claire Gullan to play some arrangements of great Scottish tunes on Wednesday 15th April at 7.30pm. All the tunes are below. Should be fun! We will play for 45 minutes! There are 7 great sets of music and Claire will take you […]
The VIRTUAL Edinburgh International Harp Festival 3rd – 8th April 2020
This year the 39th Edinburgh International Harp Festival was planned for the 3-8th of April to take place at Merchiston Castle School. On March 5th,the festival received the news that the school was cancelling bookings due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Festival was one of the first high profile events in Scotland to be cancelled due to the pandemic. Despite their disappointment, the Edinburgh […]
Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award awarded to Mhairi Hall
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 […]
Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 182 featuring Fiona Hunter, Sian, Mhairi Hall, Ewen Henderson, Joy & Andrew, Siobhan Miller and many more
Join Hands Up for Trad to listen to the latest Foot Stompin’ Scottish music podcast featuring great music from Fiona Hunter, Sian, Mhairi Hall, Ewen Henderson, Joy & Andrew, Siobhan Miller and many more! If you enjoy this content please support our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad Aye Waukin O by Fiona Hunter https://fionahunter.co.uk/ Sian Track – […]
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
Free Daily Online Fiddle Concerts
Due to the Covid19 virus, most musicians have had their gigs cancelled and lots of income lost. Maybe you too have to stay home and have lost income as well? Please enjoy these free fiddle concerts, sponsored by fiddle–online. The full schedule and access to all concerts can be found at The Covid Concerts page 7:30pm EDT Wednesday 25 […]
Edinburgh International Harp Festival 2020 – Some HAPPY news!
We are thrilled to announce that we WILL have a harp festival from the 3rd-8th April – the VIRTUAL Edinburgh International Harp Festival! Whilst we cannot all be together this year in Edinburgh, the EIHF still wants to give you the chance to experience some happy harping. So from the evening of Friday the 3rd […]
Archie Foot Stompin’ Scottish Music Podcast No 164 featuring Blazin’ Fiddles, Adam Holmes and many more
From January 2018! It’s great to be back with our first Foot Stompin’ podcast of 2018 featuring fab new Scottish music releases. In this episode we feature Blazin’ Fiddles, Adam Holmes, Ross Ainslie, Maeve Mackinnon, Calum Stewart, Patsy Reid, Salthouse, Peatbog Faeries, Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin, Dougie McCance, Mike Vass and Mairearad Green and […]
Learn to play folk guitar with Michael Bryan
Sorry that is an over ambitious title! In this video Mike is showing you 3 rhythm ideas to help your folk guitar playing. I think that’s slightly more accurate 😂😂 If you would like a lesson with Mike, contact us and we will put you in touch!
The Tower – A Simon Thoumire Vlog
I was driving along the M9 and I saw this amazing tower so I decided to find it. I didn’t know where or what it was so I just turned off the motorway at the next exit and set of on an adventure. Join me on my journey up a hill in the wind and […]