At the end of October last year an event was held at Blair Castle in Perthshire to mark the end of the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship. This competition, run for over twenty five years under the sponsorship of Glenfiddich Malt Whisky, owned by the Grant family, consisted of an invitation-only opportunity for the cream of the […]
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Traditional Music Concerts at the Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland
This is all looks great! An Evening of Traditional Music Fri 17 Mar / 7.30pm A lively evening from the Traditional Music department, featuring students from all four years of the programme. Venue: Ledger Recital Room Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions) Interwoven Tue 23 May / 7.30pm RCS Big Band RCS Traditional Musicians Chris Greive Director […]
35th Orkney Folk Festival Line-Up Announced
With little more than four months to go until the 35th Orkney Folk Festival, the team behind the late May event have today, Wednesday, announced the preliminary line-up of international and UK-based artists booked to appear at this year’s festival, alongside a handful of acts already confirmed from Orkney’s own fiercely renowned local scene. Joining chart-topping […]
The Secret Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Robert Burns
It’s Burns night on 25th January and people across the world are getting together to celebrate the life and work of Robert Burns. BBC Radio Scotland have an interesting programme going out at 13:30 on the 25th January and then available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days. You can listen to it here. The programme […]
Future of Scottish Music Showcase
On Thursday 26th January Hands Up for Trad are hosting an invited reception for 180 international delegates at Showcase Scotland (part of Celtic Connections festival). Four up and coming bands will perform. They are Tannara, Top Floor Taivers, Ryan Young and Dosca. The international delegates are all interested in the upcoming Scottish talent so lets […]
Line-Up for 37th Shetland Folk Festival Announced
The Shetland Folk Festival committee has announced an eclectic line-up for their 37th festival in April this year. Fifteen acts have so far been confirmed for the four-day feast of superb music, sessions and sleepless nights! An exciting variety of bands from USA, Canada, Italy, Estonia, Belgium and Ireland will be featured alongside an array […]
Hands Up For Trad Promotes New Opportunities For Trad Stars – TourDirectory.scot
Hands Up for Trad are continuing to champion new and established trad music talent by creating the Tour Directory – a free online service point for artists, venues and promoters to access new collaborative working opportunities. The Tour Directory is a Hands Up for Trad project offers free information to artists who are looking to […]
Scots Fiddle Festival Appoint New Artistic Director
Introducing Rosie Munro! Rosie has been attending the Scots Fiddle Festival since 2009 (and performed a recital with her band ‘ Chloe’s passion’ in 2013) After being a member of the Midlothian Ceilidh Trail under Mike Vass’ tuition, Rosie was inspired to study music and gained a place on the BMus Folk and Traditional Music […]
Marymass Folk Festival’s team who are filming for BBC’s Eggheads
Good Luck to the Marymass Folk Festival’s team who are filming for BBC programme Eggheads tomorrow! Hope they do well and raise the profile of the Festival which celebrates 50 years in August. The team is; Captain John Weatherby Kris Koren Stewart Durham Fraser Bruce Rab Noakes If they get through i’ll let you know […]
Bonhoga Gallery begins year with ‘Sixties’ Exposure,’ an exhibition by Dennis Coutts
Shetland Arts is delighted to announce that the work of eminent local photographer Dennis Coutts will be showcased at Bonhoga Gallery for the first exhibition of 2012 on Friday 20th January. Dennis has been photographing Shetland’s society for over 60 years and his work is a fascinating catalogue of life throughout the islands. For this […]