Although the schools are still off, I am having a very busy summer indeed! The strangest part of last month was definitely seeing my face staring back at me from the magazine aisle in Tesco, Dumfries. I was absolutely delighted to have been featured in the July issue of Dumfries & Galloway Life Magazine, and […]
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Listen to the recordings from Tinto Summer School
We had a fantastic concert at Coulter Hall on 10th July with the Tinto Summer School participants and we managed to record it! Have a listen and come to Tinto next year 🙂 The dates are 4-9th July 2016.
Trad Music Spotlight: Malinky
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 Malinky a few questions. What’s happening? Our new album “Far Better […]
Stonehaven Folk Festival – July 2015 Business Limelight of the Month
Stonehaven Folk Festival are the twenty seventh recipients of Hands Up for Trad’s Business Limelight Award. The “Limelight’s” are a monthly initiative (launched in October 2012) that recognises the outstanding contributions made by businesses and organisations who contribute, shape and influence the arts and cultural sector in Scotland today. Stonehaven Folk Festival are a popular […]
“Lindsay System” Scottish Smallpipes Chanter Competition
Composers of music, of all backgrounds and nationalities, are warmly invited to present an original piece of music for performance on a newly invented musical instrument – the “Lindsay System” Scottish Smallpipes Chanter. The piece can be of any length, and should be suitable for solo performance, accompanied by the pipes’ own drones on “A”. […]
New funding opportunity – Career Development Bursaries
Help Musicians have recently launched our new Career Development Bursaries scheme which may be of interest to the musicians you work with and your wider network. The new scheme has been set up to fund exceptional career development opportunities for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, songwriters or small groups aged between 21 – 30. Grants will […]
Sing for Water 2015
We had an amazing day in Edinburgh on Saturday 27th June with 150 singers from all over Scotland joining together to sing songs from around the world to raise awareness and money for WaterAid. WaterAid works in some of the poorest countries of the world providing clean water and safe toilets for communities. To date, Sing […]
Don’t miss our July Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast
Here is the latest Foot Stompin’ podcast from Hands Up for Trad featuring lots of great Scottish music. We start of the podcast with new band Dosca who all hail from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Next up is a song from Jim Sutherland’s Struileag project. It’s called Oran a’ Khookaburra (The Song of the […]
Tramps and Hawkers
Hi everyone, I have been being mentored in ballad and folk singing by Anne Neilson, since October 2014. It’s been a great journey, so far –appropriately I was with Anne today demonstrating my efforts thus far on “Tramps and Hawkers” a beautiful “Road Trip” song. I have done cabaret singing for a number of years […]
Scottish music playlist on Spotify
Hello! We have created a Scottish music podcast on Spotify! It features many tracks of Scottish bands and singers and we will be adding to it weekly. If you use Spotify and would like to listen to it click on the link below!