Great news! The Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme is in the running to win a National Lottery Award, the annual search for the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects. (http://tinyurl.com/pmvawhl) Beating off stiff competition from 620 organisations to reach the public voting stage, the Programme is now competing against the six shortlisted organisations to be crowned the winner […]
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Don’t be late!! Enter the Young Trad Award
The entry deadline for the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2016 is Friday 3rd July. Don’t be late!! You can have a year like our 2015 winner Claire Hastings. Get all the details here to enter the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award.
A wonderful week with the BBC by Claire Hastings
I have finally had time to reflect on what was a wonderful and very memorable week of performances with the BBC! Starting on Wednesday the 3rd of June, Top Floor Taivers were invited to perform for BBC at the Quay – a five day pop-up festival taking place at BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow, on […]
Tinto Summer School Tutors 2015
We have a great range of tutors at the 2015 Tinto Summer Schools. We asked each of them a few questions! Tinto Ensembles Innes Watson Laura Beth Salter Tinto week 1 Hannah Read Rachel Newton Shona Mooney Dave Milligan Sarah Hayes Innes Watson Tinto Tasters Tina Rees Ewan MacPherson Rua MacMillan
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award is open for entries!
Opening date 19th May Are you aged between 16 and 27 and love playing and singing trad music? Why not enter the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award? This is now the sixteenth year of this award and it is exciting to get the process started to see who the 2016 winner will be! Scots singer […]
Let the world know! A webinar on promoting your CD or product.
Have you made a CD or product and want to get people to buy it? Well you have tell them! In this webinar we will cover free techniques that will get the word out about your product and get the world talking about you. This 30 minute webinar will be available to watch live or […]
Dinny miss Scots Language Radio
“Fit’s Gaan On” Scots Language Radio is a programme that spiks aboot the culture and the ongyans o fowk fa use Scots in their wirkin warl. Accordin tae the last census in Scotland, there are aroon 1.5 million Scots spikkers in this country. Ye dinna hae tae wanner far tae here it – jist ging […]
Foot Stompin’ Podcast No 141
The latest Foot Stompin’ Podcast is here! Featuring some beautiful music and song from Malinky, Our Heroes, Lau, Robyn Stapleton, Skerryvore and Peatbog Faeries. Listen at www.scotpodcast.com Complete playlist below. June 2015 (Download the podcast) Far Better Days by Malinky Track – Brisk Young Lad iTunes | Amazon Our Heroes by Gary Innes and friends Track – Our Heroes iTunes | Amazon The Bell That […]
Bagpiping quiz
Here’s a quiz about the bagpipes! Can you get all the questions correct? Give it a go – it’s not too difficult 🙂 [WpProQuiz 1] If you are in or around Glasgow 10-16th August why not pay a visit to Piping Live festival.
Moniaive and Orkney Folk Festivals by Claire Hastings
Festival season has well and truly begun, and I have recently been performing in opposite ends of Scotland at Moniaive and Orkney Folk Festivals. I love the community feel at folk festivals, and I couldn’t have felt more at home in Moniaive. (Mainly as it’s only half an hour from where my parents live!) Roddy […]