Glasgow Fiddle Workshop (www.gfw.scot) classes are back on Monday, 29 August and Wednesday, 31 August in Kelvin College , Glasgow. Enrolment and Session 24 August in Kelvin College. Some zoom classes available. GFW Junior Come and Try – 27 August at 10 am and 1 pm in Kelvin College. Classes start Wednesdays at 6.15 til […]
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Linlithgow Folk Festival 2022
This year’s Linlithgow Folk Festival will take place from the 15th to the 18th of September. First held in 1999, the annual celebration of traditional music, dance and song in the Royal Burgh is now firmly established on the traditional music scene throughout the UK and it attracts visitors from far and wide. Pre-pandemic, the […]
Earliest collection of Highland music given fresh lease of life with new edition and will be performed at Blas Festival this September.
The music collected by Eliza Jane Ross will be performed during the 18th Blas Festival this September A collection of Highland music, left behind in the library of Raasay House in the 1800s has been given a fresh lease of life in a new edition of the collection by renowned piper, Dr Angus Macdonald. The Eliza […]
Nominate Now In The Scots Language Awards 2022 – Last few days!
Jine us tae celebrate Scots language and culture wi a gaitherin o kenspeckle fowk fae aw the airts includin Award Winnin Comedian, Bruce Fummey and former Scots Scriever and poet, Hamish Macdonald at the 4th Scots Language Awards. BUY TICKETS NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITE ACT / ORGANISATION IN THE SCOTS LANGUAGE AWARDS 2022 The Awards is an […]
Josie Duncan set to release debut solo album
‘As the Moonlight Melts’
The 2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner Josie Duncan ventures confidently into new ground, with her self-penned debut solo album ‘As the Moonlight Melts’. Set for release on 26th Aug 2022, itdraws comparisons to Sigrid, Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rodgers with heartfelt lyrics and catchy riffs. Josie’s original songs were receiving airtime before she left university, and by the time she […]
The Village and The Road at Edinburgh Fringe
A personal and collective story about rural depopulation, told through storytelling, live music and theatre. Tom Pow draws on his travels for this emotive journey exploring abandonment of the countryside, refugee crises and the great thinning of the natural world, whilst The Galloway Agreement musicians (Wendy Stewart (clarsach, vocals), Ruth Morris (alto and tenor nyckelharpa), […]
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig. 3-28 August, Lyceum at the Playfair Library, Edinburgh
A wild session of anarchic theatre, haunting, authentic folk music and strange goings-on. Co-creators David Greig and Wils Wilson revisit their award-winning production in the extraordinary surroundings of the Playfair Library. A revival of the original National Theatre Scotland commissioned production. Presented with support from The University of Edinburgh. #PrudenciaHart We very much look forward to welcoming you to The Strange Undoing of […]
Live Music Now Scotland – All Aboard with Traditional Tunes
Live Music Now Scotland is proud to present an exciting programme of concerts in partnership with Health All Round. “Live Music Now Scotland musicians are used to playing in unusual venues, but this is the first time in the organisation’s history that they have performed on a canal boat!,” says Live Music Now Scotland Director, Carol Main MBE. “As a music charity committed to […]
New musical work celebrates lives and songs of Gaelic-speaking travelling communities. Blas Festival returns in September with new commission from Tain musician
A new musical work which will highlight the central role Gaelic-speaking Highland travelling people played in the preservation and transmission of Highland traditions will be performed at this September’s Blas Festival which will run from 2nd – 10th September. ‘The Summer Walkers’, a newly-commissioned piece of musical work from Highland musician, Chloë Bryce, will showcase […]
Edinburgh Fringe: ‘Mairi Campbell live’ is back
We’re excited to announce the return of trad Hall of Famer Mairi Campbell to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a series of live concerts. Mairi will also feature in She/Her, the multimedia performance presented by Brian Cox.Mairi’s newest solo concert “Mairi Campbell live” will run at the Acoustic Music Centre on 9, 10, 21, 23 and 25 […]