Stonehaven Folk Club teamed up with Hands Up for Trad in March 2020 and donated £5000 to launch Folk In Crisis Fund to provide grants of £250 to help towards living expenses of Folk artists and support personnel severely affected by the Covid-19 crisis. With donations from other clubs and the public the fund has […]
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Lewis Piper, James Duncan Mackenzie, releases tune book of own compositions
Lewis piper James Duncan Mackenzie has released a tune book featuring 70 of his own compositions for pipes and other instruments, including tunes which have already become popular in both the pipe band and folk music scenes. The James Duncan Mackenzie Collection features 52 pipe tunes, including tunes such as Smelling Fresh and Willie Bucach […]
New book! Tales From The Early Scottish Folk Scene by Fraser Bruce
The book – Tales From The Early Scottish Folk Scene by Fraser Bruce – has taken nearly three years to write and during that time Fraser met and chatted with over 100 people who were part of the early folk club scene during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The book tells the true story […]
Hands Up for Trad 12 Days of Christmas
We have asked musicians to take part in our Hands Up for Trad 12 Days of Christmas project again in 2021. View the playlist below to watch the videos. Remember and get your Christmas hat on!
New book! The Coigach and Assynt Collection
New from the brilliant Taigh na Teud Music Publishers. The Coigach and Assynt Collection is part of the Music and Tales of Coigach and Assynt project and full of local tunes, songs, stories and photographs. It is a beautifully presented, absorbing and moving celebration in music, words and pictures of the people, past and present, of […]
Speyfest To Return For 25th Anniversary Edition
Speyfest – the much-loved Moray folk festival – has announced it will return in 2022 as it gets set to celebrate 25 years at the heart of the Speyside community and the Scottish events calendar. Hosted in the event’s pop-up Tented Village by the picturesque banks of the River Spey, Speyfest will transform Fochabers into […]
2021’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards Winners announced at Glasgow’s Engine Works on BBC ALBA.
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards announced 2021’s diverse Award Winners after a record 180,000 public votes, as it returned to Glasgow on BBC ALBA and in front of a live studio audience. The stellar MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards annual Gala evening champions top Scottish traditional musicians of all genres in a glittering […]
New book! MusicScapes of Scotland: Vignettes from Prehistory to Pandemic
Journey through a music and culture that is rich and varied, influential in western folk and classical music, and yet relatively little examined in its own right. Let this book be your tour guide to the nooks and crannies of an amazing musical landscape. Enjoy cover to cover, or read any chapter on its own. […]
Chris Gray’s Contemporary Tunes from Scotland
This tune book from Scottish piper, pianist, whistle player, composer and teacher Chris Gray contains 41 tunes in total, featuring all the ones from his debut album and many more of his compositions. Also included in the collection are a few tunes from Chris’ late piping tutor Anthony Macdonald, Chris’ brother Steven, Dumfries-based piper Alan […]
Blazin’ in Biggar
Blazin’ in Biggar, the inaugural weekend – a sister event to Blazin’ in Beauly – will take place in South Lanarkshire on June 4th & 5th 2022. There will be classes in fiddle and accompaniment, as well as sessions hosted by the band. Both day and weekend tickets are available and booking opens at 9am […]