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Glasgow Blown Away As Piping Live! Reels In A £2 Million to Local Economy
It’s been another piping hot year for the Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival, with figures revealing the event generated a fantastic boost for the local economy – to the tune of over £2 million. An economic impact report found that Piping Live!, which ran from 10th – 18th August, welcomed over 33,000 music fans […]
Knoydart residents and visitors urged to leave their mark on history by backing fundraising campaign
Residents of a remote Lochaber village aim to make their mark on history by launching a buy-a-brick scheme as part of the £400,000 transformation of their community hall. Built in the 1950s, Knoydart Village Hall is only accessible by boat or via an 18-mile hike across hilltops, taking in the stunning scenery of the picturesque […]
Winners Announced for MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2019
The winners of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards emerged last night (7th December) at Aberdeen Music Hall in a live-broadcast ceremony honouring the year’s most exceptional traditional musical talent. Produced by Hands Up for Trad, the evening celebrated Scotland’s rich cultural heritage and flourishing folk scene. Hosted by world-renowned Gaelic singer, Mary Ann […]
Landmark Award 2019 – Sandy Broon and The Blue Lamp
I was very lucky to visit The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen last Friday to present Sandy Broon with a Landmark Award celebrating 70 years of this amazing music pub that gives so much to the Aberdeen community. Below is my speech! It is my pleasure to present Sandy Broon and The Blue Lamp with a […]
Blas Festival delights audiences across the Highlands for 15th year
Organisers of this year’s Blas Festival have reported another successful Blas Festival, with Highland audiences being entertained by some of the country’s top musicians, for the 15th year; and are already looking forward to what 2020 has in store for the Gaelic festival. Blas, which means ‘taste’ or ‘sample’, is organised by Fèisean nan Gàidheal […]
Interactive witchcraft map – New website launched visualises the data from the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database (1563 to 1736).
This is an amazing piece of work. Here’s some more info from website. Check it out here. There is also a great BBC Radio Scotland podcast that you can listen to here. Equate Scotland student intern, Emma Carroll, worked with Wikimedian in Residence Ewan McAndrew, during the summer to geolocate the place names recorded in […]
Easy bagpipe tablature – Deck the Halls
Have you ever tried the bagpipes but don’t understand how to get started? Bagpiper Lorne MacDougall has come up with a brand new way to help you! He has devised a new tablature that will make it easy for you to get going. View it below or download the pdf here. Find our more about […]
MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2019 is sold out!
We are very happy to tell you that the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards is sold out. The event on Saturday 7th December in Aberdeen Music Hall will be packed full of people, brilliant music and awards. You can watch the second half of the event live on BBC ALBA from 9pm and listen […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2020 Finalists Announced
Twelve semi-finalists competed on Saturday night in Coulter Hall, South Lanarkshire to get through to the finals of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2020. It was a fabulous night of music with everyone performing brilliantly. The six musicians that made it through to the final at Celtic Connections festival on Sunday 2nd […]