Take a fresh look at learning Gaelic Ahead of an ambitious project to attract more people to Gaelic, LearnGaelic has today launched a redesigned website at the University of Glasgow as part of the Embracing change: The Future of Gaelic in a Global & Digital Age seminar for the Royal National Mod. Created in […]
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Gaelic arts organisation to launch new digital resource
Kate Forbes MSP supports online tool to help make Gaelic music tuition accessible to all 29th September 2019, The Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, Kate Forbes MSP, attended the Annual Conference of Gaelic arts organisation, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, on Friday 27th September, where she congratulated it on one of its busiest and most […]
Celtic Connections 2020 Programme Announced
From Thursday 16 January to Sunday 2 February 2020, musicians from across the world will take part in over 300 events in venues throughout Glasgow for the UK’s premier celebration of celtic music. The 18 days of entertainment will brighten up the dark, wet January nights with a mixture of concerts that include a host of one-off […]
How can we get a million people to hear a Gaelic song live?’
How can we get a million people to hear a Gaelic song live?’ – that was the question posed in a meeting at the BBC Alba offices that started the journey that finished with Alba Choir performing on the Eurovision stage. Eurovision Choir had 10 of Europe’s best choirs performing a live song to impress a […]
Young Gaelic singers and researchers to showcase their work in Canada
Talented singers to participate in internationally renowned Celtic Colours Festival Six young Gaelic singers from across Scotland have been invited to perform at the renowned Celtic music festival, Celtic Colours, in Canada next month, showcasing the second phase of the Fuaran project, which aims to inspire young Gaelic speakers to engage with the wealth of […]
William Cook RIP
We heard the sad news this week that 2019 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame inductee William Cook has passed away. Bill Cook supported his local traditional music scene in Clackmannashire by creating education and performance opportunities for the last fifty years. His work seen Stirling and the surrounding area cement it’s own fiddle tradition as well as develop generations of players, from […]
Scots Language Awards stars win the night at Glasgow’s Mitchell Theatre
The 1st annual Scots Language Awards ceremony hosted by Alistair Heather and Frieda Morrison saw nominees and the audience from right across Scotland head to Glasgow to celebrate the Scots Language, before enjoying live performances from MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018 Singer of The Year Iona Fyfe, musician, actress and comedian Julie Duncanson, […]
Belhaven celebrates 300 years with spectacular sell out brewery festival
Belhaven Brewery has celebrated 300 years of brewing beautiful beers in style this weekend, hosting the ‘Belhaven 300th Birthday Bash’ at its brewery in Dunbar. The festival, coupling the very best in Scottish music and beer, was a sell out with thousands of revellers enjoying the festivities on Saturday, 21st September. The event line-up reflected […]
Young Gaelic singers and researchers to showcase their work in Canada
Talented singers to participate in internationally renowned Celtic Colours Festival 23rd September 2019, Six young Gaelic singers from across Scotland have been invited to perform at the renowned Celtic music festival, Celtic Colours, in Canada next month, showcasing the second phase of the Fuaran project, which aims to inspire young Gaelic speakers to engage with […]
Have you voted in the Scots Language Awards yet? If not you be better quick as it closes on Sunday!
One of the great things about starting the inaugural Scots Language Awards is being able to read about all the amazing nominees and their work. I really enjoyed reading yesterday about Shetland’s Hannah Lisa Laurenson who was born and brought up in Shetland where she hopes to live for the rest of her life. In […]