Winners of the 2018 Scottish Awards for New Music (SAFNM) have been announced following an event hosted by music writer and broadcaster, Kate Molleson, at the Drygate Brewery in Glasgow on Wednesday 7 March 2018. The event was attended by performers, creators and the movers and shakers in the vibrant music scene in Scotland and […]
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Hands Up for Trad #womenintrad Twitter Chat
We had a great Twitter chat last Thursday on International Women’s Day. Below is a quick summary of some of the chat but please visit Twitter and the hashtag #womenintrad for the complete discussion. Rachel Newton @rachel_newton_ It’s not just #womenintrad that need to address these issues it’s #menintrad too 🙂 equality is good for […]
Tickets for Blazin’ in Beauly fiddle event are on sale NOW!
Since 2001, Blazin’ Fiddles have hosted a wonderful week of tuition, concerts, ceilidhs and craic, welcoming thousands of folk to the little town of Beauly in the Highlands of Scotland. https://blazininbeauly.com/ A short drive from Inverness, Beauly is a gem of a place, a truly welcoming town where everyone is part of the community. The […]
International Women’s Day Twitter Chat – 8th March
In 2017 Hands Up for Trad hosted our first Twitter chat using the hashtag #womenintrad. This was a public discussion to chat about the issues for women working in traditional music and our special guest was Rachel Newton. To mark International Women’s Day 2018 we are hosting another discussion to look at where we are […]
Fochabers Fiddle Week, 3rd-6th April 2018
After five hugely successful years the Fochabers Fiddle Week returns in 2018 running from the 3rd – 6th April! We have four days of workshops and masterclasses with tutors at the forefront of Scottish traditional/folk music today then a student/tutor concert and ceilidh to finish it all off! The 2018 tutors are… Mike Vass Gillian […]
Alasdair Fraser Interview on BBC Radio Scotland’s Take The Floor
I was listening to Take The Floor with Gary Innes on Sunday and really enjoyed the interview with legendary fiddler Alasdair Fiddler. It’s definitely worth a listen as Alasdair talks about his life and music. To listen click on the link below and navigate to 1hr 6mins. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09sz2n4
Trad Music Spotlight: James Duncan Mackenzie
Hands Up for Trad’s Trad Music Spotlight is a monthly feature on a band or solo artist. It was first launched in February 2015 and features musicians who are working in the trad scene – both in Scotland and around the world. We asked James Duncan Mackenzie a few questions. What’s happening? I recently launched […]
Renewing the Tradition – Book Launch. Fresh new songs for harmony singing
Over the four years of the Renewing the Tradition project we have commissioned 11 songs to be part of a new book. The songs in English, Scots and Gaelic have been written by some of the top songwriters in Scotland and form a new collection for community choirs and song groups to sing and make their […]
A great memory from Rab Noakes in 1966
Here’s a piece Rab Noakes posted on FaceBook in December 2016 Here’s a Xmas Eve tale from 50 years ago. In 1966, I was living in London and come Xmas it was time to make a trip north. I had left home in Cupar, Fife in 1963 and until the early ’70s I made an […]
Edinburgh International Harp Festival 30th March – 4th April 2018
Announcing a stellar array of performers appearing at the annual gathering that has established Edinburgh as a World class centre of harping. Harps of all sorts are featured with the Clarsach, our own Scottish Harp, at the heart of the Edinburgh International Harp Festival (EIHF). HOMECOMING The Clarsach is at the core of the EIHF […]