Last October in Orkney we were lucky to make music videos of Eamonn Coyne, Saltfishforty, The Wrigley Sisters and Karen Tweed and I finally finished the videos yesterday! Watch them below. Eamonn Coyne Saltfishforty The Wrigley Sisters Karen Tweed Why not check out our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel for loads of great music […]
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Hands Up for Trad March Quiz – Singers vs Accompanists
Join Kathleen MacInnes, Joy Dunlop, Robert Robertson and Josie Duncan vs David Foley and Pablo Lafuente for this month’s quiz. Can you you beat the teams and answer all the questions. Watch it below! The answers are also below the video. Round 1 – Quickfire In which town in Scotland is the Mountain Bike World […]
Trad Music Spotlight: Kirsty Law
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 Kirsty Law a few questions. What’s happening? I am currently releasing […]
A Life in Trad Music: Innes Watson
Scotland is very fortunate in the depth and strength of its traditional musicians. At any given time, there are several generations working in the music sector and as the workforce naturally changes through time, older musicians have different priorities to their younger colleagues. In order to better appreciate these differences, Hands Up for Trad are […]
Loud and Clear: The event letting disabled people’s music be heard
This article was taken from CreativeScotland.com In February, an event to celebrate and promote disabled persons music was held in the Scottish Parliament. Loud & Clear: Let Disabled Peoples Music Be Heard, was organised by fiddle player David Nicolson and sponsored by Rachael Hamilton MSP. It aimed to raise awareness of the barriers that disabled […]
Some Of The Biggest Names In Scottish Folk Music Announced For Brand New One Day Festival – Live By The Loch
Broadwood Stadium will welcome some of the biggest names on the Scottish music scene for brand new one day festival Live by the Loch. This unmissable event will take place at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld on Saturday 2nd June 2018. Broadwood: Live by the Loch will welcome some of the best Scottish musical talent for a […]
Donald MacLeod (Portnahaven) RIP
From Arthur Cormack Very sad to hear tonight of the passing of the great Portnahaven Gaelic singer, Donald MacLeod. Just at New Year his grand-daughter Tweeted a message to say how much he was enjoying Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire on BBC ALBA and it was great to know he was watching. It was a privilege […]
New Artistic Programmer announced as part of the Year of Young People Initiative for Tiree Music Festival
Tickets go on sale for Tiree Music Festival (TMF) onThursday 1st March 2018. The festival will run from Friday 13th – Sunday 15th July 2018. Early bird tickets sold out in less than 48 hours in November for the multi award-winning festival. Brand-new to TMF 2018 will be the ELEVATE STAGE. This new outdoor stage […]
5th Edinburgh “FluteFling” – now with whistles !!
Now in its’ 5th year, the 2018 Edinburgh “FluteFling” returns on Sat. 21st April, with a major expansion in that this year we will also be providing tuition for a “Beginner’s” level of flute class, as well as “Intermediate / Improvers” level – plus, for the first time, tuition in whistles, both “soprano” and “low” […]
RCS April to June 2018 upcoming traditional music performances
Traditional Music An Evening of Traditional Music A lively evening from the Traditional Music department, featuring students from across the department. Thu 3 May / 7.30pm Ledger Recital Room £5 – £10 (£7.50 concessions) Traditional Music Vocal Showcase Students from our Traditional Music department present an evening of acoustic song at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church. […]