Join our teams Mànran vs Gnoss / Heron Valley / Inyal in our battle of the Trads quiz. Can you answer the questions quicker than them? Watch Hands Up for Trad’s new quiz and please share! Why not come along on Saturday 2/12 to Paisley and have a great night. If you are at a […]
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Hands Up for Trad TV 20 – 24th NOVEMBER 2017
Watch Hands Up for Trad TV from Greyfriars Burial Ground in Perth featuring videos from Smok, Skipinnish, Patsy Reid, Finlay MacDonald, Ewan McLennan and TRIP. Please share! Horizons by Smok https://projectsmok.bandcamp.com/releases Land Below The Waves by Skipinnish https://www.skipinnish.com Patsy Reid interview http://www.patsyreid.com Variations on Cluny Castle by Simon Thoumire. Performed by Patsy Reid and Strathspey […]
Just a few tickets left for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in Paisley
There are very few tickets left for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017 in Paisley’s Lagoon Centre! We would love to see you! It’s an amazing night of music and awards. Performing are Elephant Sessions, The Shee Big Band, Siobhan Miller, Tidelines, Paisley Fèis, Snuffbox, The Seamus O’Sullivan Experience, Lori Watson, Jenna Reid […]
Skye band to create score for choreographed Edinburgh Hogmanay fireworks
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay fireworks will be choreographed to a specially commissioned score for the first time – created by an electronica band from the Isle of Skye. Niteworks, who have wowed crowds around Scotland with their fusion of club beats, traditional instruments and Gaelic song, have been commissioned to come up with a nine-minute sequence to […]
11 days 6 hours 24 minutes and 33 seconds to the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards
As I write this blog there is only 11 days 6 hours 24 minutes and 33 seconds to the 2017 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. It’s going to be another amazing night full of wonderful music and people. This is the 15th Awards Show which started in September 2003 in Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall. I […]
Fiddler Patsy Reid chats to Simon Thoumire about her new album
Watch brilliant fiddler Patsy Reid chat about her new album – A Glint o’ Scottish Fiddle – and career so far in Greyfiars Burial Ground Perth. Buy her album at www.patsyreid.com Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/handsupfortrad More about Hands Up for Trad: http://www.handsupfortrad.scot https://facebook.com/handsupfortrad http://www.twitter.com/handsupfortrad https://soundcloud.com/handsupfortrad
Lifetime Achievement award for Dr Finlay Macleod at Scottish Gaelic Awards
The 5th Scottish Gaelic Awards were held at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow this week (Wednesday 15 November) with over 200 guests in attendance. The main award of Lifetime Achievement was bestowed on Dr Finlay MacLeod from Lewis who is well known as an author, broadcaster, teacher and historian as well as having many […]
Call for young pipers and drummers to tune up for world’s largest schools piping competition
Over 800 young pipers and drummers are expected to go head-to-head in the world’s largest schools pipe band competition in March 2018 and there is still time to be part of this! 120 schools from across Scotland will take part in the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships in Livingston on 11 March 2018 and the organisers have put out a call to remind them to get entries in by the closing date of 19 January to be in with a […]
The Lochgoil Collection – a collection of tunes by members of Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop
The Tune Book – Traditional Fiddle Music consists of one hundred tunes reflecting the tutors, the catchment area of their members (mainly Cowal and mid-Argyll) and other local connections – piping, composers, titles named for people or places in the area. Included in the book is The Lochgoil Collection of six compositions by Henry Maughan, […]
Scottish traditional music on Spotify
Check out our Spotify Playlists featuring the best of Scottish music. Scottish and Celtic Jigs and Reels Scottish Love Songs Funky Folk Female Folk Celtic Traditional & Folk Music BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Winners MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2016