Featuring over 40 musicians and 50 events across one weekend in Edinburgh, Scotland’s largest fiddle festival is celebrating its 21st year with a wealth of distinguished and upcoming talent on the bill. The Friday night concert in The Queen’s Hall kicks off proceedings with Glasgow based acoustic trio Snuffbox, featuring Charlie Stewart, the 2017 BBC Radio […]
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Drake Music Scotland Landmark 1997-2017
Drake Music Scotland’s vision is to transform people’s lives through the power of music and boy do they do that! They play a lead role in making Scotland a place where ground-breaking new music featuring skilled musicians and composers with disabilities comes alive for everyone. They reshape the definition of musicians, musical instruments and ensembles, […]
Trad Music Spotlight: INYAL
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 INYAL a few questions. What’s happening? We’ve just finished recording our […]
Search for young composer with the piping x factor
28th September 2017, A competition to find Scotland’s next superstar young composer and an iconic new tune for our national instrument has launched today; Piping Hit 2018. Youngsters across Scotland are being asked whether they think they have the x factor and to compose a hit tune suitable for the Great Highland Bagpipe. The competition is open to every school pupil in Scotland. Music charity […]
Fyne Fiddles Volume 1, Book Launch & Workshop Weekend 1st – 3rd December
Fyne Fiddles has grown out of a music writing, arranging & teaching partnership between Amy Geddes & Donald Knox. Since 2014 they have been leading a series of weekend workshops at Ardkinglas House at the head of Loch Fyne. Inspired by this beautiful setting and time spent there with students, they have created a suite of fiddle […]
Runrig – The Last Dance
After 45 wonderful years in the music business, we have finally taken the very difficult and heart wrenching decision to pull the curtain down on our long career, in 2018. We are now simply at that point in time where longevity and circumstance have to be balanced against what is right for the art and […]
2017 BLAS FESTIVAL SUCCESS
This year’s Blas Festival took place between 1 and 9 September with around 40 concerts as well as an array of work in Highland schools and care homes. Among those performing were Skipinnish, Breabach, Mànran and Duncan Chisholm. Ireland’s Sharon Shannon returned, following her debut Blas appearances last year, to join Skerryvore at Eden Court in […]
Open for entries – Battle Of The Folk Bands 2018
Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands competition to be held at Edinburgh’s TradFest on Sunday May 6th 2018. This is the second year after last years successful event with winners DOSCA. Read about the last years event. If you […]
Blazin’ in Beauly
From Blazin’ Fiddles. October is on its way and Blazin’ in Beauly is nearly upon us again. We’re really looking forward to the week, and are delighted to welcome some fantastic musicians. Jenna Reid is on maternity leave, so Shetlander Ross Couper will be joining us in her stead. The wonderful Patsy Reid from Perthshire […]
Don’t miss Luke Daniels, Ryan Young and Jen Butterworth @ Milngavie Folk Club on 7th October
Don’t miss these award winning musicians at the Fraser Centre, Milngavie on the 7th October. Doors open 7:30pm and it will be a fantastic night’s music. You can buy tickets here. http://tickets.jmsconcerts.co.uk/160-luke-daniels-milngavie-folk-club-the-fraser-centre-saturday-7th-october-2017-730pm.html