Cultural Connections are back with another historical drama with music for this year’s Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival. The drama is written and directed by Ayrshire’s Craigie Folk Club joint organiser Dave Dewar. As usual Dave has teemed up with esteemed folk musicians. His musical director is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ian Walker who has written […]
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Bill Wilkie MBE RIP
It was very sad to hear yesterday of the death of Bill Wilkie MBE. Bill was one of the great pillars of Scottish accordion music, a master and tireless champion of the instrument and an impresario and businessman who promoted and encouraged many of the leading players on the Scottish music scene. Born in Perth […]
Trad Music Spotlight: Elephant Sessions
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 Elephant Sessions a few questions. What’s happening? We are about to […]
Battle of The Folk Bands Live on YouTube!
We are hoping to see you at TradFest Edinburgh this Sunday May 7th for a great live Battle of The Folk Bands concert (tickets are on sale here) however if you can’t make it along you will be able to watch worldwide on YouTube! We will have a special show with all the bands performing and interviews with the musicians […]
Workshop and concert exploring connection between Donegal Highland and Scottish and Cape Breton Strathspeys
DONEGAL TO DÙN ÈIDEANN FIDDLE WORKSHOP Join Liz Doherty and Amy Geddes on Saturday 6th May for a full day fiddle workshop to explore the connection between Donegal Highlands and Scottish and Cape Breton Strathspeys. Liz and Amy are inspirational tutors who bring an infectious love and unbridled knowledge of their respective traditions. They will explore the techniques of […]
ARCHIEOLOGY: AN EVENING WITH ARCHIE FISHER – Tuesday 2nd May, Tradfest
Don’t miss legendary Scottish folk troubadour Archie Fisher who is in conversation with David Francis on Tuesday 2nd May at Tradfest (Buy tickets) He will look back on an outstanding 55 years in folk music. Archie’s ballads evoke the rough beauty of the Scottish borderlands and he will perform his favourite songs from throughout his career. Hands […]
Hands Up for Trad TV 21st April 2017
Watch Hands Up for Trad’s bi-monthly magazine TV show featuring great music videos from Barluath, Elephant Sessions, Mike Vass and Graham Mackenzie Music. Don’t miss the features on Inverness’s Northern Roots Festival and Joy Dunlop in Japan and also win two tickets to Northern Roots festival. Barluath – track available on iTunes Puirt à Beul […]
Hands Up for Trad Café Chats
We have been interviewing musicians in Café’s around Scotland. You can listen to them below! If you subscribe to Hands Up for Trad on YouTube you will get notified when all our new ones come online.
Advice for young traditional musicians
Do you love traditional music and wonder if there is anything more you could be doing? We asked our FaceBook friends to come up with suggestions for young people starting out in traditional music. We had lots of responses and below is a sample. Any questions please get in touch with us info@handsupfortrad.scot. Make time […]
Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education Conference
From Royal Conservatoire of Scotland I’m pleased to attach a call for papers and participation with respect to Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education: a collaborative conference being organised by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in partnership with the Celtic Connections Festival and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music, taking place […]