This is funny (and topical)! Read more at Shetland’s Da Bonxie CLICKIMIN – There was confusion at the Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year awards at the weekend when 70-year-old Aly Bain was given the top award. Confused applause rang out across the hall when event host Tavish Scott read out the septuagenarian’s name. Bain […]
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Tickets are now on sale for TradFest Edinburgh | Dùn Èideann!
Celebrating traditional culture in all its forms with a feast of flavours, TradFest is now on sale, with 131 events across 34 venues and locations in Scotland’s capital. 26 April – 7 May The TradFest team along with the community of folksters have been busy beavering away behind the scenes to bring you a mosaic […]
Hands Up for Trad Spotify Playlists
We are making a series of trad music Spotify playlists for you to listen to. Here is what we have so far! Each link will open Spotify. Scottish Traditional and Folk Music BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Winners MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2016 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2013 Scottish […]
Musician Mairi Campbell takes her Fringe-hit theatre show on tour around Scotland
Musician Mairi Campbell is touring her critically acclaimed one-woman theatre show Mairi Campbell: Pulse around Scotland from March. The tour, which sees Campbell play everywhere from Inverness to Dumfries, follows her show’s month-long successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016. Critics and audiences alike gave the show fantastic feedback. Campbell kicks off […]
Watch Siobhan Miller sing The Rambling Rover on BBC Scotland’s The Quay Sessions
Check out award winning singer Siobhan Miller singing The Rambling Rover on YouTube. Visit her website here and buy her latest album.
Jamming and Raffling: Trad Music Census Highlights Lifeblood in Communities across Scotland is People, not Grant Funding
Celtic Connections ended earlier this month, showcasing Scottish talent as the driving force of this international festival. Traditional music and the rise of new bands such as Niteworks are being increasingly recognised as a key asset for agencies such as Visit Scotland, who showcase the band for their promotional video for the Year of History, […]
Storytelling Centre (Edinburgh) weekly bulletin
This just popped into my inbox and I thought I would share it with you! You can sign up here. This week brings the Audacious Women Festival, lots of opportunities to get involved in storytelling and a child-friendly mix of stories and science! Join Nadine Aisha for the first of our AWF events, How Dare […]
Hands Up for Trad Promotional Video
Have you seen our latest promotional video made by film maker Martin Forry? We asked musicians for their thoughts about Hands Up for Trad’s activities and we filmed them. We hope it’s informative and fun at the same time. You can watch it below.
Start-Studded National Gaelic Film Awards
Photo by Alan Peebles[/caption]Scottish stars turned out in Glasgow on Friday, 17th February to present awards at the ninth annual National Gaelic Film ceremony. FilmG is MG ALBA’s (the Gaelic Media Service) prestigious Gaelic screen talent awards, which this year attracted a record number of entries and was streamed live to audiences around the world. […]
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to launch arts hub in North East of Scotland
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is to widen access to high quality performing arts education in the North East of Scotland with the launch of its latest arts hub. Fraserburgh has been identified as the home of the second Royal Conservatoire fair access arts hub following the first hub launched at Dumfries House in Ayrshire […]