TALENTED fiddle player Charlie Stewart was named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2017 last night (Sunday Feb 5) after a rousing winning performance at Glasgow’s City Halls. Judges were unanimous in awarding the 21-year-old the title, now seen as the premier accolade for young musicians in their field. Each of the six finalists gave a […]
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Enter the BBC Radio Scotland Young Trad Award – Go on go on go on
If you love Scottish trad music, are under 27 (and older than 16) you should consider entering the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award. Entering the competition is a process. It makes you think about your repertoire and how you want to be perceived. It is an exercise in setting yourself a goal. A goal […]
Mohsen Amini wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year 2016
BBC Radio Scotland’s annual celebration of young musical talent raised the roof at the City Halls in Glasgow last night (Sunday Jan 31) when Mohsen Amini won the title of Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2016. Concertina player Mohsen, 22, made his mark at the event which was broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Trad Award semi-finalist makes it through to Young Folk Award finals
Katie Macfarlane, a semi-finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Music Award has made it through to the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. Read her thoughts. I was so happy to find out I was through to the final 10 of BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. I sent off an application along with […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2016 Finalists Announced
We had a fabulous weekend at the semi-finals of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2016 Award. All twelve musicians performed brilliantly however only six musicians can go through to the final on the 31st January 2016 at Celtic Connections Festival. They are: Hannah Macrae – fiddle (Lochaber) Mohsen Amini – concertina (Glasgow) Jessica Burton – clarsach (Orkney) […]
Moniack Mhor Songwriting Retreat by Claire Hastings
I am just back from a lovely week at Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s creative writing retreat in the Highlands. I was on a songwriting course with 13 others, with tuition from Findlay Napier and Karine Polwart. I’m a fan of them both and admire their songwriting, so was interested to learn about the way they write. […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2016 semi-finalists this weekend!
The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award semi-finals are this weekend! This is our sixteenth year and all in South Lanarkshire. If you want to come along to the semi-finals concert in Coulter Hall, Coulter on Saturday 3rd October (start time 7.30pm) you can buy tickets online. Read about the semi-finalists performing below. The […]
G&T – HIGH SPIRITS Album Launch @ Stereo Glasgow Wed 7th Oct with Mec Lir & Innes Watson by Tina Rees
G&T are launching their brand new album HIGH SPIRITS. Come and join the party with music from Mec Lir, Innes Watson and a trad disco! GRÁINNE BRADY & TINA JORDAN REES Gráinne and Tina are an exciting and original fiddle and piano duo based in Glasgow. Originally from Cavan and Lancashire the pair perform solely […]
Scottish ‘summer’ so far… by Claire Hastings
Although the schools are still off, I am having a very busy summer indeed! The strangest part of last month was definitely seeing my face staring back at me from the magazine aisle in Tesco, Dumfries. I was absolutely delighted to have been featured in the July issue of Dumfries & Galloway Life Magazine, and […]
New funding opportunity – Career Development Bursaries
Help Musicians have recently launched our new Career Development Bursaries scheme which may be of interest to the musicians you work with and your wider network. The new scheme has been set up to fund exceptional career development opportunities for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, songwriters or small groups aged between 21 – 30. Grants will […]