The entry deadline for the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2016 is Friday 3rd July. Don’t be late!! You can have a year like our 2015 winner Claire Hastings. Get all the details here to enter the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award.
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A wonderful week with the BBC by Claire Hastings
I have finally had time to reflect on what was a wonderful and very memorable week of performances with the BBC! Starting on Wednesday the 3rd of June, Top Floor Taivers were invited to perform for BBC at the Quay – a five day pop-up festival taking place at BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow, on […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award is open for entries!
Opening date 19th May Are you aged between 16 and 27 and love playing and singing trad music? Why not enter the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award? This is now the sixteenth year of this award and it is exciting to get the process started to see who the 2016 winner will be! Scots singer […]
Moniaive and Orkney Folk Festivals by Claire Hastings
Festival season has well and truly begun, and I have recently been performing in opposite ends of Scotland at Moniaive and Orkney Folk Festivals. I love the community feel at folk festivals, and I couldn’t have felt more at home in Moniaive. (Mainly as it’s only half an hour from where my parents live!) Roddy […]
Young Scottish Jazz Musician
I had the real pleasure of being asked to judge the Young Scottish Jazz Musician semi-finals on Saturday. I’ve listened to the final of this competition on this radio since it was started but this was the first time I’ve been to see it live. I was astounded at the quality of these musicians – […]
Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards by Claire Hastings
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the 10th Anniversary of the Young Scot Awards at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Since its launch in 2006, the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards has celebrated the inspirational contributions of thousands of young Scots who have made a difference to communities across Scotland. I was there […]
Robyn Stapleton album launch
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2014 Robyn Stapleton launches her debut album at this year’s TradFest in Edinburgh on Tuesday 5th May. Fickle Fortune features traditional songs from Scotland and Ireland. Robyn will be joined by band members Kristan Harvey (fiddle), Alistair Iain Paterson (piano & harmonium) & David McNee (guitar). Buy your ticket here http://www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest/events/2665/fickle-fortune-robyn-stapleton
Can you help G&T fund their Debut Album?
We are four days into recording our debut album in Carrier Waves Studio, Glasgow. We have recorded nine out of the ten tracks which will be on the album. Monday was quite a difficult day as we ran into a lot of unforeseen problems in the studio and only managed to get half a track […]
Do you pay money into a pension fund?
Q. What do musicians tend not to have? A. A pension fund! I asked Sheena MacDonald at the Musicians’ Union what their advice would be and she sent this. Musicians Union Pension Scheme Hencilla Canworth were asked in 1999 by the Union to develop a new Scheme for Members. Hencilla Canworth were chosen because we […]
Call for entries – 2015 Young Scottish Jazz Musician Competition
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