Hi folks, Ciamar a tha sibh? I’m back with yet more great Scottish trad music! Loads of great new releases for you to listen and swing your hips to! If you have any questions about Scottish music send me an email! Tiernan Courell Reels – The Steeplechase / The Eel In The Sink / Hasbullas […]

Folklorist Steve Byrne tells Frieda Morrison aboot a new initiative wi plans tae archive oor musical cultural treasures.

The Scottish Disability Golf and Curling – SDGC – was started by Jim Gales 20 years ago and from 30 players based around St Andrews, it now attracts more than 1,000 members across twenty countries. Frieda Morrison joined teams of PGA pros, members of SDGC and Media, at Ladybank Golf Club in Fife – and […]

Hello! Ciamar a tha sibh? Welcome to our latest podcast featuring a host of brand new releases from the Scottish music scene. Despite everything that is going on in the world the music keeps coming from Scotland. If you enjoy this podcast please consider supporting our Patreon www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad. The Canny Band Track – Granny’s 93rd […]

Whither we see them or jist imagine them bein there – it disna maitter. Some fowk are feart o them – ithers like tae hae them aroon. Bit fitiver, they are part o oor lives. In this episode, we celebrate the craturs we share wi – burds, beasts and ither beasties. Jine us for anither […]

An Aberdeenshire Heritage group welcomed guests to the Aden Heritage Museum in Mintlaw – to celebrate the return of one of Scotland’s most valuable treasures – ‘The Book o Deer’. The book is thought to be one of the earliest examples of written Gaelic in Scotland and was written in the nearby Parish of Deer. […]

NEW BUDS AN NEW MEDALS: Congratulations tae oor team member Dave Mitchell on being inaugurated intae the prestigious Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society and bein presented wi the Scottish Horticulture Medal – wi the SHM letters noo efter his name. An Dave will be guiding us roon the gairden season again wi ideas for herbs and […]

Hi there, Ciamar a tha sibh? Whit is happenin the day! I’m still learning Gaelic you will be pleased to hear although it is definitely not easy. A great challenge though and I can’t wait to get better. Surely I must!! Anyway I’m back with more great new releases from the Scottish trad music scene! […]

Celebratin Easter an Sir Walter Scott – Anither Listen: Jine us as we celebrate the 250th anniversary o Sir Walter Scott. Oor special guest, Professor Gary West, taks us ahin the buiks tae gaither mair information aboot the man himsel. David Mitchell escorts us roon the landscape that wis made bi this weel-kent screiver. Claire […]