{"id":5538,"date":"2021-09-06T10:12:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2021-09-06T10:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:12:19","slug":"scots-language-awards-2021-iona-fyfes-spotify-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2021-iona-fyfes-spotify-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2021: Iona Fyfe's Spotify Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Iona Fyfe’s Spotify Campaign wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Project o the Year sponsored by Scots Hoose in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

We askit Iona Fyfe o Iona Fyfe’s Spotify Campaign thae speirins. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nAm a Scots sangster fae Huntly, Aiberdeenshire. I hae grown up aneth the tradition, learnin tradition ballads fae sangsters an gan tae singaroons an folk clubs. A bide in Glesca noo an\u2019 I recently graduated wi a first class honours degree in Traditional Music fae the Royal Conservatoire o Scotland. We hae stravaiged aa ower, singin oor sangs, ballads and bothy ballads in Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Poland an as hine oot as Australia an\u2019 Canada. A\u2019ve bin a National Director o\u2019 the TMSA (Traditional Music and Song Association) fir a puckle o year an noo sit on the Scotland & NI Regional Committee o\u2019 I Musicians Union.<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nI grew up recitin Scots poetry in the Doric dialect at TMSA festivals, it wis a natural progression tae sing an perform in Scots. I wark wi Oor Vyce tae campaign fur a Scots Language Act tae preserve, protect an gie legal recognition tae the leid.<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\n\u2022 In 2021, I led a successful campaign tae get Spotify tae add Scots tae it’s list o leids
\n\u2022 In 2018, I becam the youngest iver winner o the Scots Sangster o the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards
\n\u2022 In 2020, I won Scots Performer o the Year at the Scots Language Awards
\n\u2022 Performin at Lorient Interceltique Festival in Brittany wis ane o my favourite gigs
\n\u2022 In 2021, the Oor Vyce #ScotsPledge got 35\/129 sitting MSPs tae sign in support o protecting, promoting and preserving the Scots Leid.<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\n\u2022 This year we warkit thegither tae record a studio version o Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ – aince we hae clearance o the tranlsation fae Miss Swift, it will be lowsed.<\/p>\n

\u2022 On 10th September, I’m releasin my sang, ‘The Cauld’, a full band pop sang wi electric guitars – showin that the leids leid disnae hae tae be stuck tae the trad\/folk genre an we maun push the leid forrit intae new genres.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In 2021, mysel an Michael Biggins are gan tae be tourin Denmark.
\nAheid o that, am nae affa shair. Takkin each day as it cams.<\/p>\n

Read more about Iona Fyfe’s Spotify Campaign<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.ionafyfe.com<\/a>
\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ionafyfe<\/a>
\nTwitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ionafyfe<\/a>
\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iona.fyfe<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 25th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/www.gardynetheatre.org.uk\/show\/the-scots-language-awards\/<\/a> Performing on Saturday 25th September include Ellie Beaton, Anna Stewart, Gemma Johnson and more to be announced.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com\/handsupfortrad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weel duin tae Iona Fyfe’s Spotify Campaign wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Project o the Year sponsored by Scots Hoose in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! We askit Iona Fyfe o Iona Fyfe’s Spotify Campaign thae speirins. Vote now! Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit. Am a Scots sangster fae Huntly, Aiberdeenshire. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2021-en","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2021\/08\/Iona-Fyfe-by-Elly-Lucas-7.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1rk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5539,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions\/5539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}