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Angus Lyon Duncan Lyall 3G and Infinite Reflections Tour

August 6, 2014 By simon

Friday 8th August is the start of an eight-date double bill tour two of Scotland’s most dynamic composers Celtic Connections New Voices Commissions. The tour supported by Creative Scotland will revisit Angus Lyon’s ‘3G’ and Duncan Lyall’s ‘Infinite Reflections’ taking them to new audiences starting on the 8th August in An Tobar before hitting the […]

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A concert of piping with Roddy MacLeod, Allan MacDonald, Seudan and more

April 23, 2014 By simon

Don’t miss this great concert this Saturday, 26th April, The Townhouse, Haddington at 7.30pm. Tickets are £14 (£9 conc) available on the door.

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Nuala Kennedy Band (SCOT) with Troy MacGillivray (CAN)

April 17, 2014 By simon

Scots Trad Music Awards nominated Nuala Kennedy Band sent us this press release. *Stunning Irish/Scottish traditional music with a twist* meets *Multi-award-winning Canadian fiddle and piano virtuoso * Nuala Kennedy – vocals, flute, whistles, keys Donald Hay – drums, percussion Michael Bryan – guitar with Troy MacGillivray – fiddle, piano Renowned traditional singer and flautist […]

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THE SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE TAKES UP RESIDENCY IN ABERDEEN AND PERTH | 21 – 24 APRIL (Aberdeen) | 26 – 29 APRIL (Perth)

April 16, 2014 By simon

SEAVAIGERS WITH CHRIS STOUT AND CATRIONA MCKAY 29 April (Perth) | 30 April Glasgow | 1 May (Edinburgh) The Scottish Ensemble (SE) returns to Aberdeen and Perth in April 2014 for its second set of residencies in the cities – each one specifically crafted in response to local needs in collaboration with community partners. Since […]

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Trad Awards date change

March 11, 2014 By simon

At the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in December we announced that the Trad Awards will be held in Inverness on the 6th December. That date has now changed to Saturday 13th December. We will post more information soon 🙂

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Northern Lights tour from Ailie Robertson

December 16, 2013 By simon

Northern Lights brings together six world-class musicians from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Scandinavia in a cross-cultural celebration of new music that bridges the divide between folk, classical, traditional and avant garde in six new compositions. Featuring: Brian Finnegan (Flook, Kan) flute, whistle Niall Vallely (Buille) concertina Ailie Robertson (The Outside Track) harp Donald Grant (Elias Quartet) fiddle Nikolaj […]

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Check out these brilliant Louis DeCarlo photos – MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2013

December 10, 2013 By simon

Louis DeCarlo always takes brilliant photos for us and these are no different! Check them out!

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MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards Results 2013

December 6, 2013 By simon

TIREE COMES UP TRUMPS AT TRAD AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MG ALBA SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards celebrated its 11th year in style tonight (Saturday 7th December) with a glittering awards ceremony which was the biggest and best yet! Broadcasted live on BBC ALBA, the awards- organised by Hands […]

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Scots Trad Music Awards Warm up tour acts finalised!

December 2, 2013 By simon

This week on Thursday in Glasgow and Friday in Aberdeen why not go along and check out these fantastic concerts!

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Paul Anderson and Aidan O’ Rourke perform new commissions as part of Atomic Doric

November 28, 2013 By simon

On Saturday 30th November Atomic Doric (Woodend Barn) have Paul Anderson and Aidan O’ Rourke (who was also recently nominated for the Radio 2 Folk Awards) playing their brand new compositions inspired by the landscapes and wild spaces of Aberdeenshire, as well as local hero James Scott Skinner. Atomic Doric are nominated in our Community […]

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