Scotland meets Sweden in new album Foogy
Scotland meets Sweden in Foogy, the new album from Catriona McKay and Olov Johansson, which features traditional and new music. McKay, well-known as harpist in…
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Drewie’s tune comes out top
The results of the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Club’s annual tune competitions were announced at a guest artiste club night in the Shetland Hotel last…
READ FULL STORYLocals lend weight to Celtic festival
The 16th Celtic Connections adventure ended on Sunday and as is now customary, a host of familiar Shetland names, predominantly fiddlers, graced the various venues…
READ FULL STORYMaggie gets them dancing
Danny Kyle open stage winners Maggie Adamson and Brian Nicholson had a busy year in 2008, appearing at the Shetland, Orkney and Gosport Folk Festivals…
READ FULL STORYFamiliar local musicians add their weight to Celtic Connections
By NEIL RIDDELL NEXT Thursday sees the 16th Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow get under way, with the now-customary influx of a whole host of…
READ FULL STORYSpence family cousins team up for television broadcast
TWO leading Shetland musicians will spearhead a music special to be broadcast Scotland-wide on Monday. Steven Spence on fiddle and Gary Peterson on mandolin will…
READ FULL STORYUnlikely pair created a fascinating musical item
Debbie Scott & Willie Johnson, The Selkies’ Song. Attic Records. I WAS pleasantly surprised to find fiddler Debbie Scott standing by my desk the other…
READ FULL STORYTalented trio make Spencie’s new tunes top drawer musical outing
Steven Spence, Spencie’s Tunes Vol 2. CD and tune book available from www.spenciestunes.com and local shops. I HAVE never come across a musician offering to…
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Kebister Head, CD by Bryan Gear with Violet Tulloch and Jack Robertson, £12.99. IT SEEMS no time ago at all since Bryan Gear became our…
READ FULL STORYTunes galore in prolific Spencie’s new album
UNST fiddle great Steven Spence returns to the spotlight this weekend with the launch of a new album to be followed soon by an illustrated…
READ FULL STORYThe perfect fiddle fare
Anidder een! Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson CD produced by MB Sounds. THIS seasonal offering from the popular duo Maggie Adamson and Brian Nicolson will…
READ FULL STORYBryan and Violet’s CD
A NEW CD by fiddler Bryan Gear and pianist Violet Tulloch, entitled Kebister Head, will be launched on 4th December. Described by Aly Bain as…
READ FULL STORYCatriona goes down a storm
THE CATRIONA MacDonald band came to Fair Isle last Thursday night for the first gig of a tour with Catriona’s new album Over the Moon….
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MUSIC and management company Atlantic Edge Music Services has tasted initial success at this year’s Scottish Traditional Music Awards, with three of the acts represented…
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