In a weekend to remember – in Campbeltown in the Mull of Kintyre – the Kintyre Songwriters Festival Continue reading
Tag Archives: Folk music
Folk and trad: throat grabber of a tune-up tour at Strachur
Two musical duos – reviewed by Lesley Riddoch at the 2009 Orkney Folk Festival as ‘one of the best sets of music Continue reading
Dunoon Burgh Hall hosts top Scots and Gaelic singers in Fiddlefolk concert
It is a rare concert where top Scots and Gaelic singers join forces to bring the best of Celtic music to an audience. Continue reading
Celtic Connections BBC Awards
And the 2010 BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year is: Continue reading
Praise for Donald Shaw, Argyll’s musician and festival organiser extraordinaire
Good to be able to pass on insider perspectives on good people doing good work Continue reading
Fèis Cheann Loch Goibhle’s Gaelic music schools tour
At the same time that Celtic Connections was putting on a series of school concerts for Glasgow children as part of the key Glasgow winter festival, a local group are attempting to give Cowal and Mid-Argyll children something of a similar experience.
Fèis Cheann Loch Goibhle have just completed a successful ten schools tour of Cowal and Mid-Argyll schools with two top professional Gaelic musicians. More than 700 youngsters had the rare opportunity Continue reading
CalMac, Western Ferries, Arran, competition and public services
The core of this situation is that Scotland – and Argyll – has inhabited Continue reading
Na h-Òganaich, Simple Minds and Year of Gaelic Song
Na h-Òganaich are Margaret MacLeod, Donnie MacLeod and Noel Eadie, Continue reading
BBC Alba’s December Festival
We’ve just had sight of the Gaelic TV channel, BBC Alba’s Continue reading
Hands Up For Trad (and the smokers’ coven)
Awards for people behind the scenes as well as for those in the public eye, are rare Continue reading