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The 14th BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award launches today! We’re looking for young traditional musicians and singers who love to perform. All you have do is to complete the application form, send in a 10 minute recording of your playing and singing, a biography, and a paragraph explaining your commitment to a career [...]

The 14th BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award launches today! We’re looking for young traditional musicians and singers who love to perform. All you have do is to complete our application form, send in a 10 minute recording of your playing and singing, a biography, and a paragraph explaining your commitment to a career in traditional music. Click [...]

  A weaver by trade and songwriter/poet by calling, Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) of Paisley was an avid self-educator and recognised man of letters, founding the Paisley Burns Club in 1805 and developing one of the early Trades Libraries in Renfrewshire, despite his modest means. Over 100 songs constitute his great legacy, of a quality akin [...]

Dance Base, as part of TradFest, are running a series of fun workshops for both community and professional dancers on Sun 5 May at their Grassmarket Studio. There’s a workshop for the brave and adventurous among you in Rapper Sword Dance with Mons Meg. These dances are an intense mix of five people, with two-handled [...]

May in Scotland is where it all starts. The sun begins to warm, the days grow longer and the nights get shorter. It is also the month where a long-standing Scottish tradition begins to happen: The Scottish Highland Games. Records suggest that these competitions date back hundreds of years, and documents tell the story of [...]

Rules for the 2014 Collection Tunes must be in a Scottish style All time signatures are welcome eg 6/8, 2/4, 2/2, 7/8 etc All tunes must have composer details and publisher (if applicable) attached All tunes must have the full permission of all creators for the purpose of inclusion in The 2014 Collection All entrants [...]

Coda Music are the seventh recipients of Hands Up for Trad’s Business Limelight Award. The “Limelight’s” are a monthly initiative (launched in October 2012) that recognises the outstanding contributions made by businesses and organisations who contribute, shape and influence the arts and cultural sector in Scotland today. Coda Music have been spending time with their [...]

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In November 1990 the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (TMSA) launched the ‘Nineties Collection’ Competition. The original idea for a collection of new compositions in the traditional idiom was conceived in the late eighties by musician Jim Sutherland who contacted TMSA’s National Organiser at the time, Jane Fraser. With Texaco’s financial input the [...]

Edinburgh Folk Club are the 6th recipients of Hands Up for Trad’s Business Limelight Award. The “Limelight’s” are a monthly initiative (launched in October 2012) that recognises the outstanding contributions made by businesses and organisations who contribute, shape and influence the arts and cultural sector in Scotland today. Edinburgh Folk Club have run since 1973 [...]