Scottish Culture Online

THE GREAT GAELIC SONGBOOK – ‘DELIRIOUS’ POET CELEBRATES A LIFE OF SONG  The great Gaelic poet, Aonghas MacNeacail is going all rock ‘n’ roll this week to celebrate the role that music and musicians have had in his life of words and poetry – by taking a road-trip.     MacNeacail, who celebrated his 70 th birthday last year, is [...]

Students of Gaelic and Gaelic Culture  are set to have a rare and  unique opportunity this October,  to access the priceless Canna Archives, the legacy of Margaret and John Campbell, who devoted their lives to preserving, through recordings and photographs, a disappearing way of Hebridean life in the 1930’s and 40’s. “Eòlas Chanaigh” or “ A Canna [...]

Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre are launching a new monthly session in the cosy confines of Redrooms within the Perth Theatre . The sessions will be open to all musicians and anyone who wants to come along and see some great local traditional players, and some special guests, let loose in an informal jam. The sessions will take place: Mon 22 [...]

Have you ever wanted to sit in and play on a Traditional Session but worried that you wouldn’t know the tunes? Then Trad from Scratch is for you, so dust down your guitars and string up your fiddles! This new initiative, a series of weekly sessions  from Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre, will  introduce you to some stock traditional tunes which you’ll [...]

BA (Hons) Applied Music students present ‘New light on the Kist of Riches’  First performed at Celtic Connections festival 2013 Saturday 13th April 3.30pm Function Room, Isle of Benbecula Hotel Entry Free, complimentary tea, sandwiches and cakes served. Gaelic song with local singers: Paul McCallum and Cathie Laing 5pm This event will provide people with the opportunity to [...]

University of the Highlands and islands BA (Hons) Applied Music will be gathering in Uist 11 th – 14 th April 2013 for the fourth residency of the academic year.  The degree is led from Lews Castle College UHI’s campus at Benbecula by Anna-Wendy Stevenson and is a rich multi genre programme which attracts students from all [...]

With funding from Bòrd na Gàidhlig, we have now been able to set up Gaelic Awareness Sessions across the Perthshire area. Gaelic Awareness Sessions are designed to raise awareness, inform and build respect for the Gaelic language and culture and offer a clearer understanding of its place in Scotland’s history and now in the 21st [...]

The first ever Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships has proved a roaring success after over 400 students descended on Edinburgh to take part in the competition this weekend. 45 pipe bands from 39 schools flocked to Edinburgh’s Broughton High School on Sunday (MAR 10) to compete in the much anticipated event where many youngsters had their first [...]