What’s the origin of the name, Clouds Harp Quartet?   The first piece I wrote for the Quartet was about different cloud formations when I was walking in the Scottish Borders with my Dad under an expansive sky. It was what brought us together and made me realise that this combination of instruments can be really … Continued

Tell us about your show, Journey to Alba. It’s a tale about islands, mostly Montreal (Canada) and Barra (Scotland), about the winding musical path that brought me from one to the other, about Quebec and Scottish culture, etc. How did you become interested in music & the traditional arts? Maybe we can say I was … Continued

The poetry of Donald S Murray will be combined with stories and the magnificent sound of Gaelic Psalms at a special bilingual event on Friday 5 May, which sees members of the Loch Erisort Psalmboat community come together with artist Déirdre Ní Mhathúna and other key Gaelic figures to share their stories and shed light … Continued

Celebrating Scots and Creative Engagement at Edinburgh’s Traditional Culture Festival, pupils from a primary school in Dalkeith join the event to continue advocating storytelling as a key part of learning, with teachers equally enthused by the engagement created by the artform. Over the last year and a half storytelling has been a key part of … Continued

Performers from four countries who have made Edinburgh their home will appear in two joint events at The Biscuit Factory and the Scottish Storytelling Centre as part of the twelve-day traditional arts showcase, TradFest. BE United have brought together artists and performers from Spain, Scotland, Senegal and South Africa in what promises to be a … Continued

Kaela answers a few quick questions ahead of the band’s performance at TradFest What does the Kaela Rowan Band have planned for 2017? 2017 is going to be a really interesting year for myself and the Kaela Rowan Band, with some great gigs.  Firstly, I’ll be working with Shooglenifty through the summer, doing some festival gigs, … Continued

Tell us about your show? Beth: Our show is Story Blanket – we’ve made our own version of a ceilidh quilt (with some help from my Auntie Helen and the pupils at Lochgelly South Primary School) depicting our favourite traditional stories from Scotland and around the world. Come along and choose which of our fabulous, … Continued

Tell us about your band, Wayward Jane, and your plans for 2017? We started up a few years ago after all meeting through the Edinburgh trad music scene. Dan and Sam already had an Americana-influenced band going, various people left or moved away and Rachel, Michael and Becka stepped in. The music we make is … Continued

Tell us about your show, 3Troubadours: Mobile Dreams. Mobile Dreams is a poetic, funny and warm storytelling performance about the everlasting human search for connection, truth, freedom and beauty. In a stream of English spiced by their own native tongues (Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch) the performers behind Mobile Dreams tell a string of tales both … Continued

Tell us about your Jamaica Sings collaboration and plans for 2017 My latest collaboration has been with Robert Burns… or at least his songs! It was an idea between myself and Scottish producer Kieran C Murray, and we decided to work with a host of Jamaican musicians and artistes, including Ken Boothe, Cherine Anderson, Roots Underground, Berri and Nickeishia … Continued