John Knox House is among the winners of the 2017 Experts’ Choice Award from TripExpert. The Award recognises the best attractions around the world based on reviews by journalists and professional travel writers, with less than 2% of all attractions worldwide receiving the accolade. With praise from publications like Fodor’s and Lonely Planet, John Knox … Continued
Professor Josh Dickson, Head of Traditional Music at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is delighted to announce a landmark conference on the future of traditional music learning – Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education – to take place from 18-20 January 2018. Josh writes, “The year 2016 marked the twentieth anniversary of … Continued
Slanjayvah Danza require 3 diverse and experienced professional female contemporary and percussive footwork dancers for the development and performance of their latest work, “6 Feet, 3 Shoes”. Spain meets Scotland meets Yorkshire, “6 Feet, 3 Shoes” is an exploration of the traditional arts in a contemporary context, drawing on multicultural dance, live music, and un/conventional … Continued
The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalists, making up the TMSA Young Trad Tour 2016 group are setting out on the road, visiting their home locations around Scotland, beginning with a concert in Helensburgh on 30 May. The line up for this Tour is: Mohsen Amini: Concertina (2016 winner), Claire Hastings: Song (2015 … Continued
Cultural Connections are back with another historical drama with music for this year’s Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival. Dumfriesshire’s African Explorer is written and directed by Ayrshire’s Craigie Folk Club joint organiser Dave Dewar who has teamed up with esteemed folk musicians. The musical director is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ian Walker who has written nine songs … Continued
The Aberdeen International Youth Festival 2017 runs Summer Courses for young people from 31st July to 6th August. The Young SC&T Traditional Music Course is aimed at children aged P4 – P7 and will help them to develop their repertoire in Scottish Traditional Music. To participate in this course, all young children must be able to play some simple tunes on … 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
DATE AND TIME Sat 6 May 2017, 10:00 – 13:30 LOCATION The Tannahill Centre, 76 Blackstoun Road, Paisley, PA3 1NT This Voluntary Arts Festival event invites voluntary-run creative groups and projects from Renfrewshire to come together, for a lively and informative session that will share guidance on how to improve access to your activities. This event coordinated … Continued
From Best New Group “The Livies” at Live Ireland Music Awards 2016, Conor from Connla answers some quick questions ahead of the bands gig at Summerhall this evening. What does Connla have planned for 2017? We are fortunate enough to have a very busy end to 2017. We have several trips to mainland Europe planned, … Continued
TRACS (Traditional Arts & Culture Scotland, SCIO SC043009) is a co-operative network which champions our shared traditions of music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and local languages. TRACS brings together the Traditional Music Forum (SCIO SC042867), the Scottish Storytelling Forum (SCIO SC052330) and the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland (SCIO SC045085). Together we celebrate the local distinctiveness of Scotland’s places: our intangible cultural heritage. TRACS and the Forums have their registered office at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR.
