Photo above – Session during Celtic Connections in Glasgow Taking time to play fiddle tunes I became a resident of Glasgow recently, after spending several months travelling and playing fiddle tunes. Until July last year, I had lived in Adelaide, South Australia and had chased as much musical learning and travelling as I could, while … Continued

For the past five years, I have been fortunate enough to work at the amazing Shetland Folk Festival as a sound technician. It’s an intense, tiring but nonetheless hugely fun weekend, and it is my favourite festival to work at. Shetland is a very special place, with beautiful landscape and most importantly some of the … Continued

I had the pleasure of running about the country on tour with Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton this April.  They’ve been launching their second album, SYMBIOSIS II, and to celebrate we played a run of trio gigs leading up to a big band gig at the Drygate in Glasgow.  I missed the first couple of … Continued

In March this year Breabach embarked on a trip to Australia for what would be our seventh time visiting the country. I still can’t quite fathom getting the opportunity to travel out there once in my life let alone multiple times! We’ve steadily been building up a network of gigs and contacts over the past … Continued

Back in January this year, I was browsing through the Creative Scotland website when an opportunity jumped out at me. Open Call for Musicians for A New Conversation. The Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh were partnering with a G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Mumbai, India to create a new collaborative work between Scottish and … Continued

Whenever I talk about working at MK Whistles I always end up finding that people are much more interested in what I do than I would’ve expected. I don’t really know what my official job title is, but what I have been doing is helping with the making of the whistles, and also in the … Continued

When myself and Josie started playing together after a very last minute gig at Celtic Connections we couldn’t have imagined going on to win the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award the following year. Since then it’s been an incredible journey. We have had the opportunity to play for 20,000 people at Fairports Cropredy Convention, … Continued

A song about romance at ‘the dancing’. I have recently been part of a project with two other musicians through Live Music Now Scotland​, performing in care homes and day centres around Paisley and Johnstone. We had an informal chat after each concert, where lots of memories of the area were shared. The dance halls … Continued

(Photo: Harp Bazaar pupils win at the Mod) Harp Bazaar was founded in 2014 by harpists Heather Downie and Pippa Reid-Foster. They met whilst Heather was teaching at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Pippa was a student studying for a Masters. Harp Bazaar is all things harp related; courses, workshops, competitions, music books, CDs … Continued

In 1992, Dr Jo Miller gathered a few learners to teach Scottish fiddle by ear.  This was the start of Glasgow Fiddle Workshop (GFW) now Glasgow Folk-Music Workshop.  GFW now has a weekly membership of over 350 learners, a Board of volunteers who ensure our efficient day to day running (with the help of a part … Continued