Guest blog by Paul Murray At the end of the Trad Talk conference on the 24th March 2012, I was invited to give a talk about my experiences in Radio, particularly with regard to my show in Fresh Air Student Radio, “Fresh Folk”. I made a reference to Radio 2 and their efforts to further … Continued

By David Francis If you’d like to have a go at a game of ‘Buzzword Bingo’ this blog might not be a bad place to begin. We’ll start with the current government’s aim of ‘creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through sustainable economic growth’. You can almost see … Continued

By David Francis This holiday I’ve been rooting around my old cassettes and LPs and dusting off some items that haven’t been heard for many the long day. Most of the folk/ trad items are from the mid 80s, round about the time that I really got the bug, and some of them were much … Continued

The first Trad Talk conference in Dundee attracted just short of 60 delegates from all parts of Scotland, representing all different kinds of traditional music activity. There were educators, activists, organisers, and musicians who enjoyed a busy day (too busy some might say) of presentations and discussion.