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

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