📷 Photo by Alan Peebles Fiddle player Eryn Rae has been named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician for 2022. The 21 year old, from Jedburgh but now living in Glasgow, accepted the award from Gareth Hydes, Commissioning Editor, BBC Scotland, in a year that saw the prestigious competition return to the City Halls for … Continued

The latest Directory of Musicians Spotify Playlist features fantastic new releases from Megan Henderson, RURA, Julie Fowlis, Old Blind Dogs, Salt House, Duncan Lyall, Eddie Seaman, Fraser Fifield, Iona Fyfe, and Talisk. Make sure to follow the Traditional Music Forum on Spotify to view all our playlists.

📷 Photos by Murdo Macleod Lewis piper James Duncan Mackenzie has released a tune book featuring 70 of his own compositions for pipes and other instruments, including tunes which have already become popular in both the pipe band and folk music scenes. The James Duncan Mackenzie Collection features 52 pipe tunes, including tunes such as … Continued

The seventh in the Traditional Music Forum‘s Spotify playlist series featuring musicians and bands from the Scotland Online Directory of Musicians. Each month a new playlist is created showcasing the fantastic traditional music Scotland has to offer. Directory of Musicians Spotify Playlist #7 is a Christmas playlist for December, featuring music from The Outside Track, … Continued

(Photo above: Dàimh) Live streamed concerts and online workshops to remain part of Blas Festival as it makes return to the stage for concerts across the Highlands & Islands Audiences across the world will once again be able to enjoy performances as part of this month’s Blas Festival as the organisers decide to stream a … Continued

Statement of research questions   To investigate the range of available models for SC&T’s future adult programme delivery in 2022 and beyond. Engaging with existing and past participants and tutors to establish their preferences for online or face to face or blended learning.  To investigate how other teaching organisations in Scotland and beyond are planning to … Continued

Are you getting the most out of your presence in social media and online platforms? The rapidly changing post-Covid world has meant musicians have had to find new ways of presenting their work. In order to support this changing landscape four Scottish music organisations*, with funding from Creative Scotland, have teamed up to offer you … Continued

You can now watch all the performances from the launch of the Scotland Online Directory of Musicians on the TMF YouTube channel. Amazing music from Maeve Mackinnon with Luc McNally & Ali Levack, Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy, and David Foley & Jack Smedley with Jenn Butterworth.

After a difficult 18 months for so many, the Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective are delighted to launch a series of workshops encouraging people to not only connect with their local landscape and each other online but to work with some of Scotland’s most revered traditional musicians to learn specially composed music and song. The … Continued

Congratulations to the six finalists of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2022. It was a great few days listening to all twelve semi-finalists playing beautiful music from all over Scotland. Each of the semi-finalists performed to a really high level and it was a really difficult job for the judges to come … Continued