Music
Celtic Connections gets underway next week
Glasgow’s annual Celtic Connections music festival kicks off next week. Featuring over 2,000 musicians in 300 events across 18 days, Celtic Connections is bound to brighten up the dark, wet January nights with its unique offer of cross-genre and cross-border collaborations, alongside talks, workshops, film screenings, theatre productions, ceilidhs, exhibitions, free events and late-night sessions.…
Read MoreAcclaimed musician coming to the Usher Hall
World-renowned violinist Joshua Bell will play Bach and Piazzolla at the iconic Usher Hall in Edinburgh this month. Passion, precision, spellbinding virtuosity: international violin soloist Joshua Bell is quite simply one of the world’s most accomplished, revered musicians. And with his warm rapport with the players of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields…
Read MoreThe life and times of Runrig’s Donnie Munro
Donnie Munro toured the world with his band Runrig but these days there is nowhere he’d rather be than home on Skye. I was born in Uig on the north-west side of Skye, just like everyone else on the island who happened to be born before 1966. That was when a maternity hospital was built…
Read MoreRelieve festive fatigue with whisky’s calming music
Old Pulteney single malt Scotch whisky has launched the perfect way to relieve festive fatigue this Christmas. A bespoke coastal soundtrack will audibly transport listeners to the Maritime Malt’s calm and quiet hometown of Wick, which is located on Scotland’s most northerly shores. With more than 40% of Brits saying they feel rushed at Christmas…
Read MorePiping Live! brings £2 million into GLasgow
It’s been another piping hot year for the Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival, with figures revealing the event generated a fantastic boost for the local economy – to the tune of over £2 million. An economic impact report found that Piping Live!, which ran from 10–18 August, welcomed over 33,000 music fans to Glasgow…
Read MoreScottish Awards for New Music 2020 now open
New Music Scotland are pleased to announce that nominations for the fourth annual Scottish Awards for New Music are now open. The Scottish Awards for New Music celebrate Scotland’s creatively ambitious and vibrant contemporary music scene, showcasing some of the most innovative, experimental and ground-breaking work taking place in Scotland. The awards highlight the depth…
Read MoreDocumentary charts rise of the musical organ
A new three-part documentary featuring Dundee’s Caird Hall reveals the vibrant culture and history of The English Organ. A new feature length documentary by Fugue State Films traces the history and development of the organ and its music from c1550 to the present, showcasing its vibrant culture, music and social impact. The English Organ, directed…
Read MoreWinter warmth marks Scottish Ensemble’s 50th
Scottish Ensemble’s ‘For a Winter’s Night’ series of Concerts by Candlelight was aptly named for its Edinburgh event, with the howling gales outside driving people off the streets and into the shelter of Greyfriars Kirk. But there was nothing wintry about the warmth of sound emerging from these exceptional string players as they explored an…
Read MoreA whisky collaboration in perfect harmony
A Scotch whisky has partnered with a contemporary Scottish folk band to create a new dram. The Glenturret’s latest limited edition bottling has been produced in collaboration with the group Breabach. The Glenturret Breabach 15 year old limited edition has been released with only 1000 bottles, each individually numbered, from handpicked Glenturret casks. A Glenturret…
Read MoreExciting end to the year for Highland musician
The year is ending in serious style for rising Highland star Keir Gibson. He looks set to take 2020 by storm having enjoyed his first BBC Radio 1 play and selling out his first headline show – all in the space of a week. DJ Mollie King gave Keir’s second single Hollow a spin on…
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