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A special scotch for a truly jazzy 60th

To celebrate the club’s milestone 60th birthday, Ronnie Scott’s has created a bespoke, limited edition whisky; entitled Ronnie’s Scotch. Crafted in Scotland, the whisky was...

Bold and the new: Scottish Ensemble mark 50 years

One of the UK’s most pioneering string orchestras, the Scottish Ensemble, is marking its 50th anniversary by taking music to an even wider audience in...
Mulatu Astatke at The Old Fruitmarket (Photo: Sean Purser)

Audiences up almost a third at Glasgow Jazz Festival

The Glasgow Jazz Festival is celebrating a year of growth, with audiences up almost a third on last year. The 33rd annual festival saw a...

Country star Maren Morris charms Scottish fans

Two years on from her last visit to Glasgow, Maren Morris returned at the O2 Academy in support of new album Girl. This time she...
The finalists and judges at the St Mary’s Music School Directors’ Recital Prize 2019.  From left to right:  Sofia-Ros Gonzales, Fraser Mason, Finn Mannion, Sheila Colvin,  Marie-Sophie Baumgartner, Jo Buckley and Maureen Morrison

Violinist wins music school’s recital prize

An eighteen-year-old student violinist has won Scotland’s national music school’s highly prestigious Directors’ Recital Prize 2019. Marie-Sophie Baumgartner, who is Swiss-Ukranian, was declared the winner...

Search for Young Trad Musician of the Year

Entries are now open for the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. The event has been running since 2001, raising...