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Mulatu Astatke at The Old Fruitmarket (Photo: Sean Purser)

Audiences up almost a third at Glasgow Jazz Festival

Music
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

Music
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

Music | Scotland
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

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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...

Violinist Jessica is home and hitting the high notes

Music | Scotland
Violist Jessica Beeston is sharing her skills with the next generation. The musician recently returned to Scotland having been based in London and Salzburg. An...

American band connect with their Scots fans

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It was the first visit to Scotland for the members of country band LANCO, but it was an incredible debut. Opening the night with single...
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