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Carolyn Sampson and Andrei Bondarenko in Pelléas and Mélisande (Photo: Richard Campbell)

Prestigious award nomination for Scottish Opera

Scottish Opera’s production of Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande is in the running for a prestigious cultural award. They haves been nominated for The South Bank...

The joy of six with Hò-rò’s new album Hex

Released last Friday, HEX is the eagerly awaited second album by Hò-rò who boldly promise a very unique sound drawing inspiration from their, now six,...

Caledonia singer will headline Boat Festival

Renowned Scottish singer songwriter Dougie MacLean is to headline this year's Scottish Traditional Boat Festival. Dougie, famed for the song Caledonia, is set to travel...
Skipinnish, one of Scotland's leading traditional music bands

Just over a week to go until Argyll music festival

Argyll’s biggest open-air live music event is set to take place next weekend. OBANLIVE, taking place on 8 and 9 June, has launched two new...

Band pays tribute to Scots Manchester attack victim

Skipinnish has released a charity single in memory of Manchester attack victim, Eilidh MacLeod. One year on from the attack at Manchester Arena, the Scottish...

Scots fiddler and Austrian piper produce a sumptuous nugget

The Pipe Slang is a translation from the Gaelic song Feadan glan a' phiobair, a tune of which Simon Fraser comments in the appendix to...