Beautiful scenery and music feature on TV shows

Some of Scotland’s most stunning scenery is to feature in two television programmes this week. BBC ALBA, Scotland’s Gaelic channel, is to show An t-Eilean (From Skye with Love) and An Drochaid (The Bridge over the Atlantic) on Tuesday evening, 15 October. From Skye with Love features the Trotternish peninsula on the island of Skye,…

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Scots Trad Music Awards 2018 longlist is revealed

Nominations for MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018 are now open. The much-anticipated event celebrates excellence in traditional music. Honouring artists, instrumentalists, composers and singer-songwriters plus phenomenal performances from some of the biggest names in traditional music, the ceremony recognises outstanding musical talent from all over Scotland. The public have until Sunday, 14 October,…

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A magical place called Ardnish is well worth a visit

A peninsula, jutting out from Moidart, pointing to Eigg, Muck and Rum, cliffs along both sides until the westerly end where the communities of Peanmeanach, Laggan and Sloch used to house the two hundred MacDonalds, Gillies, MacVarish, MacEachan and MacQueens. Nellie MacQueen was the last to leave Peanmeanach in 1943 and the beautiful sandy beach with the…

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A celebration of Gaelic at this year’s XpoNorth

Delegates to Scotland’s leading creative industries festival will see and hear about some of the leaders in the Gaelic language at the festival. XpoNorth 2018 takes place next week throughout Inverness on 27 and 28 June. The Gaelic Angle on Wednesday will hear from multi-award winning singer and musician Julie Fowlis; Iseabail Mactaggart, director of…

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Performers are honoured at Scots Trad Music Awards

The biggest and best names in Scots trad music were honoured at a glitzy award ceremony in Paisley on Saturday night. The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards celebrated their 15th year in style. Broadcast live on BBC ALBA, BBC Radio Scotland and globally through the BBC ALBA website, the prestigious awards – organised by…

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