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How are you? A few items of news below including MusicHub has returned so if you write tunes in a traditional style please upload them to our website! Do you have any questions about Scottish music and language? Just hit reply and say hello! It is always lovely to hear from you.
 
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Enter the MusicHub 2022 Collection

By simon on Aug 01, 2022 09:43 am
Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2022 for their 2022 Collection. They can be anything from reels, jigs, airs, waltzes and anything in between! All you have to do is to upload them to MusicHub! All the tunes will be listened to […]
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Josie Duncan set to release debut solo album‘As the Moonlight Melts’

By simon on Aug 01, 2022 09:35 am
The 2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner Josie Duncan ventures confidently into new ground, with her self-penned debut solo album ‘As the Moonlight Melts’. Set for release on 26th Aug 2022, itdraws comparisons to Sigrid, Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rodgers with heartfelt lyrics and catchy riffs. Josie’s original songs were receiving airtime before she left university, and by the time she […]
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The Village and The Road at Edinburgh Fringe

By simon on Aug 01, 2022 09:30 am
A personal and collective story about rural depopulation, told through storytelling, live music and theatre. Tom Pow draws on his travels for this emotive journey exploring abandonment of the countryside, refugee crises and the great thinning of the natural world, whilst The Galloway Agreement musicians (Wendy Stewart (clarsach, vocals), Ruth Morris (alto and tenor nyckelharpa), […]
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The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig. 3-28 August, Lyceum at the Playfair Library, Edinburgh

By simon on Aug 01, 2022 09:19 am
A wild session of anarchic theatre, haunting, authentic folk music and strange goings-on. Co-creators David Greig and Wils Wilson revisit their award-winning production in the extraordinary surroundings of the Playfair Library. A revival of the original National Theatre Scotland commissioned production. Presented with support from The University of Edinburgh. #PrudenciaHart We very much look forward to welcoming you to The Strange Undoing of […]
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Wind Rose by Jocelyn Pettit

By jocelynpettit on Aug 01, 2022 09:09 am
‘Wind Rose’ is the title track of fiddle player Jocelyn Pettit’s third album. Composed after returning to Canada from living in Glasgow, it is an uplifting opener symbolizing the start of a journey. A ‘wind rose’ is a nautical compass for reading the direction of the winds, and a metaphor for the visible and invisible […]
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