BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician finals

 really enjoyed the Awards this weekend. The concert was a great mix of instruments and styles (surprisingly no fiddle for a change) and all the musicians played really well. All the musicians played to a very high standard and presented theirselves on the stage very well. It is great to see the professionalism rising within [...]

We had good weekend in…

We had good weekend in London last week. Dave Milligan and I were taking part in Radio 3's celebration of Judith Weir called 'Telling the Tale'. Our first concert was on Thursday night at St Lukes and I had enjoyed rehearsing during the day. When we got onto stage I noticed something was wrong in [...]

Zoom to Caracas

My brother John has been living in Venezuela for the last 3 months teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). All the reports coming back were that he was being very successful and fitting in well to this new culture.
On the 31st December 2007 I heard the exciting news that he was coming home from [...]