The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award is 10 years old this year and again we have a great lineup of young musicians for the semi-finals. From pipes and song to fiddle, accordion and harp we’ve got an excellent night of music ahead on Saturday 3rd October in South Lanarkshire.
The musicians are:
Steven Blake – [...]
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Listen to the Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 43
Hi Folks,
Summertime’s always busy when the kids are off school. I always feel very guilty working with them in the house. Working at a computer is such a non sharing activity. You just look ahead and see nothing but the screen. Hanging out the washing, [...]
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Listen to the Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 41
We’re back again with the podcast. I took a couple of weeks out there to be at Hands Up for Trad’s 10th Tinto Summer School. It was a great success with our highest roll ever at 61 young people. It was held at Wiston Lodge [...]
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Listen to the Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 32.
We’re starting off this programme with Breabach. I’ve loved this band ever since I heard their (very attractive) demo. In fact I think the tune we play on the podcast – Chloe’s passion was on it. Also each member of the band has entered the [...]
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Listen to the Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 31.
Congratulations to Ruaridh Macmillan who won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2009 on Sunday night. He played a confident and imaginative set of music including a beautiful tune he learnt from the singing of his grandmother. All the finalists were great though and [...]
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All of the bands/singers on this podcast come from the Highlands and Islands. I’ve started of the programme with the energetic The Chair from Orkney. Their win in Folk Band of the Year category of the Scots Trad Music Awards 2008 topped and amazing year for the [...]
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Well it’s been a while. Every year I forget how much work the Scots Trad Music Awards (http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/tradmusicawards) is and how much concentration it all takes. Most things take second place. It was a success though. The Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow was a great venue with lots of staff who made the event run very [...]
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Listen to Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast No 24
I’ve enjoyed putting together the Foot Stompin’ October podcast. I’ve started the show with Wolfstone, a folk rock band who have been around for a few years now. I first met them properly when my band Keep it up toured Canadian festivals at the same time as [...]
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Foot Stompin’ Free Scottish Music Podcast 20 (click to play)
Here’s our latest Scottish music podcast. I’ve enjoyed putting it together as I have to go through all the different CDs new and old and decide what to play. I chose Queen Anne’s Revenge because I’ve admired Findlay Napier’s work for a long time especially in [...]
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