Hands up for Trad

Hands Up for Trad have announced Billy Connolly is amongst the 2017 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame inductees. See the full list here which includes Rab Noakes, Christine Primrose, Jock Tamson’s Bairns, Kenneth McKellar and lifelong Gaelic advocate Kenna Campbell.

TradLive – a new music festival from Hands Up for Trad which will be streamed entirely on YouTube – will go live on Saturday 23rd September. The one day spectacular will see 9 live music acts broadcast live from 2pm to 11pm (BST)

Hands Up for Trad have announced their inductees for the 2016 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, honouring the hard work and dedication of musicians and industry people to Scottish traditional music scene throughout their lives – Including Barbara Dickson, Battlefield Band & the late Michael Marra.

This year’s MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards shortlist is announced and voting is now open to the public. We’ve put together a preview of many of the nominations which you can listen to here.

The Scots Trad Music Awards was unforgettable evening and certainly the warmest celebration we’ve been to. An unforgettable and an inspiring evening.

Read our live review of ‘Distil’, an initiative managed by Hands up For Trad, showcasing some of the best talent in Scottish traditional music.

The nominees for the Scottish Trad Music Awards called have recently been announced. It was great to see some familiar names including Edinburgh born Singer guitarist Ewan McLennan