sheila stewart

In a new series of posts looking at Folk and Traditional Music over the ages, we head back to 1951 for The first Edinburgh People’s Festival Ceilidh – the big bang of the Scottish folk revival; presided over by Hamish Henderson and recorded by Alan Lomax.

Don’t miss Normafest – a wonderful weekend in celebration of all things to do with folk music legend Norma Waterson in early January. Featuring: Stick in the Wheel, Lynched, The Furrow Collective, The Gift Big Band which will include Norma, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Neill MacColl & special guest Richard Hawley.

Where You’re Meant To Be stars Aidan Moffat and Sheila Stewart, the last in a line of travelling folk royalty, and a balladeer whose life – and unexpected death, in 2014 – upturned Moffat’s folk assumptions, and diverted the course of Paul Fegan’s film.

Alasdair Roberts reveals new song from his forthcoming self-released ‘Missed Flights and Fist Fights’ with Brad Gallagher and Warren William Lowman (also featuring Matt McGinn). Listen to Rocking the Cradle here.

On Tuesday 9th December 2014 Sheila Stewart MBE; singer, storyteller and author, passed away. Neil looks back at her life, plus we have a special short film courtesy of the Scottish Documentary Institute.

Watch the official video to Martyn Bennett’s ‘Move’ from his 2003 album ‘Grit‘ which was released on Real World Records. The vocals featured on this track are that of the famous Sheila Stewart of Rattray who came from a family of travellers.