Music
They’re bringing music to the people of Argyll
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra take up a six-day residency in Argyll next month. From 29 September to 4 October, the residency comprises community events plus school workshops in Campbeltown and the surrounding area, including on Gigha. The week concludes with a public orchestral concert in Campbeltown’s Victoria Hall on Thursday 4 October. The BBC…
Read MoreYou won’t want to miss Missy’s new single
A Scots singer is on the road to release her second single of the year. Missy Mcanulty, from Edinburgh, has performed at 11 shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and a successful show at Sneaky Pete’s, the singer and songwriter Missy Mcanulty is back with her second single release of the year Yellow Brick Road,…
Read MoreGlasgow pipes up as it welcomes the world’s bagpipers
The world’s biggest piping festival will bring 40,000 visitors from across the globe to Glasgow this week. Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, runs until Sunday, 19 August, and got underway on Monday with a special performance from the Fountain Trust Pipe Band who travelled over 3600 miles from Ohio to take part in…
Read MoreEurovision Young Musicians coming to Scotland
When you think of the word ‘Eurovision’, the high camp and drama of the song contest springs to mind, but there is a more refined side to the organisation as well. This year’s Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 will see young artists from 18 countries taking part, as the competition comes to Scotland for the first…
Read MoreScottish Opera ready to make its festival debut
Scottish Opera is performing at the award-winning Lammermuir Festival in East Lothian for the first time this September, with a new semi-staged performance of Benjamin Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace. Soloists, chorus and instrumentalists perform Britten’s colourful and exotic Church Parable in Haddington’s mediaeval St Mary’s Parish Church, telling the tale of Nebuchadnezzar and the…
Read MoreAn international flavour to the military tattoo
Performers from all over the world are coming to Scotland to this year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. From Australia and Oman to Malawi and the Shetland Isles, producers have explored all points of the compass to select a world-class programme of home-grown and overseas talent to bring this year’s spectacle to life between 3-25 August.…
Read MoreWorld pipe band championships have youth appeal
A record number of young people have signed up to participate in the world’s biggest week of piping. Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, returns to Glasgow from 13–19 August, and will see with 33% of the 800 performers at this year’s event, and 40% of competitors in The World Pipe Band Championships, under…
Read MoreThousands braved the rain for pipe band event
Pipe bands came from all over the world, as more than 16,000 people braved the weather, for the 2018 Scottish Pipe Band Championships. Pipers and drummers from more than 120 bands descended on Levengrove Park, Dumbarton, for the event on Saturday. And despite heavy showers throughout the day, their spirits weren’t dampened. There was celebrations…
Read MoreThe fantastic four power on in Rura’s new album
Four go on alone in Rura’s third album which, for the first time, is a wholly instrumental recording following the departure of singer Adam Holmes at the end of 2016. It is a testament to the confidence the remaining band members have in their own musical ability to defer seeking a new vocalist either from…
Read MoreIt’s nearly time to pipe up for this year’s festival
Glasgow’s International Piping Festival is now just a few weeks away, and the preparations are hotting up. Piping Live! Glasgow is the biggest bagpipe festival of in the world, and the week-long celebrations will see over 150 events take place in various venues across the city from 13–19 August. Its diverse programme is famed for…
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