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A CARDROSS musician has spoken of his delight at being billed to appear at a new Scottish trad music festival near Glasgow this summer.

A retrospective of the first 25 years of Gordon MacLean's work at An Tobar in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull was mesmerising.

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Live music made a comeback - even without the audiences - at the Perth Festival's Scotland's Trending and the punters were the big winners.

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Organisers An Comunn Gaidhealach say they can meet any Covid requirements put to them to get back to performing in person again THIS year’s Mod in Inverness in October could be the best in its 109-year history if Covid restrictions ease to allow thousands of Gaels to party. That is the hope of An Comunn Gaidhealach, the organisers of the Royal National Mod, the biggest celebration of Gaelic arts and culture in the world. Chief executive James Graham said: “Obviously we all want to be in...