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Tradfest 2024 showcases the best of parallel folk traditions, the evolution of genres over time, and the face of the new party-loving trad audience.

Highland musicians are set to join the world-class line-up at the Cambridge Folk Festival this summer.

From classical to rock and pop, via DJ sets and 80s revivalists, here are 10 of Scotlands most interesting festivals for 2024

A rarely screened Scottish silent “masterpiece” is among highlights of the Hippfest Silent Film Festival, taking place at the Hippodrome Bo’ness next month.

ONE OF the gems of Shetland film making will feature in the 14th Hippodrome Silent Film festival, held in Bo’ness near Falkirk, between 20 and 24 March. The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric is one of Jenny Gilbertson’s classics from 1933 and will be shown on the opening day....

Sometimes I think, in the end, only the voice truly matters. Dress it however you wish, zhuzh it up with textural condiments: cool electronics, warm strings, harsh noise, romantic rhythm, ambient atmospherics. It’s all decoration. The human voice is what we respond to most fervently and instinctively in popular music. This – far from infallible

THE ovation that Paul Buchanan received as he walked onto the stage told its own story. It was genuinely touching, a reminder of how much he is…

‘It was absolutely brilliant’, so the verdict of most people: Davie Gardner reports on the final day of the Tall Ships Races

SHETLAND ISLANDS Council advises that Gluss Water near Eshaness may contain blue-green algae after a dog became ill from playing in the water. Parents and dog owners are urged to be careful around bodies of water which may be toxic. The water should not be entered or consumed....

BANDS from each of East Lothian’s six secondary schools will battle it out in a bid to perform at North Berwick’s Fringe by the Sea festival.