A SHETLAND fiddler says he had a “great but nerve-wracking experience” featuring in the semi-finals of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition. Whilst George Spence did not make it to the finals, the 20-year-old said he is pleased to have made it as far as.
IT’S GREAT to have it back in all its glory! Not just the festival itself that is, but all the buzz that goes with it too, writes Davie Gardner. You know the feeling – and it’s been increasingly building over the last few months – particularly since this year’s.
It was third time lucky for Rachel Baiman as she stepped on to the Mareel stage on Thursday night, writes Caroline McKenzie COVID 19 and its later mutation, Omicron, had put paid to two previous attempts by the Nashville-based singer/songwriter to play in Shetland, but this time.