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FOURTEEN-year-old Kristie Williamson from Burra was announced the 42nd Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year in a packed Mareel auditorium on Saturday night. She...

BBC Radio Shetland is ready to host its annual Children in Need fundraising appeal on Friday night. Almost 80 items have been donated for the popular auction. Ian Smith of Troswick started making model wooden buses for the appeal back in 1985 when he worked as a lighthouse...

THE DUST had hardly settled after the 2022 Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival before the arrangements for this, the 34th festival, were underway. The programme has now been released, giving details of all the events which kick off with the official opening. This takes place...

DOUGLAS Sinclair’s earliest memory was of the great snow at the beginning of 1947. He, his father Captain Willie Sinclair, his mother Marion, and his sisters trudged from Nice Court, where Douglas was born in March 1943, to the Old Manse, a hundred yards away. The Sinclairs...

IF THE 2022 festival was the semi-skimmed version, due to lingering Covid restrictions, this year’s is definitely full fat, with the cream of folk musicians, both visiting and local, ready to entertain and delight audiences over the four day spree, writes Caroline McKenzie....

SHETLAND has a new Young Fiddler of the Year - 14-year-old Evie Williamson from Whalsay. She was declared was declared the 41st winner of the title in a busy Mareel auditorium on Saturday night. She took home the Frank Jamieson Memorial Trophy as well as both the trophies for...

Whalsay’s Evie Williamson claimed the title of 41st Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year in front of a packed Mareel.

YOUNGSTERS across Shetland are gearing up for the 41st Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year competition in Mareel next weekend. Junior fiddlers (P6 and under) will compete on the Friday (21 April) morning and intermediate fiddlers (P7-S1) compete in the afternoon on the same day....

After the 2020 and 2021 Festivals were cancelled due to Covid, Shetland Accordion & Fiddle committee have organised a cracker for their 33rd festival which kicks off on Thursday 6 October. The official festival opening takes place in the Festival Hub at 1pm on Thursday, and...

THE AIR was electric after the enforced quiet of the last two years, writes Carol Jamieson as she sensed the relief from Shetland Folk Festival goers to be out listening to music again. The concert in Mareel on Saturday night certainly did not disappoint. Opening with Magnus...