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The funeral of Lise Sinclair was held in Fair Isle. The sun streamed in the windows of the small Methodist Chapel where Lise had often played the organ. Family and friends gathered to pay their last respects to a radiant personality who’ll be remembered far beyond her native...
The event at Bunillidh Social Club has been organised by music promoters Sutherland Sessions.
Orkney musicians join folk elite to launch Doddie AID single March 12, 2021 at 1:09 pm Scottish folk supergroup Blazin’ Fiddles are behind the charity single, including Orkney fiddle player Kristan Harvey. Several Orkney musicians have joined with a folk supergroup in an effort to raise money and awareness of Motor Neuron Disease. Sales from the charity single by Blazin’ Fiddles and the Scottish Folk Orchestra will benefit the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, founded by Scotland rugby legend Doddie Weir. The foundation recently saw a flurry of fundraising activity after the launch of Doddie...
OIC launches online wellbeing courses for youngsters February 28, 2021 at 10:45 am Local artists and musicians are among those hosting a series of free online wellbeing sessions, this coming month, co-ordinated by Orkney Islands Council’s learning and development team (CLD). Mindfulness March is a project aimed at tackling the feelings of isolation and loneliness being felt by some young people in Orkney. Young folk aged 16 to 25 will be able to access four weeks of sessions in activities such as drawing and music, thanks to funding allocated from the Scottish Government and administered vi...