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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...

A CHARITY single written, recorded and performed as a tribute for NHS workers has picked up an award at this year's Scots Trad Music Awards. The annual event was broadcast last night as artists from Scotland's traditional music scene were recognised for brilliant achievements and stand-out releases. And among the worthy winners from last night's broadcast included the NHS charity single 'Everyday Heroes', which won Original Work of the Year. Skerryvore member Martin Gillespie said he wrote the track to "pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of NHS staff, volunteers, and key workers...