Scottish harp player and composer Grace Stewart-Skinner’s debut album Auchies Spikkin’ Auchie combines newly composed music with field recordings from her native village of Avoch.…
(headline image: Camac 34 string Telenn harp) Harp history reaches back to the earliest urban cultures and continues to evolve in the present day. Visual…
Folk Alliance International (FAI) will host its 38th annual conference January 21–25, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 2026 theme is Rise Up. The official…
Scottish quartet Àirdan has released a contemporary trad debut album titled Cosmic. The Celtic band features Paul Sinclair (fiddle), Coll Williamson (accordion), David Lennon (guitar),…
“Seo a’ Bhliadhna” is the first single from Glasgow band Sian’s forthcoming second album. It draws deeply from the Skye and Raasay tradition, with strong…
The album Sunwise by piper Brighde Chaimbeul has claimed the number one position of the World Music Charts Europe for the month of August 2025.…
Celtic band Lussa has released “Lussa Reels,” a new collection of lively traditional and original tunes. Named after the Latin word for “light,” the emerging…
Rhuvaal, a six-piece contemporary Celtic folk group from Argyll, has released a new single titled “Lochcarron.” Formed in 2015, the band has spent the past…
Multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Kim Carnie has released a new single, Òran na Bèiste Maoile (Càrn Records), ahead of her second solo album due in September 2025.…
(headline image: Xara. Photo courtesy of Festival Internacional do Mundo Celta de Ortigueira) Folk group Xara, based in Madrid and influenced by traditional Asturian music,…