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Conferences Events

Trad Talk 2025 Tunes Into Innovation In Inverness

World Music Central News Room September 20, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicScottish musicTrad Talk 2025world music

The Traditional Music Forum of Scotland will stage its flagship gathering, Trad Talk 2025, on Saturday, 8 Nov, at Inverness Creative Academy (WASPS), with a…

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Events

Islay Sessions Returns Nov. 7–9 To Mark 10 Years Of Fraser Shaw

World Music Central News Room September 19, 2025 No Comments Adam SutherlandCeltic musicInnes WatsonJohn SommervilleKevin O’NeillScottish musicworld music

The Islay Sessions returns from Friday to Sunday, Nov. 7–9, 2025, with events at the Port Charlotte Hotel and Bruichladdich Hall in the Inner Hebrides…

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Events

FluteFling Sets Aberdeen Weekend With Hamish Napier And Kirsten Allstaff

World Music Central News Room September 18, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicFluteFlingHamish NapierKirsten AllstaffScottish musicworld music

FluteFling returns to Aberdeen, Scotland, from Friday, October 31, to Sunday, November 2, 2025. The weekend features award-winning musician Hamish Napier and Kirsten Allstaff, the…

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Music videos

Harp player MAL Unveils “Connadh”

World Music Central News Room September 13, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicMalachy Arnoldworld music

Glasgow-based Celtic music harper Malachy Arnold, known as MAL, has unveiled his latest single, “Connadh.” Arnold began playing harp at age five, inspired by his…

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Showcases

Belfast Takes Root: Official Showcase Artists Set For 2026

World Music Central News Room September 8, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicworld fusionworld musicYour Roots Are Showing

Your Roots Are Showing (YRAS) has named the Official Showcase Artists for its 2026 conference, scheduled for January 14–18 at ICC Belfast and Waterfront Hall.…

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Angus MacKenzie & Murdo Cameron Release “The Feral Goats Of Kintail”

World Music Central News Room September 7, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicScotlandScottish musicworld music

Angus MacKenzie and Murdo Cameron have issued a new single, “The Feral Goats Of Kintail.” The recording features MacKenzie on whistles and mandolin, with Cameron…

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Tour Announcements

Sligo On The Go: Trio Brings Irish County Classics To The U.S.

World Music Central News Room September 4, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicDaithí GormleyIrish folk musicOisín Mac DiarmadaSamantha HarveySligoworld music

Fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, button accordionist Daithí Gormley, and pianist–dancer Samantha Harvey will tour the United States this September with music from their 2024 trio…

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Events

Reel Deal: Speyfest 2026 Announces Debut Acts

World Music Central News Room September 3, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicIrish musicScottish musicSpeyfestSpeyfest 2026world music

Speyfest has announced the first artists for its 2026 bill. The lineup includes Northern Ireland’s The Tumbling Paddies, Scotland’s Karen Matheson, Astro Bloc, and Dallahan.…

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The album cover for Grace Stewart-Skinner – Auchies Spikkin’ Auchie features a hand-drawn landscape of a village with sloping green hills, scattered houses, and a blue stream carrying musical notes. Watercolor in soft blues and greens. The title and artist’s name appear in gold text across the top and bottom.
New CDs

Talk of the Town: Grace Stewart-Skinner Honors Avoch in Debut Album

World Music Central News Room September 2, 2025 No Comments AvochCeltic musicGrace Stewart-SkinnerScottish music

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.…

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Articles

Harps Around The World And Across Time

Angel Romero August 29, 2025 No Comments Celtic harpCeltic musicharpkoraworld fusionworld music

(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…

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