(headline image: Rachel Groves – Photo by Alan Peebles) Rachel Groves, who plays lever harp, won BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2026. BBC Radio…
Rachel Groves Wins Young Traditional Musician 2026
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Harp Virtuosa Ailie Robertson Revives 1800s Torloisk Tunes
Harp player Ailie Robertson has released Echoes From Torloisk: Music From The Maclean Clephane Manuscripts. The Maclean Clephane manuscripts were compiled by Anna-Jane and Margaret…
Foundling’s Artemisia Brings Harp-Led Fantasy Ambient
Foundling – Artemisia (Shadow World SW021, 2026) Artemisia is the new album from Foundling, the project of Canadian-born, Berlin-based vocalist, bassist, and harpist Erin Lang.…
Yule Log Polka: Karen Marshalsay’s Festive Harp Tune
Scottish harp musician and composer Karen Marshalsay has released “Yule Log Polka,” a new tune rooted in winter-season imagery and traditional repertoire. Marshalsay wrote the…
Harps Around The World And Across Time
(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…
The Road Home from Skye Through Celtic Harp Music
Stephanie Claussen – The Road Home from Skye (self-release, 2019) The Road Home from Skye is a collection of traditional Scottish and Irish tunes arranged…
Cerys Hafana, Welsh Triple Harp Trailblazer
Cerys Hafana is a composer and multi-instrumentalist known for innovatively transforming traditional music. She specializes in the triple harp and incorporates found sounds, archival materials,…
Harpist Tasha Smith Godinez Introduces ‘Passion Flower’ Featuring Viola and Percussion
“Passion Flower” is the first single from San Diego harpist Tasha Smith Godinez’s upcoming album, A New Day. This piece features Godinez on a 47-string…
Adama Yalomba, A champion of the Rare N’Dan Harp
Adama Yalomba – Tanou (Remote Records, 2024) Adama Yalomba’s transformative journey with the ancient Malian n’dan, a six-string harp with roots in the pluriarc, marks…
The Rare Malian n’dan
The Malian n’dan is a remarkable descendant of one of the world’s oldest string instruments. Classified by organologists as a pluriarc , denoting ‘many bows,’…