Percussionist and bodhran player Miguel Carballido was born in Galicia, Spain. He began to play drums at the age of five, and then diversified into…
Artist Profiles: Miguel Carballido
Tag: Scottish music
Piping Live! to Celebrate a Return to in-person events with jam-packed festival
Piping Live! will return this summer with a calendar of in-person and virtual events from Saturday, August 6th to Sunday, August 14th, 2022. The world’s…
Acclaimed Folk Music Gathering Speyfest Returns July 2022
Celtic and folk music festival Speyfest will return, after a two-year break, as a three-day event July 22-24th, 2022. The weekend will feature evening concerts,…
Salt House Releases New Video Headwater
Scottish trio Salt House (Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and Lauren MacColl) has unveiled a new video titled ‘Headwater’ featuring the first single from its upcoming…
Exquisite Harp Rooted in Celtic Traditions
Ellen Gibling – The Bend in the Light (Ellen Gibling, 2021) The Bend in the Light is a solo harp album from Canadian composer, arranger,…
Fiddle player Eryn Rae Wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician for 2022
Eryn Rae, a 21 year old fiddler from Jedburgh currently living in Glasgow, won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award for 2022. Eryn…
Love for Nature and the Charm of Spell Songs
“Let The Light In” is the set of compositions by the wonderful Spell Songs collective. Spell Songs II brings together top British folk and African…
Orkney Folk Festival to Return to Full-scale Live Event in May 2022
The team behind the Orkney Folk Festival has announced a return to a full-scale live event over May 26-29, 2022. Orkney is a group of…
Official Documentary Celebrates the Music of Scotland’s Runrig
The documentary There Must Be A Place provides a look into one of Scotland’s most popular folk-rock music bands. In 1973, two brothers and a…
Piping Live! Reveals 2021 Program
Glasgow’s Piping Live! festival has announced the 2021 program. The nine-day event will take a hybrid approach for 2021, combining in-person performances at The National…