What a delight to see an almost full Queen’s Hall for a programme solely of contemporary music. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s New Dimensions series, launched this season, sees a host of newer ...

One of Scotland's most popular traditional music festivals has unveiled the final additions to its 2025 lineup.

Anna Smart, 24, who is originally from Fife, started playing the bagpipes when she was only six years old. Now, she is part ...

With a mix of bagpipes, fiddles, accordions, whistles, guitar and vocals, underpinned by driving bass, drums and keys, Skerryvore represent the best in contemporary Scottish traditional music.

Naomi: In the contemporary period composers have thrown ... Naomi: Our first piece of music is by Scottish composer Anna Meredith. It’s called ‘Connect It’ and is innovative in how it ...

Ad Absurdum will feature flamboyant music to raise a laugh in Edinburgh and Glasgow, on 30 and 31 January respectively. Sergei Nakariakov is a world-renowned musician, but even he is put through ...

What sets them apart from other Scottish-inspired ensembles is their versatility in performing traditional music across a broad spectrum of cultural celebrations. Amirul Mazlan. Band manager ...