As part of a continuing series on the cross currents between traditional music and classical music, Performance Today explores the music of Scotland. Fiddler Alasdair Fraser, pianist Muriel Johnstone ...

A few years ago, Katie Gregson-MacLeod left her home city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands to go to uni in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. But after completing three years of a four-year ...

SHEFFIELD — Acclaimed fiddler player Jamie Laval has played in front of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, on the NBC "Today Show" and on Dave Matthews' platinum album, "Some Devil." Now, he's coming to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Folk duo Castlebay will celebrate the birthday of the poet Robert Burns ...

Hall of Fame fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas will perform at three Folk Orchestra concerts, Nov. 7-9. (Courtesy photo) The Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara’s Scottish shows, Nov. 7-9, ...

Legendary Scottish band The Tannahill Weavers is set to perform at Cà d’Zan House Concerts in Cambridge. According to a release, you can experience traditional Scottish band The Tannahill Weavers for ...

New research has revealed Scottish traditional music is surging in popularity, with more than a third of Scots listening it to more often in the past year. A recent survey of 1,000 Scottish adults ...

She was part of a musical family of Scottish Travellers that furthered the nation’s folk revival and influenced its American counterpart. By Neil Genzlinger Elizabeth Stewart, a folk singer, pianist ...

With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...