Is live performance a different experience in Shetland? ANDY ROSS ponders the etiquette of audience reception

Màrtainn Mac an t-Saoir reports on the work of the Gaelic Storytelling project

ANN DAVIDSON outlines the work on show in her exhibition of Paper Collage Abstracted Landscapes of Sutherland and Iceland and Photographs of Iceland at the Timespan Gallery

JOHN BURNS is a poet and loves poetry, but he’s not happy about the state of the art.

KENNY MATHIESON selects five outstanding events from the Nairn Jazz Festival programme

JANE MONCRIEFF found ALY BAIN in revealingly reflective mood on a visit to his native Shetland. The great fiddler, who tours this month with Phil Cunningham, talks frankly about his life and music. THE RAIN is pelting down the window drenching the Shetland landscape, obliterating the view. Aly Bain is in melancholy mood. “Nae chance […]

Venue profile: An Tobar, Tobermory, Isle of Mull

JOHN SAICH draws inspiration from the talented CLOUD NINE as he catches up with them on the 2003 Ceilidh Trail

ANDY ROSS reports on the work of musicians Alice Mullay and Jonathan Ritch with school children in Shetland

RUNRIG have come a long way since they made their debut as a trio in Glasgow in 1973. Founder member CALUM MACDONALD recalls that occasion, and explains why the band have chosen to celebrate their 30th anniversary in Stirling. I REMEMBER very little about Runrig’s first ever gig, because I was so nervous! Rory and […]