Composer James Douglas’ 12th CD on the Caritas Live label will be released by Caritas Records on Monday November 7th. ‘Land of the Lochans’ is a digitally recorded album performed by Flautist George Gwilt and James Douglas.

Music for Youth, a music education charity, is launching its work in Scotland today with a free concert at Perth Concert Hall.

The 2011 Inverness Festivals Winter programme starts Friday 28th October with an event that is expected to see hundreds of children in costume heading to the banks of the River Ness in order to save their city.

A celebration of the life and work of Neil M Gunn at Dunbeath Heritage Centre on 5 November 2011, 10.30am to 3pm.

Kingussie’s Food on Film festival will be rolling into town across seven venues on the first weekend of February 2012.

As part of the publicity for this year’s Edinburgh International Storytelling Festival the BBC have posted a recording of Ross-shire based storyteller, Bob Pegg, telling The Stroma Mermaid.

Caithness Horizons, Thurso, until 11 December 2011.

Feis Rois are looking forward to welcoming 21 visitors from North Friesland with two special events at Inverness and Cromarty on the 27 & 28 October 2011.

Update on gigs and internet radio from Medicine Music.

Four concert dates for your diary at Bogbain Farm, Inverness.