Going to see Blood Sweat & Tears and getting Thelonious Monk as part of the deal is quite a bargain, Chris.
04.03.2026 12:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Going to see Blood Sweat & Tears and getting Thelonious Monk as part of the deal is quite a bargain, Chris.
04.03.2026 12:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Tune into Celtic Music Radio tonight at ten to hear music from Scottish jazz pianist Brian Kellock, guitarist Jim Mullen and Hammond organist Peter Johnstone, with Tommy Smith (saxophone), Joe Locke (vibes) and Alyn Cosker (drums) and many more courtesy of the Phat Controller.
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A week tonight, Tuesday 10th March, Scottish fiddle music legends Blazin' Fiddles bring the vital, melodic power of their new album, Incendo, to The Fleece Inn, near Evesham: shorturl.at/FVAOe
Album available here: blazinfiddles.com/product/incend…
Here’s show #457 from Saturday 28/02/26, in which you’ll hear fine tracks from:
Richard J. Birkin, Afro Celt Sound System, Marisa Anderson, Jim White & Marisa Anderson, Iona Lane & Ranjana Ghatak, Arooj Aftab, Brian Molley Quartet, John Homer, Mike Hanrahan...
www.mixcloud.com/blackdogradi...
Catch-up: MNS FESTIVALS! on cover Astro Bloc (playing Edinburgh's Tradfest) see p5, plus news on Born To Be Wide, Tradfest, HebCelt, TMF, East Neuk, Shetland Folk, Orkney Folk, Govan Music Festival, Belladrum, Eden, Back Doune the Rabbit Hole, read at bit.ly/mns-festival...
03.03.2026 10:25 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Tune into Celtic Music Radio tonight at ten to hear music from Scottish jazz pianist Brian Kellock, guitarist Jim Mullen and Hammond organist Peter Johnstone, with Tommy Smith (saxophone), Joe Locke (vibes) and Alyn Cosker (drums) and many more courtesy of the Phat Controller.
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A week tonight, Monday 9th March, Scottish fiddle music legends Blazin' Fiddles play the first of two nights at the Fleece Inn, Bretforton in Worcestershire: shorturl.at/qMepD
New album, Incendo, available here: blazinfiddles.com/shop/
It was just after he left the dentist’s … there’s no plaque
02.03.2026 13:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0**UPDATE 10 more tickets have just been released! Don't hang around if you want to come!**
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Very happy to announce that my East Neuk Festival concert, Looking for Oswald, on 2nd July has sold out!
James Oswald is Crail’s rags to riches hero who went on to be court composer to George lll. Music from the Caledonian Pocket Companion, which Oswald published in 12 vols in the 18th c.
Proud to announce that harper Karen Marshalsay’s Looking for Oswald concert at East Neuk Festival on 2nd July has sold out!
01.03.2026 20:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ah, Sir M, I fear you might have stirred up another hornet’s nest - or as the wasp-chewer-in-chief might call it - lunch!
01.03.2026 17:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A week tonight, Sunday 8th March, Scottish fiddle music legends Blazin' Fiddles bring the vitality and melodic power of their new album, Incendo, to Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury: shorturl.at/yaAJ6
Album available here: blazinfiddles.com/product/incend…
Key Techniques for Harp back in print! First published in 2012, but out of print only been available as a PDF for several years. There is a new cover and any resource info has been checked but otherwise it is the same as the previously available edition.
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A week tonight, Saturday 7th March, Scottish fiddle legends Blazin' Fiddles bring the vitality and melodic power of their latest album, Incendo, to The Gate in Cardiff: shorturl.at/t2H3l
Album available here: blazinfiddles.com/product/incend…
A week tonight, Fri 6 Mar, Scottish fiddle legends Blazin' Fiddles bring vigour, vitality and variety to Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room: shorturl.at/erEJQ
New album, Incendo available here: blazinfiddles.com/release/incend…
… more of a pampered pooch than a hound dog
27.02.2026 09:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A week tonight, Thu 5 Mar, Scottish fiddle legends Blazin' Fiddles open their latest UK tour at Haddington Corn Exchange Tickets and info: shorturl.at/SKz4a
New album, Incendo, available here: blazinfiddles.com/product/incend…
Great to hear Cashen’s Gap from the new Blazin’ Fiddles album, Incendo, on Caithream Ciuil on BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal
24.02.2026 16:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Joking apart, Sir M, one has to wonder how much K-tel Nige has extracted from Zia for his Home-Made Secretary title.
24.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tune into @celt95fm tonight at ten to hear music from pianist David Milligan, saxophonists Nigel Hitchcock and Brian Molley, low whistle virtuoso Fraser Fifield, guitarist John Abercrombie, organ trio Blicker Hemmer Gadd and more courtesy of the Phat Controller.
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Borrow’s coded weekly entreaties to his favourite correspondent must have worked, Sir M.
Cry, cry if it makes you feel solemn
Set it all down in a pish Mail column
(with apologies to Richard Thompson)
This might be the photo, Sir M, that explains why Mincing Pete is known in the corridors of Westminster as “the Umpire”.
21.02.2026 19:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Growing up in a small Ayrshire town, Robert Burns was an early influence on me. I recorded this on my recent CD and I'll be sharing some Burns tunes with my online class Edinburgh International Harp Festival this April tickets.harpfestival.co.uk/event/5986:4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnlE...
Heads up - there's a newsletter coming out tomorrow if you want to sign up now to make sure you get it in your inbox! (along with a freebie harp resource link too...)
www.karenmarshalsay.com/newsletter-s...
Great illustration
18.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes, Sir M, I watched part of the “press conference” and I thought K-tel Nige came across as just a little prickly, although that estimation might be a couple of letters too long.
18.02.2026 15:33 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tickets are going fast (and free!) for Saturday’s library gig - 11am-12noon in McDonald Road Library, Edinburgh. Looking forward to bringing the harps! bit.ly/4kMbJAs
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Tune into Celtic Music Radio tonight at ten to hear music from bow masters Chris Garrick, Renaud Garcia-Fons and Zoltan Lantos. Also tracks from organ trio Prime, saxophonist Michael Buckley, low whistle virtuoso Fraser Fifield and more courtesy of the Phat Controller.
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