Siobhan Miller Band: A Powerful End to Edinburgh Tradfest

Siobhan Miller Band: A Powerful End to Edinburgh Tradfest

Will Quinn May 16, 2025 4 min read

Four-time winner of Best Singer at the Scots Trad Music Awards, Siobhan Miller, needs yet another article explaining what a superstar she is, like my cat needs more whiskers, or…

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Tradfest 2025: Miwa Nagato-Apthorp, Parsisonic, Dlù Review

Will Quinn May 16, 2025 4 min read

The ETF Spotlight concert is always something I consider a ‘can’t miss’ event at each year’s Edinburgh Tradfest. This year proved no exception with the three-act strong line-up of singer-songwriter…

A Beautiful Evening with Kathleen MacInnes at Tradfest 2025

A Beautiful Evening with Kathleen MacInnes at Tradfest 2025

Will Quinn May 12, 2025 5 min read

Introducing the gig, co-founder of Soundhouse and Edinburgh Tradfest, Douglas Robertson, described Kathleen MacInnes’ gig as ‘the hottest ticket in town tonight’. Well, the packed Traverse auditorium’s rapturous response to…

Bog Standard Review: Rachel Pugh’s Gripping Storytelling Debut at Tradfest

Bog Standard Review: Rachel Pugh’s Gripping Storytelling Debut at Tradfest

Will Quinn May 12, 2025 3 min read

Bog Standard is probably the sleeper hit of this year’s Edinburgh Tradfest. The debut offering from rookie storyteller – but award-winning journalist – Rachel Pugh plucks an episode from her…

Folk, Fun, and Doric Laughter: Tradfest’s North-East Bothy Show

Folk, Fun, and Doric Laughter: Tradfest’s North-East Bothy Show

Will Quinn May 8, 2025 4 min read

A wonderful evening of stories, music, and song celebrating the bothy culture of rural North East Scotland. Join ballad singer Allan Taylor, fiddler Karin Paterson, and storytellers Phyll McBain and…