One of Scotland’s most renowned Gaelic music artists, Runrig, has been confirmed to play at this year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival. The news comes as the band is listed as one of the festival’s first inductees to its new Hall of Fame.read more…
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BBC ALBA is a digital TV channel broadcasting Gaelic programmes daily and programming includes news, Scottish sport, music, factual, children’s and entertainment programmes.
BBC ALBA is available on digital satellite. It will be available on digital cable in due course but Freeview carriage isn’t coming, and the BBC Trust have promised to review the situation in [...]
Tattoo Hebrides BBC ALBA,19th Sept.10pm
BBC ALBA is pleased to announce it will be broadcasting coverage of the Tattoo Hebrides 2009 event, a special two day ceilidh taking place in Stornoway as part of this year’s Homecoming celebrations.
The Tattoo, which is being organised by Stornoway Amenity Trust, will feature top pipe bands and soloists from around the world gathered together [...]
Potato and Herring Traditional Music Event. (Bunta`ta angus Sgadan)
Potato and HerringTraditional Music Event. (Bunta`ta angus Sgadan)
Fiddlers of the Heather Isles on the Island of Lewis held a very traditional evening on the 28th November 2003.
Salted herrings and mackerels were served up during the ceilidh with boiled potatoes(roosters),butter and fresh milk.This was the staple diet on the islands up until not very long ago.Salting [...]
