A longtime Billings bagpipe band recently traveled to Scotland for the first time, turning a decades-old dream into reality ...

My intuition was correct for this, the third outing from Bedford and Simmonds and a talented group of confrères, among them Ben Walker on banjo, Rhys Lovell on bass and Ben Paley (son of the late and ...

Béaloideas / The Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society is an annual peer-reviewed journal with an Editorial Board and an International Advisory Board. It publishes a variety of scholarly, ...

Lewis Capaldi’s chart-topping ballad Someone You Loved has become one of Scotland’s most requested songs at funerals. The Scottish singer, 28, was propelled to international fame in 2019 thanks to the ...

IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...

These ballads – known as laoidhean – are heroic folk tales telling the stories of mythical beasts, brave warriors and ancient kings and queens, and have been an important part of Celtic folklore since ...

Songs rooted in the journeys of Scots as they migrated to Canada will be performed at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness as part ...

From Thursday 15 January to Sunday 1 February 2026 the award-winning festival will bring over 300 events – from major music ...

“Folk music and songs from Ireland, Scotland and America are deeply interconnected,” said the Irish folk singer, who will ...

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Though there's nary a kilt in sight, we have two Scottish companies in town: The National Theatre of Scotland at Santa Monica's Broad Stage and Glasgow's Visible Fictions at The Wallis in Beverly ...