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Dorec-a-belle turns 10!
Most birthdays during the last year, even special landmark ones, have been low-key affairs. With restaurants and venues closed, and...

Liza Mulholland
Apr 9, 20212 min read
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Reflowering of live music lifts spirits.
As I sit writing this in our sunny back garden, spotting the wild garlic, chives and rhubarb all pushing through and honeysuckle and...

Liza Mulholland
Apr 7, 20212 min read
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Past, present and future in two great projects.
The last two years have seen a great deal of long overdue reflection and reckoning regarding historic wrongs and the legacy of colonial...

Liza Mulholland
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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A year of living vicariously.
As we edge out of February and creep into March, many of us will be casting our minds back and reflecting on what will soon be a full...

Liza Mulholland
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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The gifts of music.
A lovely present has arrived in the post; something which brightened up my day but also reminded me of just how much I miss playing music...

Liza Mulholland
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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Elephant Sessions: excited for show.
What a fortnight of mixed fortunes! The Presidential inauguration went smoothly, with peace restored, but covid continues rampant, albeit...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Musical diamonds in the snow.
Bliadhna mhath ùr dhuibh uile, Happy New Year, and welcome back to my ArtyNess music column and lots more news, views, and happenings in...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Merry music memories and hope for the future.
Another fortnight and another slate of cancelled gigs struck off the calendar. December is usually such a busy month for musicians, and I...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Small musical steps and a flavour to savour.
Well, what an incredible week! The first concert around these parts in over eight months, with Inverness’s Ironworks Music Venue hosting...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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All votes will be counted!
It’s that time of year again when all eyes and ears in the folk and trad music world turn to the annual MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards,...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Folk music hits the charts!
It feels so good to have some great news to share this week in the world of folk and traditional music! Something that takes our music up...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Silver lining for children's music.
If this were a normal year, I’d be getting ready for Fèis a’ Bhaile – Inverness’s tattie holiday fèis – starting in Millburn Academy on...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Let's hear it for our music shops!
This week I got to be a kid in a sweetshop - at least that’s what it felt like - although on this occasion I was not indulging my sweet...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Gaelic music, old and new.
Fourteen years ago I took my four-year-old to Eden Court Theatre to see a show called Taigh Màiri Anndra (house of Màiri, Andrew’s...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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#MeToo catches up with the folk scene.
It’s taken a while but at last the Scottish folk and traditional music scene is witnessing its own #MeToo moment. Allegations of sexual...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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All decked out for Fringe show!
At this point in the summer I would usually be heading south to Edinburgh, to the cornucopia of arts that is the Fringe Festival. Like...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Home is where the Tartan Heart is.
As I write this, I am sitting out in my back garden enjoying Belladrum Festival and some of its many fabulous delights. Sadly, due to...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Getting creative in your community.
Well, what a difference a week makes! It’s been so nice on my daily cycles this last week seeing people once again eating out along the...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Let the music play and pay!
A couple of wee questions to you this week. What makes for a really great night out? Or constitutes, for you, fun times with friends and...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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The music of young folk lights up all our lives.
Is there anything more heart-warmingly lovely than playing music with your children? As a mum who loves nothing more than duetting with...

Liza Mulholland
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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