
#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 harassment and abuse by male predators have rocked film, theatre, entertainment, classical and pop music, but who would have thought such gross behaviour could possibly taint the cosy, friendly folk world? Well, most women within it for a start! We’ve known for a long time that some men in positions of influence and power within the trad scen