Liza Mulholland
An inspiring piano player.
It seems that throughout the weeks of sombre news around Covid-19 there have been ever increasing accounts of community spirit, kindness,...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
Tackling tech in lockdown.
Big excitement in our house this morning with the arrival of a package! Not for my son (for a change), but for me. I decided a couple of...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Troubadour loses his launch but keeps spreading the love!
Of all the gigs, weddings, and various events I should have been playing over these lockdown months, there is one I am especially sorry...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Virtual Adult Fèis has treats in store.
This weekend, twenty-five years ago, I attended my first adult Fèis (tuition festival), and little did I know it would change my life!...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Inside Folk: Volume 2 to see the light of day soon!
Playing music is one of my biggest passions, but I also love writing about music. I guess that’s why I enjoy doing this column so much!...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
The worst of times is bringing out the best in us.
Charles Dickens’ novel ‘The Tale of Two Cities’ opens with the well-known lines, ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…it...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
New lullabies from old traditions.
This afternoon I removed the winter cover from our garden bench and sat in the warm sunshine to write this column. With fresh green...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Inverness Music Festival is first in class.
Did you have a child or grandchild competing in the Inverness Music Festival this week? Perhaps as a teacher you took your class or your...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Ceilidh Trail paves the way for stars of the future.
In the midst of dreich, grey weather and weekly storms, summer might seem very far away but there are excellent reasons to cast our...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Ceilidh makes lighter work of row, row, rowing your boat.
If anything was going to raise a smile in these cheerless winter days, it was surely the sight of the three bare-chested MacLean brothers...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Resolutions: ditch diets and do music instead!
January is without doubt a tough month. The weather’s been dreich and miserable, and we’re all supposed to be starting out on some ‘new...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Still time to shake a leg!
As we settle into a new year, and Spring still a long way off, many of us are wondering how best to banish winter blues. Well, nature...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Festive gigs ahead: I might need a parachute!
A radio programme I heard this week really caught my attention and has made me view my forthcoming festive gigs, especially the Red Hot...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Music: the gift that lasts a lifetime.
It’s fast approaching, folks, and with this weekend seeing us tip into December, the countdown surely starts now. Yes, I mean Christmas,...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Voting time is here - this time for our music favourites.
With the annual Scots Trad Music Awards once again on the horizon, ahead of a certain other voting event, it’s time to cast our eyes over...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Glasgow National Mòd took me back to my youth.
On returning from holiday last week and catching up on things back home, I found my social media feeds full of the happy smiling faces of...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
In search of a Steinway.
Like most folk musicians, my working life consists of various strands of teaching, playing, recording and composing, but recently I had a...
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Tuning up for the tattie holidays!
With the October break nearly upon us, parents everywhere will already be wondering how best to keep the kids occupied for the fortnight....
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Liza Mulholland
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
The piping world is true family.
Something completely magical came winging its way from Kansas to our home this week. No, it wasn’t two shiny red shoes and not from the...
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Liza Mulholland
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Battle of the folk bands - a skirmish of skill and talent!
It’s perhaps all too easy to be sceptical or cynical about music talent competitions; the splurge of TV talent shows in recent years has...
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