Eighteen years ago, friends Kit and Sarah Fraser approached my husband and I to be involved with their new project. It was around late...

Isn’t August a superb month for music! As always, our local Belladrum Festival has got things off to a flying start, and not just because...

Keeping exciting news to yourself is so hard! When you’re bursting to share it but can’t! It certainly was for Dorec-a-belle recently...

One of the highlights of our Highland cultural calendar is XPO North, just drawn to a close here in Inverness. Originally an annual...

With June’s weather unseasonably wet and cold, many are asking what’s happened to summer? But with the countdown to school holidays and...

As a musician I’ve had to do many seat-of-the-pants gigs over the years but a recent one made me wonder if adrenalin is what gets us...

Wherever I am on holiday, I always try to seek out local music. Not just because I’m a musician and interested in hearing lots of...

Along with playing and performing, there are usually many elements to a musician’s work – teaching, composing, arranging, rehearsing,...

I love village halls! I mean, where else can you hear top-class folk music in a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere, with tea and...

It’s been a time of happy celebration at home this week with my son passing his driving test. What has this got to do with music, you...

This week I’ve been listening to an excellent new music series on BBC Radio 4, ‘Black music in Europe: A hidden history’. Although...

Is it possible for a musician to become allergic to music? Before you think I’ve lost the plot, let me clarify that I mean the...

On this International Women’s Day, let’s celebrate women in folk and traditional music, and where better to start than with good news!...

I was recently invited to write a guest blog on a subject dear to my heart - Scotland’s songs - sparking memories of childhood music...

Welcome to my new Artyness column! Every fortnight I will be sharing a little flavour of the musician’s life and work, along with some...