… thank goodness!
Here’s hoping for a return to sanity for governments worldwide and the fearful people on social media. I don’t have a lot of hope, so think I really will jump ship on Facebook at the end of the year.
A small number of Scandi music enthusiasts, including several nyckelharpa fiends, managed to fit in a weekend of music with Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer at the end of October in Halsway Manor.
It was a busy Celtic Connections this year – across to Glasgow six times in total. The second week included concerts from Paul Anderson, Session A9, Frigg (with Imar as support) and the Young Traditional Musician of the Year finals. Continue reading
As usual January is brought to life with a few trips over to Glasgow, to attend some Celtic Connections concerts. Continue reading
We have been at the Boda Bar for about a year, but it’s closing on Tuesday. The Boda Bar group will still be there, and we don’t know what will happen at the current venue – so keep watching the Edinburgh Scandi Session website to find out where we end up! Photo of the survivors of the session above – there were eight of us in total but others had to go earlier.
A lovely warm day – up to about 29C at maximum inland – so rather than the usual swim at the pool Anne and I went off to the beach at Yellowcraigs. Continue reading
We visited this reconstruction of an iron age crannog – at the Scottish Crannog Centre. It’s really well done. Continue reading
We enjoyed a couple of great concerts the last two weekends – Baltic Crossing last Sunday (after the Northern Streams festival) and Väsen at a Queen’s Hall 40th anniversary concert last night.