Along with dancing, telling stories and reciting poetry, song singing is a key part of traditional céilidhs. Songs known as mouth music (puirt-a-beul) provided accompaniment for the dancing of ...

The sound of the band has a more folk based slant rather than traditional ceilidh with the current line-up being fiddle (Emma Donald), keyboard (Andrew Elders) and bass (Colin Wilson). This ...

Burns' work includes Auld Lang Syne, which was later set to traditional folk music and is now sung at New Year parties. The first Burns Night was held in 1801 to mark the fifth anniversary of ...

In the heart of the West End, meanwhile, is Ghillie Dhu, a lavish venue that aims to give a twist to a traditional Scottish bar. It has a hall for ceilidhs on Friday nights, while folk music can ...

In a short space of time, their music has already ... They play bold arrangements of traditional and original tunes with infectious stage energy for concerts and ceilidh dancing.