As the name suggests, the Chamber Music in Historic Sites series ushers music into architectural spaces in relationships that can surprise, delight and perplex. Rarely, though, have sound and site ...

Folk musician and former BBC Scotland presenter Archie Fisher has died at the age of 86. The singer, songwriter and guitarist had presented BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk from 1983 to 2010.

Archie Fisher, Scottish folk singer, songwriter, guitar player, and long-time presenter on BBC Radio Scotland, has died at the age of 86 on 1 November 2025.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – In 1986, Scotsman Donnie Macdonald and Irishman James Keigher came together to perform Irish and Scottish folk music, combining traditional and contemporary styles. The name ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Folk duo Castlebay will celebrate the birthday of the poet Robert Burns ...

Fans of Scottish folk songs are in for a treat, as Jim and Susie Malcolm return to Little Rock for a show Saturday at Hibernia Irish Tavern. The couple, married for 30 years, are both prize-winning ...

Fisher started playing in the early sixties and soon occupied the burgeoning folk scene within Edinburgh. His initial solo album was Archie Fisher, in 1968. He was characterized by his soft singing ...

The refrain in Aoife O'Donovan’s “Transatlantic” — “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road/ I’ll get there before you” — is lifted almost verbatim from the old Scottish folk song “Loch ...

If it hadn`t been for a New York hustler trying to con a California homemaker, the musical world might have lost one of its most beloved folk singers. Fortunately Jean Redpath-the world`s preeminent ...

Scottish voters are heading to the polls today to choose whether to remain part of the United Kingdom or to secede. To mark the vote, here are five songs about Scotland: Mull of Kintyre by Paul ...