New YouTube videos

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The mighty Celtic Connections Festival previously commissioned Duncan’s exclusive concert at the iconic Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. You are perhaps aware that this concert was recorded and released as Duncan’s Live at Celtic Connections album.

In the run up to Celtic Connections 2020, Duncan will release previously unseen film footage from this concert, via his YouTube channel. A video clip to accompany each track from the album will released every day, during the run up to the festival, starting Wednesday 8 January.

Click here to subscribe to Duncan’s YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss out!

Enjoy the music….

MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2019

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The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards celebrate Scotland’s traditional music in all its forms.  A wonderful celebration of Scotland’s music and culture, please do visit the Awards website (click here) and place your votes for 2019.

‘Kin and the Community‘ has been nominated within the ‘Community Project of the Year‘ category for 2019.  Based on the model created by Duncan Chisholm during production of his original award winning ‘Kin‘ project, Duncan is now the Artistic Director for this Feis Rois project which gives young people the amazing opportunity to develop skills in ethnology, research, composition and film making.

The awards take place at the Aberdeen Music Hall on Saturday 7 December.  Wishing all nominees the best of luck!!  Place your votes now!!! and grab yourself a ticket to this wonderful evening celebrating Scotland’s traditional music.

 

Winter Festivals

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Duncan has spent much of 2019 travelling all over the world with live performances in Denmark, Spain, Australia and the U.S. as highlights. Now looking to winter, Duncan is thrilled to have been invited to return to two fantastic festivals in Scotland; the SEALL Small Halls Festival which is a nine day multi-artform winter festival bringing big music to small halls around the beautiful Isles of Skye and Raasay, and the mighty Celtic Connections Festival in 2020.

Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival, Celtic Connections 2020 celebrates Celtic music and its connections to cultures across the globe. From 16 January – 2 February, 2,100 musicians from around the world will descend on Glasgow and bring the city to life for 18 days of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, and free events.

See full details of Duncan’s performances and the details of the various bands and musicians he will be working with at our live page – and / or the festival websites.
*ALL tickets for all events are ON SALE NOW!

Enjoy the music….

Folk on Foot Podcast with Duncan Chisholm

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Season 3 of the Folk on Foot Podcast is well under way!

This award winning podcast brings together the passions of media executive and broadcaster Matthew Bannister. His love of folk music, walking and telling stories in sound are the basis of the podcast – which includes many of the UK’s top folk artists as they walk, talk, play and sing in spectacular locations ranging from mountain tops to remote white sand beaches. Folk on Foot have captured the sounds of the natural world in their podcast: curlews circling overhead, waves crashing on the shore, rivers burbling under bridges, campfires crackling and above all feet tramping through all kinds of terrain. The music takes on a new power when you hear it performed in the places that inspired it.

Folk on Foot invited Duncan to join them on a pilgrimage to Sandwood Bay. The full episode is available now. To listen, please visit the Folk on Foot website, available by clicking here.

Enjoy the music….

Duncan Chisholm Live: September 2019 Tour

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Much excitement at the Copperfish Records office as we announce tour dates in Scotland, England and Wales during September 2019.  

Having brought 2018 to a close presented with two Scots Trad Music Awards; Album of the Year for Sandwood and Composer of the Year for Duncan, we are thrilled to be able to answer the many queries of ‘when’ and ‘where’ there will be forthcoming live performances from Duncan and the band.

Thank you to the following venues for supporting this tour:

Thursday 5 September:  The Met, Bury
Friday 6 September:  Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea
Saturday 7 September:  Ashburton Arts Centre, Devon
Sunday 8 September:  Chapel Arts, Bath
Monday 9 September:  Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
Tuesday 10 September:  Leicester Grammar School, Leicester
Wednesday 11 September:  The Sage, Gateshead
Thursday 12 September:  Reeth Memorial Hall, Reeth
Friday 13 September:  ‘Folk in the Barn’, Canterbury
Saturday 14 September:  The Fleece Inn, Evesham
Sunday 15 September:  Coronation Hall, Ulverston
Wednesday 18 September:  Glassel Hall, Aberdeenshire
Thursday 19 September:  Glassel Hall, Aberdeenshire
Friday 20 September:  Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh.   **The Gathering
Saturday 21 September:  Cecil Sharp House, London

Box office details are available on our Live page.

Enjoy the music….

 

Duncan Chisholm to perform at the National Celtic Festival, Australia

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We are very excited to announce that Duncan has been invited to perform his music at the National Celtic Festival (NCF) – Portarlington, Australia!!!

This visit to Victoria will be the first time Duncan has performed in the Australian territory and he is thrilled to be performing live to new international audiences. As well as attending the festival as a performing artist, Duncan will also be there in the capacity of Artistic Director for a Feis Rois / NCF partnership project working with young creative people to produce a new short film. Based on the model of Duncan’s award winning Kin production, this project provides a rare opportunity to further connect young people with their local cultural heritage by exploring archive material, inspiring a new film and sound track.

Live performances news…

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Details coming soon of three week Duncan Chisholm tour in September 2019 – as well as summer festival news!

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Sincere thanks to everyone who has taken the time to attend live performances or listened to music from Duncan’s album Sandwood over recent months.  Thanks also for the support offered through nominations and voting at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2018.

Duncan is honoured to have been awarded the prestigious Album of the Year 2018 for Sandwood as well as Composer of Year 2018 at the STMA ceremony in Perth.  It is warming to hear how many people are enjoying the album and Duncan is thrilled to see his work – and that of the wider team of musicians and production involved – appreciated amongst his peers and industry professionals.

Thanks also to Hands up for Trad and Simon Thoumire for programming a stellar line up of live music at the ceremony which you can catch on the BBC iPlayer by clicking here.

Enjoy the music….

Vote for Duncan Chisholm and Sandwood at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards!

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You can vote now for your preferences amongst a selection of world-class musical talent shortlisted for the Scots Trad Music Awards 2018.

Duncan is honoured to have been nominated within two categories at this year’s awards.

Duncan Chisholm within the Composer of the Year category – and his latest release Sandwood has been shortlisted within the Album of the Year category.

Please vote – by clicking here – before 23 November 2018. 

Thank you for your support!

Highland Tour Dates: Festival of Small Halls

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Duncan has been invited to perform as part of the the first Festival of Small Halls which will take place around Skye and Lochalsh over eight days, towards the end of November 2018.  This is a multi-art form winter festival, bringing big music to small halls.

People, place and performance are the themes of this festival which focuses on community spirit and promotes the relevance of Scotland’s traditional culture to present and future generations.  This festival will bring some of Scotland’s greatest traditional musicians, as well as writers and visual artists to small halls in remote rural areas.

Duncan will be joined on stage by Donald Shaw, Jarlath Henderson and Innes Watson during this tour.  Full box office details are available on our Live page.

Enjoy the music….