Try your hand at Gaelic singing in Edinburgh with Mischa Macpherson (Scottish Storytelling Centre, Saturday 15). Suitable for both Gaelic and non-Gaelic speakers, the workshop will focus on a diverse range of Hebridean songs, including waulking songs, lullabies and puirt-à-beul. In Glasgow, up-and-coming Duan/Dàna play The Hug & Pint (Wednesday 26). Ex-Edinburgh-GME pupils Tawana Maramba and Iris MacLeod are backed by instrumentalists Laura Penman and Finlay Lawson bringing a fusion of strong, traditional vocals and contemporary arrangements. Glasgow GME counterparts DLÙ headline SWG3 Warehouse (Friday 28), where they will launch a brand new album. 

Adult tickets are available for Solas Festival at Errol Park, Perthshire (Friday 14–Sunday 16) and kids go free. Gaelic artists to feature include An Dannsa Dub, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Evie Waddell. Kicking off on Friday 21, The Sound Of Iona Music Festival on Iona will feature BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year semi-finalist Robert John MacInnes, performing tracks from his EP Ri Taobh a’ Chuain, while Tiree’s Skerryvore. Project Smok, Valtos and Heisk feature in Moffat on the Eden Festival line-up too (Thursday 13–Sunday 16). 

Online, Fèisean nan Gàidheal re-launched their streaming service Oide, with video music tuition across instruments and voice. Learn accordion with Grant McFarlane, or Gaelic song with Eilidh Cormack, Deirdre Graham and James Graham. Also offered is piano with Anna Garvin, and step dancing with Ainsley Hamill. If you missed the Edinburgh Harp Festival, catch up with some curated online performances from Malachy Arnold, Eleanor Dunsdon and Gregor Black. 

In new releases, Skye-native Malin Lewis showcases their formidable musicianship with Halolcine. The collection, inspired by intersections between LGBTQ identities and traditional culture, is named for a visible layer of water that forms between saltwater and freshwater. Queer themes and interrogation of issues around body image also feature in my own brand-new music video ‘Nochd 2024’, out now on Patreon, Lounges.tv and YouTube. 

Main picture: DLÙ.