Category: traditional music

Lunchtime Recital with Darach – Wednesday 13th May: 1315-1345

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Darach is a Galician-Scottish duo formed by Roo Geddes (violin) and Hugo Franco (guitar), blending the musical traditions of Galicia and Scotland with a contemporary, intimate, and deeply emotional sound. Their music, rooted in folk, jazz, and classical traditions, creates a dialogue between ancestral melodies and original compositions—rich in nuance and feeling.

Roo Geddes, an internationally acclaimed Scottish violinist, combines classical training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a strong background in jazz and traditional music. He is a finalist of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year and a recipient of the Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections. Hugo Franco, a guitarist and producer from Vigo, stands out for his versatility as a multi-instrumentalist and his ability to fuse tradition, groove, and modernity into a distinctive sound.

Together, they present their debut album in Ortigueira—a sonic journey between two countries and many emotional landscapes.

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Cappuccino Concert, Saturday 18th April, 11am with Judy Barker and Sally Thomas

concert, concertina, music, pipes, Scottish, traditional music

Admission £5 (Under 16s free. Tea/coffee available for donation)

Judy Barker and Sally Thomas perform traditional and contemporary folk music on Scottish smallpipes and English concertina.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, Judy and Sally focus on finding songs and tunes which show how these two very different instruments can complement and support each other, and Judy’s vocals, whilst maintaining the integrity and essence of traditional music.

This was to have been the April 2025 Cappuccino Concert, but, unfortunately, Judy broke her wrist. It has healed very well and we are delighted to welcome them at last.

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Cappuccino Concert with the Paddy Buchanan Band: Saturday 21st March 1100-1200

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The Paddy Buchanan Band are a five-piece ensemble from Aberdeenshire who specialise in the reworking of traditional folk songs, primarily ballads from the North-East of Scotland – Paddy is an accomplished Bothy Ballad singer, winning numerous TMSA competitions and the prestigious Champion of Champions competition in Elgin 2024. Fresh from a highly acclaimed BBC Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk session as well as main stage performance at the Aberdeen Tall Ships 2025 the band are pleased to offer some musical tidings from the Garioch, the New World, and beyond.

 

 

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Saturday 24th Jan 2pm- 4pm: A Celebration of Burns!

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A special Burns season fundraiser for the Friends of Wighton programme – please note timing!  Featuring Barbara Dymock, Wilma Kennedy, Sheena Wellington, Wighton Singers, Piers Bowser as Tam O Shanter, Erin Farley, Morag Anne Elder’s  Mixed Instruments, Mary Veal’s Harpers, and a singalong with Karen McAulay on piano!

Admission by donation, raffle, auction, refreshments available!  Not to be missed!

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West End Festive Specials

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What says Christmas more than beautiful festive music played on the harp?  We’ve got some for you, not just once but twice!

As part of  West End Christmas Fortnight, tutor Mary Veal and the Wighton harp class warmly invite you to pop into Blackness Library (side door on the right) on Monday 8th December at 2pm to enjoy some Christmas music, and a cup of tea!

Our lovely harpers will also be having an informal session in the porch at St Joseph’s, Wilkie’s Lane, on Monday 15th December from 2pm, with Christmas tunes and festive fare! They would love to see you there!

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Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame: MG Alba Scots Trad Awards

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We are absolutely delighted, thrilled and chuffed to the soles of our slippers to announce that, on Saturday 6th December,  Rosa Michaelson, Friends of Wighton’s Membership Secretary, will be inducted, along with her colleagues in the ground-breaking band Sprangeen, into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame at the MG Alba Scots Trad Awards. Rosa, a classically trained violinist who plays sonata or strathspey with equal skill, is an acknowledged authority on Scottish fiddle tunes. Congratulations, Rosa, we are proud of you!

We send congratulations, too, to our recent Cappuccino Concert guest, Elspeth Cowie, who will also be inducted at the ceremony at Aberdeen’s Music Hall on Saturday.  The Trad Awards are shown on BBC Alba on Saturday 6th from 9pm

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Celebrating European Folk Day with Roo & Neil: 1300- 1345, 23rd September 2025

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Entry by donation.

Roo & Neil hit the road in September 2025 with Play it Again — a new album celebrating the tunes that have shaped their decade playing together.

After the success of Homelands, which wove together folk, classical and jazz influences, Play it Again brings the focus back to traditional and contemporary melodies — some well-known, others unearthed from archives and old collections. With no fixed arrangements, the album captures the spontaneity of live playing, letting the tunes breathe and shift with the moment.

Alongside favourites from the tradition, Play it Again features original tunes the duo have honed over years of performing together. Their long-standing musical friendship brings a natural ease and warmth to the music — rooted in tradition, alive in the present.

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Cappuccino Concert with Pete Shepheard & Arthur Watson: Saturday 28th June, 1100-1200

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Admission £5 (under 16s free), tea/ coffee available for donation to outreach work.
Two absolute legends of the traditional music scene! This will be a journey of song and story not to be missed!

Pete and Arthur bring together a wealth of song repertoire gleaned directly from the many traditional singers they have known, and unaccompanied song is at the heart of their enthusiasm. Both were members of the folk band Shepheard, Spiers and Watson for more than a decade and Arthur was also a member of the well respected Aberdeen based group The Gaugers and both have been involved in running the annual Fife Traditional Singing Festival.

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Wednesday 4th June, 1.15–1.45pm Lunchtime Recital with Cameron Clark and Saoirse Mcintee: fiddle, piano

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Admission free, donations welcome

Dundee Musicians Award winner,  and a participant in the prestigious Traditional Music Forum (TRACS) mentorship programme, Cameron plays piano, fiddle and several other instruments and now has a busy teaching and performing schedule. A local traditional musician, Cameron not only plays fiddle, piano, but a multiplicity of other instruments. He won a Dundee Musicians Award and recently released an EP “The Meadowside Sessions”

Saoirse has played several different string instruments since the age of 8 years old, and has a special passion for Scottish fiddle. She studied Music at the University of Aberdeen, learning the North East style of fiddle playing, which has reflected a lot on how she plays .

 

 

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