Folk musician and former BBC Scotland presenter Archie Fisher has died at the age of 86. The singer, songwriter and guitarist ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

She was part of a musical family of Scottish Travellers that furthered the nation’s folk revival and influenced its American counterpart. By Neil Genzlinger Elizabeth Stewart, a folk singer, pianist ...

ON A street of soot-stained sandstone, tucked behind Scotland’s National Museum, a door is thrown open and then pulled shut against the cold. A snatch of sound—chatter, strings and the strum of a ...

Maureen O'Donoghue lives in Paris and sings and plays guitar in a duo with Scotsman Jordan Kay. I attended one of their recent gigs in “La Cave Café”, Paris 75018. That night, the terrific music gave ...

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In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...