‘New chapter’ for Bop Shop after refurbishment and move to charity status

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‘New chapter’ for Bop Shop after refurbishment and move to charity status

29 April 2021

•Arts

From Brighton to Brae for rock musician who enjoyed chart success in 90s

‘There’s been a lot of history of great music in Shetland, so if I could link that up with a bit of Brighton, that would be good fun’, guitarist and music educator Bruce Dickinson says after moving north

20 April 2021

•Shetland Lives

‘We’re wanting to be optimistic’ – rock bands schedule June gig

5 April 2021

•Arts

Hard rockers get ready to release ‘Locked Down’ EP

1 April 2021

•Arts

More than £4,000 raised for accordion and fiddle club amid financial uncertainty

26 March 2021

•Arts

From grindcore to indie as local bands picked for arts project

5 March 2021

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Brass band funding application hits the right note with community councillors

2 March 2021

•Community

Vinyl dream becomes reality for local DJ

29 January 2021

•Arts

Bands and musicians wanted for arts project

27 January 2021

•Arts

Online music project inspired by accordionist bags award

14 December 2020

•Arts

Local musicians philosophical and resilient in the face of Covid-19 havoc

Absence of live scene has overhauled touring musicians’ working life

8 December 2020

•Features

Tributes paid to ‘outstanding’ bassist who enjoyed jazz career after leaving isles

7 December 2020

•Arts

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Recording of saxophonist’s Muckle Roe gig to get the vinyl treatment

4 December 2020

•Arts

‘Straight-up exciting fiddle and guitar music’ – Couper brothers to release debut album

27 November 2020

•Arts

Jenny scoops Scottish acoustic award

19 November 2020

•Arts

Wood ‘absolutely delighted’ to be nominated for top traditional music award

2 November 2020

•Arts

New band gives local rock scene welcome boost

The Fiction have released their debut single Boneyard

2 October 2020

•Arts

Can you help unlock the Kist o Riches?

Project is looking for past recording contributors

2 June 2020

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The show will go on – meet some of the musicians finding an audience online during lockdown

22 May 2020

•Arts

Islands could trial return of live events, suggests culture secretary

22 May 2020

•Arts

Accordion and fiddle festival postponed

5 May 2020

•Arts

Singer-songwriter Guest offers a taste of the folk festival with new live EP

The six tracks were recorded at the Shetland Folk Festival last year

1 May 2020

•Arts

Webb’s trio sign up with LA record label

2 April 2020

•Arts

Rising DJ catching the eye on the mainland

23 March 2020

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Bairns music festival and radio event scuppered by Covid-19

12 March 2020

•Coronavirus

Airtask awarded flight contract, police investigate seal incident, reminder for orca watchers, tribute bands head north

10 March 2020

•Also in the news

Busy music schedule for final week at The String

7 March 2020

•Arts

Primary pupils to get chance to shine at schools’ music festival

19 January 2020

•Community

Garrison to host music on Up Helly Aa day

15 January 2020

•Arts

Get your dancing shoes ready as ska-punks prepare to return north

9 January 2020

•Arts

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Bop Shop team looking to the future after buying building

19 December 2019

•Community

Gemma turns pain into positivity with charity album

Singer to raise funds for Versus Arthritis with 12-track record

12 December 2019

•Arts

Reid wins big at trad awards

9 December 2019

•Arts

Living the dream: Clive the ‘music man’ looks back 40 years after opening first record shop

29 November 2019

•Shetland Lives

Singer-songwriter Richey to return

18 November 2019

•Arts

Venue and fiddler nominated for traditional music awards

5 November 2019

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The music takes the words to a different dimension

Author James Robertson joins musicians Aidan O’Rourke and Kit Downes on stage at Mareel

3 November 2019

•Arts

New EP and UK tour as local rockers ‘grab opportunity with both hands’

4 October 2019

•Arts

Another million Spotify streams for Eamonn

Composer says ‘80,000 people tune into my songs every day’

13 September 2019

•Arts

Americana act to bring ‘eclectic’ music to Mareel

3 September 2019

•Arts

Dutch musician offers concert in return for lift to Norway

19 July 2019

•Arts

Wordplay set for musical twist

10 May 2019

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Shetland Folk Festival 2019

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2 May 2019

•Features

Isles musicians to go unplugged

12 April 2019

•Entertainment

Songwriting festival set for September

9 April 2019

•Entertainment

Adam returns to isles for night of ‘life-affirming’ tunes

29 March 2019

•Arts

Doctor waves goodbye to isles with charity concert

22 March 2019

•Entertainment

Tribute acts to head north

18 March 2019

•Entertainment