Paisely gig - a lot of fun, good music and money raised for Medical Aid in Gaza

Artists like folk singer Iona Fyfe, Glasgow-based rockers The Tenementals, and the Best Jazz Vocalist at the Scottish Jazz Awards, Kitti, were among those who attended the fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) at the Bungalow Bar on Monday. And it wasn't raining.

Small monies maybe but it all helps and keeps people aware.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25187887.paisley-gig-gaza-raises-3000-medical-aid-palestinians/

#Music #Gig #Paisely #IonaFyfe #Palestine #Medicine

Iona is one of many Scottish musicians trying to make a difference - unlike Wastemnster.

If you are in Paisely I woulkd recommend the line up. And at a tenner!

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25174254.musicians-stage-charity-concert-palestine-scottish-city/

https://archive.is/2kqLK (archive)

#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #IonaFyfe #Music #Scotland

Tomorrow (Saturday Feb. 22) at Espace Knox in NDG: Scottish folksinger Iona Fyfe. Check it out!

Canadian tour: https://ionafyfe.com/tour/
Tickets at https://www.showpass.com/ionafyfe/

#NDG #Montreal #folk #music #scotland #IonaFyfe

Baltic Street, sung by Iona Fyfe. I first heard this song on a Susan Calman show during COVID. It opened up a whole world of Scottish music, especially that sung by Fyfe. So a new find for me! This a beautiful, yet sad, song sung brilliantly by Fyfe.

🎵Oh, Baltic Street is cauld an’ bare
An’ mebbe no sae grand,
But ye’ll feel the smell i’ the caller air
O’ kippers on the land.🎵

#JukeboxFridayNight
#NewFinds
#BalticStreet
#IonaFyfe
#Scottish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vd91pNQ7ew

This isn’t another piece about Alex Salmond, the politician. It’s about the man who moved to the north east and fell in love with the region. He sang songs with Inverurie parishioners, helped the families of the Sapphire disaster in Peterhead, handed out prizes at the Turriff Show, encouraged youngsters in art and sport…there was a real hinterland to the man who will be buried in Strichen next Tuesday! #AlexSalmond #IonaFyfe #FionaKennedy #FergusMutch #KennyMacAskill https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6609014/alex-salmond-devoted-himself-to-the-north-east/

Fighting the good fight for Doric: my interview with Dr Tom McKean, director of the Elphinstone Institute, on the challenges and successes of keeping Doric alive and thriving. His story about Handel’s Messiah is truly inspiring! #Doric #ElphinstoneInstitute #TomMcKean #IonaFyfe #RobbieShepherd #AberdeenUniversity https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6588440/tom-mckean-doric-elphinstone-institute-30-years/

Robert Burns is all things to all men, but what about women? I talked to a variety of female singers and musicians about the Bard and while they raised concerns about his often contradictory views - which is why both sides claimed he would have voted for and against Scottish independence in 2014 - they all ended up concluding Burns was and is a genius! #RobertBurns #IonaFyfe #YvieBurnett https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6331149/what-do-modern-women-think-about-robert-burns/

Scotland’s arts sector is struggling, with many groups living on a shoestring: the title of an excellent poem by Kathleen Jamie which highlights the thin line between companies surviving and dying. I looked at the issues and the problem seems to be: People want the arts to thrive, but nobody wants to pay for it! #CreativeScotland #IonaFyfe #KathleenJamie #BusinessandCultureScotland #ChrisBrookmyre https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/6209458/scotland-culture-cuts-spending-government/

https://boffosocko.com/2022/09/11/iona-fyfe-with-countercurrent-in-saturday-10-2022-matinee-at-coffee-gallery-backstage/

Dw i’n hapus ac yn barod am gerddoriaeth celtaidd wythnos yma.

#celtic-music #coffee-gallery-backstage #iona-fyfe #live-music #music

https://boffosocko.com/2022/09/04/iona-fyfe-live-at-coffee-gallery-backstage/