🎶As I walked out one May morning…. a snippet from the song Maggie Machlin…. Dawn on Calton Hill. Starting the day inside a dream. This August, Sand, Silt, Flint comes to the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the @madeinscotland_showcase - begin your day with a moment of calm before the chaos - an early morning journey through myth, landscape and song. A deeply atmospheric audio-visual performance reframing Scotland’s darker ballads and folklore. For those who like their mornings a little otherworldly. 🎥Thanks to @jannicahoney for the stunning video. 🔗Tickets on sale now! Link in bio 7-22 August (not the 9th or 16th) | 10.20am (50mins) | Greenside at George Street, Jade Studio #edfringe @greensidevenue #scottishfolklore #scottishmusic

UPDATE: Unfortunately this event has been cancelled, but we are looking to reschedule to later in the year. Join @katchholmes , festival organiser, folk music agent, and creative producer, for two fantastic professional development workshops this May: 📈 Funding & Finances (for individuals and organisations) (10am) 🚐 Self-Promotion & Booking a Tour (2pm) 📅 Sat 9 May 📍 @catstrand , New Galloway 🔗 More info and booking via the link in bio. ---------- These workshops are supported by @tracscotland through @creativescots Multi-Year Funding. TMFS members can enjoy a 50% discount on all our workshops.

UPDATE: Unfortunately this event has been cancelled, but we are looking to reschedule to later in the year. We're heading to @catstrand in New Galloway on Saturday 9 May for some Professional Development Workshops for traditional musicians and organisations, with the fantastic @katchholmes ! 🧩🎶 📈 Funding & Finances for Musicians 🕙 10am (3hrs) 📢 Self-Promotion & Booking Gigs 🕑 2pm (3hrs) 🔗 More info and booking via the link in bio. ---------- These workshops are supported by @tracscotland through @creativescots Multi-Year Funding. TMFS members can enjoy 50% discount on all our workshops.

From the fields of @roskildefestival F to the lakes of @kaustinenfmf and back home for @cphjazz Jazz Festival – this summer has been full of powerful reminders that Danish roots music belongs everywhere. @roskildefestival surprised us with more roots than ever. Acts like @stundommusic and @dreamerscircus set the bar high – proving that our tradition-based music not only holds its own, but thrives on the most ambitious stages. @Kaustinen gave us the joy of reconnecting with our strong partners and deepening Tempi’s work with UNESCO. We met new friends from Scotland, Shetland, and India – friendships that promise new adventures for Danish music abroad. Back in Copenhagen, the stage “Roots and Jazz” a collaboration with @t ønderfestoval – reminded us how naturally folk and jazz intertwine. A beautiful example of what happens when genres aren’t boxed in, but invited to dance together. On to the next chapter for @tempinu of summer fstivals in the US and Canada ✨

Here we go 2025!

24 portraits - Day 7 This advent I’m sharing photographic portrait a day. Bill Holmes, artist, May 2021 Part of The Green Well of Scotland project commissioned by the wonderful @knockengorrochfestival In the video Bill is pointing out the drystone dyke he built which he’d asked to be in the back of his portrait near the Green Well. This outdoor photographic portrait exhibition featured the villagers of Carsphairn parish in Dumfries and Galloway, captured at the mysterious Green Well of Scotland. The Green Well of Scotland sits next to the Water of Deugh (Dee) at the foot of the mighty corbett Cairnsmore of Carsphairn on Dumfries & Galloway core path 487. It comprises a 30 foot diameter pool, said to be bottomless. Historical sources suggest it was visited regularly in times gone by as it was believed its water had healing properties – and locals believe it is one of the Fons Scotiae mentioned in Saint Columba’s biography. The Green Well of Scotland is situated just up the river from Knockengorroch, where the world-renowned greenfield festival takes place each year. The exhibition opened outside the Carsphairn Heritage Centre and at the Green Well of Scotland on Sunday 27th June 2021. It was then exhibited at Knockengorrach Festival in 2022. “There are few wells that can boast a richer folklore than the Green Well of Scotland. Tucked away in a remote part of Galloway, the well is seemingly ageless and bottomless. Here you will find healing lore, devil lore, stories of witches and avian guardians, lairds, Covenanters and a fugitive ‘alchemist’. Above all the Green Well is a place of beauty, a place where the regions’ cultural memory is stored like a battery.” Dr Peter Hewitt, Dumfries and Galloway Museums, 2021 Supported by Dumfries and Galloway Regional Arts Fund and Event Scotland through Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund. Thank you @katchholmes for the commission and for the amazingly family friendly residency staying in @knockengorrochfestival ‘s backstage caravan. Get in touch if you’d like to commission me to make portraits with your community.

Spontaneous Kuchke sesh

Eh! so apparently I've been running this event for 25 years.. Well sure I was an early bloomer 😉 See you there? @knockengorrochfestival @mungoshifi @thelanganbandofficial @oldblinddogs @sheelanagigmusic @cutcapers @yiddishtwist @subhirarodrigo @dowdelin @the_drystones AND SO MANY MORE TO COME STILL! Xx

Serious castle time plus amazing Snowdonia #caernarfon #Gwynedd

#bryngelliddu Anglesey. what a spot

Delighted to be a coach again on the international online music initiative @globalmusicmatch . I'll be working with up and coming artists, festival directors and export agencies from across 16 countries in this unique collaborative project. Check out my team! @tennysonking @flamengrass @kellybrouhaha @chunoodle_band2018 @janileighcohen @linus.orri /team-3/ #GlobalMusicMatch

Here we are at the Green Well of Scotland in the last in my @gallowayglens Lost Wells podcast. Listen in here https://anchor.fm/katch-holmes Photo by the magnificent @aliciabrucephoto