Incredible days up north last week!
Plockton • Skye Bridge Studios • An Crùbh • Ardgour
Could it be that west is in fact…best??
Thank you to everyone who came along to a gig! We loved meeting you and can’t wait til next time
Kristina, Dan, Lea, Rose & Chris
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🏔️Beinn Narnain & Beinn Ìme on a summers day in March
ft. my favourite bird, a raven, circling so breathtakingly close I almost cried at the beauty of the moment
According to the brilliant voice of Ailig ‘Bhaltos’ MacDonald on WalkHighlands - Beinn Ìme means the butter mountain, referring to when butter was made at the high shielings / Àirighs.
I’m so looking forward to resuming my butter and cheese making work at the high shielings in Norway this summer with fiddle in tow
Tern Spring Tour 2026 🌱🌱
03.04 - The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
23.04 - Skye Bridge Studios, Kyle of Lochalsh
24.04 - An Crùbh, Isle of Skye
25.04 - Ardgour Church, Ardgour
Tickets/ info in bio 🎫
Photo: @elly_lucas 💫
Wild roadtrip to Rochdale for Folk Album of the Year Awards 2025, we are honored to have been nominated and one of nine finalists 😍.
All 150 submissions were incredible, so a shortlist was a huge honour for us for Auchies Spikkin' Auchie album.
@gracestewartskinner.clarsach@macrhonald@rose.fiddle
Huge thank you to @folkonfoot . 🤗
FLYWAY TERNS ONE!!
Happy birthday committee 🐦⬛🐦⬛ Thank you to everyone who has been with us for the journey
Flocking to a village hall near you this spring!
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Hamarsbøen • Hallingdal
Åse Liv and Lars welcomed me to work with them for three busy weeks this summer at Hamarsbøen Støl near Hallingskarvet. We milked the cows twice a day and with help from friendly neighbours herded the cows home from their daily grazing adventures.
With such beautiful and biodiverse pasture for the cows to graze and calm environment they seemed very happy and healthy, producing the most delicious ice cream, cheese and rømme.
The støl was such a community hub up in the mountain valley of Havsdalen. Visitors walked, cycled and drove by most days and would often lean through the window during milking to ask questions or try a sample of fresh milk.
I found myself singing along to the drone of the milking machine a lot, when I wasn’t asking Lars hundreds of questions, and I even wrote some new tunes this way.
Before heading to the farm I didn’t know anyone there, I took a real chance and so did they - I am so glad! You could not find more generous, kind and passionate people than the Hamarsbøen family 🐄🌸🎻
✨Workshop - Rose Logan✨
Perthshire fiddler, Rose Logan, has spent time immersed in both Scottish and Norwegian folk music. She looks forward to sharing her passion for the tunes, stories and traditions of these countries during her workshop ‘From Shieling to Støl’ exploring music which accompanied daily life at summer grazing pastures, which will take place on Sunday 16th November 🎻
Find out more about @rose.fiddle on our website and get your tickets from the link in our bio 🎟️
#ScotsFiddleFest2025 #tradmusic #fiddle
HIGHLAND SHOWS ✨🎻🏴
We can’t wait to share new music with you at live gigs in October!
- Contin Church, Strathpeffer Friday 10th 7.30pm
- Crathes Hall, Banchory Saturday 11th 7.30pm
🎫 Find more info about the gigs through the link in our bio
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#tradmusic #folkmusic #scotland
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Sandalen • Vang i Valdres
Far into the mountain valley of Sandale in the foothills of Jotunheimen, up at 1000m. Milking cows by hand, making cheese and butter, running a cafe all without running water, electricity or phone signal. Sparstadstølen is a special and beautiful place where reindeer, birds, horses, goats and cows roam freely in happy coexistence
This was one of the most enriching and memorable of my farming times so far
I learned so much from Katharina and Nils during my short stay and left feeling hugely inspired by their passion and work
The main thing that comes to mind as I reflect back on my stay is the many wonderful and interesting people i met and chatted with. Visitors to the cafe, passing hillwalkers, French agri students and my dear friends over the mountain @heensbakken . A remote place which could easily have felt isolating was in fact the very opposite
and now onward to Hallingdal…
