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Our artist of the week is Amy Papiransky! You can find her music here: amypapiransky.bandcamp.com/music Find out more about her below...

Thank you to The BIT Collective for making me their artist of the week 🧡

New podcast from Access Folk available here: accessfolk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/resources/podc…. Themes so far include race and belonging, access and disability, and youth inclusion!

📢 OUT NOW - Or new Sex & Power 2023 report, charting the number of women in key decision-making positions & highlighting the significant void that exists in women's representation & distribution of power in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Read the report here & see more below 🧵 engender.org.uk/news/blog/wher…

Our artist of the week is Chloe Matharu, Scottish Indian singer songwriter and harpist from Wemyss Bay on the Clyde Coast. Keep an eye out for her new single which will be released on 28th July! girlandaharp.bandcamp.com/music Find out more about her below...

We’re on the hunt for a Research Associate to join us for Stage 2 of our project! jobs.ac.uk/job/DBO778/res… #researchassociate #musicresearch #folkresearch #musicdepartment #academicmusic #research #musicjobsuk

Our artist of the week is Lucie Hendry! You can find her new album, 'Land of Eden' here: luciehendry.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-… Find out more about her below...

Our artist of the week is An Carra, Scottish & German contemporary folk band! Find out more about them below, and give them a follow on social media! facebook.com/profile.php?id… instagram.com/ancarra_band/ [Alt text: the four band members sitting on a rock with their instruments.]

Our artist of the week is Glasgow-based fiddle player, Jeri Foreman! You can find her music here: jeriforeman.bandcamp.com [Alt text: Jeri playing her fiddle, wearing a grey tartan dress.]

Please RT! Less than two weeks to go! Young fiddle players aged 12-18: you've got til 01 Sept to audition to be part of the Saturday night concert at the 2023 #ScotsFiddleFestival AND learn from the amazing Graham Rorie ! If this sounds like you (or someone you know )-read on...

Come along to our next online community catch-up on Wednesday 18th October, 7.30-8.30pm. We are delighted to be continuing the conversation on ethnic diversity in Scottish traditional music, with Chloe Matharu hosting! Find out more here: thebitcollective.co.uk/events

Our artist of the week is Eleanor Dunsdon (Eleanor Dunsdon)! Find out more about her below... [Alt text: Eleanor against a black background playing her harp.]

It's European Folk Day! To celebrate, we've updated our Women in Trad Spotify playlist! open.spotify.com/playlist/1nMfQ… Let us know who you would like to see added next! #EFD2023 #EuropeanFolkDay #EuropeanFolkDay2023

Of 1268 performers at 20 folk & traditional music festivals which took place in Scotland this year: 845 (66.6%) were men, 417 (33.0%) were women, and 5 (0.4%) were gender non-conforming and/or non-binary. Find out more here: thebitcollective.co.uk/furtherreading…

Top work from The BIT Collective here! Disappointing stats & an important call to action. “Representation goes a long way in demonstrating meaningful commitment to change and inspiring attendees to follow and take part in traditional music.”

Our artist of the week is Gaelic and Scots singer, Maggie MacInnes! Find out more about her below... maggiemacinnes.co.uk [Alt text: Maggie against a teal background wearing a black leather jacket and silver necklace].

Are you coming along to our online community catch-up next week? Find out more here: thebitcollective.co.uk/events/the-bit… The Zoom link will be posted on the day!