by Jamie McGeechan | Mar 24, 2022 | 2022 Magazine, Arts and Culture, ASF Magazine, Magazine Feature, Magazine Fixed, Travel
The Edinburgh Fringe is back and in 2022 it is coming back in style. With over 3000 performances, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has it all this year. From hilarious comedies to heart-wrenching plays, live music from some of the world’s best musicians to children’s...
by Jamie McGeechan | Feb 10, 2022 | 2021 Magazine, ASF Magazine, Magazine, Magazine Feature
What It Means to Be an Honest Man by Aodan McGeechan “Auld Ayr, wham ne’er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonnie lasses”. Those are the words of the famous and world-renowned Robert Burns, Scotland’s national Bard. Ayr is a small but scenic Scottish...
by Jamie McGeechan | Oct 9, 2021 | 2021 Magazine, Magazine Arts and Culture, Magazine Feature, Magazine Fixed
The first shows to be unveiled as part of Celtic Connections 2022 are available to view now at www.celticconnections.com Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival celebrates its connections to cultures across the globe. From 20 January –...
by Jamie McGeechan | Sep 11, 2021 | 2021 Magazine, In Memoriam, Magazine, Magazine Feature
Today, on the 20th anniversary of September 11, the Board of The American-Scottish Foundation® shares a musical tribute from composer and performer Laura Mcghee, “Commemoration”. Laura has performed this moving tribute at the Queen Elizabeth 11 Memorial...
by Jamie McGeechan | Sep 5, 2021 | 2021 Magazine, Arts and Culture, ASF Magazine
Edinburgh’s famous and beloved landmark building, the former Royal High School, is now set to become a National Centre for Music, thanks to a plan put in motion by Edinburgh arts philanthropist Carol Grigor. The site at the 192-year-old building will be home...
