UK Music, and its music industry members, are backing a proposed new organisation that would lead work in the creative industries to prevent and tackle workplace bullying and harassment. UK Music has been collaborating with partners from across the creative sector – including film, television and theatre – to set up the new Creative Industries…

New US visa proposals increase costs for artists by 251% Plans means 70% of acts will be unable to tour the US – and up to half of US tours could be cancelled UK music industry calls on ministers to urgently intervene The UK music industry is calling on Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch…

Campaign for the Arts have launched a public petition today calling on the Scottish Government to abandon major cuts to Creative Scotland, and to work with Scotland’s cultural sector to find a sustainable future, ahead of the final vote on the Scottish Budget at Holyrood on Tuesday, 21 February. The petition contains 3 key asks:…

The Music Manager Forum announces the 24 participants in this year’s Accelerator Programme. Since 2019, more than 100 independent music managers have participated in Accelerator, benefitting from £1.5m of investment and training. Many have gone on to enjoy extraordinary successes in support of the artists, songwriters, music producers and other creative talent they represent. To…

Scottish Music Industry Association signs education partnership agreement with UHI Perth New collaboration will maximise employability prospects and make students industry-ready UHI Perth and the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) are working in partnership to help maximise the employability of music degree programme graduates. Perth UHI and SMIA have refreshed a collaboration agreement that will…

Independent Venue Week 2023 starts today, Monday 30th January. Independent Venue Week (IVW) is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them. Over 200 independent venues take part in the annual Celebration and the number keeps growing every year. No matter where…

As we move towards another year where shared knowledge, resilience and survival skills will remain paramount, I’d like to thank everyone who joined and worked with the SMIA during a difficult but productive year. I also want to wish you all a restful Christmas, a happy Hogmanay and all the best for 2023. The SMIA…

Independent Venue Week (IVW), the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music and arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them, is delighted to reveal their next 10th anniversary Ambassadors, with Young Fathers and Adwaith to represent Scotland and Wales respectively. Both will join Radiohead’s Philip Selway in supporting the much-loved event,…

The public vote for this year’s Scottish Alternative Music Awards is now open. NOW is your chance to listen to this year’s nominees and have your say in who scoops the 2022 edition of Scottish Alternative Music Awards. The vote is now live (Monday 28th November at 12pm GMT) until Wednesday 30th November at 5pm.…

We are excited to reveal that Fergus McCreadie’s ‘Forest Floor’ is the Scottish Album of the Year 2022.  In the award’s 11th year, Cocteau Twins were also recognised, picking up the Modern Scottish Classic Award for ‘Heaven and Las Vegas’, while Berta Kennedy won the Sound of Young Scotland Award and a funding package worth up to £5,000 to support the creation of her debut…

After this year’s fantastic return to live music-making, 2023 will be a year of exploration as the NYOS continue to review and respond to the findings from their Soundings consultation. While this process is ongoing, they have announced some changes to their classical pathway: in 2023 a NYOS Development Orchestra will replace Junior and Senior Orchestras,  the upper age limit for Symphony Orchestra applications…

RESONATE, Scotland’s music conference event for industry professionals, musicians, students, fans and aspiring artists, today announces the first wave of guest speakers for the open-to-all event at Platform, Glasgow on Thursday, November 24. This sixth edition of the event is supported by an incredible array of partners including LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW, SPOTIFY, SCOTTISH MUSIC…

Introducing the 20 outstanding Scottish Albums making up this year’s SAY Award Longlist; whittled down from a record breaking 369 eligible record submissions by 100 impartial music industry Nominators. Each Longlisted album is now in the running for the coveted SAY Award title and £20,000 first prize, with the winner to be announced at The…

A unique new events fund to mark the 75th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been launched, with a host of multicultural organisations from across Scotland set to bring their own special events to life in their communities this September. Launched by BEMIS Scotland, Scotland on Tour and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the £50,000 funding pot was opened…

A new music map of Edinburgh has been launched to encourage visitors and residents to explore the city’s venues, live music bars, record shops and ‘musical’ places of interest. Acclaimed local band swim school, who recently signed a record deal with LAB Records, took a break from playing festivals across the UK to help launch…

A new digital start-up to foster artistic vigour and innovation in pibroch has been launched by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The Pibroch Network is a comprehensive online database that aims to make it easy for people to discover, learn, teach and research pibroch. Its vision is of a world in which pibroch features in…