Folk musician and former BBC Scotland presenter Archie Fisher has died at the age of 86. The singer, songwriter and guitarist had presented BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk from 1983 to 2010.

Archie Fisher, Scottish folk singer, songwriter, guitar player, and long-time presenter on BBC Radio Scotland, has died at the age of 86 on 1 November 2025.

Fisher started playing in the early sixties and soon occupied the burgeoning folk scene within Edinburgh. His initial solo album was Archie Fisher, in 1968. He was characterized by his soft singing ...

Unbeknownst to most local college students and non-oldie-lovers, a Scottish folk legend, Archie Fisher, will be making an appearance in Somerville tonight (Oct. 7) at the nearby Burren. While the ...

We often think of traditional Scottish music performed in an ensemble with fiddle, pipes (either Highland or border style), a piano or perhaps a guitar or bouzouki and, on occasion, harp. But the ...

Hall of Fame fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas will perform at three Folk Orchestra concerts, Nov. 7-9.

Fans of Scottish folk songs are in for a treat, as Jim and Susie Malcolm return to Little Rock for a show Saturday at Hibernia Irish Tavern. The couple, married for 30 years, are both prize-winning ...

SCOTTISH promoters have created the first ever virtual traditional music festival. Whilst festivals like TRNSMT and T in the Park draw thousands from across the country, TradLive aims to bring the ...

ON A street of soot-stained sandstone, tucked behind Scotland’s National Museum, a door is thrown open and then pulled shut against the cold. A snatch of sound—chatter, strings and the strum of a ...