Divergence @divergence-project.bsky.social Divergence - Freya Rae on silver flute, clarinet and whistles, Siannie Moodie on Clarsach and Tim Lane on percussion. They take Freya's traditionally inspired melodies and twist them into sets and riffs using acoustic instruments and electronic effects.
TheQR @theqr.bsky.social Reviews, news, and views of the performing, visual and experimental arts, cinema and music. Subscribe now at https://theqr.co.uk/
Hands Up for Trad @handsupfortrad.bsky.social Hands Up for Trad are a Scottish organisation funded by Creative Scotland who work to promote Scottish music, culture and languages throughout the world. https://linktr.ee/handsupfortrad
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland @rcsofficial.bsky.social The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is a place like nowhere else, powered by performance, its people and their passion. RCS is a World Top 10 undergraduate and postgraduate destination for performing arts education (QS World University Rankings 2025)
Scottish Music Centre @scottishmusic.bsky.social Promoting all genres of Scotland's music at home & abroad:
music archive & online shop, talent development, showcasing and events:
Current projects:
HitTheRoadTours, Musicares, Classical Next, Northern Connection ShowcaseScotland, Made in Scotland
Steve Byrne @byrnesong.bsky.social Scots Singer and Public Folklorist
Chief Executive of TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland)
Sing & play with Malinky
Arbroathian, now living in East Lothian.
Own views, as ever!
Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social Championing stories and storytellers.
This account is monitored Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm.
Registered Scottish Charity (SC002368)
@valtos.bsky.social @valtos.bsky.social 
Julie Fowlis @juliefowlis.bsky.social Singer, musician, voice artist, composer. Gàidhlig/Gaelic. Singer on Disney Pixar’s ‘Brave’. TV/radio presenter and creative collaborator. Love the Scottish outdoors and sport.
www.juliefowlis.com / Facebook / Instagram
Hannah Lavery @hannahlavery.bsky.social Poet. Playwright. Performer. Director. Dancing in my kitchen. hannahlavery.com
KLOF Mag @klofmag.com Independent Music Journal (Est. 2004) - KLOFmag.com Substack: https://klofmag.substack.com/
Karen Marshalsay @karenclarsach.bsky.social Scottish harper & composer plays in The Cathal McConnell Trio, The Whistlebinkies & solo. Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp CD out 5th September 2025. www.karenmarshalsay.com
Don Paterson @dharmabam.bsky.social Scottish poet and musician
Zoë Bestel @zoebestel.bsky.social Child of Hale, daughter of Galloway, floating around Glasgow. Weaver of stories, crafter of songs, lyrically waxing and waning with the moon to the gentle sway of folk revival. At home: Green thumbed permaculture enthusiast. 💚🐸✨🌻
Will Pound @willharmonicas.bsky.social Professional Musician. Plays in duos with Jenn Butterworth and Stevens & Pound doing harmonica and accordion things.
Patsy Reid @patsyreid.bsky.social Scottish musician and educator
Founder of Mull Fiddle Week
Love outdoors, dogs, yoga, real food
Eliza Carthy @elizacarthy.bsky.social Queen of the Whirl! Trad/prog singer, violinist, writer & stage/film composer, available for radio/TV presenting/arts curation. Pres. EFDSS. Feminist. LGBTQ+ ally.
Janice Burns & Jon Doran @janandjon.bsky.social Mandolin, bouzouki & ballads
Duncan Chisholm @duncanchisholm.bsky.social Fiddle player and composer from the Highlands of Scotland. Living my best life.
Love wild places, music and great people ❤️
@dallahan.bsky.social @dallahan.bsky.social 
Nuala Kennedy Music @nualakennedy.bsky.social Traditional Irish Song & Music
HYDRA w. Eamon O’ Leary
Singer with Solas
EricinEdinburgh @ericinedinburgh.bsky.social Eiric ann an Dùn Èideann
Founder, Kaleidoscope Alba
Likes: Scotland, Scottish Trad and 80s Indy Music, Glasgow Warriors, Travelling, visiting local bars, restaurants, venues and generally enjoying the great stuff on my doorstep. Did I mention Scotland?
Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social Rector of University of Aberdeen 🎓 Scottish singer | MG ALBA Musician of the Year | @rcstweets alumna | Join my Patreon for exclusive content: http://www.patreon.com/ionafyfe
Dean Owens @deanowens1.bsky.social 'Scotland's most engaging and haunting singer-songwriter' - Irvine Welsh.
'Our Favourite Sins'
https://deanowens.bandcamp.com/album/our-favourite-sins-dean-owens-the-sinners-album-pre-order
Jenn Butterworth @jennbutterworth.bsky.social she/her ϟ Award winning trad musician ϟ New album ‘Her By Design’ out 28-02-25 ϟ Singles / pre-orders out now
#alternativefolk #tradmusic
https://linktr.ee/jennbutterworth
Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland @traddanceforum.bsky.social Supporting, celebrating and safeguarding Scottish and world traditional dance in Scotland since 2012 through FREE membership and 3 routes: residencies º productions º festivals. Scottish charity SC045085 👉https://www.tdfs.org/
Scottish Storytelling Centre @scotstorycentre.bsky.social Sharing the stories of Scotland and beyond, past, present and future. Home to TRACS with Scottish Storytelling Forum & Traditional Music Forum.
https://linktr.ee/scottishstorytellingcentre
MUSIC NEWS Scotland @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social Scotland's trio of music publications: MUSIC NEWS Scotland + MNS FESTIVALS! + MNS GIGguide - covering the whole music scene in Scotland for the last 22 years! Email Alastair with news or Carol for great advertising deals at musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 
Lori Watson @loriwatson.bsky.social Musician & Researcher @ Scottish Studies UoEdinburgh | trad/folk arts performance & creativity | artistic research, ethno(musico)logy || loriwatson.net | tradmus.com
Soundhouse @soundhouse.org.uk Edinburgh’s live music activists 🎶 Since 2013. See what's coming up next: https://www.soundhouse.org.uk ❄️ Soundhouse Winter Festival returns from 26-30 November 2026: https://www.soundhousewinterfest.com/programme-1
PennySW @pswpsw.bsky.social Slambovian lover of music, Scotland (and the UK in general), family and friends, kindness, compassion, and positive thinking
Ronnie Neilson @ronnie11.bsky.social Music Art Literature Photography Standing Stones Yoga QiGong Coffee
Ryan Young @ryanyoungfiddle.bsky.social Scottish fiddler, Ryan Young. MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards: Album of the Year 2024 nominee; Live Act of The Year 2023 nominee; Musician of the Year 2022 nominee. MG ALBA Up and Coming Artist of the Year. BBC Folk Award Nominee.
Edinburgh Tradfest @edinburghtradfest.com 🟡 The past, present and future of traditional music.
🟡 This year's dates 1 - 11 May 2026.
🟡 More info via: https://edinburghtradfest.com/
David Andres @david--andres.bsky.social Kontrabassist / E-Bassist / Musikpädagoge aus Köln
www.davidandres.de
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts @thesmithcenter.com The official Bluesky account of #TheSmithCenter for the Performing Arts in #LasVegas, NV 🫶🎭🎶 Learn more: TheSmithCenter.com
Johannes plays piano 🏳️🌈 @wallmann.bsky.social Dad | 🇨🇦 migrant/expat living in Wisconsin | jazz pianist & composer | Professor of Jazz, UW-Madison | http://johanneswallmann.com
MikroVal @bdim.bsky.social Sound mixing and mastering🎧
LUNA
UAD
SOFTUBE
@dgwest.bsky.social @dgwest.bsky.social Seattle jazz drummer and computational neuroscientist.
(Also, former comp sci professor and national lab scientist. Semi-retired.)
Scott Routenberg @scottroutenberg.bsky.social Award-Winning Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator | Jazz Piano Professor BSU | Symphonic Jazz, Nu Jazz, Pops, Film Music, Game Music | Scott Routenberg Trio | Recording Academy Class of 2026
www.scottroutenberg.com
spimsley pete @fattypinner.bsky.social ⓘ this user has a line separating good and evil passing not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through his heart -- and through all human hearts
🎶Jerry Garcias Cat 🐾🐾 @jerrygarciascat.bsky.social 🎶 I'm Jerry's Cat 🐈 , I got the mad facts. 🐈 My master plays 🎸 🎸 since 1968, hates Nazis, brown shirts, red hats, and baby killing! ☮️🇵🇸
Art Bailey ❌👑 @artbailey.bsky.social www.heyartbailey.com
New quintet! https://www.youtube.com/@heyartbailey
New album! https://baltoexclamationpoint.bandcamp.com/album/clownmower-ii
I play piano, organ, write and arrange music, sometimes get asked to blow through brass tubing in public.
Tami Michelle @tamiguitar.bsky.social #musician #guitar #vocals #songwriter #jazz #fingerstyle #animals #history #philosophy #Vegan No DM’s No Lists
Min(ue)t @jazzbird.bsky.social 🔞 Minors DNI | Mint is my name | Hate has no home here |🌼🐶💣 | they/them
Stan Stewart (muz4now) @muz4now.com Musician: Pianist, composer, singer-songwriter
Human: In love with my spouse and our dog
Advocate and ally
https://muz4now.com/
https://muz4now.bandcamp.com/
No DM
Just my shares: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sdkxyw2r7xlx5kjhsolgagv6/feed/aaaiiikjmxciw
Kindness Inc. (Antoine) @kindnessinc.music Analogue warmth and digital screams; dreamy at its best, and kinder than it seems.
bandcamp: https://kindnessinc.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kindnessinc
Free bandcamp codes: https://getmusic.fm/artists/kindness-inc
Joel Humann @joelhumann.bsky.social jazz bassist
bad academic proclivities (managed)
vinyl · mets · astrophysics
power pop · opera 🧡💙
Jason Newsom @jasonnewsomguitar.bsky.social Unique fingerstyle electric jazz guitarist and composer | psychology professor and statistician | hopelessly optimistic rationalist and critical thinker
Music: http://www.jasonnewsom.com/
Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/@jasonnewsom7238?si=auYfLWsuh3-huivD
Inner Motion Music @innermotionmusic.bsky.social Music is medicine™
Musician and educator based in NYC. I make music, and other music related things. ⬇️
https://youtube.com/@innermotionmusic?si=CO-FjfxmeP4aQe6j
Mike Greenia @70lesprec.bsky.social Since a child in hand me down buckskins I have done many things Wood worker, cook, Musician. Music is My main thing. Lets Hope an Old Lyric I wrote is Not a Future truth for us - " Under the Flag That Once Stood For Freedom"
Joel Veena @joelveena.bsky.social 🎸 Award-winning Hindustani slide guitarist
⛰️Vermont USA
🎧 Producer Root Cellar Sound
💛 Music for 🌏
📚 co-director Halcyon Arts New England
Joe Marquand @helfopje.bsky.social Musician and teacher. Graduate of GIT. Fan of J.L. Borges, Carla Bley, Fellini, MPB, Lester Young, Flannery O'Connor, rendang and Mexico. Dogs and cats are my friends.
Lynn: Let's storm the Bastille @auberon.bsky.social Artisan craftsman. American, but world citizen. I love family, Art, travel and multicultural democracy. OG skater punk. GenX girl dad & native Yinzer.
🖕fascists, religious zealots and dictators
Good night Chesty, wherever you are
CSZ @cszelie.bsky.social Nurse, momma, dachshund obsessed, blue dot in a red state, here for community, and to avoid the other app 💙
*edit for Oxford comma aficionados 😅
@thezlistcars.bsky.social @thezlistcars.bsky.social Hiking & Car Enthusiast, Boy Dad, Dog & Music Lover. Enjoys seeing shades of blue.
Gijs Levelt @gijslevelt.bsky.social Trumpet player/composer/educator from Amsterdam. #antifa just so you know where I stand
Tom Kraemer | There is No Green Room @dubtime.bsky.social Guitarist. Cyclist. Outsider. Oddball. A life in small-time rock 'n' roll, where there is no green room. Also, there is no "Planet B." If the world ran on sun it wouldn’t fight over oil. Currently working on "The Crooner Project."
Drootinator @drootinator.bsky.social I remember when I was proud of this country…
DARIA @dariajazz.bsky.social Jazz Vocalist/RecordingArtist/Educator/Acapella Chorus Director/Songwriter/Jazz/Pop/Brazilian/Latin/twists on standards/originals - Member of The Hot Licks
(Formerly Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks) ☮️💙🌻🎵
The Three Leonards @threeleonards.bsky.social We make playful/noir jazzy covers. FFO L. Cohen, N. Cave, T. Waits, J. Cash. Made By Humans, For Humans. No genAI used.
Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely a pastiche.
Stina Hellberg Agback @stinahag.bsky.social Jazz harpist. Steelers fan. Iaido, jodo.
Terri Hinte @terrihinte.bsky.social Jazz publicist/proselytizer. GSD guardian. Political junkie. Polyglot traveler with a special affinity for Brasil & samba. Jazz Journalists Assoc. board member.
Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com Jazz singer | Poet |
New single IDLE MOMENTS out now |
Album THE TEMPLE SESSIONS
ronanmurphymusic.com
Poetry collection forthcoming in 2026 |
With THE BROKEN SPINE
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Russell D. Vines @rdvines.bsky.social NY Dem. 💙Author, composer, musician, cyber-security expert. Wrote 10 cyber-security books, some best-selling. Author of “Composing Digital Music For Dummies”. Former bassist with the Rat Pack, George Benson, MGM, etc. No fascists! #resist
Lori Williams @lorijazz.bsky.social 🙏🏽✝️| Intl. Recording Artist | Educator | Producer|Host-Sunday Jazz Lounge ATL | Radio Host-JazzRadioWETF.org “Collector’s Choice w/Lori Williams”
LoriJazz.com
PositiveMusicPM.org
linktr.ee/LoriWilliams_LoriJazz
LoriJazz® |Hampton & GA State U. 🔺ΔΣΘ | 🌹SAI
In the Cage @inthecage.bsky.social I got sunshine in my stomach
Eric Puente @ericpuente.bsky.social ericpuente.com
drummer sideman musician hudson valley NY and beyond.
damagedjazz @damagedjazz.bsky.social Musician
Electric Bass
Free Jazz
Free Improv
Experimental
npvmusic.bandcamp.com
Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com Music superfan, bassist, educator (Berklee Prof.); https://linktr.ee/rickmclaughlinmusic and @rickmclaughlinmusic elsewhere
Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social pianist, composer, writer
Nora Germain 🎻 @noragermain.bsky.social Jazz violinist and author based in Los Angeles 🖤 noragermain.com
Casey Brefka @caseybrefka.bsky.social Professional Musician, avid TTRPG/board game player, Guardians/Cavs fan, Executive Board AFM Local 257. CLE-BOS-BNA. DM for inquiries! (He/Him). Kat ♥️
Known in the BotC community as "Ongaku"
http://www.caseybrefka.com
http://linktr.ee/caseybrefka
Todd Bashore @toddbashore.bsky.social Saxophonist, arranger, composer, educator. Director of the Creative Large Ensemble @ Princeton University. Artist-in-Residence @ Temple University. Yanagisawa & Vandoren artist.
Bobby Neal @bobbynealmusic.bsky.social Saxophonist, Guitarist, Human Being, pretty much in that order. M.M in Woodwind Perf. from Winthrop University. Retired software test engineer. Working on my debut album.
PFP: Bobby Neal on stage holding a tenor sax
Banner: Yamaha Custom Z soprano sax
Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social The Finest In Jazz Since 1939
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https://store.bluenote.com/
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AllSolos 🎵 @allsolos.com Discover the world’s musical solos from jazz and beyond.
https://www.allsolos.com
Reggie Watkins @reggiewatkinsmusic.bsky.social Jazz musician trombone player, band leader composer arranger Pittsburgh PA New Album RIVERS drops March 28th
Phat Man Dee @phatmandee.bsky.social Phat Man Dee (she/they) is an accomplished jazz singer, music producer, and music educator. Voted Number 1 Best Jazz Artist in the Pittsburgh City Paper Readers Poll, she sings with her band, Social Justice Disco & Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh.
@taniagrubbs.bsky.social @taniagrubbs.bsky.social Jazz Music Maker~vocalist
Aaron Jack Photography @aaronjackphoto.bsky.social Published: NYT, TIME, Slate, CNN, BBC, Wired, Condé Nast, Vice, Vox
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Mark Perna Music @markpernamusic.bsky.social Bass Player - Jazz Musician - Producer
📍Pittsburgh, PA
MarkPernaMusic.com
Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com 🔸 Making intriguing worlds with heart
🔸 Streets of Fortuna, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, Ostranauts, Thousand Hells
🔸 Join: http://discord.gg/kitfoxgames
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Playtonic @playtonicgames.com Yooka devs! Purveyors of fun 😎 Peek our Starter Packs for Playtonic Team and Fan Artists!
Wishlist Super Yooka-Laylee Kart now - https://linktr.ee/playtonicgamesltd
🏳️⚧️Critical Kate Willært @katewillaert.bsky.social (Pronounced WILL-ert) | Investigating forgotten gaming history | Creator of the greatest Metroid video on Youtube | Asexual, autistic, artistic, 🏳️⚧️(she/her) | Linktree: https://katewillaert.com/link-tree
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls @marveltokon.bsky.social Assemble a team of legendary heroes and villains in the ultimate 4v4 tag team fighter.
Available now, on PS5 & PC (Steam, Epic Games Store).
ESRB: T
Pre-order now! #MarvelTokon
Jeff’s Retro Gaming @jeffsretrogaming.com Console and handheld repair, restoration and modding services. Reach out via DM or contact form on my website with any inquiries:
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Located in NH, USA
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AuADHD creature of elemental internet
collector of keysmashes
used to be called Foone, before the war
Denshattack! - OUT NOW! @denshattack.bsky.social Flip, trick & grind through chaos!🚄🛹
Outsmart rival crews, face wild bosses, and turn enemies into allies as you reclaim the rails! 👉 Denshattack.com
OUT NOW on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 & Xbox X|S!
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail. 
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