Join my Patreon now to gain free access to my Robert Burns Scots Song workshop on Zoom on 19th January 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Even if you’re no into singing workshops, Patreon is a great way to support artists www.patreon.com/ionafyfe

Join my Patreon now to gain free access to my Robert Burns Scots Song workshop on Zoom on 19th January 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Even if you’re no into singing workshops, Patreon is a great way to support artists www.patreon.com/ionafyfe

Lots of reasons to chose Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Braw sit down and blether with First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social after today’s speech that kicks off the countdown to the elections on 7/5 Did you know that international students can vote in the Scottish election? Register here → bit.ly/3LwM5lR

First Minister John Swinney assures party activists in Glasgow that independence will be at the heart of the SNP Scottish Parliamentary campaign.

Record number of hip and knee surgeries carried out in Scotland last year. First Minister John Swinney thanks NHS staff.

FM John Swinney has written to Privy Council to ask that the day after opening game of FIFA World Cup to be designated bank holiday in Scotland to allow Scots to watch the nations team play.

Waking up in snawy Aiberdeenshire. ✨❄️☃️

Your sign to plan a trip to Scotland or a staycation! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨ Happy Hogmanay abdy 🥃🥂 Newsletter going out this week! Please do sign up at www.ionafyfe.com/newsletter

Can 15 lovely folks fae here gies me a follae ower on the Face place? 🙏 New week, new creator challenge 💕 www.facebook.com/ionafyfe

Forget about the Memphis Skyline, it’s all about the Edinburgh skyline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #edinburgh

A Blyth Yule tae abdy 🎄🎁 Wishing you all a restful and peaceful festive period however you celebrate. ❤️

Tell them Merry Christmas by telling me to tell them Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 On Cameo for the next two hours. Last minute gift or bam up? Sorted. Book here → www.cameo.com/ionafyfe

Tell them Merry Christmas by telling me to tell them Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 On Cameo for the next two hours. Last minute gift or bam up? Sorted. Book here → www.cameo.com/ionafyfe

Tell me you’re fae Aberdeenshire without telling me you’re fae Aberdeenshire. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Best niche hometown Christmas tradition? 🎄 I’ll go first. Aberdeenshire tractor run in Scotland! 🚜 Let me know your hometown Christmas traditions ↓

Best niche hometown Christmas tradition? 🎄 I’ll go first. Aberdeenshire tractor run in Scotland! 🚜 Let me know your hometown Christmas traditions ↓

Soooo close tae 14k ower on the photae app. Gies a wee Christmas Eve follae will ye? 🙏❤️🎄 www.instagram.com/iona.fyfe

Here's me reading The Nicht Afore Christmas at the University of Aberdeen Celebration of Carols evening at St Marylbone Parish Church in London. Scots translation by Irene McFarlane with Doric edits by myself. 🎄 #scotslanguage

Fancy celebrating the life of Scotland’s bard Robert Burns by learning some Burns songs over Zoom? 🥃 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Connect with other like-minded folks from all over the world with an interest in Scots language and song. Register for workshop 19th Jan here → ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/merch/robert...

A wee Scots cover of Merle Haggard and The Stranger's 'If We Make it Through December'. Exclusively on my Bandcamp. ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/track/if-we-...

Nothing says Christmas like a trip to the neurologist 🎄🔔

If you’re into Scottish folk music, please grab a download via my Bandcamp ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ionafyfe.bandcamp.com

Had lovely time at the Rector Christmas lunch yesterday. Over 70 students and staff joined for scran and games. A huge thanks to all staff and students, especially our wonderful Student Union for making my first year as Rector of the University of Aberdeen so enjoyable, illuminating and rewarding.❤️

“Scrapping these freeform cultural spaces is not a tidy schedule change, it is pulling away a piece of the foundation of music in this country." Thank you @janekbradley.bsky.social great piece in The Scotsman about the open letter to the BBC. Read the full story: tr.ee/eOv4E2 @ionafyfe.bsky.social

Desperate Housewives, eat yer hearts out! ❤️

I’m looking forward to singing and reading at the University of Aberdeen Celebration of Carols in London at St Marylebone Parish Church on Tues 16th. 🎄🔔 Sign up to attend: abdn.io/1Rn

This could be well fun! I’m now on Cameo🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v.cameo.com/e/aovc2A7g8Yb

A great 30 minute or so recap of a wonderful evening at Linen Hall in Belfast in June in discussion with Helen Mark and Anne McMaster. Twa powerhouse wimmen spikkin aboot the Scots leid! Thanks to NVTV Belfast for filming. youtu.be/3IJlhvzB_rA?...

I’m looking forward to singing and reading at the University of Aberdeen Celebration of Carols in London at St Marylebone Parish Church on Tues 17th. 🎄🔔 Sign up to attend: abdn.io/1Rn

Recognise anyone on Whisky Galore?

How many Iona is too many Iona?

Throwback. This time last year ❤️

Honoured to have represented @wearethemu.bsky.social at #NaTrads. The MU is fighting for fair pay, for stronger protections for performers, for venues, for education that keeps our traditions alive. Each nominee in this category is a shining example of the very best o innovation upon tradition.

Flu cases rising in the UK and what happens? Money grabbing companies charge £2.69 for something that’s steadily been around £1.50 since 2023.

Want to learn some Robert Burns songs in January? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃 I'm hosting an online Zoom workshop, open to all. We usually have a lovely bunch of folk from all over the World! ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/merch/robert...

Sophia Wilson is a brave girl from Aberdeenshire fighting an aggresive form of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). All options for treatment in the UK have been exhausted and the family now face raising over half a million to fund potentially life-saving care in the USA Plz support ➡️ gofund.me/6b6996850

In the most unsurprising of “big surprises”, Sir Malcolm Offord defects to Reform UK

Last month, 70,000 streams garnered me just £92. 🤨🥶 Streaming is severely detrimental to emerging and independent artists. TODAY is #BandcampFriday. All proceeds actually go to the artist. So if you’re considering supporting, download my 32 track full band compilation here → bit.ly/3Mi1JBG

JIST PICK OOT THEY BAWS AWREADY 😡 #worldcupdraw

JIST PICK OOT THEY BAWS AWREADY 😡

Last month, 70,000 streams garnered me just £92. 🤨🥶 Streaming is severely detrimental to emerging and independent artists. TODAY is #BandcampFriday. All proceeds actually go to the artist. So if you’re considering supporting, download my 32 track full band compilation here → bit.ly/3Mi1JBG

What countries do you want Scotland to be drawn against in the World Cup group stages? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆 Not long now until the draw!

Me lookin at u all post your Spotify wrapped knowing that I get 0.0003p per stream AND the CEO just uses his profits to fund war x download ma music on Bandcamp plz ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/album/iona-f...

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. A reminder that youth ≠ health. Not all disabilities are visible. Chronic illness, pain, fatigue, fibromyalgia and hypermobility syndrome has altered the way I live. It’s taken many years to learn how to advocate for myself properly.

Wow, the anti-migrant protest leaders in Aberdeen are incredibly dangerous. This is white supremacy, and it is alive and well in Scotland. #Disclosure

Watching the BBC Disclosure: “Are Refugees Welcome Here” and feeling sickened. The vox pops and interviews of fascist right-wing thugs masquerading as “activists” who are “protecting women and girls” is deeply concerning. The chat of “remigration” is terrifying. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Happy St Andrew’s Day tae aa Jock Tamson’s Bairns 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃

Musicians, this is your chance to feed into research about AI and your work! @wearethemu.bsky.social have circulated this survey. It takes about 10 minutes but is so so important! www.surveymonkey.com/r/X8QCDQD

It’s a folksingers job to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I urge followers not to look away and to never forget the suffering that the Palestinian people are still experiencing. 🕊️🇵🇸

Today marks the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence. I had a great, but very chilly, evening at the Reclaim the Night March in Aberdeen. I'm currently defrosting! 🥶 Second day of graduations tomorrow. Rector surgery Thursday at Student Union at 2pm!

This weeks office. Graduations at University of Aberdeen. 🎓 Congratulations to all graduates!