Great to hear harp duo Lauren Scott and Karen Marshalsay’s The Meeting of Friends on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. Available now from Bandcamp. laurenscottharp.bandcamp.com/album/the-me...

BBC Radio 3 In Tune Now Playing Lauren Scott, Lauren Scott & Karen Marshalsay The Meeting of Friends

I’ve 2 online workshops available to book now on my website Tunes for Winter on 15 Nov and New Year Tunes on 6 Dec - sheet music & audio on sign up and replay available after. Taught on lever harp #harp #onlinelearning #tunes #winter #newyear

Take a break from Christmas this December and get ready for Hogmanay! As we're all busy and broke then I'm making it a 2 hour workshop with a special price of only £15. Let's have some harp fun! Learn a set of trad Scottish jigs for the New Year online with me - 6 December. Info on my website.

Released Sept. 2025 On her second album, Karen Marshalsay plays the three Scottish harps – the lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach from the Gaelic tradition and the bray harp. www.karenmarshalsay.com www.facebook.com/karenmarshal... karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com open.spotify.com/playlist/2pL...

It’s always hard to narrow it down but the tunes are set for my online workshop on 15th Nov, a retreat march Dark Lowers the Night and Rory Campbell’s A Christmas Dance, then How Can We Abstain from Whisky into New Christmass. Come & learn some wintry tunes!

New single out now - lever, wire & bray harps in a soulful air and joyful reel by Lauren Scott- The Meeting of Friends #linkinbio #harp #newmusic

I’m running an online harp workshop on Saturday 15th November 3-6pm UK time when I’ll be sharing some Tunes for Winter on my lever harp. Sheet music & MP3’s sent in advance and access to the recording afterwards, mixed abilities (apart from complete beginners) www.karenmarshalsay.com/online-harp-...

And it’s bray and lever harps on the cheery reel to finish The Meeting of Friends with the composer Lauren Scott on lever harp! Out 7th October

Lever harp and wire strung clarsach on the first part of The Meeting of Friends by (and with!) Lauren Scott - new single out 7th October

Watch the Trad Harping October episode of the Poppy Harp Inspire series out now - I really enjoyed doing this chat with Fran Barsby youtu.be/t5xK2nE_lyA

It’s Bandcamp Friday! Eadarainn a’ Chruit : Between Us the Harp my new CD is up along with my first one and my most recent books too. And you can get a digital bundle of both CD downloads 😊 karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com/music

What’s better than a bray harps? Two bray harps of course! Duet with Alison Kinnaird from my new CD 😊

I'll be sending out the next newsletter at the end of the week - with a freebie too so sign up now if you'd like to get some harp news and a wee extra too! buff.ly/YDWBbj0

Blast of the bray harp from Radio 3 In Tune live on Friday! Listen in on BBC Sounds

It was great fun to play all 3 Scottish harps - lever, wire and bray- live for BBC Radio 3 In Tune with Petroc Trelawny on Friday 26th, in Inverness ahead of their great train journey next day broadcasting live on the way to London! Listen on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Harper Karen Marshalsay sound checking the bray harp ahead of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune live from Inverness today at 5pm. The bray harp’s tone might surprise you.

Proud 👏! Turned on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social last night to hear announcer say that friend @karenclarsach.bsky.social will be playing in a broadcast concert on Friday, oh yes indeed! #KarenMarshalsay #clarsach ❤️ 💙 💜

A beautiful piece I was lucky enough to hear played by the composer Tommy Smith and Gwilym Simcock at their recent @queens_hall gig - now up on YouTube ahead of a forthcoming live album release youtu.be/WrjEVFqqfx4?...

Looking forward to bringing the 3 Scottish harps to a live session on Friday for BBC Radio 3’s In Tune with Petroc Trelawny from the Royal Highland Hotel in Inverness! Listen in for lever, bray and wire-strung clarsach tunes and some chat, as well as songs from Julie Fowlis and a Gaelic choir.

Any central belt Scotland wire players on here? I’m teaching an in person workshop in West Lothian on 26th October, a lovely relaxed event aimed at beginner improver players interested in Scottish traditional folk music. 1130-4pm with potluck lunch see website for details/contact

New harp album connects traditions - feature from Rob Adams on Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp, out now! www.robadamsjournalist.com/index.asp

Check out my track with Allan MacDonald - Uamh an Oir, Cave of Gold, smallpipes, wire-strung clarsach, male and female Gaelic vocals -on The Skinny New Scottish Music playlist! From my new CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp. buff.ly/VShgnyj Spotify playlist buff.ly/tF4IDkR YouTube playlist

Thanks to Harp Column for spreading the news of my recent CD release! Check their website out. buff.ly/nL3MWfA

Gealach a’ Bhruic - Badger’s Moon, the October full moon - solo bray harp on Eadarainn a’ Chruit : Between Us the Harp CD out now karenmarshalsay.com/buy/p/eadarain…

Thanks to Kathleen MacInnes for playing tunes from my new album last night sitting in for Iain Anderson on BBC Radio Scotland #harp #clarsach #wirestrungharp #newcd #newmusic

Four star review for the new album in the Scotsman today 😊

#NowPlaying #blackdogradio Track: Flow Gently Sweet Afton / Ae Fond Kiss / Rory Dall's Port Artist: Karen Marshalsay Album: Between Us the Harp Release Date: 2025 Socials: @karenclarsach.bsky.social Web: karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com www.mixcloud.com/live/blackdo...

Leaving Bellevue, the last track from my new CD released today, was written on leaving top floor tenement life for one by the sea - and it’s Bandcamp Friday today 😊 so a good day for buying downloads or get a physical copy from my website! karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com/album/eadara...

It's Bandcamp Friday AND the release of my new CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp! If you use digital downloads then Bandcamp is the best place to go as more money goes direct to artists and on Bandcamp Fridays the platform waives its fees, making it the best day to buy!

It's Bandcamp Friday AND the release of my new CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp! If you use digital downloads then Bandcamp is the best place to go as more money goes direct to artists and on Bandcamp Fridays the platform waives its fees, making it the best day to buy!

The special preorder offers for my upcoming CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp end in 4 days! It's released on Friday 5th and preorders close at 12 noon on Thursday 4th, so don't miss out if you'd like the PDF of the tunes, or a special online 1-1 lesson.

A taster of the new album out on 5th September, and available on my website, Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple and all the usual places! The special preorder offers on my website end at 12 noon on Thursday 4th so if you fancy a PDF with all the tunes, or a 1-1 online lesson don't delay!

Listening in just now to Wool91.5 fm to hear the interview I did with Eric Kallio last week for the Rise and Shine show from Vermont! Listen in now by tuning into buff.ly/MoKDI8g and click the Listen Now link, or for 2 weeks after on the WOOL Shows Archive section of the website.

The special preorder offers for my upcoming CD Eadarainn a' Chruit : Between Us the Harp end in 4 days! It's released on Friday 5th and preorders close at 12 noon on Thursday 4th, so don't miss out if you'd like the PDF of the tunes, or a special online 1-1 lesson.

Great to hear Uncle Hugh's Lullaby on Radio 3 Music Planet yesterday with presenter Kathryn Tickell playing a fantastic mix of music from around the world. Listen in on BBC Sounds. buff.ly/WCE1Qt6 #newmusic #harp #brayharp #bbcradio3 #musicplanet

My new single Uncle Hugh’s Lullaby, released on 15 August is in the latest Trad Music Forum playlist- check it out alongside some other new releases from Scottish musicians! buff.ly/eDxAM0n

A taster of the new album out on 5th September, preorders available on my website (karenmarshalsay.com) and pre saves on Spotify, Apple and all the usual places!

New album out on 5th September and available to preorder now at buff.ly/1WD74Yc

Thanks to Iain Anderson Show on BBC Radio Scotland for playing a track from my upcoming album last night! Listen on BBC Sounds to hear myself with Cathal McConnell and Kathryn Nicoll on The Gates of the Yellow Town/The Eagle's Whistle a favourite from our Cathal McConnell Trio gigs! buff.ly/aYikgLi

5 page feature on my recent book, The Hag Stone in the latest issue of the Folk Harp Journal (Fall 2025). "Karen's book is more than a collection of new tunes. It's a call to creativity within the tradition. In a space where the lineage is broken, she offers us a living bridge." buff.ly/JC3zPVz

Love the artwork created by Archie MacFarlane for the upcoming CD - all the harps here in the middle CD slot of the digipak, with the wee harp shining bright in the Crail doocot! You can get an advance copy now ahead of the 5th September release date at buff.ly/6rPp4NA

"A statement of tradition" MNS 15/8/25 Thanks to @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social for the musician profile and preview of my upcoming CD - released on 5th September but available to preorder from my website now or presave for downloads. www.yumpu.com/en/document/...

Album release day is getting closer! But you can still get a preorder copy posted out before 5th September date or take advantage of some of the special preorder only offers (PDF of the tunes, both albums, 1-1 online lesson, or get a tune written for you!) www.karenmarshalsay.com/cdpreorders

Come see us today 6.30 pm venue 125!

The Whistlebinkies getting ready for our Fringe gig on Saturday 6.30pm artSpace@StMarks on Castle Terrace! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Presave the new album now on all the regular places! It really helps with the algorithm 🙏😊 listen.scot/kmeac

Presave the new album now on all the regular places! It really helps with the algorithm 🙏😊 listen.scot/kmeac

The Whistlebinkies getting ready for our Fringe gig on Saturday 6.30pm artSpace@StMarks on Castle Terrace! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Reminder that tomorrow is the last day for orders to the US from my website due to new regulations! karenmarshalsay.com/cdpreorders