There was an official invasion of Shetlanders in Stromness at the weekend – but they were extremely well behaved. No late nights, no tunes, no drinking and just generally no craic.

Okay, I’m fibbing! Indeed, you have to admire the Orkney Folk Festival committee for being brave enough to invite Fiddlers’ Bid, Fullsceilidh Spelemannslag and…

Fiddlers’ Bid, Fullsceilidh Spelle­manslag and the Shetland Sessions are among the acts lined up for this year’s Orkney Folk Festival in May.

One of the highlights of the festival is the visit of the House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band, from Lanarkshire, which have been World Pipe Band Champions 15 times and also…