The Living Tradition - Issue 71 featuring Winter Traditions –Songs and traditions of Mid-Winter written by Nigel Schofield. Guitar Maestros - a DVD series giving an extraordinary insight into many top guitar players. Mary Smith - The singer from ' the singing island' of Lewis. Baring Gould Festival - Photo feature of one of Britain's newer traditional music festivals. Rachel Hair - Graduate of Strathclyde University starting a career in traditional music. Con 'Fada' O'Drisceoil - writer of many witty songs and stories. Fiddle Renaissance - Paul Anderson - passionate about the regional fiddle styles in Scotland. The Queensbury Rules - progress from the latest signing for Fellside Recordings. The Tom Bliss Folksong Workblook – Part 3 in Tom's songwriting workshop 'book' / 'blog'.

Plus...Session Index, Letters, Live Reviews and all the latest news and CD reviews from the World of Traditional Music.