BACKGROUND

The number of professional musicians playing traditional and tradition-based music in Scotland has been growing steadily since the mid 1980s, a growth that is likely to continue with the establishment of courses (certificate and degree) at Scottish universities and colleges.

One consequence of this increase has been not only the production of much new music in the folk idiom, but also an expansion of interest in producing work influenced and inspired by traditional music, but with wide scope and ambitious aims not necessarily satisfied by the restricted formal requirements of dance music and folk song. The innovative aspect of the current situation is that this new work is being done by musicians who either consciously describe themselves as folk or traditional musicians, or who, due to their collaboration and mixing with open minded musicians from every genre, eschew any kind of classification.

Distil was set up to provide these musicians with the opportunity to take time out from their busy schedules, to make time to learn from practised musicians in other fields had to use this new information in their own projects.

Distil Scotland Showcase - Stirling Tolbooth, Friday 12th November, 2010

Distil Scotland Showcase - Stirling Tolbooth, Friday 23rd October, 8pm 2009

Distil Cymru (Wales) 2, 28th September to 1st October 2009

Distil Film Course 2009

Check out our video from the first Distil Showcase on YouTube

Distil YouTube channel created

Distil Cymru (Wales) 1 videos uploaded

Distil 10, 19th - 22nd March 2009, New Lanark

Distil Wales 1, 19 - 22nd February 2009

Distil 9, 13th - 16th March 2008, New Lanark

Distil Showcase, Stirling Tolbooth 8th November 2008

Distil England Showcase, Saturday 8th March 2008

Distil England Residential, December 2007

Distil Scotland Showcase, Friday 27th October 2007.

Read the Distil England 2007 Showcase programme notes.

Distil England Showcase - Saturday 14th April, 2007

Distil 8 - March 2007 workshop leaders and participants

Distil Showcase, Stirling Tolbooth 20th October.

Distil England 3 - September 2006 worshop leaders and participants.

Distil 7 - October 2005 workshop leaders and participants

Distil England 2 - September workshop leaders and participants

Distil 6 - March 2005 workshop leaders and participants

Distil England 1 - February workshop leaders and participants

Distil 5 - October 2004 workshop leaders and participants

Distil 4 - March 2004 workshop leaders and participants

Distil 3 - October 2003 workshop leaders and participants

Distil 2 - March 2003 workshop leaders and participants

Distil 1 - October 2002 workshop leaders and participants

REPORTS:

Check out our photos from previous Distils.

Distil 1 & 2 Evaluation 24/09/03

Life After Distil 24/09/03

NEWS:
04/01/05 Arts Council of England approve funding for Distil England.

DISTIL 4 - New Lanark 25-28th March 2004

DISTIL 3 press release

DISTIL 3 - New Lanark 23-26th October 2003.