❄️ JANUARY GIGS ❄️

‘The Scottish Four Seasons’
23rd Jan - Celtic Connections
24th Jan - Stockbridge Music Hub

‘Daughters of Donbas’
28th Jan - Celtic Connections
29th Jan - St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh
30th Jan - University of St Andrews

‘The Hogmanay Waltz (Winter 2)’ - Isla Ratcliff (Music Video) YouTube video by Isla Ratcliff

🎶 NEW MUSIC VIDEO - OUT NOW 🎶

Happy Hogmanay! Here’s a waltz to celebrate ❄️

‘The Hogmanay Waltz (Winter 2)’ is from my recent album ‘The Scottish Four Seasons’, which you can buy on Bandcamp or listen to on Tidal.

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The Scottish Four Seasons, by Isla Ratcliff 14 track album

The Scottish Four Seasons by @islaratcliff.bsky.social now available on TIDAL to stream at high fidelity. Do listen 2 this stunning trad interpretation of Vivaldi s famous work. Support independent musicians by buying album together with poems & track notes islaratcliff.bandcamp.com/album/the-sc...

Tune in to BBC Radio Scotland ‘Classical Now’ at 7pm tonight to hear me chatting about my new album ‘The Scottish Four Seasons’ 🌸☀️🍁❄️🎻

Voting closes at midnight tonight! 🕛

Thank you so much!

A weekend of signing CDs, writing handwritten track lists for my crowdfunder supporters, packaging them up & getting to know my local post office staff very well 💿✍️📦📮🎻

Thank you to everyone who has bought my album & sent lovely messages. I’m feeling very happily overwhelmed by the response so far ❤️

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing and for your kind words! Really glad you’re enjoying it 😊

🌸☀️ THE SCOTTISH FOUR SEASONS - OUT NOW 🍁❄️

My album ‘The Scottish Four Seasons’ is out today! I’m SO excited that it’s finally out in the world for you to hear! 🥳

Listen / buy here: islaratcliff.bandcamp.com/album/the-sc...

Film by Jack Hinks @jackhinksmusic.bsky.social

This moment ❤️ Almost 2 years of work have led up to this! Watch to the end for my absolutely genuine *I thought I was off camera* reaction 🥹

Album release is tomorrow! CDs will be in the post tomorrow! 🎻💿

Pre-order your CD here: islaratcliff.bandcamp.com/album/the-sc...

Vlog No.3: A day of 2 radio interviews, 1 film shoot, 1 rehearsal, a haircut (not featured) and some happy tears 🥹

Only 4 days until album release!!! 🥳 Pre-order now on Bandcamp!

And only 6 days left to vote for me to be ‘Musician of the Year’ at the Trad Awards!

Now for some sleep… 😴

Isla x

✨ Album artwork reveal!!! ✨

I’m delighted to reveal this gorgeous album cover art by Elly Lucas. Elly took such care in creating this stunning collage of Scottish plants 🌱

You can now pre-order my album on Bandcamp!

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Only 5 days until release day!

Isla x

Vlog No.1: A day of admin, social media promo and a Hegedu rehearsal 💻🎻🎶

Vote for me for ‘Musician of the Year’ (deadline 16th Nov): projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...

Here is the first of several vlogs showing what being a professional musician actually involves (it’s not all music!).

I’ve been nominated for ‘Musician of the Year’ at the @handsupfortrad.bsky.social Trad Awards 2025! 🥳

This is SUCH an honour ❤️

Now I need you to vote for me! Voting closes on Sunday 16th November.

Vote here: projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmus...

✨ Friday 23rd January 2026 ✨

I am VERY excited to be performing my upcoming album, ‘The Scottish Four Seasons’, at Celtic Connections in the Barony Hall in January! I’ll be playing with a fantastic band 🎵

Tickets are on sale now from the Celtic Connections website! Can’t wait!!

#CCFest2026

Thank you to @heraldscotland.bsky.social for a lovely write-up about my work, alongside Electra Perivilatis, Jay Capperauld, Gillian Walker & Seyoung Oh🎵🎻

My single ‘Autumn Leaves (Autumn 1)’ was released yesterday! Listen to it on Bandcamp & streaming services 🍁

Isla x

🍁🎻 SINGLE RELEASE 🎻🍁

My single “Autumn Leaves (Autumn 1)” is released today!

islaratcliff.bandcamp.com/track/autumn...

This track is about having fun in autumn - playing with leaves, foraging for brambles & eating crumble!

I enjoyed turning Vivaldi’s original melody into a polka! 🎵

The Scottish Four Seasons - Isla Ratcliff's 2nd Album A Scottish trad arrangement of Vivaldi's 300-year-old 'The Four Seasons', highlighting its dance tunes and Scotland's climate concerns

✨ 3 days left on my crowdfunder ✨

Thank you for supporting my crowdfunder so far.

I have raised 70% of my target. I need to raise the remaining 30% in the next 3 days. If I don’t reach my target, I don’t get any money at all.

Any help - financial or sharing - is appreciated.

Thank you!
Isla x

The Scottish Four Seasons - Isla Ratcliff's 2nd Album A Scottish trad arrangement of Vivaldi's 300-year-old 'The Four Seasons', highlighting its dance tunes and Scotland's climate concerns

⭐️ My crowdfunder is live!!! ⭐️

I have just launched my crowdfunding campaign for my 2nd album, “The Scottish Four Seasons” - a Scottish trad reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s famous work to mark its 300th birthday!

I have 30 days to raise £11,000.

Thank you so much for your support!

Isla x

Join Isla Ratcliff's mailing list!

3) Join my mailing list (link below). This is where I will be sharing all updates about both my crowdfunding campaign and my album when it launches.

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Thank you so much for your help! I hugely appreciate it!

Isla x

Coming soon: The Scottish Four Seasons - Isla Ratcliff's 2nd Album A Scottish trad arrangement of Vivaldi's 300-year-old 'The Four Seasons', highlighting its dance tunes and Scotland's climate concerns

2) Share my pre-launch page (link below) with your friends and family. The more people this pre-launch page reaches, the better!

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Coming soon: The Scottish Four Seasons - Isla Ratcliff's 2nd Album A Scottish trad arrangement of Vivaldi's 300-year-old 'The Four Seasons', highlighting its dance tunes and Scotland's climate concerns

1) Click “Notify me on launch” on my crowdfunder pre-launch page (link below). This means that you will get notified when my crowdfunder launches. The more support I can get in the early days of my crowdfunder, the more successful my crowdfunder will be overall.

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✨ Please help me crowdfund my new album!

I will be launching my crowdfunding campaign for my new album, “The Scottish Four Seasons”, very soon!!!

I would really appreciate it if you could please help me in the lead-up to the launch by doing any of the following 3 actions:

Aw thanks, Gavin!

Thank you very much to Creative Scotland for funding the making of this album. This funding covers roughly half the costs, so I will also be running a crowdfunding campaign in about a month’s time, so please keep an eye out for that!

I can’t wait to share more details with you very soon!

Isla x

I am hugely excited to be working with these fantastic musicians:

Fiddle: Megan Henderson & Kristan Harvey

Viola: Lauren MacColl

Cello: Natalie Haas

Double bass: Charlie Stewart

Piano: Iona Reid

Producer: Anna Massie

🌟 ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟
“The Scottish Four Seasons” 🎻🌷❄️

My second album will be a Scottish trad reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” to mark its 300-year anniversary. Think jigs, reels & slow airs - keeping Vivaldi’s instrumentation, but rewriting his melodies & adding trad harmonies!

🔥 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON 🔥

I’ve made best pals with this guy over the past year! Who is he and what have I been working on??? All will be revealed very soon…!

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