Winner of the Scots Singer of the Year 2018 and 2023, and Musician of the Year 2021 – the first singer to do so – at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, Aberdeenshire folksinger Iona Fyfe has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, and has been described as “one of the best Scotland has to offer.” (Global-Music.de).

She has toured throughout the UK, Poland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, US, and Australia, and performed with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as part of the World Premiere of Disney Pixar’s “Brave in Concert,” and performed at the Interceltique Festival De Lorient, plus renowned venues The Burren, and Freight and Salvage in the US.

She was nominated for “One To Watch,” and “Best Live Performance at the Sunday Herald Scottish Culture Awards 2018, was a finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year for 2017 and 2021, and won the 2017 Molloy Award at the Birmingham Irish TradFest. Iona graduated from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a first-class honours degree in Traditional Music, and holds FLCM Diploma (Fellow of London College of Music, equivalent to a Masters) in Traditional Voice.

She is a fierce advocate for the official recognition of the Scots Language, and is a fine exponent of the Doric dialect, winning Performer of the Year at the Scots Language Awards 2020. She has also twice been invited to be an Official International Showcase Performer at the Folk Alliance International Conferences, at one of which she was invited to perform for the Library of Congress’s Homegrown concert Series.

For more info, you can reach Iona at info@ionafyfe.com

“When it comes to folk music, she has one of the most stunning voices on the circuit today” – Artree
“An exceptional CD from an exceptional singer” – The Living Tradition
“The combination of Iona’s voice and delivery holds us spellbound throughout, hanging on every detail of the story” – Folk Radio UK