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'Emergency' demand from island band over Gaelic culture funding

News Date: 28 April 2026
News Source: The Herald

One of Scotland’s most successful island bands of modern times has called for future support for Gaelic culture and the arts to be treated as a national "emergency" to help secure the future of the language.

Skye outfit Niteworks have warned that generations of talent could be “lost to the nation forever” because it has become becoming so difficult to sustain a career in the industry.

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