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19 APRIL PAPER BEATS ROCK / GOAT LEAF / ZODIAC N BLACK; Bannermans, Cowgate, Edinburgh. Tickets, £5. Time 8pm. ART OF PRIVILEGE, AFTERLIFE; Sneaky Pete’s. 73 Cowgate. Edinburgh. Time 7pm. 20 APRIL GEORGIA GORDON; The Big Barge Chill, Union Path Canal, Edinburgh. CODA MUSIC - RECORD STORE DAY This year Coda will be celebrating RSD with live performances from Karine Polwart, Inge Thomson & Rachel Newton at 3pm. Jenna Reid with Kevin MacKenzie at

4pm. As well as the many exclusive Record Store Day releases, the 20th will also be the opening day of our new space 'The VINYL ROOM'. The shop has been refurbished to include a new space in which we will be stocking a large selection of brand new Imports and U.K. vinyl releases. 'The VINYL ROOM' Coda Music, 12, Bank St, The Mound, Edinburgh.

He stayed on a mate's floor with a laptop and a few microphones, and inspired by this dark time, Harry wrote and recorded PostBreakdown Blues. Joining the former DINOSAUR PILE-UP guitarist will be our mates...THE LAST BATTLE (acoustic) Fantastic indie/folk/pop gems from Scott Longmuir along with his slightly smaller than usual band of merry men and women and ASTRONAUT HEAD 21 APRIL Disarmingly powerful off-kilter alt. pop from this currently HARRY GEORGE JOHNS / THE Edinburgh-based Buffalo, New LAST BATTLE (acoustic) / Yorker. Henderson’s Cafe. St. ASTRONAUT HEAD; Leeds John’s Church 3 Lothian Road, based musician HARRY GEORGE Edinburgh. Time: 7pm-10pm, JOHNS will be taking his Tickets: £5 on the door. 18+ brooding solo acoustic stylings on the road after the release of LENE LOVICH BAND; The his debut mini album PostVoodoo Rooms, 19a West Breakdown Blues. Keeping Register Street, Edinburgh. things as DIY as possible, Harry From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. has handpicked several intimate Advance tickets £12.50 available venues, one of which is the from Tickets Scotland fantastic Henderson's Café. (Edinburgh). Over 18 only. Post-Breakdown Blues is an incredibly personal diary of a 22 APRIL dark and desperate time. As Winter 2011 was in full flow, MAMA'S BABY; Bannermans, Harry found himself confronting Cowgate, Edinburgh. Tickets £4. issues such as mental illness, Time 8pm. heartbreak and homelessness.

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guests. Scottish Trail Tour. End of Leg 1, Voodoo Rooms, 19a BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of West Register St, Edinburgh. banjos blended with fiddle, Time 7pm. double-bass and drums in a lineup that deftly captures the CHARITY NIGHT FOR S.A.N.D. atmospheric Blueflint sound. S. WITH THe Resistance+ DJ Leith Folk Club, The Victoria Park Massive Heid+ DJ Kels Bells. The House Hotel, Clarke Suite, 221 Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Tickets Register Street, Edinburgh. From £7. www.leithfolkclub.com 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Admission £10. Over 18 only. 24 APRIL RAINTOWN; Multi award APRIL SHARON KING & THE winning Scottish duo ‘Raintown’ RECKLESS ANGELS (Part of are fast gaining the reputation Edinburgh Trad Fest). Pleasance as one of the hottest Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, Contemporary Country acts in Edinburgh. Tickets are £10, £8 Europe. Forget any preconceived (concessions), and £6 ideas of what you think Country (members). Ticket reservations: Music is – the newly engaged ebort@ed.ac.uk / ph 0131 650 couple, Paul Bain and Claire 2458 McArthur dynamically front a fantastic 5 piece band that will 25 APRIL blow you away! They share lead vocals and with their signature DINGUS KHAN / KING harmonies will have you hooked. EIDER / MINDS OF Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, MONTAGE, Described as "Rising Edinburgh, Time 7pm. like a behemoth from the sludge of the Stour Estuary, DINGUS 27 APRIL KHAN are exactly what you'd imagine a band with a name like SAMH FUNDRAISER’ Dingus Khan to be. They consist Bannermans, Cowgate, of three drummers to keep your Edinburgh. Tickets tbc. Time heart beating. Three bass 8pm. players to keep your feet tapping. A singing guitarist to SEA BASS KID; The Voodoo melt young girls' hearts. And an Rooms, 19a West Register electric ukulele demon just to Street, Edinburgh. From 9pm keep you on your toes. Let 1am in The Ballroom. Advance Dingus Khan play their rock and tickets £7 stbf available from roll music my boy, and let them Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh). play it Hard and Fast. Then Slow Buy online here. Over 18 only. and Steady. Then Hard and Fast." The Wee Red Bar, BROTHER AND BONES’ Sneaky Edinburgh College Of Art, Pete’s 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Time 7pm. Time: 7pm –10pm Tickets: £6 from http://www.scottish. 28 APRIL ticketsource.co.uk/ Age ABSOLUTE BOWIE (BOWIE Restriction. TRIBUTE) Bannermans, BEN BEDFORD+ JAY BROWN’ Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. From 30 APRIL 8pm in The Speakeasy. Advance APRIL NORDIC FIDDLERS tickets £10 stbf available from BLOC (Part of Edinburgh Trad Ripping Records. Over 18 only. Fest). Pleasance Theatre, 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Tickets GEORGIA GORDON Traverse are £10, £8(concessions), and Sessions, Traverse Theatre, 10 £6(members). Ticket Cambridge Street, Edinburgh reservations: ebort@ed.ac.uk / 8pm ph 0131 650 2458 £12/£10/£8. DRENGE & TEMPLES CO2 MAY HEADLINE; Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Time 7pm. GEORGIA GORDON; Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh. 26 APRIL 8pm. BONGRIPPER /CONAN / 4 MAY HUMANFLY / ATRAGON; Bannermans, Cowgate, GEORGIA GORDON; Edinburgh. Tickets £10. Time Hendersons, Hanover Street, 7:30pm Edinburgh 7-9pm AARON WRIGHT and 2 other

9 MAY GEORGIA GORDON The Jazz Bar, 1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh 10 MAY BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of banjos blended with fiddle, double-bass and drums in a lineup that deftly captures the atmospheric Blueflint sound. Paisley Arts Centre, 15 New St, Town Centre, Paisley.

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19 APRIL BLEECH /THE ZIPS; Kin Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm. £5 tickets from The Zips www. thezips.co.uk

CLINT / ORIGIN SINS / SUNNY SENSE / STRAIGHT RAZOR ANGLES /AMY LYON; 29 MAY Maggie Mays Basement, 60 The BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of Trongate, Glasgow, Doors 7.30pm, Entry £6 banjos blended with fiddle, double-bass and drums in a lineDAN SOUTH, If you’ve got a up that deftly captures the Rock 'n' Roll problem, we've got atmospheric Blueflint sound. the solution. Rock N Roll, Blues, Dalkeith Arts Centre. 2 White Rock, Funk Soul & the kitchen Hart Street, Dalkeith. sink. Slouch 203-205 Bath St, Glasgow. 11pm-3am. Free Entry

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Free. BLEECH / The Zips / Halfrican; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Price £6.00. 20 APRIL

22 APRIL DOG IS DEAD / MT / Jack Butler; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Price £10.00.

KING CHARLES / We Were Evergreen / Jessica Tonder; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Price £10.00

CHASING OWLS / PRONTO MAMA / BILLY VINCENT / QUICKBEAM; Billy Vincent is GRINGOLO CHOLLO PLUS one part Bill, one part Vincent, GUESTS, live jazz quartet three parts raggle taggle featuring special gusts from maverick vagabond troubadour around the world, Slouch 203a cocktail to grace any happy 205 Bath St, Glasgow. Doors hour inspired adventure.Billy 9pm, Free Entry Barratt and David Vincent’s inspired tales from the front line WALTER SCHREIFELS; King of life delve deep into a narrative Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St so resonant it beggars belief that MEATMEN paying the best Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors two south Londoners, so young, Classic old time Rock n’Roll, 8.30pm. Price £9.00. can draw on such a deep seam Maggie Mays Bar, 60 The of emotion with such engaging Trongate, Glasgow, Doors 6pm, DIVAS; 23 – 25. May Miller, empathy. They deliver evocative Free Entry. Barbara Bryceland and Ashley stories – if indeed that is what McCullagh Hosted by the they are (my god I hope these AMY DUNCAN; Stereo, Renfield outrageous Ms Cheri Treiffel. guys haven’t lived all this!) - of Lane, Glasgow. Time 7pm. Music and Arrangement by life’s bittersweet chapters that Robert H Miller Three of past masters of the art, Cave, THE LEISURE SOCIETY / Glasgow’s top female performers Davies, Morrisey & Stipe have Keston Cobblers Club; King return to East Kilbride with taken years to hone. Nice and Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Diva’s. A Glasgow institution Sleazy, Sauchihill Street, Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors that needs no introduction, May Glasgow. Time 7.30pm. Tickets 8.30pm. Price £12.00 Miller an her husband, tonight’s £5 / £6. music maestro, Robert, have AARON WRIGHT - Full Band been performing for over twenty 26 APRIL Appearance, Scottish Trail Tour, year’s. Village Theatre, Maxwell Cuan Mor, 60 George St, Oban. Drive, East Kilbride Tickets. THE ZIPS / RAT PATROL / £15.00, Time 8pm. LOCAL SUPPORT. East Kilbride 21 APRIL Arts Centre, 51 Old Coach Rd, 24 APRIL East Kilbride, Glasgow. Time JAMIE BUTTON playing all your 8pm. Tickets £5. old favourites from past to TIJUANA BIBLES, Late night present, Maggie Mays Bar, 60 bar bites, booze and blues, HIDDEN AGENDA Maggie Mays The Trongate, Glasgow, Doors Slouch 203-205 Bath St, Basement, 60 The Trongate, 9pm, Entry Free Glasgow. Doors 9pm, Free Glasgow, Doors 7.30pm, Entry Entry. £6 ROBIN MCKINVEN/GRAEME GRAY/SARAH SWIRE, Slouch LITTLE COMETS / Poor DAN SOUTH, If you’ve got a 203-205 Bath St, Glasgow. Things’ King Tut's Wah Wah Rock 'n' Roll problem, we've got Doors 6pm, Free Entry. Hut. 272a St Vincent Street, the solution…Rock N Roll, Blues, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Price Rock, Funk Soul & the kitchen BROMHEADS / Steve Heron; £11.00. sink. Slouch 203-205 Bath St, Bromheads are a 50's inspired Glasgow. 11pm-3am, Free Entry garage band formed in Sheffield, HAPPY MARTYR / THE UK in 2009. Formed by Tim COFFINS AND THE BROWN BEAR AND THE Hampton,and Dan Potter from APPARELLS; Happy Martyr who BANDITS & MINIATURE their previous 3 piece band consist of Boz Boorer (The DINOSAURS / Junebug; Bromheads Jacket. They're a Polecats/Morrisey) and Alex Brown Bear & The Bandits are a duo building a reputation for Lusty (Acarine and Who shot three piece from Largs in raucous live shows in the UK in who?) will be playing their 1st Scotland. Combining folk guitar, bedsits, underground clubs to ever performance in Scotland, celtic airs and pop hooks with guerrilla gigs in libraries. King with a mixture of acoustic and meaningful lyrics, they creates a Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St rap and with rave reviews of unique "must hear' soundKing Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors their last album it will be one to Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St 8.30pm. Price £8.00. watch support comes from 2 Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors rising local bands The Coffins 8.30pm. Price £6.00. OPEN MIC AT COSSACHOK, and The Apparells, Over 18's Whether it's your voice or an only. Audio, 14 Midland Street, CRY PARROT 6TH BIRTHDAY instrument come along, get on Glasgow, Doors 7pm - 11 pm, With Sacred Paws / Hector stage and perform blues, folk, Price: £6.50 tickets from Bizerk / Tut Vu Vu / Ultimate trad, country and pop classics. www.wegottickets.com Thrush / Ela Orleans / Sad City. World renowned musicians Plus DJ sets from David guitarist Nigel Clark and 25 APRIL Barbarossa, Mother and Fergus violinist Lev Atlas - will make Clark. The Glue Factory, everyone welcome. Russian THE BLOKES Playing the best Glasgow, 9pm – late. Tickets £5. Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 King Folk and blues around, Maggie Street, Merchant City, Glasgow. Mays Bar, 60 The Trongate, 27 APRIL Time 8.30pm. Glasgow, Doors 10pm, Entry THE 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN BLUES BAND / FAITHFUL STRANGER / PERPETUAL MOTION / AN HERO / DAVID MCQUARRIE (ACOUSTIC); Maggie May's, Trongate, Merchant City, Glasgow. Door Time 7.30pm, Tickets £6/£4. Tickets From Door Contact - www.facebook

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MEATMEN paying the best Classic old time Rock n’Roll, Maggie Mays Bar, 60 The Trongate, Glasgow, Doors 6pm, Free Entry WHEEESHT / FRANNY MCKEOWN, Maggie Mays Basement, 60 The Trongate, Glasgow, Doors 7.30pm, Entry £6 MINUS THE BEAR; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Price £11.00. LITTLE EYE, special Saturday afternoon show. ABC, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 12.00pm. MARK ANGELS special Saturday afternoon show. ABC, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 12.00pm. CLOSE AND FEMALE; Following on from last season’s sell out concerts, the ladies from Up Close and Female return to the Arts Centre stage with an evening of music, laughter and song. East Kilbride Arts Centre, 51 Old Coach Rd, East Kilbride, Glasgow. Tickets £9.00 / £7.00 concession. Time 8.00pm. www. sllcboxoffice.co.uk WHAMBAM ROCKETMAN; Welcome to Whambam Rocketman, The UK's biggest and best tribute show to two of Great Britain's most prolific singer/songwriters George Michael & Sir Elton John. Whambam Rocketman are a 10 piece band who will recreate all the hits from both artists, so if were a 70's, 80's or even 90's music fan then there is something here for you as the band will transport you back through the decades with a powerfully dynamic show lasting almost 3 hours. You will not believe you're ears or you're eyes as the likeness in both appearance and voice is truly uncanny! Be prepared to be blown away! Welcome to the experience that is Whambam Rocketman! Village Theatre, Maxwell Drive, East Kilbride. admission £12.00 / £10.00 concession. time 7.30pm, 28 APRIL JAMIE BUTTON playing all your old favourites from past to present, Maggie Mays Bar, 60 The Trongate, Glasgow, Doors 9pm, Entry Free JIM N THE CRICKETS/ VANETTA VALS/HERBORG HANSEN, Slouch 203-205 Bath St, Glasgow. Doors 6pm, Free

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Entry PEATBOG FAERIES That veritable "tour de force" Peatbog Faeries are about to leave their native Island of Skye for a short trip to the mainland!! As you know, they whip up a storm of traditional jigs and reels fused with jazz, hi-hop and reggae!!!!! Any in the audience, new to "the Faeries", nwont know what's hit them !!!! The Scottish Music Show, New Lanark. Checkout http://www. thescottishmusicshow.com/ for more info. GITANE ECOSSE, Returning by special request to Russian Cafe Cossachok, Gitane Ecosse features Polish gypsy jazz guitar virtuosos Ricardo Wiszniewski and Darius Szoma who join with compatriot Janek Drewniak (bass) and Andy Whiteford (sax & clarinet) to pay tribute to the music of Django Reinhardt. An evening guaranteed to get your toes tapping. Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow. Time 8.30pm. ROBBEN FORD Support comes from Tristan Mackay; One of the greatest guitarists in rock, Robben Ford is known primarily for his blues guitar, but respected for his ability to cross genres and excel in them all. Originally a member of jazzfusion band L.A. Express, he released his first solo album The Inside Story in 1976, and began touring the world under his own name in 1988 on the back of Talk To Your Daughter. Five Grammy nominations later, he has also collaborated with musicians as diverse as Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and KISS over a 44 year career of prolific touring and recording. In 2010, Robben formed his first rock band, Renegade Creation, along with Michael Landau, Jimmy Haslip and Gary Novak. They released Bullet in 2012 – a work sharing the same top-notch musicianship, energy and enthusiasm which characterises his live shows. “The idea was to not re-invent the wheel,” says Ford. “Everyone knows the blues. My concept was to put great players together with songs that have deep roots and rich emotional terrain, and to just let something beautiful happen. As it turns out, that’s exactly what occurred.”This is a seated show. The Arches, Glasgow. Enter through Argyle Street entrance. 18plus. Time 7.30pm - 10pm, Tickets £25 adv.

can get together to drink and 29 APRIL dance without the pretence. Guest DJ Gerry Lyons (abc DINGUS KHAN / Quiet as a Saturdays + Nice 'N' Sleazys). Mouse. "Rising like a behemoth The Flying Duck, 142 renfield from the sludge of the Stour Street, Glasgow. Time 11pm – Estuary, Dingus Khan are 3am. Tickets £5 / £3. exactly what you'd imagine a band with a name like Dingus 4 MAY Khan to be. They consist of FREAKBEATS; A 60’s mod three drummers to keep your happening. Jamo and guests heart beating. Three bass playing a load of 45’s for your players to keep your feet dancing pleasure. The Flying tapping. A singing guitarist to melt young girls' hearts. And an Duck, 142 renfield Street, Glasgow. Time 11pm – 3am. electric ukulele demon just to Tickets £5 / £3. keep you on your toes. Let Dingus Khan play their rock and roll music my boy, and let them 5 MAY play it Hard and Fast. Then Slow WHERE THE FOLKS AT; and Steady. Then Hard and Weekly live folk sessions in the Fast."King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. cosy Kitchen Bar. The Flying 272a St Vincent Street, Duck, 142 renfield Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Price Glasgow. Time 11pm – 3am. £6.00. Tickets Free. 30 APRIL GRINGOLO CHOLLO plus guests, live jazz quartet featuring special gusts from around the world. Slouch 203205 Bath St, Glasgow. Doors 9pm, Free Entry. WASHINGTON IRVING / The Graveyard Band / Siobhan Wilson; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Price £7.00 1 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents CHUCK PROPHET & THE MISSION EXPRESS plus THE WYNNTOWN MARSHALS: In Oran Mor, Glasgow. Tickets from Tickets Scotland on 0141 204 5151 and www.ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 2 MAY JAZZ KITCHEN; Weekly jazz jam-sessions in a cosy atmosphere. The Flying Duck, 142 renfield Street, Glasgow. Time 9pm. Tickets Free

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THE LITTLE KICKS, MOSCO, The Little Kicks are a 4 piece band based in Scotland who have a reputation for a great live show and are known for their distinctly catchy upbeat indie pop songs. Since their formation the band have toured across the UK in their own right several times to a great response. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. 18plus. Free entry. 20 APRIL

HOTEL CALIFORNIA -Eagles Tribute. Formed in 1999, Hotel MAIREARAD & ANNA; MultiCalifornia came from humble instrumentalists and award beginnings having been winners, Mairearad Green conceived as a band to play in (accordion and bagpipes) and local pubs and clubs in the Anna Massie (guitar, banjo, Edinburgh area. Having served HARSH TUG; All the greatest fiddle) are an instantly their time in working men's hip-hop and gangster rap from captivating duo, providing a clubs all over Scotland and The Notorious B.A.G. in highly energetic performance Northern England, Hotel partnership with Glasgow Roller with a warm and friendly stage California cut their teeth and Derby. The Flying Duck, 142 presence. Having both grown up refined their sound for a number renfield Street, Glasgow. Time in the Scottish Highlands with of years. Mundell Music, Back 11pm – 3am. Tickets £5. similar musical backgrounds Stage The Green Hotel, 2 The (most notably, mandolin playing Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £18 25 MAY Dads!) Mairearad and Anna share an innate understanding of ED MUIRHEAD, The Green HOUNDIN' THE STREETS; Jer Scottish culture and music. They Room, 97 Canal Street, Perth, Reid and Martin Law are bringing have an intuitive approach to http://edmuirhead.co.uk to you the beginnings of Punk, each other’s musical ideas and Hip Hop and Disco. Some of the interpretations, and an "almost THE TWIST more tbc. The best sounds that ever came out telepathic communication" on Banter Thief’s, Pilgrims Carnival, of New York. A collection of all stage (Hi-Arts), honed through THE TWIST are a five-piece the best artists from New York ten years playing alongside one Indie-Pop-Rock band hailing around the late 70′s and early another. As well as their from Dundee and are the city's 80′s. A vibrant happening every acclaimed endeavours as a fastest growing band and have month. The Flying Duck, 142 duo – which have produced five been packing out venues across renfield Street, Glasgow. Time star reviews and a fan base Scotland since their formation in 11pm – 3am. Tickets £5 / £3. featuring KT Tunstall – 2009. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, individually Mairearad and Anna Dundee. Time 8pm. 26 MAY can also be seen performing with a number of well-known artists; 21 APRIL WHERE THE FOLKS AT; The Poozies, Blazin’ Fiddles, Weekly live folk sessions in the Karen Matheson, Bella Hardy, AXIS OF, PANICBYFLARE, cosy Kitchen Bar. The Flying and Box Club, and together they More TBC. Axis Of formed in Duck, 142 renfield Street, join Scotland’s one and only 2007, and after various line up Glasgow. Time 6pm – 8pm. Celtic Big Band, The Unusual changes they released debut Tickets Free. Suspects. Tolbooth, Jail Wynde, single "Brobdingnagian" in late Stirling. Time 8pm, Tickets £12/ 2009, launching in Belfast in NOISE FOR VENDOR MOUTH; £10. January 2010. Since early 2010 Music from Africa to dance to. the band have enjoyed a rise in The Flying Duck, 142 renfield LIGHTS OUT BY NINE; A ninepopularity, partly due to the Street, Glasgow. Time 11pm – piece soul and blues collective release of their 2nd single "Port 3am. Tickets £5 / £3. from Fife. Learning their craft Na Spaniagh", which was through the classic songs of Otis released along with a music 30 MAY Redding, Wilson Pickett and video, available on YouTube. 20 Ronald Isley to name but a few Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. JAZZ KITCHEN; Weekly jazz Lights Out By Nine have now Time 8pm. Free, 18plus. jam-sessions in a cosy developed a collection of original atmosphere. The Flying Duck, songs which is commanding a 22 APRIL 142 renfield Street, Glasgow. growing amount of media Time 9pm. Tickets Free. attention. Mundell Music, Back 20 ROCKS DUNDEE OPEN Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 The JAM. Open Mic/Jam, all welcome 31 MAY Muirs, Kinross Tickets £12 to participate or just relax and enjoy the music. Hosted by Sean SUPERFLY; The legendary soul, CLAUDIA AURORA, Carnegie Cairns. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, funk and indie club of the Hall, E Port, Dunfermline, Time Dundee. Time 8pm. Free entry. Woodside Social fame's returns 7.30pm. Tickets £12. ww.onfife. 18+ only. to the Duck. The Flying Duck, com/events 142 renfield Street, Glasgow. 23 APRIL Time 11pm – 3am. Tickets £5 /

BRIAN KENNEDY is one of Ireland's most successful ambassadors of music. He discovered his voice when he found that he could repeat a note pitch perfect in music class in school and could harmonise along with the radio. Some years later he found himself in the enviable position of having three albums in the top 30 of the Irish album charts simultaneously. Described by Q Magazine as having 'a voice to charm the angels', it is clear that Brian will only continue to strengthen his reputation as a unique artist with a distinctive and extraordinary musical talent. Mundell Music, Back Stage The Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £15. 24 APRIL KING KING. Winners of 'Best Band' & 'Best Album' 2012 in The British Blues Awards. Winners of 'Best Band' & 'Best Album' in Blues Matters Magazine Writers Poll 2011. Energetic and dynamic Soulful Blues/Rock! Mundell Music, Back Stage The Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £15. KING OF THE STRINGS HEAT 4. The final heat of the King of the Strings competition. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 7pm. 25 APRIL SHARON KING & THE RECKLESS ANGELS; Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club, Polish Exservicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starting at 7.30pm till about 10.30pm. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub. co.uk 26 APRIL Rubber Stamp Promotions present THE UNDERGROUND JAM with NINJA KEBAB: 8pm in Central Bar, Cardenden. Tickets £6 from www.ticketweb. co.uk or from Central Bar www.facebook.com/RubberStampPromotions

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greats in country and rock, including Joe Cocker, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton and the Everly Brothers. As well as being a top guitarist, he is also a red hot piano player and a pretty good singer too. His new band (well, they've been together for 15 years!) comprises some of DIDDUMS, THE MANDRAKES, the best known rock 'n' roll and AWKWARD SQUAD. Famously country players in Britain. reclusive and unwilling to step Mundell Music, Back Stage The into the limelight information on Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, the band is mostly made up of Kinross. Tickets £28. heresay, myth and legend. Some say "Diddums" have PERTH STRATHSPEY & REEL existed in some form since 1961 SOCIETY’ We are delighted to and that the current line up is welcome back the Perth only the latest in a long line of Strathspey & Reel Society for an members who have filled the evening of Scottish traditional various roles in the group music. This year’s event features through the years. 20 Rocks, 15 guest artists Billy Anderson, Ian Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Lees and the Julie Young 18plus. Free entry. Dancers. Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, Perth. Tickets 27 APRIL £13.50; no concessions. (includes booking fee). Time MAMA- ALL ERA GENESIS 7pm. TRIBUTE; Mama Recently formed from a number of high THE TWILIGHT SAD, UNITED caliber bands, Mama are FRUIT, VLADIMIR. The dedicated to reproducing the Twilight Sad describe their sound sights and sounds of a high as "folk with layers of noise", as octane contemporary Genesis they are based on experiences rock concert with great that have happened to them, musicianship and a full light around their hometowns or show. The music selection people they know. They often features the classic material cite the works of Daniel from the full history of the band. Johnston, Serge Gainsbourg, Phil The sky is the limit for this band Spector, Arab Strap, and and whilst the setlist is still in a Leonard Cohen as influences. By state of transition, you can the time of their third album, the interact with the band on this band began exploring Industrial website (which includes a forum) and Krautrock facets of their and let them know which of your influences, citing artists such as favourites, obscure or popular Caberet Voltaire, Public Image you want them to play for you. Ltd, Can, Liars, Autechre, and Mundell Music, Back Stage The Magazine as key inspirations. 20 Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Kinross. Tickets £15 Time 8pm. Tickets £10 / £12 on the door. 18plus. ED MUIRHEAD; 2 hours of original songs from Dundee 29 APRIL singer-songwriter-piano-player, The Bay View, 69 B Earn 20 ROCKS DUNDEE OPEN Crescent, Dundee. From 5pm, JAM. Open Mic/Jam, all http://edmuirhead.co.uk welcome to participate or just relax and enjoy the music. JAMES GRANT, Widely Hosted by Sean Cairns. 20 regarded as one of the best Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. singer songwriters and Time 8pm. Free entry. 18+ only. performers in the business that we call 'show' James will play an 1 MAY array of his classic songs from KING OF THE STRINGS SEMIthe eighties through the noughties and beyond. Carnegie FINAL 1 – The first semi-final of the King of the Strings Hall, E Port, Dunfermline, Time competition. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward 7.30pm. Tickets £13. www.onfife.com/events/james- Road, Dundee. Time 7pm. grant RICKY ROSS, In 2012 Ricky Ross celebrated 25 years in 28 APRIL Deacon Blue, withthe release of ALBERT LEE & HOGANS a Top 20 album and a sell-out HEROES; Albert Lee's 17 date UK tourwith the band. In impeccable country music and 2013 Ricky plans on doing rock pedigree stretches back something a littledifferent, over more than 40 years. He has taking the opportunity to play performed with many of the songs from his solocareer,

including tracks from his new solo album Trouble CameLooking, some Deacon Blue songs that you might not normallyhear, as well as some of their classics. Carnegie Hall, E Port, Dunfermline, Time 7.00pm. Tickets £20. www.onfife.com/events/rickyross 2 MAY VAMM; (Shetlandic: to bewitch and entrance) is an exciting string trio that weaves melody and harmony together creating a rich sound bursting with texture and groove. Expect to be wrapped in a full sound contrasted by dynamic subtleties and moments of intimate quietness that will take your breath away. Fiddlers Catriona Macdonald (Shetland), Patsy Reid (Perth) and mandola player Marit Fält (Norway) bring their own musical traditions to their sound, relish the unlimited possibilities of great melodies, and play them with fun and exuberance. Carnegie Hall, E Port, Dunfermline. Tel 01383 602 302 3 MAY Rubber Stamp Promotions present DIRTY HARRY with THE COUNTERFEIT CLASH: At Windsor Kirkcaldy. 8pm. Tickets £6. from www.ticketweb.co.uk or from Windsor. www.facebook.com/RubberStampPromotions

LUCA, ACADEMY STRANGERS, THE BARENTS SEA, TERRAFRAID. Dundee Disco Dancer is proud to present post punksters LUCA to 20 Rocks Dundee. With 2 cracking singles out this year the Glasgow 4 piece radiate an intensity reminiscent of Joy Division and The Jesus & Marychain. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 7.30pm. Free entry, 18 plus.

receiving an array of outstanding reviews from Rock Sound, Kerrang!, Artrocker, BBC, Drowned in Sound and many more. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm.Free entry, 18 plus. J-WORD TOUR- TRILOK GURTU, PAOLO FRESU, OMAR SOSA, FRASER FIFIELD AND GRAEME STEPHEN, Three of the most adventurous musicians are brought together for an evening of musical magic.India’s Trilok Gurtu is widely regarded as the world’s greatest percussionist; his totally individual technique combines Indian tradition with many other styles to stunning effect. “Gurtu seduced the auditorium with awesome percussion magic and pure theatre.” The Herald. Lyrical Sardinian trumpeter Paolo Fresu has absorbed the influences of Miles Davies and Louis Armstrong into his own uniquely passionate voice. “One of the great stars of European jazz.” The Independent. Cuban pianist Omar Sosa fuses a wide range of jazz, world music and electronic elements with his native Afro-Cuban roots to create a completely fresh sound. “Atmospheric, joyously physical, profound and playful, and always utterly absorbing” The Herald. Guitarist Graeme Stephen, currently Scottish Jazz Award winner for innovation, provides the perfect foil for Fraser Fifield’s pipes, sax, whistles and electronics. Together they make a truly original sound, rooted in the Scottish folk tradition but exploratory by nature. Carnegie Hall, E Port, Dunfermline, Time 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50 / £14.50 student £1. 5 MAY

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page 13: dundee / fife / perth / stirling Festival. Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth. Tickets until 12noon on the day: £6.50; concessions £5.50, after 12noon on the day: £7.50; no concessions, unreserved seating. add soup and a sandwich for just £3.50 (book until 11am on the day). Time 1pm. 20 ROCKS DUNDEE OPEN JAM. Open Mic/Jam, all welcome to participate or just relax and enjoy the music. Hosted by Sean Cairns. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Free entry. 18+ only.

11 MAY THE VIEW 2ND DATE. The View are an indie rock band who hail from Dryburgh in Dundee, Scotland. They incorporate various styles such as punk, pop, alternative rock, pop punk, powerpop, folk and acoustic in their music. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Tickets £18. 18plus.

BATTLEFIELD BAND, A bedrock of talent for over four decades, and continue to lead the way for Scotland NELL BRYDEN, A native New Yorker, with their inspired fusion of ancient and Nell Bryden has the heart of an artist,the modern traditional music and song. mind of a storyteller and the restless soul Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy Rd, of a troubadour!Having traversed the Kirkcaldy, Time 7.30pm, Tickets £14. world, her experiences in the US, http://www.onfife.com/events/ Thailand,Australia and Europe have battlefield-band helped to mould her talents as aformidable songstress; not the sort of 13 MAY person to sit around andwait for things to happen! Themes of heartbreak and loss 20 ROCKS DUNDEE OPEN JAM. Open influence Bryden’s music,signifying the Mic/Jam, all welcome to participate or numerous challenges faced throughout just relax and enjoy the music. Hosted her journey.She also hails from a by Sean Cairns. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward creative family; her father a painter, and Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Free entry. mother an opera singer at New York’s 18+ only. Carnegie Hall! Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy Rd, Kirkcaldy, Time 7.30pm, 15 MAY Tickets £10. http://www.onfife.com/ events/nell-bryden KING OF THE STINGS GRAND FINAL! The earth will be shaking as the mighty 8 MAY acoustic warriors of Dundee do battle to see who is KING OF THE STRINGS! 20 VAMM; (Shetlandic: to bewitch and Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time entrance) is an exciting string trio that 7pm. weaves melody and harmony together creating a rich sound bursting with THE ZOMBIES, Carnegie Hall, E Port, texture and groove. Expect to be Dunfermline, 7.30pm, Tickets £17.50. wrapped in a full sound contrasted by Http://Www.Onfife.Com/Events/Zombies dynamic subtleties and moments of intimate quietness that will take your 16 MAY breath away. Fiddlers Catriona Macdonald (Shetland), Patsy Reid (Perth) BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of banjos and mandola player Marit Fält (Norway) blended with fiddle, double-bass and bring their own musical traditions to their drums in a line-up that deftly captures sound, relish the unlimited possibilities of the atmospheric Blueflint sound. Lyth great melodies, and play them with fun Arts Centre, Lyth, by Wick, Caithness, and exuberance. Universal Hall, The Tickets £10 /£12. www.lytharts.org.uk. Park, Findhorn, Time 7pm. Tickets £12 / £10 cons £8 u16’s. Tel 01309 690 110 17 MAY KING OF THE STRINGS SEMI-FINAL 2; The second semi-final of King of the Strings. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 7pm.

THREE BLIND WOLVES, GABRIEL KELLEY, KING LOUIE. Having been compared to My Morning Jacket and Neil Young, In Here Somewhere features Three Blind Wolves’ warm AmericanaMALCOLM MIDDLETON, Malcolm tinged sound, yet with a chilling core. Middleton (of Arab Strap) is once again Previously released single Parade, which donning hissinger/songwriter cap & was released back in October 2012 saw slippers, bringing his talents to the the band rise to great success earning shores of Fife. Concentrating on material them a great amount of respect. 20 from his 10 year solo career (We’re All Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time Goingto Die, Break My Heart, Crappo the 8pm. Tickets £6 / £8 on the door. 18 Clown) as well as previewing songsfrom plus. his forthcoming studio album, this promises to Adam Smith Theatre, 18 MAY Bennochy Rd, Kirkcaldy, Time 8.00pm, Tickets £12 / £10. http://www.onfife. CULANN, MORE TBC. "Melodic, com/events/malcolm-middleton accessible, complex and challenging" original music from Ayrshire, Scotland. 9 MAY Winner of the 'Best Rock' prize at 2013 Scottish Alternative Music Awards. BILLY OCEAN, Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Standing out from the crowd, Culann are Time 7.30pm, Tickets £28, http://www. in their element playing live, with huge onfife.com/events/billy-ocean tunes that create those 'hairs on the

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 14: dundee / fife / perth / stirling / aberdeen + north east back of your neck' moments. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Free Entry, 18 plus. 19 MAY THE RIVER 68’S, MORE TBC. The country’s newest and hottest rock band The River 68’s are rehearsing in their studio- comelodgings in a disused office high above the centre of the river city, a mere Mick Jagger’s stage strut away from what was once the location of the city’s renowned live venue, the Glasgow Apollo. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Free Entry, 18 plus. 20 MAY 20 ROCKS DUNDEE OPEN JAM. Open Mic/Jam, all welcome to participate or just relax and enjoy the music. Hosted by Sean Cairns. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Free entry. 18+ only. 23 MAY 20 ROCKS CHILLED SESSIONS – LIZ LAWRENCE, MORE TBC. Ever since Liz Lawrence discovered the guitar she was determined to make acoustic music an exciting, fresh and honest genre. Playing in punk and ska bands as a guitarist in her early teens, she finally managed to take the Mic and found herself entranced and engaged in a full blown love affair with live performance. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Free Entry, 18 plus. 24 MAY SEONAID AITKEN & ROSE ROOM, Rose Room return to the Rothes Halls to launch their second album of Gypsy Jazz and 1930s Swing favourites. Rothes Halls, Rothes Square, Glenrothes, 7.30pm. Tickets £12, cons £10. www.onfife.com/events/ seonaid-aitken-rose-room-0

BOO HEWARDINE & BROOKS WILLIAMS (STATE OF THE UNION), Carnegie Hall, E Port, Dunfermline, Time 8pm, http:// www.onfife.com/events/stateunion 27 MAY 20 ROCKS DUNDEE OPEN JAM. Open Mic/Jam, all welcome to participate or just relax and enjoy the music. Hosted by Sean Cairns. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee.

Time 8pm. Free entry. 18+ only. Tickets from boxofficeaberdeen. com or tel 01224 641122 30 MAY SKERRYVORE; The Garage/ 20 ROCKS CHILLED Campus, 17 Windmill Brae, SESSIONS – SAM SALLON, Aberdeen, Tickets £14.50 Online MORE TBC. FREE ENTRY 18+ from www.ticketweb.co.uk , ONLY. Sam's first studio http://garagecampusaberdeen. release, an untitled limitedcom and pressing three-track acoustic ep www.skerryvore.com in 2005, brought Sam to the attention of some of Europe's DEADFIRE / FREELIVE / RAY top live promoters. Since his first BROWER / BLOOD STAINED UK tour, ten dates with Mexican NOTES; Like your music loud, duo Rodrigo y Gabriella in 2006, like your music heavy...then Sam has played a string of broad head down to this one, featuring reaching supports from I am some of Aberdeens finest. This Kloot at the Islington Academy one features two of the bands and Nouvelle Vague at the that made it to the final of our Pigalle to Peter Doherty at his sister venues Two Grand landmark sellout RAH show, for Tournamanet and it's a pleasure Dot Allison at her UK album to have them back for more! The launch and for Lyle Lovett at the Tunnels, Carnegies Brae. Royal Festival Hall. He will be Aberdeen. £5 admission on the releasing an EP in January 2013 door. called Kathy's Song, featuring Sam's take on the Paul Simon 21 APRIL classic. 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. Time 8pm. Free Entry. DIVIDING THE SILENCE / 18 plus. SUPPORT; Dividing The Silence, Oath of Kings, Daggers at Dawn, 31 MAY Without Reason and Cleanse The Hive. The Tunnels, Carnegies THE RAH’S, MORE TBC. With Brae. Aberdeen. Doors: 7pm. their sparkling and jangling slices of indie guitar rock, young 23 APRIL Scottish band The Rah's are KING CHARLES Singermaking waves far beyond their songwriter, whose sound has seaside hometown of Prestonpans near Edinburgh. 20 been described as everything from psychedelic rock to folkRocks, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. pop, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, Time 8pm. Free Entry, 18 plus. West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122

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on the door - 14 plus show ROLO TOMASSI + BRACE + EVERYTHINGWESAYISFACT (ROOM 2); We are delighted to see the return of Rolo Tomassi. The band from Sheffield bring their mathcore to the intimate surroundings of Tunnels 2. That will be loud!!! The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae. Aberdeen. Tickets from Black Lake Records facebook. 26 APRIL LETZ ZEP; Not an exercise in nostalgia but a revolt against time and a faithful recreation of the sights and sounds of Led Zeppelin at their awesome best. The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 THE LOWRIDERS / SKINT LIZZY; The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae. Aberdeen. Doors: 7:30pm. 27 APRIL ANCHOROCK, a charity event to raise money, encourage donations, and raise awareness of local charity, Friends of ANCHOR, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Tickets from boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 28 APRIL

ALBERT LEE & HOGAN’S HEROES; A Grammy Award winning musician and by 25 APRIL common consent one of the THE TWILIGHT SAD; Scottish world’s finest guitar-plays. The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North indie-rock trio take their Street, Aberdeen, doors at anthemic rock music to The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or Street, Aberdeen, doors at tel 01224 641122 7.30pm. Tickets from boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 29 APRIL 01224 641122

THE MOUSE THAT ATE THE CAT / DAS MCMANUS / UNIFORM’ The Mouse That Ate The Cat comprise of former 20 APRIL Dykeenies lead singer, Brian Henderson and former Drive By ALBERT HAMMOND: Singer Argument/Atlas Skye guitarist songwriter Albert penned songs Colin Keenan. Well worth which have been responsible for checking out. They are joined by the sale of over 360 million local supports in the shape of records worldwide including over Das McManus and Uniform. The 30 chart-topping hits such as Tunnels, Carnegies Brae. The Air That I Breathe and When Aberdeen. Tickets £5 from Cafe I Need You. The Lemon Tree Drummond, www.agpaberdeen. Lounge, West North Street, bigcartel.com and www. Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. ticketweb.co.uk/ also available

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26 APRIL SKERRYVORE Lochranza Village Hall, Isle of Arran, Time 7:30pm; With support, tbc; Tickets £16.00 Online from www. arranevents.com/314; www. skerryvore.com And in person from Lochranza Distillery Shop and Brodick Post Office 2 MAY

BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of banjos blended with fiddle, double-bass and drums in a lineup that deftly captures the atmospheric Blueflint sound. Aros Art Centre, Viewfield Road, Portree, Isle of Skye, £6, £10, £12. http://www.aros.co.uk Send us your dates for any music gigs on the islands - WE WANT MORE!

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BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of banjos blended with fiddle, double-bass and drums in a lineup that deftly captures the atmospheric Blueflint sound. Hootananny's 67 Church Street, Inverness. www. hootananny.co.uk

ALASDAIR FRASER AND NATALIE HAAS: Aros Centre Portree 7.30pm. Tickets from www. ticketweb.co.uk or call 01478 613750 to book tickets for all events. www.aros.co.uk www.facebook.com/aroskye www.twitter.com/arosskye 17 MAY

Hall, South Beach, Troon, Time 7pm. Tickets £15 Online from www.skerryvore.com and from ‘A Journey Through Time,’ Ayr St, Troon (cash only) 20 APRIL FIST FIGHTS N' FOREPLAY, Eagle Tavern, Prestwick. 9pm. Free admission.

TAMBO & THE SPITFIRES, Girvan's, 66 Portland St, Troon. BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of THE BEVVY SISTERS: Aros Centre Time 9pm - free admission Portree 7.30pm. Tickets from www. banjos blended with fiddle, ticketweb.co.uk or call 01478 25 APRIL double-bass and drums in a line- 613750 to book tickets for all up that deftly captures the events. TAMBO & THE SPITFIRES. atmospheric Blueflint sound. www.aros.co.uk Live Music/ Jam. Guest Arch Inn, 10 –11 West Shore www.facebook.com/aroskye www.twitter.com/arosskye musicians and bands always Street, Ullapool, www. welcome. All gear supplied. thearchinn.co.uk 18 MAY Eagle Tavern, Prestwick. 9.15pm. For further information 20 MAY BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of contact Bill 07967 503027 BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of banjos blended with fiddle, double-bass and drums in a line- 27 APRIL banjos blended with fiddle, double-bass and drums in a lineup that deftly captures the atmospheric Blueflint sound. HOT LOVE (MARC BOLAN/Tup that deftly captures the An Lanntair Arts Centre, Kenneth REX TRIBUTE) Eagle Tavern, atmospheric Blueflint sound. Street, Stornoway. Tickets £6 / Prestwick. 9pm. Free admission. Ben Nevis Inn, Claggan, £10 / £12. www.lanntair.com/ Achintee, Fort William, Fort THE FUREYS & DAVEY William, Time 9pm. www.ben22 MAY ARTHUR Music, songs and nevis-inn.co.uk/ stories from Irish legends The BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of Fureys & Davey Arthur who have 21 MAY banjos blended with fiddle, been enthralling audiences all double-bass and drums in a lineover the world for 35 years. BLUEFLINT; Enjoy the sound of up that deftly captures the They are responsible for some of banjos blended with fiddle, the most stirring music ever to double-bass and drums in a line- atmospheric Blueflint sound. Plockton Village Hall, Plockton. capture the public imagination. up that deftly captures the Their folk based music has atmospheric Blueflint sound. Old Tickets £6, £10 received standing ovations in Bridge Inn, 23 Dalfaber Rd, 23 MAY some of the biggest concert halls Aviemore. 17 MAY

of the world. Come and hear them live singing all their hits such as ‘When You Were Sweet Sixteen’, ‘The Green Fields of France’, ‘The Old Man’, ‘Red Rose Café’, ‘From Clare to Here’, ‘Her Father Didn’t Like Me Anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’ and ‘Steal Away’. The Gaiety Theatre, Main Theatre, Carrick Street, Ayr. Tickets: £18.50/ £17.50 (conc) 18 MAY GEORGIA GORDON Comlongon Rocks Festival, Dumfries

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20 APRIL PLUG AND PLAY 2013 – YOUNG MUSICIANS COMPETITION --- NOW CANCELLED -- Entry is now open for groups / duos / soloists wishing to take part in the St Boswells Live! Plug and Play 2013. Plug and Play is a competition for young musical performers 18 years or younger, for the chance to support a major act at St Boswells Live! Entry is free but all details must be with the organisers in plenty of time. Send enquiries and entries to keith@stboswellslive. com or call 01835 822692. 3 MAY VAMM; (Shetlandic: to bewitch and entrance) is an exciting string trio that weaves melody and harmony together creating a rich sound bursting with texture and groove. Expect to be wrapped in a full sound contrasted by dynamic subtleties and moments of intimate quietness that will take your breath away. Fiddlers Catriona Macdonald (Shetland), Patsy Reid (Perth) and mandola player Marit Fält (Norway) bring their own musical traditions to their sound, relish the unlimited possibilities of great melodies, and play them with fun and exuberance. Eastgate Arts Centre, Eastgate, Peebles. Tickets £13 (adult), £11 (Friends, disabled), £5 (schoolchildren).

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the festival in 2012 was described as having “one of the best homeThe Festival as the UK's most north- grown lineups in living memory.” erly folk festival is regarded a presTradfest tigious event for performers, locals Brew at the Bog 2013 kicks off at Edinburgh and visitors alike. Organised by a 12pm on Saturday 4 May for 12 April 24 - May 6 voluntary committee (and run by an hours of great music. Tradfest celebrates the arts of tradi- even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out www.brewatthebog.com tion at local, national and international contexts, combining authentic to even the most far flung areas of cultural sources with contemporary Shetland. Concerts are organised The Big Beach Ball edge and flair. It will include song, throughout the isles, consisting of Aberdeen some of the best International, Brit- May 5 story, arts and crafts, music, folk ish and Shetland music that the drama and dance, along with their world has to offer. In fact, visiting interconnections, embracing Scots The Big Beach Ball 2013 is the secartistes are regularly dumbfounded ond edition of an annual and Gaelic, and the arts of Scotby the quantity and quality of local event taking place in and around land's diverse communities in top musicians that our remote isles venues across Edinburgh including the Aberdeen Beach Ballroom. On have to offer. Queen's Hall, Usher Hall, Dance the Base, the Scottish Storytelling Cenpicturesque coast of Scotland, once www.shetlandfolkfestival.com tre, Teviot Row House, Calton Hill crowned the UK’s sunniest city by and Arthur's Seat. Tradfest is orthe Met Office, Aberdeen opens the ganised by TRACS (Traditional Arts Girvan Folk Festival summer season at one of our most and Culture Scotland) from its base Girvan iconic, historic and underused locaat the Scottish Storytelling Centre, May 3-5 tions. Snuggled along the Promewhich brings together the Scottish nade Storytelling Forum, the Traditional Concert venues, competitions, with sandy beaches as far as the Music Forum and the Traditions of ceilidh dance childrens events, ses- eye can see, this one day festival Dance Forum to underpin collabora- sions for tunes and songs, Open presents a visual and audio feast for tion and shared development for Stage, workshops,secure campsite. music lovers, fun seekers and the future between the trad arts, in 2013 will be the 39th festival so hedonists alike. the context of new social settings please tell all of your friends and and technologies. By encompassing help to make this the biggest Girven www.thebigbeachball.co.uk Beltane/Mayday, with their seasonal Festival ever! There will be plenty of rituals, Tradfest will be a curtain room and plenty of music for all to raiser for the unrivalled wave of enjoy. Imaginate Fèisean and Festivals that breaks Edinburgh over Scotland from that weekend www.girvanfolkfestival.co.uk May 6-13 through the summer months. www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk

Knoydart Music Festival

Isle of Bute Jazz Festival Isle of Bute May 3-6

Knoydart April 26-28

The Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown spectacularly from its small beginnings to become one of BritKnoydart Festival is a weekend-long ain's most popular jazz weekends. outdoor music festival for the whole Top-class UK and international family, centred around Scottish tranames feature in a programme of ditional music. Over the past two traditional jazz music in one of events in 2009 and 2011, Knoydart Scotland's prettiest and friendliest has hosted some of Scotland's finseaside resorts. est musicians including Shooglenifty, Bombskare, Manran, www.butejazz.com Orkestra Del Sol & Daimh to name but a few. Both the first festival in Brew at the Bog April 2009 and the second in April 2011 were sold-out events, attract- Inverness May 4 ing music lovers from across the country and as far away as Canada! As well as an excellent line-up each Brew at the Bog is BrewDog and Bogbain Farm’s gift to the world: a year, Knoydart Festival has had plenty of great activities for all the festival full of new music and new beer. BrewDog are the leaders of family, including arts and crafts, children's activities, archery, sports, the craft beer revolution and they are about breaking rules, taking beach bonfires and a film tent to keep everyone entertained. The fes- risks, upsetting trends, unsettling institutions but first and foremost, tival also sources local cooks and companies to supply the attendees great tasting beers. As one newspawith an abundance of fresh, beauti- per put it, BrewDog is the new fully cooked food over the weekend. black. www.facebook.com/knoydartmusicfestival

MAY 33rd Shetland Folk Festival Shetland

Scotland's international festival of performing arts for children and young people

of the Arts Perth May 16-26 The Festival intends to celebrate its 42nd birthday by staging some world-class events with an international flavour with artists coming from the USA and Russia as well as the UK. The Festival covers many art forms from classical music and opera to comedy, rock, folk and the visual arts. www.perthfestival.co.uk

Comlongon Rocks Dumfriesshire May 18 Comlongon Rocks is an annual exciting, live music outdoor festival held in the grounds of the spectacular Comlongon Castle at Clarecefield, Dumfries. Now in its second year, Comlongon Rocks is the newest and most exciting annual music event to arrive in Dumfries & Galloway. This unique, one-day event raises funds for local charities. Tickets are available from the Comolongon Rocks Ticket Hotline on: 01387 870283 www.comlongonrocks.com

Orkney Folk Festival Orkney May 23-26

Here we are folks – Orkney Folk Festival number 31! Once again we have some big names coming north www.imaginate.org.uk to join in the fun in May, and from the ceilidh bands to the almost indie FifeSing strand, we have brought together a Collessie, Fife broad mix of artists that we hope May 10-12 appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the increasingly expansive folk This unique event brings together genre. We are also excited to be some of Scotland's finest exponents working on some new and collaboof traditional singing for a weekend rative events within our four-day of old songs and bothy ballads in programme, more of which will be concerts and singarounds in the ru- revealed in the New Year. ral surroundings of the Fife Farm Park. The weekend also includes You wont find another festival workshops/talks on topics related to throughout the country that has traditional song and culture. such a strong home representation, and it is one that we are hugely www.springthyme.co.uk/fifesing proud of.

Scribblers Picnic Stirling May 12 The Scribbler’s Picnic is a charity that was set up in 2001 to raise money for five cancer charities – CHAS, Strathcarron Hospice, Maggie’s Centre, Marie Curie Cancer Care and Macmillan Cancer Care. This outdoor event is held at the Stirling Rugby Club with each year getting better and better. Four stages of music and a charity fete make it a fun day for all the family.

Bogbain Farm is based just outside Inverness and was crowned the “Best Unusual Venue” at the 2012 Scottish Event Awards. Brew at the Bog is just the latest in festivals Bogbain is hosting and the fabulous www.scribblerspicnic.co.uk surroundings of this old farm will ensure Brew at the Bog 2013 will go Perth Festival down in history. The 1st edition of

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Knockengorroch World Ceilidh Kirkcudbright May 23-26 If you prefer a bigger festival in a smaller pot you are a Knockengorrocher! Join us beside the glittering natural greenfield auditorium and our upland stage to experience the biggest little festival this side of anywhere! www.knockengorroch.org.uk More festival listings @ http://bit.ly/WNPPjA

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