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Perthshire Amber 2016 is underway! Dougie MacLean and Siobhan Wilson enjoy a stroll by the River Tay - see page 6 www.perthshireamber.com
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INSIDE: TradFest :: Celtic Connections :: Perthshire Amber :: HebCelt :: Carrying Stream :: Strange Behaviours :: Born To Be Wide :: Dundee Jazz :: Groove Cairngorm .... PLUS our Scottish music festival listings
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TradFest Registration Opens For 2017 Edinburgh :: 27 April - 7 May :: www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest Register events now @ http://www.tracscotland.org/tradfest-registration-2017
Registration is now open for events at TradFest 2017. Use the link from the website above to access the form to submit your event for consideration as part of Edinburgh’s annual festival of traditional arts. Strict deadline for return of submissions is Monday 21 November at 5pm.
summer with Beltane and May Day celebrations, while fostering a wave of young and rising talent in the arts.
In 2017, TradFest will feature as a signature event in Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology. What better way to encounter the heritage of Scotland
than through Scotland’s folk arts? This is the first stage in planning for TradFest Edinburgh · Dùn Èideann 2017. TradFest is held throughout the city and we encourage proposals for events held out with the Scottish Storytelling Centre (SSC). A limited number of performance slots are available at the SSC; please contact Daniel Abercrombie @ daniel@scottishstorytellingcentre.com if you are interested in one of these before completing your application. Edinburgh’s TradFest kick starts the summer season with a feast of music, storytelling, dance, folk drama, folk film, literature & talks, crafts & visual arts in Scotland’s capital. Over 12 days, in 25 venues and with more than 90 events, this blaze of contemporary colour is inspired by the traditions of May Day and Beltane, showcasing Celtic arts and cultural traditions with a contemporary spin.
The aim of TradFest is to experience Scotland Live, through a seasonal feast of music, storytelling, dance, craft, song and folk drama. We want audiences to encounter living traditions and local cultures of all kinds, in a host of venues, indoors and outdoors, across the capital city and surrounding areas. TradFest marks the start of Scotland’s
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Celtic Connections Programme Announced with 300 events and 2100 musicians for 2017 Glasgow :: 19 January - 5 February :: www.celticconnections.com Buy tickets @ www.celticconnections.com/events/Pages/default.aspx
The packed programme for Celtic Connections 2017 has been announced by Artistic Director, Donald Shaw. From Thursday 19 January to Sunday 5 February 2,100 musicians from across the globe will take part in 300 events at venues throughout Glasgow, Scotland, for one of the leading annual festivals of world, folk and roots music. The festival is supported by Glasgow City Council and Creative Scotland, and delivered by Glasgow Life. 18 days of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, free events, late night sessions and a host of special one-off musical collaborations will once again light up the Scottish winter when Celtic Connections returns. The Opening Concert will star award winning folk singer songwriter Laura Marling performing the world premiere of orchestrations of her songs by Kate St. John with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and special guests. This concert begins Celtic Connections 2017’s celebration of inspiring women artists, with performances by Roberta S, Olivia Newton John with Beth Neilson Chapman, Karine Polwart, and legendary singer Shirley Collins among the other highlights. The festival also focuses this year on artists who have lived through times of intense personal hardships and found success through their music and strength, such as world music star Aziza Brahim who grew up in an Algerian refugee camp. Margo Price, St Paul & the Broken Bones, Darlingside, Hurray for the Riff Raff, the Mark O’ Connor Band and Calexico and are among the stars of Americana & Bluegrass who will be taking to the stage.
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Billy Bragg and Joe Henry will perform classic railroad songs featured on their album Shine A Light which was recorded on a four day journey by train across America.
The Education Programme has reached more than 200,000 children across the country since it began in 1999. Its work is supported directly by membership fees from the festival’s Celtic Rovers patron’s scheme – which gives Traditional and Folk music remain at the heart of discounted rates on bookings and exclusive Celtic Connections with a dazzling line up that experiences during Celtic Connections 2017. takes in La Banda Europa led by Jim Sutherland, star-studded folk orchestra Unusual Suspects, The always popular programme of public fiddle super-group Session A9, Edinburgh’s workshops will give people of all ages and Dallahan, the premiere of piping project Tryst, opportunities the chance during the festival to Ireland’s festival favourites Sharon Shannon and learn new musical skills and have fun along the Four Men & A Dog, Gaelic rockers Manran and a way. 20th Anniversary performance of Phil We’re excited to be part of a new venture Cunningham’s Highlands & Islands suite. working with The National Whisky Festival which Shooglenifty and special guests will come will offer a wide range of whisky tastings and together for A Night for Angus, paying tribute to music hosted at a new venue for Celtic their friend, band member and inspirational Connections, SWG3, on Saturday 28 January fiddle player Angus R.Grant who so sadly passed 2017. away this month. And to complete the banishing of the chilly Celtic Connections 2017 will also bring the temperatures of the air in Glasgow - for a few celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Canada glorious evenings at least – Celtic Connections is to Glasgow with shows by leading Canadian delighted to celebrate Brazil as the partner artists such as Martha Wainwright, Le Vent Du country for 2017, with performances by some of Nord, De Temps Antan and Russell deCarle. the country’s leading artists including Hamilton De Holanda, Yamandu Costa and Renata Rosa – The 70th anniversary of the Partition of India will and Roberta S. be marked with a Celtic Connections premiere and commission for leading world percussionists Donald Shaw, Artistic Director of Celtic Trilok Gurtu & Evelyn Glennie and classical violin Connections, said: “A breath-taking range of star Jayanthi Kumaresh. styles and traditions radiates throughout Celtic Connections 2017. Artists who have shaped the Other artists appearing at Celtic Connections present day and artists who are re-defining 2017 include C Duncan, Pictish Trail, Fairport music for the future will take to the stage. Convention, Liz Lochhead, Aidan Moffat, Seth Artists whose lives and cultures could not be Lakeman, Tom Paxton, King Creosote, Siobhan more different will come together to share their Miller, Orchestra Baobab, Robyn Stapleton, and stories, passion and skill. At the heart of it all is Anna Meredith. the simple life-affirming experience of being at a As part of the middle weekend of Celtic live music performance during a world leading Connections, musical directors and programmers festival. We can’t wait for Celtic Connections of leading festivals and venues from around the 2017 to begin.” world will attend performances by Scottish Alan Morrison, Head of Music, Creative songwriters, bands and musicians as part of Scotland, said: “Celtic Connections is now Showcase Scotland. The concerts along with a firmly established as the winter destination of trade fair provide invaluable opportunities for choice not only for lovers of folk and traditional Scottish musicians to gain new worldwide music, but also for anyone who wants to opportunities thanks to this leading industry embrace culture on a global scale.” delegate event.
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Perthshire turns Amber for Dougie's annual party - and you're all invited! Perthshire :: 3–6 November :: www.perthshireamber.com Buy tickets @ www.perthshireamber.com/index.php/tickets2 Folk legend Dougie MacLean and rising star Siobhan Wilson enjoy a wee music session and stroll by the River Tay on the morning of the opening concert of the Perthshire Amber Festival at Dunkeld House on Thursday 3 November.
The festival runs until the 6 November, with Duncan Chisholm, Julie Fowlis and Tim Edey all joining Dougie on stage.
MacLean & Friends’ concert at Perth Concert Hall, promises lively collaborations and a very entertaining evening of music. The friends include: Julie Fowlis, Siobhan Wilson, Tim Edey, Tickets are still available for the Caledonia Cilla & Artie from The Singing Kettle, Ross Cantata (Fri 4 Nov, 8pm, Perth Concert Hall) and Ainslie plus many more. Dougie MacLean with Friends (Sat 5 Nov, 8pm Perth Concert Hall. Go to The Sunday open air concert will feature www.perthshireamber.com for tickets. Canadian songwriter Buddy MacDonald, wonderful duo The Coaltown Daisies, lovely On Sunday 6 November, visit Dunkeld for the young singer Katie Kross, legendary Decorated Wheelbarrow Procession and Amber instrumentalist Tim Edey, fabulously talented Autumn Picnic and Open Air Concert from 1230 musicians from Wales The Goat Roper Rodeo absolutely perfect for all the family. Band and Perthshire's own Dougie MacLean. The award-winning festival returns for the 12th Eleven concerts are sold-out to date and year with a stellar musical line-up and fun days organisers are confident to have a full house at out for all the family to enjoy. all of the concerts this year. There are also Many of the four-day festival’s wonderful acoustic music sessions happening afternoon concerts have already sold out, but festival and evening in welcoming pubs in Dunkeld and organisers are urging fans not to panic, as there other towns in Perthshire throughout the are still limited tickets available for some festival. concerts and lots of festival fun to be enjoyed in Dougie said: "Perthshire is a joy at this time of beautiful autumnal Perthshire. year, so we are really looking forward to One of the highlights of the Festival is welcoming visitors from all over the world to guaranteed to be Dougie MacLean’s enjoy some great music and a very warm ‘Caledonia Cantata’, Friday 4 November, 8pm welcome.” at Perth Concert Hall. The acclaimed singer-song Phone the box office on 01350 724281 or go to writer will take to the stage with strings and the website for more information and tickets. Celtic musicians to create very special renditions of his wonderful melodies and compelling songs. www.perthshireamber.com On Saturday 5 November, 8pm the ‘Dougie
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Record-Breaking HebCelt Worth £2.2 Million To Islands Stornoway, Lewis :: 19-22 July 2017 :: www.hebceltfest.com
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The Hebridean Celtic Festival’s coming of age event this year generated more than £2.2 million for the islands’ economy and helped safeguard 40 tourism-related jobs. A visitor survey and economic impact report on this year’s HebCelt shows the event continues to play an important role in attracting new people to visit the islands and encourage repeat trips.
average of £500 during their stay, with the bulk of it (78 per cent) helping the islands’ economy. The festival also staged more than 70 hours of performances in the main arena, at An Lanntair arts centre in Stornoway and in rural venues in Lewis and Harris – making it the biggest programme ever, while onsite trading hugely increased on last year. Festival director Caroline Maclennan said: “It was an amazing festival this year, breaking all our previous records. “This new report demonstrates that HebCelt makes a huge contribution to island life in many ways. It is vitally important to the economic wellbeing of the islands as well as enhancing our culture and creative talents. “It is an established annual focal point for local people, but it is also a major attraction for visitors from across the world and plays a significant role in bringing people here, and encouraging them to come back.”
Siobhan Anderson, Music Officer at Creative Scotland, said: “It is great to see HebCelt grow year Managed and produced almost entirely by volunteers, after year as a platform to showcase the best in the festival makes a significant contribution to island traditional music while bringing a boost to the life and its ongoing success brought praise from a economy of the Outer Hebrides. wide range of community, political, artistic and “HebCelt 2016 showed that the traditional music tourism organisations. scene in Scotland has a wealth of talent to offer The 21st festival, headlined by Runrig, was held from which can impress and delight audiences at a home13-16 July in Stornoway and was the most successful grown international festival. Traditional music is in its history. A total of 7,553 paying guests visited benefitting from an increasing number of successful the festival during its four days and overall festivals where artists from this scene are pitched attendances reached 17,830. alongside more mainstream acts, encouraging larger The survey, commissioned by Highlands and Islands audiences to engage with different types of music.” Enterprise (HIE), found that 63 per cent of festival Early Bird tickets for next year’s festival, to be held goers came from outside Lewis and Harris, with from 19-22 July 2017, are on sale via the website almost three quarters saying they were in the area to above. attend HebCelt. The festival audience was drawn from across the UK and also abroad, including Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Non-locals spent an
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Authentic Voices, Celebrations & Dedications for 15th Carrying Stream Festival at the SSC Edinburgh :: 9-16 November :: www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
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The 15th Carrying Stream Festival will take place in Edinburgh this year from 9-16 November and the Scottish Storytelling Centre hosts a trio of events, plus an exhibition by Charles Nasmyth which includes a large portrait of Hamish Henderson. Professor Gary West, Personal Chair in Scottish Ethnology at the University of Edinburgh, has woven the stories together to create a play being performed on Armistice Day at the Centre with Scott Gardiner, Chris Wright and Charlie West, alongside music and poems from Seaforth Highlander E. Alan Mackintosh, with biographer Colin Campbell plus Neil MacLure and Linn The Carrying Stream Festival embodies the spirit Phipps. of Hamish: celebrating traditional music, song, “Ian Duncan, Jock’s son, a few years back storytelling and poetry in all their historical and handed me a manuscript and I didn’t know contemporary contexts, looking backward and anything about it and neither did Ian,” explains forward as part of the carrying stream of folk Gary. “He must have started very young, as tradition. Jock was born in 1925 and the entries date back to the ‘30s, where he has transcribed 60 They Sent a Wumman: interviews on the typewriter and it’s a Nancy Nicolson At 75 fascinating collection of insight. A 75th Anniversary celebration of “cultural “The performance on Armistice Day (Fri 11 Nov) crofter” from Caithness, Nancy Nicolson, who is a play of sorts, set in modern times with a trio has been described as "an instant ceilidh" by gathered in the kitchen for their usual session of Edinburgh Folk Club regulars and is renowned songs and tunes, when a young lad comes by for her quirky and poignant song writing and with a letter from a publisher and they discover storytelling, echoed in the title of the event the voices of a previous generation, emphasising named after one of her tunes, which is a the importance of these documents as memories humorous romp about sexist stereotyping. from those who were there. The recollections Nancy came to performance late as she, like a are all very matter of fact, which I guess reflects lot of people, thought she couldn’t sing. She the time and how people coped, however starting performing at folk club aged 33 and emotion comes out if a horse got injured; there then became inspired to learn the melodeon and were pages of perfuse mourning.” pen her own songs, as she reflects here in her own words which echoes hugely the sentiments From Thurso to Berwick: A Celebration of Morris Blythman of the Carrying Stream Festival: Hamish Henderson (1919-2002) is often referred to as the “father of the Scottish folk revival”. Since the year of his death, Edinburgh Folk Club have organised Carrying Stream in his memory, embodying his spirit for celebrating traditional music, song, storytelling and poetry in both historical and contemporary contexts
“I believe it is the right of all in a society to experience and participate in its root culture. This is essential both to develop the full potential of the society and its individuals, and to ensure the continued survival and well-being of the culture.” Join Nancy on Thu 10 Nov where she will be joined by fellow Caithnessian writer George Gunn, singer & multi-instrumentalist Annie Grace, jazz pianist Brian Kellock & cello player, singer & composer Wendy Weatherby, with a book launch of Nancy Collected Songs preceding the performance.
You’re Wanted Lads: Frontline Voices from WWI From the 1930s – 1980s, Jock Duncan gathered personal testimonies of “The Great War” in the North-East of Scotland from those who had been there, with insights into regiments such as The Gordon Highlanders, The Black Watch and Scottish Horse.
Alastair McDonald, firmly regarded as one of Scotland's leading musical minstrels, leads a musical tribute to friend and mentor Morris Blythman (1919-1981), aka the poet and songwriter ‘Thurso Berwick’ on Mon 14 Nov. In addition to his innumerable television, radio and stage appearances worldwide, Alastair is a prolific recording artist with a vast repertoire of traditional, contemporary and original material. He has worked with established theatre figures such as Jimmy Logan, Calum Kennedy, John Cairney and Russell Hunter, as well as working with comrades-in-arms in the world of "folk" such as Josh McRae, Dominic Behan, Matt McGinn, Billy Connolly and Hamish Imlach. “Morris Blythman was easily one of the best human beings I have been privileged to work with and learn from and is perhaps the most significant powerhouse of the ‘Folk Revival’ in Scotland,” states Alastair. “He mentored me through my early career and was an influence on so many folksingers like Robin Hall and
Jimmie McGregor, Jim McLean, Ewan McVicar, Susan and Jimmy Ross, Josh McRae – the list could go on and on!” “It will be both an immense pleasure and privilege to sing from the Blythman repertoire of Sangs o’ the Stane and the Ding Dong Dollar ballads recorded by New York label Folkways and to gi’e it laldie with Morris’ comic and satiric compositions like The Scottish Breakaway, Lucky Wee Prince Chairlie, Sky High Joe and The Eskimo Republic. A Theatre Objektiv production in association with The Carrying Stream Festival, which has been scripted by playwright Raymond Ross who, with performer Corinne Harris, will appear alongside Alastair to speak some of the poems and share tales along the way.
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'Carrying Stream' Provisional Programme (subject to change)
November: Wed 9: Bring In The Spirit: Summerhall Thu 10: Nancy Nicolson at 75: Scottish Storytelling Centre Fri 11: Armistice Day Special: Scottish Storytelling Centre Sat 12: Annual Hamish Henderson Lecture Prof Frank Bechhofer, 12.30pm Edinburgh City Council Chambers Sat 12: Chris Newman & Máire Ní Chathasaigh: Summerhall Sun 13: Margaret Bennett, Fraser Nimmo, Dere Street: Summerhall Mon 14: "From Thurso to Berwick: Remembering Morris Blythman". Raymond Ross and Alastair McDonald, Scottish Storytelling Centre Tue 15: TMSA Edinburgh & Lothians Branch: "Hamish Henderson Singing Session", The Royal Oak (downstairs lounge Wed 16: Clive Gregson: Summerhall
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Stirling's 'Strange Behaviours' Festival launched for 2016 Stirling :: 25-26 November :: http://culturestirling.org/events/strange-behaviours-festival/ Buy tickets @ http://culturestirling.org/events/strange-behaviours-weekend-pass/
Tickets are now on sale for the Tolbooth’s annual indie and alternative music festival which returns with RM Hubbert, Rick Redbeard, The Cosmic Dead and The Lafontaines heading a cast of daringly original acts and soloists. Back for its 3rd year, Strange Behaviours Festival returns with another line-up featuring some of Scotland’s most celebrated indie and alternative acts, alongside more boundarypushing and less easily pigeon-holed trailblazers. Also boasting a number of the great acts from Stirling’s local scene, it’s an opportunity for the good people of the central belt to be introduced to some incredible music being made and performed regularly on their doorstep. Over the evenings of the 25-26 November, there will be 3 stages spread throughout the building, with Scottish Album of the Year award winning RM Hubbert, The Phantom Band’s Rick Redbeard and award-winning songwriter Be Charlotte topping Friday’s billing. Saturday will see the mighty Cosmic Dead (Scotland’s foremost internationally acclaimed noise/doom freakout band), hip-hop/rock outfit The Lafontaines and
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The atmosphere is always great, the building gets transformed to accommodate the different stages and there’s always music you know you like and music you never knew you loved. It’ll be a blast!” GIGnotes ..... Strange Behaviours Festival takes place from 7pm-midnight on the 25 and 26 November at the Tolbooth. Tickets: £15 advance per day / £17 on the door / limited £25 weekend passes available. On sale now from Box Office on 01786 274 000 or via the Tolbooth @ www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth Day passes:
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Music Development Officer at the Tolbooth, Kenny Bates: “It’s really exciting to be bringing the festival back for its third year. It’s built a following year on year and we’ve been really lucky to be able to bring through some of the most exciting indie, alternative and progressive acts in the country. The thing I like most about the festival is that with more time and space to play with we’re able to stage compelling acts of all levels. This ranges from artists who have had notable success doing things in their own mould like RM Hubbert, The Lafontaines and Be Charlotte, alongside the more obscure and lesser known but equally enthralling - artists playing quite niche styles, acts like The Pale Kids, Chump, December ’91 and Stock Manager.
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Born To Be Wide in discussion with festival heavyweights
Donald Shaw
Celtic Connections artistic director Donald Shaw made his Born To Be Wide debut at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on Thursday 3 November The award-winning composer, musician and producer, was in conversation with Olaf Furniss and looked back over a career which has seen him play on over 100 albums.
Olaf discusses with the panel how different genres can learn from each other
according to genre and what they can learn from one of traditional music’s leading figures,” says each other. Olaf.
Rodger has worked for the Glasgow International Jazz Festival for 27 years and has been the event's director for the past 12. She has served on the board of the Scottish Jazz Federation, Scottish Music Industry Association Born To Be Wide founder, Olaf Furniss said: and the Jazz Services National Touring Panel. “We are delighted to have Donald as our They were joined by electronic musician and featured interview and are looking forward to producer, Sarah J Stanley (aka HQFU) and him and the other panellists sharing their Stewart Brock, frontman with Glasgow pop act, experiences working in different genres,” says Prides. Born To Be Wide founder, Olaf Furniss. Jill Rodger, director of the Glasgow International “This is a great opportunity to get tips from some really diverse voices working in different Jazz Festival, also joined the Born To Be Wide music sectors, as well as a unique insight from panel exploring how music scenes differ Following the interview, Shaw took part in a panel entitled 'Singing From A Different Song Sheet', which explored how different genres work and what they can learn from each other.
Following the seminar panellists played a selection of their favourite music and hung out with the audience. Born To Be Wide started life in 2004 as an informal social night to bring together those involved in the Scottish music scene, and soon began attracting interest throughout the UK. Since April 2008 the company has hosted networking evenings, which begin with a discussion panel featuring key figures from the music industry. www.borntobewide.co.uk www.facebook.com/borntobewide https://twitter.com/borntobewide
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Dundee Jazz Festival lines-up top talent Dundee :: 16-20 November :: www.dundeejazzfestival.com Buy tickets @ www.dundeebox.co.uk
Dundee plays host this month to the finest jazz and blues talent from the local and international scene. This year's line-up includes American charismatic powerhouse Nikki Hill Band, blending all the flavours of American roots music from country blues, gospel and rockabilly to hard rock. The Scottish Swing Orchestra bring the Story of Swing to Dundee, revisiting the repertoire of jazz giants from the swing era, and are accompanied by the Flyright Dancers. Rose Room present a special project with the Cappella String Quartet and outstanding saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski, playing classy gypsy jazz Ferry with three hours of music across five and recreating the excitement of Rive Gauche intimate venues. Paris of the 30's and 40's. Two stars of the Scottish jazz scene, Brian Kellock and Tommy Smith, take the stage on the Saturday night delighting audiences with their "consummate class" (The Guardian). To round off the Festival, the Sunday afternoon packed with top-class musicians returns to Broughty
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Apres-Ski Line-Up Announced For Groove Cairngorm in February
Aviemore :: 24-25 February 2017 :: www.groovecairngorm.co.uk Buy tickets @ www.groovecairngorm.co.uk/buy-tickets
Groove Cairngorm returns for it’s second outing across The CairnGorm Mountains and Badaguish Outdoor Centre on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February 2017. The festival will feature Basement Jaxx (dj set), Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club, Blonde and lots more. Glastonbury headlining, three million album selling, Brit and Grammy winning maestros of global dancetronica Basement Jaxx (dj set) top the bill. Basement Jaxx are on top of the world and now top of the mountain! It’s a view these inveterate musical explorers have long embraced, ever since minting, at the turn of the millennium, the currently voguish, airwavedominating pop-house sound. Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club will be bringing his selection of classic tracks to the Apres-ski party. Put your dancing shoes on because the UK’s best loved funk and soul DJ is armed with a trunk of funk and he’s not afraid to use it. With a primetime Saturday Funk and Soul show on BBC 6 Music (6pm-9pm) and a new
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weekend BBC Radio 2 show, The Craig Charles House Party (10pm-midnight), he provides the ultimate soundtrack to house parties all over the country every week. Also appearing are dynamic house production duo Blonde who have been taking the UK by storm over the past couple of years with a string of huge tracks including ‘All Cried Out’, ‘I loved You’ and the Craig David collaboration ‘Nothing Like This’. Performing a DJ set over the weekend is Mike Skinner, the man behind the musical phenomenon that was The Streets for over ten years. In that time he won an Ivor Novello, a Brit, and changed the sound of UK music forever. Now that he has retired the moniker of The Streets, Mike continues to push things forward with his genre bending DJ sets.
Other acts appearing over the weekend include, musical duo The 2 Bears composed of Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) and Raf Rundell, London’s Horsemeat Dicso who will be bringing the disco vibes, and emerging Highland’s based producer Mark Mackenzie. The final acts announced in the initial line-up include, one of the most exciting emerging rock acts in the UK Hunter & The Bear, Indigo Velvet will be bringing their brand of tropical pop to the Scottish winter festival, and finally to kick things off in on the Friday in true Scottish Fashion and get everyone warmed up after a day up the mountain, we have young traditional Scottish act Ho-Ro. The final few acts for the Apres-ski element will be announced in the coming weeks along with the full line-up of entertainment taking place up the mountain throughout the weekend across 2 stages. Dougie Brown from Groove Cairngorm said ‘We are delighted to be bringing another incredible line-up of artists to our very own snowsports festival right here in the UK. After the huge success of our first outing last year we can’t wait to be partying up and down the mountain again next February!’ CairnGorm Mountain's Ross Coulter added ‘Having already had our first dusting of snow on the tops of the Cairngorms, we are super excited to be able to announce such a great lineup for next year’s festival. The event was a big hit last year and we are looking forward to building on this by making it even bigger and better in 2017!’ Free shuttle busses will be running between Aviemore, Cairngorm Mountain and Badaguish throughout the weekend to all ticket holders. Return tickets will also operate between Inverness and the festival.
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Feis na Mara Mallaig 7th - 9th October An exciting array of award-winning talent at this years Fèis na Mara festival in Mallaig. What better way to start your October break than to hit the stunning little town of Mallaig for a weekend of glorious Scottish music? This year’s line-up includes Dàimh, Niteworks, The Scott Wood Band, The Federation of the Disco Pimp, The League of Highland Gentlemen and The Mischa MacPherson Trio, with sessions, ceilidhs and parties around every corner! Mallaig is truly on a roll this year, with the opening of the beautiful new crannog and bakery, the impressive refurbishment of the iconic West Highland Hotel, and the Scottish Hospitality Awards’ ‘North Restaurant of the Year’ going to Mallaig’s Cornerstone Restaurant. All this, and the might of this year’s line-up in a limited capacity village hall suggest these tickets won’t be around for long!
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The Spree is Paisley's national festival of music, comedy and much more, taking place as part of the town's bid for UK City of Culture 2021. Now in its fifth year, the 2016 edition will take place from 14 to 22 October at various venues in the town, including a specially-erected Spiegeltent in the town centre. Headliners include Admiral www.scotsfiddlefestival.com Fallow, a unique collaboration between Justin Currie and the RSNO, Roddy Woomble and Band, Donnie Munro, and a double bill of Treacherous Orchestra and Skerryvore, plus comedy from Daniel Sloss and Craig Hill. For tickets and more info, see Darvel Music Festival
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(Also 23-24 Sept) People travel from all over Scotland, the UK and overseas to enjoy the Edinburgh "Darvel Experience" and the event has gained 22-23 October stature amongst the Scottish music fraternity since its inception in 2002. Past and present AfriFest is a vibrant celebration of African arts band members of Texas, The Silencers, Tom and cultures, with live music, dance, art, films, www.feis-na-mara.com Petty and the Heartbreakers and the Average workshops. DJs and food, taking place at White Band will be represented at this year’s Summerhall, in Edinburgh on 22 and 23 October. 15th Darvel Music Festival. Set up to mark the unique input black Tenement Trail performers have made to the artistic and cultural Glasgow www.darvelmusicfestival.org landscape of Scotland. All events are free and 8 October designed to appeal to a wide range of age Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Tenement Trail is a multi-venue music festival in groups and tastes. Glasgow. Taking place on Saturday 8 October, Edinburgh www.facebook.com/AfriFestScotland #TT16 is one ticket to over 12 hours of live 30 December - 1 January 2017 music across nine venues, featuring over 50 bands and DJs. In the month that Tenement TV Three days of spectacular events, incredible will celebrate their fifth birthday, Scotland’s bands and amazing crowds from every corner of largest music platform are throwing one hell of a the globe. See Shetland Vikings bearing firelit party with a line-up featuring indie icons Milburn, torches, hear beautiful choral singing in St Giles' Crash Club, Be Charlotte, Tijuana Bibles, The Bar Perthshire Amber Cathedral, enjoy birling to traditional Scottish Dogs, The Van T’s, Barrie-James O’Neill and The Dougie MacLean Festival music in the Old Town, and watch top stars and many, many more. incredible fireworks from Princes Street Gardens. Perthshire Edinburgh's Hogmanay shows the world how to 3-6 November www.tenementtv.com party!
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The Perthshire Amber Festival brings together many musicians and entertainers from different parts of the world who have been involved with Stonehaven Dougie MacLean over the years. This unique 8 October festival shares Dougie’s inspiring music, celebrates the history and culture of Perthshire One day music festival based in the NE of in the heart of Scotland and showcases the Scotland showcasing the countries finest beautiful scenery. The concerts are staged in a Americana / Roots / Country and Acoustic acts. Stonehaven is tuning up for a boot scooting new variety of wonderful venues from prestigious theatres to historic castles to an Iron Age Americana music festival aimed at visitors and crannog on Loch Tay, to atmospheric Dunkeld locals alike.The one day (family) festival will Cathedral. feature 6 Scottish bands with Americana roots including The Holy Ghosts (Edinburgh), Colin www.perthshireamber.com Clyne (Stonehaven), Daniel Meade (Glasgow), The New Madrids (Perth), Mikey Maclennan (The Carloways, Bridge of Earn) and The Malpaso Carrying Stream Festival Gang (Aberdeen). Edinburgh 9-16 November www.facebook.com/DoricanaFest
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