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EDINBURGH + Mid - East - West Lothian Send us all your gig dates for Edinburgh and Lothians area. Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 17 APRIL Ndaje African Connections ….. SAMBA SENE & DIWAN with special guests: At The Mash House, Edinburgh. A joyous fusion of live music, DJ’s full-on dance beats, African, Reggae, Funk, Soul, Salsa and Ska. 11pm-3am. £5 advance (£7 on door), Brown Paper Tickets and Tickets Scotland. Advance tickets @ www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1192894 www.facebook.com/mashhouseedinburgh www.facebook.com/NdajeClub www.sambasene.com PAUL LAMB & THE KING SNAKES / BABY ISSAC; Recent inductee into the UK Blues Hall of Fame, Paul Lamb leads the best blues band in Britain. Edinburgh Blues Club, The Voodoo Rooms. 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. Time 7pm – 11pm. Tickets £13 + sbf. JAZZ; 9pm KING LOUIS & THE PRIMAS (Jump/ Jive Fun!), Madcap, non-stop party frontman Dave Batchelor (trombone/voc) brings in his hugely entertaining band playing the music of jump/jive 50s Vegas king Louis Prima (‘Jungle Book’ theme!). A 6piece of top players including Fat Sam’s Band leader Hamish McGregor (sax/clarinet), top trumpeter Colin Steele and the bluesy, driving guitar of Ross Milligan. 12-3am, MIAMI VINCE ‘All Killer - no Filler’ Yacht Rock, Funk, Pop and Disco 70s, 80s and 90s songs from superbly classy, well-established Dundee-based 5-piece, who guarantee to keep the dancefloor pumping. Plus Funk DJ. The Jazz Bar,1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh. LEMONHAZE: At Bannermans, Edinburgh. New 4track EP out in March. Lemonhaze are a Scottish Indie/Alternative/ 4 piece. The band have crafted a unique sound that is both intriguing and refreshing to hear. They have achieved this by focusing heavily on melody and and experimental use of instruments, Lemonhaze draw influences from many bands from many era's. in particular, the finest indie/rock/jangle/ britpop acts from the 80's, 90's and 00's www.facebook.com/lemonhazeMUSIC https://twitter.com/Lemonhazeband
with vinyl fans hunting down the special RSD editions. Live music starts at 12.30. This year we have 3 bands over the weekend. Malinky, who are promoting their brand new album and Edinburgh band King Eider on the Saturday. www.recordstoreday.co.uk www.codamusic.co.uk 19 APRIL Coda Music with RURA: At The Mound, Edinburgh. RURA will be playing at 12.30, their new album is out this weekend - ‘Despite the Dark’ and Malinky ‘Far Better Days’. They’ll be plenty of food and drink through the day! www.recordstoreday.co.uk www.codamusic.co.uk 20 APRIL Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. DR LEE'S PRESCRIPTION + RON BUTLIN: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh, 8pm, £10. Musician and composer Dick Lee and poet Ron Butlin present The Games, a piece originally commissioned as part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. It’s a suite in seven sections, each section is introduced by a poem from Ron and the music reflects music from different areas of the Commonwealth. www.soundhouse.org.uk 23 APRIL DAVE ARCARI SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues, Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. Advance tickets £8 stbf or £10 on the door from The Voodoo Rooms, Ripping Records. Buy online here. Over 18 only. www.davearcari.com Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with JAMES YORKSTON + PIP DYLAN + MATT NORRIS: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. 8pm-1am. Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk 24 APRIL
LORNA REID QUINTET: At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. Tickets £14. “Sultry jazz and blues in her slick vocal style” London Time Out. Features top musicians, original material and beautiful songs by great writers. Styles cover jazz, blues and americana. www.thequeenshall.net www.lornareid.com
RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Edinburgh, The Mash House. One of the most exciting folk-based bands to emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA returns with their feverishly-anticipated second album, Despite the Dark. Rugged and hard-hitting, yet intricately disciplined, instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic songs, in a masterpiece release from the Glasgow and Edinburgh-based five-piece. www.RURA.co.uk
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Record Store Day @ Coda Music: At The Mound, Edinburgh. Our busiest day of the year with 100’s of Ltd edition releases coming out on vinyl. The day starts off at Coda at 8.30am with bacon rolls for the first 50 people in the queue then a hectic morning
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS DREVER & BOO HEWERDINE: At The Pleasance Cabaret Bar Edinburgh. Tickets £14 from Tickets Scotland 0131 220 3234 or Ripping Records 0131 226 7010. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. The prolific and
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highly rated Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted talents for two special shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The duo are playing gigs together at the CCA in Glasgow on 24 April and 25 April the following evening at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar in the capital. Award-winning singer, KRIS DREVER, one-third of the award-winning trio LAU, recently released “Mareel”, a five-track EP and it confirms his rightful place at the heart of today’s contemporary roots’ scene. Like Kris, BOO HEWERDINE has many admirers. He works hard and is justifiably celebrated for his work as a solo artist, band member and as a collaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of Angels”. www.fallenangelsclub.com
(door). Cahalen Morrison + Eli West have been playing at our house since 2011 and every time they come they get better, and we get more and more people wanting to see them. So we are delighted to be able to put them on in a bigger venue and bring them to a wider audience. Fresh from selling out The Mitchell theatre at this year’s Celtic Connections, Seattle’s finest new old time duo will stop by the Pleasance Theatre on their way to the Shetland Folk Festival. www.soundhouse.org.uk 29 APRIL
MAIRI CAMPBELL / KIM EDGAR & EMILY SMITH; Mairi Campbell, Kim Edgar & Emily Smith explore the presentation and voice of women in traditional and contemporary Scots song. Expect discussions and unique musical 27 APRIL performances of work songs, lullabies, murder ballads, with some cross dressing and the Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. supernatural thrown in for good measure! JO LAWRY: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh, TRADFEST - Scottish Storytelling Centre 43-45 8pm, £10. Jo Lawry’s debut album I Want to Be High Street Edinburgh. Time 8pm, Tickets Happy was named among the “Best CDs of the £10/8 - Box Office Opens 27th March. Decade” by Downbeat Magazine. She has Box Office: 0131 556 9579 become known beyond jazz circles, however, for www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest her work with Sting – with whom she has been recording and touring since 2009. She was also 1 MAY in the Oscar-winning doc, 20 Feet from Stardom. Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever www.soundhouse.org.uk Happens Here with ROZI PLAIN + EAGLEOWL + SUPERMOON (with Lost Map 28 APRIL Records + Tradfest): Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Soundhouse presents ….. CAHALEN Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity MORRISON + ELI WEST: At The Pleasance, Dissection Room platforming local and touring Edinburgh, 8pm, Tickets: £10 (advance) £12.50 bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band
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a night at The Mash House for TradFest Edinburgh and Adam and the band will be playing a headline slot with three other amazing artists to be confirmed. www.adamholmesandtheembers.com
Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill 6 MAY and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. JOSEPHINE SILLARS: At Persevere Bar, 8pm-1am. Tickets: All shows £10 Edinburgh. Her music has a direct approach with #nothingeverhappenshere the lyrics taking centre stage, wrapped in her www.summerhall.co.uk accomplished almost Ben Folds style with a nod to Regina Spektor (who she has stated as being 9 MAY an influence) - Jamie McDonald, Netsounds www.josephinesillars.com Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here - Teen Canteen Present "The Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Girl Effect" for Scottish Women's Aid with TEEN Happens Here with R.M. HUBBERT + CANTEEN, MACHINES IN HEAVEN, BROKEN LYPSYNC FOR A LULLABY + TISSO LAKE: RECORDS, SOLAREYE, EUGENE KELLY and Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular many more: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents live music programme Nothing Ever Happens a new regular live music programme Nothing Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Dissection Room platforming local and touring Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band has been working alongside the multi arts venue Broken Records has been working alongside the to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will multi arts venue to put together a great line up feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh and the venue will remain open until at least band on each bill and the venue will remain 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's 8pm-1am. Tickets: All shows £10 and other events. 7pm-1am. Tickets: All shows nothingeverhappenshere £10 www.summerhall.co.uk #nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk 7 MAY 10 MAY Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with RANDOLPH'S LEAP + Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever THE SON(S) + BOOK GROUP: Summerhall in Happens Here with KHARTOUM HEROES (ft Edinburgh presents a new regular live music King Creosote) + ADAM STAFFORD + C. programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its DUNCAN (with Tradfest): Summerhall in 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local Edinburgh presents a new regular live music and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its Edinburgh band Broken Records has been 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local working alongside the multi arts venue to put and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature Edinburgh band Broken Records has been at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the working alongside the multi arts venue to put venue will remain open until at least 1am with a together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature selection of DJ's and other events. 8pm-1am. at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the Tickets: All shows £10 venue will remain open until at least 1am with a #nothingeverhappenshere selection of DJ's and other events. 7pm-1am. www.summerhall.co.uk Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere 8 MAY www.summerhall.co.uk Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with WITHERED HAND + WOODPIGEON + EYES OF OTHERS: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens
MATTHEW WHITESIDE: At Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh , 7pm, £6. Strings, Wires, Threads and Guts. The concert features the premiere of Matthew Whiteside’s new work for viola d’amore and live electronics, alongside the
Scottish premier Prologue by Gerard Grisey and Ghosts by Ed Bennett. The concert will also be the album launch for Matthew’s new album, which will be available on the night. The album and concert have been made possible with the kind support of Creative Scotland. Tickets @ www.fruitmarket.co.uk www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk 13 MAY BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. Edinburgh Folk Club at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar. Time 8pm. Tickets £9/£8/£6 Tel. 0131 650 2458 www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk 14 MAY Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with THE PHANTOM BAND + JONNIE COMMON + MAN OF MOON: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. 8pm-1am. Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk 16 MAY SHOOGLENIFTY 25th Anniversary Party + Album Launch: At La Belle Angele, Hastie's Close, Edinburgh. £10+fee(£12.50 on door). It's proving to be a bumper year for Shooglenifty as they celebrate their 25th Anniversary, and launch their long-awaited 7th studio album, The Untied Knot. This gig is going to be a massive party to celebrate their quarter century, and will be your first chance to get your hands on this very special album in CD form. The location is significant also. La Belle Angele was the scene of the Shoogles' first ever residency, a regular event that became the stuff of legend. The first La Belle burned down in the fire of 2002, but recently came alive again making this a double
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The Fallen Angels Club presents CHUCK PROPHET & THE MISSION EXPRESS plus support, Californian rocker, Chuck Prophet hits Edinburgh. He was in majestic form in Glasgow at the tail end of last year, driving his way through latest release, Night Surfer. The former 17 MAY Green on Red bandsman has been producing records and performing enticing live shows for One Night of Elvis: At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 20 years with no dip in quality. Chuck is one Box office 0131 668 2019. There are Elvis exciting performer, all his gigs are moments to Presley tribute artists and then there’s Lee savour. The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Memphis King...... presenting the ultimate Street, Edinburgh. Tickets £16.50 from Tickets tribute to The King - celebrating the unrivalled Scotland 0131 220 3234 or Ripping Records career of this musical legend. This spectacular 0131 226 7010. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. show begins with an authentic recreation of the www.fallenangelsclub.com 1968 comeback special, including the legendary ‘sit down’ section, progressing through to a 18 JUNE rousing expo of Elvis’s years performing in Vegas. FROM THE JAM featuring BRUCE FOXTON & www.leememphisking.com RUSSELL HASTINGS: At Howden Park Centre, West Lothian, Tickets: £22.50, Box Office: 18 MAY 01506 777666. From The Jam, featuring former The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and Russell ESTRELLA with ENUFF Z'NUFF and KORY Hastings, with their ‘That’s Entertainment’ CLARKE: At Bannermans Bar, 202 Cowgate, Acoustic Tour. Edinburgh, EH1 1NQ - Estrella playing alongside www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk US rock band Enuff Z'Nuff and Kory Clarke . www.fromthejam.com Over 18s. Tickets at www.tickets-scotland.com 12 SEPTEMBER www.estrellarocks.com DAVE ARCARI: SLIDE guitarist & songwriter 21 MAY Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever pre-war Delta blues Kirkliston Community Happens Here with HONEYBLOOD + JESUS Centre, Queensferry Rd, Kirkliston. H. FOXX + MC ALMOND MILK: Summerhall in cld-kirkliston@ea.edin.sch.uk Edinburgh presents a new regular live music www.davearcari.com programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put Send us all your gig dates for together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature Glasgow and West Coast area at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a Email them to Carol selection of DJ's and other events. 8pm-1am. carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere 17 APRIL www.summerhall.co.uk
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ZERVAS & PEPPER: At Òran Mór, Glasgow. Zervas & Pepper are set to bring their psychedelic sounds to Glasgow. The folk-duo, who recently toured with the critically-acclaimed Deacon Blue, will play venues around the UK throughout April. Kathryn Pepper of Zervas & Pepper says, “We are really looking forward to hitting the road in 2015 and playing our new
music in great venues all over the UK.” http://zervasandpepper.com/ JOSEPHINE SILLARS: At Broadcast, Glasgow. Her music has a direct approach with the lyrics taking centre stage, wrapped in her accomplished almost Ben Folds style with a nod to Regina Spektor (who she has stated as being an influence) - Jamie McDonald, Netsounds www.josephinesillars.com THE CALM FIASCO / Casino Circus; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £6.50 18 APRIL Southside Fringe Preview: At The Shed. 20 great acts each afternoon. 2pm-5pm Free Entry! Also being held on 2 May. www.southsidefringe.org.uk Indievous Presents - Indie Rocks 10th Anniversary Show with BLACK ARROWS + TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD + SUMMIT + DAVID MCKAY (acoustic): At The Record Factory, 17 Byres Road, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £5/ £4 on door. www.facebook.com/indievous MOUNTIES / Glassbooks; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £12.50 19 APRIL POCIÓN DE FE is a new seven-piece band brewing a spicy mix of Afrobeat, Caribbean rhythms, Cuban salsa, and African mambo. Original songs, with tight funky grooves and irresistible horn licks, feature Spanish lyrics which blend the Afrobeat tradition of social and political consciousness with Cuban-style wordplay. The Glad Café, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. www.facebook.com/pociondefe FRNKIERO AND THE CELLABRATION / Milk Teeth / Axis Of / The homeless Gospel Choir; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £12.00 20 APRIL RALEIGH RITCHIE; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 6pm. Tickets £10.00 21 APRIL
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KILL THE WAVES with AMATRART + URVANOVIC: At Bloc, 117 Bath Street, G2 2SZ. Bloc+Music's new roster band Kill The Waves launch their highly anticipated debut album 'The One That Could Have Been' and copies of the album will be available for purchase physically. www.facebook.com/killthewavesofficial
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Solas Festival Showcase with LIZ LUKE FRIEND; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a LOCHHEAD, DECLAN WELSH, IRENIE ROSE: St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. At Project Cafe, Renfield Street. A chance to Tickets £12.50 catch performances by Scotland's Makar and some of the country's hottest young singer 22 APRIL songwriters as well as catch up with Solas Friends. Entry is by donation to the festival and The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. MARK it's BYOB with a small corkage. There will be OLSON plus MONICA QUEEN: At The CCA 350 performances from Declan Welsh, Irenie Rose, Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, Tickets £13 from and Liz Lochhead and more! The CCA 0141 352 4900. Jayhawks’ founder www.solasfestival.co.uk member, Mark Olson continues to create and record and now showcases his latest solo 25 APRIL release. The singer-songwriter has been responsible for some of the most blissful, genre- RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Glasgow, defining Alternative Country and Americana ever Stereo. One of the most exciting folk-based recorded but on his first solo album for five bands to emerge from Scotland in recent years, years, 'Good-bye Lizelle,' Olson strikes out in an RURA returns with their feverishly-anticipated altogether different direction, resulting in songs second album, Despite the Dark. Rugged and that prove both poetic and mystical. “Mark Olson hard-hitting, yet intricately disciplined, is one of the most recognised and revered instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic figures in the Americana music genre so a show songs, in a masterpiece release from the in Glasgow is a ‘must-see’,” said Kevin Morris of Glasgow and Edinburgh-based five-piece. The Fallen Angels Club, which is promoting the www.RURA.co.uk event. Glasgow's very own Monica Queen will open up the show. DAVE ARCARI / Dixie Fried / Proud Honey; www.fallenangelsclub.com King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £9.00 THE EARLY NOVEMBER / You Blew It / A www.davearcari.com Great Big Pile Of Leaves; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors THE BREW support BRIAN RAWSON BAND: 8.00pm. Tickets £12.00 One of the finest, most creative and energetically enthused classic rock bands in the DAVE ARCARI: Live on STV Glasgow's Riverside UK! At Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow. Advance tickets Show. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s are only £10 + bf on 01472 349 222 or on alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, website below. Doors 7.30pm. punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta www.solidentertainments.com Blues. https://twitter.com/TheBrewUK www.davearcari.com DAVE ARCARI: At King Tut's, Glasgow, £9. MONOGRAM / Le Thug; King Tut's Wah Wah Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt. Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors blues sounds owe as much to trash country, 8.30pm. Tickets £7.00. punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta Blues. 24 APRIL www.davearcari.com
ECHOSMITH; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8pm. Tickets £8.00 27 APRIL WIRE; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £15.00 28 APRIL AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR / Mylets; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £12.00 29 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. JOSH ROUSE plus support; Nebraska-born singersongwriter Josh Rouse makes a welcome return to Glasgow after a three-year gap. He is an emotional and whole-hearted performer who leaves a positive mark on audiences wherever he plays. It’s been a while since Josh Rouse played in Glasgow so we’re pleased to welcome him back, especially as he’ll be promoting his new album while dipping into an impressive back catalogue. Oran Mor Top Of Byers Road Glasgow. Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 or behind the bar in Oran Mor. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. www.fallenangelsclub.com MODEL AEROPLANES / Team Player / Calum Frame - ***Rescheduled from 11th March*** King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8pm. Tickets £7.00. 30 APRIL THE KENNEDYS. Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club. 10 Chamberlain Road, Glasgow. Doors at 8.00pm. Tickets £12. soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk
BIG COUNTRY Following the incredible success of their 30th Anniversary ‘Steeltown’ Tour, BIG COUNTRY celebrate their stunning catalogue of songs, taken from their multi-million selling and Number 1 hit albums.The band will perform classic hits and live favourites including Harvest Home - Fields of Fire - In A Big Country The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS The Stripped Sessions Presents ….. IAN Chance - Wonderland - Look Away - The Teacher DREVER & BOO HEWERDINE: At The CCA MCNABB (Solo Show), plus support from Plus many more...Steeped in a stunning Glasgow. Tickets £14 from The CCA Box office GABRIEL FALLS: At Audio Glasgow, £11, 0141 352 4900. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. The 6.30pm. Tickets available from Tickets Scotland. catalogue of proud and stirring hit songs such as ‘Fields of Fire’, ‘Chance’, ‘In A Big prolific and highly rated Kris Drever and Boo https://twitter.com/stgpromo Country’ (which sold 2 million), ‘East Of Eden’ Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted www.facebook.com/StgPromotions and their biggest UK hit ‘Look Away’, along with talents for two special shows in Glasgow and massive albums such ‘The Seer’, ‘Steeltown’, Edinburgh. The duo are playing gigs together at 26 APRIL ‘Peace In Our Time’ and the triple Grammy – the CCA in Glasgow on 24 April and 25 April the following evening at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar DEAN OWENS with WHISKY HEARTS BAND nominated, ‘The Crossing’, BIG COUNTRY continue to look beyond the next horizon in in the capital. Award-winning singer, KRIS and Glasgow/Kenyan singer songwriter 2015. The band – BRUCE WATSON (guitars/ DREVER, one-third of the award-winning trio GENESEE: Dean's Glasgow album launch at LAU, recently released “Mareel”, a five-track EP Glad Cafe, Glasgow. Velvet-voiced Dean Owens vocals); JAMIE WATSON (guitars/vocals) and former SIMPLE MINDS’ bassist/vocalist , DEREK and it confirms his rightful place at the heart of is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and FORBES – will be augmented on stage by SIMON today’s contemporary roots’ scene. Like Kris, established singer songwriters, with fans HOUGH ex-front man for DENNY LAINE BOO HEWERDINE has many admirers. He including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell (WINGS), ERIC BELL (THIN LIZZY) etc. The works hard and is justifiably celebrated for his Brand. Dean’s music has been described as Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, Glasgow. Tickets work as a solo artist, band member and as a Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and £22.50 + booking fee (adv) /£25 www.ticketscollaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and draws as much from his Scottish roots, scotland.com records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some especially his home town of Leith. www.bigcountry.co.uk of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of www.musicglue.com/the-glad-cafe/ Angels”. www.deanowens.com THE DISTRICTS; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, www.fallenangelsclub.com GREG TROOPER; Woodend Bowling and Tennis 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £10.00 Kilmarnock's Dirty Weekender presents ..... Club, 3 Chamberlaine Rd, Glasgow. Doors at HURRICANE#1, HOLY PISTOL CLUB, AND 8.00pm. 2 MAY WILL AND THE WILD HORSE: At Stereo Café soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk Bar, Glasgow. Tickets are £10 and available from
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 11: glasgow area Southside Fringe Preview: At The Shed. 20 great acts each afternoon. 2pm-5pm Free Entry! Also being held on 2 May. www.southsidefringe.org.uk 5 MAY NIZLOPI: At Classic Grand, Glasgow. The chart topping folk hip-hop duo Nizlopi return with new live dates this May following their return to touring last after a five year break. Nizlopi have chosen to tread a path outside of the mainstream. This has allowed them to find their own unique voice, and their own unique audience. www.classicgrand.com https://twitter.com/NizlopiOfficial 6 MAY MATTHEW WHITESIDE: At Recital Room, Glasgow, 8pm, £6. Strings, Wires, Threads and Guts. The concert features the premiere of Matthew’s new work for viola d’amore and live electronics, alongside the Scottish premier Prologue by Gerard Grisey and Ghosts by Ed Bennett. The concert will also be the album launch for Matthew’s new album, which will be available on the night. The album and concert have been made possible with the kind support of Creative Scotland. Tickets @ www.glasgowconcerthalls.com www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk 8 MAY BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. Cumbernauld Theatre, Cumbernauld. Time 7.45. Tickets £12/£8 Tel. 01236 732887 www.cumbernauldtheatre.co.uk
evolved into a full-on, vocal-driven heavy metal powerhouse. Their original compositions mix Annihilating Guitars and the Great Highland Bagpipes with influences from Techno to Dub and Hip Hop – all headed up by an honest Scottish vocal. www.bagsofrock.com PAPER AEROPLANES; The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. Doors: 7.00pm, Performance Time: 7.30pm. 14 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. LAU plus ELLA THE BIRD: At St Andrews In The Square, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). www.fallenangelsclub.com 15 MAY LOUISE RUTKOWSKI; Former This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”. Scottish Music Centre, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow.
HOLMES & THE EMBERS PLUS SUPPORT: At The CCA Glasgow. Tickets £12 from The CCA Box office 0141 352 4900. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Book online. Singer/songwriter Adam Holmes’ reputation is growing steadily, Adam played a sell-out show at the 2014 Glasgow Americana Festival and his debut album, “Heirs And Graces” was nominated for Scottish Album of the Year. The 23-year-old from Edinburgh certainly delivers a cultured mix of traditional and contemporary folk music from both sides of the Atlantic with his own brand of Americana never far away. www.fallenangelsclub.com 23 MAY MIRIAM JONES, Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club. 10 Chamberlain Road, Glasgow. Doors at 8.00pm. Tickets £12. soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk 24 MAY ELEANOR MCEVOY; Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club, 3 Chamberlaine Rd, Glasgow. Doors at 8.00pm. soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk 30 MAY
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The Fallen Angels Club in Association With The Star Folk Club presents ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK plus support: At The Admiral Bar, Waterloo Street, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Tickets from Ticketweb, Tickets Scotland on 0141 204 5151 and The Admiral. 2013 Juno and Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, THOMAS MCCARTHY / MULDOON'S PICNIC; singer/songwriter, Annabelle Chvostek is The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, gathering a lot of plaudits for writing protest Glasgow. Doors: 7.00pm, Performance Time: songs for a new era of activism. The versatile 7.30pm. Tickets £7.00. multi-instrumentalist Toronto-born performer, formerly of The Wailin’ Jennys, has released two 9 MAY solo albums. www.fallenangelsclub.com BAGS OF ROCK + STATIC ROCK + CORRUPT THE SYSTEM: At The Classic Grand, Glasgow. 22 MAY 7pm till 10.30pm, £10, +18. Starting out as an instrumental act, Glasgow’s Bags of Rock have The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. ADAM
ESTRELLA at Wildfire Festival: At Wiston Lodge, Millrig Road, Biggar, South Lanarkshire ML12 6HT. Three day Rock and Metal festival featuring over 50 acts from around the world including DIAMOND HEAD, TYGERS OF PAN TANG, BENEDICTUM, TEN, COLDSPELL and Scotland's very own ESTRELLA. Tickets and more details at ... www.estrellarocks.com www.wildfirefestival.co.uk 27 JUNE LOUISE RUTKOWSKI; Former This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”. The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow.
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with his son Albert Hammond Jnr. http://www.alberthammond.net/ BOTB H4; Annahar - Rock / Alt (Kirkcaldy). Lost In Vancouver - Indie / Rock (Kirkcaldy), The Niblicks - Indie / Rock (Auchterarder), Hextasy - Hip Hop (Arbroath), The Iqons - Rock (Glasgow), Bite Night - Indie (Inverness), The Scares - Rock (Stonehaven). Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee. Time 7pm. Tickets £5. 22 APRIL OPEN JAM; Time 11pm. FREE ENTRY between 11pm-12am, £3.50 after 18+ ONLY All welcome to participate or just relax and enjoy the music Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee.
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BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose JIM VALENTINE, ELEPHANT, SAHARA; voices are accompanied by a five-piece lineTime 7.30pm, Tickets £4 before midnight, up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric £3.50 after. Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee, guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a BRAVADO; Time 11pm. Bravado are a strong alt folk flavour. The Gardyne Theatre, lively female fronted rock band who play great covers and original songs. FREE ENTRY Dundee. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £14/£13 Tel. 01382 434940 between 11pm-12am, £3.50 after 18+. www.gardynetheatre.org.uk Buskers, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. 17 APRIL
POCKET APOCALYPSE; Time 7.30pm. Tickets £4 before midnight, £3.50 after RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Stirling, Pocket Apocalypse are a Liverpool-based Alternative Rock band. They interweave PostTolbooth. One of the most exciting folk-based bands to Rock, Math-Rock and Progressive influences emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA into a dynamic and anthemic sound Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee. returns with their feverishly-anticipated 18 APRIL
second album, Despite the Dark. Rugged and hard-hitting, yet intricately disciplined, instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic songs, in a masterpiece release from the Glasgow and Edinburgh-based fivepiece. www.tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk www.RURA.co.uk DIY ROCK SHOP GIG; Time 1pm, FREE ENTRY Showcase for DIY Rock Shop youth initiative. Buskers 15 Ward Road, Dundee, BRYAN KEARNEY; A DJ of almost fifteen years' experience. A dedicated and driven individual with a relentless passion for all things energetic. A talented technician that has continued to climb through the ranks of global dance music to truly establish himself amongst the Djing elite. Time 8pm. Tickets £10, £15 on the door. Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee. 19 APRIL
SECATEURS; They sound like The Stooges in a DeLorean." Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales "An incredible band to watch live. See them, love them!"Dan Read, thecoremusic.tumblr. com Time 7.30pm, Tickets £4 before midnight, £3.50 after "Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee. 21 APRIL ALBERT HAMMOND: At Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline. Song writing legend Albert Hammond on tour in the UK. Albert has been writing and co-writing hit songs for over forty years; he has a new 4 track single out soon which contains a new song ‘I Guess I Really Had It Coming’ and also his most successful song ‘It Never Rains In Southern California’ featuring his friend Al Stewart as a duet partner, and ‘Changing Me’ a duet song
24 APRIL IRIE LION SOUNDS; Time 8pm. Tickets £4 Dundee's finest Reggae Clubnight. Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee. 25 APRIL COLIN CLYNE AND THE CARRONS, SORELLA, GARY ANDERSON; Time 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £7 OTD before midnight, £3.50 after A night of music featuring. Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee. BUFFALO SOLDIERS; Free Entry between 11pm-12am, £3.50 after 18+ ONLY Buffalo Soldiers - Reggae, Ska, Dub classic Covers Buskers, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. 26 APRIL KRIS DREVER & BOO HEWERDINE: At Stirling’s Tolbooth. The prolific and highly rated Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted talents. Award-winning singer, Kris Drever, onethird of the award-winning trio LAU, recently released “Mareel”, a five-track EP and it confirms his rightful place at the heart of today’s contemporary roots’ scene. Like Kris, Boo Hewerdine has many admirers. He works hard and is justifiably celebrated for his work as a solo artist, band member and as a collaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of Angels”. https://twitter.com/KrisDrever https://twitter.com/boohewerdine BEN POOLE: At Green Hotel, Kinross. Ben has recently released his "Live at the Albert Hall" album, which is going down a storm with fans and critics alike. Peaking at number
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POLAR - BLOOD YOUTH - ELEMENTS – CONDOLENCES; Time 8pm, Tickets £7 Polar, metal/hardcore, Blood Youth -Metal Elements - Metalcore/hardcore, Condolences, Hardcore. Buskers, 15 Ward Rd, Dundee.
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DEAN OWENS: At Clark's on Lindsay St, Dundee. Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and established singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith. www.clarksonlindsaystreet.com www.deanowens.com
WINTER WILSON; Instrumentalists and singers Kip Winter and Dave Wilson are a popular duo on the folk circuit while Dave is generally recognised as one of the finest songwriters on the English acoustic scene. Their 27 APRIL evocative songs, harmony singing and sheer 12 JUNE OVER; OVER is an alternative melodic punk-rock musicianship have gained them lots of rave band formed in May 2012, consisting of Linda reviews. Crail Folk Club Crail Town Hall THE KILKENNYS’; The Kilkennys are four Battilani (Vocals), Harry Bertoni (Guitar and Marketgate South, Marketgate, Crail. Time 8pm. young balladeers, who have been credited with back up vocals), Matt Mantovani (Guitar), Oscar keeping Irish folk music alive thanks to their Scantamburlo (Bass), and Fede Bernardi 15 MAY incredible musicianship and boundless energy. (Drums). The band started out in February of Rothes Hall, Rothes Square, Glenrothes. Time LAU: At Perth Concert Hall. Internationally 2013 with the EP "All Over Again", receiving a 8pm. acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a good consensus with the underground music http://www.thekilkennys.com/ scene. Time 8pm. Tickets £4. Buskers, 15 Ward European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for Road, Dundee. release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). 13 JUNE www.lau-music.co.uk 29 APRIL THE KILKENNYS’; The Kilkennys are four SCHNARFF SCHNARFF, IN SEARCH OF DAVE ARCARI SLIDE guitarist & songwriter young balladeers, who have been credited with SANITY, ENEMIES OF THE STATE, RETURN Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to keeping Irish folk music alive thanks to their TO THE SUN, Time 7pm. Tickets £5, £6 on the trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do incredible musicianship and boundless energy. door This will be the gig of the year for us! pre-war Delta blues – Buskers, 15 Ward Road, Falkirk Town Hall. Westbridge St, Falkirk. Time Glasgows beauties In Search of Sanity The ever Dundee. 8pm. growing Enemies Of The State Edinburghs www.davearcari.com http://www.thekilkennys.com/ Phenomenal Return To The Sun And to headline the Legends that are SchnarffSchnarff. Buskers, 21 MAY 14 JUNE 15 Ward Rd, Dundee. BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined THE KILKENNYS’; The Kilkennys are four by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah OPEN JAM; Time 11pm. Free Entry between young balladeers, who have been credited with 11pm-12am, £3.50 after 18+ ONLY All welcome Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are keeping Irish folk music alive thanks to their accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining incredible musicianship and boundless energy. to participate or just relax and enjoy the music banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass Webster Theatre, 64 High St, Arbroath. Time Buskers, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted 8pm. songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. 9 MAY http://www.thekilkennys.com/ Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club. Time 8pm, BENNY GALLAGHER In Concert Sat. (pre-picnic Tickets £8. 19 JUNE Concert), 7,30pm. Stirling Rugby Club, www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk Bridgehaugh Park/Causeway Head Rd DEAN OWENS with WHISKY HEARTS BAND: Stirling. Tel 01786 478 866 29 MAY At Tolbooth, Stirling. Velvet-voiced Dean Owens www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and http://scribblerspicnic.co.uk/tickets EDDI READER: At Gardyne Theatre, Dundee. established singer songwriters, with fans www.eddireader.co.uk including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell 10 MAY www.facebook.com/eddireader Brand. Dean’s music has been described as https://twitter.com/eddireader Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and THE SCRIBBLERS PICNIC: A fun day filled draws as much from his Scottish roots, with great live music all in aid of Charity. Stirling 11 JUNE especially his home town of Leith.
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26 APRIL Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. MARK OLSON with COLIN CLYNE: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 7.30pm, £12. Mark Olson was a founding member of the highly influential Americana / alt.country band The Jayhawks. The singer-songwriter has been responsible for some of the most blissful, genre-defining Alternative Country and Americana ever recorded. Colin Clyne is a native of Stonehaven who recently ended a 10 year stay in Southern California a few years back, where along with Scotland he had a sizeable following. He is now based in the NE of Scotland. His latest album The Never Ending Pageant garnered both critical and chart success. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com
WINTER WILSON - Instrumentalists and singers Kip Winter and Dave Wilson are a popular duo on the folk circuit while Dave is generally recognised as one of the finest songwriters on the English acoustic scene. Their evocative songs, harmony singing and sheer musicianship have gained them lots of rave reviews. Aberdeen Folk Club, Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Time 8.30pm. 20 MAY SINGERS AND MUSICIANS SESSION - Again come, sing, play or listen! (or all three of course). Aberdeen Folk Club, Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen 23 MAY
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BRING IN THE SPIRIT - This trio is headed by Rod Paterson, widely recognised as the foremost male traditional singer in Scotland and a founder member of Jock Tamson's Bairns and the Easy Club. Kirsten Easdale, a founder member of top Celtic band Calasaig, has toured extensively and is renowned for her beautiful and powerful voice. Gregor Lowery, one of Scotland's finest accordion players, completes the line-up: a star of stage, screen and television, he has played in various top bands including Blackeyed Biddy and Ceilidh Minogue, and in the TV programme Monarch of the Glen. Aberdeen Folk Club, Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen Admission £10 (members/concessions £8) 27 JUNE LAU: At Aberdeen Music Hall. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). www.lau-music.co.uk 1 JULY SINGERS AND MUSICIANS SESSION WITH EXTENDED SPOT - Sheeoch are a local group led by Cathy Simpson and rehearse next to the Sheeoch burn in Durris. Featuring mandolin, cello, fiddle, percussion, harp, guitar and song, they will perform a mix of faster and melodic sets. Aberdeen Folk Club, Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen Admission free. 7 AUGUST Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. THE RED DIRT SKINNERS: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, 7.30pm, £10/ £8adv. Back for a third visit to Aberdeen, The Red Dirt Skinners just can't stay away ! By popular demand, the Skinners have released a live album (Live in Aberdeen 2014), a 15 track 'warts and all' album recorded live at the Blue Lamp in Aberdeen in July 2014. Once in a while, an artist comes along who simply doesn’t follow the rules. Winning National Awards in both Blues and Country, the Red Dirt Skinners are equally at home on a festival stage, or in a folk club too. It’s not that they haven’t decided which genre they are, it’s that they’re pro-actively developing a whole new sound. Without fail, audiences are on their feet at the end of a Red Dirt Skinners show, and all are saying the same thing... 'that’s refreshingly different'. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com www.reddirtskinners.com 22 SEPTEMBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. GREG TROOPER: At The Blue Lamp Aberdeen, 7.30pm, £12/ £10adv. Greg Trooper is a singer/songwriter who has released 12 albums since 1986. Raised in the shore town of Little Silver, NJ he became enthralled by the greater New York area’s rich music scene. He discovered a sort of holy musical trinity in the work of Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, and Hank Williams, with their guiding lights of passion, literary dexterity and plainspoken honesty. It’s one reason Trooper’s music feels equally informed by Memphis soul, Greenwich Village folk and Nashville twang. Trooper has made an impact on the music scenes in all the places he’s lived since leaving home after high school: Austin, Texas, Lawrence, Kansas, Nashville and New York. Music critics praise his poetic feel, infectious melodies and insightful lyrics.
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26 JUNE LAU: At Mareel, Lerwick. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). www.lau-music.co.uk 18 JULY DAVE ARCARI SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do
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Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 18 APRIL Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick presents RUSTEE STRINGS playing with a guest or two: This should be a great session of music and chat, so come and chill for the afternoon and sample the best coffee and snacks
by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. Eastgate Arts Centre, Peebles. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £14/£12 Tel. 01721 725777 www.eastgatearts.com 24 MAY
DAVE ARCARI: At Reivers Rock & Blues Festival, Alwinton. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta Blues. www.davearcari.com 30 MAY St Boswells Live! presents ….. ST BOSWELLS LIVE! Classical Concert for Village Week, featuring the Sirocco Winds Quintet, plus support. Full details and links to tickets can be found at our website … www.stboswellslive.com
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APRIL St Boswells Americana Festival Scottish Borders 18 April St Boswells Live! presents ….. St Boswells Americana Festival featuring RED DAWG + DAN WALSH plus workshops and other special events. www.stboswellslive.com
Northern Streams Edinburgh 24-25 April
local musicians that our remote isles have to of- 2 May 2015 fer. Super earlybird tickets have already sold out! www.shetlandfolkfestival.com Next batch of tickets go on sale in October! Brew at the Bog is BrewDog and Bogbain Farm’s gift to the world: a festival full of new music and new beer. BrewDog are the leaders of the craft beer revolution and they are about breaking rules, taking risks, upsetting trends, unsettling institutions but first and foremost, great Thornhill Music Festival tasting beers. As one newspaper put it, BrewDog Dumfriesshire is the new black. Bogbain Farm is based just 1-3 May outside Inverness and was crowned the “Best Unusual Venue” at the 2012 Scottish Event Now in its 3rd year Thornhill Music Festival Awards. Brew at the Bog is just the latest in fesbrings a rich and diverse programme of music to tivals Bogbain is hosting and the fabulous surthe village including acclaimed Blues artist Ayn- roundings of this old farm will ensure Brew at sley Lister. The weekend boasts a cross section the Bog 2015 will go down in history. of music from Country Rock and Blues, Ska, Rock, Indie, Blues funk, Eclectic Americana as www.brewatthebog.com well as singer songwriters. The festival also organises a "Rockschool" event for 11-16 year Burns an' a' That! olds. Ayr www.lewishamiltonmusic.co.uk/events 2-3 May
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Girvan Folk Festival Girvan 1-3 May Concerts - Sessions - Open Stage - Competitions - Workshops - Children's Events - Camp Site : Girvan Folk Festival started in 1975, a time when folk music in Scotland was increasingly exploring its own roots. Concert venues, competitions, ceilidh dance childrens events, sessions for tunes and songs, Open Stage, workshops,secure campsite. So please tell all of your friends and help to make this the biggest Girven Festival ever! There will be plenty of room and plenty of music for all to enjoy.
For two days in April this truly unique festival combines one off concerts with dynamic and exciting workshops for both adults and children. In 2015 we celebrate the best talent from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Orkney/Scotland. For the past 12 years the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (Edinburgh & Lothians Branch), have been bringing the finest in Nordic and Scottish music, song and dance to enthusiastic audiences in Edinburgh. And we are once www.girvanfolkfestival.co.uk again taking place in the Grassmarket Centre, Edinburgh www.northernstreams.org
TradFest Edinburgh · Dùn Èideann Edinburgh 29 April - 10 May Edinburgh’s TradFest kick starts the summer season with a feast of music, song, storytelling, dance, folk drama, literature, folk film, talks, crafts and visual arts in Scotland’s capital. This blaze of contemporary colour is inspired by the traditions of May Day and the Gaelic Beltane, showcasing Celtic arts and cultural traditions with a contemporary spin. www.facebook.com/tradfestedinburgh
35th Shetland Folk Festival Shetland 30 April -3 May
Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival Oban 1-3 May
The Burns an' a' that! Festival is an annual tribute to Scotland's internationally acclaimed poet Robert Burns. A new venue for 2015 at Rozelle Park, Ayr, more information coming soon! www.burnsfestival.com
Moniave Folk Festival Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, 8-10 May The Moniave Folk Festival has something for everyone, Great music, Piping competitions, Open stages, children’s events and concerts. Workshops. Come along for a wonderful family weekend. www.moniaivefolkfestival.co.uk
Psychedelic Forest Disco Kelburn 9 May
Kelburn’s infamous season-opener – the wild The Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Fes- and groovy feast for all the senses that is The tival has developed into one of Scotland’s major Psychedelic Forest Disco – returns on Saturday 9th May. Once again we will feature a top linecultural festivals, and takes place annually in Oban, Scotland. The event has developed to in- up of acts across 2 soundsystems alongside include new special events and competitions, and numerable hidden treats and surprises, quality beer, cider and cocktails, camping and of course the festival now offers over 1100 participants 125 competition classes in ten disciplines includ- your favourite woodland shenanigans! ing piping, accordion, fiddle, clarsach, piano, rewww.kelburngardenparty.com/other-events/ corder, singing, highland dancing and choreography. www.obanfestival.org
Isle of Bute Jazz Festival
Scribblers Picnic Stirling 10 May
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 The 28th Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown Cancer Care. This outdoor event is held at the spectacularly from its small beginnings to beStirling Rugby Club with each year getting better come one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. Top-class UK and international names fea- and better. Four stages of music and a charity ture in a programme of traditional jazz music in fete make it a fun day for all the family. The unique music event, which is run entirely by volone of Scotland's prettiest and friendliest seaunteers, will feature hundreds of musicians covside resorts. ering a broad array of music across the day in the grounds of Stirling Rugby Club. Thousands www.butejazz.com are expected to flock to Bridgehaugh for the event which runs from 12noon to 8pm. Isle of Bute 1-4 May 2015
The Festival as the UK's most northerly folk festival is regarded a prestigious event for performers, locals and visitors alike. Organised by a voluntary committee (and run by an even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the isles, consisting of some of the best International, British and Shetland music that the world Brew at has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of Inverness
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