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'Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook'

with musical friends including Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr and Kevin McGuire is on tour in December - read more in our GIGspotlight on p15 www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook

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www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic Galloway sits in for Bryan with the 'Get It On Christmas Tombola'. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Travelling Folk :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce McGregor brings you the very best of folk and roots music from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads :: 9.55pm on BBC ALBA. TIDE LINES perform at the 2017 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk Belladrum 2019 :: 10.30-11pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the Belladrum Music festival in August 2019. This episode features music from the main stage and exclusive acoustic performances by PEAT & DIESEL and HAWKWIND. TORRIDON and guitar legend JOHNNY MARR are the main stage attractions. www.bbcalba.co.uk

Planet Pop with Nicola Meighan :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Nicola plays a power of pop bangers alongside the tracks they Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6.30pm sampled. on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic Galloway sits in www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland for Bryan with the festive music you don't hear every day.

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Another Country with Ricky Ross :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky's favourite Americana and Country music from last 12 months. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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The Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Blas :: 10pm on BBC ALBA. BREABACH at Blas festival 2018. www.bbcalba.co.uk

Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Nicola Meighan sits in for Bryan with Panto related songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Roddy Hart :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

Roddy shines a spotlight on great songwriting both contemporary and classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Ricky Ross Meets :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Celebrating the photography of his late life Linda and their love for Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Belladrum :: 11.45pm on BBC ALBA. Highlight's from WARD THOMAS'S performances at Belladrum 2018. www.bbcalba.co.uk

Quay Sessions :: 11.05pm on BBC ALBA. A special session with ASTRID. www.bbcalba.co.uk

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Ashley Storrie :: 10pm on BBC Radio The Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. New and classic Scottish music, Scotland. Tune into what is happening in soul rockabilly, pop and indie from around music, arts and culture from across Scotland. the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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page 3: music on scotland's tv + radio this week incl christmas + new year Quay Sessions :: 10.50pm on BBC ALBA. A special session with ASTRID. www.bbcalba.co.uk Belladrum :: 11.15pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring SKERRYVORE, REZILLOS, KEIR GIBSON and TORRIDON at Belladrum 2019. www.bbcalba.co.uk SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER

Billy Sloan :: 10pm on BBC Radio Folk Prom :: 10pm on BBC ALBA. A Scotland. Hot releases plus rock and pop prom celebrating traditional folk music. music from Scotland and around the www.bbcalba.co.uk world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End the day in the company of Tune - THE DUNTS :: 11.45pm on BBC the songwriting masters of country, folk, Scotland. Glasgow 'council punl' fourblues and soul. piece THE DUNTS perform at Electric www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Fields festival. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland MONDAY 16 DECEMBER

Take The Floor :: 7pm on BBC Radio SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER Scotland. For the very best in traditional music and song join Gary Innes.

Take The Floor :: 5pm on BBC Radio www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Scotland. For the very best in traditional music and song join Gary Innes.

Pipeline :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The definitive pipe music programme, featuring news and recordings from the Jazz Nights :: 7pm on BBC Radio piping world.

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Folk Prom :: 9pm on BBC ALBA. A www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland prom celebrating traditional folk music. www.bbcalba.co.uk Classics Unwrapped :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Jamie MacDougall has Blas :: 10pm on BBC ALBA. MISCHA music to relax to, thanks to some MacPHERSON at Blas festival 2018. listener favourites. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

The Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with your favourite music from the Christmas movies. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The Story of Scotdisc :: 7pm on BBC Scotland. The story of one of Scotland's most successful labels, Scotdisc Records. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland

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post-Britpop era, going on to win almost every major award going. From the attic The Boaty Weekender :: 8-9pm on of the Horseshoe Bar to Studio 2 at BBC Radio Scotland. Belle & Sebastian Abbey Road, with help from the band frontman Stuart Murdoch joins Natasha themselves, Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley, and Raskin Sharp to look back at the band’s some of the pop stars they went on to Blas :: 10pm on BBC ALBA. summer music festival on a influence, Paul tells the story of one of SKIPINNISH at Blas festival 2018.

Mediterranean cruise ship. Natasha also the most successful Scottish albums www.bbcalba.co.uk talked to Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, ever, meeting the key figures behind the Japanese Breakfast, Camera Obscura creation of a modern Scottish classic Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio and The Vaselines on board as well as including world renowned producers Scotland. End the day in the company of fans from all over the world soaking in Nigel Godrich and Mike Hedges, and the songwriting masters of country, folk, the sun and the music. rediscovers what the album meant to blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland him as a 22 year old journalist at the www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland start of his career.

Coisir Alba aig Eurovision 2019 :: www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Belladrum :: 11.45pm on BBC ALBA. 8.30-9.00pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring BWANI JUNCTION at Documentary about a Scottish choir Christmas at the Movies :: 4.00Belladrum 2016. making their debut at the Eurovision 5.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. The www.bbcalba.co.uk Choir 2019 competition in Gothenburg, BBC SSO and conductor Roderick Dunk Sweden. This programme follows the perform music from popular films.

TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER choir’s journey to Eurovision, as they Hosted by singer and presenter, Jamie perform alongside choirs from all over MacDougall.

The Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC the world. Narrated by Tony Kearney. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Radio Scotland. Tune into what is www.bbcalba.co.uk happening in music, arts and culture Mod na Cloinne 2019 :: 7.30-8.30pm from across Scotland.

Christmas Classics :: 10-11.30pm on on BBC Radio Scotland. Cathy www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland BBC Radio Scotland. The BBC SSO and MacDonald presents a chance to enjoy arranger, composer and conductor some of the successful performers from Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: Andrew Cottee wishes you A Very Merry the Children’s Mod held earlier this year.

6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan Christmas with West End star Anna-Jane The Mod returned to Glasgow for the with Christmas sings about the family.

Casey and leading big-band vocalist first time since 1990 and the week got www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Matt Ford. off to a great start with the children’s www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland competitions. The singing competitions Another Country with Ricky Ross :: began on Monday with primarily young 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky's WEDNESDAY 25 DECEMBER learners to the fore while the following favourite Americana and Country music day, the competitions were aimed at from last 12 months.

TRAVIS: 'The Man Who' at 20 :: native speakers. A selection of winners www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland 2.00-2.55pm on BBC Radio Scotland. from both of these days will be shown Journalist and broadcaster Paul English including the winners of the James C Roddy Hart :: 11pm on BBC Radio marks the 20th anniversary of The Man MacPhee medals, Aimee Georgeson and Scotland. Roddy shines a spotlight on Who, the landmark album by Scottish Archie Kennedy. Also featured will be great songwriting both contemporary band Travis. Released in 1999, the the young girl and boy who won the and classic. record initially received a lukewarm Comunn Gàidhealach Silver Medals, www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland response, until one afternoon at Jessica Hanvidge and Alec MacDonald.

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Edward Reid, Judith Ralston, Michelle McManus, Craig Hill, Johnny Mac, Elaine C Smith, Tom Urie and Ashley Storrie test their musicals trivia knowledge and vocal skills accompanied by pianist Gordon Cree to see who will emerge as Les Quiz champions. Part two is Friday 27 December, 12noon – 12.30pm. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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Edward Reid, Judith Ralston, Michelle McManus, Craig Hill, Johnny Mac, Elaine C Smith, Tom Urie and Ashley Storrie test their musicals trivia knowledge and vocal skills accompanied by pianist Gordon Cree to see who will emerge as Les Quiz champions. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Na Trads: An Dara Teud :: 9.0010.30pm on BBC ALBA. Na Trads: An Dara Teud. Highlights and music from Mod nan Coisirean 2019 :: 7.05the Trad Awards 2019, from Aberdeen.

8.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald Presenters Mary Ann Kennedy, Kim presents a selection of the successful Carnie and Linda MacLeod meet the performers from the choral competitions musicians, winners and stars of the at the Mod held earlier this year. event, both onstage and behind the After almost 30 years, the Mod returned scenes. to Glasgow and this programme will www.bbcalba.co.uk show all the choirs who took part in the Lovat and Tullibardine Shield SATURDAY 28 DECEMBER competition including the eventual winners, Oban Gaelic Choir conducted Belladrum 2019 :: 9-10pm on BBC

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ALBA. Musical highlights from the Also featured in this programme will be Belladrum festival in August 2019. This Stirling Gaelic Choir who won the episode features main stage music and Margrat Duncan Memorial Trophy for the acoustic performances by Kim Carnie second year running. The rural choirs and Peat and Diesel. Trad-rockers are also represented with a selection Elephant Sessions and Skerryvore are from each choir who took part in the the main stage attraction.

Lorn Shield and the Sherrif MacMaster www.bbcalba.co.uk Campbell Memorial Quaich. www.bbcalba.co.uk MONDAY 30 DECEMBER

violinist Stephanie Childress, Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2019 Benedict Morris, soprano Eleanor Dennis and Scottish singing legend Barbara Dickson. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER Susan Calman’s Not Quite End of the Year Show :: 9.00 – 9.30pm on BBC Scotland. The popular comedian and writer looks back over 2019 with plenty of music, entertainment and chat.

Classic tunes come from Travis and Twin Atlantic. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland The Hogmanay Show :: 11.00pm1.00am on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan Burnett brings the Hogmanay Party live from Stonehaven Town Hall where he’ll be seeing in the New Year with a traditional Scottish ceilidh.

The Hogmanay Show also hears live from the Stonehaven Fireballs, as dozens of local people parade down the High Street swinging burning balls of fire around their heads before throwing them into the sea. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Ceilidh na Bliadhn' Uire :: 11.301.40am on BBC ALBA. Hogmanay Ceilidh 2019 is live from Motherwell Concert Hall in Lanarkshire, hosted by Cathy Macdonald and Niall Iain Macdonald. The programme opens its doors to an array of stunning Gaelic FRIDAY 27 DECEMBER Proms In The Park :: 8-9pm on BBC singers and musicians providing ceilidh Scotland. Jamie MacDougall presents craic and a sensational playlist to take Les Quiz – The Musicals Panel Game highlights recorded live at the Proms in viewers through the bells and into 2020. (part2) :: 12noon – 12.30pm on BBC the Park event staged on Glasgow Green Performing live: Mànran who celebrate Radio Scotland. Over two consecutive in September.

10 years together in 2020 are joined by days, BBC Radio Scotland’s Classics Stephen Bell conducts the BBC Kim Carnie in her first TV appearance as Unwrapped presenter, Jamie Symphony Orchestra who are joined by part of the band, Na Trads ‘Live Act of

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song and drams flowing for a celebration of this beloved bar which is famed HELPING SCOTTISH BASED across the Highlands, the Islands, MUSICIANS PROMOTE Scotland and beyond. Joe learns about LONDON GIGS the early history of the establishment as Send us all your gig the West end grew in the mid-19th dates for London! century, by visiting archives of the Email them to Carol famous Mitchell Library. Join Joe as he carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com explores the story of the Park Bar and its ties to Gaelic.

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DETAILS BEFORE TRAVELLING concert tour sees traditional music's Celebrations from around Scotland will most celebrated innovators strip away be a central part of the show and Des OR BOOKING TICKETS their banks of electronics, loops and wild Clarke will be out and about among the THINGS CAN CHANGE!! effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, crowds in the countdown to the Bells vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and while Amy reports live from the historic Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a Fireballs Ceremony in Stonehaven and more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic. drops in to see Bryan Burnett who is The approach is subtler, less about hosting the Radio Scotland ceilidh. As spectacle, more about close listening. In the big moment approaches, the focus brash and polarised political times, here will turn to the traditional piper playing is the poetry of real instruments and high on the ramparts of Edinburgh Reaching our Scottish expat considerate music making.

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mns GIGfocus :: Dean Owens & The Southerners Award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is widely hailed as one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC legend "Whispering" Bob Harris.

GIGnotes :: December: 12th – The Woodside Hotel, Aberdour :: 14th – The Catstrand, New Galloway :: 15th – The Glad Café, Glasgow :: 16th – The Traverse, Edinburgh (Sold Out)

2019 has been an exciting year for Dean Owens winning UK Song of the Year at AmericanaFest UK for the title track of his most recent, widely acclaimed album Southern Wind, and clocking up over 20,000 miles on the road, on US and UK tours.

He’ll celebrate the new year by heading to WaveLab Studios in Tucson, Arizona to record his next (his 8th solo) album, before heading across the country to Arkansas where he has been invited to participate in a week long international songwriters residency, The House of Songs, now celebrating their 10th year. 8 songwriters will share the house in Arkansas, living and writing together in various combinations. www.thehouseofsongs.org

He then heads to Folk Alliance International, in New Orleans, where he has several showcases, in his own right, and with House of Songs, before returning home via London and He’s delighted to be winding it up with a tour AmericanaFest UK where he’ll be reunited with with his new power trio, Dean Owens and The Southerners – aka the formidable talents the Southerners for an official showcase in Hackney. (Thanks to Creative Scotland for of award winning multi instrumentalist Tom supporting the House of Songs residency and Collison on keys and bass guitar (sometimes both at the same time) and guitar maestro Jim showcases).

Maving on electric, delta slide and mandolin.

A new album - The Man From Leith: The Best The Southerners’ debut on the English tour of Dean Owens - will be released on London’s circuit in June 2019 met with exuberant Eel Pie Records in Mar 2020, launching at Leith standing ovations and several sellouts.

Dockers Club on 13 Mar, as Dean and the Southerners (and some special guests) before Tom won Instrumentalist of the Year at hitting the road in March, and throughout the AmericanaFest 2018, and the guys are crossing their fingers for Jim Maving, who has summer to promote it. been nominated in the same category for 2020.

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WEATHERBY :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ 16 DECEMBER The Soundhouse Organisation presents ..... DEAN OWENS & THE SOUTHERNERS (sold out) :: At The Traverse Bar, Cambridge Street Edinburgh. Dean's delighted to be winding up an exciting 2019 with a tour with his new power trio, Dean Owens

Dean Owens and The Southerners and their tour car - it is electric!

A Dean Owens gig isn’t just about the songs though. Dean is also a witty raconteur (a "blether" in Scottish parlance!), with anecdotes about his travels and the songs – from a 7 album solo career, and his days with Scotland’s original Americana/alt country/ cowpunk band, the Felsons - peppered Armed with a searingly soulful voice, skilfully crafted songs and earworm inducing melodies, throughout his set. His performance takes his Dean’s music conjures the wild romanticism of audience from tears to laughter to rocking out, in the course of just a few songs. the open road, distilling the Scottish and Americana into a unique blend of celtic spirit, www.deanowens.com country soul. The unfettered enthusiasm of a www.twitter.com/deanowens1 rock n roller coupled with the sympathetic www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic delivery of folk’s best storytellers.

and The Southerners – aka the formidable talents of award winning multi instrumentalist Tom Collison on keys and bass guitar (sometimes both at the same time) and guitar maestro Jim Maving on electric, delta slide and mandolin. The Southerners’ debut on the English tour circuit in June 2019 met with exuberant standing ovations and several sellouts. A Dean Owens gig isn’t just about the songs though. Dean is also a witty raconteur (a "blether" in Scottish parlance!), with anecdotes about his travels and the songs – from a 7 album solo career, and his days with Scotland’s original Americana/alt country/cowpunk band, the Felsons peppered throughout his set. His performance takes his audience from tears to laughter to rocking out, in the course of just a few songs. www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic

www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg/ 21 DECEMBER PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Following the huge success and popularity of Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook over the last 13 years, the show will be returning to venues across Scotland this December – bringing warm and moving musical moments to get audiences in the festive spirit. Phil and a billing of Scotland’s finest folk musicians will hit the road for seven shows, dishing out heart-warming entertainment in Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh. Teemed with jovial anecdotes, modern and traditional Christmas music and exquisite musicianship that tugs at your

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After Marc Almond takes us up to The Bells, Edinburgh’s good-time ska godfathers Porkpie take the stage after midnight to keep the party 22 DECEMBER going. The Johnnie Walker Stage PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS plays host to Hogmanay regular THE GREAT CALVERTO, opening for SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Queen's Radio 1 DJ and presenter of Love Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Following Island: The Morning After, Glasgow the huge success and popularity of born ARIELLE FREE - followed by Phil Cunningham’s Christmas the return of the MAC TWINS after Songbook over the last 13 years, the show will be returning to venues last year’s triumphant set no one wanted to end, taking us through The across Scotland this December – Bells and into 2020. bringing warm and moving musical www.edinburghshogmanay.com moments to get audiences in the festive spirit. Phil and a billing of KEIR GIBSON :: At Hogmanay Scotland’s finest folk musicians will hit the road for seven shows, dishing Street Party Edinburgh. 9pm. Rising Highland star Keir Gibson will play the out heart-warming entertainment in Waverley Stage at Edinburgh's Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, Hogmanay following a successful Inverness and Edinburgh. Teemed summer of festival slots and the with jovial anecdotes, modern and release of his debut single. Thanks to traditional Christmas music and an early hook-up with Paradigm live exquisite musicianship that tugs at music agency, home to the likes of your heartstrings, it is indeed “the perfect way to fill up your festive fuel Lewis Capaldi, Clean Bandit and Tom Walker, Keir has also secured a string tank” (The Scotsman). Phil will be joined by some of the best musicians of support slots across the UK and Ireland with Irish act Keywest, taking on the Scottish folk scene including in cities including Dublin, Manchester EDDI READER, KAREN and Glasgow. In the past year, Keir MATHESON, JOHN MCCUSKER, has progressed from playing small KRIS DREVER, IAN CARR and support slots, to travelling the KEVIN MCGUIRE, along with a country in pursuit of his music. He special guest brass band. supported London songwriter Billy www.facebook.com/ Lockett at Glasgow’s King Tuts and philschristmassongbook has been announced among the lineup for Edinburgh’s infamous 31 DECEMBER Hogmanay Street Party, joining the Edinburgh's Hogmanay :: The new likes of Mark Ronson, Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond and Glasgow High Street stage features an all new wave act The Ninth Wave.

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Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook returns this December for string of live dates Aberdeen :: 17th Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow :: 18th, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness :: 20th Perth Concert Hall, Perth :: 21st + 22nd, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Following the huge success and popularity of Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook over the last 13 years, the show will be returning to venues across Scotland this December – bringing warm and moving musical moments to get audiences in the festive spirit.

Phil and a billing of Scotland’s finest folk musicians will hit the road for seven shows, dishing out heartwarming entertainment in Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh.

Teemed with jovial anecdotes, modern and traditional Christmas music and exquisite musicianship that tugs at your heartstrings, it is indeed “the perfect way to fill up your festive fuel tank” (The Scotsman).

Phil will be joined by some of the best musicians on the Scottish folk scene including Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr and Kevin McGuire, along with a special guest brass band.

Phil said: “It’s been fantastic to see the Christmas Songbook grow over the last 13 years and become a much-loved part of people’s seasonal festivities and I can’t wait to hit the road again this December.

“For anyone looking to brighten up a dark winter’s night and get a bit of festive cheer, this is the show for you. Yet again I’ll be joined by some old pals who know all too well how to get an audience tapping their feet and up dancing. We look forward to putting on another year of memorable shows for everyone.”

A superb innovative instrumentalist, Phil Cunningham not only boasts the fastest fingers in the West but some of the most sensitive ones, too.

He is fondly remembered from his days with Silly Wizard and Relativity and as witty musical partner

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of the great Shetland fiddler, Aly Bain.

Also widely recognised from his television and radio presenting, Phil has been involved in some of the seminal programmes that have enabled Scottish music to walk tall, a true ambassador for traditional music. Not to mention a humourist, Phil’s breezy banter can have a 2000-seat hall falling about in the aisles.

Phil often keeps high company and no less is true for this year’s special Christmas gathering. A powerful mix of lead vocalists include the inimitable Eddi Reader, who has celebrated a career spanning over three decades and has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers.

With an MBE for outstanding contributions to the arts, 3 BRIT awards, a number one single and eight critically-acclaimed solo albums, Eddi is considered to be “one of Scotland’s greatest national treasures” (The Scotsman). Karen Matheson OBE, is recognized the world over as the haunting lead vocalist of Celtic supergroup, Capercaillie and one of "the finest Gaelic singers alive today" (Billboard Magazine).

The Orcadian singer and guitarist Kris Drever who was BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2017, is part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene and is widely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk superstars, Lau. Also joining Phil are multi-instrumentalist, John McCusker, one of Scotland’s most accomplished and versatile musicians in any genre who has worked with artists as diverse as Mark Knopfler, Paul Weller and Patti Smith, Teenage Fanclub and Billy Connolly; Ian Carr, who is known for his original and eclectic approach to traditional music guitar and has established an instantly recognisable sound that has influenced countless musicians and Kevin McGuire who is a highly sought after double bassist who has performed with the likes of Karine Polwart and Kate Rusby. Make sure to oil your vocal chords and bring the family!

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Seamus Egan :: At Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow. Few artists from traditional Irish music are more influential that Seamus Egan. A founding member of groundbreaking powerhouse band, Solas, the multiinstrumentalist has a reputation as one of the leading lights, having inspired generations of musicians. As a composer, he has scored numerous documentaries and indie films; as bandleader, he established Solas as the pre-eminent Irish-American band of their generation for the past 20 years, continuously bringing in fresh ideas, including teaming up with Rhiannon Giddens on their 2015 album. When Solas took a break in 2018, he began touring with a hand-picked band – all cream-of-the-crop players – this project.

Now we can all enjoy the fruits of these exhilarating new adventures with the upcoming release of the stunning Early Bright album, set to get its world premiere and launch at Celtic Connections in January. www.facebook.com/seamuseganproject

North Carolina with a brand new album to promote, intent on building their considerable and enthusiastic fan base on this side of the Atlantic. “Amanda Platt has one of those gorgeous heartache-drenched voices that brings to mind Loretta Lynn or Sheryl Crow” – Julian Piper, Acoustic magazine www.facebook.com/Honeycutters www.brookfield-knights.com 22 JANUARY Brookfield Knights presents .....

Amanda Ann Platt & The Honeycutters :: At Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow. One of our most popular touring bands, Amanda Ann Platt & The Honeycutters will return to these shores from their base in western North Carolina with a brand new album to promote, intent on building their considerable and enthusiastic fan base on this side of the Atlantic. “Amanda Platt has one of those gorgeous heartache-drenched voices that brings to mind Loretta Lynn or Sheryl Crow” – Julian Piper, Acoustic magazine www.facebook.com/Honeycutters www.brookfield-knights.com 23 JANUARY

19 JANUARY LAU 'Unplugged Tour' :: At City Halls & Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow. 7.30pm.

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Seamus Egan :: At Celtic Connections For the first time in over a decade, Lau present an entirely acoustic tour. The Festival, Glasgow. Few artists from pioneering Scottish folk trio have always traditional Irish music are more experimented with sound and form; the influential that Seamus Egan. A results have always been complex and founding member of groundbreaking thrilling. Already acknowledged as powerhouse band, Solas, the multiinstrumentalist has a reputation as one phenomenal live performers Lau arrived at a new creative peak with 2019's of the leading lights, having inspired Midnight and Closedown (Reveal generations of musicians. As a Records). Now 2020's Unplugged composer, he has scored numerous concert tour sees traditional music's documentaries and indie films; as bandleader, he established Solas as the most celebrated innovators strip away their banks of electronics, loops and wild pre-eminent Irish-American band of effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, their generation for the past 20 years, vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and continuously bringing in fresh ideas, Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a including teaming up with Rhiannon more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic.

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For the first time in over a decade, Lau present an entirely acoustic tour. The pioneering Scottish folk trio have always experimented with sound and form; the results have always been complex and thrilling. Already acknowledged as phenomenal live performers Lau arrived at a new creative peak with 2019's Midnight and Closedown (Reveal Records). Now 2020's Unplugged concert tour sees traditional music's most celebrated innovators strip away their banks of electronics, loops and wild effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic.

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 20: fife + central + perthshire + tayside Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... CUA :: At The Polish Exserviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

CUA were our most successful touring act in 2018 with glowing reviews everywhere they went and spontaneous testimonials from some of the most respected bookers and promoters on the circuit. The buzz generated was so hot that Celtic Connections added them late to the programme by creating a slot that had not been planned - and the event was one of the first to become sold-out, confirming the level of hunger there was to catch them in action. They will return for these dates having recorded and released a double album as a follow-up to their hugely successful "Songs of The Hollow." The Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.brookfield-knights.com www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 15 DECEMBER PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Following the huge success and popularity of Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook over the last 13 years, the show will be returning to venues across Scotland this December – bringing warm and moving musical moments to get audiences in the festive spirit. Phil and a billing of Scotland’s finest folk musicians will hit the road for seven shows, dishing out heart-warming entertainment in Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh. Teemed with jovial anecdotes, modern and traditional Christmas music and exquisite musicianship that tugs at your heartstrings, it is indeed “the perfect way to fill up your festive fuel tank” (The Scotsman). Phil will be joined by some of the best musicians on the Scottish folk scene including EDDI READER, KAREN MATHESON, JOHN

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jovial anecdotes, modern and traditional Christmas music and exquisite musicianship that tugs at your heartstrings, it is indeed “the perfect way to fill up your festive fuel tank” (The Scotsman). Phil will be joined by some THE ILLICITS supporting PRIMAL of the best musicians on the Scottish SCREAM :: At Concert Hall, Perth. folk scene including EDDI READER, Freshly signed to Alan McGee’s Creation KAREN MATHESON, JOHN 23 label, THE ILLICITS have confirmed MCCUSKER, KRIS DREVER, IAN details of their AA single “Left Behind / CARR and KEVIN MCGUIRE, along Born Slippy” (out 29 November) and live with a special guest brass band. dates in support of Liam Gallagher and www.facebook.com/ Primal Scream. With their blistering live philschristmassongbook shows, The Illicits are bringing people together, speaking to their peers and 21 DEC EMBER documenting life in post-industrial towns and cities. The band’s euphoric take on SKERRYVORE with TRAIL WEST :: At punk rock is instilling confidence and Reid Hall, Forfar. 7.30pm. Skerryvore swagger into their music scene, and are a multi-award winning Scottish band increasingly resonating with kids up and creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion that has down the country as word spreads. seen them perform in over 25 countries www.facebook.com/Theillicits/ worldwide. Twice awarded 'Live Act of the Year' at the Trad Music Awards 19 DECEMBER www.facebook.com/skerryvore Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... BOB AIMER BAND :: At The Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. The Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 20 DECEMBER PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Following the huge success and popularity of Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook over the last 13 years, the show will be returning to venues across Scotland this December – bringing warm and moving musical moments to get audiences in the festive spirit. Phil and a billing of Scotland’s finest folk musicians will hit the road for seven shows, dishing out heart-warming entertainment in Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh. Teemed with

29 DECEMBER Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... KINRICK :: At The Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 6.30pm, 7pm start. The Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club.

The club encourages interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 18 JANUARY The Great Fife Road Show featuring ..... MAUREEN (CHALMERS) BLYTH, DAVIE CRAIG, BARBARA DICKSON, NOEL FARROW, CILLA FISHER, JIM HERD, JIMMY HUTCHISON, BRIAN MILLER, RAB NOAKES, DAVEY STEWART and ARTIE TREZISE! :: At Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly, Fife. KY5 9RD. 8pm. £10.

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Let It Snow :: At St Giles Church, Elgin. Let It Snow promises to be another festive hit with Moray music lovers. Now in its fifth year, the crowdpleasing, feel-good performances will bring the usual sparkle and magic to the region. Let It Snow began in 2015, as a fundraiser for Lucy’s Fight - Lucy's Fight is a local campaign set up by Lucy Lintott, the youngest person in Scotland living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Lucy’s Fight raises money for the 21 MAY charity MND Scotland and awareness of MND. Every year since then, some of the LAU 'Unplugged Tour' :: At The finest jazz musicians in the country Tolbooth, Stirling. 7.30pm. For the first come to Elgin to team up with local time in over a decade, Lau present an talent, forming a big band, who perform entirely acoustic tour. The pioneering purely to help the cause. Promising to be Scottish folk trio have always the best yet, 2019 is the show’s fifth 16 DECEMBER experimented with sound and form; the birthday and there will be the usual big results have always been complex and band, featuring some of the most PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS thrilling. Already acknowledged as exciting young jazz players in the SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Queen's phenomenal live performers Lau arrived country, led this year by trumpet player Hall, Edinburgh.

7.30pm.

Following the at a new creative peak with 2019's Joshua Elcock. Guest singers are still to huge success and popularity of Phil Midnight and Closedown (Reveal be announced and the line-up will also Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook Records). Now 2020's Unplugged feature a community choir. over the last 13 years, the show will be concert tour sees traditional music's Performances on 20 December at 7:30 returning to venues across Scotland this pm / 21 December at 2:30pm and most celebrated innovators strip away their banks of electronics, loops and wild December – bringing warm and moving 7:30pm. Tickets, £18 (adult), £16 musical moments to get audiences in the (child) +bf from IT Central, 37 South effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, festive spirit. Phil and a billing of vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and Street, Elgin or @ Scotland’s finest folk musicians will hit Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a www.forteproductions.co.uk the road for seven shows, dishing out more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic. heart-warming entertainment in The approach is subtler, less about 18 JANUARY Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, spectacle, more about close listening. In brash and polarised political times, here Inverness and Edinburgh. Teemed with Brookfield Knights presents ..... jovial anecdotes, modern and traditional Seamus Egan :: At Glenbuchat Hall, is the poetry of real instruments and Christmas music and exquisite considerate music making.

Aberdeenshire. Few artists from musicianship that tugs at your www.facebook.com/LAUband traditional Irish music are more heartstrings, it is indeed “the perfect influential that Seamus Egan. A founding way to fill up your festive fuel tank” (The member of groundbreaking powerhouse Scotsman). Phil will be joined by some band, Solas, the multi-instrumentalist of the best musicians on the Scottish has a reputation as one of the leading folk scene including EDDI READER, lights, having inspired generations of KAREN MATHESON, JOHN musicians. As a composer, he has scored THE ILLICITS supporting PRIMAL SCREAM :: At Music Hall, Aberdeen.

Freshly signed to Alan McGee’s Creation 23 label, THE ILLICITS have confirmed details of their AA single “Left Behind / Born Slippy” (out 29 November) and live dates in support of Liam Gallagher and Primal Scream. With their blistering live shows, The Illicits are bringing people together, speaking to their peers and documenting life in post-industrial towns and cities. The band’s euphoric take on punk rock is instilling confidence and swagger into their music scene, and increasingly resonating with kids up and down the country as word spreads. www.facebook.com/Theillicits/

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When Solas took a break in 2018, he began touring with a hand-picked band – all cream-of-the-crop players – this project. Now we can all enjoy the fruits of these exhilarating new adventures with the upcoming release of the stunning Early Bright album, set to get its world premiere and launch at Celtic Connections in January. www.facebook.com/seamuseganproject

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carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 13 DECEMBER THE ILLICITS supporting PRIMAL SCREAM :: At The Ironworks, Inverness. Freshly signed to Alan McGee’s Creation 23 label, THE ILLICITS have confirmed details of their AA single “Left Behind / Born Slippy” (out 29 November) and live dates in support of Liam Gallagher and Primal Scream. With their blistering live shows, The Illicits are bringing people together, speaking to their peers and documenting life in post-industrial towns and cities. The band’s euphoric take on punk rock is instilling confidence and swagger into their music scene, and increasingly resonating with kids up and down the country as word spreads. www.facebook.com/Theillicits/ 18 DECEMBER PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK on Tour :: At Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Following the huge success and popularity of Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook over the last 13 years, the show will be returning to venues across Scotland this December – bringing warm and moving musical moments to get audiences in the festive spirit. Phil and a billing of Scotland’s finest folk musicians will hit the road for seven shows, dishing out heart-warming entertainment in Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness and Edinburgh. Teemed with jovial anecdotes, modern and traditional Christmas music and exquisite musicianship that tugs at your heartstrings, it is indeed “the perfect way to fill up your festive fuel

tank” (The Scotsman). Phil will be joined by some of the best musicians on the Scottish folk scene including EDDI READER, KAREN MATHESON, JOHN MCCUSKER, KRIS DREVER, IAN CARR and KEVIN MCGUIRE, along with a special guest brass band. www.facebook.com/ philschristmassongbook 21 DECEMBER KEIR GIBSON :: At Railway Club, Fort William. Rising Highland star Keir Gibson has announced he will play a headline hometown show in Fort William, following a successful summer of festival slots and the release of his debut single.

Keir will bring his stand-out alternative pop sound to life for audiences at Fort William Railway Club. Thanks to an early hook-up with Paradigm live music agency, home to the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Clean Bandit and Tom Walker, Keir has also secured a string of support slots across the UK and Ireland with Irish act Keywest, taking in cities including Dublin, Manchester and Glasgow. In the past year, Keir has progressed from playing small support slots, to travelling the country in pursuit of his music. He supported London songwriter Billy Lockett at Glasgow’s King Tuts and has been announced among the line-up for Edinburgh’s infamous Hogmanay Street Party, joining the likes of Mark Ronson, Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond and Glasgow new wave act The Ninth Wave. Tickets @ www.keirgibson.bigcartel.com www.facebook.com/KeirGibsonMusic/

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carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 14 DECEMBER DEAN OWENS & THE SOUTHERNERS :: At The Catstrand, New Galloway. Dean's delighted to be winding up an exciting 2019 with a tour with his new power trio, Dean Owens and The Southerners – aka the formidable talents of award winning multi instrumentalist Tom Collison on keys and bass guitar (sometimes both at the same time) and guitar maestro Jim Maving on electric, delta slide and mandolin. The Southerners’ debut on the English tour circuit in June 2019 met with exuberant standing ovations and several sellouts. A Dean Owens gig isn’t just about the songs though. Dean is also a witty raconteur (a "blether" in Scottish parlance!), with anecdotes about his travels and the songs – from a 7 album solo career, and his days with Scotland’s original Americana/alt country/cowpunk band, the Felsons peppered throughout his set. His performance takes his audience from tears to laughter to rocking out, in the course of just a few songs. www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic 21 DECEMBER BADSTONE :: At The Tavern, Prestwick. 8pm. Free admission. This group of seasoned musicians play a wide variety of music from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder and more. www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band 31 DECEMBER BADSTONE :: At The Twa Dugs, Ayr. 9.15pm. Free admission. This group of seasoned musicians play a wide variety of music from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder and more. www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band 3 JANUARY BADSTONE :: At Fanny by Gaslight, Kilmarnock. 9.30pm, free entry. This group of seasoned musicians play a wide variety of music from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder and more. www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band

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BADSTONE :: At New Cumnock Bowling www.facebook.com/thetwang Club. 8.30pm, tickets available from the club. This group of seasoned musicians 14 DECEMBER play a wide variety of music from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, ELEPHANT SESSIONS :: At MacArts, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Bridge Street, Galashiels. TD1 1SP. Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, Hailing from the Highlands of Scotland David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder the band formed in 2012. They are and more. comprised of Euan Smillie (fiddle), www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band Alasdair Taylor (mandolin), Mark Bruce (guitar), Seth Tinsley (bass, synth) and Greg Barry (drums, samples). Creating a progressive blend of intricate tunes, engulfing guitars, with a bass and drum heavy backline, their music combines the very best of trad, funk and Send us all your gig dates for electronica resulting in a new and Scottish Borders and exciting sound.

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very excited about. www.facebook.com/StringJamClub 10 MARCH WILLE AND THE BANDITS :: At St Boswells Village Hall, Scottish Borders.

7.30pm. Wille and the Bandits are returning to St Boswells Live to do a concert in St Boswells Village Hall. www.willeandthebandits.com www.facebook.com/stboswellslive 23 MAY

LAU 'Unplugged Tour' :: At Sage Gateshead. 7.30pm. For the first time in over a decade, Lau present an entirely acoustic tour. The pioneering Scottish folk trio have always experimented with sound and form; the results have always been complex and thrilling. Already 15 DECEMBER acknowledged as phenomenal live performers Lau arrived at a new creative Hemelvaart presents ..... BIG peak with 2019's Midnight and COUNTRY, COCO AND THE Closedown (Reveal Records). Now BUTTERFIELDS, SKINNY LIVING, 2020's Unplugged concert tour sees TOMMY ASHBY and MAGPIE BLUE :: traditional music's most celebrated At Memorial Hall, 11 Leithen Rd, innovators strip away their banks of Innerleithen, Scottish Borders. EH44 electronics, loops and wild effects. The 6HX. 6pm. Huge show with BIG trio of Kris Drever (guitar, vocals), COUNTRY headlining and support from Martin Green (accordion) and Aidan CoCo and the Butterfields, Skinny Living, O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a more Tommy Ashby and Magpie Blue. Each raw and plain-speaking aesthetic. The one a worthy headliner in their own right approach is subtler, less about and a few Hemelvaart favourites thrown spectacle, more about close listening. In in there. Not to be missed. brash and polarised political times, here www.hemelvaart.co.uk/box-office is the poetry of real instruments and considerate music making.

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RYAN YOUNG & JENN BUTTERWORTH :: At The County Hotel, 1-5 High Street, Market Square, Selkirk. Back by popular demand are Ryan Young and Jenn Butterworth who got a standing ovation after their first THE TWANG supporting SHED set of tunes the first time they played SEVEN :: At O2 Academy, Newcastle. here! And lots more at the end! Can't The Twang have spent over a decade wait to see them again. Since then Jenn defying expectation. From their was nominated for the Musician of the beginnings in their Birmingham home Year Award at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon as well as the Scots Trad Music Awards Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and Musician of the Year 2019 to be drummer Ash Sheehan continue to wow announced in December, and Ryan is audiences and win new fans with their working on a new album which we are electric live shows. The Twang now join

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DECEMBER Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Edinburgh 31 December

Orkney Folk Festival Orkney 21-24 May

One of Scotland’s longest-running folk festivals, celebrating its 38th outing in 2020, the Orkney Folk Festival is one of the most prolific events in See in the New Year at the world’s best street party as Edinburgh invites the world to share the the Scottish and UK folk calendars, and one of love, embrace friends – old and new – and cele- the highlights of Orkney’s diary of community events. An entirely voluntary run event, the fesbrate the New Year in the home of Hogmanay. tival annually attracts artists from all corners of Get 2020 ready now - take advantage of our the folk world - from leading international names Early Bird discount with tickets for £20.00 + £1.00 booking (limited availability). Edinburgh’s to up and coming fresh faces - to Stromness, in Hogmanay is the UK’s (if not the world’s) leading Orkney’s West Mainland, for four days of concerts, ceilidhs, clubs, sessions, talks and craic.

New Year Festival lasting 3 days in Scotland’s Artists and audiences are welcomed by and into stunning capital city drawing an estimated Orkney’s own thriving folk scene, with Orcadian 150,000 people from Scotland and around the artists providing around two thirds of the festival world. programme. Line-up announced across December-March, with tickets on sale in April, around www.edinburghshogmanay.com six weeks ahead of the event.

JANUARY 2020 Celtic Connections Glasgow 16 January - 2 February

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Killin Music Festival

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The 2020 festival will be our ninth edition and is going to be crammed full of top notch artists with big names, big hearts and the usual quirky madness you have come to expect.

Year 5 for Killin Music Festival promises to bring another exciting weekend to the heart of Scotland in June 2020. Lineup will be announced, and tickets will go on sale, towards the end of 2019. www.killinmusicfestival.com

JULY

TradFest Edinburgh Edinburgh 1-11 May

Stonehaven Folk Festival Stonehaven 9-12 July

Edinburgh Tradfest has a rich story. With its longer tap roots in the Edinburgh Folk Festival, it was launched by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) in 2013 to provide a distinctive platform for folk arts in the capital city. Edinburgh is a hot house of talent, home grown and visiting, and Tradfest is an opportunity to see it all in play.

The festival offers a diverse programme with a mixture of genres including folk, pop and indie.

Artists across the years have included The Fratellis, Dougie MacLean, Sharon Shannon, The Levellers, Capercaillie, Sandi Thom and Eddi Reader. With picture-perfect white sands and world-famous surf, a trip to Tiree Music Festival is a real Island adventure, often described as one of the most stunning festival locations in the world. Details of TMF2020 will be announced later in the year. www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk

TRNSMT Festival Glasgow 10-12 July

150,000 music fans descended on Glasgow Green last weekend for the sold out TRNSMT Festival which well and truly lived up to its repuThe Gathering tation as Scotland’s biggest and best music festiInverness val. Hot on the heels of another hugely success30 May ful weekend, festival organisers have confirmed dates for TRNSMT 2020 with the festival set to The Gathering Festival is set to return to The return to Glasgow Green between 10th - 12th Northern Meeting Park in Inverness for its secJuly 2020. Over 70 acts performed at TRNSMT ond outing on Saturday 30 May 2020 with a line- 2019 over three days of incredible live music and up showcasing the very best traditional music, glorious sunshine as fans were treated to unforfood & drink and crafts from the Highlands and gettable sets from Main Stage heavyweights across Scotland. The family friendly one day fes- Stormzy, Catfish & the Bottlemen, George Ezra, tival will feature a line-up including legendary Gerry Cinnamon, Lewis Capaldi, Emeli Sandé Scottish trailblazers PEATBOG FAERIES who and more while over at the King Tut’s Stage have created a glorious mixture of traditional Powered by Utilita Energy and the brand new sounds and dance-floor grooves that have been Queen Tut’s Stage, fans had the opportunity to embraced worldwide. Drawing upon a dazzling check out an exciting array of up and coming talmyriad of influences from jigs and reels through ent from all over Scotland and further afield.

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Tiree 10-12 July

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From Thursday 16 January to Sunday 2 February 2020, musicians from across the world will take part in over 300 events in venues throughout Glasgow for the UK's premier celebration of celtic music - Celtic Connections. The 18 days of entertainment will brighten up the dark, wet January nights with a mixture of concerts that include a host of one-off musical collaborations alongside talks, workshops, film screenings, theatre productions, ceilidhs, exhibitions, free events and late-night sessions. Renowned as a musical cure for the wintertime blues, Celtic Connections 2020 will be the 27th incarnation of a festival that began in 1994, when it offered 66 events at one venue. Since then it’s grown more adventurous, experimental and diverse each year and www.thegatheringscotland.com now offers thousands of events in locations across Glasgow.

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Tiree Music Festival

The pretty North East coastal town of Stonehaven comes alive with a vibrant mix of traditional and contemporary “Folk” music and song ….. concerts, ceilidh, sessions, singarounds, workshops, the famous aqua ceilidh and world paper’n’comb championships!

HebCelt

Stornoway 15-18 July Four day festival set against the unique backdrop of the Hebrides. Organised by the HCF Trust, this first festival was held in 1996 and now regularly attracts attendances of 14,000 over its four day run. Wild, but not a bit woolly, this festival has built up a fabulously loyal audience locally and from across the world, many of whom have Hebridean ties, many of whom just love coming here and joining in the great party. www.hebceltfest.com

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