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Josephine Sillars (pictured) who has just launched her new single 'Vincent' to a sellout King Tuts audience next plays The Skylark in Edinburgh on 6 February. www.facebook.com/josephinesillarsmusic photo by Emily Wylde Photography www.emilywylde.co.uk
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TIREE MUSIC FESTIVAL – MÀNRAN: 7.15pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from Mànran’s performance from Tiree Music Festival this year. See the boys perform some of their biggest hits on the island stage. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Mod 2015 – Children’s Mod: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald offers another opportunity to enjoy some of the successful performers from the Children’s Mod held earlier this autumn in Oban. The premier Gaelic music and language festival got off to a great start not just with the weather but the impressive children’s competitions. Saturday was the first day of the Mod with youngsters to the fore in musical competitions. On Monday the singing competitions began with young learners taking part while the following day, the competitions were aimed at native speakers. A selection of winners from all three days will be shown including the winners of the James C MacPhee medals and also the young girl and boy who won the Comunn Gàidhealach Silver Medals, Emily Robertson and Ruairidh Gray.
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Opry an Iuir: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Presented by Daniel O’Donnell, the final show in the series features Philomena Begley, Mary Duff & Susan McCann with special guest, Seán Monaghan. The ladies perform country favourites and Mary Duff duets with Seán Monaghan. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Cuirm@Celtic – Horizons Concert: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the Horizons concert at Celtic Connections 2015 featuring Kate Rusby, Declan O’ Rourke, Karine Polwart, Lewis & Leigh, Macanta & Nell Nì Chroinin. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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and the Gaelic music tradition to the public. www.bbcalba.co.uk CHISTMAS DAY Christmas Celebration: 4.55pm on BBC ALBA. A Christmas celebration of carols and readings from the Duncansburgh Macintosh Church in Fort William. Festive Music will be provided by the Soisgeul choir, Robert Robertson, Mary Ann Kennedy, Rachel Walker, and the Lochaber Gaelic Primary School Choir. The concert will be interspersed with the story of Soisgeul charting the creation and first year of the first ever National Gaelic Gospel Choir led by Mary Ann Kennedy. The choir is formed and prepare to enter the BBC Gospel Choir of the Year competition and head to the Solas Festival in Perthshire to bring their unique blend of Gospel and the Gaelic music tradition to the public. www.bbcalba.co.uk TIREE MUSIC FESTIVAL – MÀNRAN: 7.05pm on BBC ALBA. A short clip from Mànran’s performance from Tiree Music Festival this year. www.bbcalba.co.uk Mod 2015 – Choirs: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald offers another opportunity to enjoy some of the successful performers from the choral competitions at the Mod in Oban where the competitions were again keenly contested with a high standard of singing for each prize. This programme will show all the choirs who took part in the Lovat and Tullibardine and the Margrat Duncan competitions. The rural choirs are also represented with a selection from each choir who took part in the Lorn Shield and the Sherriff MacMaster Campbell Memorial Quaich. Other winners are also featured including Back Choir, Melvich Gaelic Choir, Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir and Lochs Gaelic Choir. www.bbcalba.co.uk BELLADRUM 2015 Highlights: Cridhe Tartan – THE PROCLAIMERS. 10pm on BBC ALBA. The full headline set from The Proclaimers as they perform live at Belladrum 2015’s opening night on the Garden Stage. www.bbcalba.co.uk
An Oidhche ron Nollaig: 10.45pm on BBC ALBA. The excitment of Christmas Eve in verse and music. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Fonn Fonn Fonn: 11.10pm on BBC ALBA. Santa Claus is in good tune as he joins Quizmaster, Gilleasbuig Ferguson, and team captains Ruairidh Munro and Carina Macleod on this festive Christmas Celebration: 10.55pm on BBC ALBA. celebration of wit, musical knowledge and kazooA Christmas celebration of carols and readings playing skills. Joining them alongside resident from the Duncansburgh Macintosh Church in Fort musician Findlay Napier are Derek “Pluto”Murray, William. Festive Music will be provided by the Donnie “Dotaman” Macleod and Morag ‘Mire ri Soisgeul choir, Robert Robertson, Mary Ann Moir’ Macdonald. Kennedy, Rachel Walker, and the Lochaber Gaelic www.bbcalba.co.uk Primary School Choir. The concert will be interspersed with the story of Soisgeul charting 26 DECEMBER the creation and first year of the first ever Mod 2015 – Choirs: 6.30pm on BBC ALBA. National Gaelic Gospel Choir led by Mary Ann Cathy MacDonald offers another opportunity to Kennedy. The choir is formed and prepare to enjoy some of the successful performers from the enter the BBC Gospel Choir of the Year choral competitions at the Mod in Oban where competition and head to the Solas Festival in the competitions were again keenly contested Perthshire to bring their unique blend of Gospel
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piping instructor and had also composed some tunes. The extent of his compositional work wasn’t apparent until his son Niall embarked on the difficult task of sorting through his father’s effects. He found pieces of paper with tunes and notes of the stories Craobh nan Ubhal: 8pm on BBC ALBA. that had inspired them, and Niall realized Celebrating the life and music of Flora that he had discovered something very MacNeil, one of Scotland’s greatest special. As 2015 approached, the family exponents of traditional Gaelic song. The wanted to find a way of creating a positive programme explores the impact her talent memory for the family and the community, and the rich vein of traditional Gaelic song and the idea of publishing a book of Calum’s had had on her life and also on the tunes was first mooted. MacTV followed the promotion of Gaelic language and culture in family’s journey as they turned the idea into Scotland and further afield. reality in Calum’s Music. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbcalba.co.uk
Ceol bho Perthshire Amber: 19.45pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring the MacLean Project recorded at Perth Concert Hall. www.bbcalba.co.uk
28 DECEMBER Ceol bho Perthshire Amber: 19.05pm on BBC ALBA. The Dougie MacLean Festival with The Mischa MacPherson Trio. www.bbcalba.co.uk
TIREE MUSIC FESTIVAL – URBAN TEUCHTARS: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Sarah Cruickshank and Vicky Kilgour present Fèis Chiùil Thiriodh, recorded at the Tiree Music Festival 2015. This programme features highlights of a set from The Urban Teuchtars, recorded on Saturday afternoon at the festival. Now in its 6th year, the award-winning Tiree Music Festival is a gem of the UK festival circuit. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Trusadh – Ceòl Chaluim / Calum’s Music: 9pm on BBC ALBA. In January 2005, three generations of the same family lost their lives on one tragic night as they tried to flee the hurricane that was battering the islands. Murdina and Archie MacPherson 29 DECEMBER and their two children all perished, as did Murdina’s father, Calum Campbell. Calum, Na Trads 2015: 7.05pm on BBC ALBA. who was 67, was well known as a piper and Fiddlers Bid with tunes from the BBC Alaba
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Ceol air Abhainn Chluaidh: 8pm on BBC ALBA. Linda MacLeod presnets traditional Ceòlmhor@Piping Live – FRED & music. FLOOK: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from www.bbcalba.co.uk the Fred Morrison & Flook Concert at this year’s Piping Live! Festival in Glasgow. A Rona – Dìleab Chlann Eardsaidh phenomenal night to mark the end of the Raighnaill: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Music World Pipe Band Championships at this documentary charting the life of one of year’s Piping Live! Gaeldom’s great characters - Rona www.bbcalba.co.uk Lightfoot. The revered singer, piper, storyteller and teacher carries a treasure Trusadh – Ceòl Chaluim / Calum’s trove of folklore, music and song with her. Music: 9pm on BBC ALBA. In January Born in South Uist, Rona grew up in a family 2005, three generations of the same family rich in tradition. There are countless young lost their lives on one tragic night as they singers and pipers who have benefited from tried to flee the hurricane that was battering Rona’s skill as a tutor. She has taught at the islands. Murdina and Archie MacPherson fèisean all over Scotland and has been an and their two children all perished, as did instructor at Ceòlas on South Uist every Murdina’s father, Calum Campbell. Calum, year since its inception in 1996. Her ready who was 67, was well known as a piper and wit and storytelling skills make her a piping instructor and had also composed popular MC at musical events and he r great some tunes. The extent of his compositional love for piping remains undiminished. Rona work wasn’t apparent until his son Niall is busier than she has ever been, relishing embarked on the difficult task of sorting the opportunity to judge at piping through his father’s effects. He found pieces competitions and mentor young pipers. A of paper with tunes and notes of the stories national treasure, Rona Lightfoot continues that had inspired them, and Niall realized to be a source of songs, wisdom and that he had discovered something very humour to the Gaels all over the world. special. As 2015 approached, the family www.bbcalba.co.uk wanted to find a way of creating a positive memory for the family and the community, Na Trads 2015: 10pm on BBC ALBA. and the idea of publishing a book of Calum’s Highlights and music from the Scots Trad tunes was first mooted. MacTV followed the Music Awards 2015, from the Caird Hall in family’s journey as they turned the idea into Dundee. Presenters Mary Ann Kennedy, reality in Calum’s Music. Tony Kearney and Linda MacLeod meet the www.bbcalba.co.uk musicians, winners and stars of the event, both onstage and behind-the-scenes. TIREE MUSIC FESTIVAL – THE www.bbcalba.co.uk FRATELLIS: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Sarah Cruickshank and Vicky Kilgour present Fèis Tiree Music Festival – Skerryvore: Chiùil Thiriodh, recorded at the Tiree Music 10.55pm on BBC ALBA. Sarah Cruickshank Festival 2015 featuring a typically energetic and Vicky Kilgour present Fèis Chiùil set from The Fratellis as they headline Thiriodh, the Tiree Music Festival 2015 Sunday night at the festival. featuring an exhilarating set from www.bbcalba.co.uk Skerryvore. It’s a homecoming concert for the band who are rooted on Tiree but who 30 DECEMBER have a worldwide following. www.bbcalba.co.uk Ceol bho Perthshire Amber: 18.45pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring Karen Matheson, who HOGMANAY duets with Dougie MacLean. www.bbcalba.co.uk Slàinte Mhath!: 10.30pm on BBC ALBA.
Angela MacEachen presents a music show with songs that praise and - occasionally criticise alcohol, especially whisky. Amongst the cast of musicians and acclaimed singers that raise the roof: Rona Lightfoot, Sineag MacIntyre, Trosg, Arthur, Eilidh & Ruairidh Cormack and Angus MacLeod. www.bbcalba.co.uk Hogmanay Cèilidh: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Bring in the bells with Hogmanay Cèilidh 2015, hosted by Cathy MacDonald and Kirsteen MacDonald. This year we are live from The Byre at Inchyra in Perthshire and joining in the celebrations will be; Skipinnish, Mairi MacInnes, Glenfinnan Ceilidh Band, Iain ‘Costello’ MacIver, Robyn Stapleton, Vale of Atholl Pipe Band and Aberfeldy & District Gaelic Choir and we expect a mystery First Foot to toast 2016. A warm welcome awaits one and all. www.bbcalba.co.uk NEW YEARS DAY The Wee Govan Pipers: 8pm on BBC ALBA. They’re 10 years old. They’re Scottish, Chinese and Nigerian. They can reduce a grown policeman to tears. They could be the new face of piping in Govan. With a sense of humour and buckets of charm, the film traces the first 18 months of the Govan Schools Pipe Band. The band is the brainchild of local charities, on a mission to give pupils the opportunity to learn Scotland’s national instrument. Ex-coppers from the multi-award-winning Police Pipe Band come in as tutors to give Govan’s new multi-cultural generation a chance at the musical big time. This new generation of pipers in Govan are following the footsteps of the Gaels who first brought piping to Glasgow. On their journey from picking up the pipes for the first time to playing at a national Pipe Band Competition, the children meet legendary piper Rona Lightfoot and bag-rockers the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. www.bbcalba.co.uk Behind The Scenes - On And Off Tour With SKIPINNISH: 9.55-10.55pm on BBC ALBA - and available on BBC iPlayer following transmission. Skipinnish are a six-
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Behind The Scenes - On And Off Tour With SKIPINNISH: 11pm-Midnight on BBC ALBA - and available on BBC iPlayer following transmission. Skipinnish are a sixpiece musical whirlwind - a furious fusion of islanders and students who soared past One Direction in the download charts in 2014 with hit single ‘Walking on the Waves’. With six albums under their belts, hundreds of thousands of online views and a reputation as one of the best live acts in the country, BBC ALBA follows these colourful characters as they storm through their sixteenth year of creating foot-stomping anthems. Exclusive behind the scenes access throughout 2015, both on and off the road, provides a unique window into the craic and the chaos as they balance their hectic touring schedule with their daily lives. Join the band as they journey from the intimacy of the studio to an epic main stage performance at Tiree Music Festival and everywhere in between over the course of an unforgettable year for Skipinnish. In this revealing programme, filmed throughout 2015, we get up close and personal with the award-winning musicians behind this musical success story as they build on their burgeoning reputation. We’ll meet Angus, an ex-fisherman who honed his accordion skills at the esteemed RSAMD; Andrew, cofounder of the band, who plays whistle and the Great Highland bagpipe; singer, TIREE MUSIC FESTIVAL – SKIPINNISH: guitarist and Mod gold medallist Robert; 10.55pm on BBC ALBA. Sarah Cruickshank Ross, a talented multi-instrumentalist and producer; Alasdair, a master drummer; and and Vicky Kilgour present highlights of an exhilarating set by Skipinnish at Tiree Music Kyle, an expert on the bagpipes. Produced Festival. This is a showcase for the talented by HG Productions for BBC ALBA. band with a set that includes a Taylor Swift www.bbcalba.co.uk
4 JANUARY Port: 10pm on BBC ALBA. New series. Musical documentary presented by Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh. They visit Ross-shire to discover more about traditional music in the area. Port reveals shared musical heritage and we hear from their musical friends who have roots in the Highlands. Accompanying Julie and Muireann are renowned Irish musicians ZOE CONWAY AND SEAMUS BEGLEY. They discover that Ross-shire is brim-full of talent and perform with acclaimed musicians RACHEL WALKER, ANNA MASSIE and top fiddle player LAUREN MACCOLL. www.bbcalba.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------
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Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 31 DECEMBER The Soul Foundation presents Motown Explosion ….. Summerhall Hogmanay: A night of all things soul, stax and motown. 9pm-3am. £27.50/£30 on the door, early bird £22.50. Group £100 for 5 tickets. 18+ Tickets @ www.Summerhall.co.uk Hogmanay Ceilidh with the SMOKING BARREL CEILIDH BAND: At Archerfield Walled Garden, nr Dirleton, East Lothian. How are you spending Hogmanay? Fancy a 'guid knees up'? Join us for our Hogmanay Ceilidh at Archerfield Walled Garden. Bring 2016 in with a bang with dancing to the Smoking Barrel Ceilidh band. £50pp, 3
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performs here with his all-star band, showcasing his rave-reviewed 2015 album Into the Sea. The inspirations Patty Griffin cites behind her stylistically restive, grittily National Museum of Scotland presents passionate 2015 album Servant of Love ….. Hogmanay Family Ceilidh: At National magical realist literature; African-American Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, author/activist James Baldwin; the Edinburgh, EH1 1JF. 2-3.30pm. Free. Enjoy transcendentalist writings of Rumi, Emerson an afternoon of whirling and birling for all and Rilke - richly reaffirm the fearless ages with the Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh individuality of her twenty years’ output. Band. It's enthusiasm not experience that After gracing 2015’s Transatlantic Sessions, counts! Griffin’s exceptional voice and songwriting www.nms.ac.uk ensure a warm welcome back. "Breathtaking: every word, every note Wee Dub Festival Presents ‘Wee Dub matters as Griffin slips from folk to jazz, Hogmanay’: At Studio 24, Calton Road, from blues to ballads" (Irish Times). Tickets Edinburgh, 10pm - 5am. With RED EYE HI- @ FI, GOLD DUBS, EL FATA, CHIEF www.celticconnections.com/events/ ROCKAS, RIDDIM TUFFA SOUND, www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic ESCAPE ROOTS ft. TOM SPIRALS & www.facebook.com/PattyGriffin ANYA ASIA, ELECTRIKAL SOUND, SAMEDIA SHEBEEN ALL NIGHT. Tickets: 20 JANUARY £15+BF (Earlybird) / £19+BF (Advance) / The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. £24 (door) PAUL JONES and DAVE KELLY with www.weedubfestival.co.uk support from JOHN ALEXANDER: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 16 JANUARY Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. DEAN OWENS & THE WHISKY HEARTS From the downhome sound of the Delta to with PATTY GRIFFIN: At City Halls, contemporary blues rock riffage, the Glasgow for Celtic Connections. Describing Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every his sound as ‘Celtic Americana from Leith via shade of blues with its eagerly anticipated Nashville’, Dean Owens ranks among new programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club Scotland’s finest singer-songwriters. He is a Social Enterprise established to harness
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JOSEPHINE SILLARS: At The Skylark in Edinburgh. Josephine has just launched her new single to a sell-out King Tuts audience. ‘Vincent’ was written after Josephine discovered that Vincent Van Gogh ‘used to eat yellow paint to make his insides happy’. An upbeat song about beating hearts, serotonin highs and yellow walls, played on piano, xylophone and drums. The new single follows on from an extremely successful year for the young singer, from Inverness whose debut EP ‘Ripped from the Wire’ was released as recently as March this year, and followed shortly by her first headline tour. With her quirky voice and style, Josephine has been quickly gathering support and praise from a plethora of blogs and music pundits, and has also been compared with the iconic style of piano front-man Ben Folds. www.facebook.com/josephinesillarsmusic 12 FEBRUARY
the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The album will be released on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach 22 FEBRUARY TUFF LOVE: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. Tuff Love are Julie Eisenstein (guitar, vocals) and Suse Bear (bass, vocals) plus live drummer Iain Stewart (also a member of The Phantom Band). They come from Glasgow and they write dazzling, sunstreaked guitar pop songs with mesmerising lyrics, heart-wrenching vocals and dreamy melodies like the sound of pure summer. They make all their music in Suse’s flat, self-engineering and self-producing everything. Tuff Love are steadily making a name for themselves and 'Resort' gives those who haven't yet caught onto the buzz the perfect opportunity to experience the band's enchanting indie brilliance all in one place. www.facebook.com/ReallyTuffLove
jazz legends Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among Downbeat magazine’s ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, Mike Stern will join the SNJO in an all-out celebration of incredible music, as his astonishing guitar creativity meets the combustible mix of fabulous orchestral jazz-head-on. For tickets call 0131 668 2019 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ 7 MARCH Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY PINES: At Traverse, Edinburgh. If you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's old-time feelgood music done by a young master who clearly understands that this kind of music was always about having a great time. www.facebook.com/woodypines www.brookfield-knights.com 18 MARCH
The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. DANI WILDE with support from LINDA Summerhall presents ….. MICHAEL JACKSON: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER and West Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. JOHN DOYLE: At Edinburgh, Summerhall. Doors open at 7.15pm. From the downhome Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and sound of the Delta to contemporary blues John Doyle are three members of the BBC rock riffage, the Edinburgh Blues Club acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions playing as showcases every shade of blues with its part of a unique European tour. With both eagerly anticipated new programme. The Mike McGoldrick and John McCusker also Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise having toured for the past year with Mark established to harness popular support for Knopfler, this is a rare chance to see three regular blues events in Edinburgh. of the world’s finest musicians share a stage http://edinburgh-blues.uk together. 24 MARCH BREABACH: At The Brunton, Musselburgh. SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Edinburgh’s The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and MARTIN HARLEY & DANIEL KIMBRO Queen’s Hall. One of the great guitar twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC with support from NEIL WARDEN & players of all time, Mike Stern is a Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece GUS MUNRO: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a multifaceted electric guitarist who moves Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique West Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. comfortably between jazz-informed rock, brand of contemporary folk music that has fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His career Doors open at 7.15pm. From the downhome earned them international recognition on sound of the Delta to contemporary blues began with the mighty Blood, Sweat & the world and roots music scene as one of rock riffage, the Edinburgh Blues Club Tears in 1976, and later he worked with
The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. DANNY BRYANT with support from RED BUTLER: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of the Delta to contemporary blues rock riffage, the Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of blues with its eagerly anticipated new programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise established to harness popular support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. http://edinburgh-blues.uk
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showcases will take place in the Pleasance venue on Friday. The Saturday - open to all professional ticket holders - will focus on networking activities, including a guided coach tour, a special Ted-style talk, BBQ and lowexertion sports. Early-bird passes will be available at a discounted rate of £65 and rise to £80 on 15 January 2016. Moreover, a limited number of one-day passes for Friday’s events are available for students, emerging musicians and individuals starting out in the business, for £25. An under 18s ticket costs £18 and covers the conference and first three showcases. www.widedays.com 23 APRIL
Wide Days: At The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Scotland's award-winning music convention, Wide Days, returns to Edinburgh on 22-23 April. Following the success of the new format trialed in 2015, the conference and first three showcases will take place in the 16 APRIL Pleasance venue on Friday. The Saturday - open to all professional ticket JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary holders - will focus on networking Tour: At Edinburgh, Queen's Hall. 2016 activities, including a guided coach tour, will see me celebrate 25 years as a a special Ted-style talk, BBQ and lowprofessional musician - Holy Moly! I've exertion sports. Early-bird passes will be just started recording a new solo record, available at a discounted rate of £65 and it's 13 years since my last album rise to £80 on 15 January 2016. Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the Moreover, a limited number of one-day album in our newly built recording studio passes for Friday’s events are available & it will be released in April 2016 on for students, emerging musicians and Under One Sky Records. To coincide with individuals starting out in the business, the release I will tour the UK with a for £25. An under 18s ticket costs £18 brand new band, playing 23 shows and and covers the conference and first three lots of festivals throughout the summer. showcases. There will also be a book of my tunes www.widedays.com published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 14 MAY years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS 18 APRIL ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus support: At Pleasance Theatre, Brookfield Knights presents ….. Edinburgh. Kris Drever celebrates his BRONWYNNE BRENT: At Traverse first decade as an acclaimed solo artist Theatre, Edinburgh. Mississippi Delta and songwriter with a brand new studio songbird, Bronwynne Brent made a album If Wishes Were Horses, released major Stateside impact with the release by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, of her stunning Deep Black Water album and a supporting tour. back in 2011. When her equallywww.fallenangelsclub.com impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ UK in 2014, there was an instantaneous collective gasp as radio presenters and 21 MAY writers discovered this very special talent and began to sing her praises here too. The Edinburgh Blues Club presents Bob Harris was first to declare himself a ….. RON SAYER JR. & CHARLOTTE fan and playing tracks on his BBC Radio JOYCE with support from THE ANDY 2 shows repeatedly, told listeners he GUNN BAND: At The Voodoo Rooms, thought her music was "absolutely 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh, gorgeous - really special!" EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. From hwww.bronwynnebrent.com the downhome sound of the Delta to www.brookfield-knights.com contemporary blues rock riffage, the Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every 22 APRIL shade of blues with its eagerly anticipated new programme. The Wide Days: At The Pleasance, Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Edinburgh. Scotland's award-winning Enterprise established to harness popular music convention, Wide Days, returns to support for regular blues events in Edinburgh on 22-23 April. Following the Edinburgh. success of the new format trialed in http://edinburgh-blues.uk 2015, the conference and first three
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28 DECEMBER SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At King Tuts, Glasgow as part of ‘Glasgow on Ice’. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now available on all download platforms. Capital FM’s ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE Scottish Music Awards. www.facebook.com/singlebysunday 31 DECEMBER Club Noir Hogmanay: At Classic Grand, Glasgow. New Year’s Eve Burlesque Party. 9 p.m till 4 am. The swankiest night in town. Two cabaret shows before and after midnight. Chill-out room. Pin-Ups Parlour. DJs play modern and vintage music. Dress up. www.clubnoir.co.uk 10 JANUARY SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Clutha Bar, Glasgow. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now available on all download platforms. Capital FM’s ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE Scottish Music Awards. www.facebook.com/singlebysunday 16 JANUARY
show at The Tron Theatre on January 16. When they last toured the UK and Ireland, the reviews were as glowing as the performances and followed them wherever they went. Maverick writer Paul Kerr said they were “mesmerising,” while (writing at AmericanaUK), Mike Ritchie said: “Masterful - an utterly compelling duo brilliant!” They return from their base in Canada after winning major TV exposure when tracks from the To Build A Fire album were chosen as the backdrop to the recent BBC 2 drama based on Iain Banks’ Stonemouth novel. A brand new album will get its official UK launch at the show in Glasgow. www.celticconnections.com www.brookfield-knights.com
Brookfield Knights presents ….. GREG TROOPER: At The Piping Centre, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. With thirteen albums behind him, true trouper Greg Trooper has his own show at The Piping Centre on January 20th. Recognised on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the best ‘live’ performers on the circuit, he’s a song-writer who has had material covered by everyone from Vince Gill to Billy Bragg. Steve Earle recently declared himself a fan and legendary BBC 2 presenter Bob Harris described him as “one of the great, great American singer-songwriters.” www.celticconnections.com www.brookfield-knights.com
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Brookfield Knights presents ….. TIM DALLING: At Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. People struggle to find a term that suitably describes Tim Dalling in his many wondrous guises. Down the years, he’s brought tears to the cheeks of many incredulous audiences as the kilted accordion-playing fall guy with The New Rope String Band…and stunned audiences with hugely-accomplished musicianship that lies at the very core of his massivelycreative spirit. www.celticconnections.com www.brookfield-knights.com
Brookfield Knights presents ….. THE MIKE + RUTHY BAND with KARRNNEL SAWITSKY, DANIEL KOULACK & TRENT FREEMAN: At The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. The Mike + Ruthy Band with impressive support from Karrnnel Sawitsky, Daniel Koulack And Trent Freeman. Mike + Ruthy, “one of acoustic Americana’s most revered musical duos” (Folk Alley) have been taking the USA by storm since releasing their full-band album, Bright As You Can (singled out by The Telegraph as a Best of 2015 release). Almost elevated to “folk” royalty, Merenda And Ungar have the kind of pedigree that ensures they always draw big crowds to the ‘live’ shows – great celebrations that range from rollicking rock to sparse acoustic balladry and classic R&Binfluenced rave ups. www.celticconnections.com www.brookfield-knights.com
Brookfield Knights presents ….. CAM PENNER & JON WOOD: At Tron Theatre, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. Cam Penner & Jon Wood headline their own 20 JANUARY
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22 JANUARY Brookfield Knights presents ….. JENNY RITTER BAND: At The Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. Jenny Ritter and her band created a huge impact when they made their Celtic Connections debut in 2014. Now, she’s back for a show at The Mitchell Theatre on January 22nd with a brand new album that’s been gathering a lot of attention both
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BAGS OF ROCK + EK DECAY + PAPA SHANDY AND THE DRAMS: At Classic Grand, Glasgow. 7pm till 11.30pm, 18+. Bags of Rock: Starting out as an instrumental act Glasgow’s Bags of Rock have evolved into a full-on, vocal-driven heavy metal powerhouse with a sound described by many industry figures as unique. Their original compositions mix Annihilating Guitars and the Great Highland Bagpipes with influences from Techno to Dub and Hip Hop. All of this headed up by an honest Scottish vocal and underpinned by an exceptionally high level of musicianship displayed by all seven band members. EK Decay: are a rock band who come form East Kilbride. They were formed back in 2013 by 4 lads who were bored with the bland mainstream music scene in the west of Scotland. They have since taken the Glasgow Rock scene by storm with their hard hitting lyrics, unique style and by selling out venues all over the city. Papa Shandy and the Drams: are an energetic 7-piece folk band with musical influences varying across the spectrum, providing a unique blend of Americana and Celtic Folk, with a splash of rocking gravelly vocals thrown in there for good measure, that will
KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus BELA FLECK + ABIGAIL WASHBURN: At Fruitmarket, Glasgow for Celtic Connections, 7pm. Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting tour. www.celticconnections.com http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ 25 JANUARY SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA presents ….. ALBA: Songs of Scotland featuring EDDI READER: At Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Join the internationally acclaimed Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, director TOMMY SMITH, and special guest, the inimitable Eddi Reader, as together, they richly re-imagine Scotland through uplifting music, beautiful new arrangements, and a truly unmistakable Scottish voice. Eddi Reader has the ability to embed emotion deep within her songs while the SNJO are renowned for their quality of sound: together they are perfect partners to
perform Alba: Songs of Scotland. Taking evocative melodies from across Scotland, they weave words, music and colourful arrangements together in a rich musical tapestry to produce a concert to remember. From the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi Reader brings joyous life to all forms of song. Her taste in co-writers, writers, songs and players is impeccable and anything with her name on it is guaranteed musical treasure. Whilst the perfection of her technique is widely acknowledged, what sets Eddi Reader apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance; her ability not only to move the listener but to connect her experience to that of her audience. Her passion and instinct move people in a way reminiscent of those who have influenced her work. Her rare blend of meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism combine with an astute and pragmatic nature to make her a unique and powerful figure in contemporary British music. She has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers. For tickets call 0141 353 8000 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ 27 JANUARY CARA: At Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections. Cara are a German based trad/contemporary folk band which includes Edinburgh’s Kim Edgar
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SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow. One of the great guitar players of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric guitarist who moves comfortably between jazz-informed rock, fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His career began with the mighty Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1976, and later he worked with jazz legends Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among Downbeat magazine’s ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, Mike Stern will join the SNJO in an all-out celebration of incredible music, as his astonishing guitar creativity meets the combustible mix of fabulous orchestral jazz-head-on. For tickets call 0141 332 5057 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/
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29 JANUARY Transatlantic Sessions: At Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever' www.celticconnections.com www.facebook.com/Transatlantic-Sessions125763630806900 ANDA UNION: At The Mackintosh Church, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections, 7.30pm. The brilliant 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band members all grew up in families 'with the music', several of whom still live in the traditional Mongolian way, and came together at music college in Hohhot, their capital city. There they were able to integrate traditional forms - like the nowfamous throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live in Edinburgh, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time! www.facebook.com/andaunion 31 JANUARY Transatlantic Sessions: At Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever' www.celticconnections.com www.facebook.com/Transatlantic-Sessions125763630806900
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22 MARCH The Fallen Angels Club Presents ….. ANTHONY TONER+ support: At Admiral Bar, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £9.00. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com REFUSED: At Glasgow’s Garage. Refused are an iconic Swedish avant-punk rock band. Expect throat-shredding tracks from the critically-acclaimed album Freedom, the band’s first release in seventeen years following on from iconic The Shape of Punk to Come. www.facebook.com/refusedband 25 MARCH
BREABACH: At Bishopton Folk Night, Renfrewshire. Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best 4 MARCH 5 FEBRUARY Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a TUFF LOVE: Stereo, Glasgow. Tuff Love are EXCHANGE: At Platform, Glasgow. EXCHANGE: the not-to-be-missed event for thrilling and unique brand of contemporary Julie Eisenstein (guitar, vocals) and Suse folk music that has earned them young Scottish musicians. Aspiring young Bear (bass, vocals) plus live drummer Iain Scotland based musicians are being urged to international recognition on the world and Stewart (also a member of The Phantom sign up for Exchange 2016 which returns to roots music scene as one of the UK’s most Band). They come from Glasgow and they dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are Platform, Glasgow in March - giving young write dazzling, sun-streaked guitar pop people the opportunity to perform and gain delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth songs with mesmerising lyrics, heartstudio album Astar (translating from wrenching vocals and dreamy melodies like a unique insight into how to get ahead in Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and the music industry. Enthusiastic musicians the sound of pure summer. They make all extensive UK Tour. The album will be aged 21 and under will have the chance to their music in Suse’s flat, self-engineering released on the 4 March. and self-producing everything. Tuff Love are perform their chosen genre of music on a www.facebook.com/Breabach steadily making a name for themselves and live stage and receive feedback from 'Resort' gives those who haven't yet caught industry professionals. Individuals and 26 MARCH groups wishing to perform or attend onto the buzz the perfect opportunity to Exchange should register their interest now experience the band's enchanting indie SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Record at brilliance all in one place. Factory, Glasgow. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ www.mfy.org.uk/exchange. www.facebook.com/ReallyTuffLove is now available on all download platforms. Capital FM’s ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE 5 MARCH 8 FEBRUARY Scottish Music Awards. www.facebook.com/singlebysunday BASEMENT with TIGERS JAW and ALEX SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Classic G: At King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow. Grand, Glasgow. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ Following their recent dates supporting is now available on all download platforms. 2 APRIL Brand New across Europe, this is their first Capital FM’s ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE BREABACH: At Drygate, Glasgow. Voted headline tour since late 2014. Scottish Music Awards. ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ www.facebook.com/basementuk www.facebook.com/singlebysunday at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 20 FEBRUARY EXCHANGE: At Platform, Glasgow. EXCHANGE: the not-to-be-missed event for Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Bungalow, young Scottish musicians. Aspiring young Paisley. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now Scotland based musicians are being urged to contemporary folk music that has earned
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SHOOGLENIFTY ‘Untied Knot Tour’: At The Tolbooth, Stirling. This six-man band is credited being the originators of 'acid-croft', a fiery and infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance grooves that band members describe as "hypno-folkadelic ambient trad." Gig details @ ….. www.shooglenifty.com/gigs/ CARA: At Carnegie Hall, East Port, Dunfermline. Cara are a German based trad/contemporary folk band which includes Edinburgh’s Kim Edgar on piano and lead vocals. www.kimedgar.com www.facebook.com/caramusic 30 DECEMBER
BIG COUNTRY: At ‘Travelling Medicine Acoustic Show’ – PJ Molloys, Dunfermline. Following the incredible success of their 30th Anniversary ‘Steeltown’ Tour, BIG COUNTRY set off again on tour to 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 27 APRIL Chance - Wonderland - Look Away - The Teacher - plus a surprise for longtime fans. The Fallen Angels Club Presents ….. Tickets through RICHMOND FONTAINE plus FERNANDO: www.ticketscotland.com At The Art School, Glasgow, 7.30pm, www.bigcountry.co.uk £16.50. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ 31 DECEMBER www.fallenangelsclub.com BREABACH: At The Red Hot Highland Fling (Free Event), Inverness. Voted ‘Best Live
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in 1976, and later he worked with jazz legends Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among Downbeat magazine’s ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, Mike Stern will join the SNJO in an all-out celebration of incredible music, as his astonishing guitar creativity meets the combustible mix of fabulous orchestral jazzhead-on. For tickets call 01382 434940 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/
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Hogmanay with THE LIMIT: At The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Hogmanay Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY with The Limit, one of the North-east’s 28 JANUARY PINES: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. If premier function bands, a professional, you’re wondering where the music of dynamic, five-piece unit that cover BREABACH and ANDA UNION: At Perth Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes everything from Elvis to The Eagles. Tickets Concert Hall, Perth, 7.30pm. Breabach from, look to the streets. Ragtime, Boogie, from 01224 641122 or voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC old-time feel-good music done by a young TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH HOGMANAY: Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece master who clearly understands that this At Music Hall, Aberdeen, 7.30pm-10pm. A Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique kind of music was always about having a traditional Scottish Hogmanay, hosted by brand of contemporary folk music that has great time. Robert Lovie and headlined by international earned them international recognition on the www.facebook.com/woodypines opera star RICHARD MORRISON, with world and roots music scene as one of the www.brookfield-knights.com THE JONNY HARDIE CEILIDH BAND, UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. and CALUM BROWN, plus PAUL Breabach are delighted to announce their 4 MARCH ANDERSON, CALUM STEWART and ALI forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY NAPIER collaborating in a new band called THE DORIC. Tickets from 01224 or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The PINES: At Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire. 641122 or album will be released on the 4 March. If you’re wondering where the music of www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Anda Union - the brilliant 9-piece band Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first toured from, look to the streets. Ragtime, Boogie, 15 JANUARY the UK in 2013 and stole the show Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of everywhere. The band members all grew up stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's LOLA IN SLACKS with support from in families 'with the music', several of whom old-time feel-good music done by a young COLIN CLYNE: Ambitious and literate rising still live in the traditional Mongolian way, master who clearly understands that this stars Lola in Slacks, fronted by spellbinding and came together at music college in kind of music was always about having a chanteuse Lou Reid and with support from Hohhot, their capital city. There they were great time. Colin Clyne, in The Lemon Tree Lounge able to integrate traditional forms - like the www.facebook.com/woodypines (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, now-famous throat singing - into creating a www.brookfield-knights.com doors at 8.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian or at but with a strong appeal to a western www.aberdeenperformingarts.com sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live in Edinburgh, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time! www.facebook.com/andaunion www.facebook.com/Breabach 23 FEBRUARY MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER and JOHN DOYLE: At Perth, Concert Hall. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are three members of the BBC acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions playing as part of a unique European tour. With both Mike McGoldrick and John McCusker also having toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest musicians share a stage together. www.johnmccusker.co.uk 27 FEBUARY SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Gardyne Theatre, Dundee. One of the great guitar players of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric guitarist who moves comfortably between jazz-informed rock, fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His career began with the mighty Blood, Sweat & Tears
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16 JANUARY MOVING PICTURES: A welcome return for Moving Pictures performing over two hours of select classics mainly from Rush's early repertoire, using an array of authentic instruments, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 17 JANUARY MOVING PICTURES: Kicking off 2016, Classic Rock Show focusses on a new batch of rock gems, Top 20 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time Live - Part Two, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 18 JANUARY
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KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: Legendary American singer, songwriter, musician and BIG COUNTRY: At Gig At The Brig, actor, Kris Kristofferson, famed for writing Market Street, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, AB41 and recording such hits as Me and Bobby 9JE. Following the incredible success of their McGee, For the Good Times, Sunday Mornin' 30th Anniversary ‘Steeltown’ Tour, BIG Comin' Down and Help Me Make It Through COUNTRY set off again on tour to celebrate the Night, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors
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LINDI ORTEGA: Regular Music presents Canadian singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee and 22 JANUARY whose voice has been described as a blend of Dolly Parton's, Johnny Cash's, and JAMES YORKSTON, THE PICTISH TRAIL Emmylou Harris, in The Lemon Tree Lounge & WITHERED HAND: An evening with (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, three of Scotland’s leading singer/ doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 songwriters on tour together, James or at Yorkston, The Pictish Trail & Withered Hand, www.aberdeenperformingarts.com on-stage together throughout, sharing and joining in on each other’s songs, having a 27 JANUARY laugh and a blether, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, ALEC FRANK GEMMILL and ALASDAIR Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on BEATON: As part of Aberdeen Performing 01224 641122 or at Arts’ Culture Café series, a lunchtime www.aberdeenperformingarts.com performance by two of Scotland’s most promising and exciting talents, Alec Frank DANSE MCCABRE: Whirl into the new year Gemmill (horn) and Alasdair Beaton (piano) with an evening of traditional Scottish performing together, in the Music Hall, dancing with all-girl ceilidh band Danse Aberdeen, doors at 1pm. Tickets on 01224 McCabre, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors 641122 or at at 8pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 31 JANUARY 23 JANUARY DE ROSA: Glasgow band De Rosa, DANSE MCCABRE: One of the classical comprising songwriter Martin John Henry world’s fastest-rising stars conductor (vocals, guitar), James Woodside (bass) and Antonio Méndez joins Scottish Chamber Neil Woodside (drums), in The Lemon Tree Orchestra with a programme which includes Lounge (standing), West North Street, two powerful symphonies: Mozart’s Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets on 01224 compelling 25th and Beethoven’s Seventh, 641122 or at described by Wagner as ‘the apotheosis of www.aberdeenperformingarts.com the dance, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 5 FEBRUARY or at Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com GORDIE TENTREES: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 8pm. Deeply personal and PAUL JONES and DAVE KELLY: A live acoustic set by dynamic duo Paul Jones and moving, melodic and uplifting and lyrically Dave Kelly, founder members of The Blues rich – these are the songs that will tear your heart out, one note at a time, master Band, playing not only their own original storyteller and multi-instrumental performer material, but also the work of the greats, Gordie Tentrees has arrived. Yukon based, ranging from Howling’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker through to Sonny Boy Williamson, in Ontario raised, farm boy, golden glove boxer, school teacher, youth counsellor The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West turned folk artist Tentrees has released 6 North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. records touring North America, UK, Tickets on 01224 641122 or at Australia and Europe up to 200 concerts www.aberdeenperformingarts.com each year, nominated for Western Canadian Music Awards, International Song 24 JANUARY Competitions and toured with Kelly Joe
Phelps, Fred Eaglesmith, Steve Poltz and Mary Gauthier. www.almostbluepromotions.com 13 FEBRUARY Brookfield Knights presents ….. LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS with DUNCAN CHISHOLM: At The Music Hall, Aberdeen. Blazing hot Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys rest on the cusp of change, poised at that moment where everything shifts into high gear and time rushes forward. The instruments and the bedrock of the band may come from bluegrass and Appalachian old-time, but this is music that’s caught between the pull of the past and the push of the beckoning future, ready to leap forward brimming with new ideas and bursting with crisp, fresh and appealing energy. www.brookfield-knights.com 25 FEBRUARY MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER and JOHN DOYLE: At Aberdeen, Lemon Tree. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are three members of the BBC acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions playing as part of a unique European tour. With both Mike McGoldrick and John McCusker also having toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest musicians share a stage together. www.johnmccusker.co.uk 5 MARCH Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY PINES: At Glenbuchat Hall, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. If you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a young master who clearly understands that this kind of music was always about having a great time. www.facebook.com/woodypines www.brookfield-knights.com
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 24: aberdeen + north east : highlands + west coast + argyll : islands 18 MARCH Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. FRED EAGLESMITH: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 8pm. Eaglesmith is a veteran of the music industry and at the same time is about as far away from actually participating in today’s music industry as one could be. Never operating within anyone’s boundaries, he continues to set the standard for independent artists everywhere. While blazing his own often colourful path he has avoided most of the traps and pitfalls of his peers, his career reads like a manual on how to succeed in music today without trying to fit into the traditional business models. www.almostbluepromotions.com
ambient trad." Gig details @ ….. www.shooglenifty.com/gigs/ 29 DECEMBER SKERRYVORE with TRAIL WEST: At Dalmally Hall, Dalmally, Argyll and Bute. 8pm, under 18’s with adult. Tickets £15 @ www.skerrryvore.com www.manran.co.uk 31 DECEMBER
BREABACH: At The Red Hot Highland Fling (Free Event), Inverness. Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned 19 MARCH them international recognition on the world BREABACH: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. and roots music scene as one of the UK’s Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and are delighted to announce their forthcoming twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC fifth studio album Astar (translating from Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique extensive UK Tour. The album will be brand of contemporary folk music that has released on the 4 March. earned them international recognition on the www.facebook.com/Breabach world and roots music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. 1 JANUARY Breabach are delighted to announce their BREABACH: At The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool. forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC album will be released on the 4 March. Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece www.facebook.com/Breabach Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has 17 APRIL earned them international recognition on the JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary world and roots music scene as one of the Tour: At Banchory, Woodend Barn. 2016 UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. will see me celebrate 25 years as a Breabach are delighted to announce their professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just forthcoming fifth studio album Astar started recording a new solo record, it's 13 (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance years since my last album Goodnight or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The Ginger. I'm recording the album in our album will be released on the 4 March. newly built recording studio & it will be www.facebook.com/Breabach released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will 2 JANUARY tour the UK with a brand new band, playing SKERRYVORE & SKIPINNISH with 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my special guests GARY INNES and EWEN HENDERSON: At The Nevis Centre, Fort tunes published early next year featuring William. Tickets £15 from Nevis Centre and lots of my compositions from the last 25 @ years. www.skerrryvore.com www.johnmccusker.co.uk www.skipinnish.com
HIGHLANDS + WEST COAST / ARGYLL Send us all your gig dates for the Highlands Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 28 DECEMBER SHOOGLENIFTY ‘Untied Knot Tour’: At Astley Hall, Arisaig. This six-man band is credited being the originators of 'acid-croft', a fiery and infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance grooves that band members describe as "hypno-folkadelic
and came together at music college in Hohhot, their capital city. There they were able to integrate traditional forms - like the now-famous throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live in Edinburgh, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time! www.facebook.com/andaunion 24 FEBRUARY MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER and JOHN DOYLE: At Inverness, Eden Court Theatre. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are three members of the BBC acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions playing as part of a unique European tour. With both Mike McGoldrick and John McCusker also having toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest musicians share a stage together. www.johnmccusker.co.uk 11 MAY JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Findhorn, University Hall. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk
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Isle of Bute …. Transclyde Music is a group of like minded CARA: At Eden Court, Inverness. Cara are a people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to German based trad/contemporary folk band promote live music on the island. For their latest gig news go to …. which includes Edinburgh’s Kim Edgar on www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic piano and lead vocals. 28 JANUARY
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26 DECEMBER DRAMBUSTERS: At The Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, 9pm, free admission. www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk
ANDA UNION: At Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 8pm. The brilliant 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first 31 DECEMBER toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band members all grew up in families 'with the music', several of whom PHT BAND: At The Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, 9pm, free admission. still live in the traditional Mongolian way, www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk
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1 JANUARY SKERRYVORE & MANRAN: At Portree Community Centre, Isle of Skye. 16+, under 18’s with adult. Tickets £15 (£18 @ door) from Caledonian Hotel, Portree and @ www.skerrryvore.com www.manran.co.uk 2 JANUARY BREABACH: At An Lanntair, Skye. Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned them international recognition on the world and roots music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The album will be released on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach
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welcome return to his hometown of Largs for two intimate evenings of songs and stories about his days as a staff writer with The Beatles Publishing Co. - Apple.. performing a selection of the hits he penned for McGuinness Flint - Gallagher & Lyle - Art Garfunkel - Bryan Ferry - Colin Blunstone Don Williams - Elkie Brooks - Garth Brooks Judith Durham - Mary Hopkin - Phil Everly Ricky Nelson - Ringo Starr - Rita Coolidge Status Quo - Simon & Garfunkel - The Fureys - Lemon Jelly - sprinkled with the occasional tale, or, two from a 50 year career in music working with blues legends Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup - “Champion” Jack Dupree - Eric Clapton - Pete Townsend Ronnie Wood - Mary Hopkin - Ralph McTell, and as a member of McGuinness Flint Gallagher and Lyle - Ronnie Lane and the Slim Chance Band and The Manfreds, so, it’s time get out your Fisherman’s Friends, tune up those tonsils, indulge in a little light banter, and, some serious harmony backing vocals.."! For tickets call 01475 689968, email: info@loungeatlargs.com www.loungeatlargs.com www.bennygallagher.com 8 FEBRUARY
BENNY GALLAGHER Annual Homecoming Concert with guests THE MERMAIDS: At Lounge @ Largs, 33-43 Main St. Largs KA30 8AE. 6pm for 6:30pm, tickets £29.95 Concert incl. 2 Course Meal. Benny Gallagher makes a welcome return to Send us all your gig dates his hometown of Largs for two intimate for Dumfriesshire, evenings of songs and stories about his days South West and Cumbria areas as a staff writer with The Beatles Publishing Co. - Apple.. performing a selection of the Email them to Carol hits he penned for McGuinness Flint carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Gallagher & Lyle - Art Garfunkel - Bryan Ferry - Colin Blunstone - Don Williams 26 DECEMBER Elkie Brooks - Garth Brooks - Judith Durham - Mary Hopkin - Phil Everly - Ricky 4PLAY: At Alton Inn, Kilwinning, 9pm, free Nelson - Ringo Starr - Rita Coolidge - Status admission. www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alton-Inn/130778983635951 Quo - Simon & Garfunkel - The Fureys Lemon Jelly - sprinkled with the occasional tale, or, two from a 50 year career in music 31 DECEMBER working with blues legends Arthur “Big Boy” STILLBUZZIN: At Alton Inn, Kilwinning, 9pm, Crudup - “Champion” Jack Dupree - Eric free admission. Clapton - Pete Townsend - Ronnie Wood www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alton-Inn/130778983635951 Mary Hopkin - Ralph McTell, and as a member of McGuinness Flint - Gallagher and 30 JANUARY Lyle - Ronnie Lane and the Slim Chance ANDA UNION: At The Spiegeltent, Dumfries as Band and The Manfreds, so, it’s time get out part of The Big Burns Supper, 4pm. The brilliant your Fisherman’s Friends, tune up those 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia tonsils, indulge in a little light banter, and, first toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show some serious harmony backing vocals.."! everywhere. The band members all grew up in For tickets call 01475 689968, email: families 'with the music', several of whom still info@loungeatlargs.com live in the traditional Mongolian way, and came www.loungeatlargs.com together at music college in Hohhot, their capital www.bennygallagher.com
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city. There they were able to integrate traditional forms - like the now-famous throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live in Edinburgh, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time! www.facebook.com/andaunion 7 FEBRUARY BENNY GALLAGHER Annual Homecoming Concert with guests THE MERMAIDS: At Lounge @ Largs, 33-43 Main St. Largs KA30 8AE. 6pm for 6:30pm, tickets £29.95 Concert
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+ Berwick -Upon-Tweed Send us all your gig dates for Scottish Borders and Northumberland areas Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 9 FEBRUARY Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School: At Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed in The Henry Travers Studio, 7pm, £12.50, (£10 Disability concs, £10 Student concs, £10 Unemployed concs) £11 Over 60s, Child FREE. Join us for a music concert performed by pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School. The Yehudi Menuhin School is delighted this year to add The Maltings to its annual concert tour to Scotland. Talented young musicians from the world-famous specialist music school (for pupils aged 7-19) will perform a varied programme of piano solos and other chamber music before travelling on to New Lanark, Edinburgh and Blair Atholl. www.maltingsberwick.co.uk 2 MARCH BREABACH: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned them international recognition on the world and roots music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The album will be released on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach 20 APRIL
JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Peebles, Eastgate Arts Centre. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout 6 MARCH the summer. There will also be a book of my Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 PINES: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. If years. you’re wondering where the music of www.johnmccusker.co.uk Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a young master who clearly understands that this kind of music was always about having a great time. www.facebook.com/woodypines
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DECEMBER Edinburgh's Hogmanay
names and upcoming stars of jazz music to Fife. young musicians who feature prominently in the Whether you're a jazz and blues specialist or a annual programme. casual listener, we hope that you're going to find plenty to enjoy. Thanks to all the musicians who www.butejazz.com are going to give us such a great weekend.
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MARCH
Four fabulous days and nights of amazing events kick off the world's greatest New Year party. With the traditional torchlit procession, street performers, fireworks, concerts, ceilidh, the big Hogmanay party itself and a New Year's Day run Wee Dub Festival to blow the cobwebs away - Edinburgh's buzzEdinburgh ing. Come along and experience the magic for 4-6 March yourself. The 2016 edition of Wee Dub Festival features www.edinburghshogmanay.org giants of UK dancehall culture, top live bands, and hot upcoming talent. For the artist line-up programme go to the website below. We The Red Hot Highland Fling and look forward to welcoming you to another weekInverness end of roots, culture and good vibes in Edin31 December burgh in March 2016. Scotland's Biggest Free Hogmanay Concert is guaranteed to bring the 2015 Inverness Festivals programme to a wonderful climax. Children Welcome! www.invernessfestivals.com
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MV Festival Aviemore Returning in 2016
MAY
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival Dumfries and Galloway 20-29 May Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. The founding aim was to bring international performers of the highest quality to a region containing many scattered rural communities since then this region has produced some of its own talent of international standing and we’re proud to also be able to present these artistes from time to time. We offer a wide range of events: music – including classical, jazz and folk, dance, theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. Events take place in a range of venues throughout the region, from large to small, formal to informal, urban to rural. www.dgartsfestival.org.uk
JANUARY 2016
It’s a weekend of comedy, music and snowsport thrills on the hills in and around Aviemore. 2016 Orkney Folk Festival Orkney tickets will soon be available from www. ukgigsonline.com Proceeds from the festival go 26-29 May Celtic Connections to the Children's Hospice Association Scotland Once again we have some big names coming (CHAS) and Disability Snowsport UK. Glasgow north to join in the fun in May, and from the 14-31 January ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we www.mvfestival.com have brought together a broad mix of artists Celtic Connections 2016 comprises a wealth of that we hope appeals to everyone’s interpretaconcerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events Groove CairnGorm tion of the increasingly expansive folk genre. As and late night sessions taking place over 18 Cairngorms ever, our local traditions and musicians – both days across various venues in Glasgow. 11-13 March 2016 established and emerging – will be centre stage alongside those visiting the festival. You would www.celticconnections.com Groove Loch Ness couldn’t wait until next August be hard pushed to find another festival throughfor their next party – so building upon the sucout the country that has such a strong home Big Burns Supper cess of the inaugural event at Loch Ness this representation, and it is one that we are hugely summer, Groove are very excited to be expandproud of. Dumfries ing, launching a resort based snowsports festival 22-30 January in 2016 - Groove CairnGorm! There will be www.orkneyfolkfestival.com snowsports and entertainment each day up on We will present our fifth Festival in 2016 and will include our famous Spiegeltent venue and some the mountain, followed by apres ski with live music and world class DJs until the early hours of our award winning production of Le Haggis which runs throughout the Festival. Inspired by in a big top in Aviemore! the celebration, rather than the idea that to be Brew at the Bog at a Burns Supper – you had to have a degree in www.facebook.com/groovecairngorm Scots Literature – our festival is about coming Inverness together to celebrate with your friends, pals and 3-4 June visitors around Burn’s Night. It is the only place in the World where you can enjoy all that a WinBrew at the Bog is one of Scotland's most dyter Festival has to offer, soak up all the places namic hidden gems, championing new and unthat Robert Burn’s used to love – in the way that Isle of Bute Jazz Festival signed artists alongside craft beer, gin, cider, he left him, pay tribute at his burial site and still Isle of Bute whisky, rum and prosecco bars! A two-day find time to see cutting edge and contemporary 29 April-2 May 2016 camping festival, Brew at the Bog is held at Bogwork one of Scotland’s cosiest, yet confident bain Farm in Inverness, which was crowned towns. The Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown spec"Best Unusual Venue" at the 2012 Scottish tacularly from its small beginnings to become Event Awards - the perfect setting for a festival www.bigburnssupper.com one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. that prides itself on championing the best of Top-class UK and international names feature in Scotland’s alternative scene. The lineup for 2016 a programme of traditional jazz music in one of includes a Mercury Music Prize nominee, Best Scotland's prettiest and friendliest seaside reBreakthrough Act at the Scottish Music Awards, sorts. Some very well known jazz names feaBest Hip Hop Act AND Best Live Act at the tured on the programme over the next few SAMAs, Best Up & Coming at the Scottish Trad Fife Jazz Festival years – Acker Bilk, Monty Sunshine, Martin Tay- Music Awards, a Radio 2 Awards nominee, and lor, Tommy Smith, Andy Sheppard, Carol Kidd, so it goes on! The festival for 2016 also features Fife The Temperance 7, and The London Community a programme of speakers, cinema, alternative 6-8 February Gospel Choir amongst others, and the Festival therapies and street food! The Fife Jazz Festival - an annual festival taking continues to attract top class UK and international bands in mainly the Traditional New Orwww.brewatthebog.com place all over the kingdom - brings the biggest leans idiom.The Festival is a great supporter of
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Pandora Fest
its all-ages approach.
Raehills Meadows 9-12 June 2016
Duncarron 16 July
www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk
Set in the stunning Raehill Meadows of Dumfries Eden Festival is boutique festival, with over 250 acts performing across 9 stages, bringing you live music, dance, cabaret, burlesque, circus skills, theatre, a children's area, fun and games and much more. Nominated for three awards in 2015.
Pandorafest will be Scotland's first music festival that supports women musicians. In 2015 the major festivals displayed a massive gender imbalance, of the 87 acts that were announced, 78 were all male, 3 were female and 6 were mixed groups - that was an 89.6% all male line up.* "As far as Scotland is concerned - this is not okay" says Pandora Fest! Pandorafest will be a one day music festival packed full of live music from female singer/songwriters, women musicians and female fronted bands all playing from 12noon-11pm. Pandorafest will be running 3 stages of live music across many genres, all expertly woven into a line-up to keep you entertained from start to finish.
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Riverside Rock Jedburgh 18 June Riverside Rock 2016 already have some fantastic bands signed up: The Men They Couldn’t Hang / The Lost Boys / Scocha (Back for a 3rd Year) / Blistered Molly (Back for a 2nd Year) / Greg Anderson (Back too for 2nd year) he rocked the tent at the end last year! Main tent headliner and other bands to be announced. As before Riverside Rock must not be missed, the Scottish Borders very own music festival at Riverside Park, Jedburgh, and 2016 will have more food outlets, more bars and a bigger tent. Tickets on sale soon! www.riversiderock.co.uk
JULY Hebrides 13-16 July 2016 Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featuring top quality music from around the Celtic nations and beyond. Stornoway and throughout Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting its biggest number of live performances ever. Award-winning artists who took part in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge success after bosses laid on new venues and returned to its roots for the showpiece event.
Isle of Tiree 15-17 July Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of holding an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree. TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early birds sell out in hours - http://tireemusicfestival.co.uk/ ticket-prices www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
A hugely enjoyable weekend of traditional music in this small Borders town, beautifully situated amongst rolling hills by the River Tweed. Memorable concerts feature some of the biggest names in Celtic music alongside the best of the local talent and the weekend is rounded off with a concert presenting wonderful singers of traditional song. Complementing the concerts are an open stage, a singaround and the legendary informal music sessions in local hostelries and the Union Club. www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org
Wickerman Festival
Doune The Rabbit Hole
Dumfries & Galloway 22-23 July
Cardross, nr Stirling 19-21 August 2016
Wickerman is one of the UK’s best-loved independent music festivals which will enter its 15th consecutive year in 2016. With ten stages featuring an eclectic and exciting mix of leading artists, heritage acts and up-and-coming talent, the two day summer party caters for all musical tastes.
A small family-friendly festival with a twist! Doune The Rabbit Hole presents music, comedy, art, spoken word, drama, puppetry and much more! Events across Scotland throughout the year culminating in a 3 day multi arts festival... it's time to go Doune The Rabbit Hole!! We make people happy through music, art, cake and loads of other stuff! After we've done that we teach people who wouldn't ordinarily be able to how to do creative things, like play instruments, write poetry and paint.
Speyfest Moray 29-31 July
www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk
At the end of July, the playing fields on East Street in the Moray town of Fochabers will be home to the 21st annual Speyfest, three days of the best in traditional and contemporary Celtic music. The tented village hosts a variety of seated and standing events including the Friday and Saturday concerts and stomps, the music marathon that is the Speyfest Family Sunday, a craft and food fair and an ecumenical Celtic Kirk service. The event is fully licensed and offers a wide range of hot foods and a variety of drinks from a number on onsite concessions.
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Tiree Music Festival
Scottish Borders 19-21 August 2016
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www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
Hebridean Celtic Festival
Innerleithen Music Festival
AUGUST Tartan Heart ‘Belladrum’ Festival Beauly 4-6 August Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages wackiest festival of music and performing arts. Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting with all the crazy variety that makes it Scotland’s premier boutique festival. ''Belladrum quite simply, it’s what everyday life should be like, if only everyday life didn't get in the way.'' - Clare Damdoaran, eFestivals. Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation for its eclectic lineups, its offbeat non-musical entertainments and
Lindisfarne Festival Holy Island 2-4 September Lindisfarne 2016 promises to be as exciting and spectacular as the inaugural year. The first year saw the music, arts and camping festival achieve national acclaim and was shortlisted for 3 national awards including being a finalist as “Best New Festival in the UK”. With the spectacular backdrop of Holy Island and North Northumberland Coast , the Lindisfarne festival is conveniently located off the A1 and around 6 miles from Berwick upon Tweed. The festival has an eclectic range of music and arts with 2015 saw music from the likes of Public Service Broadcasting, Reverend and the Makers, Craig Charles, The Skints, DJ Yoda and Nadine Shah play in the breath-taking scenery. A brilliant weekend away 2016’s festival will be everything a small independent festival should be. www.lindisfarnefestival.com
Midstock Festival Dalkeith 3 September Just when you think festival season is over, there’s still another cracker to be enjoyed before the nights draw in. www.midstockfestival.com
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