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Following the release of their single 'One Kiss Later' ASHTON LANE (pictured) travel to play the Country 2 Country festival in London on 12 + 13 March plus Glasgow's Hug & Pint on 13 April. www.ashtonlaneofficial.com photo by Heather Nelson
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22 FEBRUARY Trusadh – Community Radio: 9pm on BBC ALBA. A celbration of local community radio stations and their enthusiastic army of volunteers. www.bbcalba.co.uk Port: 10pm on BBC ALBA. New series. Musical documentary presented by Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh as they explore their musical routes in Ireland and Scotland. www.bbcalba.co.uk 23 FEBRUARY Ceol Country: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Includes performances from international stars HIGHWAY 101 ands GENE WATSON. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Port – Extra Reserve: 10.30pm on BBC ALBA. New series. Musical documentary presented by Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh as they explore Solas Ur: 11.25pm on BBC ALBA. CEITLIN L.R. their musical routes in Ireland and Scotland. SMITH sings Chi Mi’n Geamhradh. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbcalba.co.uk 18 FEBRUARY Sorchar nan Reul: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Spiritual music and song featuring some of Scotland’s best Perthshire Amber: 11.15pm on BBC ALBA. Music known Gaelic artists. programme featuring Tunebook with MAIREARAD www.bbcalba.co.uk GREEN and ROSS AINSLIE. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Air an Urlar: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. A musical showcase from 2005, includes KATIE MACKENZIE, ANN MARIE NICOLSON and LAUREN MACCOLL. www.bbcalba.co.uk 19 FEBRUARY
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Cuirm @ Celtic: 10pm on BBC ALBA. MOVING HEARTS concert at Celtic Connections. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Aberdeen + North East
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Piping Live Shorts: 7.20pm on BBC ALBA. Piper KYLE WARREN performing at the 2011 Piping Live! festival in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Highlands + Islands
Air an Urlar: 8pm on BBC ALBA. A musical showcase from 2005, includes KATIE MACKENZIE, ANN MARIE NICOLSON and LAUREN MACCOLL. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Cuirm @ Celtic: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Music from legendary band THE CHIEFTAINS and guests at Celtic Connections 2016. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Ayrshire Dumfriesshire South West
Belladrum: 11.55pm on BBC ALBA. Festival highlights from RUSTY SHACKLE. www.bbcalba.co.uk Belladrum: 00.30am on BBC ALBA. Unseen festival highlights from THE CORRESPONDENTS. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Scottish Borders
Sorchar nan Reul: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Spiritual music and song featuring some of Scotland’s best known Gaelic artists. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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24 FEBRUARY Port – Extra Reserve: 10.30pm on BBC ALBA. New series. Musical documentary presented by Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh as they explore their musical routes in Ireland and Scotland. www.bbcalba.co.uk -----------------------------------------------------
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EDINBURGH + Mid - East - West Lothian Send us all your gig dates for Edinburgh and Lothians area. Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 19 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. RHYTHM MACHINE: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. JOJO COKE: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com
Ceol Country: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Includes UNIVERSAL THEE (Album/Video Launch) + THE performances from international stars HIGHWAY 101 BASKERVILLEZ + LITTLE LOVE & THE FRIENDLY ands GENE WATSON. www.bbcalba.co.uk VIBES: At Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh. Enchanting, power-pop five piece Universal Thee return with their Perthshire Amber: 11.45pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring sophomore album, All Watched Over By Machines of KAREN MATHIESON who duets with DOUGIE Loving Grace, the follow up to the critically lauded MACLEAN. www.bbcalba.co.uk debut Back To Earth. The Baskervillez are a 4 piece Edinburgh band, their mission is to make you dance
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page 3: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian your socks off and put a big smile on your face. Little Love and The Friendly Vibes are a four piece fun pop band from Edinburgh. Quite possibly the very first band to be referred to as Fun Pop, they write songs with catchy melodies and quirky guitar hooks. They focus on writing lighthearted and endearing songs about being a shy boy trying to find his way in the big wide world. www.facebook.com/universalthee 20 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. JULIA HOLTER: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk SHUGGIE OTIS: At Liquid Room, Edinburgh. R&B guitar legend Shuggie Otis is preparing a massive comeback that is sure to make the music world sit up and listen. 2016 will see the release of a brand new solo album from this much revered singer-songwriter-guitarist, his first since the 1974 all-time classic Inspiration/ Information. Now, Shuggie is about to embark on the comeback of a lifetime, and his adoring fans stand ready to re-embrace him! www.shuggieotismusic.com Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. GALLUS COOPER (Alice Cooper Tribute): At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Tickets £5. Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com
MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER: At The Brunton, Musselburgh. As part of their 20th birthday celebrations. Paying homage to the band's first gig in 1996, this trademark McFall's programme combines music from jazz-rooted artists Tim Garland, Joe Zawinul, Raymond Scott and Martin Kershaw, with a new commission from celebrated UK composer Jeremy Thurlow, capped off with arrangements of Frank Zappa’s incredible blend of rock. All tickets are available on 0131 665 2240 or online at www.thebrunton.co.uk 21 FEBRUARY DHM Concerts presents ..... GRETCHEN PETERS: At Edinburgh Queen’s Hall.
band's enchanting indie brilliance all in one place. www.facebook.com/ReallyTuffLove www.Summerhall.co.uk EILIDH STEEL & MARK NEAL: At The Outhouse, 12A Broughton St Lane, Edinburgh EH1 3LY. 7.30pm, £6 on the door. Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal are a Scottish duo who are in great demand in the UK and abroad. Their performances combine many of their own tunes and songs along with old traditional music on fiddle, guitar and vocals. With many influences from Argyll and the west coast of Scotland. www.fiddleguitar.com 23 FEBRUARY GIRLS NAMES: At Electric Circus, Edinburgh.
www.facebook.com/DHM-Concerts-285713951447098 The Northern Ireland band have received praises
from the likes of NME and The Sunday Times for their recently released third album Arms Around a Vision, and adding to a busy 2015 they’ve Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. debuted a mechanical meets organic video for TUFF LOVE and THE PRETTIOTS: At the record’s opening track ‘Reticence’ @ https:// Summerhall, Edinburgh. Tuff Love are Julie youtu.be/Xa1TshNz8YA Love and pain, romance Eisenstein (guitar, vocals) and Suse Bear (bass, and fucking. It’s all in there somewhere. The vocals) plus live drummer Iain Stewart (also a album opens with ‘Reticence’, a song in two member of The Phantom Band). They come from parts that’s half metallic knockout, half midnight Glasgow and they write dazzling, sun-streaked swagger. It sounds unlike anything they’ve ever guitar pop songs with mesmerising lyrics, heart- done before, and is a perfect primer for an wrenching vocals and dreamy melodies like the album that treads a course between Eno-era sound of pure summer. They make all their Roxy sleaze, Birthday Party dissonance and M.E. music in Suse’s flat, self-engineering and selfS’ three R’s: repetition, repetition, repetition. producing everything. Tuff Love are steadily www.facebook.com/GirlsNames making a name for themselves and 'Resort' gives those who haven't yet caught onto the 25 FEBRUARY buzz the perfect opportunity to experience the 22 FEBRUARY
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page 5: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. HECTOR BIZERK: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk AMY DUNCAN (album launch party): At The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 7.30pm, £6 on door or see below for album/ticket deal. Amy Duncan will be performing songs from the new album with band, including harpist Fiona Rutherford and Lawrie Macmillan on bass, with sound by Alex Fiennes. Live music will be followed by DJs Woopee playing vinyl; from eclectic into good house music for your dancing pleasure. Preorder Undercurrents through Pledge Music to gain free access to the party and an instant download of 2 songs from the album @ www.pledgemusic.com/projects/amy-duncan http://amyduncan.co.uk/ 26 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER and JOHN DOYLE: At Edinburgh, Summerhall. 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.Summerhall.co.uk SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall. One of the great guitar players of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric guitarist who moves comfortably between jazzinformed 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 0131 668 2019 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. COHOLIC / SPECACTUALR PRIMATE DISASTER / EMPIRE DECLINED: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX –
only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com 27 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. GIRL BAND and JETSETTER: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. STEELER: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com
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 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 8 MARCH
HEBRIDES ENSEMBLE - Impressions of the Sea: At Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ. 6.30pm. Tickets: £14.00 (£10.00 conc. £5.00 students). Sally Beamish’s audacious reworking of Debussy’s La Mer is the centrepiece of these concerts. It’s an astounding piece of transcription that brings all the colours and 4 MARCH textures of a full symphony orchestra to the intimacy of a piano trio. Live Streaming - why Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. CLASH LIVI not join us online, we will be live streaming our ROCKERS / E-X: At Dreadnoughtrock, King piano trio programme from Perth Concert Hall Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – on 7 March at 7.30pm, and we are inviting you only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! to join us through #HebridesatHome. Invite Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over your friends round and enjoy hearing Hebrides Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, from the comfort of your own sofa. with live rock music every weekend. www.hebridesensemble.com www.dreadnoughtrock.com 10 MARCH The Queen’s Hall Presents ….. TORD GUSTAVSEN with SIMIN TANDER and JARLE TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO: At The Brunton, VESPESTAD: At The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. Musselburgh. Award winning gypsy jazz legend 8pm, £18.50. Tord Gustavsen’s new trio project Tim Kliphuis and his two Scottish colleagues builds upon the subtle understanding of his long Nigel Clark (guitar) and Roy Percy (bass), return musical association with drummer Jarle to The Brunton, paying homage to the great Vespestad, introduces the entrancing GermanFrench maestro Stéphane Grappelli. Taking his Afghan vocalist Simin Tander, and, alongside life as a starting point, they play music from the new compositions and improvisations, explores Django Reinhardt days, his years as a world the tradition of Norwegian church music in an famous star and five beautiful Grappelli untraditional manner. www.thequeenshall.net compositions, never played before on the international stage. All tickets are available on 5 MARCH 0131 665 2240 or online at www.thebrunton.co.uk Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. ERIC BELL BAND (Founding member and guitarist of Thin 11 MARCH Lizzy): At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Tickets ADAM STAFFORD (album launch) with £10 adv (£15 otd). Dreadnought's rock nights ROBBIE LESIUK & special guests: At The are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its Dissection Room, Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8roots back to 1972, with live rock music every late. Tickets online. Stafford is known for his weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com intense and energetic live performances which incorporate soul-pop, post-punk and a capela 7 MARCH experimentalism to dizzying effect. LP `Taser Revelations’ released on white Vinyl, CD and
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short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com
Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. THE LEWIS HAMILTON BAND: At Dreadnoughtrock, King MIKE VASS and MAIRI CAMPBELL 'Dead Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – Stations' tour also featuring YOANN only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! MYLONAKIS: At Edinburgh @ Queens Hall. The Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over 30 MARCH Dead Stations combines live music, recorded Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, RAB NOAKES: At Pleasance – Edinburgh. Rab is audio drama and animation to tell the thrilling with live rock music every weekend. hard to pin down in terms of influences. He is an tale of what happens after a passenger alights at www.dreadnoughtrock.com accomplished songwriter whose songs reflect his a deserted train station in a forest. Awardwinning composer and multi-instrumentalist THREE DAYS FROM RETIREMENT: At Sneaky lifelong interest in the popular song, in folk song Vass has composed the music for the project, Pete's, Edinburgh. Three Days From Retirement and in songwriting. Alongside his acclaimed performance skills as applied to his own Campbell, who has just won Instrumentalist of (or 3DFR if you're in a rush) are gathering compositions his celebrated interpretations the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards, gives momentum, formed in 2013 in Edinburgh and voice to Vass’s epic songs. The Dead Stations is with a couple of line-up changes since, 3DFR are feature songs from sources as diverse as Elizabeth Cotten to Beck Hansen. written and directed by Charlotte Hathaway being heard by more and more people. With a http://rabnoakes.com/ www.charlottehathaway.com sound inspired by bands like Mogwai or Explosions in the Sky, their first self-titled EP 1 APRIL Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. COLOUR (link below to bandcamp) takes its cues from TRAP & GORDONS ALIVE: At their regular jam sessions and totally blew me Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West away the first time I heard it. Which is why they Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. THE JIMI ANDERSON BAND: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train are here. www.twitter.com/3dfruk Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – ride from Edinburgh! Dreadnought's rock nights only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its 19 MARCH Tickets £5.00. Dreadnought's rock nights are roots back to 1972, with live rock music every renowned all over Scotland and can trace its Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com roots back to 1972, with live rock music every RHYTHM MACHINE: At Summerhall, weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. DHM Concerts presents ..... MAIRI www.Summerhall.co.uk CAMPBELL and MIKE VASS: At Edinburgh 2 APRIL Queen’s Hall. www.facebook.com/DHM-Concerts-285713951447098 Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. HYSTERIA & USED BLUES: At Whistlebinkies, Edinburgh. TALK of THE DEVIL (Def Leppard & Ozzy 12 MARCH Free. www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow Tribute): At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. JOLLY BOYS short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Tickets STRANGEBREW: At Dreadnoughtrock, King £8.00. Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned tour with NIGHTFLY: At Dreadnoughtrock, Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! 1AX – only a short direct train ride from 1972, with live rock music every weekend. Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over www.dreadnoughtrock.com Edinburgh! Tickets £5.00. Dreadnought's rock Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, nights are renowned all over Scotland and can with live rock music every weekend. trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music SCOCHA: At The Brunton, Musselburgh. These www.dreadnoughtrock.com every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com five Border lads first took to the stage over 20 years ago, when they first embarked on the 13 MARCH 7 APRIL music scene as a duo, Iain SCOtt and Davie CHApman (hence the name SCOCHA). Over the Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. DOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH years SCOCHA have grown in numbers adding ULRICH SCHNAUSS: At Summerhall, PARSONS DUO: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. electric and bass guitars and drums to the line Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. A special double bill featuring Scotland's up and giving a sometimes more up-beat drive www.Summerhall.co.uk Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph yet still retaining that Scottish Folk genre of ballads and well known traditional favourites. All Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. 17 MARCH tickets are available on 0131 665 2240 or online Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 at www.thebrunton.co.uk THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND and years. This album see's the duo's trademark BENNI HEMM HEMM: At Wee Red Bar, fingerpicked guitars and vocal harmonies 24 MARCH Edinburgh promoting Faults - a collaborative augmented by new band member, guitarist, album between Iceland and Scotland - Benni John Alexander to create a 'boundary ignoring The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. and Pete met in 2007 at one of the first SHMB landscape (americana UK). There is a restless MARTIN HARLEY & DANIEL KIMBRO with performances. Pete, Ross, Rich and Fraser from support from NEIL WARDEN & GUS MUNRO: energy in the Doghouse Roses live performance, SHMB started playing in Benni’s band. At the as the band takes its folk music through the At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register same time Pete and Benni recorded some songs Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at streets of the blues and highways of the old together as a collaboration between the Second 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of the Delta west, looking ahead for that next turn in the Hand Marching Band and Benni Hemm Hemm. road. Joseph Parsons is a prolific songwriter, to contemporary blues rock riffage, the Nine songs have been produced in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of who weaves traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk Glasgow, Fife, Cumbernauld and Reykjavik. A to create his own distinct style of Rock music. blues with its eagerly anticipated new long project stretching over seven year, 800 Tickets £8 in advance from Tickets Scotland programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a miles, sixteen instruments and eight singer. The Social Enterprise established to harness popular 0141 204 5151 www.facebook.com/jpbofficial album is a totally self-funded, DIY, selfwww.facebook.com/doghouseroses support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. recorded, self-produced, self-assembled http://edinburgh-blues.uk production. This is no mean feat for a normal 8 APRIL band but try it with 17 people in 2 countries! 25 MARCH www.facebook.com/secondhandmarchingband Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. ALMA FIERA: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. YER NANA 18 MARCH Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a (Nirvana Tribute): At Dreadnoughtrock, King short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! DANI WILDE with support from LINDA Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, Tickets £5.00. Dreadnought's rock nights are JACKSON: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West with live rock music every weekend. www. renowned all over Scotland and can trace its Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors dreadnoughtrock.com roots back to 1972, with live rock music every open at 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com the Delta to contemporary blues rock riffage, the The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of 26 MARCH PAUL LAMB AND THE KING SNAKES with blues with its eagerly anticipated new support from THE CHILLI DOGS: At The programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. 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page 8: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian 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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The Night With presents ….. RED NOTE ENSEMBLE: At The Hug and Pint, 171 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AW. Doors 7.30pm, concert 8pm. Glasgow’s newest music series, with a twist - The Night With… is a new 9 APRIL series of salon style concerts presenting classical Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. TIGERTAILZ and new music in an informal environment with & LAST GREAT DREAMERS: At performances by some of Scotland’s top Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West musicians. Programmed by composer Matthew Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train ride Whiteside the concerts will feature an eclectic from Edinburgh! Tickets £10 adv. Dreadnought's mix of old and new. Opening with Red Note rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and performing music for solo brass, trio and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock electronics (trumpet - Mark O’Keeffe, trombone music every weekend. Simon Johnson, horn – Chris Gogh, electronics – www.dreadnoughtrock.com Timothy Cooper). This concert will feature music by Handel, Messiaen, John Cage and Harvey. BELLA HARDY: At The Brunton, Musselburgh. Two concerts, £15/Full price, £8. Student/ 2015 was a breathless year for Bella Hardy Disabled/Unwaged/Senior/NMS Member, £5. which saw the release of her seventh solo Tickets on door or from website below. album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. www.thehugandpint.com Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a www.thenightwith.co.uk selection of special, scaled back performances. http://rednoteensemble.com/ Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella is joined by regular stage companion Anna 16 APRIL Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful Edinburgh, Queen's Hall. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo banjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics record, it's 13 years since my last album and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in Bella’s stunning compositions in the more our newly built recording studio & it will be intimate setting. Tickets @ released in April 2016 on Under One Sky www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 11: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian :: glasgow + surrounding area 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 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 CANDI’S DOG supporting BLACKBEARD’S TEA PARTY: At La Belle Angele, Edinburgh. Tyneside trio Candi's Dog specialise in acoustic folk-pop, combining inventive structures with ludicrously catchy melodies. The result is a mash-up akin to the likes of Bright Eyes and the lyrical quality of Ed Sheeran. Creativity isn’t something that’s hard to come by for the innovative threesome who can regularly be seen sporting Melodicas, Kazoos and a homemade Acoustic Bass. www.facebook.com/candisdog
exertion 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 24 APRIL ELLIOTT MORRIS: At The Wee Folk Club, Edinburgh. Award winning singer/songwriter and guitarist Elliott Morris is supporting one of Canada’s hottest new acts, The Bros Landreth. In November 2015, Elliott featured at Dougie MacLean’s Perthshire Amber Festival, playing numerous slots, including the celebrated Dougie MacLean and Friends concert. www.facebook.com/elliottmorrisguitar 27 APRIL
JD KELLEHER supporting BLAIR DUNLOP: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. Singer, Songwriter and Actor JD Kelleher, who is known for his roles as Willie Pearse in TV mini-series 1916 The Forgotten Seven and Breandán Mac Gearailt in Irish soap Ros na Rún has previously been at the forefront of Ireland’s “Yes Vote” ahead of the Marriage Equality Referendum. Kelleher explains the rousing cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” aimed to “Raise awareness to the need for a THREE DAYS FROM RETIREMENT: At Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh. Three Days From positive vote for freedom”. Raise awareness it did, and contributed to a change in the ThirtyRetirement (or 3DFR if you're in a rush) are fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland gathering momentum, formed in 2013 in Edinburgh and with a couple of line-up changes and the legalization of same sex marriage. since, 3DFR are being heard by more and more www.facebook.com/JDKelleher008 people. With a sound inspired by bands like Mogwai or Explosions in the Sky, their first selftitled EP (link below to bandcamp) takes its cues from their regular jam sessions and totally blew Send us all your gig dates for me away the first time I heard it. Which is why Glasgow and West Coast area they are here. www.twitter.com/3dfruk
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ELLIOTT MORRIS supporting THE BROS LANDRETH: At Broadcast, Glasgow. Award winning singer/songwriter and guitarist Elliott Morris is supporting one of Canada’s hottest new acts, The Bros Landreth. In November TOY TIN SOLDIER (album launch – extra 2015, Elliott featured at Dougie MacLean’s date): At The Hug & Pint, Glasgow. Toy Tin Perthshire Amber Festival, playing numerous Soldier is a Scottish indie rock singer slots, including the celebrated Dougie songwriter Joe Gallacher, formerly of Mr.Kil. MacLean and Friends concert. A solo journey supported by a revolving door www.thebroslandreth.com of incredible support musicians he has www.facebook.com/elliottmorrisguitar worked with over the years, whilst touring with the likes of Hue & Cry, Turin Brakes and 28 FEBUARY Martha Wainwright. Gallacher was born in the SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA outskirts of Glasgow in the small village of presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Royal Blantyre. Born into a working class family, music became an escapism from the realities Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow. One of of being a teenage in the 90’s. Pretty soon he the great guitar players of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric guitarist who was in love with all sorts of bedrock music, moves comfortably between jazz-informed particularly rock, blues, country and of rock, fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His course the 90’s Brit Pop era. Inspired by melodic Kings such as Noel Gallagher, Bruce career began with the mighty Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1976, and later he worked with jazz Springsteen and more recently Foy Vance. legends Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Tickets @ http://toytinsoldier.bigcartel.com Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among www.facebook.com/toytinsoldier Downbeat magazine’s ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, 26 FEBRUARY Mike Stern will join the SNJO in an all-out DEADLY INSCRIPTION (EP launch): At celebration of incredible music, as his King Tuts, Glasgow. The Paisley based 5astonishing guitar creativity meets the piece Metal-core..ish outfit release "A combustible mix of fabulous orchestral jazzTestament To Sin", the E.P was recorded head-on. For tickets call 0141 332 5057 or with Ajeet Gill at Hellfire Studios, go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ Birmingham. In 2015 the band hit new milestones by completing their first full FINN ANDERSON and CAT LOUD: At The Scottish headline tour and released their first Project Cafe, Glasgow. Finn spent his early full length documentary film (Exordium, teens directing self-penned theatre 2015) then with no hesitation head back to productions in local venue, The Byre Theatre, the studio. The bands EP sets a decade of using the profits to build his first home work and the pace for what looks to be their recording studio where he began writing and busiest year yet. producing solo material age 14. He had www.deadlyinscription.com released two EPs and started his first theatre company before leaving school age 16 to TOY TIN SOLDIER (album launch): At The study Music at the University of Highlands Hug & Pint, Glasgow SOLD OUT – see entry and Islands. Finn is spending the winter for 25 February. touring living rooms across the UK before www.facebook.com/toytinsoldier releasing his new solo EP Uncharted Lands on 12th February 2016. 27 FEBRUARY www.finnanderson.co.uk Indievous Presents ….. DUKES AND POETS + RIVERS RUN RED + SONS OF PEACHES + HOLLOW ROOM + HORIZONS: At The Record Factory, 17 Byers Road, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £5/£4 (students) on door. www.facebook.com/indievous EILIDH STEEL & MARK NEAL: At The Village Centre, 12 Maxwell Drive, East Mains, East Kilbride G74 4HG. 8pm, £6 on the door. Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal are a Scottish duo who are in great demand in the UK and abroad. Their performances combine many of their own tunes and songs along with old traditional music on fiddle, guitar and vocals. With many influences from Argyll and the west coast of Scotland. www.fiddleguitar.com NEVILLE STAPLE BAND: At Audio Glasgow. 14 Midland Street, G1 4PP, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets:£17.60 (inc. bf). The original rudeboy and former member of The Specials, Neville Staple now tours with his own band. Neville Staple is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice. Neville Staple’s thirty-five year career in the music business is well documented. From the early days with The Coventry Automatics, The Specials, & FunBoy3 in the late ‘70s and 80’s, to The Special Beat and various other collaborations during his solo career from the 90’s up to the present day. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.musicglue.com/audioglasgow/
3 MARCH Vive Le Différence: At Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow. 7.30pm, Tickets: £10, £7.50. Another exciting side-by-side project with new music ensemble MusicLab under the direction of the talented Leverhulme Conducting Fellows. The concert will explore great works from the last 50 years, alongside a new student commission. Conducting Fellows Andrey Rubtsov and Jiří Rožeň. RCS MusicLab, Andrey Rubtsov / Jiří Rožeň Leverhulme Conducting Fellows. Taner Kemirtlek New Work, Sawer Cat’s Eye, Berio Différences Box Office 0141 332 5057 or www.rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice www.rcs.ac.uk 4 MARCH The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. THE DREAMING SPIRES + support: At Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £12.00. The Dreaming Spires will bring their cosmic mix of slow country burners and intriguing jangling guitars to Glasgow. Rated by BBC Radio Ulster’s, Ralph McLean as “one of the finest bands in Britain today,” singing brothers, Robin and Joe Bennett have built quite a reputation and following in recent times. Current release Searching for the Supertruth emphasises how the duo effortlessly straddle a line between the influence of roots music, classic 60s pop and their youthful love of indie rock from both
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 15: glasgow + surrounding area sides of the Atlantic. Their fondness for the distinctive harmonies in the tradition of The Everly Brothers and The Byrds is never far from the surface, either. Tickets @ http://ticketsscotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com EXCHANGE: At Platform, Glasgow. EXCHANGE: the not-to-be-missed event for young Scottish musicians. Aspiring young Scotland based musicians are being urged to sign up for Exchange 2016 which returns to Platform, Glasgow in March - giving young people the opportunity to perform and gain a unique insight into how to get ahead in the music industry. Enthusiastic musicians aged 21 and under will have the chance to perform their chosen genre of music on a live stage and receive feedback from industry professionals. Individuals and groups wishing to perform or attend Exchange should register their interest now at www.mfy.org.uk/exchange. 5 MARCH SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Classic Grand, 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 EXCHANGE: At Platform, Glasgow. EXCHANGE: the not-to-be-missed event for young Scottish musicians. Aspiring young Scotland based musicians are being urged to sign up for Exchange 2016 which returns to Platform, Glasgow in March - giving young people the opportunity to perform and gain a unique insight into how to get ahead in the music industry. Enthusiastic musicians aged 21 and under will have the chance to perform their chosen genre of music on a live stage and receive feedback from industry professionals. Individuals and groups wishing to perform or attend Exchange should register their interest now at www.mfy.org.uk/exchange. ANDREW ROACHFORD: At Oran Mor, Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX. 7:00pm £18.50 on 0141 357 6200. Andrew Roachford is back with a stunning new album - ‘Encore’, set for release on February 2016. This powerfully emotive and soulful album brilliantly showcases Andrew’s unique song Interpretation of some classic tracks and brings a fresh take in a way only he can. The release of the ‘Encore’ album coincides
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Glasgow promoting Faults - a collaborative album between Iceland and Scotland - Benni and Pete met in 2007 at one of the first SHMB performances. Pete, Ross, Rich and Fraser from SHMB started playing in Benni’s band. At the same time Pete and Benni recorded some songs JAMES STEVENSON as part of ALARM: At O2 together as a collaboration between the Second Academy Glasgow. Guitar legend James Hand Marching Band and Benni Hemm Hemm. Stevenson has played with some of the biggest Nine songs have been produced in Edinburgh, names in music in a career starting in the punk Glasgow, Fife, Cumbernauld and Reykjavik. A era. His current single is Twilight Riders, out long project stretching over seven year, 800 now ahead of his tour when he plays lead guitar miles, sixteen instruments and eight singer. The for The Alarm. James has just toured California album is a totally self-funded, DIY, selfin a punk rock supergroup made up of Glen recorded, self-produced, self-assembled Matlock (Sex Pistols) Clem Burke (Blondie) and production. This is no mean feat for a normal on vocals Gary Twinn (Twenty Flight Rockers). band but try it with 17 people in 2 countries! This outfit is known as The International www.facebook.com/secondhandmarchingband Swingers and they’ve just recorded their album in Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in LA. James spent FEROCIOUS DOG: At Stereo Cafe Bar, 22-28 the majority of 2013 and 2014 on the road with Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 6PH. Tickets £11.00. The Cult as their second guitarist. Doors: 7.00pm Booking Office: 0141 222 2254. www.facebook.com/jamesonguitars Ferocious Dog offer a full-on six-piece sound that encompasses folk infused with rock, reggae 6 MARCH and Celtic vibrations. The combination of instruments creates a palette of sound that offers infinite variations: going in hard to get the MICHAEL GRUBBS aka WAKEY WAKEY: At audience up and moving, or slipping into Stereo, Glasgow. The first night of only 4 UK melodic passages and dub-like fusions. shows, Michael returns with a sublime new www.ferociousdog.co.uk album titled Overreactivist. “Grubbs combines some beautifully played piano with a voice so 19 MARCH striking it resonates around the room, galvanizing everybody within earshot” (NME) The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. FRED www.facebook.com/wakeywakeyband EAGLESMITH + support: At Admiral Bar, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £13.00 from Tickets Scotland 11 MARCH 0141 204 5151. Rootsy rocker Fred Eaglesmith is heading to Glasgow early in 2016 for his first REN: At Tchai Ovna, Glasgow. Singershow in the city for three years. The Canadian songwriter Conor Owen has been a true singer/songwriter, who clocks up around 180 troubadour for many years. His travels have gigs a year on the road, will play The Admiral seen stints of living in the Netherlands, the Bar on March 19. He delivers his dazzling lyrics French Alps and the West Coast of Ireland where in a distinctive gravel voice, often wearing the inspiration for his current single comes from. outlandish headgear: but he never fails to thrill As well as living life on the road around Europe, his fans, known everywhere as “Fredheads”. Conor has also performed in the old folk cafes in Bigger name stars such as Toby Keith, Alan New York's Greenwhich Village and South Jackson, Dar Williams and The Cowboy Junkies Africa's buzzing creative scene in Grahamstown. are among those who have recorded covers of Now residing in the North East of England, his meaningful and well-crafted songs over the Conor is set to release his debut single 'My Heart years. “There is never a dull moment at a Fred Belongs To Ireland' as he reflects on the Eaglesmith show, Fred is one of Mary Gauthier's adventures of a truly spirited life. favourite song writers, so that says it all really,” www.renofficialmusic.com said Kevin Morris, Fallen Angels Club director. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ 18 MARCH www.fallenangelsclub.com THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND and AMY RAYNER: At The Record Factory, Glasgow. BENNI HEMM HEMM: At The Old Hairdresser's, Amy is a singer songwriter from St. Andrews,
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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 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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DOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH PARSONS DUO: At The Hug and Pint, Glasgow. A special double bill featuring Scotland's Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. 26 MARCH Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Record Factory, Glasgow (see also Indievous presents below). years. This album see's the duo's trademark Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now available on all fingerpicked guitars and vocal harmonies download platforms. Capital FM’s ‘One To Watch’ augmented by new band member, guitarist, John Alexander to create a 'boundary ignoring winner at SSE Scottish Music Awards. landscape (americana UK). There is a restless www.facebook.com/singlebysunday energy in the Doghouse Roses live performance, Indievous presents ….. SINGLE BY SUNDAY as the band takes its folk music through the streets of the blues and highways of the old + THE TELERMEN + BEAFETS + TAKING BERLIN: At The Record Factory, 17 Byers Road, west, looking ahead for that next turn in the road. Joseph Parsons is a prolific songwriter, Glasgow. 7.30pm. £5/£4 (students). Tickets on who weaves traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk door www.facebook.com/indievous to create his own distinct style of Rock music. Tickets £8 in advance from Tickets Scotland 28 MARCH 0141 204 5151 www.facebook.com/jpbofficial www.facebook.com/doghouseroses BIG UPS: At Broadcast, Glasgow. Almost two years since Big Ups graced UK shores, the New USED BLUES: At The Glen Lusset, Old York band are back on British soil. With high praises from the likes of The Guardian and a BBC Kilpatrick, 9:30 pm. Free. www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow Maida Vale session under their belt, this Brooklyn four-piece are returning to bigger 12 APRIL audiences as well as bigger expectations with the announcement of brand new album Before a The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DIANA Million Universes to be released 4 March. The album draws its title from a Walt Whitman quote JONES: At The CCA, Glasgow, A powerful and (""let your soul stand cool and composed before emotional performer, Diana’s most recent album, “Museum of Appalachia Recordings,” recorded, a million universes") and serves as a fist in the appropriately, in the building of that name in face of complacency, which is, equally, an apt Clinton, Tennessee, was crammed with her own summary of the band's fiery live show vibrant compositions that hinted of days gone returning to European shores in spring 2016. by. With her glorious, husky alto voice, Diana’s popularity has rightly grown in recent years with 2 APRIL music lovers catching up to savour a wonderful output, gently reminiscent at times of Gillian BREABACH: At Drygate, Glasgow. Voted ‘Best Welch and Iris De Ment. Her earlier Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the performances in Glasgow were sparkling affairs Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated of heartache and tenderness, we are very ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; pleased she’s agreed to come back to the city. Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling Tickets £13 from The CCA Box Office 0141 352 and unique brand of contemporary folk music 4900. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ that has earned them international recognition on the world and roots music scene as one of the www.fallenangelsclub.com UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth 13 APRIL studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and extensive UK KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS Tour. The album will be released on the 4 March. ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus SIOBHAN WILSON: At Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. Kris www.facebook.com/Breabach Drever celebrates his first decade as an CHVRCHES with guests THE TWILIGHT SAD: acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses, At The SSE Hydro, Glasgow. CHVRCHES will released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, perform songs from their critically acclaimed second album Every Open Eye. All tickets include and a supporting tour. www.renfrewshireleisure.com a charity donation. Tickets on sale at 10am 4 http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ December £25 in Glasgow @ http://gigst.rs/Chv ASHTON LANE: At Hug & Pint, 171 Great www.facebook.com/CHVRCHES Western Rd. Glasgow. 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nominated Common Ground – the Californians’ first collaborative effort in 30 years and first as brothers since Dave left the Blasters in 1985 – 14 APRIL focused on Big Bill Broonzy songs. But this time round they reprise the music of James Brown, The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. SAM Leadbelly, Willie Dixon, Blind Boy Fuller and OUTLAW: At The Admiral Bar, Glasgow, Tickets Leroy Carr, among other greats. They also cover £12 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 and four songs by Big Joe Turner, as a tribute to the behind the bar in The Admiral. If Ry Cooder is a blues legend they met as teens, and who major fan of your work then a singer/songwriter became their friend and mentor. Their aim is to must be doing something right. Sam Outlaw honour and expose these great artistes to new from South California certainly is. The former listeners. Dave and Phil are mainstays of the advertising professional entered the music world roots/rock scene so the chance to bring them to on two years ago and he’s hit the ground Glasgow again was not to be missed. Tickets @ running with an outstanding debut release, http://tickets-scotland.com/ “Angeleno”, his cosmopolitan west coast take on www.fallenangelsclub.com traditional country music that he has dubbed “SoCal country.” Tickets @ 23 APRIL http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com DROPKICK with support from ANDY TUCKER and special guests THE CHINASKIS: At 13th 15 APRIL Note, Glasgow. The new Dropkick album, ‘Balance The Light’, will be released on 25 The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. JOHN March, to celebrate the release, they are playing McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At a few gigs including their first ever shows in Glasgow, St Andrews In The Square. .30pm, Germany www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic £16. 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 Send us all your gig dates for release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout Tayside, Perthshire, the summer. There will also be a book of my Fife and Central areas tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. Tickets . Email them to Carol @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com www.johnmccusker.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 17 FEBRUARY
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HAWKWIND: At 02 ABC. Tickets £22.50 advance on 0141 332 2232. Space Rock Legends Hawkwind bring their psychedelic stage show to Glasgow. Founder Dave Brock is joined by longstanding band members Richard Chadwick, Mr Dibs, Tim Blake, Niall Hone and Dead Fred....the longest established Hawkwind line-up. Hawkwind were formed in 1969, originally as Hawkwind Zoo by former London busker Dave Brock, although there have been numerous line-up changes throughout the years, he remains at the helm today and is known affectionately by many of the fans as the Captain of the ship. www.hawkwind.com 17 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ….. BRONWYNNE BRENT: At Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire (venue tbc). Mississippi Delta songbird, Bronwynne Brent made a major Stateside impact with the release of her stunning Deep Black Water album back in 2011. When her equally-impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the UK in 2014, there was an instantaneous collective gasp as radio presenters and writers discovered this very special talent and began to sing her praises here too. Bob Harris was first to declare himself a fan and playing tracks on his BBC Radio 2 shows repeatedly, told listeners he thought her music was "absolutely gorgeous really special!" www.bronwynnebrent.com www.brookfield-knights.com 19 APRIL
EILIDH STEEL & MARK NEAL: At Dunfermline Folk Club 8pm, The Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline. Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal are a Scottish duo who are in great demand in the UK and abroad. Their performances combine many of their own tunes and songs along with old traditional music on fiddle, guitar and vocals. With many influences from Argyll and the west coast of Scotland. www.fiddleguitar.com
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 25 FEBRUARY Crail Folk Club presents ..... Singers Night: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ….. Acoustic Session: At Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5TA. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. Come along and sing a song, tell a story or recite a poem, in a friendly relaxed atmosphere. Admission £2 for Club funds. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 26 FEBRUARY Noisy Nights: At Byre Bar, St Andrews. Free, 10.30pm. Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices: they’re a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers and artists in an informal space and hear some of the best examples of brand new music while having a beer. They’re fun, free and your chance to listen to, and compose for, the musicians of Red Note Ensemble. Red Note Ensemble Performers: Violin (tbc), Cello Robert Irvine, Clarinet Marie Lloyd. Tickets @ www.eventbrite.co.uk www.rednoteensemble.com
Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 18 FEBRUARY 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ….. in Crieff is launching a new musical night that starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz TANNARA: At Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5TA. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. Tannara consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards Teuchters at heart, our music stems from a from The Great American Songbook as well as collective love of playing trad music. What we original compositions www.knockcastle.com play is a collection of tunes and songs. Most from Scotland, some self-penned and 27 FEBUARY occasionally drawing from traditions across the globe. Our intricate arrangements are delivered SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA with a complete focus on collective sound and total joy. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Gardyne Theatre, Dundee. One of the great guitar players of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric 20 FEBRUARY guitarist who moves comfortably between jazzMAX PASHM TRIO: At Caird Hall, Dundee. 7.30 informed rock, fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His career began with the mighty Blood, Sweat & pm. The Max Pashm Trio are some of the finest talent pooled from the Max Pashm Band. The trio Tears in 1976, and later he worked with jazz legends Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy fuse 'Balkan Beats, Electro Swing and Vintage' inspired music with cutting edge electronica and Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among Downbeat magazine’s ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All live instrumentation. Expect high energy and uplifting vibes from one of the early pioneers of Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, Mike Stern will join the SNJO in an all-out celebration world fusion and vintage beats, mashed with of incredible music, as his astonishing guitar Greek Bouzouki, Gypsy, Mariachi and Funky creativity meets the combustible mix of fabulous Trumpet. Ticket £10, £8 concessions, orchestral jazz-head-on. For tickets call 01382 Accompanied Schoolchildren £5. Tel 01382 434940 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ 434940. www.dundeebox.co.uk
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN & THE GUILTY ONES: At The Art School Glasgow. Tickets £17 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5152. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Roots/rockers, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin and the Guilty Ones are heading back to Glasgow in April, touring their latest acclaimed 23 FEBRUARY album, Lost Time. Previous album, the Grammy-
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 20: fife + central + perthshire + tayside tickets £7 in advance / £9 on the door. Ages 14+. Monthly new music night ‘Strange Behaviours’ returns for 2016, bringing through one of Scottish indie’s most compelling and thrilling live acts Hector Bizerk. One of Scottish new music’s biggest successes over the past 3 years, the band were a highlight of 2014’s Strange Behaviours Festival, and with a string of EPs, short films and releases since then, their return has been eagerly anticipated. Tickets on 01786 274 000 or @ www.tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk
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Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Markinch Town Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those 28 FEBRUARY new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inAMY RAYNER (EP launch): At Perth between, Opera Highlights features music from Playhouse. The launch starts with pre-event some of the world’s most popular operas, as well drinks in the City Cafe, situated in the cinema, at as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish 7pm. Tickets are £5 each and include a Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a complimentary alcoholic or soft drink on arrival. piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to This will be followed by the main launch in perform at some of the smaller or more remote Screen 2 from 8pm. Amy is a singer songwriter venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The from St. Andrews, who's relatable and honest annual tour has been taking to the road since lyrics blend amicably with her memorable, 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk soaring melodies. Her new EP 'Two Years Long' is a very personal work that centres around the 7 MARCH three stages of a relationship, beginning, middle HEBRIDES ENSEMBLE - Impressions of the and end, and features a fusion of genres from Sea: At Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, PH1 5HZ. folk and pop to country and blues. 'Tickets @ 1.00pm & 7.30pm. Tickets: £7.00 (£6.00 conc.). www.perthplayhouse.co.uk/movieinfo/1073 Sally Beamish’s audacious reworking of www.amyrayner.co.uk/ Debussy’s La Mer is the centrepiece of these concerts. It’s an astounding piece of 1 MARCH transcription that brings all the colours and textures of a full symphony orchestra to the Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At intimacy of a piano trio. Live Streaming - why Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld, 7.30pm. Scottish not join us online, we will be live streaming our Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland piano trio programme from Perth Concert Hall on this February and March. A great evening for 7 March at 7.30pm, and we are inviting you to those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone join us through #HebridesatHome. Invite your in-between, Opera Highlights features music friends round and enjoy hearing Hebrides from from some of the world’s most popular operas, the comfort of your own sofa. as well as some lesser-known treats. The www.hebridesensemble.com Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to 8 MARCH perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Lossiemouth Town Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera annual tour has been taking to the road since embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone in3 MARCH between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish PINES: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. If Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a annual tour has been taking to the road since young master who clearly understands that this 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk kind of music was always about having a great 10 MARCH time. www.facebook.com/woodypines www.brookfield-knights.com Crail Folk Club presents ..... JENNY BIDDLE: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. With five albums JAMES STEVENSON as part of ALARM: At under her belt, Australian songsmith and Perth Concert Hall. Guitar legend James "Melbourne's Best Busker 2010-2012" Jenny Stevenson has played with some of the biggest Biddle will capture your heart with her intuitive names in music in a career starting in the punk era. His current single is Twilight Riders, out now lyrics, dirty blues harmonica, impressive guitar licks coupled with weird facial expressions, ahead of his tour when he plays lead guitar for The Alarm. James has just toured California in a endearing stage banter, and a voice to melt your core. Over 20 years guitar experience, guitar punk rock supergroup made up of Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) Clem Burke (Blondie) and on vocals players will delight in her explorations of alternate tunings. Crail Folk Club offers a wide Gary Twinn (Twenty Flight Rockers). This outfit range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they is known as The International Swingers and they’ve just recorded their album in Dave Grohl’s welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in Studio 606 in LA. James spent the majority of a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights 2013 and 2014 on the road with The Cult as they feature local singers and musicians. All are their second guitarist. welcome. If you don’t want to make music then www.facebook.com/jamesonguitars just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. 4 MARCH www.jennybiddle.com www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY PINES: At Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire. If 17 MARCH you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the
Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Victoria Hall, Dunblane, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 24 MARCH Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub BELLA HARDY: At The Tolbooth, Stirling. 2015 was a breathless year for Bella Hardy which saw the release of her seventh solo album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a selection of special, scaled back performances. Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella is joined by regular stage companion Anna Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, banjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear Bella’s stunning compositions in the more intimate setting. Tickets @ www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/ www.bellahardy.com 25 MARCH Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel in Crieff is launching a new musical night that starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com 6 APRIL DOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH PARSONS DUO: At Dundee Acoustic Club, The Newport, 1 High street, Dundee. A special double bill featuring Scotland's Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 years. This album see's the duo's trademark fingerpicked guitars and vocal harmonies augmented by new band member, guitarist, John Alexander to create a 'boundary ignoring landscape (americana UK). There is a restless energy in the Doghouse Roses live performance, as the band takes its folk music through the streets of the blues and highways of the old west, looking ahead for that next turn in the road. Joseph Parsons is a prolific songwriter, who weaves traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk to create his own distinct style of Rock music. www.facebook.com/jpbofficial www.facebook.com/doghouseroses
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14 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ….. BRONWYNNE BRENT: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Mississippi Delta songbird, Bronwynne Brent made a major Stateside impact with the release of her stunning Deep Black Water album back in 2011. When her equally-impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the UK in 2014, there was an instantaneous collective gasp as radio presenters and writers discovered this very special talent and began to sing her praises here too. Bob Harris was first to declare himself a fan and playing tracks on his BBC Radio 2 shows repeatedly, told listeners he thought her music was "absolutely gorgeous - really special!" www.bronwynnebrent.com www.brookfield-knights.com
19 FEBRUARY CLACHAN YELL: At Music Hall, Aberdeen, at 8pm. Heat up a chilly wintry night with an evening of traditional Scottish dancing with Clachan Yell. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 20 FEBRUARY
Aberdeen, doors at 8.30pm. Founding member of pioneering post-rock band Fridge alongside Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden and one half of Silver Columns with Johnny Lynch aka The Pictish Trail, Adem celebrates his first solo album of original material for nine years, seconds are acorns. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: At Music Hall, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Scottish Ensemble present Quintets, a programme of works by Mozart, Brahams and Martin Suckling. Tickets (U16s free) on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
Lord Provost’s Charitable Trust Concert with KATHERINE JENKINS: At His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Starring Welsh superstar Katherine Jenkins and featuring the Aberdeen choir Con Anima, the Lord Provost’s 29 FEBRUARY Charitable Trust Concert, supported by BP and in aid of Scottish social care charity Cornerstone. ANGELA HEWITT: At Music Hall, Aberdeen, at Tickets to £57 on 01224 641122 or 7.30pm. One of the foremost pianists of her age www.aberdeenperformingarts.com and now heralded as today’s leading exponent of Crail Folk Club presents ..... NORTH SEA the works of J S Bach, Canadian Angela Hewitt GAS: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. One of 21 FEBRUARY presents Bach Masterworks: The Art of Fugue. Scotland’s most popular folk bands. Multi Tickets on 01224 641122 or instrumentalists with tremendous three part ABERDEEN SINFONIETTA: At Music Hall, www.aberdeenperformingarts.com harmonies. 15 albums on they must be doing Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. With conductor Garry something right! Their last visit to the club was a Walker and violinist Gina McCormack, Aberdeen 3 MARCH sellout so come early. Crail Folk Club offers a Sinfonietta perform a programme including wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, works by Malcolm Arnold, Tchaikovsky and Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners Borodin. Tickets (U16s free) on 01224 641122 or Cove Burgh Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera and those that just want to come along and www.aberdeenperformingarts.com embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' February and March. A great evening for those nights they feature local singers and musicians. 24 FEBRUARY new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inAll are welcome. If you don’t want to make between, Opera Highlights features music from music then just come along and tap your feet. RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC: At Music some of the world’s most popular operas, as well For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. Hall, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. The ultimate tribute as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish www.northseagas.co.uk to one of rock and roll’s most remarkable Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub groups, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, world tour. piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to Tickets on 01224 641122 or perform at some of the smaller or more remote 21 APRIL www.aberdeenperformingarts.com venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since DROPKICK with support from ANDY 25 FEBRUARY 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk TUCKER: At Clark’s, Dundee. The new Dropkick album, ‘Balance The Light’, will be released on MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER 5 MARCH 25 March, to celebrate the release, they are and JOHN DOYLE: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, playing a few gigs including their first ever West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY shows in Germany Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John PINES: At Glenbuchat Hall, Strathdon, www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic Doyle are three members of the BBC acclaimed Aberdeenshire. If you’re wondering where the Transatlantic Sessions playing as part of a music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines 26 APRIL unique European tour. With both Mike comes from, look to the streets. Ragtime, McGoldrick and John McCusker also having MAIREARAD AND ANNA: At Perth Folk Club, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's oldPerth. After the stunning success of their November tour, two of Scotland’s most revered is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest time feel-good music done by a young master musicians share a stage together. Tickets on multi-instrumentalists, Mairearad Green and who clearly understands that this kind of music Anna Massie follow up their critically acclaimed, 01224 641122 or was always about having a great time. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com third album, ‘Best Day’, with another tour!! www.facebook.com/woodypines www.johnmccusker.co.uk www.mairearadandanna.com www.brookfield-knights.com
ABERDEENSHIRE / NORTH EAST Send us all your gig dates for Aberdeenshire and north east areas. Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 17 FEBRUARY GOGO PENGUIN: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Mercury Music Prize nominees GoGo Penguin create a brave new sound all their own. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
STELLA PARTON: At Music Hall, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Sister of the international superstar Dolly Parton, hit recording singer-songwriter and actress Stella Parton in Parton Sings Parton. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 26 FEBRUARY NEVILLE STAPLE BAND: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets:£16.60 (inc. bf). The original rudeboy and former member of The Specials, Neville Staple now tours with his own band. Neville Staple is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice. Neville Staple’s thirty-five year career in the music business is well documented. From the early days with The Coventry Automatics, The Specials, & FunBoy3 in the late ‘70s and 80’s, to The Special Beat and various other collaborations during his solo career from the 90’s up to the present day. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
MIKE VASS and MAIRI CAMPBELL 'Dead Stations' tour: At Banchory @ Woodend Barn. The Dead Stations combines live music, recorded audio drama and animation to tell the thrilling tale of what happens after a passenger alights at a deserted train station in a forest. Awardwinning composer and multi-instrumentalist Vass has composed the music for the project, Campbell, who has just won Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards, gives voice to Vass’s epic songs. The Dead Stations is written and directed by Charlotte Hathaway www.charlottehathaway.com 6 MARCH
ANDREW ROACHFORD: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, 5 West North Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AT 7:30pm £15. Andrew Roachford is back with a stunning new album - ‘Encore’, set for release on February 2016. This powerfully emotive and soulful album brilliantly showcases Andrew’s 18 FEBRUARY unique song Interpretation of some classic tracks and brings a fresh take in a way only he can. THE ULTIMATE EAGLES: At Music Hall, The release of the ‘Encore’ album coincides with Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. The definitive devotees to 27 FEBRUARY a UK and European tour that kicks off in March in the music of the Eagles, The Ultimate Eagles the UK and sees Andrew Roachford on the road stage a comprehensive and accurate homage to ADEM, KIERAN HEBDEN, JOHNNY LYNCH: At a truly unique and electrifying performer and the legends. Tickets on 01224 641122 or The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, artist. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 23: aberdeen + north east :: highlands + west coast + argyll aberdeenperformingarts.com www.roachford.co.uk 10 MARCH Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Midmar Village Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 12 MARCH Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Victoria Hall, Braemar, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 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 19 MARCH BREABACH: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. 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 ADAM STAFFORD with ROBBIE LESIUK & special guests: At Aberdeen (venue tbc). Stafford is known for his intense and energetic live performances which incorporate soul-pop, post-punk and a capela experimentalism to dizzying effect. LP `Taser Revelations’ released on white Vinyl, CD and Download on Song, by Toad Records on 21 March. http://adam-stafford.tumblr.com/ 19 MARCH FEROCIOUS DOG: At Krakatoa, 2 Trinity Quay, Aberdeen, AB11 5AA. Tickets £11.25 Doors, 8pm. Booking Office: 01244 587602. Ferocious
Dog offer a full-on six-piece sound that encompasses folk infused with rock, reggae and Celtic vibrations. The combination of instruments creates a palette of sound that offers infinite variations: going in hard to get the audience up and moving, or slipping into melodic passages and dub-like fusions. www.ferociousdog.co.uk
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Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Ballachulish Village Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish 25 MARCH Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a BELLA HARDY: At The Black Abbot – Montrose piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to Folk Club. 2015 was a breathless year for Bella perform at some of the smaller or more remote Hardy which saw the release of her seventh solo venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. annual tour has been taking to the road since Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk selection of special, scaled back performances. Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella 23 FEBRUARY is joined by regular stage companion Anna Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer Lochinver Village Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbanjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics between, Opera Highlights features music from and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear some of the world’s most popular operas, as well Bella’s stunning compositions in the more as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish intimate setting. Tickets @ Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/ piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to www.bellahardy.com perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The 9 APRIL annual tour has been taking to the road since DOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk PARSONS DUO: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. A special double bill featuring Scotland's 24 FEBRUARY Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. and JOHN DOYLE: At Inverness, Eden Court Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their Theatre. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and third album 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 John Doyle are three members of the BBC years. This album see's the duo's trademark acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions playing as part fingerpicked guitars and vocal harmonies of a unique European tour. With both Mike augmented by new band member, guitarist, McGoldrick and John McCusker also having John Alexander to create a 'boundary ignoring toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this landscape (americana UK). There is a restless energy in the Doghouse Roses live performance, is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest musicians share a stage together. as the band takes its folk music through the www.johnmccusker.co.uk streets of the blues and highways of the old west, looking ahead for that next turn in the 25 FEBRUARY road. Joseph Parsons is a prolific songwriter, who weaves traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At to create his own distinct style of Rock music. Ross Institute, Halkirk, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera Tickets @ embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this www.musicglue.com/yellowroom-music February and March. A great evening for those www.facebook.com/jpbofficial new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inwww.facebook.com/doghouseroses between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well 17 APRIL as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to Banchory, Woodend Barn. 2016 will see me perform at some of the smaller or more remote celebrate 25 years as a professional musician Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since record, it's 13 years since my last album 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be 27 FEBRUARY 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 MIKE VASS and MAIRI CAMPBELL 'Dead Stations' tour: At Inverie @ Knoydart. The and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published Dead Stations combines live music, recorded audio drama and animation to tell the thrilling early next year featuring lots of my tale of what happens after a passenger alights at compositions from the last 25 years. www. a deserted train station in a forest. Awardjohnmccusker.co.uk winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Vass has composed the music for the project, Campbell, who has just won Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards, gives voice to Vass’s epic songs. The Dead Stations is written and directed by Charlotte Hathaway www.charlottehathaway.com
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 24: highlands + west coast + argyll :: islands : ayrshire + dumfriesshire between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 28 FEBRUARY MIKE VASS and MAIRI CAMPBELL 'Dead Stations' tour: At Ardfern @ Craignish Village Hall. The Dead Stations combines live music, recorded audio drama and animation to tell the thrilling tale of what happens after a passenger alights at a deserted train station in a forest. Award-winning composer and multiinstrumentalist Vass has composed the music for the project, Campbell, who has just won Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards, gives voice to Vass’s epic songs. The Dead Stations is written and directed by Charlotte Hathaway www.charlottehathaway.com 29 FEBRUARY EILIDH STEEL & MARK NEAL: At The Tower, 77-81 Sinclair St, Helensburgh G84 8TR. Tickets £10 / £8 concessions. 7.30pm. Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal are a Scottish duo who are in great demand in the UK and abroad. Their performances combine many of their own tunes and songs along with old traditional music on fiddle, guitar and vocals. With many influences from Argyll and the west coast of Scotland. www.fiddleguitar.com 4 MARCH JAMES STEVENSON as part of ALARM: At Ironworks, Inverness. Guitar legend James Stevenson has played with some of the biggest names in music in a career starting in the punk era. His current single is Twilight Riders, out now ahead of his tour when he plays lead guitar for The Alarm. James has just toured California in a punk rock supergroup made up of Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) Clem Burke (Blondie) and on vocals Gary Twinn (Twenty Flight Rockers). This outfit is known as The International Swingers and they’ve just recorded their album in Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 in LA. James spent the majority of 2013 and 2014 on the road with The Cult as their second guitarist. www.facebook.com/jamesonguitars 6 MARCH MIKE VASS and MAIRI CAMPBELL 'Dead Stations' tour: At Drumnadrochit @ Glenurqhart Public Hall. The Dead Stations combines live music, recorded audio drama and animation to tell the thrilling tale of what happens after a passenger alights at a deserted train station in a forest. Award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Vass has composed the music for the project, Campbell, who has just won Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards, gives voice to Vass’s epic songs. The Dead Stations is written and directed by Charlotte Hathaway www.charlottehathaway.com
17 MARCH ADAM STAFFORD with ROBBIE LESIUK & special guests: At Mad Hatters, Inverness. Stafford is known for his intense and energetic live performances which incorporate soul-pop, post-punk and a capela experimentalism to dizzying effect. LP `Taser Revelations’ released on white Vinyl, CD and Download on Song, by Toad Records on 21 March. http://adam-stafford.tumblr.com/ 18 MARCH ADAM STAFFORD with ROBBIE LESIUK & special guests: At The Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore. Stafford is known for his intense and energetic live performances which incorporate soul-pop, post-punk and a capela experimentalism to dizzying effect. LP `Taser Revelations’ released on white Vinyl, CD and Download on Song, by Toad Records on 21 March. http://adam-stafford.tumblr.com/
WEST COAST ISLANDS / SHETLAND / ORKNEY Send us all your gig dates for all of the Scottish islands Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Isle of Bute …. Transclyde Music is a group of like minded people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to promote live music on the island. For their latest gig news go to …. www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic 20 FEBRUARY Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Tarbert Community Centre, Isle of Harris, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 26 FEBRUARY MIKE VASS and MAIRI CAMPBELL 'Dead Stations' tour: At Skye @ SEALL Sabhal Mor Ostaig. The Dead Stations combines live music, recorded audio drama and animation to tell the thrilling tale of what happens after a passenger alights at a deserted train station in a forest. Award-winning composer and multiinstrumentalist Vass has composed the music for the project, Campbell, who has just won Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards, gives voice to Vass’s epic songs. The Dead Stations is written and directed by Charlotte Hathaway www.charlottehathaway.com
& RHONDA, ARTHUR NICHOLSON, BIG ROBBIE CUMMING, KANSA, DODO ELPHINSTONE plus more to be announced. Tickets £15/£13 conc. Available from link below or 01595 745 555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org 26 MARCH Atlantic Edge Music Services presents ….. The Songs of Hank Williams featuring DEAN OWENS: At Mareel, Lerwick, Shetland. 7pm. Settin’ the Woods on Fire with SHEILA HENDERSON, BRIAN NICHOLSON, BRYAN GEAR, MAY, MACKIE & RHONDA, ARTHUR NICHOLSON, BIG ROBBIE CUMMING, KANSA, DODO ELPHINSTONE plus more to be announced. Tickets £15/£13 conc. Available from link below or 01595 745 555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org
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Send us all your gig dates for Dumfriesshire, South West and Cumbria areas Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 18 FEBRUARY RHYS MATTHEWS and MICHAEL DAVIES: At the Buccleuch Centre, Langholm at 7.30pm. Supported by celebrated Welsh pianist Michael Davies, Rhys Matthews will showcase a “dazzling display of musicality and virtuosity”, proving that there is a lot more to the art of percussion than simply banging on a drum. An alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, this multi award-winning musician is a member of the Kudos Percussion Duo and a percussion quartet Strike4, giving workshops to schools and performing concerts as part of the Spotlight concert series held within the RNCM. Tickets and details @ www.absoluteclassics.co.uk 19 FEBRUARY RHYS MATTHEWS and MICHAEL DAVIES: At Annan Academy Performing Arts at 7.30pm. Supported by celebrated Welsh pianist Michael Davies, Rhys Matthews will showcase a “dazzling display of musicality and virtuosity”, proving that there is a lot more to the art of percussion than simply banging on a drum. An alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, this multi award-winning musician is a member of the Kudos Percussion Duo and a percussion quartet Strike4, giving workshops to schools and performing concerts as part of the Spotlight concert series held within the RNCM. Tickets and details @ www.absoluteclassics.co.uk 20 FEBRUARY
RHYS MATTHEWS and MICHAEL DAVIES: At Cally Palace, Gatehouse of Fleet at 6.30pm. Supported by celebrated Welsh pianist Michael Davies, Rhys Matthews will showcase a “dazzling display of musicality and virtuosity”, proving that 8 MARCH there is a lot more to the art of percussion than simply banging on a drum. An alumni of the Netsounds Presents ….. MICHAEL CASSIDY Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, and DR. WOOK: At The Market Bar, Inverness. 25 MARCH this multi award-winning musician is a member Free entry and the music starts at 10pm. Michael of the Kudos Percussion Duo and a percussion will be performing with his full band in Inverness Atlantic Edge Music Services presents ….. quartet Strike4, giving workshops to schools and (a long overdue treat!) and opening up the night The Songs of Hank Williams featuring DEAN performing concerts as part of the Spotlight will be Dr. Wook who may well be treating us to OWENS: At Mid Yell Hall, Shetland. 7pm. Settin’ concert series held within the RNCM. Tickets and the Woods on Fire with SHEILA HENDERSON, new songs from his anticipated debut album. BRIAN NICHOLSON, BRYAN GEAR, MAY, MACKIE details @ www.absoluteclassics.co.uk www.facebook.com/netsounds
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RHYS MATTHEWS and MICHAEL DAVIES: At Buccleuch and Queensberry Arms Hotel, Thornhill at 3.30pm. Supported by celebrated Welsh pianist Michael Davies, Rhys Matthews will showcase a “dazzling display of musicality and virtuosity”, proving that there is a lot more to the art of percussion than simply banging on a drum. An alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, this multi award-winning musician is a member of the Kudos Percussion Duo and a percussion quartet Strike4, giving workshops to schools and performing concerts as part of the Spotlight concert series held within the RNCM. Tickets and details @ www.absoluteclassics.co.uk
IAN PROWSE with full AMSTERDAM band show: At The Venue, Dumfries. Merseyside hero Ian Prowse and his band Amsterdam. 15 MARCH http://amsterdam-music.com/live/ Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Tower Hall, Hawick, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well Send us all your gig dates for as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a Scottish Borders and piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to Northumberland areas perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The Email them to Carol annual tour has been taking to the road since carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk
27 FEBRUARY TOY TIN SOLDIER (album launch): At Portpatrick Festival. Toy Tin Soldier is a Scottish indie rock singer songwriter Joe Gallacher, formerly of Mr.Kil. A solo journey supported by a revolving door of incredible support musicians he has worked with over the years, whilst touring with the likes of Hue & Cry, Turin Brakes and Martha Wainwright. Gallacher was born in the outskirts of Glasgow in the small village of Blantyre. Born into a working class family, music became an escapism from the realities of being a teenage in the 90’s. Pretty soon he was in love with all sorts of bedrock music, particularly rock, blues, country and of course the 90’s Brit Pop era. Inspired by melodic Kings such as Noel Gallagher, Bruce Springsteen and more recently Foy Vance. Tickets @ www.jjgilmour.co.uk/events/portpatrick/ www.facebook.com/toytinsoldier
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Reivers Bar presents ….. AC/DC Tribute night with THE VOLTS: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. £6 tickets from bar. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels
BELLA HARDY: At Eastgate Arts Centre, Peebles. 2015 was a breathless year for Bella Hardy which saw the release of her seventh solo album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a selection of special, scaled back performances. Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella is joined by regular stage companion Anna Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, 27 FEBRUARY banjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear Reivers Bar presents ….. THE SKABABS: At Bella’s stunning compositions in the more Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. Free Entry - Our favorite SKA Band! Reivers continues intimate setting. Tickets @ to bring live entertainment every weekend to the www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/ 28 FEBRUARY www.bellahardy.com town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down EILIDH STEEL & MARK NEAL: At Glenafton 1 APRIL from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most Folk Club, Campbell Hall, 115 Castle, New nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket Cumnock KA18 4AE. 1pm. Eilidh Steel and Mark Reivers Bar presents ….. JAY SUPA: At events are usually sold out by the evening itself. Neal are a Scottish duo who are in great demand Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. Free. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels in the UK and abroad. Their performances Reivers continues to bring live entertainment combine many of their own tunes and songs every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There 2 MARCH along with old traditional music on fiddle, guitar is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now and vocals. With many influences from Argyll venturing down from Edinburgh and it's BREABACH: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. and the west coast of Scotland. surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band www.fiddleguitar.com 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk 4 MARCH www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a HEBRIDES ENSEMBLE - Impressions of the Sea: At The CatStrand, High Street, New Galloway, DG7 3RN, 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00 (£10.00 conc.). Sally Beamish’s audacious reworking of Debussy’s La Mer is the centrepiece of these concerts. It’s an astounding piece of transcription that brings all the colours and textures of a full symphony orchestra to the intimacy of a piano trio. Live Streaming - why not join us online, we will be live streaming our piano trio programme from Perth Concert Hall on 7 March at 7.30pm, and we are inviting you to join us through #HebridesatHome. Invite your friends round and enjoy hearing Hebrides from the comfort of your own sofa. www.hebridesensemble.com
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 4 MARCH
Reivers Bar presents ….. MILESTONE: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. Free Entry. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down 6 MARCH from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY events are usually sold out by the evening itself. PINES: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. If you’re www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the 5 MARCH streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump Reivers Bar presents ….. GERRY JABLONSKI and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a (Blues Band): At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, young master who clearly understands that this Scottish Borders. £5. Reivers continues to bring kind of music was always about having a great live entertainment every weekend to the town of time. www.facebook.com/woodypines Galashiels. There is a friendly packed www.brookfield-knights.com atmosphere with people now venturing down
2 APRIL Reivers Bar presents ….. DUKE STREET: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. Free. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels 9 APRIL Reivers Bar presents ….. THE SENSATIONAL DAVID BOWIE: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. £6. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels
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Wee Dub Festival Edinburgh 4-6 March
Hawick Reivers Festival Hawick 25-27 March
As always music is at the heart of Hawick Reivers Festival and there are a number of The 2016 edition of Wee Dub Festival features giants of UK dancehall culture, top live new innovations this year and plans are bebands, and hot upcoming talent. For the art- ing finalised for an exciting weekend. Email ist line-up and programme go to the website email info@hawickreivers.com for info. below. We look forward to welcoming you to www.facebook.com/hawick.reiversfestival.3 another weekend of roots, culture and good vibes in Edinburgh in March 2016. www.weedubfestival.co.uk
Young at Heart Festival
North Of The Wall Glasgow 26 March
NotW returns in 2016, bigger and better. MORGUL - Glasgow Metal and Rock Society presents North of the Wall a one-day metal Aimed at older adults, South Lanarkshire Leisure festival which returns for a fourth year of and Culture's Young at Heart festival aims to madness bigger and better! The festival's celebrate the arts as engaging and accessible for venues are Glasgow's The Classic Grand, all. First held in 2006, the annual festival is held Ivory Blacks and Audio. Lanarkshire 10-19 March
every March with a variety of events taking place in venues throughout South Lanarkshire. Towww.facebook.com/thenorthofthewall gether with a diverse range of theatre productions, the festival offers many popular events such as free music recitals at 2pm, Craft Fairs, Exhibitions and Tea Dances as well as an array of arts courses and workshops for people to try their hand at. Isle of Bute Jazz Festival
APRIL
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Isle of Bute 29 April-2 May 2016
Groove CairnGorm
The Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown Cairngorms spectacularly from its small beginnings to 11-13 March 2016 become one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. Top-class UK and international Groove Loch Ness couldn’t wait until next names feature in a programme of traditional August for their next party – so building jazz music in one of Scotland's prettiest and upon the success of the inaugural event at friendliest seaside resorts. Some very well Loch Ness this summer, Groove are very ex- known jazz names featured on the procited to be expanding, launching a resort gramme over the next few years – Acker based snowsports festival in 2016 - Groove Bilk, Monty Sunshine, Martin Taylor, Tommy CairnGorm! There will be snowsports and Smith, Andy Sheppard, Carol Kidd, The entertainment each day up on the mounTemperance 7, and The London Community tain, followed by apres ski with live music Gospel Choir amongst others, and the Festiand world class DJs until the early hours in a val continues to attract top class UK and inbig top in Aviemore! ternational bands in mainly the Traditional New Orleans idiom.The Festival is a great www.facebook.com/groovecairngorm supporter of young musicians who feature prominently in the annual programme.
Niel Gow Scottish Fiddle Festival
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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
Orkney Folk Festival Orkney 26-29 May
Once again we have some big names coming north to join in the fun in May, and from the ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have brought together a broad mix of artists that we hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our local traditions and musicians – both established and emerging – will be centre stage alongside those visiting the festival. You would be hard pushed to find another festival throughout the country that has such a strong home representation, and it is one that we are hugely proud of. www.orkneyfolkfestival.com
JUNE Brew at the Bog Inverness 3-4 June
Brew at the Bog is one of Scotland's most dynamic hidden gems, championing new and unsigned artists alongside craft beer, gin, cider, whisky, rum and prosecco bars! A two-day camping festival, Brew at the Bog is held at Bogbain Farm in Inverness, which was crowned "Best Unusual Venue" at the 2012 Scottish Event Awards - the perfect setting for a festival that prides itself on championing the best of Scotland’s alternative scene. The lineup for 2016 includes a Mercury Music Prize nominee, Best Breakthrough Act at the Scottish Music Awards, Best Hip Hop Act AND Best Live Act at the SAMAs, Best Up & Coming at the Scottish Trad Music Awards, a Radio 2 Awards nominee, and so it goes on! The festival for 2016 also features a programme of speakers, cinema, alternative therapies and street food!
Dunkeld & Birnam 18-20 March
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The 2016 Niel Gow Festival will be held in the beautiful Perthshire village of Dunkeld & Birnam, home of Niel Gow. The annual festival was established in 2004 to celebrate the life and music of Perthshire's fiddle legend. It is envisaged that through time the festival and other activities will gather enough funds to erect a fitting memorial to Niel Gow in Dunkeld & Birnam. Niel Gow (not Neil Gow) was born in Strathbraan on 22nd March 1727 and grew up in the village of Inver, by Dunkeld.
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
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Dumfries and Galloway 20-29 May
Raehills Meadows 9-12 June 2016
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
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.
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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 T in the Park
Strathallan Castle, Perthshire 8-10 July What more can we say! Scotland’s most widely known and respected festival, which always attracts the biggest names. Check out tickets availability at www.tinthepark. com/tickets
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
Pandora Fest Duncarron 16 July
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Speyfest Moray 29-31 July
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.
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 musiwww.speyfest.com cians 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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Crail Festival Fife 20-30 July 2016
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"Crail Festival- 20th - 30th July 2016- now in its 4th decade , will ,once again ,offer a wonderful programme of music. It will inHebridean Celtic Festival clude: the amazing Jimmi Shandrix ExperiHebrides ence Ceilidh Band : Opera Bohemia ' I Pagli13-16 July 2016 acci': the incomparable Richard Digance will be conducting a Songwriting Children's Fantastic four-day festival set against the Workshop in addition to his keenly anticirich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebripated performance: Gaelic folk from the taldes, featuring top quality music from around the Celtic nations and beyond. Stor- ented Mischa Macpherson Trio: Matthew McAllister , a 'local' classical guitarist, is noway and throughout Lewis and Harris. rapidly gaining world wide recognition: the The cream of international folk and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl as it legendary Jimmie McGregor will be performcelebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting ing his acclaimed 'Gathering of Songs, Stories and Famous Folk': the hugely popular, its biggest number of live performances irrepressible Christine Bovill will capture her ever. Award-winning artists who took part audience with her interpretation of songs in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge success after bosses laid on about 'Paris': and Buddy Holly and the new venues and returned to its roots for the Cricketers , our headline act, will bring the Festival to a rousing close. Truly something showpiece event. for everyone! Tickets will be on sale from the Byre Theatre Box Office starting 30 May www.hebceltfest.com 2016. Follow the build up to the Festival on www.crailfestival.com, www.facebook.com/ Tiree Music Festival CrailFestival, and ‘Crail Festival’ on PinterIsle of Tiree est." 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
of leading artists, heritage acts and up-andcoming talent, the two day summer party caters for all musical tastes.
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Wickerman Festival Dumfries & Galloway 22-23 July
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
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 its all-ages approach. www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk
Party at The Palace Linlithgow 13-14 August 2016
McEwan’s Party at The Palace is back for its third year following the fantastic event last summer. We have some exciting additions to the 2016 event including a second stage for the first time, new street food outlets and a larger kids zone to keep the children entertained. www.partyatthepalace.co.uk
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