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EDINBURGH + LOTHIANS Send us all your gig dates for Edinburgh and Lothians area. Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 24 JANUARY STAMPEDE ROAD: Henry's Cellar Bar, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh. BLEACHING AGENT (Mira / Opal Tapes): The first Substance of 2014 at The Bongo Club will feature the Scottish debut of Bleaching Agent.Bleaching Agent first appeared in late 2012 with two exciting EPs on new Avian sublabel Mira. Much debate ensued as to the producer's identity, stoked further by high profile dj support, additional releases, and dj mixes for Electronic Explorations, RTE and Mosca's BBC Radio 1 show. Machine funk techno and raw house all night long for a January friendly £5 (on the door). www.facebook.com/pages/Bleaching-Agent/627645460584849
www.substance-audio.com 25 JANUARY OUT OF THE BEDROOM: OOTB at Kilderkin Bar, Edinburgh. Absolutely no featured act again this Saturday, so for the third week in a row we have plenty of raw slots exposed to our wide-eyed audiences and performers for another musical gangbang. More center-page holes in full display are up for grabbing and groping to the delightful yet mechanical moans of the lucky recipients. It’s a fifteen-minute ride on stage which usually covers about three sensual positions of tuneful ecstasy. http://www.outofthebedroom.co.uk/ootb/ 28 JANUARY AONACH MÒR The cream of the crop of Scotland’s young professional musical talent will take to the Usher Hall stage for a wide range of high-calibre concerts. Join us for a relaxing daytime performance and discover some great new talent. Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh.
TBC. Pedals - check. Feedback - check. Melody - oh, ok then. Morningside Young Team are pleased to have persuaded these fine Glaswegian noisemakers to head East. Wozniak add some local flavour. Live music @ Ryrie's: MEET MR CALAGHAN - Blues 9pm – Late. Ryrie's, 1A Haymarket Terrace Edinburgh EH125EY www.facebook.com/RyriesBarEdinburgh 2 FEBRUARY The Pathhead Music Collective present: An afternoon Jazz Brunch at the Stair Arms with FIONNA DUNCAN (of The Clyde Valley Stompers fame), RONNIE RAE, BRIAN KELLOCK and TOM BANCROFT. http://pathheadmusiccollective.org.uk/ 6 FEBRUARY BORN TO BE WIDE IS 10!: Scotland’s leading music industry seminar and social night, Born To Be Wide, celebrates its 10th birthday at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on 6 February with a special party looking back on the past decade. Previous DJs will be invited to play their favourite three Scottish releases since 2004, and leading industry commentator David Balfour [Record Of The Day] and promoter Dave Corbet [T In The Park/DF Concerts] will reflect on developments in the business. At The Electric Circus, 39 Market Street, EH1 1DF £5, £3.50 [MU members] www.borntobewide.co.uk 8 FEBRUARY Live music @ Ryrie's: KEVIN GORE DUO - Scottish Folk 9pm – late. Ryrie's, 1A Haymarket Terrace Edinburgh EH125EY www.facebook.com/RyriesBarEdinburgh 10 FEBRUARY GET ORGANISED: John's programme includes favourite pieces by Grieg including 'Morning' from the Peer Gynt Suite, 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen' and also the well-known 'Norwegian Dance'. Other composers featured are Niels Gade (the 'Danish Mendelssohn'), the Norwegians Egil Hovland (his glittering Toccata on 'Now thank we all our God') and Carl Nielsen; and Sweden is represented by a Baroque composer, Johan Helmich Roman who has been described as the 'Swedish Handel'. Finland will be slipped into this programme in an organ transcription of Sibelius's great tone-poem Finlandia. Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh. Time 1.10pm. Tickets £3.
LEITH FOLK CLUB: Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors 7.30pm. Rantum Scantum £7 This is what happens when a singer songwriter from Fife ends up working with a classically trained violin player from Yorkshire. Rantum Scantum 13 FEBRUARY perform extensively around Europe, specialising in original and re-worked traditional material. MEGAN D: At The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh www.leithfolkclub.com www.facebook.com/MeganDMusic 30 JANUARY MEGAN D: At Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh www.facebook.com/MeganDMusic 31 JANUARY MEGAN D: At Jazz Bar, Edinburgh www.facebook.com/MeganDMusic 1 FEBRUARY SONIC HEARTS FOUNDATION / WOZNIAK / INUIT: 7 -10pm at Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh. Price -
CLASSICAL CONCERT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA; Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart - Violin Masterpieces Founded in 2006 by Maestro Tigranyan, a world-renowned violinist who graduated from Moscow State Conservatory, Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra is a California-based virtuoso ensemble, consisting of 28 world-class musicians. The Orchestra has toured Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the USA. The 2014-15 season will take them to France, Italy, China, South America and the UK. 'Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach - Violin Masterpieces' will feature a selection of violin concertos by Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi, including the celebrated "Four Seasons". Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm.
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drums, and a simple but oh-so-seductive vocal hook. At The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh 22 FEBRUARY
MEGAN D: At Jazz Bar, Edinburgh www.facebook.com/MeganDMusic 15 FEBRUARY Live music @ Ryrie's: HOT TIN ROOF Scottish Shanty Blues 9pm – late. Ryrie's, 1A Haymarket Terrace Edinburgh EH125EY www.facebook.com/RyriesBarEdinburgh 20 FEBRUARY FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Visit The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh as part of their Winter Tour. Hailed as the originators of British folk-rock music, Fairport Convention remains one of the most entertaining bands on the live music scene and their annual Winter Tour has become a much-loved cultural institution. As well as the Edinburgh concert the tour will visit over two dozen other venues in England, Wales and Scotland. The concert will open with a short opening solo set from talented singer/songwriter EDWINA HAYES. Edwina has worked with Jools Holland, Nanci Griffith and Roger McGuinn among many others. Starts at 7.30pm. Tickets and booking information from the box office 0131 668 2019 or www.thequeenshall.net BEN WESTBEECH (AKA BREACH): One of the undisputed house music stars of 2013, Breach enjoyed huge chart and club success in the summer with his hit single ‘Jack’; an infectious blend of bass-heavy grooves, stripped back
Hit The Road presents: At Electric Circus, Edinburgh. The first Hit The Road tour of 2014 featuring FARKOW - MAN OF MOON MOSCO. Ticket information will be available soon, we hope to see you at one of the shows! www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland Live music @ Ryrie's: BLIND LEMON Covers and classics 9pm – late. Ryrie's, 1A Haymarket Terrace Edinburgh EH125EY www.facebook.com/RyriesBarEdinburgh 24 FEBRUARY
ESTHER SWIFT: Launches her debut solo E.P. 'The Mairches' at 'The Caves' where she will be joined by the musicians who feature on it, and supported by the wonderfully talented guitarist Mike Brown, also from The Scottish Borders. The night will end with an hour of electronics and some exciting remix's of songs from the EP, created by The Reverse Engineer and Jack Swift. 'The Mairches' features cojon, string quartet and trumpet and the songs are based on her life growing up in The Scottish Borders. Whilst being heavily influenced by her folk roots, her music also uses a lot of jazz, blues and minimalist references, and she has been compared to artists who include Kate Bush, Eddie Reader and Joanna Newsom. For a sneak preview of one of the tracks visit https://soundcloud.com/estherswift/for-you www.facebook.com/pages/EstherSwift/284344198267007
SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: LOVE AND WAR IN BOHEMIA CONCERTS with mezzo soprano SOPHIE HARMSEN: SE presents Love and War in Bohemia with the thrilling young mezzo soprano Sophie Harmsen. The programme includes rich treasures of Bohemian music from Dvořák, Suk, Biber and Haas alongside the sparkling melodies and dancing rhythms of three Handel arias. At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 7.30pm. Tickets £15, Students £5, Under 16s free when 28 FEBRUARY accompanied by a full paying adult. Booking Tel 0131 668 2019 The Pathhead Music Collective present: The www.thequeenshall.net Scottish Stepdance Company (with PMC’s AMY www.scottishensemble.co.uk GEDDES) and CERA IMPALA (of the Bevvy Sisters) and the New Prohibition play an evening 27 FEBRUARY concert at Pathhead Village Hall. http://pathheadmusiccollective.org.uk/ DAVE ARCARI: 13-date UK tour in February and March. The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh (+ 8 MARCH special guests HAVE MERCY LAS VEGAS). As
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MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: Highland Annual, Teviot Row, Edinburgh. Their debut album “TURAS” is released on 24 January on Watercolour Music. It melds tunes and songs from their separate geographical backgrounds to create a new music that’s uplifting, daring and harmonious. The duo fell into playing together when they were studying in Newcastle. In 2012 they won the coveted Danny Kyle Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival and Rona was named BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed VAMM. www.maritandrona.com
Teviot Row House in Edinburgh on April 9-10, 2014. Day one will focus on topics relating to the live sector. John Langford, director of concerts, events and ticketing at The Hydro, is confirmed to take part in an interview about the flagship Glasgow venue and its impact. The sessions on day two will concentrate on topics relating to rights holders - record labels, publishers, artists and managers – with one panel set to feature decision makers from radio, retail and digital platforms talking about why they get behind a release.
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Organisers have frozen the price of both the standard pass [£49] and the premium pass MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: Penicuik Folk [£125], which helps raise funds to host the Club (with Kirsty Law, Scots Singer). Their debut event and support the concession rates [£38 album “TURAS” is released on 24 January on students and £34 Musicians’ Union members]. Watercolour Music. It melds tunes and songs from their separate geographical backgrounds to Delegates registering before January 16, when create a new music that’s uplifting, daring and further details of the programme will be harmonious. The duo fell into playing together announced, benefit from a special early bird rate when they were studying in Newcastle. In 2012 of £33 [standard] and £100 [premium]. they won the coveted Danny Kyle Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival and Rona Wide Days 2014 convention passes can be was named BBC Scotland Young Traditional purchased from: Musician of the Year. Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed VAMM. www.widedays.com/tickets www.maritandrona.com 19 APRIL 3 APRIL The Pathhead Music Collective present: Join ADAM ANT plus THE GOOD THE MAD & THE TOM BANCROFT, SATOKO FUJI and UNA LOVELY POSSE: At The Liquid Room, Victoria MCGLONE for an evening of improvised musical Street, Edinburgh. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the mayhem at Pathhead Village Hall. show starts at 7.30 p.m. Advance tickets are http://pathheadmusiccollective.org.uk/ £23.50 from 0131 226 7010 or 0131 220 3234 or go online at 24 MAY www.gigbox.co.uk/buy_tickets www.adam-ant.net A BAND CALLED QUINN: At Summerhall, www.liquidroom.com Edinburgh. If you missed ABCQ performing Biding Time (remix) at last year's Edinburgh 9 APRIL Fringe Festival, the band were blown away by the reaction to the show and are looking forward WIDE DAYS: Scotland’s Wide Days music to touring it this year; hopefully to a venue near business convention has a new format for its you! daytime programme, which will take place at www.bidingtimeremix.com Teviot Row House in Edinburgh on April 9-10, www.facebook.com/abandcalledquinn 2014. 14 JUNE Day one will focus on topics relating to the live sector. John Langford, director of concerts, The Pathhead Music Collective present: events and ticketing at The Hydro, is confirmed Share a summer evening with INDIA ALBA and to take part in an interview about the flagship the CORRINA HEWAT BAND at Pathhead Glasgow venue and its impact. Village Hall. http://pathheadmusiccollective.org.uk/ The sessions on day two will concentrate on topics relating to rights holders - record labels, publishers, artists and managers – with one panel set to feature decision makers from radio, retail and digital platforms talking about why they get behind a release.
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Delegates registering before January 16, when 24 JANUARY further details of the programme will be announced, benefit from a special early bird rate THE O’s with DEL AMITRI: At Glasgow Hydro of £33 [standard] and £100 [premium]. part of Celtic Connections. Scotland's favorite Texan duo ‘The O's’ are returning to Ireland and Wide Days 2014 convention passes can be the UK in January 2014 with a new record purchased from: “Thunderdog”. They will support Del Amitri on their first UK/Irish tour in ten years. The O's are www.widedays.com/tickets no strangers to the local music scene, having toured all over the country, from Cork to London 10 APRIL to Thurso in the last five years. The O’s new album “Thunderdog” was released on Glasgow's WIDE DAYS: Scotland’s Wide Days music Electric Honey label in December. business convention has a new format for its www.facebook.com/wearetheos daytime programme, which will take place at
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ELEPHANT REVIVAL - Celtic Connections Festival. Renowned as one of the most uplifting ‘live’ experiences on the American roots music circuit, Elephant Revival will make their first ever visit for a short string of tour dates. This band has become one of the most in-demand Stateside touring ensembles, performing in some of the country’s most prestigious venues and appearing at every major festival due to the following they now have. Brookfield Knights promotion, The Old Fruit Market. Candleriggs, Glasgow. Tickets £16. Starts 9pm. CALUM STEWART & HEIKKI BOURGAULT: Celtic Connections, Glasgow 25 JANUARY THE O’s with NORMAN BLAKE: At The Arches, Glasgow - part of Celtic Connections. Scotland's favorite Texan duo ‘The O's’ are returning to Ireland and the UK in January 2014 with a new record “Thunderdog”. They will support Del Amitri on their first UK/Irish tour in ten years. The O's are no strangers to the local music scene, having toured all over the country, from Cork to London to Thurso in the last five years. The O’s new album “Thunderdog” was released on Glasgow's Electric Honey label in December. www.facebook.com/wearetheos RACHEL SERMANNI; SSE Hydro, International Burns Concert. Glasgow. RULES OF THE ROOT / SLEEPY EYES NELSON; 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm THE HOLY PISTOL CLUB; Every now and again a new band will appear from seemingly nowhere and be massive; Holy Pistol Club are going to be one of the these enigmas. Recently penning for Mott The Hoople at The Armadillo in Glasgow, these guys proved that they are already capable of playing such big venues...Holy Pistol Club are the most dynamic, enthusiastic and exciting band to come out of Scotland and burst on to the music scene in years. Formed in 2011 from the ashes of three bands the life-long friends have now set about bringing their own unique passionate, enigmatic and sleazy twist on rock ’n’ roll. During their short time together the power five piece band have played to packed crowds throughout the UK and have received critical acclaim from some of the biggest names in the music industry. Now they find themselves with the world at their feet and with their swagger, self-belief, catchy songs and an unstoppable
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single ‘Silences’ on 10 February. ‘Silences’ will precede a string of new material set for release in 2014 as well as news that the band have been DAVE WILSONS JAZZ SESSION; Avant Garde, confirmed for the 2014 SxSW Festival in Austin, 34-44 King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Texas. This is your chance to catch them at Time 2pm. home in Scotland. www.nicensleazy.com 26 JANUARY 1 FEBRUARY ACOUSTIC SESSION WITH BERNADETTE COLLIER; Avant Garde, 34-44 King Street, THE FALLEN ANGELS CLUB 10th Anniversary Merchant City, Glasgow, Time 7.30pm. Show @ Celtic Connections: GRETCHEN PETERS & ANTHONY D'AMATO at The Mitchell 29 JANUARY Library Glasgow. Tickets £13 from GRCH Box Office 0141 353 8000 STG Promotions present DECLAN O'ROURKE www.thefallenangelsclub.com at the Cottiers Theatre as part of their ‘The Stripped Sessions’ where they have established ONE CHANCE NIGHTS: First gig of 2014 and and known artists performing in a stripped down what will be the first of bi-monthly nights held in environment with up and coming singer/ the 300 capacity Bungalow Bar venue in Paisley. songwriters being given the opportunity to open The Bungalow Bar, located on the towns night up in a songwriting atmosphere. This is the first life hotspot, Shuttle Street has been open for Stripped Sessions of the year and local acts John over a year and is a reincarnation of The Rush and The Joyce Twins opening up for Mutli Original Bungalow Bar that saw, The Jam, The Platinum and acclaimed Irish songwriter Declan Clash, The Skids, Echo and the Bunnymen, The O'Rourke. Tourists, Buzzcocks and Primal Scream to mention a few take to the stage. The venue is a BOBS OPEN MIKE NIGHT; Avant Garde, 34-44 5 minute walk from two train stations and bus King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Time 8pm. links. The night’s acts: VAGABOND POETS, a Psychedelic Rock band based in Cumbernauld 30 JANUARY who take their main influences from bands in the sixties. They have recently supported the CHRIS SUCKLE / FRAGILE X / LUISA likes of The Milk, The 1975, Theme Park and The MENONI; 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Strypes across the country. Joining them will be Glasgow. Doors 8pm KNOCK ON EFFECT, “A bluesy, folksy and classic hit quality all packed in here” from THE EXTRACTS / ECHO PARK / THE ALLEYS; Greenock. To finish the line up off they have King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, THE TWISTED MELONS, “Psychedelic beatpop. Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £7.00. Combination of intellectual rock, hard-core riffs” who are from Kintyre. Tickets cost £4 before the 31 JANUARY night and £6 on the door, tickets from Tickets Scotland, The Bungalow Bar and online at RACHEL SERMANNI; Kelvingrove Art Gallery & www.one-chance.co.uk. Doors open at 8.00pm Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow. www.facebook.com/onechancenights
door. Details: Alan 07944 354459 or email: soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk https://twitter.com/suburbs1 6 FEBRUARY MEGAN D: At Avant Grande, Glasgow www.facebook.com/MeganDMusic THE WINTER TRADITION: At King Tuts, Glasgow."Woolly jumpers, catchy choruses and the tightest live show around. What is there not to like about The Winter Tradition?" www.facebook.com/thewintertradition JACKIE LEVEN TRIBUTE NIGHT - a night to celebrate the life and work of the wonderful Jackie Leven who sadly passed away in Nov 2011, a huge loss to us all. Jackie was a regular at Woodend and played some great gigs there. At present I have Andy White, Graham Skinner, Scott MacDonald and Paul Tasker all down to perform and I'm actively chasing some additional acts to make this a really great night. I am also delighted that Ian Rankin has donated a signed book which we will raffle, all monies will go the the Core Trust who Jackie did a lot of work with, so please do come along and support this event. Suburbs Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club, 10 Chamberlain Road. Jordanhill, Glasgow Doors at 8.00 and Tickets £10. Details: Alan 07944 354459 or email: soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk https://twitter.com/suburbs1
THE WINTER TRADITION + Cicero's Secret: Woolly jumpers, catchy choruses and the tightest live show around. What is there not to like about The Winter Tradition? This grizzly comforting hybrid from Edinburgh rattle off arena-sized stadium hooks so effortlessly, you wonder why every band doesn’t do it. Their atmospheric brand of alternative indie rock is capable of filling any grand edifice in the land THE MEDIA WHORES: with LOUISE DISTRAS 2 FEBRUARY and will leave you feeling like you must at Classic Grand, Glasgow experience it before they outgrow the local www.facebook.com/pages/The-Media-Whores/167214953396994 RX BANDITS: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St venues.King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Tickets £7.00. DE TEMPS ANTAN; It is more than three years £12.00. since their last recording, and with a terrific new 7 FEBRUARY 3 FEBRUARY release from Quebecois livewires, De Temps Antan, there’s an air of excited anticipation as SPEAKEASY + Jamie & The Buzz + Violet they prepare for this visit. ‘Live’, they have been ANAMANAGUCHI: Anamanaguchi is serious Drive: Speakeasy are a 4 peice alternative rock about being happy. They’re part of a wave of thrilling audiences with a dynamic delivery of young Internet romantics, nostalgic for a future band hailing from Ayrshire. classic tunes and songs, as well as original Formed in 2013 the members got together as compositions, thanks to the infectious nature of they know may never come, but can see the we couldn't find people who did music our way, seeds of it in the beauty that surrounds them. the music, their boundless energy and where it is sometimes loud, sometimes soft but They’re making emotional dance music for the unmistakable joie de vivre. This hugelyimpressive multi-instrumentalist group is firmly video game generation and aren’t afraid to claim always with our undeniable edge! We are a band who continually look to challenge ourselves as it. Anamanaguchi was born past cynicism & established as The Big Three of Quebecois this is the only way to keep things interesting, traditional music. After touring across the United indifference; they’re in love with the universe States in October, the band remains on the road and aim to celebrate magic-made-real with their fresh and define our sound. Some of our influences are the Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, music. The band is interested in breathing life in Quebec until December before flying across the Atlantic for a rare string of appearances here into low-tech machines and making expressive, Green Day, The Cure, Grunge and 90's Alternative rock.King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a emotional melodies using the simplest, rawest at the start of 2014, including a headline show St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. electronic tones available. Anamanaguchi is at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival. what the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would’ve Tickets £6 Brookfield Knights promotion, Mitchell been if they were a boy band. Ary is cool but Theatre, 6 Granville Street, Glasgow. 8 FEBRUARY rude, Luke is a party dude, Pete leads, and EAST INDIA YOUTH; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut James does machines (he’s responsible for all MEGAN D: At Box, Glasgow 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. the DIY sound-and-light electronics the band www.facebook.com/MeganDMusic uses).King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Tickets £6 Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Tickets £7.50. Indievous Presents: THE HAZY SHADES + BLAZIN’ FIDDLES with Stockton’s Wing: The BIG DIRTY RIDE + THE PATRIOTS + THE 4 FEBRUARY Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, Glasgow, Time ROCK-FORD FILES + MICHAEL MCGURN @ 8pm, Tickets £16. Standing only. Tel; 0141 353 STANLEY ODD: A special, one off acoustic show Pivo Pivo, Waterloo Street, Glasgow. 7.30pm. 8000 Tickets on door: £5/£4 with Celtic Connections. The 02 ABC, 300 www.celticconnections.com www.facebook.com/indievous Sauchiehall St. Glasgow. BLUES ‘N’ TROUBLE. East Kilbride Arts Centre, MODERAT: At The Arches - extra show added! 5 FEBRUARY Old Coach Road, East Kilbride Glasgow. Tickets The Moderat show at The Arches has been 9.00, £7.00 concs. from subject to overwhelming demand, and while the ANDY WHITE supported by Jimmy Livingstone. www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk early event running from 7pm to 10pm has now Sounds in the Suburbs Woodend Bowling and sold out, you can still grab tickets here for the Tennis Club, 10 Chamberlain Road Jordanhill, HOLY ESQUE: At Nice n Sleazy. Holy Esque Glasgow. Time 8pm. Tickets £10 adv £12 on the newly added late show. Both the early and late have announced the release of a brand new
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shows will feature Moderat (live), Anstam (live) and Gavin Richardson (Substance). www.thearches.co.uk/events/clubs/moderatlive-2 http://moderat.fm/ www.substance-audio.com PUP & SLAVES: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £7.00. 9 FEBRUARY MEGAN D: At Pivo Pivo, Glasgow www.facebook.com/MeganDMusic 10 FEBRUARY THE DEFILED + Butcher Babies + The Killer Lights: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £9.00. 11 FEBRUARY THE TREATMENT + Cage The Gods + States Of Panic: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £9.50 13 FEBRUARY CIRCA WAVES + Algernon Doll; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £7.00 14 FEBRUARY LOUISE RUTKOWSKI: Album Launch. Former This Mortal Coil and The Hope Blister vocalist Louise Rutkowski releases her first solo album (4AD Records) on 21 February. Co-written with and produced by Irvin Duguid it is described by its supporters as, “A truly haunting and beautiful album”, “Beautiful, stirring, and alive with emotion”, and “Pure poetic, lovelorn angst at its best”. It includes mixes by Calum Malcolm (The Blue Nile), and Steve Orchard (Sir Paul McCartney, Chris Cornell). At the launch Louise will performing tracks from the album at Glasgow Print Studio, Trongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD. 7pm (finish time 10pm). Tickets £15 from www.louiserutkowski.co.uk
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FOXES; Sometimes the most rewarding discoveries are the ones that take you completely by surprise. Foxes is one of those 17 FEBRUARY discoveries. Arriving unheralded with her Neon Gold Records’ debut Youth late last year, it ORLA GARTLAND; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut wasn’t long before the song’s resplendent 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. synths, industrial percussion and by-turnsTickets £7.00 searing-and-soaring vocal were the talk of the town. Foxes is in actual fact just one – Louisa 18 FEBRUARY Rose Allen. The Southampton-born 22 year-old followed her big sister to London the day she THE PREATURES King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a turned 18. She tried her hand at studying music St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. but dropped out when she realised it wasn’t the Tickets £8.50 studying part that she enjoyed. With Youth (and its mournful b-side Home, and resulting 20 FEBRUARY remixes) having so far garnered over a million combined Soundcloud and YouTube plays, and Hit The Road presents: At Stereo, Glasgow. 1,250 Hypemachine ‘likes’ between them, it’s The first Hit The Road tour of 2014 featuring unlikely she’ll be heading back to class anytime FARKOW - MAN OF MOON - MOSCO. Ticket soon. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent information will be available soon, we hope to Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £8 see you at one of the shows! 27 FEBRUARY www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland DAVE ARCARI: 13-date UK tour in February and March. Broadcast, Glasgow, UK (+ special guests HAVE MERCY LAS VEGAS). As well as having physical tickets for the forthcoming Glasgow and Edinburgh dates Love Music (Glasgow) and Ripping (Edinburgh) have all Dave's albums in stock...and Big Sparra Vinyl in Ayr has all CD and vinyl in stock. www.davearcari.com BOY & BEAR: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £8.00 21 FEBRUARY BEN WESTBEECH (AKA BREACH): One of the undisputed house music stars of 2013, Breach enjoyed huge chart and club success in the summer with his hit single ‘Jack’; an infectious blend of bass-heavy grooves, stripped back drums, and a simple but oh-so-seductive vocal hook. At The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL. 11pm-3am. £12 adv. www.thearches.co.uk SEASIDE SONS + Kleptocrats + The Responsible; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £6.50
CHERYL RISK + Si Si Rae + Aaron Fyfe + Rachelle Rhienne. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. 22 FEBRUARY Tickets £6 15 FEBRUARY CLUB NOIR ‘VALENTINES IN NEW YORK’, 18+ burlesque and cabaret acts from around the UK. DJs play vintage and modern music. 1920’s Speakeasy with DJ, singers, films, beauty stall from Lush. Dress up. O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton St, Glasgow. Tickets £15.50, Times -9pm till 3am.
GEORGE EZRA: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £8
TOY + Proper Ornaments; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £10 28 FEBRUARY The Fallen Angels Club presents: ANAIS MITCHELL plus NED ROBERTS at St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow. Tickets 0141 204 5151 or online @ www.ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com DAVE ARCARI: 13-date UK tour in February and March. Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine (+ special guests Have Mercy Las Vegas). As well as having physical tickets for the forthcoming Glasgow and Edinburgh dates Love Music (Glasgow) and Ripping (Edinburgh) have all Dave's albums in stock...and Big Sparra Vinyl in Ayr has all CD and vinyl in stock. www.davearcari.com My First Music presents: MARK MORRISS with some old friends. Part of the exciting Glasgow’s Dirty Weekender where he shall be playing at The Admiral, Waterloo St with a host of other acts. Mark Morriss lead The Bluetones from 1993 right up until September 2011, and he is currently pursuing a solo career. He released his solo debut album, Memory Muscle, in May 2008 and this is being followed up early this year by A Flash oF Darkness, which was exclusively released last year by Pledge Recordings and has a full release coming up on Acid Jazz. Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland on 01563 537 711 or www.tickets-scotland.com www.facebook.com/mfmayrshire
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RADKEY: Radkey is a punk band from St. Joseph, Missouri made up of three teenage SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: LOVE AND WAR IN brothers: Dee, Isaiah, and Solomon. Inspired by BOHEMIA CONCERTS with mezzo soprano the music they grew up listening to such as the SOPHIE HARMSEN: SE presents Love and War in Misfits, Ramones, the Who, and Death, the self Bohemia with the thrilling young mezzo soprano taught trio decided to form a band. They had the Sophie Harmsen. The programme includes rich TIJUANA BIBLES + Peppermint Fiction + pleasure of opening for Fishbone, Local H and treasures of Bohemian music from Dvořák, Suk, The Henchmen; Some bands tap you on the Supersuckers and performed at the 2012 AfroBiber and Haas alongside the sparkling melodies shoulder, while others grab you by the throat. punk Festival in Brooklyn NY as well as playing and dancing rhythms of three Handel arias. Tijuana Bibles do this with their gritty guitars, an official 2013 SXSW showcase. King Tut's Wah At City Halls, Glasgow, 7.30pm. Tickets £13, driving bass lines, baritone vocals and rockWah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors Students £5, Under 16s free when accompanied steady drums, Glasgow’s Tijuana Bibles very 8pm. Tickets £7.00 by a full paying adult. Booking Tel 0141 353 much belong to the latter campKing Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8000 1 MARCH www.glasgowconcerthalls.com 8.30pm. Tickets £6.00 www.scottishensemble.co.uk My First Music presents: MARK MORRISS 16 FEBRUARY with some old friends. At Edinburgh’s Electric 26 FEBRUARY Circus with support from DED RABBIT and LAUREN AQUILINA; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut STONEHOUSE VIOLETS. Mark Morriss lead The
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Key to our operations are our regional offices, including the Scotland & Northern Ireland Region, located in Glasgow, where we have a vacancy for a Regional Officer. As a Regional Officer, your knowledge and experience of trade union or membership organisations will help you to drive forward the Union’s recruitment and retention initiatives. At the same time, your knowledge and experience of the music industry will enable you to play a full and effective role in the team’s delivery of a range of services to our members within the Region. Working as part of small team, your excellent customer service and personal communications skills will be used to the full, as will your sound administrative abilities. The position attracts a salary of £38,000. A car is also provided, as well as a contribution towards a personal pension scheme. Although working a basic 37 1/2 hour week, the demands of this post is such that you will need to be available for work outside normal office hours, for which time off in lieu is available. The annual leave entitlement is 30 days, excluding public holidays. For further details and an application form, please email Lynn Calvin on lynn.calvin@theMU.org Closing date for applications is 6th February 2014
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 11: glasgow area + mid west coast / dundee / fife / perth / stirling / falkirk Bluetones from 1993 right up until September 2011, and he is currently pursuing a solo career. He released his solo debut album, Memory Muscle, in May 2008 and this is being followed up early this year by A Flash oF Darkness, which was exclusively released last year by Pledge Recordings and has a full release coming up on Acid Jazz. Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland on 01563 537 711 or www.tickets-scotland.com www.facebook.com/mfmayrshire BLACK ONASSIS, ex- Kasabian guitarist and founding member at Nice n Sleazys www.nicensleazy.com 2 MARCH My First Music presents: MARK MORRISS with some old friends. A return to Kilmarnock to Bakers Niteclub in John Finnie Street and joined again by DED RABBIT, STONEHOUSE VIOLETS and Kilmarnock’s own The Heeby Jeebys. Mr Morriss is no stranger to this venue having already played a solo, acoustic set there earlier this year where his personality and wit shone out between songs, old and new, and he wowed each and every individual present. He will be welcomed back with open arms. Mark Morriss lead The Bluetones from 1993 right up until September 2011, and he is currently pursuing a solo career. He released his solo debut album, Memory Muscle, in May 2008 and this is being followed up early this year by A Flash oF Darkness, which was exclusively released last year by Pledge Recordings and has a full release coming up on Acid Jazz. Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland on 01563 537 711 or www.tickets-scotland.com
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A BAND CALLED QUINN: At CCA Glasgow. If you missed ABCQ performing Biding Time (remix) at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 12 MARCH the band were blown away by the reaction to the show and are looking forward to touring it Sounds in the Suburbs presents: MY this year; hopefully to a venue near you! DARLING CLEMENTINE at Woodend Bowling www.bidingtimeremix.com and Tennis Club. Details: Alan 07944 354459 or www.facebook.com/abandcalledquinn email: soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk https://twitter.com/suburbs1 12 APRIL PATSY REID & friends: Village Hall, Tayvallich, Argyll. www.patsyreid.com 18 APRIL PATSY REID & friends: Star Folk Club, 1 St Andrews Square, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm/9.00pm. Tickets £9, tickets on the door. www.patsyreid.com
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page 13: dundee / fife / perth / stirling / falkirk top ten of British blues guitarists. He started Chicken Shack in 1965 and within two years they were topping the charts with'I'd Rather Go Blind' featuring Christine Perfect (aka McVie), later of Fleetwood Mac' Rumours' era. Stan's style owes much to his friend and mentor, the legendary Freddie King, who inspired Stan Webb's delicate vibrato and sustain, and above all else his emotive blues tone. Aside from a stint with Canned Heat (the only UK guitarist to ever play with them) and Savoy Brown, Stan continues to tour Chickenshack in Europe and occasionally in the UK. Backstage at the Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £22. 25 JANUARY MICHAEL KATON: While it's entirely accurate to describe the music of Detroit legend Michael Katon as 'blues', it also fails to do justice to the power, intensity and raw Motor City attitude that Katon commands with every note and chord. Ever since he first started playing around the bars and clubs of Detroit at the tender age of fifteen, Katon has infused the traditional blues sound with his own Michigan. Backstage at the Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £15 27 JANUARY LUNCHTIME CONCERT: DANISH STRING QUARTET; Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth, tickets: 01738 621031 www.horsecross.co.uk
with an energy level that practically yanks you out of your seat by the collar. His fine fiddling and thrilling dance style, mixed with great bluegrass vocals, Peter Cann's blistering guitar solos, and the lively multi instrumental talents of rhythm section Thomas Webb and Mark Geddes, and Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys are an unforgettable live experience. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Tickets £12/£10, Time 8pm. 31 JANUARY Rubber Stamp Promotions presents: CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS - XSLF, CRIMEDESK, THE STATIC & THE MANKY HOORS at Wee Jimmies Cowdenbeath. This has been cancelled due to illness regarding a member of XSLF and will be rescheduled. Tickets for this gig can be full refunded from the point of purchase. www.facebook.com/RubberStampPromotions CALVIN 'FUZZY' SAMUEL (Legendary Bass with CSNY);A rare opportunity to come and meet this legendary bass player and musician who played for Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Stephen Stills Manassas. Fuzz will be appearing as a duo with Nils Poulin. The rhythm section of Fuzz and Conrad were then hired to record Stephen Stills' first solo album which included superstars Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Mama Cass, Rita Coolidge, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston and The Memphis Horns. Backstage at the Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £12
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VAMPIRES ROCK’ Steve Steinman plays the supremely evil Baron Von Rockula, owner of ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND: the Live and Let Die Club. In search of a new LA CLEMENZA DI TITO; Sir Alexander bride, the Baron must convince the Gibson Opera School Timothy Dean, unsuspecting Pandora to cross over to the conductor The Royal Conservatoire La dark side and live forever in Rock ‘n’ Roll Clemenza di Tito contains some of Mozart’s Hell. A full cast of superb singers, dancers most haunting music, heartwrenching for its and formidable band blast their way through simplicity and beauty including hits such as some of the greatest rock anthems, including ‘Parto, Parto’, and remarkable ensembles. We Will Rock You, Bat Out of Hell, Highway Tickets £18.50, £14.50, £12.50; concessions to Hell, Since You’ve Been Gone, Sweet Child £16.50, £12.50, £9, (includes booking fee). of Mine, Total Eclipse of the Heart, I Love Time 7.30pm. Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall Rock n Roll, Poison and many more. All and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. teamed with an amazing set and tickets: 01738 621031 pyrotechnics to blow your mind, this rock www.horsecross.co.uk spectacular is not to be missed! £23.50, £21.50, £19.50; no concessions (includes 30 JANUARY booking fee) Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth, Stirling Tolbooth presents: 8pm, GORDIE Time 7.30pm. tickets: 01738 621031 MACKEEMAN AND HIS RHYTHM BOYS. www.horsecross.co.uk Support from G.T'S BOOS BAND. £12/£10. Hailing from Canada's Prince Edward Island, the award-winning Gordie MacKeeman & his 1 FEBRUARY Rhythm Boys serve up old-time roots music Rubber Stamp Promotions presents: TOM with an energy level that practically yanks HINGLEY (Ex Inspiral Carpets) + THE you out of your seat by the collar. His fine fiddling and thrilling dance style, mixed with PROJECT + DARREN LEES + ROBIE GILMOUR + STUART SHIELDS - Tom great bluegrass vocals, Peter Cann's Hingley joined the Inspiral Carpets as lead blistering guitar solos, and the lively multi vocalist in 1989 (future Oasis guitarist Noel instrumental talents of rhythm section Thomas Webb and Mark Geddes, and Gordie Gallagher also auditioned, but was not chosen).November 2013 saw the release of MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys are an not one, but two albums from Tom Hingley. unforgettable live experience. His third solo acoustic LP - Sand - is out now www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth as is Paper, a compilation that brings together full band versions of his new songs DAVID LATTO BAND: Kirkcaldy Acoustic with alternate takes and remixes. Tickets £7 Music Club, Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive Kirkcaldy. available from Wee Jimmies and www.ticketweb.co.uk Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. www.facebook.com/RubberStampPromotions www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk GORDIE MACKEEMAN AND HIS RHYTHM BOYS SUPPORT FROM G.T'S BOOS BAND; Hailing from Canada's Prince Edward Island, the award-winning Gordie MacKeeman & his Rhythm Boys serve up old-time roots music
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Born To Be Wide presents: OFF THE RECORD. at Kirkcaldy’s Adam Smith Theatre, and features workshops for young musicians and 3 FEBRUARY those interested in working in the music business. Off The Record is open to anyone aged LUNCHTIME CONCERT: CHIAROSCURO QUARTET; Star violinist Alina Ibragimova leads between 14-25, with key industry figures this BBC New Generation Artist Quartet in Haydn providing essential advise on subjects including recording, releasing, promotion and organising/ and Mozart performed on period instruments. getting gigs. Speakers include: Haydn String Quartet in C Op 20 No 2. Mozart Ally McCrae (BBC Radio One), Olaf Furniss (Born String Quartet in E Flat K428. Chiaroscuro To Be Wide Director/The Scotsman), Michael Quartet, 'Their technique is impeccable - only players of the highest calibre could risk such an Lambert (Born To Be Wide Director/artist manager), Lloyd Meredith (Olive Grove Records/ exposed, unadorned approach and make it Peenko Blog), Fielding Hope (DJ & booker, sound this good - and their unanimous musical Nice’N’Sleazy), Tallah Brash (musician & booker, intuition makes consistent sense so that every Electric Circus), Stuart Stenhouse (EmuBands) phrase takes the space it needs and every and Garry Boyle (The Depot Studios). Admission gesture feels natural.' (The Herald) advance is £2 [including lunch] and tickets must be (until 12noon on the day); £7; concessions £6 bought in advance from www.offtherecord.me or after 12noon on the day: £8; no concessions in person from the Adam Smith box office. A Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth parental consent form is also required from Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. Time 1pm. attendees under the age of 18 and can be tickets: 01738 621031 downloaded from the website. Also included in www.horsecross.co.uk the price is a free release worth £25, via Scotland's leading digital distribution company 6 FEBRUARY EmuBands. This covers Amazon, iTunes, Spotify AN EVENING WITHOUT JAKE THACKRAY; and most other online stores and streaming Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club, Polish Exservices. servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park www.offtherecord.me Drive, Kirkcaldy. Entry £8 members, £10 nonwww.borntobewide.co.uk members. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. WATT NICHOL; Backed by some of the best www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk musicians in Scotland, the audience is in for an incredible musical experience! All this combined ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA: with the comedic storytelling Watt is famous for OUNDJIAN CONDUCTS WALTON; Wagner's will insure an unforgettable evening of Tannhäuser is so racy that some Victorian entertainment! Jail Wynd, Stirling. Tickets £10, audiences considered it improper! It's a Time 8pm. barnstorming opening to a real blockbuster of a concert from RSNO Music Director Peter 9 FEBRUARY Oundjian, and it's almost mild compared to William Walton's volcanic First Symphony. You'll PERTH PIANO SUNDAYS: RICHARD GOODE; want to cool down between them - and Mozart's It is a privilege to welcome Richard Goode back deliciously playful piano concerto is perfect for to Perth with a wonderfully varied programme. the job, especially when performed by masterHis previous visit to Perth brought unforgettable Mozartian Richard Goode. Wagner Overture to Chopin interpretations. His Debussy playing has 'Tannhäuser' Mozart Piano Concerto No.17, K453 to be heard to believed. Schubert Impromptus Walton Symphony No 1 Op. 90 Nos 1 & 3, Schubert Klavierstücke Nos 1 Peter Oundjian, conductor Richard Goode, piano & 3, Chopin 4 Mazurkas, Chopin Polonaise Pre-concert Talk: 6.45pm (free to ticket Fantasie, Op. 61, Debussy Preludes, Book 1 holders). Tickets £25.50, £21.50, £19.50, £16, (complete). 'Richard Goode's ability to clothe the £11.50 (includes booking fee) Horsecross, Perth intellectual backbone of his interpretations in Concert Hall and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, playing of airy mercuriality may not be unique, Perth. Time 7.30pm. Tickets: 01738 621031 but it is rare and individual enough to make his www.horsecross.co.uk recitals unmissable.' (The Guardian). Time 7.30pm. Tickets £20, £16, £12; concessions 7 FEBRUARY £18, £14, £10 Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. THE WINTER TRADITION; “Woolly jumpers, Tickets: 01738 621031 catchy choruses and the tightest live show www.horsecross.co.uk around. What is there not to like about The Winter Tradition?” This grizzly comforting hybrid 10 FEBRUARY from Edinburgh rattle off arena sized stadium hooks so effortlessly, you wonder why every ROSS AINSLIE AND JARLATH HENDERSON; band doesn’t do it. Their atmospheric brand of Two of the most major talents in contemporary alternative indie rock is electric. "It's only after Celtic piping, Scotland's Ross Ainslie and you've experienced The Winter Tradition’s full Tyrone-born Jarlath Henderson. Individually set up in a sold out venue that the big musical they're two of the best players around but “O” occurs — and when it does, it’s collectively they create a chemistry which is glorious." (K. Creighton - Popdose). Jail Wynd, almost magic. They are not only vastly talented Stirling. Tickets £7, Time 7pm. Age 14 plus. but have created a sound that is bursting with www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth emotion and energy - a fusion of pipes and flutes which pushes the boundaries of what the BLUES ‘N’ TROUBLE FIFE JAZZ FESTIVAL instruments can achieve in a performance which With the Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra. Combo. is a vibrant mix of new and original compositions Elmwood College, Carslogie Road, Cupar, Fife. along with traditional tunes. Two of the most Time 8.00pm Tickets 12.00 from major talents in contemporary Celtic piping,
Scotland's Ross Ainslie and Tyrone-born Jarlath Henderson first met back in 2003 at the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh. After taking their time to hone and perfect their unique partnership of Scottish bagpipes and Irish uilleann pipes, each also playing a variety of whistles, the pair exploded onto the scene with 2009's stunning debut album, Partners in Crime. Taking a couple of years off, Radio 2 Musician of the Year Award nominee Ross performed with Salsa Celtica, The Treacherous Orchestra and Dougie Maclean whilst Jarlath became a doctor. With new album Air-Fix now released they are back on the road doing what they do best. Ross and Jarlath will be backed by the wonderfully talented Ali Hutton on guitar. Tickets £14; concessions £12 (includes booking fee Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. Time 8pm. Tickets: 01738 621031 www.horsecross.co.uk 11 FEBRUARY THE WINTER TRADITION: At Duke's Corner, Dundee."Woolly jumpers, catchy choruses and the tightest live show around. What is there not to like about The Winter Tradition?" www.facebook.com/thewintertradition 12 FEBRUARY HEBRIDES ENSEMBLE: LADS IN THEIR HUNDREDS; A programme marking the centenary of the outbreak of WW1 with its themes of tragedy, loss, demoralisation, defiance and hope. Rorem War Scenes 'Night Battle' Stuart MacRae: Parable (Hebrides Ensemble Commission) Stravinsky Three pieces for solo clarinet Butterworth Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' Debussy Berceuse Héroique Schoenberg (arr Webern) Chamber Symphony No 1 Op 9 Rorem War Scenes: 'The real war will never get in the books'. Marcus Farnsworth, baritone Hebrides Ensemble. Tickets £14; concessions £10; students £5 Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. Time 7.30pm. Tickets: 01738 621031 www.horsecross.co.uk 13 FEBRUARY BROOM BEZZUMS FEATURING KATE DOHERTY; Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club, Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk Mundell Music presents: THE ELECTRIC STRAWBS: The Strawbs comprise David Cousins, along with lead guitarist Dave Lambert, and the astonishingly versatile Chas Cronk, who together formed the frontline of the classic 1970s lineup of the band. As The Strawbs move gracefully into their fifth decade of music making, it is still difficult to categorise the unique sound that has made them Britain's most successful international progressive folk rock band. With Adam Wakeman on Keyboards. Backstage at the Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross. Tickets £20 www.mundellmusic.com ULTIMATE RHYTHM AND BLUES 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR with The Zombies / Animals + friends / The Yardbirds / Spencer Davis / Maggie Bell: Don't miss this chance to hear the musical revolution of 1964. With this amazing line-up that had 37 hit records in the UK charts for over 300 weeks you are guaranteed an unforgettable night. Come
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Stirling Tolbooth presents: McGOLDRICK, MCCUSKER & DOYLE. 8pm, £14/£12. One of Scotlands most accomplished and versatile musicians in any genre, John McCusker is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer who has worked with artists as diverse as Paul Weller and Patti Smith, Teenage Fanclub and Billy Connolly. www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth SESSION/SINGAROUND: Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club, Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive Kirkcaldy. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk
create a act which could play homage to everyone’s favourite rock goddess, Debbie Harry and to the band who practically invented Power Pop, Blondie. The Polis are Scotland's one and only Police Tribute act and play an energetic set of over 2 hours of The Police's best known singles and album tracks. The band do not pretend or try to look like the original members but instead focus their energies on trying to capture the nuances and energy of the original band at their best. Tickets £8 from PJ Molloy's and www.ticketweb.co.uk www.facebook.com/RubberStampPromotions
SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: LOVE AND WAR IN BOHEMIA CONCERTS with mezzo soprano 21 FEBRUARY SOPHIE HARMSEN: SE presents Love and War in SCOTTISH FIDDLE ORCHESTRA; A feast of DAVE ARCARI with support from Ed Muirhead: Bohemia with the thrilling young mezzo soprano music ranging from lively jigs and reels to 13-date UK tour in February and March. Buskers Sophie Harmsen. The programme includes rich strathspeys and beautiful slow airs. The Scottish (formerly 20 Rocks/Doghouse), Dundee. As well treasures of Bohemian music from Dvořák, Suk, Fiddle Orchestra are supported by top Scottish Biber and Haas alongside the sparkling melodies as having physical tickets for the forthcoming vocalists, tenor James Nicol and mezzo soprano and dancing rhythms of three Handel arias. Glasgow and Edinburgh dates Love Music Arlene Rolph, young dancers from the Myra At Caird Hall, Dundee, 7.30pm. Tickets £12, (Glasgow) and Ripping (Edinburgh) have all Shuttleworth School of Dance based in Castle Dave's albums in stock...and Big Sparra Vinyl in Students £5, Under 16s free when accompanied Douglas and back by popular demand, the by a full paying adult. Booking Tel 01382 434940 Ayr has all CD and vinyl in stock. Edradour Pitlochry And Blair Atholl Pipe Band. www.dundeebox.co.uk www.davearcari.com The show will be hosted by our popular compere www.scottishensemble.co.uk Jim McColl and conducted by Blair Parham.The Stirling Tolbooth presents: STUART SFO have delighted audiences in many UK and Hit The Road presents: At The Shore, Dundee. MACONIE THE PEOPLES SONGS; Spend an International venues. Our show is full of joy and The first Hit The Road tour of 2014 featuring evening in the company of this popular and mirth for all ages. Come along and you will FARKOW - MAN OF MOON - MOSCO. Ticket prolific TV and radio presenter, journalist, discover why people are attracted to return information will be available soon, we hope to columnist and author as he talks about his new again and again.Tickets £19, £15; 16 and under book and epic radio series, The People's Songs, see you at one of the shows! £5 (includes booking fee) Horsecross, Perth www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland a social history of modern Britain told through Concert Hall and Perth Theatre 185 High Street, pop singles. The Times calling him 'a National Perth. Time 7.30pm. Tickets: 01738 621031 27 FEBRUARY Treasure'. Jail Wynd, Stirling. Tickets £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk Time 8pm. VERA VAN HEERIGEN TRIO: Kirkcaldy www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth 16 FEBRUARY Acoustic Music Club, Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ PERTH PIANO SUNDAYS: SIMON Kirkcaldy. Entry £8 members, £10 nonORCHESTRA; The Scottish National Jazz CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS AND PHILIP MOORE; members. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. Orchestra directed by Tommy Smith A feast of music for piano duet. Schubert’s www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk presents ‘An Evening With Kurt Elling: Grand Duo is quite simply a masterpiece, Syntopicon’ Kurt Elling is one of the greatest Firebird is a virtuoso showpiece and Schönberg’s MIKE AND THE MECHANICS; Mike And The jazz singers of our time. With his rich baritone Chamber Symphony is a thrilling high point of Mechanics - "The Living Years" 25th Anniversary. voice and command of rhythm, phrasing and late romantic music Schubert Grand Duo Mike Rutherford/Andrew Roachford/Tim Howar dynamics, he sings with both astonishing Stravinsky Three Movements from Firebird (arr. plus support from Sadie and the Hotheads, Mike technical mastery and huge emotional depth. Moore) Schönberg Chamber Concerto (arr Berg) Following their successful joint tour in 2011, the Rutherford, a founder member of one of the ‘The duo’s ensemble is astonishingly good and most successful groups of all time, Genesis, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra have invited the sheer panache of these performers makes Kurt to join them again to bring their new show formed Mike And The Mechanics in 1984 and this a most satisfying release with a unique Syntopicon to accessible, three-dimensional life. created a side project that would go on to sell feature.’ (Gramophone). Tickets £20, £16, £12; ten million records worldwide. Globally known for Exploring in music and song, philosophies such concessions £18, £14, £10 (includes booking hits including The Living Years, All I Need Is a as love, knowledge, life and death, courage, fee)Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Miracle, Over My Shoulder and Another Cup of good and evil, Kurt has the insight, creative Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. Time 3pm. Coffee the band has featured many great talent and vision, which together with the Tickets: 01738 621031 vocalists and now boasts two superb singers in fabulous sound of the SNJO will create a www.horsecross.co.uk Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar. Tickets £36, wonderful evening to remember. "Is there any more masterful singer on the planet right now?… £33, £30; no concessions, (includes booking fee) 18 FEBRUARY Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre The mastery went way beyond charisma. 185 High Street, Perth, Time 7.30pm. Tickets: Listening to Elling is a masterclass on how to PERTH CHAMBER MUSIC: MCKENZIE 01738 621031 make voice, words, melody and microphone SAWERS DUO; Two classical musicians, Sue www.horsecross.co.uk work together to fix an atmosphere. The voice McKenzie and Ingrid Sawers have been itself is astonishing." The Daily Telegraph. collaborating for seven years. Bizet L’Arlésienne 7 MARCH Tickets £25; students and unemployed £10, Suite (extract), D’Indy Choral varié, Op.55. (includes booking fee). Kids Go Free. £5 SNJO Planel Prélude et Saltarelle Bonneau Suite: Stirling Tolbooth presents: TONY MCMANUS. Youth Card Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and mprovisation; Danse des Démons; Plainte; 8pm, £12/£10. Acclaimed guitarist Tony Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. Time Espièglerie Ibert Histoires (selection), Iles Alma McManus has been called 'the best Celtic 7.30pm. Tickets: 01738 621031 Venus Jackson The Coral Sea, Mintzer guitarist in the world' by legendary English www.horsecross.co.uk Saxophone Solo, Gershwin A Foggy Day in guitarist John Renbourn, and is known for his London Town (piano solo, arr. Finnisy),Fitkin virtuosic fingerstyle performances on the steelGate. Tickets £11 (includes booking fee); string guitar. To find a voice on so ubiquitous an 22 FEBRUARY students £2Horsecross, Perth Concert Hall and instrument as the acoustic guitar is quite an Perth Theatre 185 High Street, Perth. Time Rubber Stamp Promotions presents: DIRTY achievement. Its a masterpiece. Im reeling- John 7.30pm. Tickets: 01738 621031 HARRY (Blondie Tribute) + THE POLIS - At PJ Renbourn. 'Tony McManus is the Jeff Beck of the www.horsecross.co.uk Molloy's, Dunfermline. Dirty Harry is the only acoustic guitar' Paul Reed Smith, PRS Guitars tribute band for the true Blondie fan. 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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 18: dundee / fife / perth / stirling / falkirk / aberdenn + north east Mundell Music present: GARLAND JEFFERYS - Forty years into his storied career, Garland Jeffreys is enjoying the kind of creative second wind most artists can only hope for the first time around, earning a swarm of critical accolades and experiencing his most prolific stretch in decades. 'Truth Serum,' his second album in two years, is a cri de cœur, a strippeddown tone poem from an artist taking his rightful and hard-earned place in the musical pantheon. www.mundellmusic.com 8 MARCH Stirling Tolbooth presents: VOODOO ROOM. 8pm, £10. Voodoo Room are a new and exciting classic Power Trio, featuring some of the UKs finest musicians. They feature all your favourite "Hendrix" and Cream tunes, performed with the energy and virtuosity that is at the heart of this incredible music. They deliver a Full On Show that brilliantly integrates these two massive influences on the world of classic blues/rock. "INCREDIBLE PLAYERS!" Neneh Cherry. www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth 14 MARCH Horsecross Arts presents WORDS AND MUSIC: Horsecross Arts has teamed up with Perth College UHI and the Traditional Music Forum to create Words and Music, a gathering for musicians and music workers from across Scotland and beyond. Packed with practical tips, networking opportunities, evening gigs and showcases the two-day conference in Perth Concert Hall on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 March aims to inspire, educate and entertain musicians of all genres at all stages of their careers. Those interested in attending can register online at www.wordsandmusic.co.uk or by calling Horsecross Arts Box Office on 01738 621031 or book in person at Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ. www.wordsandmusic.co.uk 15 MARCH Horsecross Arts presents WORDS AND MUSIC: Horsecross Arts has teamed up with Perth College UHI and the Traditional Music Forum to create Words and Music, a gathering for musicians and music workers from across Scotland and beyond. Packed with practical tips, networking opportunities, evening gigs and showcases the two-day conference in Perth Concert Hall on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 March aims to inspire, educate and entertain musicians of all genres at all stages of their careers. Those interested in attending can register online at www.wordsandmusic.co.uk or by calling Horsecross Arts Box Office on 01738 621031 or book in person at Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ. www.wordsandmusic.co.uk
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PATSY REID & friends. Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth. Time 7.30pm/8.00pm. Tickets £13/£11. Tel; 01738 621031
Stirling Tolbooth presents: LUCY PORTER. 8pm, £10. Lucy Porter -familiar from popular TV and Radio panel shows such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week and The Unbelievable Truth - returns to the UK tour circuit, with her best show yet 'Northern Soul'. Does geography shape our destiny? Lucy is like the perpetual littlest hobo - seeking her spiritual home. Genuinely delightful The Telegraph Fizzing with inventive one-liners, a treat from start to finish The Herald www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth 22 MARCH Stirling Tolbooth presents: THE REVELLERS. 8pm, £12/£10. Formed when founding members of two of the mightiest forces in American roots music - The Red Stick Ramblers and The Pine Leaf Boys - came together - Louisiana Cajun kings, The Revelers are now firmly established as true ambassadors for their music.It's nostalgic, gutsy and pulsating as they recall an era when music was played for no other reason than it was coursing through the veins and had to come out. www.stirling.gov.uk/tollbooth 29 MARCH Rubber Stamp Promotions presents: THE SELECTER + TALISMAN + DJ JUNIOR LAZAROU - At Windsor Hotel, Kirkcaldy. “Too Much Pressure” released by the important and influential platinum selling band The Selector in Feb 1980 remains a classic touchstone for a generation of Ska lovers. Mixing punk, ska and reggae, ‘Too Much Pressure’ successfully reflected the social and political issues of the early Thatcher years in Britain and gave a voice to disaffected youth across the racial divide. Talisman are one of the UK’s top British Roots Reggae bands from the late 70’s and early 80’s. The band’s prowess back in the day earned them support slots with acts as diverse as Burning Spear, The Clash and The Rolling Stones. DJ Junior Lazarou will be keeping everyone entertained when the bands aren't on stage with some top 2 Tone, Ska & Reggae tunes! Tickets £15 from Windsor or www.ticketweb.co.uk www.facebook.com/RubberStampPromotions SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Birnam Arts Centre – Birnam. Edinburgh based six piece roots and folk collective tour all across UK behind the acclaimed chart topping fifth album www.birnamarts.com www.facebook.com/southerntenantfolkunion 7 APRIL
MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: Stirling Folk Club, Stirling (with Kirsty Law, Scots Singer) Stirling Tolbooth presents: Stellar Quines and Their debut album “TURAS” is released on 24 January on Watercolour Music. It melds tunes Fife Cultural Trust's 'DARE TO CARE' by and songs from their separate geographical Christine Lindsay, Directed by Muriel Romanes. backgrounds to create a new music that’s 7.30pm, £12/£10. Arriving for a spell behind bars, where there are no secrets or boundaries, uplifting, daring and harmonious. The duo fell into playing together when they were studying in and carrying their lifes baggage, a group of Newcastle. In 2012 they won the coveted Danny women tell their stories in a sometimes crazy, Kyle Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections often poignant insight into their lives and the Festival and Rona was named BBC Scotland price theyll pay. Linked by common threads of hope, fear, love and survival and told in a chorus Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed VAMM. of words, rhyme and stand up comedy, the www.maritandrona.com collective voice of the women is heard. 18 MARCH
2 MAY Mundell Music presents: THE MOVE - The Move have rock band credentials that speak for themselves. They can boast being the first band to be played on Radio 1, and have toured alongside The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Without doubt, The Move are one of Britain's most respected bands, having had numerous hit records over the last 30 years including classics such as Flowers In The Rain and Blackberry Way. Minus Roy Wood, but still featuring original members Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan. www.mundellmusic.com 22 MAY A BAND CALLED QUINN: At Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy. If you missed ABCQ performing Biding Time (remix) at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the band were blown away by the reaction to the show and are looking forward to touring it this year; hopefully to a venue near you! www.bidingtimeremix.com www.facebook.com/abandcalledquinn
ABERDEEN + NORTH EAST Send us all your gig dates for the Highlands Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 27 JANUARY SUPERSTAR PIANIST BENJAMIN GROSVENOR in the second of three stellar concerts in the A Romantic Journey series, performing with The Maxwell Quartet a repertoire which includes Beethoven, Ravel and Brahms at the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 64112 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 30 JANUARY One of Britain’s best-loved pianists, JOHN LILL and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with John Lill’s 70th and a programme which includes Stravinsky, Schubert and Brahms, at the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm and a pre-concert talk at 6.45pm, free to ticket holders. Tickets from 01224 64112 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 1 FEBRUARY SUBURBAN SAINTS, are a four-piece indie pop band. They will be launching their debut album Stuck on Repeat, with support from Uniform and Second Star, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 5 FEBRUARY
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 20: aberdeen + northeast / highlands PHILIP HIGHAM: Aberdeen Performing Arts presents Culture Café, featuring young cellist Philip Higham, one of the first British cellists in generations to have won top prizes at three major international competitions, accompanied by pianist Carole Presland, at the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen at 1pm. Tickets from 01224 64112 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com RM HUBBERT: Prolific live performer RM Hubbert, who has released music under a variety of guises since 1993 and supported the likes of Nick Cave, Tortoise, Mogwai, Godspeed you! Black Emperor, Franz Ferdinand and The Twilight Sad as well as touring extensively around the EU in his own right, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 8 FEBRUARY THE WINTER TRADITION: At Cafe Drummonds, Aberdeen."Woolly jumpers, catchy choruses and the tightest live show around. What is there not to like about The Winter Tradition?" www.facebook.com/thewintertradition THE 1975 Promoting their self-titled debut album, up-and-coming indie rockers The 1975 play the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen doors at 7pm. Tickets from tel 01224 64112 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com MARK MCCABE, With his new album A Good Way To Bury Bad News newly-released in January, Mark McCabe, who has travelled all over the world performing with the likes of Frank Turner and PJ Bond, brings his melancholic, moving and witty acoustic songs to The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
offering which features production from Toby Jepson and mixes from rock icon Mike, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Woodend Barn – Banchory. Edinburgh based six piece roots and folk collective tour all across UK behind the acclaimed chart topping fifth album www.woodendbarn.com www.facebook.com/southerntenantfolkunion
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THE PEOPLE’S SONGS, Popular TV and radio presenter, journalist and author Stuart Maconie talks about his new book and epic radio series in The People’s Songs, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, at 8pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
A BAND CALLED QUINN: At Woodend Barn, Banchory. If you missed ABCQ performing Biding Time (remix) at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the band were blown away by the reaction to the show and are looking forward to touring it this year; hopefully to a venue near you!
22 FEBRUARY DAVE ARCARI 13-date UK tour in February and March. The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. As well as having physical tickets for the forthcoming Glasgow and Edinburgh dates Love Music (Glasgow) and Ripping (Edinburgh) have all Dave's albums in stock...and Big Sparra Vinyl in Ayr has all CD and vinyl in stock. This gig is supported by the very talented ED MUIRHEAD. www.davearcari.com
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BEN WESTBEECH (AKA BREACH): One of the undisputed house music stars of 2013, Breach enjoyed huge chart and club success in the summer with his hit single ‘Jack’; an infectious blend of bass-heavy grooves, stripped back drums, and a simple but oh-so-seductive vocal hook. At Snafu, Aberdeen
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SON OF DAVE: This is Now Agency presents Son Of Dave, formerly of the Crash Test Dummies, with music from his latest record, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
Strathpeffer Pavilion presents: CHAZ ROYAL’S VALENTINES BURLESQUE EXTRAVAGANZA. 8.30pm. Spice up this Valentine's Day with a glamorous evening of world class burlesque and cabaret starring some of Scotland's best and brightest performers in the genre. Chaz Royal, internationally recognised as the 'King of Burlesque' comments, "I’m thrilled to be invited to produce a show in the Highlands, so I’ve chosen the best artists I know and regularly work with from Scotland and beyond for the occasion’’. Tickets £16 already online with WeGotTickets & Ticketweb UK – on sale elsewhere very soon! www.StrathpefferPavilion.org
THE WINTER TRADITION: At Madhatters, Inverness."Woolly jumpers, catchy choruses and the tightest live show around. What is there not to like about The Winter Tradition?" www.facebook.com/thewintertradition
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ULTIMATE RHYTHM AND BLUES, With an amazing line-up of bands who collectively notched up 37 hits records in the UK charts over 300 weeks, the 50th anniversary tour of Ultimate Rhythm and Blues, with The Zombies, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Spencer Davis and Maggie Bell, at the Music Hall,Union Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 64112 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
THE BAND OF HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL MARINES In their annual concert of traditional military music, The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines present a wonderfully colourful show in aid of Seafarers UK for maritime charities, at the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 64112 21 FEBRUARY www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
MIKE & THE MECHANICS Formed in 1984 by THE JOHN KNOX SEX CLUB Stirlingshire band Genesis founding member, guitarist, bass-player The John Knox Sex Club, who have two critically- and songwriter Mike Rutherford, Mike & the lauded albums to their name, in The Lemon Tree Mechanics play the Music Hall, Aberdeen at Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 64112 doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 28 FEBRUARY 18 FEBRUARY DANSE MCCABRE: An evening of traditional KRIS DREVER AND EAMONN COYNE The Scottish dancing to all-girl ceilidh band, Danse uniquely talented Kris Drever and Eamonn Coyne McCabre, at the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 8pm. dazzle on banjo, guitar and mandolin with Tickets from 01224 64112 disarmingly simple songs, in The Lemon Tree www.aberdeenperformingarts.com (seated), 5 West North Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5AT. 7.30pm, £11.00. Tickets from 01224 18 MARCH 641122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/venues/thelemon-tree BLAZIN’ FIDDLES; The Lemon Tree,5 W North Street. Aberdeen, Tickets £16.50. Time 8.30pm. 19 FEBRUARY Tel; 01224 641 122 www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/events/blazin-fiddles
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SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: LOVE AND WAR IN BOHEMIA CONCERTS with mezzo soprano SOPHIE HARMSEN: SE presents Love and War in Bohemia with the thrilling young mezzo soprano Sophie Harmsen. The programme includes rich treasures of Bohemian music from Dvořák, Suk, Biber and Haas alongside the sparkling melodies and dancing rhythms of three Handel arias. At OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 8pm. Pre-concert talk 7.15pm. Tickets £15.00, Students £5.00, Under 16s free when accompanied by a full paying adult. Booking Tel 01463 234 234 www.eden-court.co.uk www.scottishensemble.co.uk 28 FEBRUARY CALUM STEWART & HEIKKI BOURGAULT: Eden Court, Bishop’s Road, Inverness, 7 MARCH
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 21: highlands / islands MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: At Crafts and Things, Glencoe. Their debut album “TURAS” is released on 24 January on Watercolour Music. It melds tunes and songs from their separate geographical backgrounds to create a new music that’s uplifting, daring and harmonious. The duo fell into playing together when they were studying in Newcastle. In 2012 they won the coveted Danny Kyle Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival and Rona was named BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed VAMM. www.maritandrona.com TAIGH CÈILIDH / CÈILIDH HOUSE: At Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness @ 7:30PM Càite nise nochd an tèid mi, chan eil cèilidh air a’ phrairie? Bha Bàrd Mhealaboist fo chianalas thall thairis ach bidh Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis a’ cur fàilte bhlàth oirbhse uile gu fìor dheagh chèilidh neo-fhoirmeil air Dihaoine 7mh Am Màrt 2014. Informal traditional entertainment by some of Gaeldom’s top artists is how the Gaelic Society of Inverness describes its Annual Gaelic Showcase. The star line-up will include singers Arthur Cormack, Sineag MacIntyre, Iain MacKay, Kirsteen MacDonald, and Alex Macdonald, and music will be provided by piper D. J. MacIntyre and by the talented new band Marloch! Deagh chur seachad oidhche! Come along and join in!
from their separate geographical backgrounds to create a new music that’s uplifting, daring and harmonious. The duo fell into playing together when they were studying in Newcastle. In 2012 they won the coveted Danny Kyle Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival and Rona was named BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed VAMM. www.maritandrona.com
SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. Edinburgh based six piece roots and folk collective tour all across UK behind the acclaimed chart topping fifth album www.eden-court.co.uk www.facebook.com/southerntenantfolkunion 25 APRIL
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MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: Tain Royal Academy, Tain, Ross-shire. Their debut album “TURAS” is released on 24 January on Watercolour Music. It melds tunes and songs from their separate geographical backgrounds to create a new music that’s uplifting, daring and harmonious. The duo fell into playing together when they were studying in Newcastle. In 2012 they won the coveted Danny Kyle Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival and Rona was named BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed VAMM. www.maritandrona.com 22 MARCH
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Strathpeffer Pavilion presents: TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA with THE ELEPHANT SESSIONS. 7.30pm. Scotland's foremost group of anarchic tunesmiths emerged from the vibrant Glasgow folk scene. Treacherous Orchestra take Scottish dance music into a thrilling new dimension. Having grown up under the influence of pioneering fusion acts such as Shooglenifty, Martyn Bennett, Salsa Celtica and Croft No. 5, they www.eden-court.co.uk/whats-on/shows/taigh-ceilidh-ceilidh-house draw simultaneously on deep traditional roots and contemporary influences. Featuring 14 MARCH bagpipes, whistles, flutes, fiddles, accordion, banjo, guitars, bass, drums and percussion, they BLAZIN’ FIDDLES Workshops in the afternoon, combine ferocious energy and sophisticated Eden Court, Bishop’s Road, Inverness. Tickets musical arrangements, with explosive results. £17 – Conc’s available. Time 8pm. Tel; 01463 Support by The Elephant Sessions, who played a 234 234 great set at the Pavilion during the amaSing www.eden-court.co.uk/whats-on/shows/blazin-fiddles-1 festival. Tickets £15 now online (and selling fast!) from WeGotTickets.com and Ticketweb.co. 20 MARCH uk – on sale elsewhere very soon www.treacherousorchestra.com MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: Plockton, http://elephantsessions.com venue tbc. Their debut album “TURAS” is www.StrathpefferPavilion.org released on 24 January on Watercolour Music. It melds tunes and songs from their separate 9 MAY geographical backgrounds to create a new music that’s uplifting, daring and harmonious. The duo A BAND CALLED QUINN: At Eden Court, fell into playing together when they were Inverness. If you missed ABCQ performing studying in Newcastle. In 2012 they won the Biding Time (remix) at last year's Edinburgh coveted Danny Kyle Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Fringe Festival, the band were blown away by Connections Festival and Rona was named BBC the reaction to the show and are looking forward Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. to touring it this year; hopefully to a venue near Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed you! VAMM. www.bidingtimeremix.com www.maritandrona.com www.facebook.com/abandcalledquinn 21 MARCH
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Strathpeffer Pavilion presents: TOPLOADER. 7.30pmtop pop rock band, which has sold over two million albums with a string of top 20 chart hits at home and abroad and is famous for the hugely popular single Dancing in the Moonlight. Toploader’s latest single This is the Night is currently the most played song on BBC Radio 2. Support to be announced. Tickets £15 are already selling online with WeGotTickets and Ticketweb UK – also via Ticketweb 24-hr hotline 08444 771000 – on sale elsewhere very soon. www.StrathpefferPavilion.org
Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 9 FEBRUARY Transclyde Music presents: ANDY WHITE in Musicker. Transclyde Music promote live music on the Isle of Bute. https://twitter.com/transclydemusic http://transclydemusic.co.uk/ 22 FEBRUARY Transclyde Music presents: HUGH MOFFATT in St Paul’s Church Hall. Transclyde Music promote live music on the Isle of Bute. https://twitter.com/transclydemusic http://transclydemusic.co.uk/ MARCH Transclyde Music presents: The return of the fantastic ALAN MURPHY plus local group RISE (tbc). Transclyde Music promote live music on the Isle of Bute. https://twitter.com/transclydemusic http://transclydemusic.co.uk/ 27 MARCH SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Aros Arts Centre , Viewfield Road, Portree,, Isle Of Skye. Edinburgh based six piece roots and folk collective tour all across UK behind the acclaimed chart topping fifth album www.aros.co.uk www.facebook.com/southerntenantfolkunion APRIL Transclyde Music presents: A departure from our traditional singer/songwriter line up with a four piece band called BLUE SWAMP. One of the artists played with the Animals and another in the Dylan Band – so it should prove to be an interesting event. https://twitter.com/transclydemusic http://transclydemusic.co.uk/ 11 APRIL PATSY REID & friends: An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Time 8pm/8.30pm. Tickets £10/£8. Tel 01688 302211 www.patsyreid.com MAY Transclyde Music presents: We have folk royalty in the guise of multi award winner MARTIN SIMPSON, who will play at the Marble Hall in Mount Stuart. https://twitter.com/transclydemusic http://transclydemusic.co.uk/
MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: Benderloch Village Hall, Benderloch, Argyll. Their debut album “TURAS” is released on 24 January on Watercolour Music. It melds tunes and songs
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(Formerly of THE ALARM) and SIMON HOUGH ex-front man for DENNY LAINE (WINGS), ERIC BELL (THIN LIZZY) etc. www.bigcountry.co.uk 30 JANUARY LIVE MUSIC/JAM SESSION hosted by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest bands and musicians. For Further information contact Bill 07967 503027 Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick www.facebook.com/eagle.prestwick
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MILESTONE; Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning, Time 9pm. Free admission.
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REPUBLIC OF SOUL: (9 piece soul band) At Eagle Tavern, Prestwick. 9pm, free admission www.facebook.com/eagle.prestwick 15 FEBRUARY Eagle Tavern, Prestwick - Prestfest / Cash for Kids Live Music Day with Blackleaf 40, The Helms, The Jack Daniels Band, Live & Dangerous (Thin Lizzy tribute), Scott Nicol & The Limitless Sky, The Splinters, Tambo & The Spitfires, Trunk Monkey & Wildcard. Admission by donation. From 2pm www.facebook.com/eagle.prestwick SHOOT THE CRAW: At Alton Inn , Kilwinning free admission
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BIG COUNTRY – AND FRIENDS! ‘LIVE’: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alton-Inn/130778983635951 Dumfries: The Big Burns Supper (Spiegeltent) 01387 271820 www.bigburnssupper.com BIG ELECTRIC WARRIOR: At Eagle Tavern, COUNTRY are immensely proud and excited to Prestwick. 9pm, free admission be introducing three very special friends as www.facebook.com/eagle.prestwick Guests for these shows; STEVIE AGNEW (another one of Dunfermline’s finest – and son of 14 FEBRUARY Pete Agnew of NAZARETH); DAVE SHARP
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Button Up, the new single from Heidi Talbot co-written and sung with King Creosote, AKA Kenny Anderson “Simply vocal heaven” The Sunday Times “A voice that’s both awestruck and tender” The New York Times
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CALUM STEWART & HEIKKI BOURGAULT: The Sage, St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead,
BLAZIN’ FIDDLES Buccleuch Centre, Langholm, Scottish Borders. Tickets £14– Conc’s 10 APRIL available 7.30pm. Tel 01387381196 www.buccleuchcentre.com/event_detail.asp?PerformanceID=987 PATSY REID & friends: Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. Tel 01721 725 777 8 MARCH www.patsyreid.com RAB NOAKES - The String Jam Club: The king of Scottish songwriters himself – fabulous songs, catchy melodies, superb guitar picking and warmly intimate vocals. "The closest Scotland has to musical royalty.” Go Magazine. At The County Hotel, Selkirk.
Kazmiranda Music Café presents: THE CELIA BRYCE BAND will be playing at the Kazmiranda to launch there new album. They www.facebook.com/StringJamClub are playing the afternoon slot from 1pm in an acoustic format, then back in the evening to play the full blown electric set with support from 5 APRIL Blue Edge from 7.30pm and its free for both gigs. Kazmiranda Café, 83c Marygate, Berwick Upon Tweed. www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUk www.facebook.com/pages/Kazmiranda-VintageLocal-Art-Boutique/478898812161209
16 APRIL MARIT FALT & RONA WILKIE: Candlelit Concert, Peebles. Their debut album “TURAS” is released on 24 January on Watercolour Music. It melds tunes and songs from their separate geographical backgrounds to create a new music that’s uplifting, daring and harmonious. Marit was also part of the highly acclaimed VAMM. www.maritandrona.com
8 FEBRUARY SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles. Edinburgh based six piece roots and folk collective tour all across UK behind the acclaimed chart topping fifth album www.eastgatearts.com www.facebook.com/southerntenantfolkunion PRESTON REED - The String Jam Club:Spectacular acoustic guitar virtuoso spellbinding, heart-stopping, an unmissable tour de force "Widely thought of as the world's most gifted acoustic guitarist." Total Guitar. At The County Hotel, Selkirk www.facebook.com/StringJamClub 10 FEBRUARY THE WINTER TRADITION: At Heriot-Watt Student Union, Galashiels."Woolly jumpers, catchy choruses and the tightest live show around. What is there not to like about The Winter Tradition?" www.facebook.com/thewintertradition 15 FEBRUARY St Boswells Live! Presents: RUARRI JOSEPH plus THE JELLYMAN’S DAUGHTER, live at The Salmon Room, Buccleuch Arms Hotel, St Boswells, Scottish Borders. Doors 7.30pm. Discounted tickets now available from St Boswells Post Office or from www.musicglue. com/stboswellslive The unfeasibly talented Ruarri Joseph will be playing for St Boswells Live! If you haven’t heard of him then he has been kind enough to put his entire album on YouTube for people to listen to: go to http://youtu.be/thXHbVGa3h0. Also keep an eye on the web site for announcements about the ST BOSWELLS LIVE! ‘Bread & Jam Sessions’. Support your local music club! www.stboswellslive.com
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JANUARY Celtic Connections Glasgow 16 January - 2 February Celtic Connections 2014 comprises a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in Glasgow. Celtic Connections 2014 will also use the brand new SSE Hydro, Scotland’s biggest ever music venue. Tickets are on sale now. www.celticconnections.com
Big Burns Supper Dumfries 24-26 January Big Burns Supper is Dumfries’ newest multidisciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts, providing an annual platform for the most innovative music, theatre, visual arts, dance, live art, film, cabaret and children’s events. The festival will take place from the 25th until the 27th January 2013. Go to www.bigburnssupper. com to find out more about the festival. World's Biggest Night Burns Celebration.
gramme go to the website below. Tickets are now on sale for all 5 sessions, as well as Earlybird Weekend tickets and Wee Dub Mega Tickets, which get you into both the festival and Wee Dub Hogmanay for a healthy discount. We look forward to welcoming you to another weekend of roots, culture and good vibes in Edinburgh in March 2014. www.weedubfestival.co.uk
Niel Gow Scottish Fiddle Festival Dunkeld & Birnam 21-23 March The 2014 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. www.niel-gow.co.uk
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The event will see 7 acts in one day come together from across Scotland in one venue. https://twitter.com/WikeedDayOut www.facebook.com/WikeedDayOut
Glenfarg Folk Feast Glenfarg 11-13 April Ran by Glenfarg Village Folk Club the festival may be small but its stature and longevity are huge to say the least. We pride ourselves on running a friendly event with workshops and competitions to suit all tastes, and the World famous Puff-a -Box competition just has to be seen to be believed! www.glenfargfolkclub.com
Northern Nashville Country Music Festival Caithness 18-20 April In 2004 we took a gamble and ran our first ever Northern Nashville Caithness Country Music Festival (NNCCMF), which thankfully was a great success. Over the years it has gone from strength to strength, with country music fans converging on Caithness over Easter Weekend to be part of this 3-day 5-show extravaganza of live country music. This is truly an international event featuring top class acts from the USA, Canada, Europe, Ireland and the U.K. alongside our wealth of local talent and youth bands.
A weekend of comedy, music and thrills on the hills in Aviemore. The festival will be based in the Macdonald Aviemore Resort with two other venues in the town being used as well. 2013 www.nncmc.co.uk Scottish Alternative Music Award (SAMA) ‘Best Rock Act’ winners Culann are the first band to be announced. Tickets from www.ukgigsonline.com at £22.50 for a Friday or Fife Jazz Festival Saturday ticket and £37.50 (online) for a weekFife end ticket. Proceeds from the Festival go to the 7-9 February Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) 34th Shetland Folk Festival Shetland The 7th edition of the Fife Jazz Festival. Whether and Disability Snowsport UK. 1-4 May you're a jazz and blues specialist or a casual liswww.mvfestival.com tener, we hope that you're going to find plenty The Festival as the UK's most northerly folk festo enjoy. Thanks to all the musicians who are tival is regarded a prestigious event for performgoing to give us such a great weekend, and ers, locals and visitors alike. Organised by a volthanks to Fife Council for enabling us to re-open untary committee (and run by an even bigger The Byre Theatre to put on such an exciting propool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in gramme in St Andrews. reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Edinburgh International Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the Harp Festival www.fifejazzfestival.com isles, consisting of some of the best InternaEdinburgh tional, British and Shetland music that the world 4-9 April has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of The Clarsach Society & Edinburgh International local musicians that our remote isles have to ofHarp Festival is an annual celebration and gath- fer. ering of musical talents. Find out more about us Inverness Music Festival at www.clarsachsociety.co.uk The Clarsach Soci- www.shetlandfolkfestival.com Inverness ety (Comunn na Clarsaich) encourages interest 1-14 March in the instrument, especially amongst young Thornhill Music Festival Inverness's Music Festival is a competitive event players, who enjoy its adaptability to solo work, accompaniment or ensemble playing. The Soci- Dumfriesshire attracting over 1000 entrants to venues 2-4 May 3-4 ety also presents the Edinburgh International throughout the city. Prizes are awarded in a Harp Festival - an annual celebration and gathmultitude of styles across Vocal, Instrumental, 20 plus band cross-genre Music Festival in Dumering of musical talents. Every Spring we bring Speech, Gaelic and Scottish disciplines. friesshire, early May Bank Holiday, Run by Lewis harpists from across the globe together to rub Hamilton Music. The village is an attractive and www.invernessmusicfestival.org/Festival/ shoulders with you, the audience. vibrant community of some 2,000 people, and Dumfries and Galloway is a well-known music www.harpfestival.co.uk Wee Dub Festival destination, hosting such successful events as Edinburgh the Wickerman, Moniaive Folk and Bluegrass Wikeed Day Out 7-9 March Festivals. Thornhill lies at the junction of the Glasgow A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock and A702 New Gal5 April The 2014 edition of Wee Dub Festival is by far loway to Edinburgh roads in the mid-section of the best line-up yet, featuring giants of UK the beautiful Nith Valley in Dumfriesshire. Wikeed Day Out is a brand new festival coming dancehall culture, top live bands, and hot upto Glasgow and being held at Nice N Sleazys. www.facebook.com/pages/Thornhill-Music-Festival/487819717906138 coming talent. For the artist line-up and prowww.bigburnssupper.com
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