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Diversions, Playing Time: 12.00 - 2.40am, alt and classic prog rock. Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, Edinburgh.
THE DUBLIN LEGENDS formerly known as The Dubliners; In 2012 the Legendary Irish Folk group Send us all your gig dates for The Dubliners celebrated 50 glorious years in the Edinburgh and Lothians area. music business by receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and rapidly Email them to Carol followed it up with a sell-out UK concert tour, the carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com highlight of which was a magical night at The Royal Albert Hall. Sadly however, they subsequently suffered a body blow with the sudden death of 26 JANUARY founding member “Banjo” Barney McKenna. Quite naturally this tragic occurrence meant that the JAZZ; 8pm £5/£4 THE JAZZ BAR’s 17-Piece BIG remaining members chose to sit down and decide BAND, Open Rehearsal 8-9pm, full gig from 9.15upon the band’s future. The outcome was that Sean 10.45pm. Wonderful sounds from this great weekly Cannon, Eamonn Campbell & Patsy Watchorn decided band with FOUR trumpets, FOUR trombones, FIVE saxes and FOUR rhythm! It’s a variable line-up of top- that “It’s Too Late To Stop Now” and enlisted the services of Gerry O’Connor, to become The Dublin class pro players, who travel in from Glasgow, Borders, Perth, Fife (and Edinburgh!), to participate in Legends and they subsequently have toured the world since then to huge critical acclaim! The Queen’s Hall, this outstanding gig. There’s just nowhere else you Clerk Street, Edinburgh. 8pm. Tickets £20. can hear this standard of regular Big Band playing. www.thequeenshall.net Co-led by sax player Keith Edwards, the personnel changes weekly, as does their selection of fantastic 28 JANUARY arrangements, many of which are imported direct from Los Angeles by the band’s ex-LA bassist and coADAM COHEN; From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. The leader Erik Lars Hansen. 11.30-3am (Entry from Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. 10.30pm) £3/£2 GLAMOUR & THE BAYBES Keep Advance tickets £16.50 stbf available from See that weekend party going! Come down and boogie with this high-octane electric 6-piece with punchy sax/ Tickets, Ticketmaster, Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland. Over 18 only. trumpet horn section, fronted by the larger-than-life manic sax/vocals persona of Angus Munro, and JAZZ; 4-7pm EUJO Open Rehearsal (Edinburgh delivering high end funk-fusion versions of Nirvana, University Jazz Orchestra), 7-8.30pm Free before Tower of Power, Massive Attack, Snarky Puppy & 8pm: Teatime Acoustic – GRAEME MEARNS, A Hat, a more. The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers Street Edinburgh. Suit, and a Guitar. With a swing/jazz/acoustic style OPEN MIC, Playing Time: 9.00 - 2.30am. Just turn up somewhere between Django Reinhardt and Richard Thompson, you’ll hear familiar songs in a way you’ve for a slot. Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, never imagined 9pm (Entry from 8pm) £7/£5 Edinburgh. ALISTER SPENCE INTERNATIONAL TRIO plus Raymond MacDonald (sax). Australian pianist/ 27 JANUARY composer Alister Spence has been exceptionally well Leith Folk Club presents ..... SCOTT MURRAY: At received on his previous visits here, and this time his Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. trio is drawn from an international palette. Acclaimed With a voice that's been described as "craggy, manly, as one of Australia’s most distinctive and original contemporary jazz performers, his music blends time-worn and warm", Scott Murray brings a lifetime of experience and song to the club. As much at home texture, melody and improvisation with a uniquely singing and teaching in the community as performing captivating compositional style. He has performed at onstage, this promises to be a fantastic celebration of International Festivals including Montreal, London, Tokyo, Holland (North Sea), Pori, Copenhagen, and songwriting at it's finest. India (Yatra). The group comprises Alister Spence http://leithfolkclub.com/ (Australia): piano/samples, Raymond MacDonald (Scotland): saxes, as with Glasgow Improvisers JAZZ; 6.30-8.30pm, Free before 8pm: Teatime Orchestra, Joe Williamson (Sweden): double bass, Acoustic – John Hunt’s AFTER WORK BLUES, Acoustic/Electric Blues by singer/guitarist John Hunt – Dag Magnus Narvesen (Norway): drums/glockenspiel. and check out his amazing hand-built guitars! ‘Gritty, 12-3am (Entry from 11.30pm) £3/£2 THE KATET! Superbly original funk/soul songs from Mike Kearney Funky Boogie-Woogie from a master of blues slideguitar’ – Evening News. 9pm (Entry from 8pm) £3/£2 (keys/vox) and his outstanding 7-piece band with 3horn sax/trumpet/trombone brass section. The Jazz THE GREAT JAZZ JAM SESSION, Open Stage ‘Jazz Jam’ where our excellent House Trio backs all kinds of Bar, 1A Chambers Street Edinburgh. surprise jazzy guests dropping in to play – and we’ve MARTIN WHITE; Playing Time: 7.00 - 8.30pm, no idea who’s coming in until tonight! If you want to play, turn up with your instrument and ask for a place instrumental solo guitarist. Start Static, Playing Time: 9.30 - 11.30pm. Rock and roll. Splendid on the evening’s list of guest players 12-3am (Entry Gentlemen, Playing Time: 12.30 - 2.30am. Covers from 11.30pm) £3/£2 101st AIRBORNE, Soaring and versions. Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, guitar and driving funk rhythms from brilliantly Edinburgh. creative guitarist Aki Remally and his 4-piece Funk/ Soul groove band (named after Jimi Hendrix’s US 29 JANUARY Army unit!). The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers Street Edinburgh. WRONGNOTE; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £5. 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acoustic music (with a dash of Scouse) from well-known singer/songwriter Ibby & pals, 9pm (entry from 8pm) £5/£4 JAZZ BAR QUARTET, Driving, exciting modern jazz from a 4-piece of top players, with, back home from New York for a minute, accomplished alto sax player Leah Gough-Cooper, plus Pete Johnstone (piano), Brodie Jarvie (bass) and Bill Kyle (drums) 123am (Entry from 11.30pm) £3/£2 FUTURE HEROES, Superbly creative guitarist Aki Remally fronts this brilliant Groove/Funk 6piece, with funky horn section of Jonny White (sax) and trumpet ace Chuck Dearness. The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers Street Edinburgh.
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SKERRYVORE: At Celtic Connections with DàimhMÒR, Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow. Skerryvore formed in 2005 on the Isle of Tiree, the most westerly island of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides. From traditional roots the band have developed both in size and sound to create a unique fusion of their traditional music and songs with the urban sounds of rock and funk. With their outstanding musicianship and the mesmirising voice of singer Alec Dalglish, Skerryvore have become an international sensation http://skerryvore.com/gigs/
session with guests each week showcasing the hidden talents of Scottish songwriting, hosted by troubadour singer/songwriter Sher Watson. 9pm (Entry from 8pm) £7/£5 ‘THE WORLD’ QUARTET. Hugely talented, world-touring Glasgow saxophonist Paul Towndrow is joined SCHTICK OF ROCK; Bursting with talent, by Venezuelan piano virtuoso Leo Blanco, oozing charisma and electrifying energy, Bert brilliant Brazilian bassist Mario Caribé, and Von Troosersnake, Randy Loveschaft, Sammy Scottish National Jazz Orchestra drum dynamo Haggis and Frisky Stixx, collectively known as Alyn Cosker to present a journey through jazz/ Schtick of Rock deliver a fun, hit filled, singalong world music from a South American perspective. set list that will leave your vocal cords in tatters Blanco, here for Glasgow’s massive Celtic for days…Electric Circus, 36 –39 Market St, Connections Festival, is a superbly soulful Edinburgh. Doors 9pm. General Admission (eimproviser, and has recorded with jazz names ticket), £8.00 s/c £1.00 Dave Liebman and Donny McCaslin, Grammywinning vocalist Luciana Souza, and drummer LEO BLANCO “Musician” seems hardly adequate Antonio Sanchez. He has composed for the to describe Leo Blanco, the Venezuelan pianist Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, his own string who flies in to appear at Celtic Connections and quartet, and maverick Glasgow acapella horn Edinburgh’s Jazz Bar with three of Scotland’s team Brass Jaw. His previous Scottish leading jazz talents. The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers appearances have won Blanco 5-star reviews Street Edinburgh. (Scotsman & Herald), standing ovations at Aberdeen Jazz Festival and a coveted Herald CAT NAMED JACK, Playing Time: 7.00 Angel award for outstanding Fringe 8.30pm, soul R&B ska. Bad Boogaloo, Playing performance. Together, these four players are Time: 9.30 - 11.30pm, alt bluegrass rockabilly. guaranteed to create exciting, deeply-grooving Mad Ferret, Playing Time: 12.45 - 2.45am, music to stimulate the head, heart, hips – and celtic folk roots music. Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South feet! 12-3am (Entry from 11.30pm) £5/£4 Bridge, Edinburgh. SAMBA SENE & DIWAN (Sounds of Senegal), Dancefloor filling African rhythms from GAREEDA /HAIR OF THE DOG. Bannermans charismatic frontman, Senegal’s Samba Sene Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £5. (voc) and his percussion-driven 6-piece band. Plus Funk DJ. The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers Street CORRA SHOWCASE; The Voodoo Rooms, 19a Edinburgh. West Register Street, Edinburgh, From 7pm in The Ballroom. Free admission. Over 18 only. 31 JANUARY
DAVE ARCARI: At Edinburgh Blues Club members' event @ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh.
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STUART MCKANDIE; Playing Time: 7.00 8.30pm, acoustic covers. Annahar, Playing Time: 9.30 - 11.30pm, rock, Big Boss Band, Playing Time: 12.30 - 2.30am, ska. Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, Edinburgh. 30 JANUARY
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Band will be at Edinburgh Pleasance Theatre, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh. 7.30pm for a breathtaking journey through the 40+ year career of the man they call The Boss. This Glasgow/Edinburgh-based 7-piece band have been touring Scotland for the past three years, bringing the music of the New Jersey Devil to audiences as far away as Lerwick and Carlisle, and are thrilled to be back on Edinburgh for a theatre show. Tickets from Tickets Scotland, Rose Street. www.tickets-scotland.com/events.
focus has now shifted to his personal material. His love for the artists mentioned earlier resonates in his own songs: ranging from spun out esoteric song statues to pumped up aggressiveness - it's all there. Binkbeats on stage surrounds himself with over 50 instruments which he samples, tweaks and arranges in a dazzling manner. Electric Circus, 36 –39 Market St, Edinburgh. Doors 8pm. General Admission (e-ticket), £12.00, s/c £1.20
JAZZ; 3-5.30pm Free AFTERNOON JAZZ with THE MELLOTONES TRIO, Hot swinging jazz from Alan Anderson (piano), Jimmy Taylor (bass/vocals) and Bob Stewart (drums) 5.456.45 Free FERGUS McCREADIE – SOLO JAZZ PIANO, Solo jazz piano from the exceptionally talented, Dollar-based 17yr old pianist, who has already won (twice!) the Scottish Young Jazz Musician ‘Under-17’ award 6.45-8.30pm Free (before 8pm): Teatime Acoustic – MIKE MacFARLANE plus SKY GIRAFFES A heady mix of acoustic/electric blues and folk, with rich vocals and stirring performances from two of Edinburgh’s finest songwriters, Mike MacFarlane and Paul (Lord) Montague 9-12 (Entry from 8pm) £5/£4 ‘WORLD PREMIERE’ QUINTET, Every Saturday, a hand-picked 5piece of excellent jazz players is brought together for the first time. With a different selection of musicians each week, it’s always a ‘surprise’ line-up – even for the players! Tonight features top trumpeter Colin Steele, alto sax player Leah Gough-Cooper, back home for a minute from gigging in New York, plus multiple award-winning pianist Alan Benzie, just back from a couple of months playing in Japan 123am (Entry from 11.30pm) £5/£4 AKI’S FUNK SIX, Grooving, dancefloor-filling Funk/Soul from Edinburgh guitar hero Aki Remally and his sixpiece with horn section. Plus DJ Astrojazz. The Jazz Bar, 1A Chambers Street Edinburgh.
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4 FEBRUARY THE HOLY GHOSTS with Naila Official; Electric Circus, 36 –39 Market St, Edinburgh. Free entry. www.theholyghosts.co.uk 5 FEBRUARY YOUNG LUST; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £6. SECC & Hydro Director of Live Entertainment John Langford to take part in Q&A and Music Tourism seminar
BORN TO BE WIDE to host music tourism seminar and interview with secc & hydro director John Langford. Born To Be Wide is set to celebrate its 11th anniversary at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus with an interview with Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) Director of Live Entertainment, John Langford. The Q&A will be followed by a seminar on Music Tourism, exploring how the music scene can attract tourist and the role visitors can play in sustaining local music businesses and artists. Rose Norton, co-owner of the Coda Music record shop, will also take part in the panel, with additional speakers to be confirmed. “The music scene plays an important, and often GED HANLEY TRIO; Playing Time: 5.00 unrecognised role, in enhancing the visitor 6.00pm, party cover songs. GT Boos Band, experience and attracting tourists," says Born To Playing Time: 7.00 - 8.30pm, blues. Be Wide director, Olaf Furniss, who is also a Size Queen, Playing Time: 9.45 - 11.45pm, classic rock covers. Jojocoke. Whistlebinkies, 4- member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association. “John Langford is particularly aware 6 South Bridge, Edinburgh. of this and the aim of the evening is to look at how music and tourism can work together in 31 JANUARY; ways which benefit both industries.” Following the discussions, speakers will be invited to DJ RED RETRO PILOT / COLOUR TRAP / and socialise with the audience. The Electric PAISLEY ROW; Red Retro Pilot are a rock quartet from Edinburgh who have been together Circus, 36-39 Market Street, Edinburgh. 19.00 – Doors Open, 19.30-20.15 – John Langford in since 2013. They have recently released their conversation with Olaf Furniss, 20.30-21.15 – Debut EP. Cab Voltaire, 36 Blair St, Edinburgh. Music Tourism Seminar, 21.15-late – guest DJ Doors 7pm. £5 Entry. sets & socialising. Tickets: £6 / £4.50 Musicians’ Union Members THE COLIN ADAMS BAND; The Shows are a powerful experimental rock band mixing and mashing all genres from electro to hip hop. The 6 FEBRUARY Colin Adams Band creates timeless songs with a THIS FEELING WITH SPECIAL GUESTS modern fusion of folk, rock, country and blues with a distinctly Scottish flavour. Electric Circus, CARAVAN CLUB / BLACK CAT BONE / THE ANGLES / HOT TIN ROOF. The Voodoo 36 –39 Market St, Edinburgh. Doors 9pm. Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. General Admission (e-ticket), £5.00, s/c £1.00 From 7.45pm in The Ballroom. Advance tickets £6 stbf or £8 on the door. Over 18 only. 1 FEBRUARY BINKBEATS; Operating from what looks like a storage room filled with weird and out of time instruments, Binkbeats has become an unparalleled musical wizard. He received worldwide acclaim for his Beats Unravelled series on Boiler Room, in which he meticulously deconstructs electronic tracks and rebuilds them in a single live take. Reinterpretating the music of Madlib, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin and J. Dilla with instruments ranging from vibraphone, guzheng (Chinese harp), turntables, exotic percussion, voice, and typewriter, he quickly received the praise he deserved. Having spent a lot of time with other people’s music, Binkbeats’
SKINNY MOLLY; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £12 adv. 9 FEBRUARY WILL BLACK; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 7pm. 11 FEBRUARY JAMMIN’ AT VOODOO; The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. From 9pm - 11pm in The Ballroom. Free admission. Over 18 only. 12 FEBRUARY EVEN IN ARCADIA; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £5. 13 FEBRUARY VOODOO KINGS; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £7. 14 FEBRUARY ENVOYS /TIDINGS; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £5. RETURN TO THE SUN are back for another tour to promote their new single ‘Freakshow’. With two tours already under their belt, rambunctious indie rockers Return to the Sun have had an eventful couple of years since forming in 2013. Sneaky Pete's, Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 7pm, Tickets £5adv./£6 door www.facebook.com/returntothesun BIG COUNTRY - The Best Of Tour: At Howden Park Centre, Howden, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6AE 01506 777666, 7.30pm £22/£20 conc. BIG COUNTRY on tour to celebrate their stunning catalogue of songs, taken from their multi-million selling and Number 1 hit albums. The band will perform classic hits and live favourites including Harvest Home - Fields of Fire - In A Big Country - Chance - Wonderland Look Away - The Teacher. www.facebook.com/inabigcountry 15 FEBRUARY DUNCAN CHISHOLM – ‘THE GATHERING‘ TOUR; Duncan Chisholm presents ‘The Gathering’ accompanied by the both brilliant and accomplished talents of Matheu Watson (guitar) and Jarlath Henderson (uilleann pipes / whistles). Also on stage will be the added dynamic of a three piece string section with piano. This show combines traditional and contemporary tunes, gripping stories of Scotland’s ancient Chisholm clan lands and irrepressible humour. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Box Office: 0131 668 2019. 20 FEBRUARY SONIC MASS WEEKENDER / HEY COLOSSUS; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 18.30.
SAINTS OF ARCADIA; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £6.
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith proudly presents The Jazz Genius of BILLY 7 FEBRUARY STRAYHORN. 2015 marks the twentieth birthday of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra THE CREEP VOID; Bannermans Cowgate, and the stars are already in alignment for a very Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £5. special year of celebrations, beginning with concerts and the marvellous music of the 8 FEBRUARY remarkable Billy Strayhorn. Strayhorn was born in 1915 and his name is TROYKA / TRIO HSK; The Voodoo Rooms, 19a synonymous with Duke Ellington’s finest work. West Register Street, Edinburgh. From 7.30pm The hugely prolific Strayhorn composed and in The Ballroom. Admission £10. Over 18 only. arranged literally hundreds of pieces for Duke and wrote many of Ellington’s greatest hits,
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often un-credited for his efforts. The Jazz Genius of Billy Strayhorn is the story of warm, wonderful music created to spread happiness. In the hands of the SNJO it’s a sound that makes you feel a bit more optimistic about the world, and a reminder that it would have been a poorer place without the influential contribution and timeless music of Billy Strayhorn. The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. www.thequeenshall.net
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SONIC MASS WEEKENDER /SPACE WITCH; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. ACOUSTIC GIG TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RADIO FORTH'S CASH FOR KIDS. The gig will feature the best Edinburgh talent, THE RISING SOULS will be headlining this gig, for the last year Edinburgh based 3 piece The Rising Souls have been performing great gigs with an absorbing presence and were praised widely at the Edinburgh Festival and further a field. Support will also come from local singersongwriters Ross Arthur and Megan D. Julia Hall, a music business student at Perth College UHI, hopes that with the support of her fellow students, friends and family, she will raise an incredible £500 for Cash For Kids. Electric Circus, 36-39 Market Street, Edinburgh,Tickets for this event are available on Skiddle for £8, or £4 for concessions(excluding booking fees). Tickets @ www.skiddle.com
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23 FEBRUARY HEARTS UNDER FIRE; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £5.
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27 FEBRUARY THE RADIACS; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £6. HIJACK WEEKENDER: MARCUS BONFANTI / THE RISING SOULS / BLACK CAT BONE; Marcus Bonfanti is one of the UK’s best blues artists and he is coming to Sneaky Pete’s as part of his UK Tour. He has recently released an album and his first album was listed in Classic Rock Magazine’s top 50 albums of 2010. The new album was recorded with Dave Williams, the same man who recorded Ike and Tina Turner. Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh. Doors 7pm. Tickets £7. 28 FEBRUARY CONTROL /CRITIKILL / HATEFUL / PANIC ATTAKl; Bannermans Cowgate, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £8. 5 MARCH ABSOLVA: Bannermans Bar,212 Cowgate, Edinburgh. 7 MARCH SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At Regal Theatre, Bathgate, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994, when it started life as Essential
GLASGOW AREA Mid West Coast / Argyll Send us all your gig dates for Glasgow and West Coast area Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 27 JANUARY LIGHTS / K.FLAY; When electro-rock sensation Lights first hit the music scene in 2008, she was just a songwriter with a synth and a dream. Her name may have been pluralized but Lights Poxleitner was a one-woman show who played and programmed her own instruments and sang her own lyrics. Lyrically, Siberia is light years from her last, which was written when the singer, who spent much of her childhood travelling to places like the Philippines and Jamaica with her missionary parents, had left the nest and landed in Toronto. Siberia‘s beats skitter and thwack, the retro electronics fire like decomposing lasers and the analog synths dirty up her trademark pretty melodies, propelling Lights’ emotion-soaked but still-cute croon into her sprawling, imperfect new sound. Call it antielectro, dream-step or perhaps even grit-pop. Whatever, just rest assured that it’s the same bright Lights; she’s just built herself a bigger city. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Tickets £11.50. 28 JANUARY
FLUORESCENT HEARTS / TAKE TONIGHT / THE MACK; With just over a year as a functioning unit, Fluorescent Hearts have been lighting up the streets and some of the biggest 4 APRIL venues in Glasgow, with a radiance that has seen them amass new legions of devotees every REEF: At Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh. Return of time the first chord is struck. Eager to get their the West Country rockers fronted by Gary music to these masses, their debut album Stringer who first found fame in the mid 90s Anthem released on the 21st September – an thanks to their song 'Naked' being used in a infectious and soaring pop triumph poised to Sony Minidisc commercial. Perhaps best known make even the snobbiest of music connoisseurs for their '96 top ten hit 'Place Your Hands', which do a double take. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. was adopted by Chris Evans and is still played in 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. indie and rock clubs across the country today, Tickets £7.00. along with chart-topping second album 'Glow'. www.facebook.com/reefmusic 29 JANUARY www.ironworksvenue.com SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera 25 APRIL Highlights: At Rutherglen Town Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of DREVER & BOO HEWERDINE: At The Scotland. A great evening for those brand new Pleasance Cabaret Bar Edinburgh. Tickets £14 to opera, seasoned fans and everyone infrom Tickets Scotland 0131 220 3234 or Ripping between, Opera Highlights features music from Records 0131 226 7010. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm some of the world’s most popular operas, as well start. The prolific and highly rated Kris Drever as some lesser-known treats selected by and Boo Hewerdine are doubling up on their Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. undoubted talents for two special shows in Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up Glasgow and Edinburgh. The duo are playing with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to gigs together at the CCA in Glasgow on 24 April perform at some of the smaller or more remote and 25 April the following evening at The venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The Pleasance Cabaret Bar in the capital. Awardannual tour has been taking to the road since winning singer, KRIS DREVER, one-third of the 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish award-winning trio LAU, recently released Opera. “Mareel”, a five-track EP and it confirms his www.scottishopera.org.uk rightful place at the heart of today’s contemporary roots’ scene. Like Kris, BOO CHARLIE SIMPSON SOLO ACOUSTIC SHOW; HEWERDINE has many admirers. He works King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent hard and is justifiably celebrated for his work as Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Tickets £15.00. a solo artist, band member and as a collaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and BIG HOGG + UNCLE JUDAS + MINOR records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some ORGANS; Unleashing their newest material on of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of the freakoid heads of Glasgow, BIG HOGG hit a Angels”. groove like no other beast surely can. A www.fallenangelsclub.com whirlwind mix of the beefheart, wyatt, fripp and the jansch. From freakbeat drive through to MORDERSTEIN(Rammstein tribute): Bannermans Bar,212 Cowgate, Edinburgh.
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piercing prog, Big Hogg are always a pychedelic proposition to be reckoned with. UNCLE JUDAS play boogie indie blues beat music that trashes the dancefloor and let's you do the polishing. It's got a mean attitude on it and a swing that can really move you. A new act from the ashes of Dead Temple, MINOR ORGANS give us a haunting atmosphere, epic shoegaze swells and heart pounds hooks. Nice n Sleazys, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm, Tickets £4 30 JANUARY Brookfield-Knights presents ..... CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST with PHARIS & JASON ROMERO: As part of Celtic Connections. CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST are, simply put, two of the most innovative and subtle roots musicians today. Their music draws from old folk sources, but it sounds vibrantly alive. Cahalen Morrison writes songs that sound like a Cormac McCarthy novel: simple, beautifully crafted, and seemingly formed from raw natural elements. Eli West brings jagged, angular arrangements based in bluegrass and old-time, but refracted through a 21st century lens. Like Ansel Adams’ photography, their music is instantly accessible and built from the simplest materials, but at the same time seems to transcend its base fundamentals. Together, Cahalen and Eli tap the root of the old country and bluegrass duets. As the sparse landscapes of Cahalen’s vocals reflect the warm glow of Eli’s voice, it’s clear that this duo was made to sing together. Coming from a thousand miles and a border apart, PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO met in 2007 at an oldtime fiddle jam. Both had been playing music for decades – Pharis her whole life – and both were drawn to early country, old time, blues, and bluegrass. In 2010 they moved their home and the J. Romero Banjo Company north to Pharis' hometown, the small interior B.C. town of Horsefly. In this wilderness town they build their finely crafted instruments and play and write the music, new and old, that they adore. www.celticconnections.com www.brookfield-knights.com THE WEEKS; The sound of wind through the pines, bare feet brushing through leaves, snapping sticks like the spines of the weak. When we started we were small and strong at heart, five southern souls damned to speak the truth. But with this responsibility comes pain and loss. And as the years passed our numbers grew smaller, and there were four. This did not stop these brave soldiers of thought, keepers of truth. They were older now and their soft footsteps through the forest had grown louder and stronger. Like the dust filled hoof beats of a thousand wild horses, they layer sound like musket fire, their melodies bend and twist like train-tracks. A music shaped from the calloused hands and wrinkled faces of their fathers.King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £10.00.
that sounds like Southern sunshine. Though her new album, Stardust, was recorded in Seattle, it’s the kind of album that could only come out of the South. There’s a hint of Delta blues behind the ache in her songs, a glimpse of honky-tonk twang, an echo of riverboat can-cans, a whiff of Morricone, and an atmosphere of the darker side of country songwriting. Harkening back to the glory days of Lee Hazlewood and Gram Parsons, Brent’s songs tap into the dark undercurrent of country that starts with old Appalachian murder ballads and continues to today’s current crop of psychedelic country songwriters. www.celticconnections.com www.brookfield-knights.com
eventful couple of years since forming in 2013. Nice n Sleazys, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm, Tickets £5adv./£6 door. www.facebook.com/returntothesun MARIACHI EL BRONX / Pounded By Surf; Part of King Tut’s 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 St Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm £12.00 6 FEBRUARY MAKE A WISH” PRESENTS; Record Factory, 17 Byres Rd, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Tickets £15.
TUFF LOVE (EP LAUNCH) + MIN DIESEL + PHILLIP TAYLOR (PAWS); TUFF LOVE are Julie Eisenstein (guitar, vocals) and Suse Bear (bass, vocals), two close-knit pals living in Glasgow, creators of hyper-infectious, fuzzed-up, lo-fi pop music that the city is so famous for. Writing together in Suse’s bedroom, and recording everything by themselves, their ENEMIES OF THE STATE / THE MICKEY 9'S / musical partnership has produced a flurry of addictive, perfectly formed songs - tied together WE CAME FROM WOLVES; In aid of the Everlasting Foodbank in Dennistoun...Enemies Of by heart-wrenching harmonies, swoon-inducing lyrics, and sun-soaked dreamy melodies. Lost The State - Fresh from supporting Big Country Map Records are marking the launch of Tuff on tour for the 30th Anniversary of their album Love's sophomore release, Dross EP, with a big Steeltown, Jim Gellatly had them in his Sun column last week and they totally killed it when party. Nice n Sleazys, 421 Sauchiehall Street, they appeared on The Riverside Show last week . Glasgow. Tickets: £6adv / £8 on door. 8pm, can you handle that? The Mickey 9's - Winners Curfew 11pm of best live act at the Scottish Alternative Music www.lostmap.com/tuff-love Awards this year. We Came From Wolves Just supported The Xcerts and played at T Break 7 FEBRUARY this year. Nice n Sleazys, 421 Sauchiehall Street, SUBZ & A-MACC: Subz N Macc ‘EleMMentz’ Glasgow. Time 8pm, Tickets £4 launch party at Afillion Studios, 36 Broomielaw, Glasgow. The Glasgow Hip Hop Duo are back in NIEVES / DOUGIE GREIG / SOMETHING SOMEONE; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a the studio working alongside producer Toni Smoke on their latest project and have invited St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. YOU to come along and hear the first live Tickets £6.50 performance of their new release in full live. EMAIL: deadsoundzofficial@gmail.com to reserve 1 FEBRUARY your ticket and get £1 Entry to the Subz N Macc EleMMentz Launch party + get a free hard copy RYAN BINGHAM Solo Acoustic; Part of King Tut’s 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 of the new mixtape + plus get a chance to WIN some awesome clothing from our good sponsors St Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm £13.50 Toke Clothing www.facebook.com/events/1536159423305523/ 3 FEBRUARY Indievous Presents ….. DEAF RAKKET + WHITE BAER + FALCONHOOF + COMMERCIAL BREAK + THE NIGHT TRIPPER (acoustic): At Kitty O’Sheas, Waterloo Street, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £5/£4 on door. www.facebook.com/indievous
SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At Victoria Hall, Campbeltown, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish Opera. www.scottishopera.org.uk
DAYBREAK COVERS - Charity Event with Support from Lizzies Arcade; Lizzies Arcade is RAE MORRIS / Fryars / Jack Woodward’ ; a 6 piece rock band based in Glasgow. Record Part of King Tut’s 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Factory, 17 Byres Rd, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. £5 Wah Hut 272 St Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8pm Entry. £11.00 31 JANUARY 4 FEBRUARY Brookfield-Knights presents ..... RETURN TO THE SUN are back for another tour BRONWYNNE BRENT: As part of Celtic to promote their new single ‘Freakshow’. With Connections. Born and raised in the Mississippi two tours already under their belt, rambunctious Delta, American roots songwriter Bronwynne indie rockers Return to the Sun have had an Brent has the kind of stop-in-your-tracks voice
SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At Benderloch Victory Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish Opera. www.scottishopera.org.uk OSCAR CORDOBA BAND (support by Jack Ruby); An evening of jazz/rock/fusion groove in a great venue selling tapas and all for only £5 entry! La Bodega, South Street, Glasgow. Tickets-Scotland or the venue THIS FEELING WITH COMMON GROUND / DEAD MAN FALL / STOLEN SOUND / THE TREND & DAN SOUTH DJ SET Common Ground are a 5 piece Indie Rock band from Ayrshire. 2013 saw the Kilwinning 5 piece hit the studio to record their debut EP. Shortly
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THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith proudly presents The Jazz Genius of BILLY STRAYHORN. 2015 marks the twentieth birthday of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the stars are already in alignment for a very special year of celebrations, beginning with concerts and the marvellous music of the remarkable Billy Strayhorn. Strayhorn was born in 1915 and his name is synonymous with Duke Ellington’s finest work. The hugely prolific Strayhorn composed and arranged literally hundreds of pieces for Duke and wrote many of Ellington’s greatest hits, NATIVES; King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, 272 St 11 FEBRUARY often un-credited for his efforts. The Jazz Genius Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm, Price £8.00 of Billy Strayhorn is the story of warm, WILLIE CAMPBELL & THE OPEN DAY wonderful music created to spread happiness. In ROTATION / MEMORY MAN / DECLAN 19 FEBRUARY the hands of the SNJO it’s a sound that makes WELSH. King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 St Vincent you feel a bit more optimistic about the world, The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. SONS St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm £8.00. and a reminder that it would have been a poorer OF BILL plus support: At Stereo, Glasgow, www.kingtuts.co.uk place without the influential contribution and Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 www.declanwelsh.com timeless music of Billy Strayhorn. Royal 5151. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. The highlyConservatoire, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow, Time rated Sons of Bill make a welcome return visit. 12 FEBRUARY 7.30pm. Tel; 0141 332 5057 The three brothers at the core of the band hail ORLA GARTLAND / Chelsey Cornelius; Orla from Charlottesville, Virginia – their dad is 25 FEBRUARY Gartland is a 19 year singer/songwriter from called, Bill, hence their name – are one of those Dublin, Ireland. Orla is known for her quirky bands that put the rock into country rock. Last GOOD LUCK MOUNTAIN - Mike Ferrio and brand of guitar-based pop, bursting with time at this venue, they had the place jumping Jack Harris. Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club, personality and catchy melodies. Her songs are with their potent mix of acoustic ballads and 3 Chamberlaine Rd, Glasgow. Doors at 8.00, tied together by her distinctive, Celtic-infused country-edge rock. Tickets £12 vocal and trademark animated live Part of King www.fallenangelsclub.com soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk Tut’s 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 St Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm Price 20 FEBRUARY DARLIA; Part of King Tut’s 25th birthday! King £7.50 Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 St Vincent St, Glasgow. DECLAN WELSH Supporting Hector Bizerk Doors 8.00pm Price £8.00 EP launch. Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 13 FEBRUARY Glasgow. Doors 7.00pm £6.00 27 FEBRUARY 5 SECOND WARNING / PLEASE / ECHO www.broadcastglasgow.com MOON / ROBBIE HUTTON / TONI www.declanwelsh.com CFM CHARITY FUNDRAISER; Record Factory, ETHERSON; 5 Second Warning are an 17 Byres Rd, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. £5 Entry. alternative rock band from Central Scotland. REVOLVING DOORS / GUESTS; Revolving With influences from electronic, progressive and Doors are a Glasgow based alternative, Indie MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER hard rock, they have created a unique sound. rock band. Record Factory, 17 Byres Rd, AND JOHN DOYLE this is a rare chance to see They were also chosen to support ‘The Alarm’ Glasgow. Doors 8pm. £5 Entry. three of the world’s finest musicians share a when they did their UK Tour. Record Factory, 17 stage together. Master of flutes, whistles and Byres Rd, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. £6 Entry. 21 FEBRUARY Uillean pipes Mike is a current member of Capercaillie and is regarded as one of the VIGO THIEVES / The Hearts; Part of King PHILIP SELWAY / Eaves; Part of King Tut’s greatest flute players of all time. John Tut’s 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 St McCusker’s unique fiddle playing has earned him Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm Price £16.50 St Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm Price a worldwide reputation as one of the most gifted £12.50 and versatile musicians of any genre. John was 14 FEBRUARY also part of the legendary band that toured with 22 FEBRUARY both Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler. John Doyle’s CLUB NOIR – VALENTINES FORBIDDEN gifts as guitarist, songwriter and vocalist have FRUIT; Valentines with a difference. World-class Sunday Sessions: Keeping it chill in our
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Maverick Magazine while The Telegraph declared it to be among the best 23 albums of 2014. Also on the bill is Angel Show, who hails from Chickamauga in Georgia. Noted for her subtle guitar playing and excellent lyrics. She has also written songs for no less a star than Alison Krauss. www.fallenangelsclub.com
BLOSSOMS / Daniel Paris; Part of King Tut’s 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 St Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm Price £7.00
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. THE HANDSOME FAMILY plus support: At St Andrews In The Square, Glasgow, St Andrews Square Glasgow. Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. The Handsome Family are set to bring their dark and delightful allround musical merriment to Glasgow. The mischievous minstrels – Rennie and Brett Spark – are great favourites in Glasgow with beguiling shows that are playful, and packed with great songs and music about anything from magnets to owls or milk. www.fallenangelsclub.com
28 FEBRUARY KILL CITY RADIO / THE RONAYNES / FORTUNE OF SORROW / SUMMIT / VICTORY LANE; Kitty O’Sheas (formerly Pivo Pivo) – 15 Waterloo Street, Glasgow. Door Time: 7.30pm. Cost: £5/£4. Tickets From Door. www.facebook.com/indievous
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MARCUS BONFANTI / TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD; Tequila Mockingbird are a three piece, blues rock band based in Glasgow. They are supporting Marcus Bonfanti on his UK tour. Record Factory in Glasgow. Record Factory, 17 Byres Rd, Glasgow. Doors 8pm. £7 Entry.
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HUXTABLE; 2 piece riff rock band based in Kilmarnock. The Admiral Bar, 72 Waterloo St, Glasgow www.facebook.com/wearehuxtable www.soundcloud.com/ wearehuxtableyouarenot/huxtable-attack
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BENJAMIN BOOKER; Part of King Tut’s 25th birthday! King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 272 St Vincent St, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm Price £8.50
ANDY TIMMONS BAND (support by Oscar Cordoba Band); A top American guitarist's only Scottish date. Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St, Glasgow. £14.75 tickets from Tickets Scotland.
KING KING: At ABC Glasgow. Best Band & Best Album. British Blues Awards 2012/13/14. “with this album, what King King prove is that when it comes to the high rolling wave of British Blues, they are riding way above the surf” - Blues Matters. New Album STANDING IN THE SHADOWS out now. www.kingkingblues.com
TOMMY SMITH AND BRIAN KELLOCK; Two of Scotland’s greatest jazz artists, saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Brian MAGICAL MOZART BY CANDLELIGHT; Kellock team up to bring you a beautiful and From the producers of A Viennese Strauss imaginative live performance. Tommy Smith Gala, this sumptuous fully costumed show immerses us in the wonderful music and the is a leading light in European jazz, first and classical baroque world of one of the world’s foremost as one of the finest jazz musicians of his generation, and latterly as the founder greatest romantic composers, Wolfgang and current director of The Scottish National Amadeus Mozart. With beautiful settings, costumes and lighting, the European Baroque Jazz Orchestra (SNJO). Widely regarded as Ensemble and Singers transport you back to one of the UK’s best jazz pianists, Brian Kellock aligns himself with figures like Oscar the glorious past. A packed programme of Peterson and Monty Alexander, but is equally classical music and song, which includes excerpts from Mozart’s Operas such as: The at home in mainstream, contemporary jazz Magic Flute, the Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan styles. Their 2015 tour celebrates their third collaboration, The Whispering of the Stars Tutte, and many more. Mozart’s most where they’ll play timeless classics like popular, and famous operas are all beautifully sung by world class soloists who, Tenderly, Stardust and Moonlight Serenade alongside the Ensemble, perform some of his to an enraptured audience. Paisley Arts Centre, 15 New Street, Paisley. Time most memorable pieces of music including; 7.30pm, Tickets: £12 (£10 conc) + booking Symphony no. 40, Lacrimosa (Requiem D minor), and Eine Kleine Nacht Musik. Paisley fee, Booking: 0300 300 1210 or online. Arts Centre, 15 New Street, Paisley. 7.30pm, please note: a £1 service charge per transaction applies for bookings made by Tickets: £14 (£12 conc) Please note: a £1 phone or online. There is no service charge service charge per transaction applies for for tickets purchased in person or for tickets bookings made by phone or online. There is booked by phone and later collected from the no service charge for tickets purchased in Box Office. person or for tickets booked by phone and later collected from the Box Office 4 APRIL 6 MARCH ROBIN TROWER: At Glasgow Arches, The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. BEN Tickets: £22.50 / Box Office: 01415 651 000. “There is no doubt the genre is overflowing GLOVER & ANGEL SNOW: At The Admiral with great players – but nobody does it quite Bar Glasgow. Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 or behind the bar in like Trower” Guitarist Magazine. New Album “Roots & Branches” out now. The Admiral. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Irishman and Nashville resident, Ben Glover www.trowerpower.com www.thearches.co.uk is always a welcome visitor to Scotland. His status is rising as his current album, 24 APRIL “Atlantic” got a five-star review from 1 MARCH
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 15: glasgow / mid west : fife / central / tayside / perth : aberdeen The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS DREVER & BOO HEWERDINE: At The CCA Glasgow. Tickets £14 from The CCA Box office 0141 352 4900. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. The prolific and highly rated Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted talents for two special shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The duo are playing gigs together at the CCA in Glasgow on 24 April and 25 April the following evening at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar in the capital. Award-winning singer, KRIS DREVER, one-third of the award-winning trio LAU, recently released “Mareel”, a five-track EP and it confirms his rightful place at the heart of today’s contemporary roots’ scene. Like Kris, BOO HEWERDINE has many admirers. He works hard and is justifiably celebrated for his work as a solo artist, band member and as a collaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of Angels”. www.fallenangelsclub.com 26 APRIL
incredible musicianship and boundless energy. Motherwell Theatre. Time 8pm. http://www.thekilkennys.com/ 21 JUNE THE KILKENNYS’; The Kilkennys are four young balladeers, who have been credited with keeping Irish folk music alive thanks to their incredible musicianship and boundless energy. Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Close, Paisley. Time 8pm. http://www.thekilkennys.com/
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GREG TROOPER; Woodend Bowling and Tennis 29 JANUARY Club, 3 Chamberlaine Rd, Glasgow. Doors at 8.00pm. Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ….. soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk ARCHIE FISHER: At Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive, 30 APRIL Kirkcaldy. KY2 5TA. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. THE KENNEDYS’ Woodend Bowling and Tennis www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk Club, 3 Chamberlaine Rd, Glasgow. Doors at www.facebook.com/pages/Kirkcaldy-Acoustic8.00pm. Music-Club/139498589422792 soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk Falkirk Blues Club presents ….. THE SMOKEHOUSE BLUES BAND + guest STUART BLACKWOOD. At Barristas Coffee House, The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. LAU Grahams Road, Falkirk FK1 1HS, 8pm- 11pm. plus ELLA THE BIRD: At St Andrews In The Tickets £5 from Barristas - 01324 671222 Square, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. www.facebook.com/pages/Baristas-CoffeeTickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 House/587426837984057 5151. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Falkirk Blues Club @ Lau announce a European tour in support of www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004764467680 their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal 5 FEBRUARY Records). www.fallenangelsclub.com RETURN TO THE SUN are back for another 14 MAY
22 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. ADAM HOLMES & THE EMBERS PLUS SUPPORT: At The CCA Glasgow. Tickets £12 from The CCA Box office 0141 352 4900. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Book online. Singer/songwriter Adam Holmes’ reputation is growing steadily, Adam played a sell-out show at the 2014 Glasgow Americana Festival and his debut album, “Heirs And Graces” was nominated for Scottish Album of the Year. The 23-year-old from Edinburgh certainly delivers a cultured mix of traditional and contemporary folk music from both sides of the Atlantic with his own brand of Americana never far away. www.fallenangelsclub.com
tour to promote their new single ‘Freakshow’. With two tours already under their belt, rambunctious indie rockers Return to the Sun have had an eventful couple of years since forming in 2013. Green Room, 97 Canal St, Perth. Time 7.30pm, Tickets Free. www.facebook.com/returntothesun
Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish Opera. www.scottishopera.org.uk 19 MARCH Falkirk Blues Club presents ….. LEWIS HAMILTON WITH THE BOOGIE BROTHERS + special guest. At Barristas Coffee House, Grahams Road, Falkirk FK1 1HS, 8pm- 11pm. Tickets £5 from Barristas - 01324 671222 www.facebook.com/pages/Baristas-CoffeeHouse/587426837984057 Falkirk Blues Club @
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BENNY GALLAGHER In a reschedule date from last year, one half of hit-makers and blue chip song-writers Gallagher & Lyle, Benny Gallagher gives fans a taste of the talent which has fuelled a life-long musical career, starting as a staff writer with the Beatles music publishing company Apple, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated) West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 20 FEBRUARY RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC Having performed 500 major concert shows to over 500,000 fans around the world since they were formed over a decade ago, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac return to the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com CHRIS JAMES MARR, As part of Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Freshly Squeezed, Esperi is Scottish multi-instrumentalist Chris James Marr, whose music ranges from acoustic story-telling to colourful electronica looping, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com DUNCAN CHISHOLM; Duncan will perform his highly rhythmical and powerfully personal selection of music along with the both brilliant and accomplished talents of Matheu Watson (guitar) and Jarlath Henderson (uilleann pipes / whistles). This show combines traditional and contemporary tunes, gripping stories of Scotland’s ancient Chisholm clan lands and irrepressible humour. Woodend Barn, Banchory, Box Office: 01330 825431. 21 FEBRUARY
BIG COUNTRY - The Best Of Tour: At Stonehaven Town Hall Allardice Street, Aberdeenshire AB392BU 7.45pm £25. Tickets from – Ma Simpson’s, 26B Evan Street, Stonehaven AB39 2ET 01569 766264 and http://www.masimpsons.com - BIG COUNTRY on tour to celebrate their stunning catalogue of songs, taken from their multi-million selling and Number 1 hit albums.The band will perform TIJUANA BIBLES’ Born and bred in Glasgow, classic hits and live favourites including Harvest but with more in common with the swampy Home - Fields of Fire - In A Big Country blues of Louisiana, Tijuana Bibles are a mix of Chance - Wonderland - Look Away - The grungy sludge-based riffs and groove-laden Teacher. rhythms, in The Lemon Tree, West North Street, www.facebook.com/inabigcountry Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 23 FEBRUARY or tel 01224 641122 THE SIMON AND GARFUNKLE STORY Starting 16 FEBRUARY from their humble beginnings as a 50s rock ‘n’ roll duo, The Simon and Garfunkle Story takes TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS, Michael fans through all the songs and stories which McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle, shaped this remarkable duo, in the Music Hall, Three members of the BBC acclaimed Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from Transatlantic Sessions, Michael McGoldrick, John www.aberdeenperformingarts.com McCusker and John Doyle, share a stage together as part of an exclusive European tour, 26 FEBRUARY in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from THE BAND OF HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL www.aberdeenperformingarts.com MARINES Under the direction of Captain Andy or tel 01224 641122 Gregory RM, The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Scotland give a wonderfully colourful 19 FEBRUARY show for their annual concert, in the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from CLASSIC ROCK SHOW 2015 Featuring the top www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 20 greatest guitar riffs of all time, live. The tel 01224 641122 Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from 28 FEBRUARY www.aberdeenperformingarts.com SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera
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SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At Loch Torridon Community Centre, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish Opera. www.scottishopera.org.uk
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SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At Universal Hall, Findhorn, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand 13 FEBRUARY new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inOPERA BOHEMIA: At Strathpeffer Pavilion, The between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well Square, Strathpeffer, IV14 9DL. 8 pm. The as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish eagerly-awaited annual visit of Scotland’s youngest, innovative, most dynamic and hugely Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a talented opera company is earlier than usual. piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to This time they offer us Puccini’s comic one-act opera Gianni Schicchi, which includes one of the perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The world’s favourite arias, O Mio Babbino Caro. annual tour has been taking to the road since Tickets £13 (conc. £11, under 18s £5) now on sale from the Pavilion 01997 420124 and online 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish Opera. from WeGotTickets and Ticketweb www.scottishopera.org.uk www.StrathpefferPavilion.org www.operabohemia.co.uk 26 FEBRUARY NORTH SEA GAS; Hootananny, Church St, SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Inverness. Doors 9.30pm. Highlights: At Golspie High School, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary 14 FEBRUARY of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Highlights: At Astley Hall, Arisaig, 7.30pm. Opera Highlights features music from some of Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary the world’s most popular operas, as well as some of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some handful of props and 4 singers to perform at lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s has been taking to the road since 1994, when it trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a started life as Essential Scottish Opera. handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the www.scottishopera.org.uk length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994, when it 27 FEBRUARY started life as Essential Scottish Opera. SCOOTY & THE SKYHOOKS: At The Ironworks, www.scottishopera.org.uk Inverness. Scooty and the Skyhooks are a 12 piece soul band which includes a 5 piece brass NORTH SEA GAS; Hootananny, Church St, section. Playing a lively set of Motown & Stax Inverness. Doors 9.30pm. Classics. www.ironworksvenue.com THE BRASS MONKEES; Mad Hatters, Church Street, Inverness. Doors 9.30pm. 28 FEBRUARY DUNCAN CHISHOLM – ‘THE GATHERING‘ SCOOTY & THE SKYHOOKS: At The Ironworks, TOUR; Duncan Chisholm presents ‘The Inverness. Scooty and the Skyhooks are a 12 Gathering’ t Inverness. He will be accompanied by the both brilliant and accomplished talents of piece soul band which includes a 5 piece brass section. Playing a lively set of Motown & Stax Matheu Watson (guitar) and Jarlath Henderson (uilleann pipes / whistles). Also on Classics. stage will be the added dynamic of a three piece www.ironworksvenue.com string section with piano. This show combines 14 MARCH traditional and contemporary tunes, gripping stories of Scotland’s ancient Chisholm clan lands THE DANGLEBERRIES: At The Ironworks, and irrepressible humour. Eden Court, Empire Theatre, Inverness. Box Office: 01463 234234. Inverness. The band draw on many varied influences to produce a blend of bagpipes, drums and guitars, you can be certain that you’re going 15 FEBRUARY to love the end result. You’ll not be able to stop your feet from stompin’, especially with the THE BRASS MONKEES; Mad Hatters, Church band’s very own Bez, aka Annie, on the Street, Inverness. Doors 9.30pm.
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DUNCAN CHISHOLM LIVE; 30th April – 3 May. On the 35th anniversary of the Scotland’s most northerly folk festival – hear Duncan Chisholm as he performs a jumping festival set accompanied by Jarlath Henderson and Matheu Watson as they perform at concerts throughout the 4 APRIL Shetland Isles Shetland Folk Festival, Shetland Isles. Box Office: tickets on sale early March. MANRAN: At The Ironworks, Inverness. A blend Website: for full details of traditional instrumentation (fiddle, accordion, www.shetlandfolkfestival.com flute, uilleann pipes and highland bagpipes) and a tight, grooving backline (drums, bass and guitar) with a harder, more driving edge as well as offering moments of tenderness and beauty, highlighting Norrie MacIver's Gaelic and English vocals to great effect. www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial www.ironworksvenue.com
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Knockengorroch goes to town for Burns: At The Venue, Dumfries, 8pm to 3am. Knockengorroch will be bringing a feast of great music in true roots spirit: Glasgow's own international reggae sound system legends and World Ceilidh festival residents MUNGO'S HI FI with MC, skamendous, skankin' ska from THE AMPHETAMEANIES, sizzling Balkan brass, energy and flamboyance from the fantastic BAGHDADDIES, and folktronica - live instrumentation fused with digital beats from the inimitable FROGPOCKET. Next year’s Knockengorroch World Ceilidh festival will take place from 21 to 14. Get tickets and more information about Big Burns Supper festival www.bigburnssupper.com www.knockengorroch.org.uk 30 JANUARY ESCAPADE: At Eagle Tavern, Prestwick, 9pm free admission. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027. www.facebook.com/eagle.prestwick 31 JANUARY FIVE WHEEL DRIVE: At Eagle Tavern, Prestwick, 9pm free admission. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027. www.facebook.com/eagle.prestwick TAMBO & THE SPITFIRES: At The Alton Inn, Kilwinning, 9pm free admission. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027. www.facebook.com/pages/The-AltonInn/130778983635951 MILESTONE: At The Bellfield Tavern, Kilmarnock, 9pm free admission. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027. www.facebook.com/bellfieldinnkilmarnock
5 FEBRUARY LIVE hosted by The Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. From 9:15pm. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027 7 FEBRUARY THE PRESTFEST WINTER WARMER from 2pm, Backwater ( Status Quo Tribute), Blackleaf 40, Memphis, Wildcard, Trunk Monkey, D.O. A. (Foo Fighters Tribute), The Spitfires, & Audioclass. Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Admission by donation to Cash for Kids. MILESTONE, Live band, The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Road, Kilwinning. Time 9pm, free admission. BACK IN THE RED, Live band, The Bellfield Tavern, 11 Welbeck Street, Kilmarnock. Time 9pm, free admission. 12 FEBRUARY LIVE hosted by The Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. From 9:15pm. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027 14 FEBRUARY THE SPLINTERS, Live band. Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. Time 9pm, free admission. THE HALOS, Live band, The Alton Inn, 57 Byres Road, Kilwinning. Time 9pm, free admission. NIGHTFLY (formerly ISIS), Live band, The Bellfield Tavern, 11 Welbeck Street, Kilmarnock. Time 9pm, free admission. 19 FEBRUARY SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At The Fullarton, Castle Douglas, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish Opera. www.scottishopera.org.uk LIVE hosted by The Spitfires with guest bands & musicians. All types of music welcome. All gear supplied. Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. From 9:15pm. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027 21 FEBRUARY SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At Cumnock Town Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to
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THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith proudly presents The Jazz Genius of BILLY STRAYHORN. 2015 marks the twentieth birthday of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the stars are already in alignment for a very special year of celebrations, beginning with Send us all your gig dates for concerts and the marvellous music of the Scottish Borders and remarkable Billy Strayhorn. Northumberland areas Strayhorn was born in 1915 and his name is synonymous with Duke Ellington’s finest work. Email them to Carol The hugely prolific Strayhorn composed and carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com arranged literally hundreds of pieces for Duke and wrote many of Ellington’s greatest hits, often un-credited for his efforts. The Jazz Genius 31 JANUARY of Billy Strayhorn is the story of warm, Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick wonderful music created to spread happiness. In presents: Open Mic @ 7pm. BYOB £3 corkage the hands of the SNJO it’s a sound that makes p.p. Our delicious home cooked food is available you feel a bit more optimistic about the world, at all events. Its the first one of the year and and a reminder that it would have been a poorer promises to be a great session with some place without the influential contribution and fantastic newcomers and some old favourites, its timeless music of Billy Strayhorn. Buccleuch full now but if you want to play in February Centre, Langholm. Tel 01387 381 196 please email Brian as soon as possible to secure a slot. For details email Brian at 22 FEBRUARY themusicgallery@btconnect.com DUNCAN CHISHOLM; Duncan will perform his www.facebook.com/ highly rhythmical and powerfully personal cafekazmirandaberwickontweed selection of music along with the both brilliant www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK and accomplished talents of Matheu Watson (guitar) and Jarlath Henderson (uilleann LEDD ZEPP; Performance in aid of ALZHEIMER pipes / whistles). This show combines traditional SCOTLAND Welcome to The Buccleuch, Ledd Zepp and their brand new show which recreates and contemporary tunes, gripping stories of Scotland’s ancient Chisholm clan lands and the hits from the Celebration Day Concert (the best of). Hear all these great Led Zeppelin Hits. irrepressible humour. The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. Box Office: 01387 381196. Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £15.00, £13.00 con, Tel 01387 381 196 3 MARCH 17 FEBRUARY SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Highlights: At Volunteer Hall, Duns, 7.30pm. SCOTTISH OPERA presents Opera Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st anniversary Highlights: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of 7.30pm. Scottish Opera celebrates the 21st Scotland. A great evening for those brand new to anniversary of Opera Highlights with a 17-date tour of Scotland. A great evening for those brand opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Opera Highlights features music from some of new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inthe world’s most popular operas, as well as some between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Opera’s as some lesser-known treats selected by Scottish Head of Music, Derek Clark. www.scottishopera.org.uk Opera’s Head of Music, Derek Clark. Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a 5 MARCH piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The DUNCAN CHISHOLM; Duncan will perform his highly rhythmical and powerfully personal annual tour has been taking to the road since selection of music along with the both brilliant 1994, when it started life as Essential Scottish and accomplished talents of Matheu Watson Opera. (guitar) and Jarlath Henderson (uilleann www.scottishopera.org.uk pipes / whistles). This show combines traditional and contemporary tunes, gripping stories of 21 FEBRUARY Scotland’s ancient Chisholm clan lands and irrepressible humour. Eastgate Theatre and Arts St Boswells Live! presents ….. PAUL Centre, Eastgate, Peebles. Box Office: 01721 LIDDELL: A masterful exponent of live stage looping, a talented songwriter and a brilliant all- 725777. round musician, plus support from The Biscuit Tin Collective – open spots available. Full details and links to tickets can be found at our website …
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Super earlybird tickets have already sold out! Next batch of tickets go on sale in October! Edinburgh International Brew at the Bog is BrewDog and Bogbain Farm’s gift to the world: a festival full of new music Harp Festival and new beer. BrewDog are the leaders of the www.celticconnections.com Edinburgh craft beer revolution and they are about break10-15 April 2015 ing rules, taking risks, upsetting trends, unsetBig Burns Supper The Clarsach Society & Edinburgh International tling institutions but first and foremost, great Dumfries Harp Festival is an annual celebration and gath- tasting beers. As one newspaper put it, BrewDog 23-31 January ering of musical talents. Find out more about us is the new black. Bogbain Farm is based just at www.clarsachsociety.co.uk The Clarsach Soci- outside Inverness and was crowned the “Best Big Burns Supper is Dumfries’ newest multiUnusual Venue” at the 2012 Scottish Event disciplinary festival of contemporary performing ety (Comunn na Clarsaich) encourages interest Awards. Brew at the Bog is just the latest in fesin the instrument, especially amongst young arts, providing an annual platform for the most tivals Bogbain is hosting and the fabulous surplayers, who enjoy its adaptability to solo work, innovative music, theatre, visual arts, dance, roundings of this old farm will ensure Brew at accompaniment or ensemble playing. The Socilive art, film, cabaret and children’s events. The the Bog 2015 will go down in history. ety also presents the Edinburgh International festival will take place from the 23rd until the Harp Festival - an annual celebration and gath31st January 2014. Go to http://2014. www.brewatthebog.com bigburnssupper.com/ to find out more about the ering of musical talents. Every Spring we bring harpists from across the globe together to rub festival. World's Biggest Night Burns Celebrashoulders with you, the audience. Dumfries & Galloway tion. http://2014.bigburnssupper.com/
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Fife Jazz Festival Fife 6-8 February The 8th edition of the Fife Jazz Festival. Whether you're a jazz and blues specialist or a casual listener, we hope that you're going to find plenty to enjoy. Thanks to all the musicians who are going to give us such a great weekend, and thanks to Fife Council for enabling us to re-open The Byre Theatre to put on such an exciting programme in St Andrews. www.fifejazzfestival.com
MARCH Wee Dub Festival Edinburgh 6-8 March The 2015 edition of Wee Dub Festival features giants of UK dancehall culture, top live bands, and hot upcoming talent. For the artist line-up and programme go to the website below. We
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Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. The founding aim was to bring international performers of the highest quality to a region containing many scattered rural communities since 35th Shetland Folk Festival then this region has produced some of its own Shetland talent of international standing and we’re proud 30 April -3 May to also be able to present these artistes from The Festival as the UK's most northerly folk fes- time to time. We offer a wide range of events: tival is regarded a prestigious event for perform- music – including classical, jazz and folk, dance, ers, locals and visitors alike. Organised by a vol- theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. Events take place in a range untary committee (and run by an even bigger of venues throughout the region, from large to pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of small, formal to informal, urban to rural. Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the www.dgartsfestival.org.uk isles, consisting of some of the best International, British and Shetland music that the world Orkney Folk Festival has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of Orkney local musicians that our remote isles have to of- 21-24 May fer. Here we are folks – Orkney Folk Festival number 33! Once again we have some big names comwww.shetlandfolkfestival.com ing north to join in the fun in May, and from the ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we Isle of Bute Jazz Festival have brought together a broad mix of artists Isle of Bute that we hope appeals to everyone’s interpreta1-4 May 2015 tion of the increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our local traditions and musicians – both The 28th Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown established and emerging – will be centre stage spectacularly from its small beginnings to bealongside those visiting the festival. come one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. Top-class UK and international names fea- www.orkneyfolkfestival.com ture in a programme of traditional jazz music in
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