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BREABACH (pictured): Five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned them international recognition on the world and roots music scene. Scottish tour dates: 28 Jan: Perth / 12 Feb: Musselburgh / 2 March: Peebles / 19 March: Aberdeen / 25 March: Bishopton / 2 April: Glasgow www.breabach.com
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Belladrum: 12midnight on BBC ALBA. Unseen festival highlights from PRIDES. www.bbcalba.co.uk -----------------------------------------------------
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Belladrum: 1am on BBC ALBA. Unseen festival highlights from villagers. www.bbcalba.co.uk Cuirm @ Celtic: 7.50pm on BBC ALBA. KAREN MATHESON performs Ae Fond Kiss. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Port - Edinburgh: 10pm on BBC ALBA. New series. Musical documentary presented by Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh as they explore their musical roots in Edinburgh. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Dundee Perth Fife Stirling Falkirk
19 JANUARY Cuirm @ Celtic: 7.50pm on BBC ALBA. KAREN MATHESON performs Ae Fond Kiss. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Piping Live Shorts: 11.25pm on BBC ALBA. ROSS AINSLIE and ALI HUTTON performing at the 2011 Piping Live! festival in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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20 JANUARY Port - Edinburgh: 10pm on BBC ALBA. New series. Musical documentary presented by Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh as they explore their musical roots in Edinburgh. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Na Trads 2015: 11.50pm on BBC ALBA. FIDDLERS’ BID with tunes from the Trad awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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21 JANUARY Torcuil’s Guide To Being A Gael: 9.45pm on BBC ALBA. Torcuil meets a trophy winning Mod singer and asks what makes a great ceilidh. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Ayrshire Dumfriesshire South West
22 JANUARY Scottish Dance Music: 8.30pm on BBC ALBA. A musical tribute to legendary broadcaster Robbie Shepherd. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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20 JANUARY The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. PAUL JONES and DAVE KELLY with support from JOHN ALEXANDER: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of the Delta to contemporary blues rock riffage, the Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of blues with its eagerly anticipated new programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise established to harness popular support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. http://edinburgh-blues.uk 22 JANUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. KING AYISOBA and AYUUNE SULE: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk 23 JANUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. WITHERED HAND, PICTISH TRAIL and JAMES YORKSTON: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk 25 JANUARY NUALA KENNEDY BAND: At The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 8pm. Info and Tickets @ www.soundhouse.org.uk 29 JANUARY
Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. OPTIMO ESPACIO with guests NEIL Port - Edinburgh: 9.30pm on BBC ALBA. New series. LANDSTRUMM and MR TC: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. Musical documentary presented by Julie Fowlis and www.Summerhall.co.uk Muireann NicAmhlaoibh as they explore their musical roots in Edinburgh. www.bbcalba.co.uk THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: At Teviot Debating Torcuil’s Guide To Being A Gael: 10.45pm on BBC Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AJ. 7.30pm. The ALBA. Torcuil meets a trophy winning Mod singer and live shows continue to produce ecstatic responses from audiences, and a refreshed and invigorated set asks what makes a great ceilidh. www.bbcalba.co.uk list is a ' must hear' for fans of The Boss, and also for fans of great music played by a talented bunch of 23 JANUARY musicians based in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Tickets £12 stbf from Tickets Scotland, 127 Rose Street EH2 Ceol Dannsa: 9pm on BBC ALBA. An evening of 3DT (0131 220 3234). music and dance from Sctland’s top musicians. www.tickets-scotland.com www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Edinburgh. Josephine has just launched her new single to a sell-out King Tuts audience. ‘Vincent’ 30 JANUARY was written after Josephine discovered that Vincent Van Gogh ‘used to eat yellow paint to CARA: At Queens Hall, Edinburgh. Cara are a make his insides happy’. An upbeat song about German based trad/contemporary folk band Noisy Nights: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. Free, beating hearts, serotonin highs and yellow walls, which includes Edinburgh’s Kim Edgar on piano 8pm. Noisy Nights are the place to hear played on piano, xylophone and drums. The new and lead vocals. www.kimedgar.com emerging new musical ideas and voices: they’re single follows on from an extremely successful www.facebook.com/caramusic a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, year for the young singer, from Inverness whose musicians, composers and artists in an informal debut EP ‘Ripped from the Wire’ was released as Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. DE space and hear some of the best examples of recently as March this year, and followed shortly ROSA (album launch) with KID brand new music while having a beer. They’re by her first headline tour. With her quirky voice CANAVERAL: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8fun, free and your chance to listen to, and and style, Josephine has been quickly gathering late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk compose for, the musicians of Red Note support and praise from a plethora of blogs and Ensemble. Red Note Ensemble Performers: Flute music pundits, and has also been compared with Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. Ruth Morley, Violin Jackie Shave, Trombone the iconic style of piano front-man Ben Folds. RHYTHM MACHINE: At Summerhall, John Kenny. Tickets @ www.eventbrite.co.uk www.facebook.com/josephinesillarsmusic Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.rednoteensemble.com www.Summerhall.co.uk Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. 5 FEBRUARY CARNIVALE, ORKESTRA DEL SOL and THE 1 FEBRUARY BADWILLS: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. DHM Concerts presents ..... SNOWGOOSE Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk Stoneyport Associates presents ….. ANDA and MO KENNEY: At Edinburgh Queen’s Hall. UNION: At St Bride's Centre, Edinburgh. The Glasgow based Snowgoose make a welcome 9 FEBRUARY brilliant 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner return to The Queens Hall and will be flying in Mongolia first toured the UK in 2013 and stole full electric formation, showcasing songs from Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At the show everywhere. The band members all their soon to be released new album, 'The Howden Park Centre, Livingston, 7.30pm. grew up in families 'with the music', several of Making of You'. Mo Kenney never had that Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of whom still live in the traditional Mongolian way, archetypal I-want-to-be-famous moment. But Scotland this February and March. A great and came together at music college in Hohhot, somehow she was always going to make evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans their capital city. There they were able to albums, play live and get noticed in her native and everyone in-between, Opera Highlights integrate traditional forms - like the now-famous Canada and way beyond. features music from some of the world’s most www.facebook.com/DHM-Concerts-285713951447098 popular operas, as well as some lesser-known throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be 6 FEBRUARY appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 opportunity to see the band live in Edinburgh, singers to perform at some of the smaller or you can be assured of hearing about the concert JOSEPHINE SILLARS: At The Skylark in more remote venues the length and breadth of
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Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the www.Summerhall.co.uk road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk SHUGGIE OTIS: At Liquid Room, Edinburgh. 12 FEBRUARY R&B guitar legend Shuggie Otis is preparing a massive comeback that is sure to make the Fortune Promotions presents ….. BILLY music world sit up and listen. 2016 will see the BIBBY (ex Catfish & The Bottlemen), release of a brand new solo album from this support from UNIVERSAL THEE and AARON much revered singer-songwriter-guitarist, his WRIGHT: At Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, first since the 1974 all-time classic Inspiration/ Edinburgh. Billy Bibby embarks on his first full Information. Now, Shuggie is about to embark band tour since leaving the Catfish & The on the comeback of a lifetime, and his adoring Bottlemen. Taking on a new direction and fans stand ready to re-embrace him! testing the new material with an acoustic tour, www.shuggieotismusic.com Billy is taking a new direction as he seeks to forge his way in the industry as a frontman of a 21 FEBRUARY project showcasing his own songwriting. www.fortunepromotions.co.uk DHM Concerts presents ..... GRETCHEN PETERS: At Edinburgh Queen’s Hall. www. The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. facebook.com/DHM-Concerts-285713951447098 DANNY BRYANT with support from RED BUTLER: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West 22 FEBRUARY Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. the Delta to contemporary blues rock riffage, the TUFF LOVE and THE PRETTIOTS: At Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of Summerhall, Edinburgh. Tuff Love are Julie blues with its eagerly anticipated new Eisenstein (guitar, vocals) and Suse Bear (bass, programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a vocals) plus live drummer Iain Stewart (also a Social Enterprise established to harness popular member of The Phantom Band). They come from support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. Glasgow and they write dazzling, sun-streaked http://edinburgh-blues.uk guitar pop songs with mesmerising lyrics, heartwrenching vocals and dreamy melodies like the BREABACH: At The Brunton, Musselburgh. sound of pure summer. They make all their Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band music in Suse’s flat, self-engineering and self2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice producing everything. Tuff Love are steadily nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk making a name for themselves and 'Resort' Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a gives those who haven't yet caught onto the thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk buzz the perfect opportunity to experience the music that has earned them international band's enchanting indie brilliance all in one recognition on the world and roots music scene place. www.facebook.com/ReallyTuffLove as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their 25 FEBRUARY forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. HECTOR BIZERK: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. extensive UK Tour. The album will be released 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach 19 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. RHYTHM MACHINE: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk 20 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. JULIA HOLTER: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8late. Tickets online.
www.pledgemusic.com/projects/amy-duncan http://amyduncan.co.uk/ 26 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER and JOHN DOYLE: At Edinburgh, Summerhall. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle are three members of the BBC acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions playing as part of a unique European tour. With both Mike McGoldrick and John McCusker also having toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest musicians share a stage together. SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall. One of the great guitar players of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric guitarist who moves comfortably between jazzinformed rock, fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His career began with the mighty Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1976, and later he worked with jazz legends Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among Downbeat magazine’s ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, Mike Stern will join the SNJO in an all-out celebration of incredible music, as his astonishing guitar creativity meets the combustible mix of fabulous orchestral jazz-head-on. For tickets call 0131 668 2019 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ 27 FEBRUARY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. GIRL BAND and JETSETTER: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk 7 MARCH
Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY PINES: At Traverse, Edinburgh. If you’re AMY DUNCAN (album launch party): At The wondering where the music of Nashville Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 7.30pm, £6 on door troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the or see below for album/ticket deal. Amy Duncan streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting will be performing songs from the new album Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump with band, including harpist Fiona Rutherford and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a and Lawrie Macmillan on bass, with sound by young master who clearly understands that this Alex Fiennes. Live music will be followed by DJs kind of music was always about having a great Woopee playing vinyl; from eclectic into good time. www.facebook.com/woodypines house music for your dancing pleasure. Prewww.brookfield-knights.com order Undercurrents through Pledge Music to gain free access to the party and an instant 11 MARCH download of 2 songs from the album @
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13 MARCH Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. ULRICH SCHNAUSS: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. www.Summerhall.co.uk
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From the downhome sound of the Delta to contemporary blues rock riffage, the Edinburgh The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. Blues Club showcases every shade of blues with DANI WILDE with support from LINDA its eagerly anticipated new programme. The JACKSON: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors established to harness popular support for open at 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of regular blues events in Edinburgh. the Delta to contemporary blues rock riffage, the http://edinburgh-blues.uk Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of blues with its eagerly anticipated new 16 APRIL programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise established to harness popular JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Queen's Hall. 2016 will see me http://edinburgh-blues.uk celebrate 25 years as a professional musician Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo 19 MARCH record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. our newly built recording studio & it will be RHYTHM MACHINE: At Summerhall, released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Edinburgh. 8-late. Tickets online. Records. To coincide with the release I will tour www.Summerhall.co.uk the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. 24 MARCH There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. compositions from the last 25 years. MARTIN HARLEY & DANIEL KIMBRO with www.johnmccusker.co.uk support from NEIL WARDEN & GUS MUNRO: At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register 18 APRIL Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of the Delta Brookfield Knights presents ….. to contemporary blues rock riffage, the BRONWYNNE BRENT: At Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of Edinburgh. Mississippi Delta songbird, blues with its eagerly anticipated new Bronwynne Brent made a major Stateside programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a impact with the release of her stunning Deep Social Enterprise established to harness popular Black Water album back in 2011. When her support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. equally-impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the http://edinburgh-blues.uk UK in 2014, there was an instantaneous collective gasp as radio presenters and writers 8 APRIL discovered this very special talent and began to sing her praises here too. Bob Harris was first to The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. declare himself a fan and playing tracks on his PAUL LAMB AND THE KING SNAKES with BBC Radio 2 shows repeatedly, told listeners he support from THE CHILLI DOGS: At The thought her music was "absolutely gorgeous Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, really special!" www.bronwynnebrent.com Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. www.brookfield-knights.com
22 APRIL Wide Days: At The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Scotland's award-winning music convention, Wide Days, returns to Edinburgh on 22-23 April. Following the success of the new format trialed in 2015, the conference and first three showcases will take place in the Pleasance venue on Friday. The Saturday - open to all professional ticket holders - will focus on networking activities, including a guided coach tour, a special Ted-style talk, BBQ and lowexertion sports. Early-bird passes will be available at a discounted rate of £65 and rise to £80 on 15 January 2016. Moreover, a limited number of one-day passes for Friday’s events are available for students, emerging musicians and individuals starting out in the business, for £25. An under 18s ticket costs £18 and covers the conference and first three showcases. www.widedays.com 23 APRIL Wide Days: At The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Scotland's award-winning music convention, Wide Days, returns to Edinburgh on 22-23 April. Following the success of the new format trialed in 2015, the conference and first three showcases will take place in the Pleasance venue on Friday. The Saturday - open to all professional ticket holders - will focus on networking activities, including a guided coach tour, a special Ted-style talk, BBQ and lowexertion sports. Early-bird passes will be available at a discounted rate of £65 and rise to £80 on 15 January 2016. Moreover, a limited number of one-day passes for Friday’s events are available for students, emerging musicians and individuals starting out in the business, for £25. An under 18s ticket costs £18 and covers the conference and first three showcases. www.widedays.com
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Brookfield Knights presents ….. THE MIKE + RUTHY BAND with KARRNNEL SAWITSKY, DANIEL KOULACK & TRENT FREEMAN: At The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. The Mike + Ruthy Band with impressive support from Karrnnel Sawitsky, Daniel Koulack And Trent Freeman. Mike + Ruthy, “one of acoustic Americana’s most revered musical duos” (Folk Alley) have been taking the USA by storm since releasing their 21 MAY full-band album, Bright As You Can (singled out by The Telegraph as a Best of 2015 release). The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. RON Almost elevated to “folk” royalty, Merenda And SAYER JR. & CHARLOTTE JOYCE with Ungar have the kind of pedigree that ensures support from THE ANDY GUNN BAND: At The they always draw big crowds to the ‘live’ Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, shows – great celebrations that range from Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. rollicking rock to sparse acoustic balladry and From the downhome sound of the Delta to classic R&B-influenced rave ups. contemporary blues rock riffage, the Edinburgh www.celticconnections.com Blues Club showcases every shade of blues with www.brookfield-knights.com its eagerly anticipated new programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise 20 JANUARY established to harness popular support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. Brookfield Knights presents ….. GREG http://edinburgh-blues.uk TROOPER: At The Piping Centre, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections. With thirteen albums behind him, true trouper Greg Trooper has his own show at The Piping Centre on January 20th. Recognised on both sides of the Atlantic as one Send us all your gig dates for of the best ‘live’ performers on the circuit, he’s a Glasgow and West Coast area song-writer who has had material covered by everyone from Vince Gill to Billy Bragg. Steve Email them to Carol Earle recently declared himself a fan and carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com legendary BBC 2 presenter Bob Harris described
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KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus BELA FLECK + ABIGAIL WASHBURN: At Fruitmarket, Glasgow for Celtic Connections, 7pm. Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a SARAH HAYES supporting JENNY RITTER: At brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses, The Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow with a full band released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, performance of 'Woven'. Woven is the début and a supporting tour. album from Sarah Hayes - the Northumberland- www.celticconnections.com raised, Glasgow-based folk singer, musician and http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ composer better known as a multiinstrumentalist with the mighty Admiral Fallow. 25 JANUARY Woven was first performed at Celtic Connections SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA in 2014, where it was commissioned as part of presents ….. ALBA: Songs of Scotland the festival’s visionary New Voices series – featuring EDDI READER: At Glasgow Royal designed to produce new work from artists on Concert Hall. Join the internationally acclaimed the Scottish traditional music scene. Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, director Accompanying Sarah’s voice, flute, piano and whistles are Fiona MacAskill on fiddle, Mairearad TOMMY SMITH, and special guest, the Green on accordion, Ali Hutton on guitar, James inimitable Eddi Reader, as together, they richly re-imagine Scotland through uplifting music, Lindsay on double bass and Phil Hague on drums. The album was recorded by Angus Lyon beautiful new arrangements, and a truly unmistakable Scottish voice. Eddi Reader has and mixed by Iain Hutchison. the ability to embed emotion deep within her www.sarahhayes.net songs while the SNJO are renowned for their quality of sound: together they are perfect BAGS OF ROCK + EK DECAY + PAPA SHANDY AND THE DRAMS: At Classic Grand, partners to perform Alba: Songs of Scotland. Taking evocative melodies from across Scotland, Glasgow. 7pm till 11.30pm, 18+. Bags of they weave words, music and colourful Rock: Starting out as an instrumental act Glasgow’s Bags of Rock have evolved into a full- arrangements together in a rich musical tapestry on, vocal-driven heavy metal powerhouse with a to produce a concert to remember. From the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi Reader sound described by many industry figures as brings joyous life to all forms of song. Her taste unique. Their original compositions mix in co-writers, writers, songs and players is Annihilating Guitars and the Great Highland impeccable and anything with her name on it is Bagpipes with influences from Techno to Dub and Hip Hop. All of this headed up by an honest guaranteed musical treasure. Whilst the perfection of her technique is widely Scottish vocal and underpinned by an acknowledged, what sets Eddi Reader apart is exceptionally high level of musicianship the depth and quality of the emotional displayed by all seven band members. EK performance; her ability not only to move the Decay: are a rock band who come form East listener but to connect her experience to that of Kilbride. They were formed back in 2013 by 4 lads who were bored with the bland mainstream her audience. Her passion and instinct move music scene in the west of Scotland. They have people in a way reminiscent of those who have influenced her work. Her rare blend of meltingly since taken the Glasgow Rock scene by storm with their hard hitting lyrics, unique style and by true vocals and towering romanticism combine with an astute and pragmatic nature to make selling out venues all over the city. Papa her a unique and powerful figure in Shandy and the Drams: are an energetic 7contemporary British music. She has effortlessly piece folk band with musical influences varying across the spectrum, providing a unique blend of developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers. For tickets call Americana and Celtic Folk, with a splash of rocking gravelly vocals thrown in there for good 0141 353 8000 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ measure, that will be sure to keep your toe tapping. Tickets £10/£12 from 27 JANUARY www.tickets-scotland.com www.facebook.com/bagsofrock DEAN OWENS as part of Sister Cities: Tartan Ties: At Celtic Connections,The National 24 JANUARY
Piping Centre, Glasgow, 7.30pm. Dean is also part of the Sister Cities Tartan Ties project which links musicians and artists from sister cities Dunedin (New Zealand) and Edinburgh, a project which also includes indie folk balladeer Dan Wilson (Withered Hand), Craig Lithgow (Emelle), Hailey Beavis and Neu Reekie’s Kevin Williamson (from Scotland) and Robert Scott and Jay Clarkson from New Zealand’s indie music capital. Supported by the British Council, Sister Cities Tartan Ties will open at Celtic Connections on 27 Jan, before embarking on a short tour of Helensburgh, Paisley and Edinburgh, and aims to connect with New Zealand expats in Scotland and the families of those who emigrated from Scotland. www.deanowens.com CARA: At Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections. Cara are a German based trad/contemporary folk band which includes Edinburgh’s Kim Edgar on piano and lead vocals. www.kimedgar.com www.facebook.com/caramusic 28 JANUARY NUALA KENNEDY BAND with HIMMERLAND: At Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections. 8pm. Info and Tickets www.celticconnections.com 29 JANUARY Transatlantic Sessions: At Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever' www.celticconnections.com www.facebook.com/Transatlantic-Sessions-125763630806900
ANDA UNION: At The Mackintosh Church, Glasgow as part of Celtic Connections, 7.30pm. The brilliant 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band members all grew up in families 'with the music', several of whom still live in the traditional Mongolian way, and came together at music college in Hohhot, their capital city. There they were able to integrate traditional forms - like the now-famous throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live in Edinburgh, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time! www.facebook.com/andaunion
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31 JANUARY DEAN OWENS as part of Sister Cities: Tartan Ties: At The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 7pm. Dean is also part of the Sister Cities Tartan Ties project which links musicians and artists from sister cities Dunedin (New Zealand) and Edinburgh, a project which also includes indie folk balladeer Dan Wilson (Withered Hand), Craig Lithgow (Emelle), Hailey Beavis and Neu Reekie’s Kevin Williamson (from Scotland) and Robert Scott and Jay Clarkson from New Zealand’s indie music capital. Supported by the British Council, Sister Cities Tartan Ties will open at Celtic Connections on 27 Jan, before embarking on a short tour of Helensburgh, Paisley and Edinburgh, and aims to connect with New Zealand expats in Scotland and the families of those who emigrated from Scotland. www.deanowens.com THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: At Celtic Connections Festival (2 shows). US cult heroes They Might Be Giants coming to the UK for their first full band tour here in 3 years. The ‘Birdhouse In Your Soul’ singing twice grammy winners have had a massive resurgence recently with two critically acclaimed albums last year off the back of their weekly ‘dial-a-song’ project (www. dialasong.com) including a new kids album ‘Why?’ (one of their shows at the festival will be for children). www.facebook.com/theymightbegiants 5 FEBRUARY TUFF LOVE: Stereo, Glasgow. Tuff Love are Julie Eisenstein (guitar, vocals) and Suse Bear (bass, vocals) plus live drummer Iain Stewart (also a member of The Phantom Band). They come from Glasgow and they write dazzling, sun-streaked guitar pop songs with mesmerising lyrics, heart-wrenching vocals and dreamy melodies like the sound of pure summer. They make all their music in Suse’s flat, self-engineering and selfproducing everything. Tuff Love are steadily making a name for themselves and 'Resort' gives those who haven't yet caught onto the buzz the perfect opportunity to experience the band's enchanting indie brilliance all in one place. www.facebook.com/ReallyTuffLove 6 FEBRUARY
DAVE ARCARI + LEE PATTERSON: At Buchanan Memorial Hall, Milton of Buchanan, by Drymen. alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari after a busy year including an American tour returns to his home on the banks of Loch Lomond for a local gig. Dave said: “there’s a bunch of new songs that I’m keen to play for all our local pals and the old-school village hall at Milton of Buchanan is one of my favourite places to play.” Edinburgh singer/ songwriter and pal Lee Patterson will open the show. In between tours and festival appearances Arcari has been busy at Chem19 studios with engineer/produced Paul Savage (Delgados) recording tracks for a series of new releases scheduled for early 2016. Advance tickets £8 + b/f, entry on door £10 if available. Doors: 8pm, showtime: 8.30pm. No bar – Bring Your Own Bottle! The Oak 31 JANUARY Tree Inn, Balmaha (1mile + shuttle bus service after show!) ½ price offer, call 01360 Transatlantic Sessions: At Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Folk musicians come 870 357. Gig tickets @ www.wegottickets.com/event/343224 together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever' 8 FEBRUARY www.celticconnections.com
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 15: glasgow + surrounding area BASEMENT with TIGERS JAW and ALEX G: At King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow. Following their recent dates supporting Brand New across Europe, this is their first headline tour since late 2014. New album promise everything, out 29th January via Run For Cover Records. Promise Everything is the band’s return to full-length writing and recording since they took a break. Sonically, the record breaks progressive new ground for Basement despite the creative process sharing much in common with previous endeavors. Challenged by the spacing out of members not only across the country, but across the globe, Promise Everything was written by piecing together songs from different members, sent back and forth over a short period of time. Without the luxury of a shared space or even a convenient time zone, the songs were only ever played by the full band while in the studio. Perhaps this is why on listening, Promise Everything feels like a conversation between different people, revealing different moods and feelings throughout. www.facebook.com/basementuk
head-on. For tickets call 0141 332 5057 or go to Exchange 2016 which returns to Platform, http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ Glasgow in March - giving young people the opportunity to perform and gain a unique insight FINN ANDERSON and CAT LOUD: At The into how to get ahead in the music industry. Project Cafe, Glasgow. Finn spent his early teens Enthusiastic musicians aged 21 and under will directing self-penned theatre productions in local have the chance to perform their chosen genre venue, The Byre Theatre, using the profits to of music on a live stage and receive feedback build his first home recording studio where he from industry professionals. Individuals and began writing and producing solo material age groups wishing to perform or attend Exchange 14. He had released two EPs and started his first should register their interest now at theatre company before leaving school age 16 to www.mfy.org.uk/exchange. study Music at the University of Highlands and Islands. Finn is spending the winter touring 19 MARCH living rooms across the UK before releasing his new solo EP Uncharted Lands on 12th February The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. FRED EAGLESMITH + support: At Admiral Bar, 2016. Glasgow, 7.30pm, £13.00. www.finnanderson.co.uk Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 3 MARCH
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DAN STUART (Green On Red) plus FERNANDO: At Stereo, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £13.00. Our first promotion of 2016 will be a special one, the gloriously inimitable Dan Stuart is returning to Glasgow, scene of two memorable gigs by the Mexico-based, Green On Red frontman in recent years. With new album, Marlowe’s Revenge out now, Dan’s gig at Stereo will offer a close up of his latest material, buoyed by a superb back catalogue delivered with fervour and commitment. His forays into the musical spotlight always make an impact with his edgy mix of humour and passion and intensely great songs. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com
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Vive Le Différence: At Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow. 7.30pm, Tickets: £10, £7.50. Another exciting side-by-side project with new music ensemble MusicLab under the direction of the talented Leverhulme Conducting Fellows. The concert will explore great works 20 FEBRUARY from the last 50 years, alongside a new student commission. Conducting Fellows Andrey Rubtsov SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Bungalow, and Jiří Rožeň. RCS MusicLab, Andrey Rubtsov / Paisley. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now available on all download platforms. Capital FM’s Jiří Rožeň Leverhulme Conducting Fellows. Taner Kemirtlek New Work, Sawer Cat’s Eye, Berio ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE Scottish Music Différences Box Office 0141 332 5057 or Awards. www.facebook.com/singlebysunday www.rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice www.rcs.ac.uk 25 FEBRUARY
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. THE DREAMING SPIRES + support: At Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £12.00. The Dreaming Spires will bring their cosmic mix of slow country burners and intriguing jangling guitars to Glasgow. Rated by BBC Radio Ulster’s, Ralph McLean as “one of the finest bands in Britain today,” singing brothers, Robin and Joe Bennett have built quite a reputation and following in recent times. Current release Searching for the Supertruth emphasises how the duo effortlessly straddle a line between the influence of roots music, classic 60s pop and their youthful love of indie rock from both sides of the Atlantic. Their fondness for the distinctive harmonies in the tradition of The Everly Brothers and The Byrds is 26 FEBRUARY never far from the surface, either. Tickets @ DEADLY INSCRIPTION (EP launch): At King http://tickets-scotland.com/ Tuts, Glasgow. The Paisley based 5-piece Metal- www.fallenangelsclub.com core..ish outfit release "A Testament To Sin", the E.P was recorded with Ajeet Gill at Hellfire Studios, Birmingham. In 2015 the band hit new EXCHANGE: At Platform, Glasgow. EXCHANGE: milestones by completing their first full Scottish the not-to-be-missed event for young Scottish headline tour and released their first full length musicians. Aspiring young Scotland based musicians are being urged to sign up for documentary film (Exordium, 2015) then with no hesitation head back to the studio. The bands Exchange 2016 which returns to Platform, EP sets a decade of work and the pace for what Glasgow in March - giving young people the opportunity to perform and gain a unique insight looks to be their busiest year yet. into how to get ahead in the music industry. www.deadlyinscription.com Enthusiastic musicians aged 21 and under will have the chance to perform their chosen genre 28 FEBUARY of music on a live stage and receive feedback from industry professionals. Individuals and SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA groups wishing to perform or attend Exchange presents ….. MIKE STERN: At Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow. One of the should register their interest now at www.mfy.org.uk/exchange. great guitar players of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric guitarist who moves 5 MARCH comfortably between jazz-informed rock, fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His career began SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Classic Grand, with the mighty Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1976, Glasgow. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now and later he worked with jazz legends Miles available on all download platforms. Capital FM’s Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among Downbeat magazine’s ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE Scottish Music Awards. www.facebook.com/singlebysunday ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, Mike Stern will join the SNJO EXCHANGE: At Platform, Glasgow. EXCHANGE: in an all-out celebration of incredible music, as the not-to-be-missed event for young Scottish his astonishing guitar creativity meets the musicians. Aspiring young Scotland based combustible mix of fabulous orchestral jazzmusicians are being urged to sign up for
Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Village Theatre, East Kilbride, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone in-between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 22 MARCH The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. ANTHONY TONER+ support: At Admiral Bar, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £9.00. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com REFUSED: At Glasgow’s Garage. Refused are an iconic Swedish avant-punk rock band. Expect throat-shredding tracks from the criticallyacclaimed album Freedom, the band’s first release in seventeen years following on from iconic The Shape of Punk to Come. www.facebook.com/refusedband 25 MARCH BREABACH: At Bishopton Folk Night, Renfrewshire. Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned them international recognition on the world and roots music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The album will be released on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach 26 MARCH SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Record Factory, Glasgow. Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now available on all download platforms. Capital FM’s ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE Scottish Music Awards. www.facebook.com/singlebysunday 28 MARCH BIG UPS: At Broadcast, Glasgow. Almost two years since Big Ups graced UK shores, the New York band are back on British soil. With high praises from the likes of The Guardian and a BBC Maida Vale session under their belt, this
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 16: glasgow + area : fife + central + perth + tayside Brooklyn four-piece are returning to bigger audiences as well as bigger expectations with the announcement of brand new album Before a Million Universes to be released 4 March. The album draws its title from a Walt Whitman quote (""let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes") and serves as a fist in the face of complacency, which is, equally, an apt summary of the band's fiery live show returning to European shores in spring 2016.
from South California certainly is. The former advertising professional entered the music world on two years ago and he’s hit the ground running with an outstanding debut release, “Angeleno”, his cosmopolitan west coast take on traditional country music that he has dubbed “SoCal country.” Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com
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The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DIANA JONES: At The CCA, Glasgow, A powerful and emotional performer, Diana’s most recent album, “Museum of Appalachia Recordings,” recorded, appropriately, in the building of that name in Clinton, Tennessee, was crammed with her own vibrant compositions that hinted of days gone by. With her glorious, husky alto voice, Diana’s popularity has rightly grown in recent years with music lovers catching up to savour a wonderful output, gently reminiscent at times of Gillian Welch and Iris De Ment. Her earlier performances in Glasgow were sparkling affairs of heartache and tenderness, we are very pleased she’s agreed to come back to the city. Tickets £13 from The CCA Box Office 0141 352 4900. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. LAURA CANTRELL plus support: At O2 ABC1 Glasgow. Tickets £17 from The ABC Box Office 0844 477 2000 & Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151. Doors 7pm, 7.45pm start. With her beautiful voice, peerless lyrics and sparkling live sets it’s no wonder New York-based singer/songwriter, 15 APRIL Laura Cantrell is always a welcome visitor to The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. JOHN Scotland. And she’s back for a seated show at McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At the ABC1 when her 2000 debut album, Not The Glasgow, St Andrews In The Square. .30pm, Tremblin’ Kind will be re-issued by city-based £16. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a Spit & Polish records. Her 2013 Glasgow professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just Americana appearance sold out well in advance, started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years so we expect Laura’s latest visit here will attract since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm a lot of attention. Tickets @ recording the album in our newly built recording http://tickets-scotland.com/ studio & it will be released in April 2016 on www.fallenangelsclub.com Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, 9 MAY playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of Paisley, Arts Centre. 2016 will see me celebrate my compositions from the last 25 years. Tickets 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. www.johnmccusker.co.uk I'm recording the album in our newly built www.fallenangelsclub.com recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide HAWKWIND: At 02 ABC. Tickets £22.50 advance on 0141 332 2232. Space Rock Legends with the release I will tour the UK with a brand Hawkwind bring their psychedelic stage show to new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals Glasgow. Founder Dave Brock is joined by long- throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year standing band members Richard Chadwick, Mr Dibs, Tim Blake, Niall Hone and Dead Fred....the featuring lots of my compositions from the last longest established Hawkwind line-up. Hawkwind 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk were formed in 1969, originally as Hawkwind 13 MAY Zoo by former London busker Dave Brock, although there have been numerous line-up changes throughout the years, he remains at the The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS helm today and is known affectionately by many DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus support: At St Andrews in of the fans as the Captain of the ship. the Square. Kris Drever celebrates his first www.hawkwind.com decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If 17 APRIL Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting tour. Brookfield Knights presents ….. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ BRONWYNNE BRENT: At Kilbarchan, http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ Renfrewshire (venue tbc). Mississippi Delta www.fallenangelsclub.com songbird, Bronwynne Brent made a major Stateside impact with the release of her stunning Deep Black Water album back in 2011. When her 27 MAY equally-impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DANIEL UK in 2014, there was an instantaneous ROMANO + KACY & CLAYTON: At Classic collective gasp as radio presenters and writers discovered this very special talent and began to Grand, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £13.00. Tickets @ sing her praises here too. Bob Harris was first to http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com declare himself a fan and playing tracks on his BBC Radio 2 shows repeatedly, told listeners he thought her music was "absolutely gorgeous really special!" www.bronwynnebrent.com www.brookfield-knights.com
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KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus SIOBHAN WILSON: At Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting tour. www.renfrewshireleisure.com http://krisdrever.com/gigs/
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. HAYES CARLL + support: At CCA, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £15.00. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com
2 APRIL BREABACH: At Drygate, Glasgow. Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned them international recognition on the world and roots music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The album will be released on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach CHVRCHES with guests THE TWILIGHT SAD: At The SSE Hydro, Glasgow. CHVRCHES will perform songs from their critically acclaimed second album Every Open Eye. All tickets include a charity donation. Tickets on sale at 10am 4 December £25 in Glasgow @ http://gigst.rs/Chv www.facebook.com/CHVRCHES 6 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. An Evening with THE HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN: At St Andrew's In The Square, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £16.50. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 12 APRIL
14 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. SAM OUTLAW: At The Admiral Bar, Glasgow, Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 and behind the bar in The Admiral. If Ry Cooder is a major fan of your work then a singer/songwriter must be doing something right. Sam Outlaw
27 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. RICHMOND FONTAINE plus FERNANDO: At The Art School, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £16.50. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 4 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. ALAN KELLY GANG + support: At Classic Grand, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £14.00. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 18: fife + central + perth + tayside bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The album will be released on the 4 March. Anda Union - the brilliant 9piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band members all grew up in families 'with the music', several of whom still live in the traditional Mongolian way, and came together at music college in Hohhot, their capital city. There they were able to integrate traditional forms - like the now-famous throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live in Edinburgh, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time! www.facebook.com/andaunion www.facebook.com/Breabach Crail Folk Club: Burns Night in Golf Hotel, £4 inc. Haggis, Neeps & Tatties. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 29 JANUARY Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel in Crieff is launching a new musical night that starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com 31 JANUARY Mundell Music presents ..... MICK RALPHS BLUES BAND: At Backstage at the Green Hotel, Kinross. Mick Ralphs is one of Britain's finest and probably most understated blues/rock guitarists whose career path spans almost five decades encompassing time with Mott The Hoople and Bad Company. The Mick Ralphs Blues Band is a band formed in the heat of a blues jam. www.mundellmusic.com 11 FEBRUARY Crail Folk Club presents ..... CLAIRE HASTINGS & ROBYN STAPLETON: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 15 FEBRUARY FINN ANDERSON and CAT LOUD: At The Steeple, Fife. Finn spent his early teens directing self-penned theatre productions in local venue, The Byre Theatre, using the profits to build his first home recording studio where he began writing and producing solo material age 14. He had released two EPs and started his first
theatre company before leaving school age 16 to study Music at the University of Highlands and Islands. Finn is spending the winter touring living rooms across the UK before releasing his new solo EP Uncharted Lands on 12th February 2016. www.finnanderson.co.uk
guitarist who moves comfortably between jazzinformed rock, fiery fusion and rocked-out jazz. His career began with the mighty Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1976, and later he worked with jazz legends Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and The Brecker Brothers. Among Downbeat magazine’s ‘Top 75 Guitarists of All 16 FEBRUARY Time’ and a six-time GRAMMY nominee, Mike Stern will join the SNJO in an all-out celebration FINN ANDERSON and CAT LOUD: At The Byre of incredible music, as his astonishing guitar Theatre, St. Andrews. Finn spent his early teens creativity meets the combustible mix of fabulous directing self-penned theatre productions in local orchestral jazz-head-on. For tickets call 01382 venue, The Byre Theatre, using the profits to 434940 or go to http://snjo.co.uk/concerts/ build his first home recording studio where he began writing and producing solo material age 1 MARCH 14. He had released two EPs and started his first theatre company before leaving school age 16 to Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At study Music at the University of Highlands and Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld, 7.30pm. Scottish Islands. Finn is spending the winter touring living Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland rooms across the UK before releasing his new this February and March. A great evening for solo EP Uncharted Lands on 12th February 2016. those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone www.finnanderson.co.uk in-between, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, 23 FEBRUARY as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to and JOHN DOYLE: At Perth, Concert Hall. perform at some of the smaller or more remote Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The Doyle are three members of the BBC acclaimed annual tour has been taking to the road since Transatlantic Sessions playing as part of a 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk unique European tour. With both Mike McGoldrick and John McCusker also having 3 MARCH toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY musicians share a stage together. PINES: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. If www.johnmccusker.co.uk you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the 25 FEBRUARY streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump Crail Folk Club presents ..... Singers Night: and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club young master who clearly understands that this offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all kind of music was always about having a great tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, time. www.facebook.com/woodypines beginners and those that just want to come www.brookfield-knights.com along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and 4 MARCH musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. PINES: At Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire. If www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the 26 FEBRUARY streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump Noisy Nights: At Byre Bar, St Andrews. Free, and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a 10.30pm. Noisy Nights are the place to hear young master who clearly understands that this emerging new musical ideas and voices: they’re kind of music was always about having a great a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, time. www.facebook.com/woodypines musicians, composers and artists in an informal www.brookfield-knights.com space and hear some of the best examples of brand new music while having a beer. They’re 5 MARCH fun, free and your chance to listen to, and compose for, the musicians of Red Note Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Ensemble. Red Note Ensemble Performers: Violin Markinch Town Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera (tbc), Cello Robert Irvine, Clarinet Marie Lloyd. embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this Tickets @ www.eventbrite.co.uk February and March. A great evening for those www.rednoteensemble.com new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER some of the world’s most popular operas, as well AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to in Crieff is launching a new musical night that perform at some of the smaller or more remote starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform annual tour has been taking to the road since an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards 8 MARCH from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Lossiemouth Town Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera 27 FEBUARY embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inpresents ….. MIKE STERN: At Gardyne between, Opera Highlights features music from Theatre, Dundee. One of the great guitar players some of the world’s most popular operas, as well of all time, Mike Stern is a multifaceted electric as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 20: fife + central + perth + tayside Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 10 MARCH Crail Folk Club presents ..... JENNY BIDDLE: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 17 MARCH Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Victoria Hall, Dunblane, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 24 MARCH Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 25 MARCH Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel in Crieff is launching a new musical night that
starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com 14 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ….. BRONWYNNE BRENT: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Mississippi Delta songbird, Bronwynne Brent made a major Stateside impact with the release of her stunning Deep Black Water album back in 2011. When her equally-impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the UK in 2014, there was an instantaneous collective gasp as radio presenters and writers discovered this very special talent and began to sing her praises here too. Bob Harris was first to declare himself a fan and playing tracks on his BBC Radio 2 shows repeatedly, told listeners he thought her music was "absolutely gorgeous - really special!" www.bronwynnebrent.com www.brookfield-knights.com Crail Folk Club presents ..... NORTH SEA GAS: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 28 APRIL Crail Folk Club presents ..... DAVE NACHMANOFF: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 29 APRIL Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel
in Crieff is launching a new musical night that starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com 7 MAY JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Stirling, Tolbooth. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk 10 MAY JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Birnam, Birnam Arts. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk 12 MAY Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 26 MAY
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 22: fife + central + perth + tayside : aberdeen + north east Crail Folk Club presents ..... TANNAHILL WEAVERS: At Community Hall in Crail, Fife. Advance tickets are on sale at £10 on 01333 450572. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 27 MAY Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel in Crieff is launching a new musical night that starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com 9 JUNE Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub
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LOU & THE FLATBELLYS with DUNCAN CHISHOLM: At The Music Hall, Aberdeen. DANSE MCCABRE: Whirl into the new year with Blazing hot Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys rest on an evening of traditional Scottish dancing with the cusp of change, poised at that moment all-girl ceilidh band Danse McCabre, in the Music where everything shifts into high gear and time Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets on 01224 rushes forward. The instruments and the 641122 or at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com bedrock of the band may come from bluegrass and Appalachian old-time, but this is music 23 JANUARY that’s caught between the pull of the past and the push of the beckoning future, ready to leap DANSE MCCABRE: One of the classical world’s forward brimming with new ideas and bursting fastest-rising stars conductor Antonio Méndez with crisp, fresh and appealing energy. joins Scottish Chamber Orchestra with a www.brookfield-knights.com programme which includes two powerful symphonies: Mozart’s compelling 25th and 25 FEBRUARY Beethoven’s Seventh, described by Wagner as MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER ‘the apotheosis of the dance, in the Music Hall, and JOHN DOYLE: At Aberdeen, Lemon Tree. Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Doyle are three members of the BBC acclaimed PAUL JONES and DAVE KELLY: A live acoustic Transatlantic Sessions playing as part of a unique European tour. With both Mike set by dynamic duo Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, founder members of The Blues Band, playing not McGoldrick and John McCusker also having toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this only their own original material, but also the work of the greats, ranging from Howling’ Wolf, is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest musicians share a stage together. John Lee Hooker through to Sonny Boy www.johnmccusker.co.uk Williamson, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 3 MARCH at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Cove Burgh Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera 24 JANUARY embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those LINDI ORTEGA: Regular Music presents new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inCanadian singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega who between, Opera Highlights features music from now lives in Nashville, Tennessee and whose some of the world’s most popular operas, as well voice has been described as a blend of Dolly Parton's, Johnny Cash's, and Emmylou Harris, in as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts. perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The com annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 27 JANUARY ALEC FRANK GEMMILL and ALASDAIR BEATON: As part of Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Culture Café series, a lunchtime performance by two of Scotland’s most promising and exciting talents, Alec Frank Gemmill (horn) and Alasdair Beaton (piano) performing together, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 1pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 31 JANUARY
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DE ROSA: Glasgow band De Rosa, comprising songwriter Martin John Henry (vocals, guitar), MOVING PICTURES: Kicking off 2016, Classic James Woodside (bass) and Neil Woodside Rock Show focusses on a new batch of rock (drums), in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), gems, Top 20 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Live - Part Two, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, Tickets on 01224 641122 or at doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 5 FEBRUARY
18 JANUARY KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: Legendary American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, Kris Kristofferson, famed for writing and recording such hits as Me and Bobby McGee, For the Good Times, Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down and Help Me Make It Through the Night, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 22 JANUARY
Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. GORDIE TENTREES: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 8pm. Deeply personal and moving, melodic and uplifting and lyrically rich – these are the songs that will tear your heart out, one note at a time, master storyteller and multiinstrumental performer Gordie Tentrees has arrived. Yukon based, Ontario raised, farm boy, golden glove boxer, school teacher, youth counsellor turned folk artist Tentrees has released 6 records touring North America, UK, Australia and Europe up to 200 concerts each year, nominated for Western Canadian Music Awards, International Song Competitions and toured with Kelly Joe Phelps, Fred Eaglesmith, Steve Poltz and Mary Gauthier. www.almostbluepromotions.com
JAMES YORKSTON, THE PICTISH TRAIL & WITHERED HAND: An evening with three of Scotland’s leading singer/songwriters on tour together, James Yorkston, The Pictish Trail & Withered Hand, on-stage together throughout, sharing and joining in on each other’s songs, having a laugh and a blether, in The Lemon Tree 13 FEBRUARY Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets on 01224 641122 or at Brookfield Knights presents ….. LINDSAY
5 MARCH Brookfield Knights presents ….. WOODY PINES: At Glenbuchat Hall, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. If you’re wondering where the music of Nashville troubadour Woody Pines comes from, look to the streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump and jive. It's oldtime feel-good music done by a young master who clearly understands that this kind of music was always about having a great time. www.facebook.com/woodypines www.brookfield-knights.com 10 MARCH Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Midmar Village Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk 12 MARCH Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Victoria Hall, Braemar, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish
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ANDA UNION: At Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 8pm. The brilliant 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first toured the UK in KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus support: At members all grew up in families 'with the music', Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Kris Drever celebrates several of whom still live in the traditional his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and Mongolian way, and came together at music songwriter with a brand new studio album If 18 MARCH college in Hohhot, their capital city. There they Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal were able to integrate traditional forms - like the Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. FRED Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting now-famous throat singing - into creating a EAGLESMITH: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. tour. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but 8pm. Eaglesmith is a veteran of the music http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If industry and at the same time is about as far you miss this opportunity to see the band live in away from actually participating in today’s music 28 MAY Edinburgh, you can be assured of hearing about industry as one could be. Never operating within the concert for a long time afterwards from Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. anyone’s boundaries, he continues to set the those who were lucky enough to get tickets in DANIEL ROMANO + KACY & CLAYTON: At standard for independent artists everywhere. time! www.facebook.com/andaunion The Tunnels, Aberdeen. 7.30pm. The upcoming While blazing his own often colourful path he has avoided most of the traps and pitfalls of his album is named after how he describes his own 6 FEBRUARY peers, his career reads like a manual on how to music. “Mosey music is a study in contrasts. succeed in music today without trying to fit into There’s glitz and grit, reveling and wallowing, DAVE ARCARI + LEE PATTERSON: At wretchedness and showmanship. Mosey music’s Buchanan Memorial Hall, Milton of Buchanan, by the traditional business models. pioneers wore their battered hearts on sequined Drymen. alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari after www.almostbluepromotions.com sleeves. From Bakersfield to Galveston, the a busy year including an American tour returns legends traded their tragicomic highs and lows 19 MARCH to his home on the banks of Loch Lomond for a for gold records and white Cadillacs. But that local gig. Dave said: “there’s a bunch of new BREABACH: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. was then; the days of Buckaroos, Nudie Suits songs that I’m keen to play for all our local pals Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band and various Hanks are over, save for the and the old-school village hall at Milton of 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice museum displays. On this tour Daniel Romano Buchanan is one of my favourite places to play.” nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk has invited Kacy & Clayton to open up for him Edinburgh singer/songwriter and pal Lee Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a and his band. A duo from the wood mountain Patterson will open the show. In between tours thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk uplands of Southern Saskatchewan that gently and festival appearances Arcari has been busy music that has earned them international melts British and North American folk tradition at Chem19 studios with engineer/produced Paul recognition on the world and roots music scene together and create something timeless and Savage (Delgados) recording tracks for a series as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting captivating. www.almostbluepromotions.com of new releases scheduled for early 2016. bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their Advance tickets £8 + b/f, entry on door £10 if forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating available. Doors: 8pm, showtime: 8.30pm. No from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and bar – Bring Your Own Bottle! The Oak Tree Inn, extensive UK Tour. The album will be released Balmaha (1mile + shuttle bus service after on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach show!) ½ price offer, call 01360 870 357. Gig tickets @ 17 APRIL www.wegottickets.com/event/343224 12 MAY
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JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Banchory, Woodend Barn. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk
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JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Findhorn, University Hall. 2016 will see me 18 FEBRUARY celebrate 25 years as a professional musician Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At record, it's 13 years since my last album Ballachulish Village Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this our newly built recording studio & it will be February and March. A great evening for those released in April 2016 on Under One Sky new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inRecords. To coincide with the release I will tour between, Opera Highlights features music from the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows some of the world’s most popular operas, as well and lots of festivals throughout the summer. as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish There will also be a book of my tunes published Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a early next year featuring lots of my compositions piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The 13 MAY annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk Oban Live with SKERRYVORE and friends: At Mossfield Stadium, Oban. A superstar line up of 23 FEBRUARY Scottish acts that includes Julie Fowlis, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Skipinnish and the legendary Capercaillie – who will be returning to their home Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At town with a host of special guests. Joining them Lochinver Village Hall, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera will be multi-award winning Irish group We embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this Banjo 3 who will visit Argyll as part of their world February and March. A great evening for those tour. Skerryvore will be joined by special guests new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inBlair Douglas and former Silencers frontman JJ between, Opera Highlights features music from Gilmour as they return to the scene of their some of the world’s most popular operas, as well special Decade concert last May. as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish www.obanlive.com Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to 14 MAY perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The Oban Live with SKERRYVORE and friends: At annual tour has been taking to the road since Mossfield Stadium, Oban. A superstar line up of 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk Scottish acts that includes Julie Fowlis, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Skipinnish and the legendary 24 FEBRUARY Capercaillie – who will be returning to their home town with a host of special guests. Joining them MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER will be multi-award winning Irish group We and JOHN DOYLE: At Inverness, Eden Court Banjo 3 who will visit Argyll as part of their world Theatre. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and tour. Skerryvore will be joined by special guests John Doyle are three members of the BBC Blair Douglas and former Silencers frontman JJ acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions playing as part Gilmour as they return to the scene of their of a unique European tour. With both Mike special Decade concert last May. McGoldrick and John McCusker also having www.obanlive.com toured for the past year with Mark Knopfler, this is a rare chance to see three of the world’s finest musicians share a stage together. www.johnmccusker.co.uk 25 FEBRUARY Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Ross Institute, Halkirk, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this February and March. A great evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inbetween, Opera Highlights features music from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to perform at some of the smaller or more remote venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The annual tour has been taking to the road since 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk
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BENNY GALLAGHER Annual Homecoming Concert with guests THE MERMAIDS: At Lounge @ Largs, 33-43 Main St. Largs KA30 8AE. 6pm for 6:30pm, tickets £29.95 Concert incl. 2 Course Meal. Benny Gallagher makes a welcome return to his hometown of Largs for two intimate evenings of songs and stories about his days as a staff writer with The Beatles Publishing 13 FEBRUARY Co. - Apple.. performing a selection of the hits 27 FEBRUARY he penned for McGuinness Flint - Gallagher & FINN ANDERSON and CAT LOUD: At An Lyle - Art Garfunkel - Bryan Ferry - Colin Tobar, Tobermory, Mull. Finn spent his early Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Blunstone - Don Williams - Elkie Brooks - Garth teens directing self-penned theatre productions Strathpeffer Pavilion, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera Brooks - Judith Durham - Mary Hopkin - Phil in local venue, The Byre Theatre, using the embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this Everly - Ricky Nelson - Ringo Starr - Rita profits to build his first home recording studio February and March. A great evening for those Coolidge - Status Quo - Simon & Garfunkel - The where he began writing and producing solo new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inFureys - Lemon Jelly - sprinkled with the material age 14. He had released two EPs and between, Opera Highlights features music from occasional tale, or, two from a 50 year career in some of the world’s most popular operas, as well started his first theatre company before leaving music working with blues legends Arthur “Big school age 16 to study Music at the University of as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish Boy” Crudup - “Champion” Jack Dupree - Eric Highlands and Islands. Finn is spending the Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a winter touring living rooms across the UK before Clapton - Pete Townsend - Ronnie Wood - Mary piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to Hopkin - Ralph McTell, and as a member of perform at some of the smaller or more remote releasing his new solo EP Uncharted Lands on McGuinness Flint - Gallagher and Lyle - Ronnie venues the length and breadth of Scotland. The 12th February 2016. www.finnanderson.co.uk Lane and the Slim Chance Band and The annual tour has been taking to the road since Manfreds, so, it’s time get out your Fisherman’s 20 FEBRUARY 1994. www.scottishopera.org.uk Friends, tune up those tonsils, indulge in a little light banter, and, some serious harmony backing Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At 11 MAY vocals.."! For tickets call 01475 689968, email: Isle of Bute …. Transclyde Music is a group of like minded people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to promote live music on the island. For their latest gig news go to …. www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic
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9 FEBRUARY Pupils of The Yehudi Menuhin School: At Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed in The Henry Travers Studio, 7pm, £12.50, (£10 Disability concs, £10 Student concs, £10 Unemployed concs) £11 Over 60s, Child FREE. Join us for a music concert performed by pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School. The Yehudi Menuhin School is delighted this year to add The Maltings to its annual concert tour to Scotland. Talented young musicians from the world-famous specialist music school (for pupils aged 7-19) will perform a varied programme of piano solos and other chamber music before travelling on to New Lanark, Edinburgh and Blair Atholl. www.maltingsberwick.co.uk 13 FEBRUARY
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A great evening for www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK Awards; Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a those new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk in-between, Opera Highlights features music 27 JANUARY music that has earned them international from some of the world’s most popular operas, as well as some lesser-known treats. The NUALA KENNEDY BAND with HIMMERLAND: recognition on the world and roots music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, 8pm. Info and bands. Breabach are delighted to announce their with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to Tickets www.eastgatearts.com forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating perform at some of the smaller or more remote from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and venues the length and breadth of Scotland. 30 JANUARY extensive UK Tour. The album will be released www.scottishopera.org.uk on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café presents ….. Alex 13 FEBRUARY and Ken from Swing Street: At Kazmiranda, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 1pm. An afternoon of jazz 15 MARCH Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At piano and guitar. Kazmiranda = Live Music! Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights Tour: At Barrfields Pavilion Theatre, Largs, 7.30pm. 'Northumberland Business Award 2015 for Tower Hall, Hawick, 7.30pm. Scottish Opera Scottish Opera embarks on an 18-date tour of Creative Industries winner'. For details email embarks on an 18-date tour of Scotland this Scotland this February and March. A great Brian at brian@themusicgallery.com February and March. A great evening for those evening for those new to opera, seasoned fans www.facebook.com/cafekazmirandaberwickontweed new to opera, seasoned fans and everyone inand everyone in-between, Opera Highlights www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK between, Opera Highlights features music from features music from some of the world’s most some of the world’s most popular operas, as well popular operas, as well as some lesser-known St Boswell’s Live presents ….. TORINO + as some lesser-known treats. The Scottish treats. The Scottish Opera’s trusty van will be SUNJAY: At St Boswells Village Hall, Jenny loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 Moore's Road, TD6 0AL. Doors 7.30pm, show at Opera’s trusty van will be loaded up with a piano, a handful of props and 4 singers to singers to perform at some of the smaller or 8pm. 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I've just started recording a new solo streets. Ragtime, Boogie, Viper Jazz, Lighting clutch of award nominations, including winning record, it's 13 years since my last album Speed Folk. Full of stomp and swing, and jump the Wath Festival Young Performers Award. Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in and jive. It's old-time feel-good music done by a https://stboswellslive.wordpress.com/ our newly built recording studio & it will be young master who clearly understands that this released in April 2016 on Under One Sky kind of music was always about having a great Beginners Jam @ Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café Records. To coincide with the release I will tour time. www.facebook.com/woodypines in Berwick: 7pm-10pm (doors 6.45pm). £10 the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows www.brookfield-knights.com which includes drinks and snacks. Our delicious and lots of festivals throughout the summer. home cooked food is available at all events. 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It’s a weekend of comedy, music and snowsport thrills on the hills in and around Aviemore. 2016 tickets will soon be available from www. ukgigsonline.com Proceeds from the festival go to the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and Disability Snowsport UK.
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Once again we have some big names coming north to join in the fun in May, and from the ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have www.mvfestival.com brought together a broad mix of artists that we Celtic Connections 2016 comprises a wealth of hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events Groove CairnGorm increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our and late night sessions taking place over 18 days Cairngorms local traditions and musicians – both established across various venues in Glasgow. 11-13 March 2016 and emerging – will be centre stage alongside those visiting the festival. You would be hard www.celticconnections.com Groove Loch Ness couldn’t wait until next August pushed to find another festival throughout the for their next party – so building upon the succountry that has such a strong home representaBig Burns Supper cess of the inaugural event at Loch Ness this tion, and it is one that we are hugely proud of. summer, Groove are very excited to be expandDumfries ing, launching a resort based snowsports festival www.orkneyfolkfestival.com 22-30 January in 2016 - Groove CairnGorm! There will be snowWe will present our fifth Festival in 2016 and will sports and entertainment each day up on the include our famous Spiegeltent venue and some mountain, followed by apres ski with live music and world class DJs until the early hours in a big of our award winning production of Le Haggis top in Aviemore! which runs throughout the Festival. Inspired by Brew at the Bog the celebration, rather than the idea that to be at a Burns Supper – you had to have a degree in www.facebook.com/groovecairngorm Inverness Scots Literature – our festival is about coming 3-4 June together to celebrate with your friends, pals and visitors around Burn’s Night. It is the only place Brew at the Bog is one of Scotland's most dyin the World where you can enjoy all that a Winnamic hidden gems, championing new and unter Festival has to offer, soak up all the places signed artists alongside craft beer, gin, cider, that Robert Burn’s used to love – in the way that Isle of Bute Jazz Festival whisky, rum and prosecco bars! A two-day he left him, pay tribute at his burial site and still Isle of Bute camping festival, Brew at the Bog is held at Bogfind time to see cutting edge and contemporary 29 April-2 May 2016 bain Farm in Inverness, which was crowned work one of Scotland’s cosiest, yet confident "Best Unusual Venue" at the 2012 Scottish Event towns. The Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown specAwards - the perfect setting for a festival that tacularly from its small beginnings to become prides itself on championing the best of Scotwww.bigburnssupper.com one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. land’s alternative scene. The lineup for 2016 inTop-class UK and international names feature in cludes a Mercury Music Prize nominee, Best a programme of traditional jazz music in one of Breakthrough Act at the Scottish Music Awards, Scotland's prettiest and friendliest seaside reBest Hip Hop Act AND Best Live Act at the sorts. Some very well known jazz names feaSAMAs, Best Up & Coming at the Scottish Trad tured on the programme over the next few Music Awards, a Radio 2 Awards nominee, and Fife Jazz Festival years – Acker Bilk, Monty Sunshine, Martin Tay- so it goes on! The festival for 2016 also features lor, Tommy Smith, Andy Sheppard, Carol Kidd, a programme of speakers, cinema, alternative Fife The Temperance 7, and The London Community therapies and street food! 6-8 February Gospel Choir amongst others, and the Festival www.brewatthebog.com The Fife Jazz Festival - an annual festival taking continues to attract top class UK and international bands in mainly the Traditional New Orplace all over the kingdom - brings the biggest names and upcoming stars of jazz music to Fife. leans idiom.The Festival is a great supporter of young musicians who feature prominently in the Eden Festival Whether you're a jazz and blues specialist or a Raehills Meadows casual listener, we hope that you're going to find annual programme. 9-12 June 2016 plenty to enjoy. Thanks to all the musicians who www.butejazz.com are going to give us such a great weekend. Set in the stunning Raehill Meadows of Dumfries Eden Festival is boutique festival, with over 250 www.fifejazzfestival.com acts performing across 9 stages, bringing you live music, dance, cabaret, burlesque, circus skills, theatre, a children's area, fun and games and much more. Nominated for three awards in Dumfries & Galloway 2015. Glasgow 14-31 January
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Dumfries and Galloway 20-29 May
The 2016 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 look forward to welcoming you to another weekend of roots, culture and good vibes in Edinburgh in March 2016.
Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. The founding aim was to bring international performers of the highest quality to a region containing many scattered rural communities since then this region has produced some of its own talent of international standing and we’re proud to also be able to present these artistes from time to time. We offer a wide range of events: music – including classical, jazz and folk, dance, theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. Events take place in a range of venues throughout the region, from large to small, formal to informal, urban to rural.
www.weedubfestival.co.uk
MV Festival Aviemore Returning in 2016
www.dgartsfestival.org.uk
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Riverside Rock Jedburgh 18 June Riverside Rock 2016 already have some fantastic bands signed up: The Men They Couldn’t Hang / The Lost Boys / Scocha (Back for a 3rd Year) / Blistered Molly (Back for a 2nd Year) / Greg Anderson (Back too for 2nd year) he rocked the tent at the end last year! Main tent headliner and other bands to be announced. As before Riverside Rock must not be missed, the Scottish Borders very own music festival at Riverside Park, Jedburgh, and 2016 will have more food outlets, more bars and a bigger tent. Tickets on sale soon!
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SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVALS Read our full festival listings @ http://musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com/festivals/ quite simply, it’s what everyday life should be like, if only everyday life didn't get in the Crail Festival way.'' - Clare Damdoaran, eFestivals. Belladrum Fife Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful 20-30 July 2016 Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent fes"Crail Festival- 20th - 30th July 2016- now in its tival has built a reputation for its eclectic line4th decade , will ,once again ,offer a wonderful T in the Park ups, its offbeat non-musical entertainments and programme of music. It will include: the amazits all-ages approach. Strathallan Castle, Perthshire ing Jimmi Shandrix Experience Ceilidh Band : 8-10 July Opera Bohemia ' I Pagliacci': the incomparable www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk Richard Digance will be conducting a SongwritWhat more can we say! Scotland’s most widely known and respected festival, which always at- ing Children's Workshop in addition to his keenly Party at The Palace anticipated performance: Gaelic folk from the tracts the biggest names. Check out tickets talented Mischa Macpherson Trio: Matthew Linlithgow availability at www.tinthepark.com/tickets McAllister , a 'local' classical guitarist, is rapidly 13-14 August 2016 gaining world wide recognition: the legendary www.tinthepark.com Jimmie McGregor will be performing his acMcEwan’s Party at The Palace is back for its third claimed 'Gathering of Songs, Stories and Fayear following the fantastic event last summer. Hebridean Celtic Festival mous Folk': the hugely popular, irrepressible The 2 day party will take place on Saturday 13th Christine Bovill will capture her audience with and Sunday 14th August in Linlithgow. It’s only Hebrides her interpretation of songs about 'Paris': and 20 mins from Edinburgh and 35mins from Glas13-16 July 2016 Buddy Holly and the Cricketers , our headline gow, making it one of the most easily accessible act, will bring the Festival to a rousing close. music festivals in Scotland. We have some excitFantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featur- Truly something for everyone! Tickets will be on ing additions to the 2016 event including a second stage for the first time, new street food outing top quality music from around the Celtic na- sale from the Byre Theatre Box Office starting 30 May 2016. Follow the build up to the Festival lets and a larger kids zone to keep the children tions and beyond. Stornoway and throughout entertained. A limited number of Tier One Early Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk on www.crailfestival.com, www.facebook.com/ CrailFestival, and ‘Crail Festival’ on Pinterest." Bird tickets are on sale from 1 January. and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting www.crailfestival.com www.partyatthepalace.co.uk its biggest number of live performances ever. Award-winning artists who took part in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge Wickerman Festival Innerleithen Music Festival success after bosses laid on new venues and reDumfries & Galloway Scottish Borders turned to its roots for the showpiece event. 22-23 July 19-21 August 2016 www.riversiderock.co.uk
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Tiree Music Festival Isle of Tiree 15-17 July Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of holding an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree. TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early birds sell out in hours - http://tireemusicfestival.co.uk/ ticket-prices www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
Pandora Fest Duncarron 16 July Pandorafest will be Scotland's first music festival that supports women musicians. In 2015 the major festivals displayed a massive gender imbalance, of the 87 acts that were announced, 78 were all male, 3 were female and 6 were mixed groups - that was an 89.6% all male line up.* "As far as Scotland is concerned - this is not okay" says Pandora Fest! Pandorafest will be a one day music festival packed full of live music from female singer/songwriters, women musicians and female fronted bands all playing from 12noon-11pm. Pandorafest will be running 3 stages of live music across many genres, all expertly woven into a line-up to keep you entertained from start to finish. www.pandorafest.com
Wickerman is one of the UK’s best-loved independent music festivals which will enter its 15th consecutive year in 2016. With ten stages featuring an eclectic and exciting mix of leading artists, heritage acts and up-and-coming talent, the two day summer party caters for all musical tastes. www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
Speyfest Moray 29-31 July At the end of July, the playing fields on East Street in the Moray town of Fochabers will be home to the 21st annual Speyfest, three days of the best in traditional and contemporary Celtic music. The tented village hosts a variety of seated and standing events including the Friday and Saturday concerts and stomps, the music marathon that is the Speyfest Family Sunday, a craft and food fair and an ecumenical Celtic Kirk service. The event is fully licensed and offers a wide range of hot foods and a variety of drinks from a number on onsite concessions. www.speyfest.com
AUGUST Tartan Heart ‘Belladrum’ Festival Beauly 4-6 August Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages wackiest festival of music and performing arts. Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting with all the crazy variety that makes it Scotland’s premier boutique festival. ''Belladrum -
A hugely enjoyable weekend of traditional music in this small Borders town, beautifully situated amongst rolling hills by the River Tweed. Memorable concerts feature some of the biggest names in Celtic music alongside the best of the local talent and the weekend is rounded off with a concert presenting wonderful singers of traditional song. Complementing the concerts are an open stage, a singaround and the legendary informal music sessions in local hostelries and the Union Club. www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org
Doune The Rabbit Hole Cardross, nr Stirling 19-21 August 2016 A small family-friendly festival with a twist! Doune The Rabbit Hole presents music, comedy, art, spoken word, drama, puppetry and much more! Events across Scotland throughout the year culminating in a 3 day multi arts festival... it's time to go Doune The Rabbit Hole!! We make people happy through music, art, cake and loads of other stuff! After we've done that we teach people who wouldn't ordinarily be able to how to do creative things, like play instruments, write poetry and paint. www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk
Groove Loch Ness Loch Ness 20 August Groove Loch Ness is due to return to the iconic location on the banks of the Loch for it’s 2nd outing. Groove Loch Ness will once again transform the world famous location into Scotland’s biggest nightclub under the stars. www.groovefestival.co.uk
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