MUSIC NEWS Scotland
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EWAN MacINTYRE the ex-lead singer of Southern Tenant Folk Union, and his band take his new album 'Road Junkie' on an extensive Scottish tour this month, read more in our GIGspotlight on page 15 (pictured)
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Radio Scotland. Inherited Tracks. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 7.50pm on BBC ALBA. TRYST perform at the 2016 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk Travelling Folk: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce MacGregor speaks to AIDAN O'ROURKE and JAMES ROBERTSON. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Vic Galloway: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic is joined by Robert Kilpatrick and Anastasia Connor to review new releases. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Port: 10.30pm on BBC ALBA. Julie Fowlis and Muireann NicAmhlaoibh explore their musical roots in Donegal. www.bbcalba.co.uk THURSDAY 1 AUGUST The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tracks to pass on. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 7.50pm on BBC ALBA. SONGS OF SEPARATION perform at the 2016 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk
The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture Coisir Eurovision: 8.30pm on BBC ALBA. JOY DUNLOP takes a Scottish choir to the Eurovision from across Scotland. Choir 2019 competition in Gothenburg, Sweden. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland www.bbcalba.co.uk Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Planet Pop with Nicola Meighan: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. It's International Friendship Day. Radio Scotland. SHIRLEY MANSON of Garbage www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland shares the pop music she's passionate about www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 7.50pm on BBC ALBA. SONGS OF SEPARATION perform at the 2016 Trad Awards. Belladrum: 9.15pm on BBC ALBA. BWANI www.bbcalba.co.uk JUNCTION at Belladrum 2016. www.bbcalba.co.uk Another Country with Ricky Ross: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Nashville songwriter and Grammy award winner TIA SILLERS plays her favourite songs. Belladrum 2019: 9.30-11pm on BBC ALBA. Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald present live sets www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland from the first night at Belladrum. This programme COLIN MacLEOD - When It Kicks In: 9pm on BBC features dynamic concert sets by ELBOW, TOM ODELL and DODGY. ALBA. Lewis singer-songwriter COLIN MacLEOD www.bbcalba.co.uk tours on both sides of the pond. www.bbcalba.co.uk Loop - Finding the Right Words: 11pm on BBC Togaidh Sinn Fonn: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Music and Scotland. Inspiring stories of creativity from across the vibrant Scottish arts scene. song from some of Gaeldom's finest performers. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Ayrshire Dumfriesshire South West page 23-24
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Roddy Hart: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Roddy shines a spotlight on great songwriting both contemporary and classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Natasha Raskin Sharp: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. An eclectic mix of music from Natasha. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland FRIDAY 2 AUGUST
WEDNESDAY 31 JULY
Grant Stott's Vinyl Collection: 6pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Grant celebrates the vinyl revival with The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture classic records and new releases. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Belladrum 2019 'LIVE': 9-11pm on BBC ALBA. Live show. Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC
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performances from a wide range of traditions and cultures, Eurovision Choir 2019 will again take viewers on a colourful journey in search of Europe’s best amateur vocal group. Narrated by Tony Kearney. www.bbcalba.co.uk
SUNDAY 4 AUGUST Blas: 4.30pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the Blas music festival in 2018, featuring MISCHA MacPHERSON www.bbcalba.co.uk
Pipeline: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. The definitive pipe music programme, featuring news Take The Floor: 5pm on BBC Radio Scotland. and recordings from the piping world. For the very best in traditional music and song www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland join Gary Innes. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 9.05pm on BBC ALBA. TIDE LINES perform at the 2017 Trad Awards. Jazz Nights: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. www.bbcalba.co.uk Seonaid Aitken's classic Archive Album is Moanin' by drummer ART BLAKEY, released in Belladrum 2019: 9.10-11pm on BBC ALBA. 1959. Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland present concert sets from the third night at the Belladrum festival. This programme features COLIN MacLEOD - When It Kicks In: 9pm on dynamic concert sets by SKERRYVORE, LEWIS BBC ALBA. Lewis singer-songwriter COLIN CAPALDI and THE SELECTOR. MacLEOD tours on both sides of the pond. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbcalba.co.uk Billy Sloan: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Hot releases plus rock and pop music from Scotland and around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The Defiant Ones: 10.20pm on BBC Scotland. How the emergence of digital music led to Dre and lovine founding Beats Electronics. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland Blas: 00.30am on BBC ALBA. BREABACH at Blas music festival 2018. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Classics Unwrapped: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Jamie MacDougal meets Fergus Linehan, artistic director of the Edinburgh Festival. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Perthshire Amber: 11.50pm on BBC ALBA. BLAZIN' FIDDLES perform at the 2016
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ALI WHITWELL: At Captain's Bar, South College Street, Edinburgh. Thursday 2.30pm. 4 AUGUST Americana and other stuff! www.facebook.com/ali.whitwell.5 CHRISTINE BOVILL: Tonight You Belong To www.facebook.com/CaptainsBarEdinburgh Me :: At Fringe by the Sea (North Berwick). Brand new show from the award winning, 5 star 9 AUGUST Glaswegian chanteuse who combines heartmelting vocals and a smoky, evocative Hit The Road presents ..... ANGRY MAN CAR voice with engrossing stories and songs from the PARK + THE MONOCASTERS + PYRO :: At Jazz Age - the era of Prohibition, womens' voting Smiths, Bathgate. The Hit The Road youth music rights, radio, flappers, vamps, F. Scott project is on the road again with another three Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Charlie Chaplin, superb young bands. Charles Lindbergh and Bessie Smith. A decade www.hittheroad.org.uk of heroes and villains; of sex scandals; literary giants and criminal low lives - all beautifully TMSA Young Trad Tour :: At St. Margaret bound in the seductive rhythms of Jazz. Tickets Hall, Linlithgow. Some of Scotland’s finest young @ folk musicians are set to visit their home areas www.fringebythesea.com and release an album after a performance at www.facebook.com/bovill.christine Celtic Connections earlier this year – thanks to the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song Association 6 AUGUST of Scotland). The current TMSA Young Trad Tour group comprises of HANNAH RARITY from EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie West Lothian, winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Album Tour :: At Leith Depot, Edinburgh. Young Traditional Musician of the Year Cowboy Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful Competition, joined by finalists: RORY Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning. MATHESON, Piano (Drumbeg); AMY See feature on page 15 for full details. PAPIRANSKY, voice (Keith); DAVID www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows SHEDDEN, bagpipes and whistle (Glasgow); LUC MCNALLY, guitar and voice (Dipton) and 7 AUGUST CHARLIE STEWART, fiddle and double bass (Perthshire - 2017 winner). Audiences are PHAMIE GOW AND PHRIENDS :: At The treated to a mix of new material written and Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. 8pm (10.30pm). One composed by these outstanding young of Scotland’s most unique musical talents, this musicians as well as innovative arrangements of special performance will feature Phamie on traditional tunes – supported by Project Musical piano, harp and vocals, with a classical, celtic Director, Anna Massie. Workshops are also being and African jazz twist. Phamie is joined by organised at some of the locations, details on Scotland’s Fraser Fifield and Su-a-Lee with TMSA website. friends from Cameroon, France and Senegal, on www.tmsa.org.uk bass, drums and electric guitar. More TBA. Tickets @ 10 AUGUST www.tickets.edfringe.com www.facebook.com/phamiegowfanpage LUKE LA VOLPE : At Party at the Palace, Linlithgow. Luke La Volpe release their new 8 AUGUST single Nightmare of the Streets on 28 June. The band formed in July 2017, each of the members DEAN OWENS & THE CELTABILLY had their own separate music careers however ALLSTARS: At Fringe by the Sea, North they started playing together for fun and then Berwick. Scottish troubadour Dean Owens has formed the band after realising their potential. been awarded an “Honorable Mention” by the They bring together a mixture of blues and rock International Songwriting Competition, for Love and roll to form a unique live sound, which has Prevails (co-written with Will Kimbrough). The been generating interest across the industry. Nashville based competition is open to Since their formation, the band has enjoyed songwriters worldwide, across a range of performing to packed venues across the genres, with a panel of industry judges including country, supporting the likes of Alabama 3, Tom Waits, Adam Lambert and Rodney Crowell. Gerry Cinnamon & Tom Clarke (The Enemy), as After a string of American dates he now returns well as selling out their debut own EP launch at to Scotland to play some solo shows and return the Caves in Edinburgh. Labelled by EH6 Festival to Fringe by the Sea Festival in North Berwick as “One to watch in 2019”, it’s certainly an with his Celtabilly Allstars band (which sold out exciting time for Luke La Volpe. in 2018). Owens is widely hailed as one of UK’s www.facebook.com/lukelavolpe finest troubadours (with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC’s Bob 15 AUGUST Harris). In September 2017 he became the first Scottish musician to officially showcase at the ALI WHITWELL: At Captain's Bar, South prestigious Americanafest in Nashville College Street, Edinburgh. Thursday 2.30pm. (supported by PRS Foundation/Creative Scotland Americana and other stuff! and Saltire Society) and in 2018 he undertook www.facebook.com/ali.whitwell.5 his first US tour (also supported by Creative www.facebook.com/CaptainsBarEdinburgh Scotland) which included a headline slot at the Levitt Shell in Memphis TN. Tickets @ 16 AUGUST www.citizenticket.co.uk www.deanowens.com DOUGIE MacLEAN : Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. Dougie MacLean, originally famed
for writing the song 'Caledonia', has built an international reputation as songwriter, composer and extraordinary performer on his own terms. This talent has taken his performance to concerts and festivals all over the world and to the stages of Carnegie Hall in New York, London’s Festival Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Tickets on 0131 665 2240 or @ www.eastlothian.gov.uk/thebrunton www.dougiemaclean.com The Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 with MOISHE’S BAGEL: At The Pianodrome (Venue 391), Pitt Street Market, 125 Pitt St, Edinburgh EH6 4DE. 9pm. Edinburgh’s The Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 - three of the most exciting 5-piece cross-genre acoustic bands from Scotland - Moishe’s Bagel, John Goldie & The High Plains and Kinnaris Quintet – with three individual concerts, and one almighty showcase of all three in one show. The bands produce ingenious and highly listenable music, transcending categorisation, and appealing to lovers of music in all its forms. They represent what Scottish musicians excel at: melding a variety of styles, influences and origins to make exciting, world-leading sounds. Soundhouse favourites Moishe’s Bagel play thrillingly original cutting-edge klezmer and folk music. An intoxicating, life-affirming mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances. Their long anticipated 5th album will be launched at their gig. The 3X5 performances are part of Made in Scotland’s curated showcase programme. Pianodrome at The Pitt is a brand new venue for Edinburgh Fringe 2019, a custom made auditorium, built entirely from up-cycled pianos. Five pianos are tuned for all to play and over fifty more are used to build a circle of tiered seating. Pianodrome is a radical re-imagining of what the piano is and can be in today’s throwaway culture. Originally created for the Botanics in 2018, The Pianodrome has a new home this year, moving to the Leith-based Pitt Street Market. All Tickets: £15/£12 www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com 16-25 AUGUST CHRISTINE BOVILL: Tonight You Belong To Me :: At New Town Theatre (Grand Hall), George St, Edinburgh. 7.10pm (8.25pm). Brand new show from the award winning, 5 star Glaswegian chanteuse who combines heartmelting vocals and a smoky, evocative voice with engrossing stories and songs from the Jazz Age - the era of Prohibition, womens' voting rights, radio, flappers, vamps, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Lindbergh and Bessie Smith. A decade of heroes and villains; of sex scandals; literary giants and criminal low lives - all beautifully bound in the seductive rhythms of Jazz. Tickets @ www.tickets.edfringe.com www.facebook.com/bovill.christine 17 AUGUST DEAN OWENS - A Hatful of Songs (solo): At New Town Theatre, George St, Edinburgh. 10.25pm (11pm). Internationally acclaimed, award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is a man of many songs, and many hats.
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programme. Pianodrome at The Pitt is a brand new venue for Edinburgh Fringe 2019, a custom made auditorium, built entirely from up-cycled pianos. Five pianos are tuned for all to play and over fifty more are used to build a circle of tiered seating. Pianodrome is a radical re-imagining of what the piano is and can be in today’s throwaway culture. Originally created for the Botanics 19 AUGUST in 2018, The Pianodrome has a new home this year, moving to the Leith-based Pitt Street The Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 Market. All Tickets: £15/£12 with JOHN GOLDIE & THE HIGH PLAINS: At www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com The Pianodrome (Venue 391), Pitt Street Market, 125 Pitt St, Edinburgh EH6 4DE. 3pm. 20 AUGUST Edinburgh’s The Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 - three of the most exciting 5-piece ANGUS MUNRO: At The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh. cross-genre acoustic bands from Scotland Angus Munro is an exciting emerging talent on Moishe’s Bagel, John Goldie & The High Plains the Scottish music scene for which The and Kinnaris Quintet – with three individual Scotsman described him as ‘soulful and concerts, and one almighty showcase of all three outrageous …the highest range I’ve ever seen’; in one show. The bands produce ingenious and The Herald said he is ‘tightly energetic and highly listenable music, transcending precisely punchy’ and BBC Radio Scotland rated categorisation, and appealing to lovers of music him as ‘the best artist we’ve ever had in in all its forms. They represent what Scottish session.’ Angus has toured and appeared on musicians excel at: melding a variety of styles, stage with a wide range of artists from Scott influences and origins to make exciting, worldBradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox and Charlie leading sounds. John Goldie is one of the best Barnes (Bastille) to Scouting For Girls, The acoustic guitarists in the world right now. He is Hoosiers and jazz outfit Snarky Puppy; all of joined by his brand new backing band, The High whom have been ‘weirded out’ by him. 18 March Plains. Playing original tunes, The High Plains is marks the launch of Angus Munro’s stunning made up of some of the most accomplished debut deluxe edition EP Mirror Man, featuring 5 string players in folk, jazz and classical music. self-penned songs released on Councillor The 3X5 performances are part of Made in Records. Scotland’s curated showcase programme. www.angusmunromusic.com Pianodrome at The Pitt is a brand new venue for Edinburgh Fringe 2019, a custom made 20 AUGUST auditorium, built entirely from up-cycled pianos. Five pianos are tuned for all to play and over The Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 fifty more are used to build a circle of tiered Triple Bill: MOISHE’S BAGEL + JOHN seating. Pianodrome is a radical re-imagining of GOLDIE & THE HIGH PLAINS + KINNARIS what the piano is and can be in today’s throwQUINTET: At The Pianodrome (Venue 391), Pitt away culture. Originally created for the Botanics Street Market, 125 Pitt St, Edinburgh EH6 4DE. in 2018, The Pianodrome has a new home this 7pm. Edinburgh’s The Soundhouse Organisation year, moving to the Leith-based Pitt Street presents 3X5 - three of the most exciting 5-piece Market. All Tickets: £15/£12 cross-genre acoustic bands from Scotland www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com Moishe’s Bagel, John Goldie & The High Plains and Kinnaris Quintet – with three individual The Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 concerts, and one almighty showcase of all three with KINNARIS QUINTET: At The Pianodrome in one show. The bands produce ingenious and (Venue 391), Pitt Street Market, 125 Pitt St, highly listenable music, transcending Edinburgh EH6 4DE. 9pm. Edinburgh’s The categorisation, and appealing to lovers of music Soundhouse Organisation presents 3X5 - three in all its forms. They represent what Scottish of the most exciting 5-piece cross-genre acoustic musicians excel at: melding a variety of styles, bands from Scotland - Moishe’s Bagel, John influences and origins to make exciting, worldGoldie & The High Plains and Kinnaris Quintet – leading sounds. Soundhouse favourites with three individual concerts, and one almighty Moishe’s Bagel play thrillingly original cuttingshowcase of all three in one show. The bands edge klezmer and folk music. An intoxicating, produce ingenious and highly listenable music, life-affirming mix of Eastern European dance transcending categorisation, and appealing to music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso lovers of music in all its forms. They represent performances. Their long anticipated 5th album what Scottish musicians excel at: melding a will be launched at their gig. John Goldie is one variety of styles, influences and origins to make of the best acoustic guitarists in the world right exciting, world-leading sounds. John Goldie is now. He is joined by his brand new backing one of the best acoustic guitarists in the world band, The High Plains. Playing original tunes, right now. Kinnaris Quintet is one of Scotland's The High Plains is made up of some of the most hottest new folk bands. The line-up is a marriage accomplished string players in folk, jazz and of five exquisite musicians from diverse musical classical music. Kinnaris Quintet is one of backgrounds, influences and styles, all distilled Scotland's hottest new folk bands. The line-up is into beautifully crafted and powerful a marriage of five exquisite musicians from arrangements. Medleying between new diverse musical backgrounds, influences and compositions, traditional Scottish and Irish, styles, all distilled into beautifully crafted and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Classical music, they powerful arrangements. Medleying between new produce a sound which is uplifting, honest and compositions, traditional Scottish and Irish, powerful. The 3X5 performances are part of Bluegrass, Old-Time and Classical music, they Made in Scotland’s curated showcase produce a sound which is uplifting, honest and
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22 SEPTEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ..... LETITIA VANSANT : At Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant first came to prominence in 2017 when she won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Song-writing competition - an honour previously granted to many who went on to become big names, such as Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Here, she makes her UK debut in duo format with her band’s guitarist David McKindley-Ward, a longstanding collaborator, who also doubles up on vocal harmonies. www.brookfield-knights.com 27 SEPTEMBER
The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by Tommy Smith presents An American Journey featuring BILL EVANS: At Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm start. A preconcert talk with Bill and Tommy from 6.45 for 20 mins. The SNJO is joined by saxophonist Bill Evans and invite you to take a wonderful musical expedition across America from north to south and east to west. Along the way, jazz will meet up with bluegrass, soul, funk, fusion and country to create a road trip to remember. Well known for conducting experimental marriages between firmly established but quite distinct forms of American music, Bill Evans' 12 SEPTEMBER portmanteau projects have included such unlikely bedfellows as soul and bluegrass, and Blues Caravan 2019 featuring ..... INA jazz and country music. Here he is reunited with FORSMAN (Finland), ALLY VENABLE (USA) the SNJO to perform a new programme of wildand KATARINA PEJAK (Serbia): At The at-heart, cross-genre music in the true spirit of Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. The Blues Caravan the west and the music and performance are keeps on rolling. In a shifting music industry, guaranteed to raise the bar again for jazz music you can rely on Ruf’s annual revue tour as the in Scotland. gold-standard for modern blues. This year – just www.snjo.co.uk like every year since the first trek back in 2005 – you can expect a night of house-rocking 14 OCTOBER live music, as three unique artists hit the stage at clubs across the US and Europe. It’s your first Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN glimpse of the scene’s hottest tips – before they BELL : At Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Voted become supernovas. Words alone cannot convey Male Performer of The Year in the Readers' Poll the special sound that this trio create together at AmericanaUK at the end of 2017, at the end and the only way to truly experience this is by of 2018, he was once again named as runner up seeing them live. in that same category - a sure sign that he www.facebook.com/bluescaravan remains hugely popular with UK audiences. Nathan will have two new albums released in the 21 SEPTEMBER summer - perfect timing for tons of media attention ahead of this tour. LUKE LA VOLPE : At AMP Fest, Armadale www.brookfield-knights.com (Headline). Luke La Volpe release their new single Nightmare of the Streets on 28 June. The NOVEMBER band formed in July 2017, each of the members had their own separate music careers however TMSA Edinburgh & Lothians Branch they started playing together for fun and then Carrying Stream Session : Annual session formed the band after realising their potential. celebrating Hamish Henderson - date to be They bring together a mixture of blues and rock confirmed. Since its foundation in 1966, The and roll to form a unique live sound, which has Traditional Music and Song Association of been generating interest across the industry. Scotland has helped to foster and promote Since their formation, the band has enjoyed Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a performing to packed venues across the country, membership organisation and members include supporting the likes of Alabama 3, Gerry music enthusiasts, amateur and professional Cinnamon & Tom Clarke (The Enemy), as well as performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging selling out their debut own EP launch at the both widespread popular participation and Caves in Edinburgh. Labelled by EH6 Festival as individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches “One to watch in 2019”, it’s certainly an exciting work on a local level to provide opportunities for time for Luke La Volpe. universal participation by running festivals, www.facebook.com/lukelavolpe ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions.
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The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... CHARLIE PARR & JD WILKES : At CCA, Glasgow. 8pm. Eccentrics Charlie Parr and JD Wilkes hit the road this summer and tour Europe together performing separate solo sets. “The Fallen Angels club has become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, presenting established masters of the storytelling song form and many of the flood of new artists who promise a great future for music rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow Herald. Tickets £15 on 0141 204 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com
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RUSSIAN CIRCLES with support A.A. WILLIAMS: At G2, Glasgow [with A.A. Williams supporting]. On tour in support of their upcoming album Blood Year, on Sargent House, the pummelling instrumental 3 piece 29 AUGUST will check out the new track Arluck www.facebook.com/russiancirclesmusic The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... AMYTHYST KIAH plus support : At CCA, 17 AUGUST Glasgow. 8pm. Johnson City Tennessee, Amythyst Kiah describes herself as a Indievous Presents ..... CRASHTON + Southern Gothic, alt-country blues singerTHE SELKIES + BIGHT + TOMORROW'S songwriter whose influences span decades PROBLEM :: At The Record Factory, 17 and diverse styles. Combining rhythm and Byers Road, Glasgow. 7.45pm. £5/£4 student blues, country and old-time covers alongside on door. startling originals with an angular www.facebook.com/indievous contemporary twist, she bestrides both musical spheres with complete authenticity 18 AUGUST and an authority matched only by her commanding stage presence. Channelled DOUGIE MacLEAN with Special Guests through her massively expressive voice, her from Piping Live! : At Glasgow Royal richly layered repertoire confirms Amythyst’s Concert Hall. Dougie MacLean, originally emergence as a hugely distinctive new artist famed for writing the song 'Caledonia', has who is currently making waves on both sides built an international reputation as of the Atlantic. “The Fallen Angels club has songwriter, composer and extraordinary become a vital component in Glasgow’s live performer on his own terms. This talent has Americana music scene, presenting taken his performance to concerts and established masters of the storytelling song festivals all over the world and to the stages form and many of the flood of new artists of Carnegie Hall in New York, London’s who promise a great future for music rooted Festival Theatre and the Sydney Opera in the American soil.” Rob Adams The House. Tickets on 0141 353 0220 or @ Glasgow Herald. Tickets £15 on 0141 204 www.pipinglive.co.uk 5151 and @ www.dougiemaclean.com www.Ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com 21 AUGUST 31 AUGUST NORRIE McCULLOCH: At Nova Scotia Folk Club, Glasgow. Norrie McCulloch is a singer- CALUM JONES :: At Ice Box, Glasgow. songwriter and award-winning visual artist Calum's new single 'Iona' has already originally from Ayrshire he currently lives and received support from Amazing Radio, where works out of of Stirling, Scotland. McCulloch's Scottish music champion Jim Gellatly is a songs are a tangle up of folk, indie and keen supporter of Calum Jones. The single is country influences that manage to stay true also attracting a lot of love from independent to his Scottish roots, equating to a style that music specialist curators across streaming offers a welcome touch of originality and services such as Spotify. The video is garnering critical acclaim with Americana UK directed by the award-winning Chris Brooker naming McCulloch 'An astonishingly good (HRVY/Universal/Virgin EMI) & tells the story songwriter', Maverick Magazine calling his of a whirlwind romance with the real-life sound 'Sublime indie-folk' and David Esson of Iona! Calum's tongue in cheek personality is Scottish Daily Mail describing songs as evident throughout the video and also makes ‘Caledonia, Folk & Country combined him a highly entertaining interview subject perfectly’. if this is something you would like to arrange www.facebook.com/norriemccullochmusic then don't hesitate to let me know! Calum Jones is a prolific name on the live circuit 28 AUGUST throughout Scotland and beyond including a recent headline slot at the Ironworks in Brookfield Knights presents ..... Inverness. Calum Jones has a host of dates 3hattrio : At Performing Arts Centre, still upcoming this summer Kilbarchan. They took Celtic Connections by www.facebook.com/calumjonesmusic storm and triumphed too at Denmark's big Tønder Festival. Then, 3hattrio ended 2018 5 SEPTEMBER on a high after being voted runner-up in the Best Band of The Year category of the annual The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK. With banjo, MARK MULCAHY & BAND : At Stereo, guitar, fiddle and double bass, the Glasgow. 8pm. Mark Mulcahy is the former extraordinarily evocative music and richlysinger of the well regarded and influential burnished vocals of this internationallyMiracle Legion. He also formed the band acclaimed band can raise the hairs on the Polaris and wrote the music for the
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Cowboy Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning ..... An international music project, pushing the boundaries of contemporary folk. Featuring Montreal cellist Karine Bouchard, Moray fiddle player Peter Menzies and percussionist Alex Auldsmith with Ewan Macintyre on vocals, guitar and mandolin. Live shows are filled with rich string arrangements, ripping solos, soaring harmonies and heartfelt lyrical content, bringing to mind the celtic blues/ soul of artists Van Morrison, Paulo Nutini and Eddie Reader. Led by the ex-lead singer of the awardwinning Edinburgh collective Southern Tenant Folk Union, Ewan Macintyre has a rare ability to pen songs in a range of styles. Like many Scottish artists, Ewan crossed the Atlantic to develop his sound, earning his spurs through years of hard touring across Canada and Europe. His recent album Road Junkie is a culmination of that work bringing together some of the finest talent in Quebec, British Columbia and Scotland.
National Folk Roots Charts, setting him on a mad journey touring his band of troubadours across Canada and Europe.
"Some albums, like hot baths on December evenings, let you lower yourself into them and recline in utter comfort and satisfaction. Road Junkie, Ewan Macintyre's latest record, is one such LP, lapping at the ears with a wonderful warmth as each song froths with Tim S. Savard's fiddle, evocative slide guitar from Pat Ewan has been a self-employed artist since the Steele and Ewan himself" - Liam Wilkinson, Northern Sky Magazine 2018 age of 19, working primarily as a musician, puppeteer, sculptor and builder. As a musician "Cowboy campfire sounds immersed in soulful and composer Ewan has worked in theatre, attire, Celtic grooves meets jazz bar crooning, film solo and with band projects. Highlights of ragged folkiness frolicking with the uptown his career include collaborating with Hidden and the urbane. As always when worlds Orchestra for Big Man Walking (singing to collide, the result is devastating, that remains crowds of over 10,000 people on top of cherry true here. Road Junkie is devastatingly clever, picker outside Holyrood Palace and again in devastatingly gorgeous and devastatingly Glasgows George Square for Merchant City original" - David Franklin, Smithsonian 2018 festival 2014) as well as supporting Hot House Flowers in 2013. In 2015 he released his first www.ewan-macintyre.org www.twitter.com/ewanmacintyreBD solo album “You Probably Look Better Naked Anyway” which was rated #3 in the Canadian www.facebook.com/ewanmacintyreband
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Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Voted Male Performer of The Year in the 28 SEPTEMBER Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK at the end of 2017, at the end of 2018, he was once again The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA named as runner up in that same category - a directed by Tommy Smith presents An sure sign that he remains hugely popular with American Journey featuring BILL EVANS: At UK audiences. Nathan will have two new albums Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium, Glasgow. released in the summer - perfect timing for tons 7.30pm start. A pre-concert talk with Bill and of media attention ahead of this tour. Tommy from 6.45 for 20 mins. The SNJO is www.brookfield-knights.com joined by saxophonist Bill Evans and invite you to take a wonderful musical expedition across 17 OCTOBER America from north to south and east to west. Along the way, jazz will meet up with bluegrass, PELICAN: At Classic Grand, Glasgow. Chicago soul, funk, fusion and country to create a road instrumental post-metal/sludge/doom titans trip to remember. Well known for conducting Pelican are touring the UK in support of their 1st experimental marriages between firmly album in 6 years, Nighttime Stories, out 7 June established but quite distinct forms of American on Southern Lord. Meticulously crafted and music, Bill Evans' portmanteau projects have detail-oriented the compositions recall included such unlikely bedfellows as soul and everything from the triumphant call-to-arms of bluegrass, and jazz and country music. Here he classic Dischord, to the vicious troglodyte battery is reunited with the SNJO to perform a new of the Melvins. Nowhere is this evinced as clearly programme of wild-at-heart, cross-genre music as on initial album single Midnight and in the true spirit of the west and the music and Mescaline. performance are guaranteed to raise the bar www.facebook.com/pelicansong again for jazz music in Scotland. www.snjo.co.uk Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At The Admiral, Glasgow. Voted Male 29 SEPTEMBER Performer of The Year in the Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK at the end of 2017, at the end of The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... 2018, he was once again named as runner up in ARCADE - featuring HEIDI TALBOT & ADAM that same category - a sure sign that he remains HOLMES :: At The CCA Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, hugely popular with UK audiences. Nathan will 8pm start. This new collaboration will see the have two new albums released in the summer pair work under the name “Arcade”, with plans perfect timing for tons of media attention ahead to record and release a new album of songs in of this tour. 2019 produced by Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow). www.brookfield-knights.com Heidi Talbot was born in Ireland became a folk star in the USA as a member of the Irish 18 OCTOBER American band Cherish the Ladies, and now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a background like MOD Ghlaschu presents ..... SKERRYVORE & that, it’s hardly surprising she should develop a TRAIL WEST :: At Barrowland, Glasgow style that switches easily between Celtic and www.facebook.com/skerryfans Americana, but Subtlety is Talbot’s magic ingredient. From her gossamer voice to the 20 OCTOBER delicate re-working of traditional and contemporary material that has earned her rave The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... KRIS reviews for her records and Live performances. DREVER : At Webster's Theatre, Glasgow. 8pm. The girl from Co. Kildare, who spent several Scottish songwriter Kris Drever (Lau) celebrated years in New York, slips effortlessly between a decade of critical and commercial success by musical worlds but retains a personal modesty winning both BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of The rooted in traditional folk. Edinburgh based singer Year 2017 and Best Original Track 2017 (for his song writer Adam Holmes with his band The song If Wishes Were Horses) at BBC Radio 2 Folk Embers combine the rhythm and blues, country Awards. For his forthcoming concert series Kris and folk music textures of classic artists such as will be performing a ‘best of’ set featuring all the The Band, Neil Young and Ryan Adams and The key songs from his first decade and some new Cardinals. 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Hot Cincinnati 4-piece, The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio albums and one live record have won them praise as modern folk storytellers of the national soundscape. Invigorating as it gets, they count many of their peers as fans. For instance, Iris Dement says: “I could sit and listen to them all night long!” www.brookfield-knights.com 16 NOVEMBER
A CERTAIN RATIO: At King Tuts, Glasgow. A Certain Ratio embraced the ethic and culture of the late seventies post-punk explosion, but sounded like nothing else around them and refused to fit in. Highlighted recently by FACT, who said: “Their dub-infused punk-funk 5 NOVEMBER recordings have proved massively influential over the past thirty years, and Andy Weatherall The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... has called them his favourite ever band (a CARTER SAMPSON plus support : At The prestigious accolade in our estimation)”, the Admiral Bar, Glasgow. 8pm. Oklahoma Cityband have influenced generations of musicians based artist is blessed by a musical family from LCD Soundsystem, Happy Mondays, Franz legacy that includes talents like Roy Orbison. Ferdinand, ESG, Factory Floor and Sink Ya Her journey as a naturally independent, freeTeeth. Five albums were released on Factory – spirited musician has seemed almost The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1979), To predestined at times. At age 15 she began Each…(1981), Sextet (1982), I’d Like To See experimenting with sound as a way to pass the You Again (1982) and Force (1986). Following time; now her creativity has matured into the the release of Force, the band moved to A&M for dedicated and passionate performance that two releases - Good Together (1989) and acr: makes her a favorite female vocalist. “The Fallen mcr (1990) and, after the leaving the major, Angels club has become a vital component in released Up In Downsville (1992) and Change Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, the Station (1997) on Robs Records, the label presenting established masters of the set up by New Order’s manager and Factory’s storytelling song form and many of the flood of director, Rob Gretton, an important catalyst in new artists who promise a great future for music the Manchester scene. Their sound is not easily rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The pigeon holed and their influence can never be Glasgow Herald. Tickets £13 on 0141 204 5151 understated. The band introduced the avantand @ garde elements of funk, jazz, electronics, tape www.Ticketweb.co.uk loops and technology to the pop song, wrapping www.fallenangelsclub.com it in a post punk aesthetic, adding great clothes and the coolest haircuts. 6 NOVEMBER www.facebook.com/acertainratio
23 NOVEMBER The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA with Grammy nominated vocalist JAZZMEIA HORN: At Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is delighted to announce three exclusive concerts in Scotland as Grammy nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn visits for the first time to join the SNJO in a wonderful mixed programme of jazz. Winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk and 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competitions, Jazzmeia Horn is an extraordinary jazz vocalist whose name speaks for itself and captures her very essence. "Jazzmeia has one of the best voices I've heard in over 40 years" -Jon Hendricks www.snjo.co.uk
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LUKE LA VOLPE : At Gig in the Car Park, Fife. Luke La Volpe release their new single Nightmare of the Streets on 28 June. The band formed in July 2017, each of the members had their own separate music careers however they started playing together for fun and then formed the band after realising their potential. They bring together a mixture of blues and rock and roll to form a unique live sound, which has been generating interest across the industry. Since their formation, the band has enjoyed performing to packed venues across the country, supporting the likes of Alabama 3, The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE 17 NOVEMBER Gerry Cinnamon & Tom Clarke (The Enemy), as DELINES plus THOSE PRETTY WRONGS : At well as selling out their debut own EP launch at BAaD, Glasgow. 8pm. After their packed out The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... KIM the Caves in Edinburgh. Labelled by EH6 Festival show at Oran Mor during Celtic Connections in RICHEY plus support : At CCA, Glasgow. 8pm. as “One to watch in 2019”, it’s certainly an January and a number one record, The Delines We always look forward to welcoming the exciting time for Luke La Volpe. are making a return back to Glasgow. The wonderful Kim Richey back to Glasgow, we have www.facebook.com/lukelavolpe Delines debut album Colfax surprised fans and been working with Kim since 2008 and she critics alike. The band had only been together a always puts on a great show. Edgeland moves 10 AUGUST week when they went into the studio and cut the roots singer/subtle excavator of the human record. Uncut gave it 9/10 stars and praised its condition Kim through the topography of the life DOUGIE MacLEAN : Strathearn Artspace, “widescreen romanticism”, calling it “the richest lived by a woman committed to following her Crieff. Dougie MacLean, originally famed for collection of songs Vlautin has written. “The music. Flinching over hurting another, knowing writing the song 'Caledonia', has built an Fallen Angels club has become a vital the ways of the road, seeking higher ground and international reputation as songwriter, composer component in Glasgow’s live Americana music accepting the fact everyone’s truth isn’t a white and extraordinary performer on his own terms. scene, presenting established masters of the picket fence, she continues defying labels as she This talent has taken his performance to storytelling song form and many of the flood of defines the thinking person’s life. “The Fallen concerts and festivals all over the world and to new artists who promise a great future for music Angels club has become a vital component in the stages of Carnegie Hall in New York, rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, London’s Festival Theatre and the Sydney Opera Glasgow Herald. Tickets £18 on 0141 204 5151 presenting established masters of the House. Tickets - Sold Out and @ storytelling song form and many of the flood of www.strathearnartspace.co.uk www.Ticketweb.co.uk new artists who promise a great future for music www.dougiemaclean.com www.fallenangelsclub.com rooted in the American soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow Herald. Tickets £14 on 0141 204 5151 17 AUGUST 12 NOVEMBER and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk DOUGIE MacLEAN : Sruighlea 2019 Festival, Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN www.fallenangelsclub.com Stirling. Dougie MacLean, originally famed for BELL : At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. writing the song 'Caledonia', has built an
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Langtoun Jazz presents ..... FILIP VERNEERT & EO SIMON QUARTET + JEANBAPTISTE RICHON QUARTET: At Old Kirk, 21 AUGUST Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy. From 2-4pm. Filip Verneert & Eo Simon Quartet - marvellous EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie guitar player and piano player from Belgium and Album Tour :: At Dunfermline Folk Club @ Glen Spain with friends on bass and drums JeanTavern, Dunfermline. Cowboy Campfire Sounds Baptiste Richon Quartet, piano based quartet Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets from Edinburgh. We are working towards a mini Jazz Bar Crooning. See feature on page 15 for festival in October 2019 and a full blown festival full details. in July 2019 - we have lots of fundraising events www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows planned and looking for support from jazz lovers in Kirkcaldy and surrounding area. Advance 24 AUGUST bookings are preferred but it should always be possible to pay at the door. Advance bookings Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer presents ..... HORSE are preferred but it should always be possible to MCDONALD + DAOIRÍ FARRELL + KAVIRAJ pay at the door. For £10 adults / £5 U16s tickets SINGH: At Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy. email Launched in 2015 and supported by Creative info@langtounjazz.co.uk for details or online @ Scotland, Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer continues to go www.brownpapertickets.com from strength to strength, becoming a significant www.facebook.com/langtounjazz/ fixture on the region’s live music calendar, often welcoming back many of the musicians who grace its stage to take their place in the crowd. Taking a local and international outlook, Yorkston has successfully encouraged performers across the Forth Bridge to a reverent audience, including Radiohead’s Philip Selway, Send us all your gig dates for Pennsylvanian folk legend Michael Hurkey, SAY Aberdeenshire and the award winner Kathryn Joseph, Super Furry north east area Animals guitarist Gruff Rhys and late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison. Tickets onsale Email them to Carol now @ carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com www.onfife.com www.taesup.co.uk 3 AUGUST 19 SEPTEMBER interesting music promotions present ..... THE VASELINES + CUDDLY SHARK :: At The Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE Tunnels (Room 1), Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND : At Acoustic AB10 1BF. Doors 7.00pm. Yes, The Vaselines! Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Arguably the most They formed in Glasgow in 1986, made a couple powerful of the new breed of bands which are steeped in the old-time Appalachian style, these of EPs prior to their debut album Dum-Dum, broke up in ’89, became famous via an masters of their trade have been described as extraordinary association with Nirvana. At its three of the most accomplished musicians core, The Vaselines are a duo - songwriters playing on this planet, and that is not Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee. McKee had overstating the case. John Showman might be formerly been a member of Pretty Flowers with better known to most Americana fans as the west coast indie royalty Duglas T. Stewart, main vocalist with super-talented alt-country band, New Country Rehab, Chris Coole is a well- Norman Blake, Janice McBride and Sean Dickson. She also founded the band Suckle and established singer-songwriter with a released her first solo album, Sunny Moon, in considerable pedigree and bassman Max 2006. Kelly had formerly played in The Famous Heineman has earned himself the kind of Monsters and went on to form Captain America plaudits normally reserved for those who are (later renamed Eugenius after legal threats from much longer in the tooth. Marvel Comics). Cuddly Shark encapsulate a www.brookfield-knights.com purist “plug in and play” ethos with a touch of ice cold rock’n’roll. Idiosyncratic lyricism and odd 26 SEPTEMBER anti-melodies combined with a foot down pedalto-the-metal performance. Forming in early Brookfield Knights presents ..... LETITIA 2006 the band consists of two boys and one girl, VANSANT : At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Colin Reid on guitar and vocals, Jason Sinclair on Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant first came to drums and vocals and Ruth Forsyth on bass prominence in 2017 when she won the guitar. Born and bred in the bonnie highlands of prestigious Kerrville New Folk Song-writing Scotland the band found themselves competition - an honour previously granted to magnetically drawn to the rain-soaked musical many who went on to become big names, such as Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Here, she hotspot that is Glasgow to hone their sound. Tickets £15+bf in adv (£18 on door) @ makes her UK debut in duo format with her
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TMSA Young Trad Tour :: At Royal Hotel, Keith. Some of Scotland’s finest young folk musicians are set to visit their home areas and release an album after a performance at Celtic Connections earlier this year – thanks to the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland). The current TMSA Young Trad Tour group comprises of HANNAH RARITY from West Lothian, winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition, joined by finalists: RORY MATHESON, Piano (Drumbeg); AMY PAPIRANSKY, voice (Keith); DAVID SHEDDEN, bagpipes and whistle (Glasgow); LUC MCNALLY, guitar and voice (Dipton) and CHARLIE STEWART, fiddle and double bass (Perthshire - 2017 winner). Audiences are treated to a mix of new material written and composed by these outstanding young musicians as well as innovative arrangements of traditional tunes – supported by Project Musical Director, Anna Massie. Workshops are also being organised at some of the locations, details on TMSA website. www.tmsa.org.uk 10 AUGUST Hit The Road presents ..... ANGRY MAN CAR PARK + THE MONOCASTERS + PYRO :: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. The Hit The Road youth music project is on the road again with another three superb young bands. www.hittheroad.org.uk Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... LIBBY KOCH :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions 27 AUGUST Brookfield Knights presents ..... 3hattrio : At The Tin Hut, Gartly, Aberdeenshire. They took Celtic Connections by storm and triumphed too at Denmark's big Tønder Festival. Then, 3hattrio ended 2018 on a high after being voted runnerup in the Best Band of The Year category of the annual Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK. With banjo, guitar, fiddle and double bass, the extraordinarily evocative music and richlyburnished vocals of this internationallyacclaimed band can raise the hairs on the back of your neck as they create a sound that responds to the natural world of their sacred homeland near Zion National Park, Utah. www.brookfield-knights.com 4 SEPTEMBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... FRONT COUNTRY : At The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Front Country is an acclaimed acoustic band from California, fronted by gifted singer and songwriter Melody Walker and her huge bluesy voice. The quintet is based on bluegrass instrumentation but draws on a broad palette of country, blues, Americana and jazz influences.
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planet, and that is not overstating the case. John Showman might be better known to most Americana fans as the main vocalist with supertalented alt-country band, New Country Rehab, Chris Coole is a well-established singersongwriter with a considerable pedigree and bassman Max Heineman has earned himself the kind of plaudits normally reserved for those who are much longer in the tooth. www.brookfield-knights.com 29 SEPTEMBER The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by Tommy Smith presents An American Journey featuring BILL EVANS: At Music Hall, Aberdeen. 7.30pm start. A preconcert talk with Bill and Tommy from 6.45 for 20 mins. The SNJO is joined by saxophonist Bill Evans and invite you to take a wonderful musical expedition across America from north to south and east to west. Along the way, jazz will meet up with bluegrass, soul, funk, fusion and country to create a road trip to remember. Well known for conducting experimental marriages between firmly established but quite distinct forms of American music, Bill Evans' portmanteau projects have included such unlikely bedfellows as soul and bluegrass, and jazz and country music. Here he is reunited with the SNJO to perform a new programme of wild-at-heart, cross-genre music in the true spirit of the west and the music and performance are guaranteed to raise the bar again for jazz music in Scotland. www.snjo.co.uk 5 OCTOBER TMSA Aberdeen Branch - Doric Concerts : Doric Concerts, two concerts (also on 19 October) celebrating North East cultural heritage. Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland has helped to foster and promote Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a membership organisation and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. www.tmsa.org.uk 16 OCTOBER
Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Sometimes a solo artist can knock your socks off and Nathan Bell is one of these. With a voice and songs sitting alongside the likes of Townes, Guy Clark, John Prine etc.. Really!! - this guy's songs and voice hit you with a clarity not often 22 SEPTEMBER encountered. Sharp edged songs, a voice of gravel and grit and whiskey and some rather Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE accomplished guitar playing makes this guy LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND : At The Blue pretty special. Almost Blue Promotions bring Lamp, Aberdeen. Arguably the most powerful of Country / Americana / Bluegrass / Roots music the new breed of bands which are steeped in the gigs to Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis old-time Appalachian style, these masters of Costello album of Country covers. We have their trade have been described as three of the hosted artists from the US & Canada as well as most accomplished musicians playing on this the UK in the great historic setting of The Blue
Lamp www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions www.brookfield-knights.com 19 OCTOBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... ROB HERON & THE TEA PAD ORCHESTRA : At The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra don’t care what genre you choose to put them in – western swing, country blues, ragtime hokum or whatever else– as long as you understand that they’re 100% sincere and 100% immersed in this stuff. This is no lazy pastiche, no dressing up box. They live and breathe this music and want you to get immersed with them. Almost Blue Promotions bring Country / Americana / Bluegrass / Roots music gigs to Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers. We have hosted artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK in the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions 19 OCTOBER TMSA Aberdeen Branch - Doric Concerts : Doric Concerts, two concerts (also on 5 October) celebrating North East cultural heritage. Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland has helped to foster and promote Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a membership organisation and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. www.tmsa.org.uk
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to the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland). The current TMSA Young Trad Tour group comprises of HANNAH RARITY from West Lothian, winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition, joined by finalists: RORY MATHESON, Piano (Drumbeg); AMY PAPIRANSKY, voice (Keith); DAVID SHEDDEN, bagpipes and whistle (Glasgow); LUC MCNALLY, guitar and voice (Dipton) and CHARLIE STEWART, fiddle and double bass (Perthshire - 2017 winner). Audiences are treated to a mix of new material written and composed by these outstanding young musicians as well as innovative arrangements of traditional tunes – supported by Project Musical Director, Anna Massie. Workshops are also being organised at some of the locations, details on TMSA website. www.tmsa.org.uk
NORRIE McCULLOCH: At Belladrum Festival. Norrie McCulloch is a singer-songwriter and award-winning visual artist originally from Ayrshire he currently lives and works out of of Stirling, Scotland. McCulloch's songs are a tangle up of folk, indie and country influences that manage to stay true to his Scottish roots, equating to a style that offers a welcome touch of originality and garnering critical acclaim with Americana UK naming McCulloch 'An astonishingly good songwriter', Maverick Magazine calling his sound 'Sublime indie-folk' and David Esson of Scottish Daily Mail describing 9 AUGUST songs as ‘Caledonia, Folk & Country combined perfectly’. EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie www.facebook.com/norriemccullochmusic Album Tour :: At Astley Hall, Arisaig. Cowboy Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic 7 AUGUST Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning. See feature on page 15 for full details. TMSA Young Trad Tour :: At Village Hall, www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows Croy. Some of Scotland’s finest young folk musicians are set to visit their home areas and 10 AUGUST release an album after a performance at Celtic Connections earlier this year – thanks to the EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie TMSA (Traditional Music & Song Association of Album Tour :: At Skipness Community centre Scotland). The current TMSA Young Trad Tour (Tarbert), Argyle. Cowboy Campfire Sounds group comprises of HANNAH RARITY from Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets West Lothian, winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Jazz Bar Crooning. See feature on page 15 for Young Traditional Musician of the Year full details. Competition, joined by finalists: RORY www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows MATHESON, Piano (Drumbeg); AMY PAPIRANSKY, voice (Keith); DAVID 11 AUGUST SHEDDEN, bagpipes and whistle (Glasgow); LUC MCNALLY, guitar and voice (Dipton) and EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie CHARLIE STEWART, fiddle and double bass Album Tour :: At George Hotel, Inverary. (Perthshire - 2017 winner). Audiences are Cowboy Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful treated to a mix of new material written and Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning. composed by these outstanding young musicians See feature on page 15 for full details. as well as innovative arrangements of traditional www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows tunes – supported by Project Musical Director, Anna Massie. Workshops are also being organised at some of the locations, details on TMSA website. www.tmsa.org.uk 8 AUGUST DOUGIE MacLEAN : Universal Hall, Findhorn. Dougie MacLean, originally famed for writing the song 'Caledonia', has built an international reputation as songwriter, composer and extraordinary performer on his own terms. This talent has taken his performance to concerts and festivals all over the world and to the stages of Carnegie Hall in New York, London’s Festival Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Tickets on 01309 691170 or @ www.universalhall.co.uk www.dougiemaclean.com
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6 AUGUST TMSA Young Trad Tour :: At MacPhail Theatre, Ullapool. Some of Scotland’s finest DOUGIE MacLEAN : An Lanntair, Stornoway. young folk musicians are set to visit their home Dougie MacLean, originally famed for writing the areas and release an album after a performance song 'Caledonia', has built an international at Celtic Connections earlier this year – thanks reputation as songwriter, composer and
extraordinary performer on his own terms. This talent has taken his performance to concerts and festivals all over the world and to the stages of Carnegie Hall in New York, London’s Festival Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Tickets on 01851 708480 or @ www.lanntair.com www.dougiemaclean.com 7 AUGUST EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie Album Tour :: At Aros Arts, Isle of Skye. Cowboy Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning. See feature on page 15 for full details. www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows 8 AUGUST EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie Album Tour :: At An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis. Cowboy Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning. See feature on page 15 for full details. www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows 13 AUGUST EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie Album Tour :: At An Tobar, Tobermory, Mull. Cowboy Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning. See feature on page 15 for full details. www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows 24 AUGUST DOUGIE MacLEAN : At Mull of Kintyre Festival, Campbelltown. Dougie MacLean, originally famed for writing the song 'Caledonia', has built an international reputation as songwriter, composer and extraordinary performer on his own terms. This talent has taken his performance to concerts and festivals all over the world and to the stages of Carnegie Hall in New York, London’s Festival Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Tickets on 01586 552056 or @ www.mokfest.com www.dougiemaclean.com
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St Boswells Live presents ..... DEAN FRIEDMAN :: At St Boswells Village Hall, Jenny Moore's Road, St Boswells TD6 0AL. 8pm. Chart Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN topping recording artist, Dean Friedman, whose 23 AUGUST BELL : At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Voted top 40 hits include classics like Ariel, Lucky Male Performer of The Year in the Readers' Poll Stars, Lydia and Woman of Mine is coming to St EWAN MACINTYRE BAND - Road Junkie at AmericanaUK at the end of 2017, at the end Boswells Village Hall to do a St Boswells Live Album Tour :: At Harbour Arts, Irvine. Cowboy of 2018, he was once again named as runner up concert. Tickets £20 (Concessions £16) from Campfire Sounds Immersed Soulful Attire, Celtic in that same category - a sure sign that he Music Glue or any remaining tickets on door. Grooves Meets Jazz Bar Crooning. See feature remains hugely popular with UK audiences. Feel free to bring your own drinks and snacks. on page 15 for full details. Nathan will have two new albums released in the www.facebook.com/stboswellslive www.ewan-macintyre.org/shows summer - perfect timing for tons of media attention ahead of this tour. 31 AUGUST 31 AUGUST www.brookfield-knights.com The Big 'Hing's Summer Love 'Hing: At The BADSTONE: At The Harbour Bar, Troon, from 17 NOVEMBER Vale Club, Innerleithen. We have the return of 9:30pm. This group of seasoned musicians play 'Hing favourites GECKOHEAD - A warm a wide variety of music from the likes of the Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN welcome to the amazing THE 62 - Our superb Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, BELL : At The Grapes, Stranraer. Hot Cincinnati trio NOBLE MISCHIEF - Frank Usher and Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad 4-piece, The Tillers have been thumping their Seoras Ashby with another incredible set as as Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie own distinctive sound of string band style folk "HUSH HUSH" - Rounded off with the 'Hings Wonder and more. music for a decade, riding it all over the country house band THE DERIVATIVES. The Big 'Hing www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band and across the sea. Four studio albums and one is a night of great live music, a collaboration of live record have won them praise as modern folk great bands. Watch out for a 'Big Hing arriving at 7 SEPTEMBER storytellers of the national soundscape. a venue near you in Peeblesshire soon! Invigorating as it gets, they count many of their www.facebook.com/thebighing Brookfield Knights presents ..... 3hattrio : At peers as fans. For instance, Iris Dement says: “I www.facebook.com/geckoheadband Village Hall, West Kilbride. They took Celtic could sit and listen to them all night long!” Connections by storm and triumphed too at www.brookfield-knights.com 11 SEPTEMBER Denmark's big Tønder Festival. Then, 3hattrio ended 2018 on a high after being voted runnerBrookfield Knights presents ..... 3hattrio : At up in the Best Band of The Year category of the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. They took Celtic annual Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK. With Connections by storm and triumphed too at banjo, guitar, fiddle and double bass, the Denmark's big Tønder Festival. Then, 3hattrio extraordinarily evocative music and richlyended 2018 on a high after being voted runnerburnished vocals of this internationally-acclaimed up in the Best Band of The Year category of the band can raise the hairs on the back of your annual Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK. With Send us all your gig dates for neck as they create a sound that responds to the banjo, guitar, fiddle and double bass, the Scottish Borders and natural world of their sacred homeland near Zion extraordinarily evocative music and richlyNorthumberland areas National Park, Utah. burnished vocals of this internationally-acclaimed www.brookfield-knights.com band can raise the hairs on the back of your Email them to Carol neck as they create a sound that responds to the carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 8 SEPTEMBER natural world of their sacred homeland near Zion National Park, Utah. Brookfield Knights presents ..... 3hattrio : At 11 AUGUST www.brookfield-knights.com Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. They took Celtic TMSA Young Trad Tour :: At Village Hall, Connections by storm and triumphed too at 18 SEPTEMBER Leadgate, Allendale Town, Hexham NE47 9PR. Denmark's big Tønder Festival. Then, 3hattrio ended 2018 on a high after being voted runner- Some of Scotland’s finest young folk musicians Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE up in the Best Band of The Year category of the are set to visit their home areas and release an LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND : At Eastgate album after a performance at Celtic Connections Theatre, Peebles. Arguably the most powerful of annual Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK. With earlier this year – thanks to the TMSA banjo, guitar, fiddle and double bass, the the new breed of bands which are steeped in the (Traditional Music & Song Association of extraordinarily evocative music and richlyold-time Appalachian style, these masters of burnished vocals of this internationally-acclaimed Scotland). The current TMSA Young Trad Tour their trade have been described as three of the group comprises of HANNAH RARITY from band can raise the hairs on the back of your most accomplished musicians playing on this neck as they create a sound that responds to the West Lothian, winner of the BBC Radio Scotland planet, and that is not overstating the case. John natural world of their sacred homeland near Zion Young Traditional Musician of the Year Showman might be better known to most Competition, joined by finalists: RORY National Park, Utah. Americana fans as the main vocalist with superMATHESON, Piano (Drumbeg); AMY www.brookfield-knights.com talented alt-country band, New Country Rehab, PAPIRANSKY, voice (Keith); DAVID Chris Coole is a well-established singerSHEDDEN, bagpipes and whistle (Glasgow); 21 SEPTEMBER songwriter with a considerable pedigree and LUC MCNALLY, guitar and voice (Dipton) and bassman Max Heineman has earned himself the CHARLIE STEWART, fiddle and double bass Brookfield Knights presents ..... LETITIA kind of plaudits normally reserved for those who (Perthshire - 2017 winner). Audiences are VANSANT : At Vertex Festival, Village Hall, are much longer in the tooth. treated to a mix of new material written and West Kilbride. Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant first www.brookfield-knights.com composed by these outstanding young musicians came to prominence in 2017 when she won the as well as innovative arrangements of traditional prestigious Kerrville New Folk Song-writing tunes – supported by Project Musical Director, competition - an honour previously granted to Anna Massie. Workshops are also being many who went on to become big names, such as Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Here, she organised at some of the locations, details on TMSA website. makes her UK debut in duo format with her www.tmsa.org.uk band’s guitarist David McKindley-Ward, a longstanding collaborator, who also doubles up on 17 AUGUST vocal harmonies. 13 OCTOBER
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AUGUST Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival Beauly 1-3 August
Natural Beauty (AONB), in the UK's voted #1 Holiday Destination, our festival site overlooks the mythical & magical Holy Island of Lindisfarne, boasting breath-taking views stretching from Goswick Sands to the North, to Bamburgh Castle to the South. www.lindisfarnefestival.com
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation for its eclectic line-ups, its offbeat non-musical entertainments and its all-ages approach. The festival won a VisitScotland Thistle Award in 2009 and is a past winner of the Grassroots Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards, the festival industry’s ‘Oscars’. www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk
Fringe by the Sea North Berwick 2-11 August
SEPTEMBER Party in the Park Bathgate 1 September
Celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary in 2019 Bathgate's 'Party in the Park' is a yearly family focused music festival with two music stages, childrens rides, free face painting, food, stalls, and lots of fun - it's held in the town's Kirkton Park. There is a main stage and acoustic stage with music on both throughout the day with free entry and no ticket required. A real mix of music from local bands and artists to those further afield. There is no ticket required and no entry fee and as this is geared towards families there is a strict no alcohol policy.
Tickets for our first wave of acts for Fringe By The Sea are now on sale. Check out our website for who’ll be joining us in North Berwick this www.facebook.com/partyinthepark summer, and scroll right down for the full line-up so far, by date. Follow us on social media for Linlithgow Folk Festival more music, comedy, film, family, literature, conversation, wellbeing & exploration announce- Linlithgow ments over coming weeks. We look forward to 11-15 September welcoming you harbour-side! www.fringebythesea.com
Party at The Palace Linlithgow 10-11 August
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Glasgow Americana Glasgow 2-6 October
Glasgow Americana has lined up gigs featuring overseas and home-based acts for this year’s five-day-long festival. We are delighted to confirm our dates for our 2019 Americana extravaganza. Please watch this space for details on the first acts confirmed for this year. www.glasgowamericana.com
The Cumnock Tryst Cumnock 3-6 October
A music festival under the leadership of Scottish composer, James MacMillan CBE Cumnock, Scotland. The Cumnock Tryst is an annual event with concerts in venues in and around the town. The programme will feature some of the finest, international classical artists, as well as music and musicians from different backgrounds both stylistically and socially. The Cumnock Tryst aims to make its strong commitment to the community at the heart of all its activities, for instance involving young people at school and college, amateur choirs and local bands.
www.thecumnocktryst.com Organisers are promising a real "Feast of Folk" at this year’s festival. Planning for the Linlithgow Ullapool Guitar Festival Folk Festival in 2019 is now underway. Our programme is launched annually in July and will be Ullapool 4-6 October available here at that time. So why is the UGF so special? Perhaps it’s the mix of music old and new, of electric and acoustic, of steel and nylon, of seasoned performers Lammermuir Festival and those, like the students from the Royal ConEast Lothian servatoire of Scotland, just starting out on their 13-22 September careers. Perhaps it’s the location on Loch Broom and the drive up through some of Scotland’s Lammermuir Festival, established in 2010 by Ar- most spectacular scenery. Perhaps it’s the infortistic Directors Hugh Macdonald and James Wa- mal air of the whole weekend: there’s no “us and ters, runs from 13 to 22 September in beautiful them”, no VIP area. Everyone mingles, and venues around East Lothian. The festival won the you’re likely to find yourself sitting beside a gui2017 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best tar legend in the Festival Club – or even jamConcert Series and Festival, and features several ming with them on one of the trade stands. of Scotland's leading ensembles, internationally renowned musicians and exciting new talent. It www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com has a close ongoing relationship with BBC Radio 3. www.linlithgowfolk.com
This is the sixth outing for the Linlithgow festival and is set to be another highlight in Scotland’s live music calendar. Taking the top spots are The Charlatans and KT Tunstall (Saturday) and Deacon Blue and Wet Wet Wet (Sunday) and the rest of the weekend’s acts are sure to prove a hit with Party at the Palace regulars. It’s only 20 mins from Edinburgh and 35mins from Glasgow, making it one of the most easily accessible music festivals in Scotland.
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Piping Live! will return to the city 10–18 August True North 2019. Now in its 16th year, Piping Live! is the biggest festival of its kind, attracting over Aberdeen 40,000 music fans, families and tourists who 19-22 September travel from around the globe to watch more than 5,000 pipers perform at 150 events across the Aberdeen Performing Arts presents True North, city. Aberdeen’s festival of music and song, celebrating the North-east's singer songwriter tradition. www.pipinglive.co.uk True North is Aberdeen’s music festival - located at the heart of the city, the festival features the contemporary music industry’s most interesting, Lindisfarne Festival relevant and exciting artists. The festival feaBeal Farm, Berwick-upon-Tweed tures a series of unique performances in city 29 August - 1 September centre venues, a Fringe programme of intimate gigs across the city, and an opportunity to get An epic 3 day festival on the Northumberland up close and personal with festival artists. coast, overlooking Holy Isle. Anyone who has been to the Northumberland coast will be well www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/truenorth aware of the sheer magnificence of the scenery. Located in a recognised Area of Outstanding
Paisley 11-19 October
Paisley’s annual Spree festival has today announced its biggest line-up yet – with Glasvegas, Gruff Rhys, PP Arnold and Hue and Cry among the acts coming to town this October. The festival will take place over nine days from 11 to 19 October with the bulk of the action in a specially-erected Spiegeltent beside Paisley Gilmour Street station – and with a bigger tent than in previous years allowing 500-person shows. www.thespree.co.uk
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