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13 JULY MAIN STREET BLUES: Chase Inn, Bonnyrigg. 9.30pm. See website for details and tickets. www.mainstreetblues.co.uk ADSR / NUMBERS ARE FUTILE / ONE TBC: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm. Tickets £5 / £4 NORMAN LAMONT WITH JAMES WHYTE AND MARY ROBBS as Edinburgh’s Kilderkin Bar – 65/67 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH8 8BT, Norman Lamont is popular, catchy and wry. Like Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen he draws on folk and American melodies touching on universal themes via particularly quirky characters. One of the first singers to grace the stage at OOTB, Norman is backed this Saturday by multiinstrumentalist James Whyte and Mary Robbs indulging in gratuitous violins as his ‘Invisible Helpers’. Fifteenminute stage slots are available as usual this Saturday night. OOTB starts at 8pm, but turn up sometime before 7:30pm to book one of those slots and let us hear what you got. Free entry as always and original material only. www.outofthebedroom.co.uk

BLIND POET: In West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Sunday Service with host Chilli Dogs. Free Entry www.facebook.com/blindpoet 15 JULY

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FRASER FIFIELD and GRAEME STEPHEN: At Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, EH6 4NN. 7.30pm. £7. Fraser is a multiinstrumentalist who has developed an distinctive sound across the variety of wind instruments he plays and an approach to music making which has lead to collaboration with a diverse list of artists. Graeme is involved in numerous projects playing a wide array of styles from free Improvisation to folk music. Graeme's compositions take influence from the different styles of players involved, which include folk, jazz and classical disciplines. www.leithfolkclub.com SONGWRITERS’ CELLAR: EUAN WEDDELL / ACTS TBC: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm. Tickets free. BLIND POET: In West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Open mic at 9pm with host Chris Buckley. Free Entry www.facebook.com/blindpoet 17 JULY LACH’S ANTIHOOT RADIO NIGHT: LACH / GUEST TBC: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £5. BLIND POET: In West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Pressure Valve Events at 10pm bringing you a host of bands new and old on the Edinburgh Music Scene. Free Entry www.facebook.com/blindpoet 18 JULY CLICK CLACK CLUB: BEDTIME FOR BEES / DOMINIC WAXING LYRICAL / STEVE KETTLEY’S ODD TIMES: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £5 / £3 students

LACH’S ANTIHOOT OPEN 19 JULY STAGE: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. 35th EDINBURGH JAZZ & Time 7.00pm. Tickets free. BLUES FESTIVAL, Friday 19th - Sunday 28th July 16 JULY venues across the capital. Headline acts include: Jools

Holland, Eric Burdon, Pharoah Sanders, Tia Fuller, Champian Fulton, Snarky Puppy, Mud Morganfield, Ghostpoet, Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert, The Three Bs (Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Keith Ball) and many more. Expect unique artistic collaborations, cutting edge performers, funk and dancefused sounds, timeless jazz favourites, intense art, total relaxation and a good time for all! There’ll be fun-packed nights at Festival Theatre, a party atmosphere at the Spiegeltent and show-stopping performances at the Queen’s Hall. The Festival will also be setting up a cool, modern jazz club at 3 Bristo Place. Brand new Festival elements this year include Cross the Tracks, a fresh strand that throws the spotlight on contemporary, underground music influenced by jazz. Participating artists include Hidden Orchestra, Submotion Orchestra and Ghostpoet. Plus the Tron Kirk will transform into a new ‘Festival hub’ - a club that will open at 10am and run through to late evening with a grand array of performers from contemporary jazz via Edinburgh heroes to vintage jazz. The Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra presents the inspirational Sacred Concert by Duke Ellington. Great American singer Champian Fulton makes her festival debut, headlining a programme of young musicians playing older styles of jazz. The Festival celebrates Muddy Water’s Centenary with a special concert by his eldest son, Mud Morganfield. Tickets are available from: www.edinburghjazzfestival.com The Hub: 0131 473 2000 or in person from Castlehill, Edinburgh. NORMAN SILVER & THE GOLD / FATALISTS / COW COW BOOGIE: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm. Tickets £5. BLIND POET: In West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Baz Simpson and his Wolfpack. Free Entry www.facebook.com/blindpoet 20 JULY

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BLANK CANVAS/ TAFFY/ WE CAME FROM THE NORTH/ WOZNIAK: Eclectic evening of music from stylish post-punkers Blank Canvas, the poppy sound of Tokyo's own Taffy promoting the release of their second album 'Lixivate', epic earblasting from We Came From The North and feedback fury from the mighty Wozniak. Time 7pm, Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh, £4 adv/ £7 on door.

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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CARNIVAL: Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens will be alive with the sounds of street music, colourful costumes, circus and street theatre and dance from 2-4pm on Sunday 21 July – with free admission for all. Over 35 acts, with a total of over 400 FAT HIPPY RECORDS SHOWCASE: Featuring Scottish performers, from the West Indies (Martinique and Trinidad Artists; THE LORELEI, DIRTY and Tobago); the South Indian SHOES AND CRAIG JOHN Ocean (Réunion); China; all DAVIDSON at Bannermans, across Europe (Hungary, France, 212 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 Italy, Holland, Germany, Poland, 1NQ Portugal, Spain); and from Tel 0131 556 3254 Show 8pm Scotland and the rest of the UK Tickets £6 will come together to create a www.bannermanslive.co.uk www.facebook.com/events/430179627078813/ vibrant international Carnival www.fathippyrecords.co.uk party. At the Ross Bandstand, there will be seating available to BODIES / THE I-MAN-I relax and enjoy an eclectic mix EXPERIENCE / DAPITZ: of international music and dance Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison acts. Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm. www.edinburghfestivalcarnival.com Tickets £5.

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BLIND POET: In West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Sunday Service with host Shamless. Free Entry www.facebook.com/blindpoet 22 JULY LACH’S ANTIHOOT OPEN STAGE: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm. Tickets free. 23 JULY MAIN STREET BLUES: Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. The Tron, 8pm. See website for details and tickets. www.mainstreetblues.co.uk

MALCOLM BUSHBY: Born in Tasmania, Australia with a strong Scottish heritage Malcolm grew up listening to the JAZZ ALFRESCO: In BLIND POET: In West traditional music of Scotland and Edinburgh’s Grassmarket, from Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. The 2-5pm, accompanied by live jazz Ireland through his parents

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SONGWRITERS’ CELLAR acts tbc: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm. Tickets free. BLIND POET: In West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Open mic at 9pm with host Chris Buckley. Free Entry www.facebook.com/blindpoet 24 JULY LACH’S ANTIHOOT RADIO NIGHT: LACH / GUEST TBC: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison

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23: AnTobar, Tobermory 24: Carradale Village Hall 25: Aros, Isle of Skye JULY: 26: Tolbooth, Stirling 18/19: HebCeltFest 20: Salmon Bothy, Portsoy 27: Eastgate, Peebles 21: Eden Court, Inverness 28: Harbour Arts, Irvine

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Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £5. PHIL LEE on his "Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty BLIND POET: In West King Of Love" European Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Tour/ Fash Stewart and The Pressure Valve Events at 10pm Slim Panatellas. Leith Folk bringing you a host of bands Club, The Victoria Park House new and old on the Edinburgh Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Music Scene. Free Entry Edinburgh. www.facebook.com/blindpoet SONGWRITERS’ CELLAR: 26 JULY ACTS TBC: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Street, Edinburgh. BLIND POET: In West Time 7.00pm. Tickets Free. Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Jamie Scott our resident acoustic BLIND POET: In West magician. Free Entry Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. www.facebook.com/blindpoet Open mic at 9pm. Mix of covers and original music from host 27 JULY Craig Finnie on the last Tuesday. Free Entry THE STARK PALACE / WHITE www.facebook.com/blindpoet LIGHTNIN’ / ONE TBC: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison 31 JULY Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm. Tickets £5 / £4. LACH’S ANTIHOOT RADIO NIGHT: LACH / GUEST TBC: BLIND POET: In West Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a Morrison Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm. A'Turas. Free Entry Tickets free. www.facebook.com/blindpoet BLIND POET: In West 28 JULY Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Pressure Valve Events at 10pm BLIND POET: In West bringing you a host of bands Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. new and old on the Edinburgh Sunday Service with host Rayne. Music Scene. Free Entry Free Entry www.facebook.com/blindpoet www.facebook.com/blindpoet 2 AUGUST 29 JULY THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats LACH’S ANTIHOOT OPEN play stringband music with STAGE: Henry’s Cellar Bar, 16a simple intentions: to keep the Morrison Street, Edinburgh. role of traditional musician as Time 7.00pm. Tickets free. entertainer and commentator alive and kicking. At Edinburgh BLIND POET: In West Fringe. Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. www.facebook.com/thehotseats Willie Logans singer/songwriter evening 8pm. Free Entry EMERGING MUSIC’S www.facebook.com/blindpoet SHOWCASE: at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring Turning 30 JULY Plates, Jo Mango and The State Broadcasters. All of the artists MICHELLE BURKE: Michelle has on the bill were included in The recently worked for the Scots Herald’s Top 50 Albums of 2012, Music Group Inspire project so this is something you won’t whose aims were to encourage want to miss! By bringing these participation and involvement of artists along to the Fringe socially excluded and vulnerable Festival, we hope to get some participants in folk music and extra exposure for them and singing. Initiated by her work also give the public an insight with the Inspire project and a into the latest up and coming new desire to create her own acts from Scotland. Creative songs, Michelle has spent time Scotland have just awarded focusing on developing her Turning Plates with funding songwriting potential in towards the recording of their Nashville’s dynamic songwriting debut album, which is expected culture while collaborating with to be released early 2014. While songwriters and attending Jo Mango and The State workshops. Victoria Park House Broadcasters have won Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, widespread acclaim for their Edinburgh. Doors Open latest albums. www.facebook.com/emergingmusicuk 7.30pm. Tickets £7 from www.leithfolkclub.com MAIN STREET BLUES: Email Edinburgh Festival Fringe, leithfolkclubtickets@hotmail.co.uk Henry's Cellar Bar, 7.30pm.See Phone - 07502024852

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TWANGDOGS: Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats www.facebook.com/twangdogs play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the 7 AUGUST role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator MAIN STREET BLUES: Fringe alive and kicking. At Edinburgh by the Sea, North Berwick Fringe. Masonic Hall, 8pm. See website www.facebook.com/thehotseats for details and tickets. www.mainstreetblues.co.uk 4 AUGUST THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator alive and kicking. At Edinburgh Fringe. www.facebook.com/thehotseats

TWANGDOGS: Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe. www.facebook.com/twangdogs 11 AUGUST

A BAND CALLED QUINN: Biding Time (remix). 9pm The Dissection Room at Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 4 AUGUST 1PL. £12/ £10. A Band Called Quinn bring their immersive, A BAND CALLED QUINN: silent-disco journey through the Biding Time (remix). 9pm The fame factory to the largest arts Dissection Room at Summerhall, festival in the world this August. 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 For three dates only audience 1PL. £12/ £10. A Band Called members will have the Quinn bring their immersive, opportunity to experience this silent-disco journey through the critically acclaimed multimedia fame factory to the largest arts performance combining live festival in the world this August. music by A Band Called Quinn, For three dates only audience film by Uisdean Murray & members will have the performance directed by Grid opportunity to experience this Iron theatre director Ben critically acclaimed multimedia Harrison. The band will be performance combining live launching the soundtrack album music by A Band Called Quinn, to the show at The Fringe. The film by Uisdean Murray & show has been supported by performance directed by Grid members of the public via a Iron theatre director Ben Sponsume crowdfunding Harrison. The band will be campaign including best selling launching the soundtrack album crime writer Ian Rankin & a to the show at The Fringe. The sponsorship deal with Freshman show has been supported by Guitars & Arts & Business members of the public via a Scotland. Freshman Guitar's are Sponsume crowdfunding manufactured in singer Louise campaign including best selling Quinn's hometown of East crime writer Ian Rankin & a Kilbride & count actor Steven sponsorship deal with Freshman Segal amoungst their endorsees! Guitars & Arts & Business You can listen to tracks from the Scotland. Freshman Guitar's are album here: manufactured in singer Louise https://soundcloud.com/laquinn27/sets/a-band-called-quinn-biding Tickets: Quinn's hometown of East http://festival.summerhall.co.uk/event/biding-time-remix Kilbride & count actor Steven www.abandcalledquinn.com Segal amoungst their endorsees! You can listen to tracks from the 12 AUGUST album here: https://soundcloud.com/laquinn27/sets/a-band-called-quinn-biding

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Biding Time (remix). 9pm The Dissection Room at Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL. £12/ £10. A Band Called Quinn bring their immersive, silent-disco journey through the fame factory to the largest arts festival in the world this August. For three dates only audience members will have the opportunity to experience this critically acclaimed multimedia performance combining live music by A Band Called Quinn, film by Uisdean Murray & performance directed by Grid Iron theatre director Ben Harrison. The band will be launching the soundtrack album to the show at The Fringe. The show has been supported by members of the public via a Sponsume crowdfunding campaign including best selling crime writer Ian Rankin & a sponsorship deal with Freshman Guitars & Arts & Business Scotland. Freshman Guitar's are manufactured in singer Louise Quinn's hometown of East Kilbride & count actor Steven Segal amoungst their endorsees! You can listen to tracks from the album here:

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23 AUGUST THE WINTER TRADITION with support from THE LONELY TOGETHER and BOOK GROUP: @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh. The Winter Tradition will play their biggest headline show to date at The Liquid Room as part of DF Concerts world renowned line up at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Doors 7pm, over 14s. Tickets are available for £8 from

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14 JULY FOLK JAM SESSIONS: Traditional folk music with the odd surprise or two thrown in! It can get pretty busy so turn up early to get a seat! Starts 7pm. Dram, 232-246 Woodlands Road, Glasgow.

WHERE THE FOLKS AT: Weekly live folk sessions in the http://thewintertradition.bigcartel.com cosy Kitchen Bar. The Flying along with some exclusive Duck, 142 Renfiels St, Glasgow. merchandise and ticket bundles. 6pm-8pm. Tickets Free. 25 AUGUST

ELJAM AND FEAST RECORDS SHOWCASE: The best of East Lothian’s young musical talent. 3pm – 10pm at The Brunton, Musselburgh. Young, up and coming music acts from East Lothian will be under the spotlight at The Brunton this August when the ELjam and Feast Records Showcase host a number of acts during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Showcase is an exciting https://soundcloud.com/laquinn27/sets/a-band-called-quinn-biding collaboration between ELjam, Tickets: http://festival.summerhall.co.uk/event/biding-time-remix East Lothian Youth Music Forum www.abandcalledquinn.com and Feast, Edinburgh College’s student-run record label and 16 AUGUST undoubtedly the place to be for the best in local up-and-coming NUALA KENNEDY BAND (IRL/ talent. The ELjam and Feast SCOT) + A. J. ROACH (U.S. Records Showcase will be in A.): Stunning Irish/Scottish venue 1 at The Brunton (venue traditional music with a twist 191) on Sunday 25 August from meets original songs from the 3pm – 10pm. Tickets are £5 Appalachian Mountains in a one(standing) and are available now off Festival Fringe Special! on 0131 665 2240 or online at Nuala Kennedy, Described as www.thebrunton.co.uk. Tickets fearless of the unknown by The are also available from the Irish Times, Edinburgh resident Fringe on 0131 226 0000 or flute player and singer Nuala www.edfringe.com Kennedy has been based in Scotland since 1995. Currently living in Leith, she has toured the world to critical acclaim as the Nuala Kennedy Band, her Scottish power-house quartet. A. J. ROACH, now splitting his Send us all your gig dates for time between New York City and Glasgow and West Coast. Edinburgh, A. J. Roach was born Email them to Carol and raised in the deep hollows of carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com mountainous Scott County, Virginia -- the cultural and 13 JULY geographical epicenter of America's Appalachian Mountain ELECTROBUDDHA: Walkabout, Range, and the birthplace of Renfrew Street at7pm. Fresh American country music. A. J.'s from the launch of their new songs have been featured in album 'Evolution', Electrobuddha several U.S. televison shows and are described as The Stones feature-length films, and have meets The Beta Band with drawn comparisons to Townes Hendrix on decks, Electrobuddha Van Zandt, Vic Chesnutt and Will is Scottish rock at it's finest. Oldham. Tickets: www.electrobuddha.co.uk

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MONSTER-A-GOGO: BMOVIES AND BOMBSHELLS: Nice N Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £5. 15 JULY ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH GERRY LYONS; Nice N Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Time 8.30pm. Tickets Free. 17 JULY MAIREARAD GREEN & ANNA MASSIE: at the CCA Glasgow. Two of Scotland’s most revered multi-instrumentalists, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie are back in Glasgow, with their new album Doubling. The due perform their first Glasgow concert since the release of their second album for Glow Arts at the Centre for Contemporary Art. This is the first of concert for Glow Arts who relaunched in March 2013 and will be hosting regular concerts at the CCA. The aim of the concert series is to provide audiences in Glasgow with a programme of high quality contemporary folk music. This is building on the success of previous promotions at Stereo. Glow Arts is a Glasgow based arts company run by Jennifer McGlone specializing in promotions, events and festival management, consultancy and education projects. www. glowarts.co.uk Tickets are £12/9 available from the CCA Glasgow 0141 352 4900. www.cca-glasgow.com or

A SELECTION OF OUR GIGS .... 26 July (Greens) Connie Lush 2 August (Greens) It's A Beautiful Day 4 August (Greens) The Andy Fraser Band 23 August (Greens) Just Beatles 7 September (Greens) David Latto Band 10 September (Greens) Watt Nicholl 12 September (Greens) Finbar Furey 13 September (Greens) Blues Heroes Fraser Speirs, Allan Jones Richard O’Donnell

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19 JULY THE LEVEE STROLLERS, PHOENIX LIGHTS, AWAKEN WORSHIP, MPFREE: Indie rock with a touch of rap/rock. Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, Glasgow. 18+, Doors 7.15pm, Tickets £5.

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20 JULY THE PATRIOTS/ANDY GALLAGHER AND OVERHAUL/ THE HYPNIC JERKS/ DISTRICT 55/BLACK JACK: Indievous Presents - Indie Rocks. Maggie May's, Trongate, Merchant City, Glasgow. Door Time, 7.30pm. Cost £6/£4. Tickets from door www.facebook.com/indievous TEKLO / Roman Nose / The Mighty Cream / Darc: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm, Tickets £6.00. 21 JULY FOLK JAM SESSIONS: Traditional folk music with the

odd surprise or two thrown in! It can get pretty busy so turn up early to get a seat! Starts 7pm. Dram, 232-246 Woodlands Road, Glasgow.

Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent ALARM BELLS /Axes / Vasa / Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm, Bellow Below: King Tut's Wah Tickets £6.00. Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm, 26 JULY Tickets £7.00. SPANGLED CABARET: Eclectic RED SKY JULY: At Oran Mor, and alternative music and 22 JULY Glasgow at 7pm. Tickets £12 cabaret performances followed from www.ticketmaster.co.uk TAFFY / The Modests / The by the host DJ playing a Red Sky July is the new project Clock: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut from three hugely respected and smattering of the finest on the 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, edgier side of classic pop. The lauded musicians, consisting of Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm, Tickets husband and wife duo, Ally Flying Duck, 142 Renfiels St, Glasgow. 7pm-11pm. Tickets £5 £6.00. McErlaine (Texas), Shelly Poole (£3) (Alisha’s Attic) and Charity Hair ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT (The Alice Band). Ally McErlaine WITH GERRY LYONS; Nice N WHERE THE FOLKS AT: has had a guitar in his hand for Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Weekly live folk sessions in the most of his adult life and joined Glasgow. Time 8.30pm. Tickets cosy Kitchen Bar. The Flying Texas when he was just 17 Duck, 142 Renfiels St, Glasgow. Free. years old. He has been touring 6pm-8pm. Tickets Free. with them since 1988, selling 23 JULY over 15 million albums worldwide in the process. Ally SIENNA / The Youth and the and Shelly married in 2001. Young / Critters: King Tut's Shelly Poole was one half of the Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St million-selling duo Alisha’s Attic Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors and the daughter of famed ‘60s 8.30pm, Tickets £6.00. artist Brian Poole (The Tremolos). Since the band’s split 24 JULY in 2003 Shelly has gone on to become a successful songwriter THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats for other artists, as well as play stringband music with releasing a solo album ‘Hard simple intentions: to keep the Time For The Dreamer.’ Charity role of traditional musician as Hair hails from the small town of entertainer and commentator Plant City in Florida, scouted by alive and kicking. At Carradale a modeling agency at the age of Village Hall. 18, Charity soon moved to www.facebook.com/thehotseats London and ended up forming The Alice Band. SO MANY ANIMAL CALLS / Wolves at Heart / Baltimore PACIFIC BLUES, RUSSIAN League: King Tut's Wah Wah BRIDE + SUPPORT: Buff Club Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent 142 Bath Lane, Glasgow. 18+, Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.00pm, Doors, 7.15pm, Tickets £5. Tickets £6.00. Bippp: Everybody loves a good SORDID LITTLE SECRETS / bit of synth, bippp. is all about THE SLEAZE BROTHERS / THE the mighty synthesisers. Expect TWISTED MELONS: Nice N any and every genre of music Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, (that has synth in it anyway). Glasgow. Time 7.30pm. Tickets Cold/New/No Wave, Classic Pop, £7. Electro...you get the idea... anything from The Cure to 25 JULY Chvrches, Devo to Daft Punk and Lord Sovereign Gary Numan. JAZZ KITCHEN: Live (and Residents Steev Livingstone lively) Jazz sessions. Different (Errors) + Lewis Cook (Mother musicians each week. The Flying Ganga), regular guest DJs. The www.facebook.com/southsidesessions Duck, 142 Renfiels St, Glasgow. Flying Duck, 142 Renfiels St, 8pm-midnight Tickets Free. Glasgow. 11pm-3am. Tickets £5.

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MACFLOYD: At East Kilbride’s ‘Village Theatre’, Maxwell Drive. 8pm £15/£13 - call 01355 261000. MacFloyd (Scottish Pink Floyd) return to the Village Theatre in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Floyd's classic "The Dark Side Of The Moon" album which will see them perform this masterpiece in it's entirety. The show will also include a varied mix of Floyd classics including material from "Wish you were here", "The Wall" and "The Division Bell" albums. In a show lasting over two hours you will witness a level of musicianship that is second to none ensuring MacFloyd's position as arguably the best Pink Floyd cover band in the UK. The fans are in for the usual display of 70's psychedelia, lasers and special effects. Along with an impressive light show, the band take great pride in performing all the Floyd numbers with accuracy and detail thanks to a talented line up including up to 3 different lead/backing vocalists and guitarists performing with great passion. Only this way MacFloyd are able to perform every single detail in Pink Floyd's music completely live! MacFloyd will take you on a journey which promises to transport you back to those spectacular times..if only for a night. Don't miss it! 23 AUGUST THE HUNGER PACT, THE BEAT MOVEMENT, STATIC FUTURE, PACIFIC BLUES, 715pm, 18+, £5 ElectroBuddha - English rock act plus local support. At Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, Glasgow. G2 4SQ

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30 AUGUST TAAQ (Thermal And A QuarterIndia), A Sudden Burst Of Colour, Fair Weather Soldiers, No More Tomorrow - Fresh from a residency at the Edinburgh festival, TAAQ - who have supported huge acts including Guns n Roses in their native India head to glasgow for their first show since 2006. £6, 715pm 18+. At Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, Glasgow. G2 4SQ www.facebook.com/thebuffclubglasgow

European Tour. Support from Hamish Roberts and The David Latto Band / The Holy Ghosts; Based in Edinburgh but including two Perth lads in their lineup. The Holy Ghosts are a five-piece band playing rock’n'roll with a splash of country and a dash of the blues. Razor sharp guitars, wailing harmonica, honkytonk piano, spine-tingling three part harmonies and charismatic stage presence make The Holy Ghosts the band to watch in 2013 Perth Southern Fried Festival Opening Night at The Twa Tams, 79 Scott St, Perth. EDINBURGH JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL ON TOUR BRIAN KELLOCK COPENHAGEN TRIO: The piano maestro has been back and forth to Copenhagen regularly in recent years, building a reputation for himself in one of Europe’s great jazz cities. Classic Brian Kellock with a new twist. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Time 8pm, Tickets £12 / £10 20 JULY

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SOUTHERN FRIED MATINEE/HAZY RECOLLECTIONS: The Twa Tams, 79 VIGO THIEVES: Album Preview Show at Scott St, Perth. Tickets free. Time 8pm. The Arches, Glasgow. Following on from becoming the first unsigned band to sell WATERDAY EP LAUNCH: The Twa out two consecutive nights at the Tams, 79 Scott St, Perth. Tickets free. legendary King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Vigo Time 9pm. Thieves released their new single 'Believe' on 1 August. They are then 26 JULY going to be releasing their debut album in October but people that go to their THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats Arches show in September will get to specialize in unearthing and inventing hear the album and have the first chance traditional music and twisting it into new to buy it. concoctions. Full of virtuosity and reverent irreverence, they are a sight to www.facebook.com/vigothieves behold. Relix Magazine, The Hot Seats play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator alive and kicking. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Time 8pm, Tickets £12 / £10. www.facebook.com/thehotseats

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27 JULY PHIL CUNNINGHAM: Superb, innovative instrumentalist, with not simply the fastest fingers in the West but some of the most sensitive ones, too! The man who, in Scotland at least, made the accordion respectable again and also plays fine keyboard and whistle; composer, whose range extends from heart-tugging slow airs to vibrant tunes for a string of successful theatrical productions and to full-scale concert suites, where bagpipes, bodhrans and bouzoukis meet up with sometimes bemused classical orchestras in a whirlpool of rampant, exuberant sound; Crail Parish Church, Marketgate North Fife. Time. 8pm. Tel; 0133 345 0108

FEIS FHIORT CEILIDH TRAIL; For the second year, the local Fèis has brought together a band of its brightest stars who will tour during the month of July as part of the Fèis Fhoirt ceilidh trail, which will take them all around Stirling as well as further afield from Loch Lomond to Aberdeen. Tonight they will showcase the tunes and songs they have been working on with leading traditional musicians, in a performance setting. Tolbooth, Jail 2 AUGUST Wynd, Stirling. Time 7.30pm, Tickets £5 SARAH MACNEIL AND FRIENDS: 18 JULY Sarah MacNeil is an exciting young harpist from Larbert. A recent graduate PHIL LEE on his "Fall and Further of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Decline of the Mighty King Of Love" Sarah will play with her band

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RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY HILL AND ROWAN WE ARE THE IN CROWD: At RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, based singer /songwriter with a 7.30pm £12+bf. We Are The In talent for spinning Crowd, the foursome from yarns...’ (LIST) continues to Poughkeepsie, NY formed in build a reputation for vibrant, 2009 and caught the interest of funny, relaxed and intimate live independent label, Hopeless shows. Her astute observations Records early on. The band, on Scottish life are carried in made up of Tay Jardine (vocals), contemporary song writing, Jordan Eckes (guitar/vocals), 6 SEPTEMBER delivered wrapped in laughter. Mike Ferri (bass), and Rob Her songs and banter are GTS BOOS BAND: 8pm £7, Chianelli (drums), lacked peppered with tales of her Tolbooth, Stirling. Fresh from experience but did not lack in travels: colours and textures are their recent success with the talent or ingenuity. Book your artfully woven through the Jocks Juke Joint project, Stirling tickets to an incredible night out narratives by the instruments blues rockers GTs Boos Band are now on the weblink below or call and voices of The Reckless delighted to announce the 01224 641122 Angels. Lochcarron Hall, Wester launch of eagerly awaited debut www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/events/we-are-the-in-crowd Ross, Tickets are free to under album Steak House, which will 14’s, however they must be 23 AUGUST take place with a special night of accompanied by an adult. Blues Rock at the Tolbooth. Tickets are available through the ROLLING DAMNED: Highland www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth website or on the door on the based rock act Toby Michaels night. Rolling Damned will follow the www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk release of their double A side single 'Rolling Damned'/'A Little 19 JULY Bit of What You Fancy (Does You Good)' and their debut Rockness WINGIN’ IT: Gairloch appearance with August shows Community Hall, Gairloch, Send us all your gig dates for including The Moorings, Highland. Doors 7pm Show Aberdeen and the North East. Aberdeen. Frontman Toby 7.30pm Tickets £8/£6 conc./£3 Email them to Carol Michaels said “Our single has carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com child had great support so far and Tickets on the door. Rockness was epic fun for us and 20 JULY the crowd, we can't wait to take 20 JULY THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats our music to the rest of Scotland!” play stringband music with WINGIN’ IT: The Ceilidh Place, www.facebook.com/tobymichaelsrollingdamned simple intentions: to keep the 14 West Argyle Street, Ullapool, role of traditional musician as Highland. Tel 01854 24 AUGUST entertainer and commentator 612103 Doors 7pm Tickets £8/ alive and kicking. At Salmon £6 conc. www.theceilidhplace. MAIN STREET BLUES: Bell Bothy, Portsoy. Rock Blues Festival, Arbroath. St com www.facebook.com/thehotseats Thomas Bar, 3pm. See website 21 JULY for details and tickets. 26 JULY www.mainstreetblues.co.uk THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats THE MOUSE THAT ATE THE play stringband music with MAIN STREET BLUES: Bell CAT: Re-scheduled show, simple intentions: to keep the Rock Blues Festival, Arbroath. Original Tickets Valid for both. role of traditional musician as Station Bar, 8pm. See website The Tunnels. Carnegies Brae, entertainer and commentator for details and tickets. Aberdeen. alive and kicking. At Eden Court, www.mainstreetblues.co.uk Inverness. 28 JULY www.facebook.com/thehotseats

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1 AUGUST PHIL LEE on his "Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty King Of Love" European Tour. Support from Hamish Roberts and The David Latto Band. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Aug. Belladrum Festival Beauly, Phoineas House, Belladrum Estate, By Beauly, Invernessshire 2 AUGUST ROLLING DAMNED: Highland based rock act Toby Michaels Rolling Damned will follow the release of their double A side single 'Rolling Damned'/'A Little Bit of What You Fancy (Does You Good)' and their debut Rockness appearance with August shows including Belladrum Festival, Beauly near Inverness. Frontman Toby Michaels said “Our single has had great support so far and Rockness was epic fun for us and the crowd, we can't wait to take our music to the rest of Scotland!” www.facebook.com/tobymichaelsrollingdamned

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Support from Hamish Roberts and The David Latto Band. Beath Masonic Hall, Ayrshire 25 JULY JAM SESSION HOSTED BY TAMBO & THE SPITFIRES PLU GUEST. Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. 9.30pm. For further information contact Bill 07967 503027 27 JULY THE SEXX GODZ: Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. 9.00pm. Free admission.

H-AYE VOLTAGE (A/CD/C tribute band): Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. 9.00pm. 31 JULY Free admission.

THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the JAM SESSION HOSTED BY role of traditional musician as TAMBO & THE SPITFIRES PLU entertainer and commentator GUEST. Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The alive and kicking. At CatStrand, Cross, Prestwick. 9.30pm. For New Galloway. further information contact Bill www.facebook.com/thehotseats 07967 503027 18 JULY

innovative instrumentalist, with not simply the fastest fingers in the West but some of the most sensitive ones, too! The man who, in Scotland at least, made the accordion respectable again Send us all your gig dates for and also plays fine keyboard and Scottish Borders and whistle;composer, whose range Northumberland. Email them to Carol extends from heart-tugging slow carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com airs to vibrant tunes for a string of successful theatrical 13 JULY productions and to full-scale concert suites, where bagpipes, THE FOURTH ANNUAL bodhrans and bouzoukis meet up MELTING POT featuring with sometimes bemused MADELEINE DOW & FRIENDS classical orchestras in a whirlpool including Angus Gunn, Muv, of rampant, exuberant sound. Ryan Hooper, Blue to the Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre Bone, Tom Clelland: At The Eastgate Peebles. Time 7:30pm. String Jam Club, The Salmon Tel; 0172 172 5777. Inn, Bank Street, Galashiels, Scottish Borders TD1 1EP, 17 AUGUST sponsored by Vixen Records, Sound Station Studio, Merlin THE STRING JAM CLUB @ Music and BCCA. Music starts at Innerleithen Music Festival 8, and doors usually open at 2013 - Any Border’s musicians 7.30 depending on sound check. wishing to perform at the annual Please note: The String Jam Club String Jam event at Innerleithen will be relaunching in November Music Festival on Saturday 17 in a new venue – details to be August 12.30 – 3.30 – please confirmed. Tickets on sale £8 at get in touch ASAP, spaces are the Salmon, or buy on the order. filling up fast! Email: Please come along and enjoy stringjamclub@vixenrecords.com what will be a fantastic and fond www.facebook.com/stringjamclub farewell to the Salmon.

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PHIL LEE on his "Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty King Of Love" European Tour. MILESTONE: Eagle Tavern, 3-5 Support from Hamish Roberts The Cross, Prestwick. 9.00pm. and The David Latto Band. Free admission. The New Folk Club, 73 S Beach, www.facebook.com/stringjamclub Troon, Ayrshire. 27 JULY 21 JULY 20 JULY

PHIL LEE on his "Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty King Of Love" European Tour.

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THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats play stringband music with simple intentions: to keep the role of traditional musician as entertainer and commentator alive and kicking. At Eastgate, Peebles. www.facebook.com/thehotseats 1 AUGUST PHIL CUNNINGHAM: Superb,

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JULY Big Tent Festival Fife July Taking a break this year and back in 2014! A unique green festival, music festival, arts festival, family festival - all-in-one.

last year. Festival line up is now confirmed and includes Dougie MacLean, Ken Clark, Rura, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie, The Occasionals Ceilidh Band, Arthur Johnstone & Danny Cooper, the North east Folk Collective, Kristina Olsen, Breabach, Zoe Bestel, Bella Hardy and Paul Brady.

famed for its informal, friendly and few festivals in the world could exciting atmosphere. It incorporates compete with. great music, both in concerts and in informal sessions www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk www.scottishbluegrass.com

Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival

Merchant City Festival July 24-28 Glasgow

The Festival aims to showcase the best of what the Merchant City has Edinburgh to offer. Celebrate the undisputed July 19-28 T in the Park cultural quarter of Glasgow, showwww.bigtentfestival.co.uk Fife case the wide range of restaurants, There’ll be great nights out at Festi- cafes and bars, cultural venues and July 12-14 Aboyne & Deeside val Theatre, party atmospheres at arts organisations on offer within the Spiegeltent, top performers What more can we say! Scotland’s this unique urban space. Festival playing at the Queen’s Hall, a cool most widely known and respected Aboyne new modern jazz club at 3 Bristo festival, which always attracts the www.merchantcityfestival.com July 3 - August 3 Place, a traditional haven at the biggest names. Royal Overseas League, an all day An annual arts festival in Royal DeThe Wickerman Festival club at the Tron Kirk, and a eside with a broad range of events www.tinthepark.com new programme strand - Cross the Festival covering classical, folk and contemTracks – where the Festival checks July 26-27 porary music, politics, art, drama, Hebridean in to musics on or just over the sty- Dumfries & Galloway literature and film. This year’s muCeltic Festival listic border.“We look forward to sic includes a King Creosote / Rick Stornoway welcoming old and new friends. We Scotland's alternative music festival Redbeard double-bill, the BinghamJuly 17-20 have a great line up this year with in Dumfries & Galloway offers a String Quartet, Jonny Hardie and something for everyone. Looking unique and eclectic celebration of British jazz pianist Huw Warren. Fantastic four-day festival set forward to seeing you all over the cult musical genres and cult cinema against the rich cultural backdrop of ten days of the Festival,” with a relaxed, laidback familywww.aboyneanddeesidefestival.org.uk the Outer Hebrides, featuring top friendly atmosphere, aimed at the quality music from around the Celtic www.edinburghjazzfestival.com more discerning contemporary muCeolas nations and beyond. Stornoway and sic fan. All the action climaxes with South Uist throughout Lewis and Harris. the burning of a giant traditional PKD Festival July 7-12 willow and straw effigy. Dalgety Bay www.hebceltfest.com July 20 Welcome to Ceòlas! A place full of www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk music, song and dance in the Gaelic Southern Fried Festival PKD Festival in Dalgety Bay in Fife Community of South Uist. The is in aid of cash for kids (it also this Speyfest main focus of Ceòlas is a music and Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre Moray year features the East Coast Bike dance summer school featuring exJuly 19-21 July July 26-28 Show). They have 17 live bands pert tuition in piping, fiddling, singplaying and entry is totally free (a ing, Scotch reels and Quadrilles, Southern Fried Festival, Scotland's donation on the gate is for charity). As Scottish Music Festivals go Speystep dancing and the Gaelic lanbiggest and best festival of AmeriThere is also a huge kids zone and fest is a real Gem - The small town guage. It is set within the Gaeliccan Roots music returns to Perth. folk festival with big ideas! Three food court, bar etc. speaking community of South Uist Covering all the American Roots days of Concerts, Ceilidhs and and explores the vital connections music bases including blues, counStomps, with some of the biggest www.pkdfestival.com between Scottish traditional music, try, cajun, gospel, swing and soul, names from the world of traditional Gaelic song and dance while allowthis little nugget of Americana in and contemporary Celtic music and ing ample opportunity for particiElphin Fest the rolling Scottish countryside is a all in the beautiful village of Fochpants to enjoy all these art forms in Sutherland rich vein of international stars and abers on the banks of the River Cèilidhs and in homes, the places July 20 home grown talent just waiting to Spey. It just can't get any better which fostered them. be prospected! Taking place in than that! Elphin Fest is a free folk/rock festiPerth Concert Hall, Perth Theatre Fàilte gu Ceòlas! Tha sinn toilichte val in Elphin in Sutherland (north and other venues within easy strollwww.speyfest.com gu bheil sibh uile air tadhal air an west Scotland). The first ever Elphin ing distance, Southern Fried is a sulàrach-lìn againn, is tha sinn an Fest was held in 2011 and this year dòchas fàilte a chur oirbh gu seach- per-sized serving of the best in has The Whisky River Band headlin- Lomond Folk Festival American Roots music topped with dain air leth. Seachdain làn ceòl, July 26-28 ing. dannsa, càirdeas is barrachd spòrs a warm slice of Scottish hospitality. Loch Lomond na tha ri fhaighinn an àite eile air www.facebook.com/elphinfest www.southernfriedfestival.co.uk feadh Alba fad an t-samhraidh. The Lomond Folk Festival is Scotland’s friendliest family festival! MuTiree Music Festival Guildtown Bluegrass www.ceolas.co.uk sic wall to wall on the banks of Loch Isle of Tiree Lomond, workshops, concerts, all Music Festival July 20-21 day open stage and lots of street Stonehaven Perthshire entertainment. Concerts in the eveJuly 19-21 SOLD OUT! Tiree Music Festival Folk Festival ning in the marquee on the Moss-o(TMF) was formed in 2010 when Stonehaven Balloch. Balloch. The festival is held in the idyllic vil- Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie July 11-14 lage of Guildtown in rural (SKERRYVORE) teamed up with www.lomondfolkfestival.com Perthshire. Great food and drink are school friend Stewart MacLennan What a busy year we have had. In – with the radical idea of holding an 2012 the festival was nominated as available at the Festival Session Marquee. Breakfasts, snacks, open-air festival on their local island “Best Event” at the MG Alba Scots Many more festival lunches and meals available at famof Tiree. TMF is more than just atTrad Awards. Unfortunately we didlistings in our latest ily friendly prices. Festival attentending a music festival – it is an n'’t win but the nomination was a great endorsement to what we have dees camp on the village green and island adventure. From the stunning FESTIVALS! edition @ enjoy the facilities in the village sail or flight to the island of Tiree, http://wp.me/P12d6v-21 been doing to develop the festival hall, which includes washing, and camping next to the white sands of over the years. 2013 will be our 25th Festival and we are hoping to toilet facilities. Tents, caravans and Crossapol Bay or surfing at BalevulRVs are welcome. The festival is lin beach, TMF is an experience very make it just a little bit better than www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk

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