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23 JUNE LUCINDA WILLIAMS PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS: Over a 30+ year career featuring albums like Sweet Old World, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road and Blessed, Lucinda Williams has fused folk, country and rock into a formidable mix that has brought her critical and artistic acclaim. Equally respected as a songwriter as a singer, her songs have been recorded by the likes of Emmylou Harris and Mary Chapin Carpenter. The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh.Tickets £25 + £1.50 booking fee. Doors open 7pm. 24 JUNE ST MARY’S MUSIC SCHOOL ANNUAL CONCERT: St Mary’s Music School Orchestra; String Ensemble; Chamber Choir: Choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral play Schubert: Music from Rosamunde; Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise; Haydn: Symphony No 104 ‘London’ The annual Summer concert from Edinburgh’s St Mary’s Music School featuring guest conductor Christopher Seaman, Laureate of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, New York, and longtime associate of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh. Tickets £10 (£7 concessions/£3 schoolchildren). Starts 7.30pm.
forces in 2006 for their first show at Toronto’s funky Gladstone Hotel. Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open - 7.30pm. Price - £9. Tickets available from www.leithfolkclub.com Email leithfolkclubtickets@hotmail.co.uk
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THE BLUES BAND: featuring Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Rob Townsend, Gary Fletcher and Tom McGuinness. The Blues Band is acknowledged throughout Europe and beyond as being amongst the very finest purveyors of rhythm & blues. Howden Park Centre, Howden, Livingston. DIRTY DIAMOND AND THE GUNSLINGER / THE BLUESWATER: The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. From 8pm in The Speakeasy. Admission £5 / £4. Over 18 only. 28 JUNE
The Queen’s Hall presents LEO BLANCO: Venezuelan pianist Leo Blanco is a genuine virtuoso with a huge musical personality. His music is rooted in the Africa-Latina rhythms of his homeland and enriched by the vast knowledge of jazz and understanding of the classical tradition that you might expect from a professor of piano at America’s premier music college, Berklee, who has worked alongside jazz masters Pat Metheny, George Garzone and Bob Moses and has guested with numerous symphony orchestras. As a composer Blanco has scored music for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, his own string quartet and most 25 JUNE recently, Scottish horn quartet Brass Jaw, and his recordings THE GOOD LOVELIES: Tonight have featured saxophonists sees us playing host to three Dave Liebman and Donny beautiful Canadians known as McCaslin, West African guitarist the Good Lovelies. From Riches Lionel Loueke, Grammy awardto Rags to Life on the Road winning singer Luciana Souza, Funny and upbeat, with just a and drummer Antonio Sanchez. pinch of sass, the Good Lovelies‘ His solo concerts are enthralling textbook three-part harmonies, and rhapsodic displays of constant instrument swapping technical command and and witty on-stage banter have emotional communication, enlivened the folk music showing why on previous visits landscape since they joined to Scotland Blanco has earned
five-star reviews from The Scotsman and The Herald, drawn standing ovations at Aberdeen Jazz Festival and is the proud winner of a coveted Bank of Scotland Herald Angel, awarded for outstanding performances during the Edinburgh Festival. The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street, Edinburgh. Tickets £13.00. Time 8pm. SHARON KING and the RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY HILL AND ROWAN RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh based singer /songwriter with a talent for spinning yarns...’ (LIST) continues to build a reputation for vibrant, funny, relaxed and intimate live shows. Her astute observations on Scottish life are carried in contemporary song writing, delivered wrapped in laughter. Her songs and banter are peppered with tales of her travels: colours and textures are artfully woven through the narratives by the instruments and voices of The Reckless Angels. Tyninghame Hall, East Lothian. Tickets are free to under 14’s, however they must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available through the website or on the door on the night. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk 29 JUNE VEGAS! It'll be a fabulous night of swing & sophistication, decadence and debauchery, hedonism & hi-jinks, roulette & romance, cocktails and carousing, finger poppin' & lindy-hoppin', showgirls & style with Frankie Sumatra, Bugsy Seagull, Sam Jose, Nuno Endo, Nikki Nevada & The Vegas Showgirls. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. From 8.30pm - 1am in The Voodoo Rooms. Advance tickets £6 stbf available from Ticketweb, Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh). Buy online here. Over 18 only. DEAD SEA SOULS / PEOPLE, PLACES, MAPS: Cabaret Voltaire, 36 –38 Blair Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.00pm – 10.00pm, 14+ show. £6 from Tickets Scotland. Doors at 6:45pm
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MAD NURSE / SWALLOWS FLY LOW / WOZNIAK: Mad Nurse are a Post-rock three piece,. They’ve recently completed their EP ‘The Rip’ . check it out here:
yarns...’ (LIST) continues to build a reputation for vibrant, funny, relaxed and intimate live shows. Her astute observations on Scottish life are carried in contemporary song writing, http://soundcloud.com/mad-nurse. delivered wrapped in laughter. Swallows Fly Low is a solo Her songs and banter are electronica project producing peppered with tales of her beautiful and sometime bleak travels: colours and textures are soundscapes: artfully woven through the http://soundcloud.com/swallowsflylow narratives by the instruments Following up on their and voices of The Reckless successful debut last month, Angels. Pathhead hall, Pathhead, Wozniak, are continuing to Midlothian. Tickets are free to spread their shoe/doom/kraut/ under 14’s, however they must psychgaze. They’re also working be accompanied by an adult. on their first EP, due out later Tickets are available through the this year. Here’s a snippet from website or on the door on the the debut: night. www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AcsHQVQc1ac. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh. Time 7pm, Tickets £5. FAKE FROWN ACOUSTIC MEET MR CALLAGHAN: Whistle SESSSIONS featuring The Last September+ Kat Healy+ Chris Binkies, Edinburgh. 7pm. Free Yendell+ Douglas Kay. The Entry. Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. From 30 JUNE 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Admission £6. Over 18 only. SHARON KING and the RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY 2 JULY HILL AND ROWAN RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh based singer /songwriter with a ROSS COUPER & TOM OAKES: talent for spinning
Ross Couper from Shetland (Glasgow) and Tom Oakes from Devon (Edinburgh) are a fiddle and guitar duo deeply rooted in the traditions of Scotland and Ireland but with a vital modernity that chronicles their many musical journeys so far. Expect a highly dynamic mixture of power and fragility with a warmth and humour that leaves audiences exhilarated and entertained. Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open 7.30pm. Tickets £9 from www.leithfolkclub.com Email leithfolkclubtickets@hotmail.co.uk
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SHARON KING and the RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY HILL AND ROWAN RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh based singer /songwriter with a talent for spinning yarns...’ (LIST) continues to build a reputation for vibrant, funny, relaxed and intimate live shows. Her astute observations on Scottish life are carried in contemporary song writing, delivered wrapped in laughter.
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Her songs and banter are peppered with tales of her travels: colours and textures are artfully woven through the narratives by the instruments and voices of The Reckless Angels. The Cannons Gait, 232 Cannon Gate, Edinburgh. Tickets are free to under 14’s, however they must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available through the website or on the door on the night. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk 9 JULY KILMARNOCK EDITION: is a unique 6 piece singer/songwriter band, whose members hail from all over Scotland- and Italy. Performing all totally original material the group were initially brought together as individual winners of the ‘Burnsong International Songhouse’ of 2009. Since then the group have developed a unique and exciting sound with elements of Scots and Gaelic folk song, sauted with world rhythms and sprinkled with jazz dust, gentle folky acoustic sounds and topped off with an engaging element of Italian humour… Victoria Park
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23: AnTobar, Tobermory 24: Carradale Village Hall JULY: 25: Aros, Isle of Skye 18/19: HebCeltFest 26: Tolbooth, Stirling 20: Salmon Bothy, Portsoy 27: Eastgate, Peebles 21: Eden Court, Inverness 28: Harbour Arts, Irvine
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30: Old Library, Kilbarchan 31: CatStrand, New Galloway AUGUST: 1: Biggar Corn Exchange 2/3/4: Edinburgh Fringe
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House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open 7.30pm. Tickets £7 from www.leithfolkclub.com Email -
will open at 10am and run through to late evening with a grand array of performers from contemporary jazz via Edinburgh leithfolkclubtickets@hotmail.co.uk heroes to vintage jazz. The Phone – 07502024852 Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra presents the 13 JULY inspirational Sacred Concert by Duke Ellington. Great American MAIN STREET BLUES: Chase singer Champian Fulton makes Inn, Bonnyrigg. 9.30pm. See her festival debut, headlining a website for details and tickets. programme of young musicians www.mainstreetblues.co.uk playing older styles of jazz. The Festival celebrates Muddy 16 JULY Water’s Centenary with a special concert by his eldest son, Mud FRASER FIFIELD & GRAEME Morganfield. Tickets are STEPHENS: are prolific and available from: award winning instrumentalists www.edinburghjazzfestival.com who have worked and developed The Hub: 0131 473 2000 or in as musicians together for some person from Castlehill, 15 years exploring the interface Edinburgh. of the Scottish tradition and jazz music, ancient and new, acoustic 20 JULY and electronic. Guitarist Graeme Stephen provides the perfect foil BLANK CANVAS/ TAFFY/ WE for Fifield’s innovative pipes/sax/ CAME FROM THE NORTH/ whistle/ kaval/ Cajon/electronics WOZNIAK: 7pm, Sneaky Pete's, and compositions. Together they Edinburgh, £4 adv/ £7 on door. make a truly original sound, Eclectic evening of music from rooted in the Scottish folk stylish post-punkers Blank tradition but exploratory by Canvas, the poppy sound of nature, which has consistently Tokyo's own Taffy promoting the drawn critical acclaim. Victoria release of their second album Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry 'Lixivate', epic ear-blasting from Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open - We Came From The North and 7.30pm. Tickets£7 from feedback fury from the mighty www.leithfolkclub.com Email Wozniak.
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socially excluded and vulnerable participants in folk music and singing. Initiated by her work with the Inspire project and a new desire to create her own songs, Michelle has spent time focusing on developing her songwriting potential in Nashville’s dynamic songwriting culture while collaborating with songwriters and attending workshops. Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open 7.30pm. Tickets £7 from www.leithfolkclub.com Email -
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RIPLEY / SKA BEAT JAKES / SINCERELY YOURS / THE Phone - 07502024852 BLINDING / HIGHWAY CHILE: Indievous Presents PHIL LEE on his "Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty Indie Rocks Maggie May's, Trongate, King Of Love" European leithfolkclubtickets@hotmail.co.uk Tour/ Fash Stewart and The Merchant City, Glasgow. Door Phone – 07502024852 Time: 7.30pm, tickets £6/£4, Slim Panatellas. Leith Folk 23 JULY Tickets from Door. Club, The Victoria Park House 19 JULY Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, MAIN STREET BLUES: SINGLES NIGHT: An all-killer Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. Edinburgh 35TH EDINBURGH JAZZ & across-the-board celebration of The Tron, 8pm. See website for BLUES FESTIVAL, Friday the 7” single. From soul to 2 AUGUST details and tickets. www. 19th - Sunday 28th July psych, punk to funk, rock to pop mainstreetblues.co.uk venues across the capital. and hip hop to doo wop. The MAIN STREET BLUES: Headline acts include: Jools Flying Duck, 142 Renfield street, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, MALCOLM BUSHBY: Born in Holland, Eric Burdon, Pharoah Henry's Cellar Bar, 7.30pm.See Glasgow. Tickets £5 (£3). Time Tasmania, Australia with a Sanders, Tia Fuller, Champian 11pm- 3am. strong Scottish heritage Malcolm website for details and tickets. Fulton, Snarky Puppy, Mud www.flyingduckclub.com www.mainstreetblues.co.uk grew up listening to the Morganfield, Ghostpoet, Duke traditional music of Scotland and Ellington’s Sacred Concert, The LOS TENTAKILLS / 6 AUGUST Ireland through his parents Three Bs (Chris Barber, Acker DEATHCATS / THE playing and recordings. Since Bilk and Keith Ball) and many SHITHAWKS / FUTURE GLUE: TWANGDOGS: Performing at arriving in the UK Malcolm has more. Expect unique artistic You wanted a heft mix of rock the Edinburgh Fringe, worked and studied with Aidan collaborations, cutting edge 'n' roll, surf and garage and we O’Rourke, Catriona MacDonald, www.facebook.com/twangdogs performers, funk and dancebrought it. Be sure to expect a Shona Mooney, Sophy Ball and fused sounds, timeless jazz lot of noise and a lot of dancing. has studied with Stewart Hardy 7 AUGUST favourites, intense art, total Future Glue sound like Jesus And ( ex John Wright Band). relaxation and a good time for Mary Chain but on speed and MAIN STREET BLUES: Fringe Malcolm has taught fiddle at all! There’ll be fun-packed with much rawer vocals. The by the Sea, North Berwick Core Music Shop in Hexham, nights at Festival Theatre, a Masonic Hall, 8pm. See website Shithawks are coming down Northumberland and ran party atmosphere at the from Dundee and the trio will be for details and tickets. workshops on traditional fiddle Spiegeltent and show-stopping sure to make their presence felt www.mainstreetblues.co.uk playing. Victoria Park House performances at the Queen’s with fast pace rock 'n' roll. Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Hall. The Festival will also be Deathcats play a mix of fuzzy TWANGDOGS: Performing at Edinburgh. Doors Open setting up a cool, modern jazz surf pop with some heavier the Edinburgh Fringe. 7.30pm. Tickets from £7 club at 3 Bristo Place. Brand new www.leithfolkclub.com Email edges. They sound like they www.facebook.com/twangdogs Festival elements this year grew up on a strict diet of punk leithfolkclubtickets@hotmail.co.uk include Cross the Tracks, a fresh Phone – 07502024852 whilst living at the beach. 24 AUGUST strand that throws the spotlight Closing the night will be the on contemporary, underground 30 JULY wildest bunch of cowboys (and MAIN STREET BLUES: Bell music influenced by jazz. Rock Blues Festival, Arbroath. St one indian) this side of the Participating artists include Clyde, Los Tentakills. Glaswegian MICHELLE BURKE: Michelle has Thomas Bar, 3pm. See website Hidden Orchestra, Submotion garage at it's best! 13th Note, recently worked for the Scots for details and tickets. Orchestra and Ghostpoet. Plus 50 –60 King Street, Music Group Inspire project www.mainstreetblues.co.uk the Tron Kirk will transform into whose aims were to encourage Glasgow.8.30pm £5 a new ‘Festival hub’ - a club that participation and involvement of MAIN STREET BLUES: Bell leithfolkclubtickets@hotmail.co.uk
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23 JUNE Where The Folks At; Weekly live folk sessions in the cosy Kitchen Bar. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield street, Glasgow. Tickets Free. Time 6pm- 8pm. www.flyingduckclub.com
heard of the songs they've featured on with talented musicians such as carly rae jepsen and little mix. 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. Basement. Time 8pm, Tickets £5. 25 JUNE
JAZZ IN JUNE: Guitarist Nigel Clark dips into his extensive jazz repertoire performing a selection of hot Latin jazz - just the one for the summer. Russian CaféGallery Cossachok, 10 King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow. Starts 9pm. www.cossachok. com
YOUNG PHILADELPHIA / AMERICAN TELEVISION / KABOBO / HAND: The Young Phillies are two brothers that grind out some of the best noise rock/ drone funk splatters to come out of Glasgow since Ganger. American Television Punishing circuit-bent noisegospel. Kabobo, Ghanian FOLK JAM SESSIONS: pickaxe murder-synth. Hand, Traditional folk music with the Brand new project inspired by odd surprise or two thrown in! It can get pretty busy so turn up the likes of the Heliocentric early to get a seat! Starts 7pm. werlds ov Sun Ra, La Bionda, Freestylers and Albert Ayler. 13th Dram, 232-246 Woodlands Note, 50 –60 King Street, Road, Glasgow. Glasgow. Time 7.20pm, Tickets WILLIE DICK PLUS GUESTS: £3 This gig is for his Album Launch 26 JUNE 'My House My Rules''. The old Hairdresser's, Renfield Lane, THE AFTERNOON Glasgow. Entry is free. GENTLEMEN / SUFFERING MIND (poland) / SHARP PRACTICE / SLOTH COFFINSPLITTER / SHOOT METROPOLIS / THE THE BASTARD / GUNFINGER: MATHLETICS TEAM: Sharp Practice - melodic rock based on Afternoon gentlemen, bawthe sound of those credible 70's destroying and cider-tanning grind via leeds. By far the best rock bands who had hit singles and have been going since 1999, grindcore band in the UK. Suffering Mind (Poland), touring to promote their fifth Legendary Polish grind. Have album Steal With Pride, this is released stuff on 625thrash, second night of eight on the road in the UK. Sloth Metropolis: crucificados, zaraza, bullshit Propaganda. Coffinsplitter, Glasgow's number one sloth themed prog rock band. Electric Glaswegian Grindcore. At points snout-themed, at others papaFiddle shredding and theatrical themed. Always fuckin blazin antics. 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, £3 squad. Shoot the Bastard (leeds) Prime hellish hardcore. Gunfinger (Glasgow) New-ish 24 JUNE locals causing a racket. Top stuff. Think weekend nachos Hawkchild DIY & with mad thrashier riffs. 13th Struggletown Records: Note, 50 –60 King Street, YOU'LL LIVE / NAI Glasgow. Time 8pm sharp. HARVEST / CAVALCADES / Tickets £5. THE SINKING FEELING YOU'LL LIVE: midwest-style emo/post punk with shouty yet 27 JUNE fitting vocals all the way from JAZZ KITCHEN: Live (and orlando, florida in the united lively) Jazz sessions. Different states of 'merricuhhhh. on musicians each week. Tuck into sometimes i get drunk records a bowl of tasty Jambalaya for and dog knights productions. £1.50. The Flying Duck, 142 Nai Harvest, sheffields' two Renfield street, Glasgow. Tickets most handsome boys are making their fourth journey back Free. Time 8pm- 12am. to glasgow to bring the twinkley www.flyingduckclub.com noodles and party riffs. THE CAIRN STRING QUARTET Cavalcades, more emo/ & FRIENDS / Quickbeam; screamo vibes on dog knights King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. productions from up north in aberdeen. vibes that will appeal 272a St Vincent Street, to fans of modern emo to fans of Glasgow. Doors 20.30pm, Price £6.00. classic screamo. The Sinking Feeling, local emo three piece with a great knack of providing BABY STRANGE / HALFRICAN: Baby Strange90s emo on struggletown After being number 1 in the NME records. you have probably
Radar List in January 2013 the band have went onto support Iceage, Holograms and Palma Violets on their UK tour making them one of the most talked about bands in the UK. This show will be promoting the release of the first single ‘Pure Evil’ out on May 27th. Halfrican, Scuzzy Garage Punk from Glasgow. 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm, Tickets £5.
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28 JUNE THE SWINGERS CLUB; An evening of Electro Swing, Gypsy House, Balkan Beats & Jacking Trax - Old-time dress up and dance, with Djs Frizzo and Monty Funk. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield street, Glasgow. Tickets £5 (£3). Time 11pm3am. www.flyingduckclub.com THE CRANES, SIDNEY SHAW, KEVIN HARPER: Indie Rock. Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, Glasgow. 18+, Doors 7.15pm, Tickets £5. THE DETOURS / THE CIAZARN AFFAIR / ALL SHE KNOWS: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 20.30pm. Price £6.00 PunkRockRammy: TIM BARRY / SAM RUSSO / TRAGICAL HISTORY TOUR / TURTLE LAMONE: Tim Barry’s been kicking around the musical underground for nearly 20 years, first as the front an for Virginia punk heroes Avail, and more recently as a singersongwriter with a penchant for constructing beautiful folk and country tunes. Dude’s been particularly busy the past few years, gigging relentlessly, including a couple months on the inaugural Revival Tour with fellow travelers Chuck Ragan, Ben Nichols, and Tom Gabel, and generating a steady stream of recordings” / Sam Russo : “Most of his songs are about heartbreak, despair, shit jobs and debt. But he doesn't sound like he's whining or bitching about any of that, just telling it how it is. Sam Russo is one of the best things to happen in music in a long time.” - Moving North / Tragical History Tour, “It's all about the anti-folk solocore cowpunk confessions”, Turtle Lamone, Piano wielding, story telling Punk. 13th Note, 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm, Tickets £7.
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Reid and Martin Law are bringing to you the beginnings of Punk, Hip Hop and Disco. Some of the best sounds that ever came out of New York. A collection of all the best artists from New York around the late 70′s and early 80′s. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield street, Glasgow. Tickets £5 (£3). Time 11pm- 3am. www.flyingduckclub.com
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KATIE MORRIS / BEN IQONS; Oran Mor, of Byres GRAVES / DOUGSY / BLACK Road, Glasgow. AND WHITE BOY / HANNAH JACKSON / KATIE MORRIS / FELIX CHAMPION & DIRTY FRANNY MCKEOWN; Acoustic SAINT + SUPPORT: All day Sunday Session: 13th Note, 50 – show, Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, 60 King Street, Glasgow. Doors Glasgow. 18+, Tickets £6, doors 7.30pm, Tickets £5. 4.30pm. 3 JULY LESS THAN SOBER / Cammy MINDY SMITH plus Mattew Black / Brand New Enemy / Perryman Jones: A Fallen Junebug: King Tut's Wah Wah Angels Club promotion. St Hut 2010. 272a St Vincent Andrew's In The Square. Tickets Street, Glasgow. Doors 0141 204 5151 or 20.30pm, Price £6.00. www.ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com EASY! TIGER / BIG HOGG / + guests Easy! Tiger are by far HOUNDS OF HATE (USA) / one of our favourite bands. For VIOLENT REACTION / MAKE those that need to know more, THE EFFORT [last ever they hit a kind of post-twee show] / THE PACT / NO groove... shaking loose the ISLAND coconuts from the 60's french "HOUNDS OF HATE - The pop tree (twee-tree?) and pennsylvania-based straight having a jolly lovely time with edge band, Hounds of Hate the creamy milk from inside. play rough, abrasive and Possibly for fans of Belle and aggressive hardcore. If you're Seb, Pastels, Tenniscoats, The into real deal 80s boston Feelies, Gainsbourg, the Clean, hardcore vibes then this will be fiery furnaces etc Expect extra right down your street for sure. special guests! This'll be rammed so get down early. You This is one of only five dates in might get a lolly pop! 13th Note, the UK and their only scottish date. Violent Reaction:-No 50 –60 King Street, Glasgow. strings attached hardcore from Time 8pm, Tickets £5 Liverpool's best on Static Shock Records. No doubt one of the 30 JUNE best hardcore bands in the UK going right now with their sound WHERE THE FOLKS AT: standing out from the rest. / Weekly live folk sessions in the Make The Effort, last ever cosy Kitchen Bar. The Flying show. Local youth crew Duck, 142 Renfield street, Glasgow. Tickets £5 (£3). Time enthusiasts doing what they love. on Struggletown Records 6pm- 8pm. featuring members of Bear Arms www.flyingduckclub.com and The Sinking Feeling. The Pact, Familiar faces from down FROM RUSSIA WITH LEV: in sheffield playing hardcore Glasgow's one and only Lev Atlas (violin) in a programme of that's incredibly good to run from one side of the room to the classical, folk and jazz all time favourites. Russian Café-Gallery other to. No Island The best Hometown hardcore on Cossachok, 10 King Street, Struggletown Records featuring Merchant City, Glasgow. Starts members of Garden of Elks. 9pm. Songs for the frustrated, angry www.cossachok.com and disillusioned. FFO: Ceremony, xfilesx, Swamp FOLK JAM SESSIONS: Thing. 13th Note, 50 –60 King Traditional folk music with the Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, odd surprise or two thrown in! It can get pretty busy so turn up Tickets £6. early to get a seat! Starts 7pm. 4 JULY Dram, 232-246 Woodlands Road, Glasgow.
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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 cosy Kitchen Bar. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfiels St, Glasgow. 6pm-8pm. Tickets Free. 11 JULY JAZZ KITCHEN: Live (and lively) Jazz sessions. Different musicians each week. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfiels St, Glasgow. 8pm-11am. Tickets Free. 12 JULY THE WYNNTOWN MARSHALS plus guests: A Fallen Angels Club promotion. At Broadcast, Glasgow. Tickets 0141 204 5151 or www.ticketweb.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com THE METHOD ONE, DELTA MAINLINE, PAPER CROWNS, STEADY STATE REGIME: Hard rock/Indie. Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, Glasgow. 18+, Doors 7.15pm, Tickets £5. 13 JULY
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Corinna, 44 Atholl Street, Perth. Doors 8pm, first band 8 30pm. Indie club night until 0130 after the bands. £5 on door 30 JUNE MEET MR CALLAGHAN: Dundee Blues Bonanza, Live in the Blues Tent. Time 7pm, Free Entry. 5 JULY THE POOR THINGS PLUS GUESTS: The Twa Tams, 79 Scott St, Perth. Tickets free. 6 JULY STOP THE CLOCKS: A Rubber Stamp Promotions gig. At Central Bar, Cardenden. Doors open at 8pm and tickets cost £6. These can be bought from Central Bar, or online from www.ticketweb.co.uk
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CLAN: As part of the Stirling/Galway sessions...Clan are an eclectic group of musicians based in Galway but representing five nations, Mick Crehan, whistles (Ireland), Niall McQuaid, bodhran (Scotland), Anders Trabjerg, accordion (Denmark), Mayo Hanacki, fiddle (Japan) and Geoff Ward, mandolin, banjo and sax (New Zealand).The band play an energetic and vibrant brand of traditional music inspired by musicians from South Galway and North Clare. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Time 8pm, Tickets £6
ANGIE KING: In a unique venue on board HM Unicorn. Angie King’s got that way of delivering a song that makes listeners feel it’s just for them, whether the subject is intimate, corrective or a bit of chit-chat, the singer’s only got you in mind. It’s all about communication and that’s what Angie does. HM Unicorn, Dundee, Tickets: £8/£6.00 concession. Bar Open: 7.15pm Music: 8.15pm. Tel: 01382 200900 e-mail: mail@frigateunicorn.org www.frigateunicorn.org
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Theatre, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm, with 2pm Thursday and 2.30pm Saturday matinees. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 SIMONE FELICE / Cara Mitchell / CS Buchan / Tammy Miller: Former Felice Brother (well he is still a Felice Brother but we mean the band) and Duke & The King founder, Simone Felice makes the journey to Aberdeen for his only Scottish date on the UK tour. Let's do Tunnels proud and give this the crowd it deserves. The Tunnels. Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen. Tickets from www.agpaberdeen.bigcartel.com and Cafe Drummond bar - 14+. 19 JUNE
BREABACH: Scottish WATERDAY EP LAUNCH: The “Homecoming” Tour. As well as Twa Tams, 79 Scott St, Perth. performing many of their Tickets free. Time 9pm. favourites, Breabach will be playing new material from their 26 JULY eagerly awaited, forthcoming album. Logie Durno Hall, Logie THE HOT SEATS: The Hot Seats Durno, Aberdeenshire - Tickets: specialize in unearthing and 01467 681 330 inventing traditional music and www.breabach.com twisting it into new concoctions. Full of virtuosity and reverent HOTSTUFF & THE EYECANDY irreverence, they are a sight to PLUS SUPPORT; Cafe behold. Relix Magazine, The Hot Drummond. Belmont Street, Seats play stringband music with Aberdeen. free entry, 14+. simple intentions: to keep the role of traditional musician as 19-22 JUNE entertainer and commentator alive and kicking. Tolbooth, Jail ABERDEEN ACADEMY OF Wynd, Stirling. Time 8pm, PERFORMING ARTS: Senior Tickets £12 / £10. and full-time musical theatre students of Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts present a world famous all-singing and alldancing musical, in The Lemon Tree Studio, West North Street, Aberdeen, at 7pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Send us all your gig dates for Aberdeen and the North East. and at 2pm and 6.30pm on Saturday. Tickets from Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 22 JUNE 20 JUNE NEW JERSEY NIGHTS: Direct from the USA, the international THE HOLY GHOSTS PLUS smash hit show New Jersey SUPPORT; Cafe Drummond. Nights is a spectacular Belmont Street, Aberdeen. free celebration of the music of entry, 14+. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, in His Majesty’s 21 JUNE
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door on the night. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk 5 JULY SHARON KING and the RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY HILL AND ROWAN RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh based singer /songwriter with a talent for spinning yarns...’ (LIST) continues to build a reputation for vibrant, funny, relaxed and intimate live shows. Her astute observations on Scottish life are carried in contemporary song writing, delivered wrapped in laughter. Her songs and banter are peppered with tales of her travels: colours and textures are artfully woven through the narratives by the instruments and voices of The Reckless Angels. Inverie Village Hall, Inverie, Knoydart. Tickets are free to under 14’s, however they must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available through the website or on the door on the night. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk 6 JULY SHARON KING and the RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY HILL AND ROWAN RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh based singer /songwriter with a talent for spinning yarns...’ (LIST) continues to build a reputation for vibrant, funny, relaxed and intimate live shows. Her astute observations on Scottish life are carried in contemporary song writing, delivered wrapped in laughter. Her songs and banter are peppered with tales of her travels: colours and textures are artfully woven through the narratives by the instruments and voices of The Reckless Angels. Victory Hall, Benderloch, near Oban. Tickets are free to under 14’s, however they must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available through the website or on the door on the night. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk 12 JULY SHARON KING and the RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY HILL AND ROWAN RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh based singer /songwriter with a talent for spinning yarns...’ (LIST) continues to build a reputation for vibrant, funny, relaxed and intimate live
shows. Her astute observations on Scottish life are carried in contemporary song writing, delivered wrapped in laughter. Her songs and banter are peppered with tales of her travels: colours and textures are artfully woven through the narratives by the instruments and voices of The Reckless Angels. Applecross Hall, Strathcarron. Time 7.30pm. Tickets are free to under 14’s, however they must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available through the website or on the door on the night. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk 13 JULY SHARON KING and the RECKLESS ANGELS, JENNY HILL AND ROWAN RHEINGANS: The 'Edinburgh based singer /songwriter with a talent for spinning yarns...’ (LIST) continues to build a reputation for vibrant, funny, relaxed and intimate live shows. Her astute observations on Scottish life are carried in contemporary song writing, delivered wrapped in laughter. Her songs and banter are peppered with tales of her travels: colours and textures are artfully woven through the narratives by the instruments and voices of The Reckless Angels. Lochcarron Hall, Wester Ross, Tickets are free to under 14’s, however they must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available through the website or on the door on the night. www.sharonkingmusic.co.uk 19 JULY
lytharts.org.uk 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 4 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. Meet the Folks, Richmond Hotel, Crystal House Retreat @ The Richmond Hotel, Strathpeffer.
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WINGIN’ IT: Gairloch Community Hall, Gairloch, Highland. Doors 7pm Show 7.30pm Tickets £8/£6 conc./£3 child Tickets on the door.
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26 JUNE THE BLUES BAND: featuring Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Rob Townsend, Gary Fletcher and Tom McGuinness. The Blues Band is acknowledged throughout Europe and beyond as being amongst the very finest purveyors of rhythm & blues. The Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Eastern Lane, Berwick-uponTweed. Tickets £17.50, children’s £8. Time 7.30pm. 29 JUNE
SWAGGER: Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. 9.00pm. Free admission.
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cultural and religious spectrum. Solas Festival offers a creative and entertaining programme for festivalgoers of all ages in a safe environSt Magnus Festival ment. We already have some amazJune 20-28 ing performers and speakers lined Orkney up, including Karine Polwart, Liz Lochhead, We Were Promised JetThe St Magnus Festival is Orkney's packs, Breabach, Iain Morrison, annual celebration of the arts. Margie Gillis, The National Theatre Founded in 1977 by Orkney's distin- of Scotland and Louise Welsh, and guished resident composer Sir Peter we’ll be bringing you news of our Maxwell Davies, the Festival has guest artists and the Head Space grown from small beginnings into and Soul Space inspirers as soon as one of Britain's most highly rewe can. But if you’re already keen garded and adventurous arts to buy your ticket, pop on over to events. For 2013, a celebration of the Box Office. folk tales, myths and legends comes to Orkney with symphony orcheswww.solasfestival.co.uk tra, ensembles, music theatre, cabaret, opera and burlesque. 2013 Glasgow Jazz Festival also sees a bicentennial celebration Glasgow of the life of the Orcadian explorer June 26-30 John Rae. www.stmagnusfestival.com
Midsummer Music Gatehouse of Fleet June 21-23 The wee festival wi' a muckle hert returns this year with a cracking line-up, and more events on over the longest weekend of the year. Gatehouse of Fleet’s annual Midsummer Music Festival has three days of live music and entertainment set in the beautiful south west Scotland. With concerts, acoustic sessions, a Youth Showcase, a "wee folk" stramash for the young at heart and a Sunday tea dance with a twist. The town really buzzes for the weekend and people come from near and far to see great music, dance and catch up with old and new friends.
Jazz comprises of a whole range of styles, from trad and Dixie to free jazz, and the GIJF, now in its 27th year, always has had a rich and varied programme. We’ve also reached out to encompass world music, blues and hiphop crossovers, aiming to provide something for everyone. The Late Night Jam Sessions are also a well established regular, and though the venue has changed over the years the excitement of seeing top names jamming into the early hours hasn’t! www.jazzfest.co.uk
Gigha Music Festival Southern Hebrides June 28-30
journey through Scotland to Mull where he found inspiration to write one of his most famous pieces – The Hebrides Overture, Fingal’s Cave. Each year the Mendelssohn on Mull festival, under the artistic directorship of Levon Chilingirian invites a small group of young musicians at the start of their professional careers to take part in an extraordinary week of discovery and performance. They are mentored by highly experienced players of chamber music, and perform to audiences in such diverse venues as the tiny Creich Church, which seats about 50 people, and the imposing grandeur of Duart Castle’s Great Hall. This year - The Mendelssohn on Mull Festival is celebrating 25 years of incredible music making. www.mendelssohnonmull.com
The East Neuk Festival Fife July 3-7 The award-winning and criticallyacclaimed East Neuk Festival presents world-class arts events in the East Neuk of Fife. The festival focuses on classical chamber music but has also presented world, jazz, folk and electronica and developed from an annual short summer series of concerts given in the area by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. www.eastneukfestival.com
Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival
Scottish Borders A bijou festival on the tiny Isle of July 5-7 Gigha in the southern Hebrides. Music from with Heuch! Fred Morrison, The Newcastleton Traditional Music Karine Polwart and Lau www.musicgatehouse.com Festival is probably the longest continuously running music festival in www.gigha.org.uk Scotland. Founded in 1970, the fesInsider Festival tival revolves around a series of Aviemore Dundonald Music competitions (mainly on Saturday), June 21-23 loosely linked by dances, organised Festival ceilidhs and singarounds on the FriLadies and Gentlemen, welcome to Dundonald, Ayrshire day, Saturday and Sunday nights. Insider 2013. Join us once again, as June 28-30 Non-combatants create ad-hoc sesthis year we go Around The World… sions in all possible locations and As always the Insider Festival will From a small Ayrshire village with visitors are more than welcome at be found at Inshriach, near historic attractions comes a weekAviemore, in the highlands of Scot- end of great music and great bands every venue. One of the most popular events is the Grand Winners' land. So throw caution to the Sifrom their open stage as well as rocco, pick your era and come revel sessions in the gazebo and competi- Concert on Saturday night, featuring the best of the day's competiin our rose-tinted historical cruise tions though out the day. A family tors interspersed with passing musithrough the most inspiring jourfriendly weekend of entertainment cians who failed to escape the neys, voyages and adventurers of from a small Ayrshire village with press-gang! all time! historic attractions. www.insiderfestival.com
Solas Festival The Bield at Blackruthven June 21-23 The festival aims to create a generous, hospitable space in Scotland where the arts can be performed and enjoyed by all. The programme also makes space for challenging debate with activists, writers and thinkers from across the political,
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Black Isle Fiddle Festival
Mendelssohn on Mull Festival
Cromarty July 5-7
Do you want to learn from some of the finest fiddle players in Scotland in a unique Highland setting? Join us in Cromarty in July for the third As a young man, the composer Felix Black Isle Fiddle Weekend from 5thMendelssohn made a life changing 7th July. Intensive tuition in a small Mull July 1-6
class setting, top-notch concerts, informal sessions and of course, great Highland hospitality! www.fiddleweekend.co.uk
Kelburn Garden Party Largs July 6-7 Entertainment is spread across numerous intimate stages, nooks and crannies, just waiting to be discovered at your leisure: The Viewpoint Stage overlooking the burn to Kelburn Castle, The Village Square, at the hub of it all, The Pyramid Stage secluded in the trees, the dance area in The Tall Trees, the Secret Forest with its many hidden delights, the Late Night Ceilidh Tent, The Formal Gardens, and much more besides. www.kelburngardenparty.com
Ceolas South Uist July 7-12 Welcome to Ceòlas! A place full of music, song and dance in the Gaelic Community of South Uist. The main focus of Ceòlas is a music and dance summer school featuring expert tuition in piping, fiddling, singing, Scotch reels and Quadrilles, step dancing and the Gaelic language. It is set within the Gaelicspeaking community of South Uist and explores the vital connections between Scottish traditional music, Gaelic song and dance while allowing ample opportunity for participants to enjoy all these art forms in Cèilidhs and in homes, the places which fostered them. www.ceolas.co.uk
Stonehaven Folk Festival Stonehaven July 11-14 2013 will be our 25th Festival and we are hoping to make it just a little bit better than 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. www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
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