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Rapal: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring NITEWORKS, RAY McCARTNEY, MIAOUX MIAOUX and the MERRYLEES www.bbcalba.co.uk 26 MARCH Togaidh Sinn Fonn: 7.55pm on BBC ALBA. Music and song from some of Gaeldom's finest performers. www.bbcalba.co.uk Piping Live Shorts: 8.20pm on BBC ALBA. CLANDONIA performing at the 2011 Piping Live! festival in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk
22 MARCH
Cuirm @ Celtic: 8.55pm on BBC ALBA. THE CHIEFTAINS onstage at Celtic Connections. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Ceol Country: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Includes performances from RAISING CAIN, SHOOTER, HENRY SMITH and COUNTRY DREAMS. www.bbcalba.co.uk
A gu U, An Cuala Tu?: 9.55pm on BBC ALBA. Part 1 of an alphabetical trip through the BBC's song archive in the company of Mary Anne Kennedy. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Perthshire Amber: 11.25pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring 27 MARCH THE MISCHA MACPHERSON TRIO. Sorchar nan Reul: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Spiritual www.bbcalba.co.uk music and song featuring some of Scotland’s best Sorchar nan Reul: 11.35pm on BBC ALBA. Spiritual known Gaelic artists. www.bbcalba.co.uk music and song featuring some of Scotland’s best known Gaelic artists. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Aberdeen + North East page 20-24
Highlands + Islands
23 MARCH
Cuirm @ Celtic: 9pm on BBC ALBA. THE CHIEFTAINS onstage at Celtic Connections. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Fonn Fonn Fonn: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Off-beat music quiz show hosted by sharp dresser and resident wit Gilleasbuig Ferguson. www.bbcalba.co.uk
A gu U, An Cuala Tu?: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Part 2 of an alphabetical trip through the BBC's song archive in the company of Mary Anne Kennedy. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Tiree Music Festival: 10.30pm on BBC ALBA. SKIPINNISH from TMF 2015. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Solas Ur: 11.50pm on BBC ALBA. SCOTT WOOD TRIO play a set of gigs. www.bbcalba.co.uk
24 MARCH
Solas Ur: 11.55pm on BBC ALBA. CEITLIN L. R. SMITH sings Chi M'in Geamhradh. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Rapal: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring NITEWORKS, RAY McCARTNEY, MIAOUX MIAOUX and the MERRYLEES www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Tiree Music Festival: 10pm on BBC ALBA. World Pipe Band Championships: 10.30pm on BBC SKERRYVORE - an exhilarating set as the band headline the Saturday night. ALBA. Catriona McNeil presents performances from www.bbcalba.co.uk the Championships.
Ayrshire Dumfriesshire South West
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Scottish Borders page 28
Scottish Music Festivals Guide pages 30 - 33
Air an Urlar: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Music from BROLUM. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Rapal: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring NITEWORKS, RAY McCARTNEY, MIAOUX MIAOUX and the MERRYLEES www.bbcalba.co.uk
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29 MARCH
Perthshire Amber: 7.15pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring THE MISCHA MACPHERSON TRIO. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Piping Live Shorts: 11.25pm on BBC ALBA. CLANDONIA performing at the 2011 Piping Live! festival in Glasgow. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Solas Ur: 10.50pm on BBC ALBA. SCOTT WOOD TRIO play a set of gigs. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Sorchar nan Reul: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Spiritual music and song featuring some of Scotland’s best known Gaelic artists. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Fonn Fonn Fonn: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Off-beat music quiz show hosted by sharp dresser and resident ----------------------------------------------------wit Gilleasbuig Ferguson. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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GIGguide ..... EDINBURGH + Mid - East - West Lothian
25 MARCH Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. YER NANA (Nirvana Tribute): At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Tickets £5.00. Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com
programme Phew and is supported with investment from Creative Scotland. Entrance to each gig will be free providing the opportunity for a broad audience to enjoy some of the best in young UK hip-hop. www.phew.gives/ 29 MARCH
BRIAN Ó HEADHRA & FIONA MAKENZIE: At Leith Folk Club. A Highland couple take to the road to launch their new music duo – Brian Ó 26 MARCH hEadhra & Fiona Makenzie. The pair are no strangers to performing on stage together as Send us all your gig dates for Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. ECHOES of both toured the world with the band Anam in the Edinburgh and Lothians area. ROCK: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, late nineties and then with various bands over Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a the past 15 years including Mackenzie, Cruinn Email them to Carol short direct train ride from Edinburgh! and as solo acts. carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over www.oheadhra-mackenzie.com Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, 24 MARCH with live rock music every weekend. 30 MARCH www.dreadnoughtrock.com The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. RAB NOAKES: At Pleasance – Edinburgh. Rab is MARTIN HARLEY & DANIEL KIMBRO with SPEAKS and LOKI: At Wee Red Bar, hard to pin down in terms of influences. He is an support from NEIL WARDEN & GUS MUNRO: Edinburgh - Doors @ 7.30 - Free Entry. London/ accomplished songwriter whose songs reflect his At The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Brighton experimental hip-hop band fronted by lifelong interest in the popular song, in folk song Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at critically acclaimed, BRIT School graduate Lele and in songwriting. Alongside his acclaimed 7.15pm. From the downhome sound of the Delta [SPEAKS] will hit the road next month for their performance skills as applied to his own to contemporary blues rock riffage, the first ever mini tour of Scottish venues with compositions his celebrated interpretations Edinburgh Blues Club showcases every shade of support from Loki, one of Scotland’s most feature songs from sources as diverse as blues with its eagerly anticipated new prolific and well-known rappers. Kicking things Elizabeth Cotten to Beck Hansen. programme. The Edinburgh Blues Club is a off in Dundee before travelling to Glasgow and http://rabnoakes.com/ Social Enterprise established to harness popular Edinburgh the band will showcase material from support for regular blues events in Edinburgh. their most recent album Pencils from a cup. The 1 APRIL http://edinburgh-blues.uk mini-tour has been coordinated by Glasgow based artist Oliver Braid for his seasonal events Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. THE JIMI
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page 5: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian ANDERSON BAND: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Tickets £5.00. Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music every weekend. www.dreadnoughtrock.com
Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 years. This album see's the duo's trademark fingerpicked guitars and vocal harmonies augmented by new band member, guitarist, John Alexander to create a 'boundary ignoring landscape (americana UK). There is a restless 2 APRIL energy in the Doghouse Roses live performance, as the band takes its folk music through the Mellow Promotions presents ..... COLOUR streets of the blues and highways of the old ME WEDNESDAY with support from THE west, looking ahead for that next turn in the TWISTETTES and JOYCE DELANEY: At road. Joseph Parsons is a prolific songwriter, Opium, 71 Cowgate, Edinburgh. EH1 1JW. Doors who weaves traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk 8pm. Tickets £4 adv / £6 otd. Colour Me to create his own distinct style of Rock music. Wednesday are a DIY feminist indie pop punk Tickets £8 in advance from Tickets Scotland band from West London. Sisters Jo and Nicky 0141 204 5151 D'arc make up The Twistettes - dirty, twisted www.facebook.com/jpbofficial bass sound with a hit of bebop flare and www.facebook.com/doghouseroses thumping, driving drums. Joyce Delaney are a DIY bubblegum punk band from Glasgow, who 8 APRIL aspire to fuse an unholy trinity of fall out boy, the spice girls and intersectional feminism and Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. ALMA are mainly influenced by celibacy and revenge. FIERA: At Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Tickets @ Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a www.musicglue.com/mellow-promotions short direct train ride from Edinburgh! www.mellowpromotions.com Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, USED BLUES: At Whistlebinkies, Edinburgh. with live rock music every weekend. Free. www.dreadnoughtrock.com www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow The Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. JOLLY BOYS PAUL LAMB AND THE KING SNAKES with tour with NIGHTFLY: At Dreadnoughtrock, support from THE CHILLI DOGS: At The King Street, Bathgate, West Lothian. EH48 Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 1AX – only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh, EH2 2AA. Doors open at 7.15pm. Edinburgh! Tickets £5.00. Dreadnought's rock From the downhome sound of the Delta to nights are renowned all over Scotland and can contemporary blues rock riffage, the Edinburgh trace its roots back to 1972, with live rock music Blues Club showcases every shade of blues with every weekend. its eagerly anticipated new programme. The www.dreadnoughtrock.com Edinburgh Blues Club is a Social Enterprise established to harness popular support for 6 APRIL regular blues events in Edinburgh. http://edinburgh-blues.uk VLADIMIR with support from THE NEW FABIAN SOCIETY + THE DRAYNES + 9 APRIL VISIONS OF ELLIE: At Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh. Dundee band Vladimir are on a UK Dreadnoughtrock presents ….. TIGERTAILZ tour and release their fourth single I TRY on 29 & LAST GREAT DREAMERS: At April. Dreadnoughtrock, King Street, Bathgate, West www.facebook.com/Vladimirdundee Lothian. EH48 1AX – only a short direct train ride from Edinburgh! Tickets £10 adv. 7 APRIL Dreadnought's rock nights are renowned all over Scotland and can trace its roots back to 1972, DOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH with live rock music every weekend. PARSONS DUO: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. www.dreadnoughtrock.com A special double bill featuring Scotland's
World music at The Brunton ….. BELLA HARDY: At The Brunton, Musselburgh. 2015 was a breathless year for Bella Hardy which saw the release of her seventh solo album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a selection of special, scaled back performances. Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella is joined by regular stage companion Anna Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, banjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear Bella’s stunning compositions in the more intimate setting. Tickets @ www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/ www.bellahardy.com 11 APRIL DALLAHAN: At Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. On tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', these gigs showcase the sound that they have developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have expanded and developed their ideas, exploring more ambitious and artful musical avenues whilst maintaining the same open minded approach to traditional music. www.dallahanmusic.com 13 APRIL THE PAUL MCKENNA BAND: At Edinburgh Folk Club, Edinburgh. On tour supporting their new album ‘Paths that Wind’ 2016 sees The Paul McKenna Band celebrate their 10th Anniversary. To celebrate this milestone they are releasing their fourth, highly anticipated, studio album on 8 April that is produced by the legendary John McCusker. The new album features guests in the form of some of Scotland’s greatest musicians John McCusker, Rod Paterson, Mike Vass and James Lindsay www.paulmckennaband.com RACHEL NEWTON: At House Concert, Edinburgh. 'Here's My Heart Come Take It' album launch tour. Rachel Newton's third solo album, Here's My Heart Come Take It, is named after the opening track on this exciting new album; a bold combination of traditional folk songs and Rachel's own compositions. Recorded in December 2015 at the recently opened Caribou Recording studio near Edinburgh, Rachel
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thought her music was "absolutely gorgeous really special!". Renowned across America for their exhilarating performances and great playing, The Railsplitters, working out of the Colorado Rockies, have made a huge impact in recent times. Playing with the kind of grace and confidence expected from their elders, they have a real depth of character and formidable talent, 14 APRIL drawing influences from all the greats - including Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs. THE KAELA ROWAN BAND: At House Concert, www.bronwynnebrent.com Edinburgh. As a solo artist Kaela released her www.facebook.com/therailsplittersbluegrass acclaimed debut album Menagerie in 2014 and www.brookfield-knights.com graced stages both home and abroad with her own band. Most recently she joined Shooglenifty 22 APRIL for their acclaimed seventh album The Untied Knot, her puirt à beul (mouth music) bringing a DROPKICK with support from ANDY dynamic new element to the band’s sound. She TUCKER and special guests THE toured extensively with the Shoogles throughout WYNNTOWN MARSHALS: At The Voodoo 2015, and will be on the road with the band Rooms, Edinburgh. The new Dropkick album, again in 2016 including a major tour of Australia ‘Balance The Light’, will be released on 25 and New Zealand in March. March, to celebrate the release, they are playing www.kaelarowan.net a few gigs including their first ever shows in Germany 15 APRIL www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic
available at a discounted rate of £65 and rise to £80 on 15 January 2016. Moreover, a limited number of one-day passes for Friday’s events are available for students, emerging musicians and individuals starting out in the business, for £25. An under 18s ticket costs £18 and covers the conference and first three showcases. www.widedays.com 24 APRIL ELLIOTT MORRIS: At The Wee Folk Club, Edinburgh. Award winning singer/songwriter and guitarist Elliott Morris is supporting one of Canada’s hottest new acts, The Bros Landreth. In November 2015, Elliott featured at Dougie MacLean’s Perthshire Amber Festival, playing numerous slots, including the celebrated Dougie MacLean and Friends concert. www.facebook.com/elliottmorrisguitar 25 APRIL
Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL DECARLE with LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS: At Traverse Theatre Bar, LAURENCE JONES with support THE BLACK Wide Days: At The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Legendary Canadian artist Russell CIRCLES: At The Mash House, 37 Guthrie deCarle famously fronted iconic country roots Scotland's award-winning music convention, Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JQ. Laurence and his Wide Days, returns to Edinburgh on 22-23 April. band Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive crack band - Laurence Jones on vocals and list of awards, gold and platinum selling records Following the success of the new format trialed guitars, Roger Inniss on bass and Phil Wilson on in 2015, the conference and first three and No 1 singles. Bound together by a drums - put the power into “power trio,” with superlative level of playing and performance showcases will take place in the Pleasance their modern day blues rock with an edge. that is rare and precious, deCarle, Keldie and venue on Friday. The Saturday - open to all Advance tickets £12.50 +bf, doors open at 7.00 professional ticket holders - will focus on Briggs are as close to joined-at-the-hip p.m. perfection as you will ever encounter. The networking activities, including a guided coach www.facebook.com/laurencejonesmusic Boston-based fiddler/vocalist and song-writer tour, a special Ted-style talk, BBQ and lowLaura Cortese who digs deep and aims high, is exertion sports. Early-bird passes will be 16 APRIL available at a discounted rate of £65 and rise to one of the busiest on the circuit. But, it’s been as Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards that she £80 on 15 January 2016. Moreover, a limited JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At number of one-day passes for Friday’s events has made the biggest impact, their elegant Edinburgh, Queen's Hall. 2016 will see me music schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music are available for students, emerging musicians celebrate 25 years as a professional musician and backed by grooves that alternately inspire and individuals starting out in the business, for Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo £25. An under 18s ticket costs £18 and covers Cajun two-stepping and rock ‘n’ roll swagger. record, it's 13 years since my last album www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle the conference and first three showcases. Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in www.thisislauracortese.com www.widedays.com our newly built recording studio & it will be www.brookfield-knights.com released in April 2016 on Under One Sky CANDI’S DOG supporting BLACKBEARD’S Records. To coincide with the release I will tour TEA PARTY: At La Belle Angele, Edinburgh. 27 APRIL the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows Tyneside trio Candi's Dog specialise in acoustic and lots of festivals throughout the summer. JD KELLEHER supporting BLAIR DUNLOP: At folk-pop, combining inventive structures with There will also be a book of my tunes published ludicrously catchy melodies. The result is a Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. Singer, Songwriter early next year featuring lots of my mash-up akin to the likes of Bright Eyes and the and Actor JD Kelleher, who is known for his roles compositions from the last 25 years. as Willie Pearse in TV mini-series 1916 The lyrical quality of Ed Sheeran. Creativity isn’t www.johnmccusker.co.uk Forgotten Seven and Breandán Mac Gearailt in something that’s hard to come by for the innovative threesome who can regularly be seen Irish soap Ros na Rún has previously been at ROSIE NIMMO: At Harbour Inn, Newhaven, the forefront of Ireland’s “Yes Vote” ahead of the sporting Melodicas, Kazoos and a homemade Edinburgh. Rosie has been singing jazz and Marriage Equality Referendum. Kelleher explains Acoustic Bass. blues for several years, including annual the rousing cover of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” www.facebook.com/candisdog performances in the Edinburgh International aimed to “Raise awareness to the need for a Jazz and Blues Festival (since 2009), and as well THREE DAYS FROM RETIREMENT: At positive vote for freedom”. Raise awareness it as performing regularly for the National Galleries Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh. Three Days From did, and contributed to a change in the Thirtyof Scotland she has also played several times in Retirement (or 3DFR if you're in a rush) are fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland the International Book Festival. She has been and the legalization of same sex marriage. gathering momentum, formed in 2013 in praised in both Scottish broadsheets, the music Edinburgh and with a couple of line-up changes www.facebook.com/JDKelleher008 press and reviewed by the Guardian. since, 3DFR are being heard by more and more www.rosienimmo.com 29 APRIL people. With a sound inspired by bands like Mogwai or Explosions in the Sky, their first selfANDY SHAUF: At Mash House, Edinburgh. titled EP (link below to bandcamp) takes its cues SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA ….. www.andyshauf.com from their regular jam sessions and totally blew THE MUSIC OF DAVE BRUBECK with special guests BILL DOBBINS and JOHN NUGENT: me away the first time I heard it. Which is why 18 APRIL At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. Directed by Tommy they are here. Smith. www.twitter.com/3dfruk Brookfield Knights presents ….. www.snjo.co.uk BRONWYNNE BRENT and THE 23 APRIL RAILSPLITTERS: At Traverse Theatre, 6 MAY Edinburgh. Mississippi Delta songbird, Wide Days: At The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Scary Biscuits Promotions presents ….. The Bronwynne Brent made a major Stateside Scotland's award-winning music convention, impact with the release of her stunning Deep Wide Days, returns to Edinburgh on 22-23 April. Men From Leith: DICK GAUGHAN + BLUE ROSE CODE + DEAN OWENS & THE WHISKY Black Water album back in 2011. When her Following the success of the new format trialed HEARTS: At The Queen’s Hall, Clerk St, equally-impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the in 2015, the conference and first three Edinburgh EH8 9JG. Tickets £16 (+ booking fee) UK in 2014, there was an instantaneous showcases will take place in the Pleasance Box office 0131 668 2019. 7.30pm (doors 7pm). collective gasp as radio presenters and writers venue on Friday. The Saturday - open to all The Men From Leith is a night of celebration of discovered this very special talent and began to professional ticket holders - will focus on the songwriting and musical talents of three sing her praises here too. Bob Harris was first to networking activities, including a guided coach men from Leith - outstanding musicians who all declare himself a fan and playing tracks on his tour, a special Ted-style talk, BBQ and lowhail from the same small corner of Edinburgh. It BBC Radio 2 shows repeatedly, told listeners he exertion sports. Early-bird passes will be
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page 8: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian :: glasgow + surrounding area promises to be a mix of original and traditional songwriting and compelling performances, with grit, fire, honesty and wry humour. The event was inspired by Owens’ classic song Man From Leith, and promises to be an unforgettable evening. As well as separate sets from each of these proud Leithers, there may also be some surprise collaborations. The Men From Leith is included in Tradfest 2016 programme – tickets @ www.thequeenshall.net www.dickgaughan.co.uk www.bluerosecode.com www.deanowens.com Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM AND LOTUS: At Edinburgh Tradfest. We are delighted to welcome back these "new kings of old-time", described by fRoots magazine as “a delicious brew and all in all a lovely, inspiring and slightly manic treat.” Cerys Matthews at BBC Radio 6 has urged everyone to “catch them if you can." http://sheeshamandlotus.com www.brookfield-knights.com ROMEO'S DAUGHTER: At Dreadnought, Bathgate, West Lothian. Romeo’s Daughter are one of Britain‟s finest AOR mainstream rock bands fronted by Leigh Matty, recently voted Number 5 „Lady Rock Singer of all time‟ in Classic Rock Magazine. Craig Joiner is the band‟s guitarist, songwriter and producer. Ed Poole is the bass player and also co produces alongside Craig. Completing the line up is Andy Wells on drums. “Power and sophistication “ “Romeos Daughter trample most of Britain‟s melodic rockers under foot” Kerrang www.romeosdaughter.co.uk www.dreadnoughtrock.com 14 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus support: At Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh. Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting tour. www.fallenangelsclub.com http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ 17 MAY
ROSIE NIMMO: At Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Leith. Rosie has been singing jazz and blues for several years, including annual performances in the Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival (since 2009), and as well as performing regularly for the National Galleries of Scotland she has also played several times in the International Book Festival. She has been praised in both Scottish broadsheets, the music press and reviewed by the Guardian. www.rosienimmo.com
THE WONDER STUFF 30th Anniversary Tour with very special guests THE WEDDING PRESENT and support from THE LOTTERY WINNERS: At O2 ABC Glasgow. To mark their 30th anniversary The Wonder Stuff release their eighth studio album on 19 March and are touring in conjunction with the release. Miles Hunt: "The Wonder Stuff is a live band, that's why it exists. Some people might be happy to spend months or years sitting in studios noodling around with computers, but that isn't why I got into the 28 MAY game. I need a regular fix of the full sensory THE EDINBURGH LIGHT ORCHESTRA: At The overload that is a gig, there's nothing to equal Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. Edinburgh’s premier it." concert orchestra invites you to Journey Into www.thewonderstuff.com Melody for a tuneful evening of ‘easy-listening’. We begin our summer Journey Into Melody in 25 MARCH lively fashion with Eric Coates’ Television March. Following on is a belated tribute to the legendary BREABACH: At Bishopton Folk Night, Renfrewshire. Voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Frank Sinatra. Salute to Ol’ Blue Eyes is an Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards orchestral medley of some of Sinatra’s bestand twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC loved songs. Radio 2 Folk Awards; Scottish five-piece http://edinburghlightorchestra.moonfruit.com Breabach deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned them 10 JUNE international recognition on the world and roots DAVE ARCARI: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari is a touring and exciting bands. Breabach are delighted to musician/songwriter whose sounds owe as much announce their forthcoming fifth studio album to trash country, punk & rockabilly as they do Astar (translating from Scottish Gaelic as pre-war Delta blues... distance or journey) and extensive UK Tour. The www.davearcari.com album will be released on the 4 March. www.facebook.com/Breabach 6 AUGUST SPEAKS and LOKI: At Old Hairdressers, CAROLINE GILMOUR: At Foodies Festival, Glasgow - Doors @ 7.30 - Free Entry. London/ Edinburgh. Caroline’s latest EP 'Electric Brighton experimental hip-hop band fronted by Waterfalls' is due for release on 25.3.2016. critically acclaimed, BRIT School graduate Lele Produced by Jud Mahoney (Justin Timberlake, [SPEAKS] will hit the road next month for their Babyface), this is a departure in musical style for first ever mini tour of Scottish venues with Caroline, which is influenced by her love of 80s support from Loki, one of Scotland’s most prolific electro pop. Caroline has opened for artists such and well-known rappers. Kicking things off in as Charlotte Church, Kim Churchill, Paper Dundee before travelling to Glasgow and Aeroplanes, Dean Owens, Eleanor McEvoy, Tom Edinburgh the band will showcase material from Baxter, Jon Gomm, Sam Brookes and Horse. their most recent album Pencils from a cup. The www.facebook.com/CarolineGilmourMusic mini-tour has been coordinated by Glasgow based artist Oliver Braid for his seasonal events 24 SEPTEMBER programme Phew and is supported with investment from Creative Scotland. Entrance to DHM Concerts presents ..... THE SHEE and each gig will be free providing the opportunity SARAH HAYES: At Edinburgh Queen’s Hall. for a broad audience to enjoy some of the best www.facebook.com/DHM-Concerts-285713951447098 in young UK hip-hop. www.phew.gives/
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26 MARCH SINGLE BY SUNDAY: At The Record Factory, Glasgow (see also Indievous presents below). Debut EP ‘Get Up Get Out’ is now available on all download platforms. Capital FM’s ‘One To Watch’ winner at SSE Scottish Music Awards. www.facebook.com/singlebysunday Indievous presents ….. SINGLE BY SUNDAY + THE TELERMEN + BEAFETS + TAKING BERLIN: At The Record Factory, 17 Byers Road, Glasgow. 7.30pm. £5/£4 (students). Tickets on door www.facebook.com/indievous 28 MARCH
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THE BREW: At Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow. Doors open at 7.30pm. The Brew are one of the finest, most creative and energetically enthused classic rock bands in the UK. From Grimsby, The Brew 2 APRIL has gone from strength to strength since the release of their international breakthrough “The Blind Mammoth fundraiser for Clutha Trust Joker”. This award-winning trio has grown into with SEED OF SORROW, ARTIFICIAL RED, one of Europe's most potent rock acts, THE HOOKERS FOR JESUS and SPEARED BY combining the musicianship of classic rock with A UNICORN: At Ivory Blacks, Oswald Street, youthful energy and a brash, contemporary Glasgow, 7pm, tickets £5 from Ticket Scotland.. outlook. Advance tickets £10 + bf on 01472 349 Double-Barrel Events presents the first Heavy 222 Metal Clutha Trust fundraiser, with proceedings www.the-brew.net going to help underprivileged children across Scotland. Four of the loudest band from across DALLAHAN: At Folklub (Admiral Bar), Glasgow. Scotland will come together to shake the On tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of grounds of Glasgow to raise money for Time', these gigs showcase the sound that they underprivaleged children from across Scotland. have developed since their debut album's Seed Of Sorrow - Inverness - Melodic Death release. Having found their feet musically when Metal - With the success of there debut EP 'Vice conceiving the first album's material, they have Like Grip', realeased in 2013 they currently have expanded and developed their ideas, exploring an album on the way! Artificial RED more ambitious and artful musical avenues Glasgow - Thrash Metal - Well established after whilst maintaining the same open minded gigging for the last 2 years and an EP ready to approach to traditional music. go! The Hookers For Jesus - Glasgow - Hard www.dallahanmusic.com Rock - well experienced with 5 years on the go and ready to hit you with some hard rock! 5 APRIL Speared By A Unicorn - Glasgow - Thrash/ Doom Metal - After line-up changes they are FEAR OF MEN: At Hug and Pint, Glasgow. back heavier than ever with an EP due Summer! Brighton’s Fear of Men are back with a brand Event page @ new album as well as a huge UK tour. After the www.facebook.com/events/1506060206369941 success of first album Loom, the three-piece return darker than ever with Fall Forever (June BREABACH: At Drygate, Glasgow. Voted ‘Best 3rd, Kanine Records) and their twist on modern Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the pop which transcends through debut single Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Island’. Also following dates at SXSW, the band ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards; will return to the UK in support of their album Scottish five-piece Breabach deliver a thrilling announcement and will be performing in and unique brand of contemporary folk music Glasgow’s on 5 April. that has earned them international recognition www.facebook.com/fearofmen on the world and roots music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. 6 APRIL Breabach are delighted to announce their forthcoming fifth studio album Astar (translating The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. An from Scottish Gaelic as distance or journey) and Evening with THE HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN: At St Andrew's In The Square, Glasgow, extensive UK Tour. The album will be released 7.30pm, £16.50. Touring and performing on the 4 March. together for nearly two decades, America's www.facebook.com/Breabach premier hot jazz and Western swing trio Hot Club of Cowtown release "Midnight On The CHVRCHES with guests THE TWILIGHT Trail", their ninth studio album, on March 26 SAD: At The SSE Hydro, Glasgow. CHVRCHES will perform songs from their critically acclaimed 2016 and to coincide with the release they hit the road in the UK for seventeen live dates. second album Every Open Eye. All tickets Midnight On The Trail is a vintage mix of 12 include a charity donation. Tickets on sale at Western swing songs and cowboy ballads hand10am 4 December £25 in Glasgow @ collected to reflect the spirit and joy of the http://gigst.rs/Chv American West. Utterly danceable, romantic and www.facebook.com/CHVRCHES rustic, these songs truly represent the Cowtown
of the Imagination, a source of inspiration for the band since it first began. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 7 APRIL VLADIMIR with support from VIDA: At Kowalski Club at The Loft Greenock. Dundee band Vladimir are on a UK tour and release their fourth single I TRY on 29 April. www.facebook.com/Vladimirdundee 8 APRIL DOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH PARSONS DUO: At The Hug and Pint, Glasgow. A special double bill featuring Scotland's Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 years. This album see's the duo's trademark fingerpicked guitars and vocal harmonies augmented by new band member, guitarist, John Alexander to create a 'boundary ignoring landscape (americana UK). There is a restless energy in the Doghouse Roses live performance, as the band takes its folk music through the streets of the blues and highways of the old west, looking ahead for that next turn in the road. Joseph Parsons is a prolific songwriter, who weaves traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk to create his own distinct style of Rock music. Tickets £8 in advance from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 www.facebook.com/jpbofficial www.facebook.com/doghouseroses USED BLUES: At The Glen Lusset, Old Kilpatrick, 9:30 pm. Free. www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow 9 APRIL CAROLINE GILMOUR: At Apollo Music, Paisley (in store acoustic performance and Vinyl signing session). Caroline’s latest EP 'Electric Waterfalls' is due for release on 25.3.2016. Produced by Jud Mahoney (Justin Timberlake, Babyface), this is a departure in musical style for Caroline, which is influenced by her love of 80s electro pop. Caroline has opened for artists such as Charlotte Church, Kim Churchill, Paper Aeroplanes, Dean Owens, Eleanor McEvoy, Tom Baxter, Jon Gomm, Sam Brookes and Horse. www.facebook.com/CarolineGilmourMusic
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page 13: glasgow + surrounding area 12 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DIANA JONES plus DANIEL MEADE: At The CCA, Glasgow, A powerful and emotional performer, Diana’s most recent album, “Museum of Appalachia Recordings,” recorded, appropriately, in the building of that name in Clinton, Tennessee, was crammed with her own vibrant compositions that hinted of days gone by. With her glorious, husky alto voice, Diana’s popularity has rightly grown in recent years with music lovers catching up to savour a wonderful output, gently reminiscent at times of Gillian Welch and Iris De Ment. Her earlier performances in Glasgow were sparkling affairs of heartache and tenderness, we are very pleased she’s agreed to come back to the city. Daniel Meade has been making a name for himself after joining the likes of Sturgill Simpson, Pokey Lafarge, & The Old Crow Medicine Show on stage in recent times. Daniel Meade has been making a name for himself after joining the likes of Sturgill Simpson, Pokey Lafarge, & The Old Crow Medicine Show on stage in recent times. Tickets £13 from The CCA Box Office 0141 352 4900. Tickets @ http://ticketsscotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com
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The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. SAM OUTLAW: At The Admiral Bar, Glasgow, Tickets £12 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 and behind the bar in The Admiral. If Ry Cooder is a major fan of your work then a singer/songwriter must be doing something right. Sam Outlaw from South California certainly is. The former advertising professional entered the music world on two years ago and he’s hit the ground running RACHEL NEWTON: At The Star Folk Club at with an outstanding debut release, The Admiral, Glasgow. 'Here's My Heart “Angeleno”, his cosmopolitan west coast take Come Take It' album launch tour. Rachel on traditional country music that he has Newton's third solo album, Here's My Heart dubbed “SoCal country.” Tickets @ Come Take It, is named after the opening http://tickets-scotland.com/ track on this exciting new album; a bold www.fallenangelsclub.com combination of traditional folk songs and Rachel's own compositions. Recorded in 15 APRIL December 2015 at the recently opened The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. Caribou Recording studio near Edinburgh, JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: Rachel and co-producer/drummer Mattie Foulds took time to build up a unique sound At Glasgow, St Andrews In The Square. .30pm, £16. 2016 will see me using voice, harps, piano, keyboards and celebrate 25 years as a professional percussion before inviting fiddle player musician - Holy Moly! I've just started Lauren MacColl and trombon-ist Michael recording a new solo record, it's 13 years Owers to complete the picture. since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm www.rachelnewtonmusic.com recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April The Night With presents ….. RED NOTE ENSEMBLE: At The Hug and Pint, 171 Great 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AW. Doors brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots 7.30pm, concert 8pm. Glasgow’s newest music series, with a twist - The Night With… of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published is a new series of salon style concerts early next year featuring lots of my presenting classical and new music in an compositions from the last 25 years. Tickets informal environment with performances by @ some of Scotland’s top musicians. http://tickets-scotland.com/ Programmed by composer Matthew Whiteside the concerts will feature an eclectic www.johnmccusker.co.uk www.fallenangelsclub.com mix of old and new. Opening with Red Note performing music for solo brass, trio and HAWKWIND: At 02 ABC. Tickets £22.50 electronics (trumpet - Mark O’Keeffe, advance on 0141 332 2232. Space Rock trombone - Simon Johnson, horn – Chris Legends Hawkwind bring their psychedelic Gogh, electronics – Timothy Cooper). This stage show to Glasgow. Founder Dave Brock concert will feature music by Handel, is joined by long-standing band members Messiaen, John Cage and Harvey. Two Richard Chadwick, Mr Dibs, Tim Blake, Niall concerts, £15/Full price, £8. Student/ Disabled/Unwaged/Senior/NMS Member, £5. Hone and Dead Fred....the longest established Hawkwind line-up. Hawkwind Tickets on door or from website below. were formed in 1969, originally as Hawkwind www.thehugandpint.com Zoo by former London busker Dave Brock, www.thenightwith.co.uk although there have been numerous line-up http://rednoteensemble.com/ changes throughout the years, he remains at the helm today and is known affectionately 13 APRIL by many of the fans as the Captain of the KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS ship. ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus www.hawkwind.com SIOBHAN WILSON: At Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley. Kris Drever celebrates his first THE KAELA ROWAN BAND: At The Glad decade as an acclaimed solo artist and Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, songwriter with a brand new studio album If G41 2HG. Doors 7.30pm/ Tickets: £8.00 Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Ticket Office: 0141 636 6119. As a solo artist Records on March 28th 2016, and a Kaela released her acclaimed debut album supporting tour. Menagerie in 2014 and graced stages both
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www.facebook.com/therailsplittersbluegrass 21 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL DECARLE: At Woodend Tennis Club, Jordanhill, Glasgow. Legendary Canadian artist Russell deCarle famously fronted iconic country roots band Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list of awards, gold and platinum selling records and No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative level of playing and performance that is rare and precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close to joined-at-the-hip perfection as you will ever encounter. www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle www.brookfield-knights.com 23 APRIL DROPKICK with support from ANDY TUCKER and special guests THE CHINASKIS: At 13th Note, Glasgow. The new Dropkick album, ‘Balance The Light’, will be released on 25 March, to celebrate the release, they are playing a few gigs including their first ever shows in Germany www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic 24 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. HAYES CARLL + support: At CCA, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £15.00. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 27 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. RICHMOND FONTAINE plus FERNANDO: At The Art School, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £16.50. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com
Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL DECARLE: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Legendary Canadian artist Russell 19 APRIL deCarle famously fronted iconic country roots band Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN & THE GUILTY ONES: list of awards, gold and platinum selling records and No 1 singles. Bound together by a At The Art School Glasgow. Tickets £17 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5152. Doors 7.30pm, superlative level of playing and performance 8pm start. Roots/rockers, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin that is rare and precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close to joined-at-the-hip and the Guilty Ones are heading back to perfection as you will ever encounter. Glasgow in April, touring their latest acclaimed album, Lost Time. Previous album, the Grammy- www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle nominated Common Ground – the Californians’ www.brookfield-knights.com first collaborative effort in 30 years and first as 30 APRIL brothers since Dave left the Blasters in 1985 – focused on Big Bill Broonzy songs. But this time JONATHAN CARR: At Oran Mor, Glasgow. round they reprise the music of James Brown, Scottish singer/songwriter and multiLeadbelly, Willie Dixon, Blind Boy Fuller and Leroy Carr, among other greats. They also cover instrumentalist Jonathan Carr has served an four songs by Big Joe Turner, as a tribute to the extraordinary apprenticeship, including a collaboration with seven-time Grammy winner blues legend they met as teens, and who became their friend and mentor. Their aim is to John Mayer while Jonathan was studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. honour and expose these great artistes to new Jonathan went on to write the UNICEF 2014 listeners. Dave and Phil are mainstays of the roots/rock scene so the chance to bring them to Commonwealth Games theme song and has Glasgow again was not to be missed. Tickets @ performed at prestigious private bookings in over 40 countries, often in front of celebrities http://tickets-scotland.com/ including Will Smith, Tom Jones, Simon Cowell, www.fallenangelsclub.com Roger Federer, George Ezra, Elton John, Seal and many more. Jonathan is now poised for the Brookfield Knights presents ….. THE RAILSPLITTERS with LAURA CORTESE & THE international public stage with his long-awaited debut album, 'Porcelain Sky' DANCE CARDS: At Performing Arts Centre, www.facebook.com/jonathancarrmusic Kilbarchan. Renowned across America for their exhilarating performances and great playing, The Railsplitters, working out of the Colorado Indievous Presents ….. FOOLS ON THE FRONTLINE + THE DOUBLE STANDARDS + Rockies, have made a huge impact in recent OVER THE LINE + PAINTED WAVES + times. Playing with the kind of grace and confidence expected from their elders, they have DRIVE IN CINEMA: At The Record Factory, 17 a real depth of character and formidable talent, Byers Road, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £5/£4 (students) drawing influences from all the greats - including on door. www.facebook.com/indievous Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs. www.brookfield-knights.com
USED BLUES: At Bungalow Bar, Paisley, 9pm. www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow 1 MAY SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA ….. THE MUSIC OF DAVE BRUBECK with special guests BILL DOBBINS and JOHN NUGENT: At Royal Conservatoire, Glasgow. Directed by Tommy Smith. www.snjo.co.uk 4 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. ALAN KELLY GANG + support: At Classic Grand, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £14.00. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 8 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. LAURA CANTRELL plus support: At O2 ABC1 Glasgow. Tickets £17 from The ABC Box Office 0844 477 2000 & Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151. Doors 7pm, 7.45pm start. With her beautiful voice, peerless lyrics and sparkling live sets it’s no wonder New York-based singer/songwriter, Laura Cantrell is always a welcome visitor to Scotland. And she’s back for a seated show at the ABC1 when her 2000 debut album, Not The Tremblin’ Kind will be re-issued by city-based Spit & Polish records. Her 2013 Glasgow Americana appearance sold out well in advance, so we expect Laura’s latest visit here will attract a lot of attention. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com CLAIRE HASTINGS (album launch) with SARAH HAYES: At Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/songwriter originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Since winning the title, Claire has had the opportunity to perform at many high-profile events including BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and Deacon Blue. Sarah Hayes is a singer, musician and composer of dazzling versatility. Better known as a multi-instrumentalist with Glaswegian anthemists Admiral Fallow, Sarah has recently released her solo album Woven. www.clairehastings.com Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM AND LOTUS: At Peforming Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. We are delighted to welcome back these "new kings of old-time", described by fRoots magazine as “a delicious brew and all in all a lovely, inspiring and slightly manic treat.” Cerys Matthews at BBC Radio 6 has urged everyone to “catch them if you can." http://sheeshamandlotus.com www.brookfield-knights.com 9 MAY JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Paisley, Arts Centre. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 16: glasgow + surrounding area :: fife + central + perthshire + tayside 10 MAY THREE DAYS FROM RETIREMENT: At Audio, Glasgow. Three Days From Retirement (or 3DFR if you're in a rush) are gathering momentum, formed in 2013 in Edinburgh and with a couple of line-up changes since, 3DFR are being heard by more and more people. With a sound inspired by bands like Mogwai or Explosions in the Sky, their first self-titled EP (link below to bandcamp) takes its cues from their regular jam sessions and totally blew me away the first time I heard it. Which is why they are here. www.twitter.com/3dfruk The Night With presents ….. ELECTRIC CLARINET: At The Hug and Pint, 171 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AW. Doors 7.30pm, concert 8pm. Glasgow’s newest music series, with a twist - The Night With… is a new series of salon style concerts presenting classical and new music in an informal environment with performances by some of Scotland’s top musicians. Programmed by composer Matthew Whiteside the concerts will feature an eclectic mix of old and new. Electric Clarinet performing music for clarinet and electronics by composers including Eddie McGuire, Monty Adkins and Matthew Whiteside. Electric Clarinet, formed in 2014, is a collaboration between Joanna Nicholson (clarinets) and Matthew Whiteside (composer and electronics) to perform new music for clarinets with electronics. Two concerts, £15/Full price, £8. Student/Disabled/ Unwaged/Senior/NMS Member, £5. Tickets on door or from website below. http://electricclarinet.co.uk/ www.thehugandpint.com www.thenightwith.co.uk
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FIFE / CENTRAL / PERTHSHIRE / TAYSIDE Send us all your gig dates for Tayside, Perthshire, Fife and Central areas . Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 24 MARCH Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub
BELLA HARDY: At The Tolbooth, Stirling. 2015 was a breathless year for Bella Hardy which saw the release of her seventh solo album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a selection of special, scaled back performances. Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella is joined by regular stage companion Anna Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, banjo and 13 MAY guitar, piano and keys, electronics and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear Bella’s The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS stunning compositions in the more intimate DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS ABBOTT and setting. Tickets @ EUAN BURTON plus support: At St Andrews in www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/ the Square. Kris Drever celebrates his first www.bellahardy.com decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If SPEAKS and LOKI: At Art Bar, Dundee - Doors Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Records @ 7.30 - Free Entry. London/Brighton on March 28th 2016, and a supporting tour. experimental hip-hop band fronted by critically Tickets @ acclaimed, BRIT School graduate Lele [SPEAKS] http://tickets-scotland.com/ will hit the road next month for their first ever http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ mini tour of Scottish venues with support from www.fallenangelsclub.com Loki, one of Scotland’s most prolific and wellknown rappers. Kicking things off in Dundee before travelling to Glasgow and Edinburgh the band will showcase material from their most The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. DANIEL recent album Pencils from a cup. The mini-tour ROMANO + KACY & CLAYTON: At Classic has been coordinated by Glasgow based artist Grand, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £13.00. Tickets @ Oliver Braid for his seasonal events programme http://tickets-scotland.com/ Phew and is supported with investment from www.fallenangelsclub.com Creative Scotland. Entrance to each gig will be free providing the opportunity for a broad 9 JUNE audience to enjoy some of the best in young UK hip-hop. The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. ADAM www.phew.gives/ HOLMES & THE EMBERS: At CCA, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £13.00. Tickets @ http://tickets25 MARCH scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER 27 MAY
Strange Behaviours present ….. RANDOLPH’S LEAP with support from THE BLUE LIGHTS & THE HUMORS: At Tolbooth, Stirling. Doors 7.30pm, tickets £6 in advance / £8 on the door. Ages 14+. Tickets on 01786 274 000. This month’s Strange Behaviours indie show features toe-tapping folk-pop from Glasgow alongside home-grown soulful blues and folk/swing! We’re taking a more light and breezy direction and welcoming in the quirky folk-pop vibes of Randolph’s Leap. The Glasgow-based 8piece ensemble manage to wriggle free of any melancholic or forlorn ‘folk’ connotations, set on producing lush and melodic songs with the right sparkle and bounce to set even the most timid toes tapping. www.tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk 6 APRIL DOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH PARSONS DUO: At Dundee Acoustic Club, The Newport, 1 High street, Dundee. A special double bill featuring Scotland's Doghouse Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph Parsons duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 years. This album see's the duo's trademark fingerpicked guitars and vocal harmonies augmented by new band member, guitarist, John Alexander to create a 'boundary ignoring landscape (americana UK). There is a restless energy in the Doghouse Roses live performance, as the band takes its folk music through the streets of the blues and highways of the old west, looking ahead for that next turn in the road. Joseph Parsons is a prolific songwriter, who weaves traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk to create his own distinct style of Rock music. www.facebook.com/jpbofficial www.facebook.com/doghouseroses 11 APRIL RED NOTE ENSEMBLE with KULJIT BHAMRA and FRASER FIFIELD: At The Big Shed, Tombreck, Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB. 8pm. Tickets £10, £6. Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise. Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra each day at 3pm for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas. Tickets @ www.bigshed.org.uk www.rednoteensemble.com 14 APRIL
Brookfield Knights presents ….. BRONWYNNE BRENT: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Mississippi Delta songbird, Bronwynne Brent made a major Stateside impact with the release of her stunning Deep Black Water album back in 2011. When her equally-impressive follow-up, Stardust, hit the UK in 2014, there AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle 11 JUNE was an instantaneous collective gasp as radio Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel presenters and writers discovered this very DAVE ARCARI: At The Hug & Pint, Glasgow. alt. in Crieff is launching a new musical night that special talent and began to sing her praises here blues troubadour Dave Arcari is a touring too. Bob Harris was first to declare himself a fan starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz musician/songwriter whose sounds owe as much duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform and playing tracks on his BBC Radio 2 shows to trash country, punk & rockabilly as they do repeatedly, told listeners he thought her music an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s pre-war Delta blues... was "absolutely gorgeous - really special!" relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will www.davearcari.com www.bronwynnebrent.com consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards www.brookfield-knights.com from The Great American Songbook as well as 12 JUNE original compositions Crail Folk Club presents ..... NORTH SEA www.knockcastle.com The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. THE GAS: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. One of CALIFORNIA FEET WARMERS: At CCA, Scotland’s most popular folk bands. Multi 26 MARCH Glasgow. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ instrumentalists with tremendous three part
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 18: glasgow + surrounding area :: fife + central + perthshire + tayside harmonies. 15 albums on they must be doing something right! Their last visit to the club was a sellout so come early. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.northseagas.co.uk www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub
Brookfield Knights presents ….. THE RAILSPLITTERS: At Letham Village Hall, Fife. Renowned across America for their exhilarating performances and great playing, The Railsplitters, working out of the Colorado Rockies, have made a huge impact in recent times. Playing with the kind of grace and confidence expected from their elders, they have a real depth of character and formidable talent, drawing influences from all the greats - including Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs. www.brookfield-knights.com www.facebook.com/therailsplittersbluegrass
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THE KAELA ROWAN BAND: At The Elm House Concerts, Perth. As a solo artist Kaela released her acclaimed debut album Menagerie in 2014 and graced stages both home and abroad with her own band. Most recently she joined Shooglenifty for their acclaimed seventh album The Untied Knot, her puirt à beul (mouth music) bringing a dynamic new element to the band’s sound. She toured extensively with the Shoogles throughout 2015, and will be on the road with the band again in 2016 including a major tour of Australia and New Zealand in March. www.kaelarowan.net
Lazy Afternoons in Dunfermline with STEAMER LANE: At De Brus Brewery, Canmore Street, Dunfermline. A free gig of new music live on radio from Fife and beyond. Opening with Steamer Lane, the gig has all genres from 60s to indie singer songwriters. A chilled way to spend a Sunday. 2pm to 6pm free entry. www.facebook.com/lazyafternoondunfermline/
29 APRIL Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel in Crieff is launching a new musical night that starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com 7 MAY JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Stirling, Tolbooth. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk
Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL DECARLE: At Dundee Acoustic Music Club (afternoon). Legendary Canadian artist Russell deCarle famously fronted iconic country roots band Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list of awards, gold and platinum selling records and 21 APRIL No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative level of playing and performance that is rare and Brookfield Knights presents ….. THE precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close RAILSPLITTERS: At The Tolbooth, Stirling. to joined-at-the-hip perfection as you will ever Renowned across America for their exhilarating 10 MAY encounter. performances and great playing, The www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle Railsplitters, working out of the Colorado JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At www.brookfield-knights.com Rockies, have made a huge impact in recent Birnam, Birnam Arts. 2016 will see me celebrate times. Playing with the kind of grace and 25 years as a professional musician - Holy Moly! Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL confidence expected from their elders, they have I've just started recording a new solo record, it's DECARLE: At Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline a real depth of character and formidable talent, 13 years since my last album Goodnight Ginger. (evening). Legendary Canadian artist Russell drawing influences from all the greats - including I'm recording the album in our newly built deCarle famously fronted iconic country roots Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs. recording studio & it will be released in April band Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list www.brookfield-knights.com of awards, gold and platinum selling records and 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide www.facebook.com/therailsplittersbluegrass with the release I will tour the UK with a brand No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative level of playing and performance that is rare and new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals DROPKICK with support from ANDY TUCKER: At Clark’s, Dundee. The new Dropkick precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year to joined-at-the-hip perfection as you will ever album, ‘Balance The Light’, will be released on featuring lots of my compositions from the last encounter. 25 March, to celebrate the release, they are 25 years. www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle playing a few gigs including their first ever www.johnmccusker.co.uk www.brookfield-knights.com shows in Germany www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic 12 MAY 26 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ….. LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. The Boston-based fiddler/ vocalist and song-writer who digs deep and aims high, is one of the busiest on the circuit. But, it’s been as Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards that she has made the biggest impact, their elegant music schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by grooves that alternately inspire Cajun two-stepping and rock ‘n’ roll swagger. www.thisislauracortese.com www.brookfield-knights.com
MAIREARAD AND ANNA: At Perth Folk Club, Perth. After the stunning success of their November tour, two of Scotland’s most revered multi-instrumentalists, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie follow up their critically acclaimed, third album, ‘Best Day’, with another tour!! www.mairearadandanna.com 28 APRIL
Crail Folk Club presents ..... DAVE NACHMANOFF: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. Perhaps best known in the UK for touring with Al 22 APRIL Stewart, most recently a show at the Royal Albert Hall. A singer, musician extraordinaire and Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL songwriter from California Dave has nine albums DECARLE: At The Byre Theatre, St Andrews. to his credit. Starbucks is known for a lot of Legendary Canadian artist Russell deCarle things – music is one of the better ones. Dave’s famously fronted iconic country roots band fabulous song ‘Descartes in Amsterdam ‘ is on Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list of their 2015 US and Canada playlist. This show is awards, gold and platinum selling records and a must. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative level of playing and performance that is rare and musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly to joined-at-the-hip perfection as you will ever atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature encounter. local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle you don’t want to make music then just come www.brookfield-knights.com along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. 23 APRIL www.davenach.com www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub
Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 19 MAY ERIN BENNETT: At The Green Room, Perth. Everyone knows that big things come from Texas and when it comes to power-pop songstress, Erin Bennett, you need to be prepared for just how big an impact this Texan makes. Her dynamic vocals soar through her well-crafted songs backed by a weird mix of synth, rock and folk that leaves vapour trails; keeping audiences captivated long after the show is over. www.erinbennettmusic.com 26 MAY Crail Folk Club presents ..... TANNAHILL WEAVERS: At Community Hall in Crail, Fife. Advance tickets are on sale at £10 on 01333
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 20: fife + central + perthshire + tayside :: aberdeen + north east 450572. The Tannahills have turned their acoustic excitement loose on audiences to electrifying effect. They have that unique combination of traditional melodies, driving rhythmic accompaniment, and rich vocals that make their performances unforgettable – but you already knew that. Sure to be a sell out. Advance tickets are on sale NOW. See weblink below. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.tannahillweavers.com www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 27 MAY Knock Castle Jazz Nights with IAN MILLER AND DOMINIC SPENCER: At Knock Castle Hotel, Drummond Terrace, Crieff, PH7 4AN. 8pm, £10 on 01764 650088. Knock Castle Hotel in Crieff is launching a new musical night that starts this month. Saxophone and piano jazz duo, Ian Miller and Dominic Spencer will perform an evening of live melodic jazz in the hotel’s relaxing atmosphere. The monthly concerts will consist of a new repertoire of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook as well as original compositions www.knockcastle.com 9 JUNE Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 18 JUNE
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CLAIRE HASTINGS: At Killin Music Festival. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/songwriter originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Since winning the title, Claire has had the opportunity to perform at many high-profile events including BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where 16 JULY she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and CAROLINE GILMOUR: At Pandora Fest, Deacon Blue. Duncarron Medieval Village. Caroline’s latest EP www.clairehastings.com 'Electric Waterfalls' is due for release on 25.3.2016. Produced by Jud Mahoney (Justin 23 JUNE Timberlake, Babyface), this is a departure in Crail Folk Club presents ..... JEZ LOWE: At musical style for Caroline, which is influenced by Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. A double nomination her love of 80s electro pop. Caroline has opened at the 2015 BBC Folk Awards – for best singer for artists such as Charlotte Church, Kim and best new song – was a timely reminder of Churchill, Paper Aeroplanes, Dean Owens, Jez Lowe’s standing in the UK folk and acoustic Eleanor McEvoy, Tom Baxter, Jon Gomm, Sam music scene. Not only is he one of the busiest Brookes and Horse. live performers in the country, but his songs are www.facebook.com/CarolineGilmourMusic among the most widely sung by other performers, whether by long-established acts 11 AUGUST like Fairport Convention, The Dubliners and Bob Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS Fox, or by the new breed of stars like The NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Unthanks and The Young Uns. Consistently one Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit of the club’s most popular visitors. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. make music then just come along and tap your
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22 MARCH ABERDEEN CHORAL SOCIETY: At the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Aberdeen Choral Society, with the Grampian Sinfonietta and the Aberdeen University Choral Society to celebrate its 70th season with a gala performance of Mendelssohn’s monumental oratorio Elijah. Tickets on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 23 MARCH Aberdeen Music Centre’s Spring Concert: At the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. With an entertaining night of music played by local talent. Tickets on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 25 MARCH BELLA HARDY: At The Black Abbot – Montrose Folk Club. 2015 was a breathless year for Bella Hardy which saw the release of her seventh solo album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a selection of special, scaled back performances.
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 22: aberdeen + north east Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella is joined by regular stage companion Anna Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, banjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear Bella’s stunning compositions in the more intimate setting. Tickets @ www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/ www.bellahardy.com 26 MARCH SHOWADDYWADDY: At Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Long-established as Europe’s most successful exponents of retro-inspired rock & roll, Showaddywaddy. Tickets on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 27 MARCH BIS with support HJEARTS AND BRATAKUS: At Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8.30pm. Celebrating 20 years since their formation, Glasgow trio bis, promoting their double cd collection featuring music from the last two decades. Tickets on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 31 MARCH AIDAN O’ROURKE and JASON SINGH present CONNECT:ED: At the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. As part of the Music Hall’s Lights Oot programme, Aberdeen Performing Arts associate artists Aidan O’Rourke and Jason Singh present CONNECT:ED, a concert featuring many of the local musicians from communities around the North-east they have been working with. Tickets on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Freshly Squeezed series with BROKEN RIVERS, plus HYPOCHRISTMUTREEFUZZ, NICKY AIKEN and CRAIG JOHN DAVIDSON: At Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. As part of Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Freshly Squeezed series, upand-coming Americana band from Aberdeen, Broken Rivers, plus Hypochristmutreefuzz, Nicky Aiken and Craig John Davidson. Tickets on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 1 APRIL MANRAN: At The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Tickets £14.30 on tel 01224 641122. An uplifting evening of music from Manran, which has been tagged as “folk-rock”, “tradrock”, “Celtic-rock” and even grown-up folkrock” www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 2 APRIL A Celebration of David Bowie: At The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Tickets £8.80 on tel 01224 641122. A Celebration of David Bowie, featuring performances from Stanley, Dear John and The Alternative Candidates + DJs. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Lights Oot: Hootanany: At the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors 9pm. Tickets £11 on 01224 641122. This will be the last event at the Music Hall before the venue closes for a huge £7m transformation. The ceilidh will be led by Scottish Ceilidh Allstars, and the evening will end with
the premiere of a brand new piece of music called ‘Hibernation’, commissioned by APA for the occasion. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 8 APRIL VLADIMIR with WINACHI TRIBE, 808 STATE DJS, ALTERN8: At Aberdeen Tunnels. Dundee band Vladimir are on a UK tour and release their fourth single I TRY on 29 April. www.facebook.com/Vladimirdundee
12 APRIL ALTAN: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Tickets £15.40 on tel 01224 641122. Long established as the best and foremost traditional Irish band to come out of Ireland, Altan. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 15 APRIL
LIMEHOUSE LIZZY: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.60 on tel 01224 641122. 9 APRIL Renowned for an action-packed pyrotechnicDOGHOUSE ROSES with THE JOSEPH fuelled explosion of a show, Limehouse Lizzy PARSONS DUO: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. A continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon special double bill featuring Scotland's Doghouse Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive. Roses and from the U.S.A, the Joseph Parsons www.aberdeenperformingarts.com duo featuring Freddie Lubitz on guitar. Doghouse Roses celebrate the release of their third album Queen of the Night: At His Majesty’s Theatre, 'Lost is not Losing', their first in 5 years. This Aberdeen, doors 7.30pm. Tickets £24 on 01224 album see's the duo's trademark fingerpicked 641122. A stunning celebration of the music and guitars and vocal harmonies augmented by new life of one of the greatest singers of our time, band member, guitarist, John Alexander to Whitney: Queen of the Night, featuring a stellar create a 'boundary ignoring landscape line-up with rising West End star Rebecca (americana UK). There is a restless energy in the Freckleton. Doghouse Roses live performance, as the band www.aberdeenperformingarts.com takes its folk music through the streets of the blues and highways of the old west, looking 16 APRIL ahead for that next turn in the road. Joseph PAUL ANDERSON and SIOBHAN MILLER: At Parsons is a prolific songwriter, who weaves The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, traces of Emo Rock, Soul and Folk to create his Aberdeen, at 6.45pm. Tickets £16.50 on tel own distinct style of Rock music. Tickets @ 01224 641122. Join performer Paul Anderson www.musicglue.com/yellowroom-music and singer Siobhan Miller for Traditional Music www.facebook.com/jpbofficial and Song 50th Anniversary Celebrations. www.facebook.com/doghouseroses www.aberdeenperformingarts.com KARINE POLWART and KARDEMIMMIT: At 17 APRIL The Lemon Tree Studio, West North Street, Aberdeen, at 8pm. Tickets £16.50 on tel 01224 JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At 641122. As part of Aberdeen Performing Arts’ Northern Arc series, famed accordionist, vocalist Banchory, Woodend Barn. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician and award-winning songwriter Karine Polwart Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo and Finnish folk music group Kardemimmit, record, it's 13 years since my last album players of the kantele. Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in www.aberdeenperformingarts.com our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky 10 APRIL Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows Almost Blue Promotions Presents ….. DANNI NICHOLLS + support COLIN CLYNE: and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm. From a young age, Danni Nicholls was soaking early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. up American folk, country and rock n roll music from her Grandmother’s record collection in her www.johnmccusker.co.uk small home town of Bedford. When she inherited The Traditional Music and Song Association her Uncle Heathcliff’s 1963 Burns London Workshop: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, West Shortscale Jazz guitar (rumoured to have North Street, Aberdeen, doors 12.30pm. Tickets belonged to Billy Fury!) aged 16, all those influences came pouring back out in the form of £20 (must book) Email Shirley. watt795@btinternet.com or tel 01224 314795 her own original material and has been flowing for tickets. The Traditional Music and Song ever since. With performances guaranteed to Association Workshop offers sessions with Paul melt your heart into the soles of your cowboy boots, her passionate delivery, powerful, velvet Anderson and Siobhan Miller. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com voice and charmingly engaging between-song banter compel you to fall under her spell. A 19 APRIL native of Stonehaven, Colin Clyne now divides his time between his homeland and Southern THE BELLRAYS: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, California, with a sizeable following in each. In West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 7.30pm. August 2012, Clyne attended The San Diego Tickets £11 on 01224 641122. Catch talented Music Awards in California, where he was crowned as the 'Best Acoustic Act'. Remarkably, punk-rock-and-soul group The Bellrays. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Clyne also won this award in 2011. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com 22 APRIL 11 APRIL MARK LANEGAN: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 7.30pm. GREGORY PORTER: At His Majesty’s Theatre, Tickets £24.75 on 01224 641122. US singerAberdeen, doors 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£41 on songwriter Mark Lanegan. 01224 641122. Internationally-acclaimed www.aberdeenperformingarts.com American jazz vocalist, songwriter and actor Gregory Porter, who won the 2014 Grammy for 23 APRIL best jazz vocal album Liquid Spirit. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com MAIREARAD AND ANNA: At Finzean Hall,
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Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM AND LOTUS: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. We Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL are delighted to welcome back these "new kings DECARLE: At Glenbuchat Hall, Strathdon. of old-time", described by fRoots magazine as “a Legendary Canadian artist Russell deCarle delicious brew and all in all a lovely, inspiring famously fronted iconic country roots band and slightly manic treat.” Cerys Matthews at Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list of BBC Radio 6 has urged everyone to “catch them awards, gold and platinum selling records and DALLAHAN: At Hatton Castle, Aberdeenshire. if you can." No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative On tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of http://sheeshamandlotus.com Time', these gigs showcase the sound that they level of playing and performance that is rare and www.brookfield-knights.com precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close have developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when to joined-at-the-hip perfection as you will ever 5 MAY conceiving the first album's material, they have encounter. www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM expanded and developed their ideas, exploring www.brookfield-knights.com AND LOTUS: At Glenbuchat Hall, Strathdon, more ambitious and artful musical avenues Aberdeenshire. We are delighted to welcome whilst maintaining the same open minded 30 APRIL back these "new kings of old-time", described by approach to traditional music. fRoots magazine as “a delicious brew and all in www.dallahanmusic.com THE BLOW MONKEYS: At Montrose Town Hall. all a lovely, inspiring and slightly manic treat.” Following the success of The Blow Monkeys Cerys Matthews at BBC Radio 6 has urged 24 APRIL latest album the self released ‘If Not Now , everyone to “catch them if you can." When?’ in 2015 the band are ready to spread Brookfield Knights presents ….. THE http://sheeshamandlotus.com RAILSPLITTERS: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. the love and share the music out there "live" www.brookfield-knights.com Renowned across America for their exhilarating once again! Since they reformed in 2008 The Blow Monkeys have been recording and performances and great playing, The 12 MAY performing again with almost indecent haste. Railsplitters, working out of the Colorado This is a chance to catch a legendary band with KRIS DREVER with IAN CARR, LOUIS Rockies, have made a huge impact in recent all four original members performing at the peak ABBOTT and EUAN BURTON plus support: At times. Playing with the kind of grace and Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Kris Drever celebrates confidence expected from their elders, they have of their powers with a mix of "classic hits" and his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and a real depth of character and formidable talent, brand new songs - all infused with that songwriter with a brand new studio album If drawing influences from all the greats - including enigmatic simian soul. www.theblowmonkeys.com Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs. Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting www.brookfield-knights.com Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL tour. www.facebook.com/therailsplittersbluegrass DECARLE: At House concert, Aberdeen. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com http://krisdrever.com/gigs/ THE BLUETONES: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, Legendary Canadian artist Russell deCarle famously fronted iconic country roots band West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 7.30pm. Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list of 16 MAY Tickets £23.10 on 01224 641122. Fronted by awards, gold and platinum selling records and the enigmatic Mark Morriss. RURA: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. 7.30pm / No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative www.aberdeenperformingarts.com level of playing and performance that is rare and £14.20 incl bf / 01224 641122. With their precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close second album, 2015’s Despite the Dark, 26 APRIL accompanied by extensive UK and international to joined-at-the-hip perfection as you will ever touring, RURA have well and truly reinforced Brookfield Knights presents ….. LAURA encounter. their reputation as one of Scotland’s most CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS: At The Blue www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle powerful folk-based bands. Their exquisitely Lamp, Aberdeen. The Boston-based fiddler/ www.brookfield-knights.com rugged, yet refined, blend of fiddle, Highland vocalist and song-writer Laura Cortese who pipes, whistle, flute, bodhran, guitar and voice digs deep and aims high, is one of the busiest RM HUBBERT: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, has proven a resounding hit across the board. on the circuit. But, it’s been as Laura Cortese & West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 7.30pm. www.rura.co.uk The Dance Cards that she has made the biggest Tickets £15.40 on 01224 641122. Awardimpact, their elegant music schooled in the winning songwriter and guitarist RM Hubbert 27 MAY lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by returns with a masterfully curated and lavishly grooves that alternately inspire Cajun twodiverse set of collaborations. CLAIRE HASTINGS: At Woodend Barn, stepping and rock ‘n’ roll swagger. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Banchory. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/ www.thisislauracortese.com songwriter originally from Dumfries. 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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 24: aberdeen + north east :: highlands + west coast + argyll Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Since winning the title, Claire has had the opportunity to perform at many high-profile events including BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and Deacon Blue. www.clairehastings.com 28 MAY Almost Blue Promotions Presents ….. DANIEL ROMANO with support KACY & CLAYTON: At The Tunnels, Aberdeen. Doors 7.00pm. Daniel Romano’s fifth LP “Mosey” will be released in late spring through New West Records. The upcoming album is named after how he describes his own music. “Mosey music is a study in contrasts. There’s glitz and grit, reveling and wallowing, wretchedness and showmanship. Mosey music’s pioneers wore their battered hearts on sequined sleeves. From Bakersfield to Galveston, the legends traded their tragicomic highs and lows for gold records and white Cadillacs. But that was then; the days of Buckaroos, Nudie Suits and various Hanks are over, save for the museum displays. To quote a George Jones title track, “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?” On this tour Daniel Romano has invited Kacy & Clayton to open up for him and his band. A duo from the wood mountain uplands of Southern Saskatchewan that gently melts British and North American folk tradition together and create something timeless and captivating. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com 10 JULY DALLAHAN: At Stonehaven Folk Festival. On tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', these gigs showcase the sound that they have developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have expanded and developed their ideas, exploring more ambitious and artful musical avenues whilst maintaining the same open minded approach to traditional music. www.dallahanmusic.com 18 SEPTEMBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. CAHALEN MORRIOSON & ELI WEST: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 8pm. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West are, simply put, two of the most innovative and subtle roots musicians today. Their music draws from old folk sources, but it sounds vibrantly alive. Cahalen Morrison writes songs that sound like a Cormac McCarthy novel: simple, beautifully crafted, and seemingly formed from raw natural elements. Eli West brings jagged, angular arrangements based in bluegrass and old-time, but refracted through a 21st century lens. www.almostbluepromotions.com
HIGHLANDS + WEST COAST / ARGYLL Send us all your gig dates for the Highlands Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 24 MARCH BRIAN Ó HEADHRA & FIONA MAKENZIE: At upstairs at La Tortilla on Castle Street, Inverness, 7.30pm - as a charity fundraiser to raise funds for refugee crisis victims. A Highland couple take to the road to launch their new
music duo – Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Makenzie. The pair are no strangers to performing on stage together as both toured the world with the band Anam in the late nineties and then with various bands over the past 15 years including Mackenzie, Cruinn and as solo acts. www.oheadhra-mackenzie.com 25 MARCH Lantern of the North presents ….. MEDICINE MEN with BLUE GUM EARS, EDGAR ROAD & REANNA JIGGINS: At The Laichmoray Hotel, Elgin. Doors 7pm. Cost £8+bf , £10 otd. Over 18 event. Born from the ashes of the now-defunct Selective Service, Medicine Men have been causing a stir nationwide with their psychedelic funk leading them to a packed headline show at King Tuts, as well as playing to a rammed T-Break Stage at T In The Park on their fifth ever gig. Support comes from the recently resurrected Blue Gum Ears, Edgar Road who will be promoting their soon to be released debut ep and local singer, songwriter Reanna Jiggins. More @ www.facebook.com/events/511838945655703/ www.facebook.com/medicinemenband www.facebook.com/edgarroadband www.facebook.com/jigglins www.facebook.com/lanternofnorth
ideas that drive Reels to Ragas. Tickets @ www.theceilidhplace.com www.rednoteensemble.com 14 APRIL THE PAUL MCKENNA BAND: At Plockton Music School, Plockton. On tour supporting their new album ‘Paths that Wind’ 2016 sees The Paul McKenna Band celebrate their 10th Anniversary. To celebrate this milestone they are releasing their fourth, highly anticipated, studio album on 8 April that is produced by the legendary John McCusker. The new album features guests in the form of some of Scotland’s greatest musicians John McCusker, Rod Paterson, Mike Vass and James Lindsay www.paulmckennaband.com 15 APRIL
RED NOTE ENSEMBLE with KULJIT BHAMRA and FRASER FIFIELD: At Glenfinnan Church, Glenfinnan, Highland. 7pm. Tickets £12/£6. Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piperand-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise. Join internationally-renowned tabla player BRIAN Ó HEADHRA & FIONA MAKENZIE: At Kuljit Bhamra each day at 3pm for a familyThe Cèilidh Place, Ullapool, 8.30pm. A Highland friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical couple take to the road to launch their new music duo – Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Makenzie. ideas that drive Reels to Ragas. Tickets @ The pair are no strangers to performing on stage www.lochshielfestival.com/tickets2016 together as both toured the world with the band www.rednoteensemble.com Anam in the late nineties and then with various 20 APRIL bands over the past 15 years including Mackenzie, Cruinn and as solo acts. MAIREARAD AND ANNA: At Plockton High www.oheadhra-mackenzie.com School, Plockton. After the stunning success of their November tour, two of Scotland’s most 7 APRIL revered multi-instrumentalists, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie follow up their critically DALLAHAN: At Arisaig Hotel, Arisaig. On tour acclaimed, third album, ‘Best Day’, with another promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', tour!! these gigs showcase the sound that they have www.mairearadandanna.com developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have 20 APRIL expanded and developed their ideas, exploring Brookfield Knights presents ….. LAURA more ambitious and artful musical avenues CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS: At Universal whilst maintaining the same open minded Hall, Findhorn. The Boston-based fiddler/vocalist approach to traditional music. and song-writer who digs deep and aims high, is www.dallahanmusic.com one of the busiest on the circuit. But, it’s been as Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards that she has 9 APRIL made the biggest impact, their elegant music DALLAHAN: At Inverie Hall, Knoydart. On tour schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by grooves that alternately inspire Cajun promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', two-stepping and rock ‘n’ roll swagger. these gigs showcase the sound that they have www.thisislauracortese.com developed since their debut album's release. www.brookfield-knights.com Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have 21 APRIL expanded and developed their ideas, exploring more ambitious and artful musical avenues MAIREARAD AND ANNA: At Eden Court whilst maintaining the same open minded Theatre, Inverness. After the stunning success of approach to traditional music. their November tour, two of Scotland’s most www.dallahanmusic.com revered multi-instrumentalists, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie follow up their critically 12 APRIL acclaimed, third album, ‘Best Day’, with another RED NOTE ENSEMBLE with KULJIT BHAMRA tour!! and FRASER FIFIELD: At The Ceilidh Place, 14 www.mairearadandanna.com West Argyle Street, Ullapool, Ross-Shire IV26 2TY. 8.30pm. Tickets £7. Scottish-Indian fusion 11 MAY as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multiFindhorn, University Hall. 2016 will see me instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and celebrate 25 years as a professional musician traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes record, it's 13 years since my last album you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise. Join internationally-renowned tabla player Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be Kuljit Bhamra each day at 3pm for a familyreleased in April 2016 on Under One Sky friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, Records. To coincide with the release I will tour introducing some of the rhythms and musical
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Isle of Bute …. Transclyde Music is a group of like minded people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to 13 MAY promote live music on the island. For their latest Oban Live with SKERRYVORE and friends: At gig news go to …. Mossfield Stadium, Oban. A superstar line up of www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic Scottish acts that includes Julie Fowlis, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Skipinnish and the legendary 25 MARCH Capercaillie – who will be returning to their home town with a host of special guests. Joining them Atlantic Edge Music Services presents ….. The Songs of Hank Williams featuring DEAN will be multi-award winning Irish group We Banjo 3 who will visit Argyll as part of their world OWENS: At Mid Yell Hall, Shetland. 7pm. Settin’ tour. Skerryvore will be joined by special guests the Woods on Fire with SHEILA HENDERSON, BRIAN NICHOLSON, BRYAN GEAR, MAY, MACKIE Blair Douglas and former Silencers frontman JJ & RHONDA, ARTHUR NICHOLSON, BIG ROBBIE Gilmour as they return to the scene of their CUMMING, KANSA, DODO ELPHINSTONE plus special Decade concert last May. more to be announced. Tickets £15/£13 conc. www.obanlive.com Available from link below or 01595 745 555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org RURA: At Eden Court, Inverness. 8.00pm /
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DALLAHAN: At Community Hall, Isle of Eigg. On tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', these gigs showcase the sound that they have Tickets £12 -£14 / Box Offfice 01463 234 234. 26 MARCH developed since their debut album's release. With their second album, 2015’s Despite the Having found their feet musically when Dark, accompanied by extensive UK and Atlantic Edge Music Services presents ….. conceiving the first album's material, they have international touring, RURA have well and truly The Songs of Hank Williams featuring DEAN expanded and developed their ideas, exploring reinforced their reputation as one of Scotland’s OWENS: (SOLD OUT) At Mareel, Lerwick, more ambitious and artful musical avenues most powerful folk-based bands. Their Shetland. 7pm. Settin’ the Woods on Fire with whilst maintaining the same open minded exquisitely rugged, yet refined, blend of fiddle, SHEILA HENDERSON, BRIAN NICHOLSON, approach to traditional music. Highland pipes, whistle, flute, bodhran, guitar and voice has proven a resounding hit across the BRYAN GEAR, MAY, MACKIE & RHONDA, ARTHUR www.dallahanmusic.com NICHOLSON, BIG ROBBIE CUMMING, KANSA, board. DODO ELPHINSTONE plus more to be 9 APRIL www.rura.co.uk announced. Tickets £15/£13 conc. Available from link below or 01595 745 555 THE MYSTERONS: At Pierhead Tavern, 14 MAY www.shetlandboxoffice.org Lamlash, Arran. free admission
Oban Live with SKERRYVORE and friends: At Mossfield Stadium, Oban. A superstar line up of Scottish acts that includes Julie Fowlis, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Skipinnish and the legendary Capercaillie – who will be returning to their home town with a host of special guests. Joining them will be multi-award winning Irish group We Banjo 3 who will visit Argyll as part of their world tour. Skerryvore will be joined by special guests Blair Douglas and former Silencers frontman JJ Gilmour as they return to the scene of their special Decade concert last May. www.obanlive.com
27 MARCH Atlantic Edge Music Services presents ….. The Songs of Hank Williams featuring DEAN OWENS: At Mareel, Lerwick, Shetland. Early time - 3pm. Settin’ the Woods on Fire with SHEILA HENDERSON, BRIAN NICHOLSON, BRYAN GEAR, MAY, MACKIE & RHONDA, ARTHUR NICHOLSON, BIG ROBBIE CUMMING, KANSA, DODO ELPHINSTONE plus more to be announced. Tickets £15/£13 conc. Available from link below or 01595 745 555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org
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RED NOTE ENSEMBLE with KULJIT BHAMRA and FRASER FIFIELD: At The Missionhouse Studio on Harris Finsbay, Isle of Harris HS3 3JD. 8pm. Tickets £10, £6. Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player RURA: At Ullapool Village Hall. 7.30pm / £13 /. TRUNK MONKEY: At Pierhead Tavern , Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multiWith their second album, 2015’s Despite the Lamlash, Arran. 9pm, free entry. instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and Dark, accompanied by extensive UK and www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance international touring, RURA have well and truly music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes reinforced their reputation as one of Scotland’s 1 APRIL you’ll recognise immediately even in their new most powerful folk-based bands. Their guise. Join internationally-renowned tabla player exquisitely rugged, yet refined, blend of fiddle, BRIAN Ó HEADHRA & FIONA MAKENZIE: At Kuljit Bhamra each day at 3pm for a familyHighland pipes, whistle, flute, bodhran, guitar friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, and voice has proven a resounding hit across the South Uist Folk Club. A Highland couple take to the road to launch their new music duo – Brian Ó introducing some of the rhythms and musical board. hEadhra & Fiona Makenzie. The pair are no ideas that drive Reels to Ragas. Tickets @ www.rura.co.uk strangers to performing on stage together as www.missionhousestudio.blogspot.co.uk/ both toured the world with the band Anam in the www.rednoteensemble.com 15 MAY late nineties and then with various bands over 14 APRIL RURA: At Incheberry Hall, Fochabers. 7.30pm / the past 15 years including Mackenzie, Cruinn £7.52 - £13.85. With their second album, 2015’s and as solo acts. RED NOTE ENSEMBLE with KULJIT BHAMRA Despite the Dark, accompanied by extensive UK www.oheadhra-mackenzie.com and FRASER FIFIELD: At SEALL at Sabhal, Mòr and international touring, RURA have well and 2 APRIL Ostaig, Skye IV44 8RQ. 7.30pm. Tickets £12 + truly reinforced their reputation as one of
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 26: islands + shetland + orkney :: ayrshire + dumfriesshire discounts. Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes. Expect love songs, dance music, a hint of Bollywood and plenty of tunes you’ll recognise immediately even in their new guise. Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra each day at 3pm for a family-friendly hands-on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas. Tickets @ www.seall.co.uk www.rednoteensemble.com 16 APRIL THE JACK DAWKINS BAND: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran. free admission www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk 17 APRIL BIFFY SINGS JAZZ: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran. 2pm, free admission www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk 23 APRIL THE GEORGE LINDSAY BLUES BAND: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran. free admission www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk 24 APRIL BIFFY SINGS JAZZ: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran. 2pm, free admission www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk 28 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL DECARLE: At SEALL Arts at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye. Legendary Canadian artist Russell deCarle famously fronted iconic country roots band Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list of awards, gold and platinum selling records and No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative level of playing and performance that is rare and precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close to joined-at-thehip perfection as you will ever encounter. www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle www.brookfield-knights.com Brookfield Knights presents ….. LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS: At Shetland Folk Festival from 28 April to 1 May. The Boston-based fiddler/vocalist and song-writer Laura Cortese who digs deep and aims high, is one of the busiest on the circuit. But, it’s been as Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards that she has made the biggest impact, their elegant music schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by grooves that alternately inspire Cajun two-stepping and rock ‘n’ roll swagger. www.thisislauracortese.com www.brookfield-knights.com
6 MAY CLAIRE HASTINGS with JEN BUTTERWORTH: At Red Roof Café, Skye. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/songwriter originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Since winning the title, Claire has had the opportunity to perform at many high-profile events including BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and Deacon Blue. www.clairehastings.com 3 JUNE CLAIRE HASTINGS: At Arran Folk Festival. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/songwriter originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Since winning the title, Claire has had the opportunity to perform at many high-profile events including BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and Deacon Blue. www.clairehastings.com
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awards, gold and platinum selling records and No 1 singles. Bound together by a superlative level of playing and performance that is rare and precious, deCarle, Keldie and Briggs are as close to joined-at-the-hip perfection as you will ever encounter. www.facebook.com/RusselldeCarle www.brookfield-knights.com 4 MAY CLAIRE HASTINGS (Album Launch) with support Holly Little: At Theatre Royal, Dumfries. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/ songwriter originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Since winning the title, Claire has had the opportunity to perform at many high-profile events including BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and Deacon Blue. www.clairehastings.com 7 MAY Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM AND LOTUS: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. We are delighted to welcome back these "new kings of old-time", described by fRoots magazine as “a delicious brew and all in all a lovely, inspiring and slightly manic treat.” Cerys Matthews at BBC Radio 6 has urged everyone to “catch them if you can." http://sheeshamandlotus.com www.brookfield-knights.com THE PAUL MCKENNA BAND: At Moniaive Folk Festival, Moniaive. On tour supporting their new album ‘Paths that Wind’ 2016 sees The Paul McKenna Band celebrate their 10th Anniversary. To celebrate this milestone they are releasing their fourth, highly anticipated, studio album on 8 April that is produced by the legendary John McCusker. The new album features guests in the form of some of Scotland’s greatest musicians John McCusker, Rod Paterson, Mike Vass and James Lindsay www.paulmckennaband.com
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THE PAUL MCKENNA BAND: At Moniaive Folk Festival, Moniaive. On tour supporting their new album ‘Paths that Wind’ 2016 sees The Paul McKenna Band celebrate their 10th Anniversary. To celebrate this milestone they are releasing their fourth, highly anticipated, studio album on 8 April that is produced by the legendary John McCusker. The new album features guests in the form of some of Scotland’s greatest musicians John McCusker, Rod Paterson, Mike Vass and James Lindsay www.paulmckennaband.com
BADSTONE: At Rock Hard Café, Kilmarnock. 9pm, free admission www.facebook.com/rockhard.neon Jam Session: At Bellfield Tavern, Kilmarnock. Every Wednesday 8:30pm Jam Session – All musicians and spectators welcome www.facebook.com/bellfieldinnkilmarnock 24 APRIL
Brookfield Knights presents ….. LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. The Boston-based fiddler/ Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM vocalist and song-writer who digs deep and aims AND LOTUS: At Shetland Folk Festival from 28 high, is one of the busiest on the circuit. But, it’s April to 2 May. We are delighted to welcome been as Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards that back these "new kings of old-time", described by she has made the biggest impact, their elegant fRoots magazine as “a delicious brew and all in music schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music all a lovely, inspiring and slightly manic treat.” and backed by grooves that alternately inspire Cerys Matthews at BBC Radio 6 has urged Cajun two-stepping and rock ‘n’ roll swagger. everyone to “catch them if you can." www.thisislauracortese.com http://sheeshamandlotus.com www.brookfield-knights.com www.brookfield-knights.com 1 MAY 30 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ….. RUSSELL BADSTONE: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, DECARLE: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Arran. free admission Legendary Canadian artist Russell deCarle www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk famously fronted iconic country roots band Prairie Oyster, racking up an impressive list of
26 MAY DALLAHAN: At Colvend Hall, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival. On tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', these gigs showcase the sound that they have developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have expanded and developed their ideas, exploring more ambitious and artful musical avenues whilst maintaining the same open minded approach to traditional music. www.dallahanmusic.com 17 JUNE CLAIRE HASTINGS: At The Catstrand, New Galloway. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/ songwriter originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s
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every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels 9 APRIL Reivers Bar presents ….. THE SENSATIONAL DAVID BOWIE: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. £6. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels CAROLINE GILMOUR: At Hauxley Village Hall, Northumberland. Caroline’s latest EP 'Electric Waterfalls' is due for release on 25.3.2016. Produced by Jud Mahoney (Justin Timberlake, Babyface), this is a departure in musical style for Caroline, which is influenced by her love of 80s electro pop. Caroline has opened for artists such as Charlotte Church, Kim Churchill, Paper Aeroplanes, Dean Owens, Eleanor McEvoy, Tom Baxter, Jon Gomm, Sam Brookes and Horse. www.facebook.com/CarolineGilmourMusic 13 APRIL
THE KAELA ROWAN BAND: At The Hippodrome, Harbour Road, Eyemouth. TD14 5HS. Doors: 7.30pm Tickets: £9.50 (adv) BELLA HARDY: At Eastgate Arts Centre, £10.50(door). Ticket Office: 01890 750099. As a Peebles. 2015 was a breathless year for Bella Hardy which saw the release of her seventh solo solo artist Kaela released her acclaimed debut album, With The Dawn, to great critical acclaim. album Menagerie in 2014 and graced stages both home and abroad with her own band. Most Now she heads out in the spring of 2016 for a recently she joined Shooglenifty for their selection of special, scaled back performances. Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella acclaimed seventh album The Untied Knot, her puirt à beul (mouth music) bringing a dynamic is joined by regular stage companion Anna new element to the band’s sound. She toured Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer extensively with the Shoogles throughout 2015, Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful and will be on the road with the band again in 2016 including a major tour of Australia and New and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, Zealand in March. banjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics www.kaelarowan.net and drums. This is a rare opportunity to hear Bella’s stunning compositions in the more 15 APRIL intimate setting. Tickets @ www.musicglue.com/bellahardy/ Brookfield Knights presents ….. THE www.bellahardy.com RAILSPLITTERS: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. Renowned across America for their exhilarating 1 APRIL performances and great playing, The Railsplitters, working out of the Colorado Reivers Bar presents ….. JAY SUPA: At Rockies, have made a huge impact in recent Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. Free. times. Playing with the kind of grace and Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There confidence expected from their elders, they have is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now a real depth of character and formidable talent, drawing influences from all the greats - including venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs. at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by www.brookfield-knights.com www.facebook.com/therailsplittersbluegrass the evening itself. 26 MARCH
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DALLAHAN: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. On tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', these gigs showcase the sound that they have developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have expanded and developed their ideas, exploring more ambitious and artful musical avenues whilst maintaining the same open minded approach to traditional music. www.dallahanmusic.com 2 APRIL Reivers Bar presents ….. DUKE STREET: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. Free. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment
Goodnight Ginger. I'm recording the album in our newly built recording studio & it will be released in April 2016 on Under One Sky Records. To coincide with the release I will tour the UK with a brand new band, playing 23 shows and lots of festivals throughout the summer. There will also be a book of my tunes published early next year featuring lots of my compositions from the last 25 years. www.johnmccusker.co.uk 21 APRIL JACOB FISCHER: At MacArts, Bridge Street, Galashiels, Scottish Borders TD1 1SP. An Evening with International Jazz Sensation Jacob Fischer and Friends 7.30pm / £10. For all the latest MacArts news and information on upcoming events, check out the events section @ www.macarts.scot 23 APRIL Reivers Bar presents ….. BRYAN EXPERIENCE: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. £5. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels 14 MAY Reivers Bar presents ….. OASIS TRIBUTE NIGHT: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish Borders. £5. Reivers continues to bring live entertainment every weekend to the town of Galashiels. There is a friendly packed atmosphere with people now venturing down from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels 25 MAY RURA: At Eastgate Arts Centre, Peebles. 7.30pm / £12-£14-£6 (schoolchildren). With their second album, 2015’s Despite the Dark, accompanied by extensive UK and international touring, RURA have well and truly reinforced their reputation as one of Scotland’s most powerful folk-based bands. Their exquisitely rugged, yet refined, blend of fiddle, Highland pipes, whistle, flute, bodhran, guitar and voice has proven a resounding hit across the board. www.rura.co.uk 18 JUNE
THE BLOW MONKEYS: At Jedburgh, Riverside Rock Festival. Following the success of The Blow Monkeys latest album the self released ‘If Not Now ,When?’ in 2015 the band are ready to spread the love and share the music out there Reivers Bar presents ….. SOUTH OF "live" once again! Since they reformed in 2008 SANITY: At Reivers Bar, Galashiels, Scottish The Blow Monkeys have been recording and Borders. Free. Reivers continues to bring live performing again with almost indecent haste. entertainment every weekend to the town of This is a chance to catch a legendary band with Galashiels. There is a friendly packed all four original members performing at the peak atmosphere with people now venturing down of their powers with a mix of "classic hits" and from Edinburgh and it's surroundings. Most brand new songs - all infused with that nights we start the live acts at 9pm, all ticket events are usually sold out by the evening itself. enigmatic simian soul. www.theblowmonkeys.com www.facebook.com/reivers.sportsbargalashiels 20 APRIL JOHN McCUSKER 25th Anniversary Tour: At Peebles, Eastgate Arts Centre. 2016 will see me celebrate 25 years as a professional musician Holy Moly! I've just started recording a new solo record, it's 13 years since my last album
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young musicians who feature prominently in the annual programme. www.butejazz.com
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Wee Dub Festival Edinburgh 4-6 March
Glasgow 26 March
The 2016 edition of Wee Dub Festival features giants of UK dancehall culture, top live bands, and hot upcoming talent. For the artist line-up and programme go to the website below. We look forward to welcoming you to another weekend of roots, culture and good vibes in Edinburgh in March 2016. www.weedubfestival.co.uk
Young at Heart Festival Lanarkshire 10-19 March Aimed at older adults, South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture's Young at Heart festival aims to celebrate the arts as engaging and accessible for all. First held in 2006, the annual festival is held every March with a variety of events taking place in venues throughout South Lanarkshire. Together with a diverse range of theatre productions, the festival offers many popular events such as free music recitals at 2pm, Craft Fairs, Exhibitions and Tea Dances as well as an array of arts courses and workshops for people to try their hand at. www.slleisureandculture.co.uk
Groove CairnGorm Cairngorms 11-13 March 2016 Groove Loch Ness couldn’t wait until next August for their next party – so building upon the success of the inaugural event at Loch Ness this summer, Groove are very excited to be expanding, launching a resort based snowsports festival in 2016 - Groove CairnGorm! There will be snowsports and entertainment each day up on the mountain, followed by apres ski with live music and world class DJs until the early hours in a big top in Aviemore! www.facebook.com/groovecairngorm
Niel Gow Scottish Fiddle Festival Dunkeld & Birnam 18-20 March The 2016 Niel Gow Festival will be held in the beautiful Perthshire village of Dunkeld & Birnam, home of Niel Gow. The annual festival was established in 2004 to celebrate the life and music of Perthshire's fiddle legend. It is envisaged that through time the festival and other activities will gather enough funds to erect a fitting memorial to Niel Gow in Dunkeld & Birnam. Niel Gow (not Neil Gow) was born in Strathbraan on 22nd March 1727 and grew up in the village of Inver, by Dunkeld. www.niel-gow.co.uk
NotW returns in 2016, bigger and better. MORGUL - Glasgow Metal and Rock Society presents North of the Wall a one-day metal festival which returns for a fourth year of madness bigger and better! The festival's venues are Glasgow's The Classic Grand, Ivory Blacks and Audio. www.facebook.com/thenorthofthewall
APRIL Edinburgh International Harp Festival Edinburgh 1-6 April The Edinburgh International Harp Festival hosts its 35th annual celebration of the instrument with a magical series of concerts, courses and workshops. A star-studded line-up features top Scottish harpists, alongside acclaimed names from the USA and Europe, performing a rich variety of music that spans traditions with outstanding creativity. With special events to celebrate the 85th anniversary of its organisers, The Clarsach Society, EIHF 2016 will be a festival to remember. www.harpfestival.co.uk
TradFest Edinburgh | Dùn Èideann Edinburgh 27 Apr – 8 May A vibrant twelve-day showcase of Scotland’s thriving traditional arts scene with dozens of events in the heart of Scotland’s capital, setting the city abuzz with music, song, storytelling, dance, film, crafts and more. Amongst the host of local and international talent appearing on this year’s programme are Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, Macmath: The Silent Page, Moishe’s Bagel, Dàimh, Niteworks, Gol, Nuala Kennedy Band, Talisk, Sheesham and Lotus & ‘Son and Mairi Campbell’s ‘Pulse’, along with many other songsters, storytellers and dancers to enjoy and discover. www.facebook.com/tradfestedinburgh
Isle of Bute Jazz Festival Isle of Bute 29 April-2 May 2016
The Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown spectacularly from its small beginnings to become one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. Top-class UK and international names feature in a programme of traditional jazz music in one of Scotland's prettiest and friendliest seaside resorts. Some very well known jazz names featured on the programme over the next few Hawick Reivers Festival years – Acker Bilk, Monty Sunshine, Martin TayHawick lor, Tommy Smith, Andy Sheppard, Carol Kidd, 25-27 March The Temperance 7, and The London Community Gospel Choir amongst others, and the Festival As always music is at the heart of Hawick Reivers Festival and there are a number of new inno- continues to attract top class UK and internavations this year and plans are being finalised for tional bands in mainly the Traditional New Orleans idiom.The Festival is a great supporter of
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival Dumfries and Galloway 20-29 May Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. The founding aim was to bring international performers of the highest quality to a region containing many scattered rural communities since then this region has produced some of its own talent of international standing and we’re proud to also be able to present these artistes from time to time. We offer a wide range of events: music – including classical, jazz and folk, dance, theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. Events take place in a range of venues throughout the region, from large to small, formal to informal, urban to rural. www.dgartsfestival.org.uk
Orkney Folk Festival Orkney 26-29 May Once again we have some big names coming north to join in the fun in May, and from the ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have brought together a broad mix of artists that we hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our local traditions and musicians – both established and emerging – will be centre stage alongside those visiting the festival. You would be hard pushed to find another festival throughout the country that has such a strong home representation, and it is one that we are hugely proud of. www.orkneyfolkfestival.com
JUNE Brew at the Bog Inverness 3-4 June Brew at the Bog is one of Scotland's most dynamic hidden gems, championing new and unsigned artists alongside craft beer, gin, cider, whisky, rum and prosecco bars! A two-day camping festival, Brew at the Bog is held at Bogbain Farm in Inverness, which was crowned "Best Unusual Venue" at the 2012 Scottish Event Awards - the perfect setting for a festival that prides itself on championing the best of Scotland’s alternative scene. The lineup for 2016 includes a Mercury Music Prize nominee, Best Breakthrough Act at the Scottish Music Awards, Best Hip Hop Act AND Best Live Act at the SAMAs, Best Up & Coming at the Scottish Trad Music Awards, a Radio 2 Awards nominee, and so it goes on! The festival for 2016 also features a programme of speakers, cinema, alternative therapies and street food! www.brewatthebog.com
Eden Festival Raehills Meadows 9-12 June 2016
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SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVALS Read our full festival listings @ http://musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com/festivals/ Set in the stunning Raehill Meadows of Dumfries Eden Festival is boutique festival, with over 250 acts performing across 9 stages, bringing you live music, dance, cabaret, burlesque, circus skills, theatre, a children's area, fun and games and much more. Nominated for three awards in 2015. www.facebook.com/theedenfestival
Riverside Rock Jedburgh 18 June
Pandora Fest Duncarron 16 July Pandorafest will be Scotland's first music festival that supports women musicians. In 2015 the major festivals displayed a massive gender imbalance, of the 87 acts that were announced, 78 were all male, 3 were female and 6 were mixed groups - that was an 89.6% all male line up.* "As far as Scotland is concerned - this is not okay" says Pandora Fest! Pandorafest will be a one day music festival packed full of live music from female singer/songwriters, women musicians and female fronted bands all playing from 12noon-11pm. Pandorafest will be running 3 stages of live music across many genres, all expertly woven into a line-up to keep you entertained from start to finish. www.pandorafest.com
from a number on onsite concessions. www.speyfest.com
AUGUST Tartan Heart ‘Belladrum’ Festival Beauly 4-6 August
Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages wackiest festival of music and performing arts. Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting with all the crazy variety that makes it Scotland’s premier boutique festival. ''Belladrum quite simply, it’s what everyday life should be like, if only everyday life didn't get in the way.'' - Clare Damdoaran, eFestivals. Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Crail Festival Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent fesFife tival has built a reputation for its eclectic line20-30 July 2016 ups, its offbeat non-musical entertainments and its all-ages approach. "Crail Festival- 20th - 30th July 2016- now in its www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk 4th decade , will ,once again ,offer a wonderful programme of music. It will include: the amazing Jimmi Shandrix Experience Ceilidh Band : Party at The Palace Opera Bohemia ' I Pagliacci': the incomparable Linlithgow Richard Digance will be conducting a SongwritT in the Park 13-14 August 2016 ing Children's Workshop in addition to his keenly Strathallan Castle, Perthshire anticipated performance: Gaelic folk from the McEwan’s Party at The Palace is back for its third 8-10 July talented Mischa Macpherson Trio: Matthew year following the fantastic event last summer. McAllister , a 'local' classical guitarist, is rapidly The 2 day party will take place on Saturday 13th What more can we say! Scotland’s most widely and Sunday 14th August in Linlithgow. It’s only known and respected festival, which always at- gaining world wide recognition: the legendary Jimmie McGregor will be performing his ac20 mins from Edinburgh and 35mins from Glastracts the biggest names. Check out tickets claimed 'Gathering of Songs, Stories and Fagow, making it one of the most easily accessible availability at www.tinthepark.com/tickets mous Folk': the hugely popular, irrepressible music festivals in Scotland. We have some excitwww.tinthepark.com Christine Bovill will capture her audience with ing additions to the 2016 event including a secher interpretation of songs about 'Paris': and ond stage for the first time, new street food outHebridean Celtic Festival Buddy Holly and the Cricketers , our headline lets and a larger kids zone to keep the children act, will bring the Festival to a rousing close. Hebrides entertained. A limited number of Tier One Early Truly something for everyone! Tickets will be on Bird tickets are on sale from 1 January. 13-16 July 2016 sale from the Byre Theatre Box Office starting www.partyatthepalace.co.uk 30 May 2016. Follow the build up to the Festival Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featur- on www.crailfestival.com, www.facebook.com/ Innerleithen Music Festival ing top quality music from around the Celtic na- CrailFestival, and ‘Crail Festival’ on Pinterest." www.crailfestival.com Scottish Borders tions and beyond. Stornoway and throughout 19-21 August 2016 Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl Wickerman Festival A hugely enjoyable weekend of traditional music as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting Dumfries & Galloway in this small Borders town, beautifully situated its biggest number of live performances ever. 22-23 July amongst rolling hills by the River Tweed. MemoAward-winning artists who took part in this rable concerts feature some of the biggest year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge Wickerman is one of the UK’s best-loved indenames in Celtic music alongside the best of the success after bosses laid on new venues and rependent music festivals which will enter its 15th local talent and the weekend is rounded off with turned to its roots for the showpiece event. consecutive year in 2016. With ten stages feaa concert presenting wonderful singers of tradiwww.hebceltfest.com turing an eclectic and exciting mix of leading tional song. Complementing the concerts are an artists, heritage acts and up-and-coming talent, open stage, a singaround and the legendary inTiree Music Festival the two day summer party caters for all musical formal music sessions in local hostelries and the tastes. Isle of Tiree Union Club. www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk 15-17 July www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org Riverside Rock 2016 already have some fantastic bands signed up: The Men They Couldn’t Hang / The Lost Boys / Scocha (Back for a 3rd Year) / Blistered Molly (Back for a 2nd Year) / Greg Anderson (Back too for 2nd year) he rocked the tent at the end last year! Main tent headliner and other bands to be announced. As before Riverside Rock must not be missed, the Scottish Borders very own music festival at Riverside Park, Jedburgh, and 2016 will have more food outlets, more bars and a bigger tent. Tickets on sale soon! www.riversiderock.co.uk
JULY
Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of holding an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree. TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early birds sell out in hours - http://tireemusicfestival.co.uk/ ticket-prices www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
Speyfest Moray 29-31 July At the end of July, the playing fields on East Street in the Moray town of Fochabers will be home to the 21st annual Speyfest, three days of the best in traditional and contemporary Celtic music. The tented village hosts a variety of seated and standing events including the Friday and Saturday concerts and stomps, the music marathon that is the Speyfest Family Sunday, a craft and food fair and an ecumenical Celtic Kirk service. The event is fully licensed and offers a wide range of hot foods and a variety of drinks
Doune The Rabbit Hole Cardross, nr Stirling 19-21 August 2016
A small family-friendly festival with a twist! Doune The Rabbit Hole presents music, comedy, art, spoken word, drama, puppetry and much more! www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk
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