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back again, inside waves of electronic experimentation and bluesy, jazzy contaminations, solace is found in stories and atmospheres that recall PJ Harvey, Cat Power, and Eddie Brickell. The Send us all your gig dates for BLACK SPRING DJs will be joining Edinburgh and Lothians. the dots between the bands and Email them to Carol keeping the party going afterwards, carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com as usual. Time 8pm-1am. Tickets £4 (early bird available until Sat 2nd Nov) / Tickets £4 (early bird 8 NOVEMBER tickets available until Sat 2nd JAZZ; 6-8.30pm, Free before 8pm: Nov) / £6 (advance) / £8 on the Teatime Acoustic – Sher Watson & door! Doors open at 8pm.

Friends. The troubadour singer/ songwriter, (of band Das Contras), EDINBURGH ROYAL CHORAL with freaky, funky 'Folk Fae Fife', UNION, NYCoS Edinburgh Choir, and special guests! 9pm (Entry The Brass Lab, Simon Nieminksi from 8pm, £5/£4, Davie (organ), Emily Mitchell Dunsmuir Band, The Ayrshire(soprano), Jeremy Huw based guitarist is respected for his Williams (baritone),Michael broad musicality and strong Bawtree (conductor). Pretechnique, and here he also concert talk with Professor Paul showcases his jazzy (and somewhat Mealor, Programme - Paul Mealor funky) compositional talents. His The Farthest Shore, Britten new 4-piece band features some Rejoice in the Lamb, Fauré top players including keys maestro Requiem. This concert, the first in Pete Johnstone, electric bassist ERCU's 2013/14 season, marks the Angus Tikka and drums star Alyn Scottish Premiere of The Farthest Cosker. The music is originals Shore by choral music’s popular written by Davie, plus others along composer, Paul Mealor. Paul’s the lines of Chick Corea Elektrik dramatic 40-minute work for choir, Band, and electric guitar heroes children’s choir, soprano and bass Alan Holdsworth and John Scofield. soloists, brass quintet and organ A Bridge Music event, presented spawns a fireside Celtic legend with support from Creative Scotland inspired by folklore. Cast upon an 12-3am (Entry from 11.30pm) £5/ unforgiving shore during a terrible £4, The Union (Funk/Soul 8storm, a stranger weaves an piece!) unfathomable, unforgettable spell Full-on James Brown/Tower of over the inhabitants of a small Power high-energy Funk/Soul from village. This remarkable tale vocals-fronted 8-piece band with entwines reality, morality and faith sax, trumpet and trombone horn in the quest for an ultimate section. Plus Funk DJ, The Jazz personal truth. Greyfriar's Kirk, Bar,1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Pre talk 6.30pm, Edinburgh.

Concert 7.30pm. Tickets £18/ £15 concession/ £5 students, on sale at 9 NOVEMBER the Usher Hall box office (subject to booking fee) (free for ticket LIMBO celebrates its sixth holders). 0131 228 1155 or anniversary welcoming one of the www.usherhall.co.uk capital's favourite song-writers, WILLIAM DOUGLAS with his 10 NOVEMBER seasoned band, THE WHEEL, plus support from new Edinburgh acts JAZZ: 6-8.30pm, Free before 8pm: JAQUIMO and ELYSSA VULPES Teatime Acoustic: Hot Tin Roof, (performing with her own band).

Blues, 9pm (Entry from 8pm)£4/£3.

Astonishingly, it's the first time Roots Showcase Douglas has played for Limbo, Singer/Songwriter Toby though he's played at The Voodoo Mottershead (who powers the Rooms many times, as have his mighty Black Diamond Express band - something of a Who's Who train) brings in a showcase of of the Scottish live music scene, no excellent Rootsy/Bluesy acoustic/ less. JAQUIMO are a new electric bands and soloists, 12-3am Edinburgh outfit, who play a funky (Entry from 11.30pm) £3/£2 The stew of rock, pop and jazz built on Sunday Sinners, The Jazz Bar,1a a bedrock of soul. Dancing is the Chambers Street, Edinburgh. only goal for this group, and they pull together every groove, hook 12 NOVEMBER and harmony from all over the world into a whirligig celebration of CRUINN; The Highland based being alive. And first on stage is quartet Cruinn brings together four ELYSSA VULPES, another new act. of Scotland's premier Gaelic Through mists of old Gaelic ballads singers - James Graham, Fiona to 70s Italian alternative folk and Mackenzie, Brian O hEadhra and

Rachel Walker. Each of these artists are highly regarded in their own right and together, as Cruinn, they perform traditional and contemporary Gaelic songs with beautiful harmonies and arrangements. Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open - 7.30pm. Tickets £7.

Tickets Available from www.leithfolkclub.com 13 NOVEMBER JAZZ; 4-7pm Free Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra Open Rehearsal, 7-8.30pm Free before 8pm: Teatime Acoustic - Graeme Mearns, 9pm (Entry from 8pm) £10/£8. Alex Garnett's Bunch Of Fives (London/New York), Garnett Armacost This band packs a mighty punch!

London saxophone colossus Alex Garnett is on tour with top New York sax player Tim Armacost, bringing the duelling saxophone line-up of yesteryear into the new territory of contemporary jazz, propelled by a powerhouse rhythm section of US bassist Mike Janisch, pianist Liam Noble, and drummer James Maddren. Alex Garnett has been one of the leading saxophonists in the UK and Europe for over 2 decades, his dark, husky sound gracing countess venues, tours and major Festivals. NYC's Tim Armacost has been featured with many jazz names including Billy Hart, Peter Erskine, Kenny Barron and Roy Hargrove, and is also immersed in Asian and Oriental music and culture, having spent many years of study in Japan and India. Ex-US bassist Mike Janisch (now based in London), as well as being a first-call bassist on the London scene, also runs the highly successful Whirlwind Records, which has released loads of great recordings of US, UK and European players. 12-3am (Entry from 11.30pm) £3/£2, The Katet! The Jazz Bar,1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

14 NOVEMBER JAZZ: 6-8.30pm, Free before 8pm: Teatime Acoustic - Henry 'Ibby' Ibbs & Friends, 9pm (Entry from 8pm), £5/£4, Chris Wallace Quintet, Canadian drummer and composer Chris Wallace, resident here for a few years, is well known for his work with trail-blazing cutting-edge bands NeWt and organ trio Breach.

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influences ranging from Chris Potter, Dave Holland and John Scofield to Tim Berne, Paul Motian and Fred Frith. The band features the outstanding talents of Martin Kershaw (sax), Graeme Stephen (guitar), Paul Harrison (piano) and Mario Caribé (double bass), 12-3am (Entry from 11.30pm) £3/£2 Future Heroes, The Jazz Bar,1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

15 NOVEMBER JAZZ: 6-8.30pm, Free before 8pm: Teatime Acoustic – Sher Watson & Friends, 9pm (Entry from 8pm), £5/£4. Bobby Wishart Quintet. A great evening of swinging, jazzy arrangements from the veteran Glasgow sax player, back with his superb 5-piece, this time featuring vocalist Linda Fletcher, plus keys ace Gino Ciancio, bassist Ed Kelly and drummer Sandro Ciancio 12-3am (Entry from 11.30pm) £5/ £4. Ded Rabbit, This young, unique 4-brother unit has influences ranging from Beatles to Hendrix, Queens of the Stone Age, some early House, Chemical Brothers and Prodigy. With their own 'catchy as hell and maddeningly funky indiepop' sound, brothers Eoin, Donal, Fergus and Eugene Gaine provide intoxicatingly cool/hot sounds with sax, rumbling bass, raw bluesy guitar and manic lyrical anecdotes – not to mention their animated stage

presence! Plus Funk DJ. The Jazz bassist Jake Erwin, it has always Bar,1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh. been about staying true to their roots. Blackadder Church, St 16 NOVEMBER Andrew Street, North Berwick.

Show 7.30pm. Tickets £18 The tel THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: no for tickets is 0844 4818898 web Formed in 2010, this team of gifted link for tickets is via musicians faithfully re-create the www.hotclubofcowtown.com authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and The E Street Band in a blistering JAZZ: 3-5.30pm Free Afternoon show which grabs you from the Jazz With The Mellotones Trio, opening chords of Badlands until it 6.30-8.30pm, Free before 8pm: deposits you two hours (and 40 Teatime Acoustic - mike years of music) later with tracks macfarlane & friends, 9-12 (Entry from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans from 8pm), £5/£4, 'World of The Boss (and the musically Premiere' Quintet, Every curious)… a great night out is Saturday, a hand-picked 5-piece of guaranteed! Voodoo Rooms, 19a excellent jazz players is brought West Register Street,Edinburgh. together for the first time. With a From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. different selection of musicians each Advance tickets £10 stbf available week, it's always a 'surprise' linefrom Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh). up - even for the players! 12-3am Buy online here. Over 18 only (Entry from 11.30pm), £5/£4, Lou www.springsteensessions.co.uk Hickey And Her Band Retro Pop/ Rock from the ex-Codeine Velvet HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN; Since Club (and Burlesque Club guest) their first recording in 1998, Austin- diva Lou Hickey and her bubbling 6based Hot Club of Cowtown have piece outfit. Plus DJ Calum, The grown to be the most globeJazz Bar,1a Chambers Street, trotting, hardest-swinging Western Edinburgh. swing trio on the planet. The first American band to tour Azerbaijan, 17 NOVEMBER they have opened stadiums for such artists as Bob Dylan and Willie DAN WALSH / SUHAIL YUSUF Nelson and continue to bring their KHAN’ UK Clawhammer Banjo brand of western swing to a wide maestro Dan Walsh and Indian range of festival audiences all over Sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan the world. But for guitarist Whit at Smailholm Village Hall, Smith, fiddler Elana James and Smailholm, near Kelso, TD5 7PH.

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7.30pm Tickets £8 Tel 01573 460666 ARTHUR, MARGO AND STUART WILSON; Arthur, Margo and Stuart grew up surrounded by music.

Every day they would sing together or listen to their parents, grandparents or bothers and sisters singing or playing piano or guitar.

Drawing from the extensive list of songs they have sang over the years and incorporating their own songs, they offer you the opportunity to join them for a show at Cockenzie House and gardens, 22 Edinburgh Road, Cockenzie. From 4pm. Tickets £3.50.

JAZZ: 6-8.30pm, Free before 8pm: Teatime Acoustic: Hot Tin Roof (Blues), 9pm (Entry from 8pm), £5/ £4. 'Stormy sunday' blues showcase, Monthly Blues Night featuring two great blues bands, this month Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters, and Stretch Dawrson's Mending Hearts 12-3am (Entry from 11.30pm) £3/£2 The Sunday Sinners, The Jazz Bar,1a Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

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467 7028 or email: info@douglasinscotland.co.uk 19 NOVEMBER ARCHIE FISHER; Master guitarist, singer and songwriter Archie Fisher is Scotland’s foremost troubadour and is known throughout the country as the host of BBC Radio Scotland’s award-winning “Travelling Folk” show, which he has presented for over 25 years.

Recognized for his contributions to Scottish folk music, he was inducted into the Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame and in 2006 was awarded an MBE, (Distinguished Member of the British Empire) a prestigious honor nominated by his peers and bestowed by Queen Elizabeth for services to traditional music in 2007. The most recent recognition of his art came from the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival in 2008 when he was granted the Tradition Bearers Award. Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open 7.30pm. Tickets £9.

Tickets Available from www.leithfolkclub.com 22 NOVEMBER NICK HARPER: Singer-songwriter/ guitarist Nick Harper is the son of renowned folk musician Roy Harper and a past member of the English New Wave band Squeeze. At Haddington Music Initiative, The Bridge Centre, Haddington, East Lothian. Tickets £8.00, Doors Open 7:30pm. Tickets available from The Bridge Centre, 11 Poldrate Haddington Tel: 01620 823137, Lamp House Music - 01620 825630 Scottish Drum Fair : Falkirk : 24 November : www.scottishdrumfair.co.uk and John Gray Centre - 01620 0680 Damon Wilson from The Temperance Movement will be demonstrating what it takes to be in the Chart www.facebook.com/pages/ topping Brit Rockers at The Scottish Drum Fair.

Haddington-MusicInitiative/87849910161 www.harperspace.com 5151 www.ticketweb.co.uk Kilmarnock. Expect to hear an array Time. Dave Dobbyn and Don www.thefallenangelsclub.com of both classic tracks from Power’s McGlashan, two of New Zealand’s VIC GODARD AND THE S/ past as band member and solo most successful songwriters, will OBJECTS: Voodoo Rooms, West TOM MCCONNELL: EP launch party artist. Tickets Available @ share a stage for the first time Register St, Edinburgh. as part of UK tour, support from: www.tickets-scotland.com/ Price £9 when they tour later this year.

Blueswater, New Ancestors, https://twitter.com/mfmayrshire These respected and much-loved 26 NOVEMBER Daniel and the Lion. Tom’s show www.facebook.com/mfmpromos musicians will perform an intimate, is a one-man-band act with lots of seated concert drawing on a vast KIM EDGAR; Edinburgh-based loop pedalling and gadget-ery 7 DECEMBER catalogue of songs written as solo pianist and songwriter Kim Edgar’s Tom McConnell: a mustachioed Irish artists and as members of The second solo album, The Ornate Lie, Troubadour with more soul than KELBURN GARDEN PARTY. The Mutton Birds, Th’ Dudes, Blam Blam has grown out of her love of stories, Ray Charles' left shoe! Sneaky Mouse Outfit ft. Dr Syntax and Blam and DD Smash. The Bongo and in particular, fairy tales.

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Edinburgh outfit Ill Papa Giraffe, And The River, original tunes from his departure from the band in Doors Open - 7.30pm. Tickets £7. who feature cult MC Tickle. Studio Scarborough's one and only Sir 1991, the following year he formed 24, Carlton Road, Edinburgh, Tickets Available from Tom Watton and Edinburgh based Cast where he was frontman. Cast www.leithfolkclub.com Tickets: £6+BF advance / £9 on the singer songwriter Nicole Strachan. went on to have four excellent door. 10.30pm – 3am Edinburgh Unlimited will be albums and a string of hit singles 28 NOVEMBER Tickets available here: http://www. presenting a handpicked selection of over a ten year period. In 2010 kelburngardenparty.com/tickets/ Edinburgh based bands and The Fallen Angels Club present: Cast reformed and this year and usual Edinburgh outlets performers on a monthly basis, and released their fifth album ‘Troubled LAU plus special guests. The since the admission price is free, Times’. John is performing a short Queens Hall, Edinburgh. Tickets DOBBYN AND MCGLASHAN there's no reason to stay at home! from Tickets Scotland on 0141 204 acoustic tour of Scotland taking in Together In Concert For The First Pivo, 2-6 Calton Rd, Edinburgh.

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Glasgow. Time 7.30pm £5 Time 7pm-10pm, The Arches, 253 Argyle Street Glasgow. Tickets £15 9 NOVEMBER + booking fee www.thearches.co.uk | SID GRIFFIN brings his Coal Porters back to Woodend, last time COMBAT ROCK / ELECTRIC they visited they blew everyone ALICE / + guests away with a blistering performance Descriptions Combat Rock – the and we can expect more of the ultimate Clash tribute. Supported same this time, including tunes The Buzzcocks, The Damned, Stiff from their highly acclaimed new CD Little Fingers, The Rezillos, The Beat Find the one. Supporting the Coal plus others. They play all the Porters will be a favourite act of classics plus a few more from the mine Andy Tucker who writes first four albums. 13th Note, 60 King clever witty and downright fabulous St, Glasgow. 8pm £5 tunes, one of which will be seen in a new drama with David Tennant set 10 NOVEMBER in Edinburgh. And to conclude the festival another great act returning ROD PICOTT: Woodend Bowling to Woodend, Rod Picott, who also and Tennis Club, 30 Chamberlain has a new album out and who I Road, Glasgow. Time 8pm. think is a fabulous song writer. The son of a welder from rural New SAN FERMIN Broadscast, Venue England, Rod is a masterful Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, songwriter and soulful singer who Glasgow. Doors 8pm, tickets £6. carries with him as fine a suitcase of songs as you'll find anywhere.

THREE CARD TRICK 4pm and THE Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie Hubbard KICKS 7pm @ The Scotia Bar, and Fred Eagelsmith have recorded Glasgow.

Rod Picott songs. A former http://scotiabar.net/music.html construction worker who hung up his tools when he released his debut BENNY GALLAGHER IN CD in 2000, Picott has carved a CONCERT: Legendary Scottish career for himself with a run of 6 beautifully crafted self-released CDs Singer - Songwriter Benny Gallagher plays the hit songs from over the last 13 years and a wellhis days as a member of earned reputation as an engaging, McGuinness Flint - Gallagher and emotion fuelled performer.

Supporting Rod will be Alan Tennie Lyle and Ronnie Lane and the Slim Chance Band - and then some ....! who is rightly making quite a reputation for himself and who has The Fraser Centre, Douglas Street, just released his first EP. Woodend Milngavie, Glasgow. http://tickets.jmsconcerts.co.uk/contact-form.php Bowling and Tennis Club, 30 http://jmsconcerts.co.uk Chamberlain Road, Glasgow. Time 8pm.

WHERE THE FOLKS ‘AT IN; Folkytown players would like to FLUORESCENT HEARTS / UNIT welcome you to Where The Folks ‘At 7 / EMBASSY / SARAH in the Flying Duck’s Kitchen, 142 MONTIETH: The Martell, Burnbank Renfield Street, Glasgow. Bar. Free Road, Falkirk. Doors 7.30pm, £5 music from 6pm.

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A CEREMONY OF CAROLS, Christmas with the Choral; St Cuthberts Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh 14 DECEMBER THE ANIMOTION SHOW, Featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie Following the success of live art & music concept developed by acclaimed Russian artist Maria Rud AniMotion is taken onto a new level in collaboration with renown projection artist Ross Ashton. The programme will feature work

by Gavin Bryars performed by soprano Rebecca Tavener, recital by virtuoso percussionist & composer Dame Evelyn Glennie and conclude with Dark Matter, new ground breaking work by composer & virtuoso flautist David Heath, vocalist Fay Fife (of the Rezillos) and DJ and music producer Dolphin Boy featuring an improvisation upon Debussy’s Syrinx. AniMotion will bring together Art, Music, Architecture and Video Mapping, 3 different artistic disciplines,3 different genres of music and stateof-the-art technology in this WORLD PREMIERE in the magnificent setting of St.Giles Cathedral, St.Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Time 7.30pm http://vimeo.com/76143047.

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8 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI; Steel guitarwielding troubadour DAVE ARCARI returns home to play a show on home ground for Mugdock Music Festival. Arcari is just back from a six-week US tour – documented in the road movie Stateside Story available on his YouTube channel – and string of European

DEEP RIVER; Grand Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Road, Glasgow.

NICK MULVEY: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £7.

THE GODFATHERS / The Exiles: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £12.50.

Constance - Glasgow metal band describing themselves as 'Intellectual psychopaths, charitable degenerates and humble monsters' Their music takes influences from punk, metal, hardcore, trance and ambience. totally. / Atimilla - New kids on the Glasgow Alt Rock scene fusing metal and pop-punk and forging a unique sounding experience. They have been rocking venues for the last 6 months and gaining momentum in anticipation for their first EP. / Another Years Effort - Glasgow based melodic hardcore outfit known for blowing crowds away with energy fuelled sets, passion and original take on the genre. 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow. 8pm, £3 12 NOVEMBER FENECH SOLER / NYPC DOORS: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £12.50.

Pen + Pick presents: RYAN MORCOMBE / TAM CAMERON / LESLEY YOUNG with JMC. Pen + Pick presents a night of rare songwriting talent, showcasing some of the best in emerging talent. rather chuffed. 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow.

13 NOVEMBER KINS: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm.

THE NIGHT VI / PALE FIRE / BRAVE YOUNG RED: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm.

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14 NOVEMBER HIS CLANCYNESS: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, tickets £6.

LANTERNS ON THE LAKE: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £8, KINFOLK AND FRIENDS (Folk/ Traditional Jam Session) 5pm @ The Scotia Bar, Glasgow. http://scotiabar.net/music.html KUNT AND THE GANG / THE JACKHAMMERS; Kunt and the Gang squeeze out their Dirty Protest tour in Glasgow while smudging it all round the UK. Come join in the shenanigans and hear greatest minor internet hits and more. NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED! "Life-affirmingly puerile stuff" CHARLIE BROOKER - / Joined

by Glasgow's finest punksmiths the three-piece that is The Jackhammers. 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow Tickets £5 advance, £7 on the door. www.kuntandthegang.co.uk

DRAM! Traditional folk music with the odd surprise or two thrown in!

SEVENTH SON 4.30pm and It can get pretty busy so turn up CRAWLING GREEN SNAKE PETE WESTWATER 5.30pm and early to get a seat! Dram, 232-246 9.30pm @ The Scotia Bar, Glasgow.

THE FRANK O'HAGAN BAND Woodlands Road, Glasgow. Time 9.30pm @ The Scotia Bar, Glasgow. http://scotiabar.net/music.html 7pm. http://scotiabar.net/music.html OMAR SOULEYMAN. As one of the 11 NOVEMBER CELESTIAL WOLVES (Belgium) / most fascinating figures in VASA / + Guests. Hitting the UK contemporary music, musician and QUADRON / Cheryl Risk / for the 1st time Celestial Wolves Rachel Rhienne: King Tut's Wah singer Omar Souleyman’s Kurdish (Begium) bring their own brand of Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, and Arabic songs have travelled dynamic instrumental post rock to Glasgow, Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £7. from his native Syria across the the 13th note, in support of their world. As the internet’s globalisation 15 NOVEMBER recently released debut album ATIMILLA / ANOTHER YEARS of music continues to fuel interest 'Wood for Wood' on Dunk! records. within the contemporary EFFORT / CONSTANCE; RODDY HART & THE LONESOME

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FIRE / SIOBHAN WILSON: Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire are set to make their mark this year with the release of their long awaited eponymous album. The Arches, Glasgow. Tickets £12.50 plus b.f.

Doors 7pm.

Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire Scottish date openers announced!

STATELINE; Grand Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Road, Glasgow.

PETE WESTWATER 5.30pm and THE FRANK O'HAGAN BAND 9.30pm @ The Scotia Bar, Glasgow. http://scotiabar.net/music.html THE DIRTY BLONDE / + GUESTS; After a summer of recording and tightening their sound, The Dirty Blonde play a show to promote the launch of their debut album. A manic, melancholy and fun affair which takes the listener through what The Dirty Blonde are about as a band. Expect a mixture of old favourites and new material that shows a mature band hitting their stride as songwriters. Support TBA .

13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow, £3, 8.30pm www.facebook.com/thedirtyblonde 16 NOVEMBER AMERICAN ROUTES; Grand Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Road, Glasgow.

THE LITTLE KICKS / NEVADA BASE / GAV PRENTICE; Little Kicks : Following the recent release of their 3rd album "Put Your Love In Front Of Me" The Little Kicks play the 13th Note. The Little Kicks play danceable indie disco pop and have been busy in 2013 with airplay on BBC 6 & BBC Radio 1 Introducing and two successful tours which have seen the band play across the UK and Europe. / Nevada Base's brand of electronic dance pop has been compared to Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem & Talking Heads among others. This will be quite an intimate gig for the well known Glasgow band. / Opening proceedings up will be Gav Prentice (Over The Wall) who released his fantastic debut solo album last year to great reviews/much praise and for very good reason. 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow, 8pm £5 (advance) £6 otd

artists as Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson and continue to bring their brand of western swing to a wide range of festival audiences all over the world. But for guitarist Whit Smith, fiddler Elana James and bassist Jake Erwin, it has always been about staying true to their roots. Oran Mor, Byres Road, Glasgow. Show 7.30pm Tickets £17.

Tel 0141 2045151 WHERE THE FOLKS ‘AT IN; Folkytown players would like to welcome you to Where The Folks ‘At in the Flying Duck’s Kitchen, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Bar. Free music from 6pm.

PJARO / COLLIDER / PIPEDREAM / THE SINKING FEELING; Pipedream - "Headnodding emo grunge jams from Cardiff. 'New Colours' cassette out now on What We Should be Doing/ vinyl out through Something New Records soon." / Pjaro - Captivating punk emo post-rock from Sheffield / Collider - Raucous Slacker indie rock with hints of 90's hardcore/emo, also from Sheffield. / The Sinking Feeling bio - "Riffy/grooving emo from Glasgow. 'Old Friends' vinyl out now through Struggletown Records".13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow, £4, 8pm

Wilson to create 6 pieces for amateur Scottish chamber orchestras which he has titled Six new pieces, six orchestras. Two master works complete the programme; Prokofiev’s early and witty Symphony No 1 and the Requiem by Toru Takemitsu which first brought this prolific Japanese composer to the attention of audiences across the world. amicus.orchestra@googlemail.com DRAM! Traditional folk music with the odd surprise or two thrown in!

It can get pretty busy so turn up early to get a seat! Dram, 232-246 Woodlands Road, Glasgow. Time 7pm.

19 NOVEMBER ALICE AND THE RAMPANT TRIO Supporting Jonah Matranga: Described by some as ‘like Fleetwood Mac, but darker’ and as being similar to Marianne Faithful, Alice and the Rampant Trio (ART3 to those in the know) are an acoustic/ folk/rock 4-piece formed in the sunny town of St Andrews. They offer up a mix of acoustic and rock with a powerful front led by the duo-lead vocals of Alice Challiner and Nicola Fraser. Acoustic Gig, Nice N Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow. Tickets £9. Time 7.30pm.

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ALGERNON DOLL / POOR THINGS / LOVERS TURN TO THREE CARD TRICK 4pm and MONSTERS / LIGHTNIN PAPA ALEX WAYT 7pm @ The Scotia TAM; A night of Atmospheric Alt Bar, Glasgow.

Rock/ Emo / lo-fi curated by Ewen http://scotiabar.net/music.html Grant. 13th Note, 60 King St, AMICUS: Amicus, one of Scotland’s Glasgow, 7.30pm, £5 top amateur orchestras, presents its 21 NOVEMBER latest project ‘East meets West’, a colourful and exotic programme Kinfolk and Friends (Folk/Traditional from across the globe. A great orchestra with a passion for music, Jam Session) 5pm @ The Scotia Bar, Glasgow.

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created by former members of Camerata Scotland. The aim of the orchestra is to bridge the gap between amateur and professional orchestras, by providing a top quality ensemble for talented amateurs, music students and professionals. The Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, Time 7pm. Ticket prices: £12.50 / £8 (£5 WATERLOO SUNSET 4.30pm and students, Under 16s with a paying JEFF 9.30pm @ The Scotia Bar, adult). The concert also includes a Glasgow.

World Premiere by Scottish composer Tom Wilson; Latino slow http://scotiabar.net/music.html which draws its influences also from Hispanic or even South American roots as Scottish composer Tom 17 NOVEMBER Wilson creates a strong but enigmatic character study which he HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN; Since describes as ‘like a character in a their first recording in 1998, Austin70s American day time cop-show, based Hot Club of Cowtown have perhaps Columbo....rather cool, grown to be the most globesmooth and self-assured...but with trotting, hardest-swinging Western some hidden anxiety behind the swing trio on the planet. The first veneer. This piece was written American band to tour Azerbaijan, specially for amicus and is part of a they have opened stadiums for such wider innovative project by Tom

22 NOVEMBER THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: Formed in 2010, this team of gifted musicians faithfully re-create the authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and The E Street Band in a blistering show which grabs you from the opening chords of Badlands until it deposits you two hours (and 40 years of music) later with tracks from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans of The Boss (and the musically curious)… a great night out is guaranteed! The Beancross, Laurieston Bypass, Falkirk. www.springsteensessions.co.uk

BROTHER & BONES: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, tickets £6.

THE BAWLERS / PEDRO / SILENCE THE MODERATOR / THE ROCK-FORD FILES / THE VAN T’S / DARREN FORBES: Indievous Presents - Indie Rocks, Maggie May's - Trongate, Merchant City, Glasgow. Door Time, 7.30pm.

Cost £6/£4. Tickets from door. www.facebook.com/indievous BLACK SWAMP VILLAINS / SOUL REMOVER / + guests; Black Swamp Villains debut gig of spacey grunge rock with old school rockers Soul Remover plus guest.

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8pm £4 23 NOVEMBER Stripped Sessions present: LOU HICKEY and Kat Healy. At Tron Theatre, Victoria Bar, 63 Trongate, Glasgow. Tickets £6. Moving on from her success as co-writer and vocalist of the critically acclaimed Codeine Velvet Club with Jon Fratelli, Lou Hickey is now getting ready to release her own brand of vintage pop on the world. Championed by BBC Introducing, she already has an impressive independent solo career already behind her, having headlined at Glasgow's King Tuts and O2 ABC, as well as supporting the likes of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Suzanne Vega, and Imelda May. Lou is also a key performer at the world’s biggest burlesque club, Club Noir. www.stgpromo.com BEARPIT BROTHERS: EP launch @ The Glad Cafe (1006A Pollokshaws Rd Glasgow G41 2HG) 7 pm / £5.

Featuring Jimbo Simbo on beat box and special guests Elaine Reid – spoken word, and poetry from Aidan McEoin. The Bearpit Brothers are: Larry Alexander, Jim Byrne and Robert Ruthven. Get your tickets here: http://m.bpt.me/ event/504033 www.facebook.com/BearpitBrothers CURT PRICE AND THE DISCOUNTS 4.30pm and BLIND PANIC 9.30pm @ The Scotia Bar, Glasgow. http://scotiabar.net/music.html

THISCLOSE / HEADLESS KROSS / BLACK COP / VUIL / BRIAN CURRAN; . Come and join Thisclose and friends celebrate the bands second anniversary! They'll TRAMPAS; Grand Ole Opry, 2-4 be launching our 'Fear and Terror' Govan Road, Glasgow.

7" EP on the night and everyone through the door will get a copy, PETE WESTWATER 5.30pm and gratis! The concert is also a THE FRANK O'HAGAN BAND fundraiser for next years WeeFest.

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Expect an enormous hell slamming door of your favorite Thisclose numbers including Fear of the City, lead track from the 'Fear and Terror' 7" EP which is included in the gigs admission price. / Headless Kross Psych-Doom - Your captain is dead!

Glasgow's finest hard rocking cosmos crushers will blow their speakers, and your ear drums, with their slow velocity, high excitement rock'n'roll. Like an animal unleashed once Headless Kross has been put in motion there is nothing which can stop their relentless onslaught.

Heavy, Groovy, Amazing. / Black Cop - Hardcore - Keeping the Glasgow bloodline alive, young and not so young keeping it real and full of sex appeal / Vuil - 80's Black Metal - Venom, Celtic Frost, King Diamond - Heavy metal before the rot set in, prepare to have your head BANGED! / Brian Curran - exThisclose six string stinger delivers some acoustic hits from his lengthy back-catalogue. Aw yeah! £6 on the door and entry comes roughly, 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow, 8.15pm.

METZ / Cheetahs / The Wytches: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, tickets £8.

24 NOVEMBER SIXTIES GOLD 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, and probably never to be repeated, line-up. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when it all began.

Featuring record breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & The Pacemakers. Also from Liverpool and tipped to be as big as The Beatles, The Searchers’ first single also went to No. 1 and led to five more Top 5 hits and a total of 128 weeks in the charts. Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting shocked the nation, was a Melody Maker teen idol award winner in 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the charts. The Fortunes stormed the Top 10 with You’ve Got Your Troubles, Here It Comes Again, Freedom Come Freedom Go and Storm in a Teacup. And finally, Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On stage together. Clyde Auditorium, Exhibition Way, Finnieston, Glasgow.

Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari plays at Mugdock Music Festival in Milngavie on Friday 8 November and then Edinburgh on Saturday 9th before a run of Scottish dates in February 2014. www.davearcari.com/tourdates

WHERE THE FOLKS ‘AT IN; Folkytown players would like to welcome you to Where The Folks ‘At in the Flying Duck’s Kitchen, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Bar. Free music from 6pm.

Black International: 2 piece from Edinburgh making economical, stripped down & brutal pop songs. / Pinact: Energetic, noisy, fuzzy-pop at its best. / Frankeneinstein: Trashy, noisy pop punk with a WHITE DENIM: Broadscast, Venue rock'n'roll twist. 13th Note, 60 King Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, St, Glasgow, 8pm, £5 Glasgow. Doors 8pm, tickets £15.

DRAM! Traditional folk music with THREE CARD TRICK 4pm and THE the odd surprise or two thrown in!

KICKS (TBC) 7pm @ The Scotia It can get pretty busy so turn up Bar, Glasgow. early to get a seat! Dram, 232-246 Woodlands Road, Glasgow. Time http://scotiabar.net/music.html 7pm.

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THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, tickets £8.

doesn’t rely on the slow strathspeys, Shetland reels or Scandinavian polskas these musicians are best known for. Old Hairdressers, Renfield Lane, VAMM; Vamm is Catriona Glasgow, Times - 19:30 - 22:30.

MacDonald, Patsy Reid & Marit Fält. Prices - standard ticket £10 Two fiddles and a Latmandola. concession £8 Having previously played in bands that required tight unison playing, 26 NOVEMBER power and volume, Vamm formed out of a shared wish to explore the FÖLLAKZOID: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, possibilities of harmony, melody Glasgow. Doors 8pm, tickets £5. and rhythm with like-minded musicians. Vamm is not a 28 NOVEMBER traditional trio. Not in the way you might expect. Their repertoire

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page 13: glasgow + mid west coast LOUISE RUTKOWSKI / WOLF RUBY; The sublime and haunting voice of former This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski (4AD Records) performing an ethereal and eclectic set, including songs from her back catalogue and tracks from the forthcoming album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”, released 21 February 2014. Support is by members of all-girl Glaswegian alternative rock band Wolf Ruby, delivering an acoustic set of blistering harmonies and edgy songwriting, reminiscent of The Civil Wars, Tori Amos and Kate Bush. 13th Note, 50-60 King Street, Glasgow.

Time: 7pm (finish time 10pm). Tickets £8/ £6 (ID required) from www.louiserutkowski.co.uk

this winter. Gaining a reputation for thought provoking, evocative live performances and being compared to the likes of Frank Turner by some, his album is receiving rave reviews.

Passionate about human justice and forthcoming with opinions on life, Jack Omer is constantly writing new material on the road inspired by his journey. Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow 4 DECEMBER The Fallen Angels Club present: Gurf Morlix at The Admiral Bar, Glasgow. Tickets from Tickets Scotland on 0141 204 5151 www.ticketweb.co.uk www.thefallenangelsclub.com

THE JUNE BRIDES: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 6 DECEMBER 8pm, tickets £8.

My First Music present JOHN POWER: At Pivo Pivo - Glasgow with CABEY, POINT KINFOLK AND FRIENDS (Folk/Traditional BLANK and more TBA. John's a singer Jam Session) 5pm @ The Scotia Bar, songwriter and musician who has been at the Glasgow. top of his game since he stepped onto the http://scotiabar.net/music.html scene with The La’s in the second half of the LOUISE RUTKOWSKI / WOLF RUBY; The 80′s. Following his departure from the band in 1991, the following year he formed Cast sublime and haunting voice of former This where he was frontman. Cast went on to Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski (4AD Records) performing an ethereal and eclectic have four excellent albums and a string of hit singles over a ten year period. In 2010 Cast set of TMC classics and more. / Members of all-girl Glaswegian alternative rock band Wolf reformed and this year released their fifth album ‘Troubled Times’. John is performing a Ruby deliver an acoustic set of blistering harmonies and edgy song writing reminiscent short acoustic tour of Scotland taking in of The Civil Wars, Tori Amos and Kate Bush. Edinburgh, Glasgow and Kilmarnock. Expect 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow, 7pm £8/£6 to hear an array of both classic tracks from Power’s past as band member and solo artist. www.facebook.com/louiserutkowski Tickets Available @ www.louiserutkowski.co.uk www.tickets-scotland.com/ Price £9 https://twitter.com/mfmayrshire 29 NOVEMBER www.facebook.com/mfmpromos TEXAS GUN; Grand Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan 7 DECEMBER Road, Glasgow.

My First Music present JOHN POWER: At Bakers Nite Club - Kilmarnock with THE HEEBY JEEBYS, DELGETTI and more TBA. John's a singer songwriter and musician who has been at the top of his game since he stepped onto the scene with The La’s in the EASTCOASTDEFECTOR / DUGLAS T second half of the 80′s. Following his STEWART + FRIENDS / EASTWOOD; Indie-pop collobaration between Alan Clarke departure from the band in 1991, the who has previously played the 13th note with following year he formed Cast where he was frontman. Cast went on to have four strangethatway and a team of musicians excellent albums and a string of hit singles from both Glasgow and Dunfermline. 8pm over a ten year period. In 2010 Cast 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow reformed and this year released their fifth album ‘Troubled Times’. John is performing a 30 NOVEMBER short acoustic tour of Scotland taking in LEMON GRASS; Grand Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Edinburgh, Glasgow and Kilmarnock. Expect Road, Glasgow. to hear an array of both classic tracks from Power’s past as band member and solo artist.

CLAM JAFFRIE 4.30pm and THE Tickets Available @ SHOTGUNS 9.30pm @ The Scotia Bar, www.tickets-scotland.com/ Price £9 Glasgow. https://twitter.com/mfmayrshire http://scotiabar.net/music.html PETE WESTWATER 5.30pm and THE FRANK O'HAGAN BAND 9.30pm @ The Scotia Bar, Glasgow. http://scotiabar.net/music.html

HUDSON TAYLOR: Broadscast, Venue Cafe Bar - 427 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Doors 14 DECEMBER 7pm, tickets £8.

SCARLET SHIFT: headlining Glasgow’s Over 14s event.

Arches. Scarlet Shift are Andy Black, Lewis Murphy & Adam Teiger and Andy Black / BACCHUS BARACUS / IASK / DUNE; Andy Black and Adam Teiger & Lewis Bacchus Baracus lay down fat slabs of Murphy, Andy Black are Scarlet Shift. Scarlet groove, pounding rhythms and growled vocals / Isak are a 3 piece Stoner Rock band Shift’s ‘Found’ album is out now: from Dundee/Perth. Definitely a band to keep https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/found/ id657375818 an eye on. / / Dune Band are described as www.facebook.com/ScarletShift Sludge, Metal, Rock, Prog. Take your pick, you can't go wrong with those genres. 13th Note, 60 King St, Glasgow, 8pm £6 2 DECEMBER JACK OMER WITH JENN BOSTIC; Jack Omer announces that he will be joining US songstress Jenn Bostic on her full UK tour

17 DECEMBER ROMAN NOSE: supporting No Ceremony other support Ben Butler and Mousepad at The Art School, Glasgow. Tickets from http://theartschool.co.uk/ www.facebook.com/romannosemusic

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8 NOVEMBER RODDY HART & THE LONESOME FIRE/ FINDLAY NAPIER: Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire are set to make their mark this year with the release of their long awaited eponymous album. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Tickets £10 / £8.

COAL PORTERS; "Ladies and gentlemen, meet The Coal Porters, the world's first alt-bluegrass act.

The Coal Porters were formed ten years ago by ex-Long Ryder, former NME cover boy Sid Griffin.

Producing Lindisfarne gave Griffin the impetus to move from electric music to acoustic music, to revamp old themes and melodies and soup them up for the 21st century.

Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £15.

Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com NATHAN CARTER with special guest Lisa Stanley: Nathan Carter after only a little over two years on the road with his own band has shot right to the top of the highly competitive Irish music scene and everywhere he goes it is either huge crowds or closed doors. He is backed by what is regarded as one of the top three Irish bands, In an Out of Ireland and songs like “The Rainbow in Glenfarne”, “One for the Road” and “Wagon Wheel” were huge hits in Ireland. Special guest on the show will be Lisa Stanley the popular presenter of “The Phil Mack” TV Show. Lisa is the daughter of the legendary Irish country singer, Maisie McDaniels. Whitehall Theatre, Bellfield St, Dundee. Time 7.30pm. Dundee City Box Office Tel 01382 434930 www.dundeebox.co.uk 9 NOVEMBER Rubber Stamp Promotions present GARRISON / RIVER RUNS RED & AUXYGEN: at the Windsor Hotel Kirkcaldy. Doors open at 8pm and entry costs £6.

and poignant later years. Karen sings all the classic Nina songs, Missippi Goddamn, Sinnerman, My THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: Formed in 2010, this team of gifted Baby and I Need a Little Sugar In My Bowl supported by a live band of musicians faithfully re-create the featuring on piano Erik Gullikson, authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and guitar Eoghan Regan, bass Peter The E Street Band in a blistering Hanagan and drums Bob show which grabs you from the opening chords of Badlands until it JacksonMundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, deposits you two hours (and 40 Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is years of music) later with tracks from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans at 9.00pm. Tickets £28.

Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / of The Boss (and the musically Ticket Information curious)… a great night out is www.mundellmusic.com guaranteed! Alloa Town Hall, Marshill, Alloa.

ARILD ANDERSEN TRIO www.springsteensessions.co.uk featuring Tommy Smith & Paolo Vinaccia; This concert brings BENNY GALLAGHER: One half of the legendary duo Gallagher & Lyle, together three of Europe’s top jazz musicians. Norwegian ECM bass Benny will be playing an acoustic solo show here at Backstage. In an legend Arild Andersen, Tolbooth favourite, saxophonist Tommy intimate evening of songs and Smith and Italian drummer / stories about his days as a Staff composer Paolo Vinaccia. ‘...

Writer with The Beatles Publishing Co. Apple, Benny performs all of the balanced with its lyrical and, at hits he penned for McGuinness Flint, times, near- orchestral tendencies, it’s the best disc of Andersen’s long Gallagher & Lyle, Art Garfunkel, and varied career.' John Kelman – Bryan Ferry, Colin Blunstone, Don All About Jazz Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Williams, Garth Brooks, Mary Stirling. Time 8pm. Tickets £13/ Hopkin, Phil Everly, Ricky Nelson, £11.

Ringo Starr, Rita Coolidge, Status Quo, Simon & Garfunkel, The 14 NOVEMBER Fureys, and Lemon Jelly to name but a few, along with some great HIT CONFERENCE (One Day Music new songs from his album 'At The Seminar). Go behind the scenes of Edge of the Wave. Mundell Music, the Music Industry with Music Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Producer RORY NICOLL. Hit Click Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors offers exclusive interviews with 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. industry leaders and artist Tickets £15. information you can't get online or Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / anywhere else! Contacts that EVERY Ticket Information musician should have! Rory will www.mundellmusic.com cover a wide range of subjects such as; The Mindset of a Music Mr McFalls Chamber’s VIVA Producer, The Alchemy of a Hit TANGO!; Argentine Tango Song, Standing Out in the Crowd/ workshop led by The Latin Dance Connection, 6 - 7 pm FREE to ticket Gimmick School, Synchonized Sound & Images, Taking Care of holders Tonight Mr McFall's Business/Publishing Rights & Issues Chamber becomes a large-scale tango band with music straight from and MUCH MUCH MORE . You may book a place at this seminar which the South American bordellos...

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Kirkcaldy. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. Entry £8 members, £10 non12 NOVEMBER members.

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BREABACH: Breabach, nominated Karen brings to you in narration and for numerous BBC Radio 2 Folk song the engrossing life story of the Awards and current holders of ‘Best great legend Nina Simone, from her Group’ at the Scots Trad Music struggle against racism and exile Awards, incorporate highland from her homeland to her bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, flamboyant, troubled relationships bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and

Scots song, to produce a dynamic, diverse and captivating performance, Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling, Time 8pm. Tickets £13/ £11. www.tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk STEVE DAGGETT: Steve Daggett is a well respected North East working folk / acoustic musician. Having learned his craft through years of gigging, Steve has gained a solid cult following in the process. Along the way, Mr Daggett has released numerous solo albums, been a latter day member of Lindisfarne, and racked up some production credits too. A past and now current member of a reformed Lindisfarne Steve Daggett is a performer who will keep you smiling all night long with his banter and incredible songs that include his own and some Lindisfarne songs thrown in for good measure! Don't miss this one, he really is that good! Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm.

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Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 16 NOVEMBER TAMMY MILLER, FREESPEECH, JAMES MACKENZIE, EMILY MIDDLEMAS, RACHEL MCALPINE & SIMON PATCHETT: An MV Festival warm-up at at Dunnikier House Hotel, Kirkcaldy, from 7pm is one amazing night of live music, featuring SIX amazing acts. Tickets are on sale now for just £6 from the link below (Tickets £12 on the door). Part of the Compliment Yourself charity event running through out the day. http://ukgigsonline.com/evening-event--compliment-yourself.aspx

www.mvfestival.com CLASSIC CLAPTON: At The Inn at Lathones. The World's No1 Eric Clapton Tribute Band featuring front-man Mike Hall. The band was formed in 1985 in Newcastle upon Tyne long before the term “tribute band” was invented and named themselves ''After Midnight'' after Eric Clapton’s first solo hit. Their ability to re-create Clapton’s electrifying stage performances, really caught the audience’s imagination. In guitar/vocalist Mike Hall, the band possesses a front man who not only looks like Eric, he sings and plays guitar like him too! www.classic-clapton.com WHITE CHINA: Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm.

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Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 19 NOVEMBER RYAN MCGARVEY: An extremely talented guitarist from New Mexico, who plays everything from delta blues to classic hard rock. He was chosen from over 4000 bands from around the world to perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, and his debut CD 'Forward in Reverse' reached the top 20 (out of over 200,000 artistes CD's) on the best sellers list on CDBaby.com.Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £12. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com

compatriots Andru Donalds is limited by no means on Reggae and Rastafari mythology Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire.

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SIXTIES GOLD 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, and probably never to be repeated, line-up. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when it all began. Featuring record breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & The Pacemakers. Also from Liverpool and tipped to be as big as The Beatles, The Searchers’ first single also went to No. 1 and led to five more Top 5 hits and a total of 128 weeks in the charts.

Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting shocked the nation, was a Melody Maker teen idol award winner in 21 NOVEMBER 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the charts. The Fortunes stormed the SKINNY MOLLY: Skinny Molly was Top 10 with You’ve Got Your founded in 2004 by Mike Estes Troubles, Here It Comes Again, (formerly of Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Freedom Come Freedom Go and drummer Kurt Pietro. What was Storm in a Teacup. And finally, meant to be a one off tour of Europe Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On has turned into one of the hardest stage together. 23rd Caird Hall, working and popular rock bands out Critchen Street, Dundee. of the southern United States.

Skinny Molly now includes guitarist 24 NOVEMBER Jay Johnson, and bassist Luke Bradshaw. This line up has toured SCOTTISH DRUM FAIR: 12 noon relentlessly, crossing the States and 6pm @ St. Mungo's High School, three continents on the strength of Falkirk. The Scottish Drum Fair will their "No Good Deed" debut CD, feature live performances from which has established the band as some the highest profile popular touring outfit across the professionals in drumming today, USA and Europe. Mundell Music, covering many styles of drumming, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 from jazz and traditional to modern Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors rock. This years bill includes Ian 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm.

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Wilson (Feeder, The Temperance Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Movement) plus a supporting cast of Information drumming performances and www.mundellmusic.com masterclasses. Flying the flag for drumming in Scotland will be jazz THE JAMES BROTHERS; Kirkcaldy and Latin guru Stu Brown and pipe Acoustic Music Club, Polish Exband expert Simon Grant with servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, members of The Preston Lodge High Forth Park Drive,Kirkcaldy. Starting School Pipe Band. The Scottish at 7.30 till about 10.30. Entry £8 Drum Fair will also bring many of members, £10 non-members. the worlds leading drum www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk manufacturers under one roof to allow them to display their new 22 NOVEMBER products and innovations to eager drum fans.

ENIGMA: Scarcely two meters www.scottishdrumfair.co.uk largely, slim and athletically. Special characteristic are his long rastas, HELLS BELLS (Tribute); Hells which belong somehow to many Bells are an accomplished AC/DC men of the Caribbean Island Tribute Band who have performed Jamaica. Andru Donalds doesn’t all over the UK as well as Portugal, have a fixed musical style. That’s Austria, Russia, Belgium, Czech why he can be Pop, Rock’n’Roll, Republic and the Middle East.

Reggae & Ballads. His influences Mundell Music, Back Stage, The have been: The Beatles, Prince, Bob Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Marley, Queen, Michael Jackson & Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is Black Uhuru. Contrary to most of his at 9.00pm. Tickets £15.

Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information 8 NOVEMBER www.mundellmusic.com ALASDAIR ROBERTS and KIRSTY POTTS: Exhibition closing gig at LORNA REID TRIO with Euan Stevenson (piano) and Mario Caribe Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle (bass) at Dundee Jazz Festival (Jazz Street, Aberdeen, 7pm. STANDS SCOTLAND WHERE SHE DID? In The Ferry), Papa Jacques, 314 Timothy Neat at Seventy. Join Brook St Broughty Ferry, Dundee. http://lornareid.bandzoogle.com/live Peacock Visual Arts to celebrate the closing of STANDS SCOTLAND 28 NOVEMBER WHERE SHE DID? Timothy Neat at Seventy, where Alasdair Roberts SARAH-JANE SUMMERS & and Kirsty Potts will be performing JUHANI SILVOLA; Kirkcaldy in the gallery. Free entry. All Acoustic Music Club, Polish Exwelcome. servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, www.peacockvisualarts.co.uk Forth Park Drive,Kirkcaldy. Starting at 7.30 till about 10.30. Entry £8 9 NOVEMBER members, £10 non-members. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk PERE Ubu: An experimental rock music group, formed in Cleveland, 29 NOVEMBER Ohio, in 1975, Pere Ubu has never been commercially successful but DICK GAUGHAN: 1990's Scottish has a devoted following and is an super-group 'Clan Alba', Dick has a influential and critically acclaimed unique solo style and tours band, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, constantly throughout the world.t. If West North Street, Aberdeen, doors you love AC/DC then you'll love our at 7.30pm. Tickets from high energy performance - a show www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel not to be missed. All The Hits and 01224 641122 More! Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, 10 NOVEMBER Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £14.

TURIN BRAKES, Playing a full band Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket set of songs from their 10 year Information career, and one of two new ones www.mundellmusic.com from their forthcoming album in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), 30 NOVEMBER West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from Rubber Stamp Promotions www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel present THE COUNTERFEIT 01224 641122 CLASH, Sex Pistols tribute band BODIES support. 1 more support 11 NOVEMBER still to be added to the line up as well. Wee Jimmies, High Street, BENJAMIN GROSVENOR: Cowdenbeath. www.facebook.com/ Aberdeen Performing Arts present RubberStampPromotions superstar pianist Benjamin Grosvenor in the first of three A DICK GAUGHAN; For St Andrews Romantic Journey concerts, with a Day, we're proud to welcome back repertoire which includes our best known troubadour - Dick Mendelssohn’s Andante & Rondo Gaughan - who has been performing Capriccioso, Schubert’s Impromptu now over 4 decades. Guitarist, in G Flat, Schuman’s Humoreske, singer, songwriter, actor, musical Ravel’s Valses Nobles et director, composer, arranger, Sentimentales and Gounod/Liszt’s producer, engineer, he's been there, Valse de Faust, in the Music Hall, done it. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from Stirling. Time 8pm. Tickets £12/ www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel £10.

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SWEET BABOO, aka Stephen Black: Single-minded idiosyncratic FRED MORRISON; Kirkcaldy singer Sweet Baboo, demonstrates Acoustic Music Club, Polish Exhis gift for sparkling melody with a servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, deft lyrical turn, in The Lemon Tree Forth Park Drive,Kirkcaldy. Starting Lounge (standing), West North at 7.30 till about 10.30. Entry £8 Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. members, £10 non-members.

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classical music. HeCross-over could have been invented for the world’s 13 NOVEMBER most sought-after virtuoso of the Indian violin: not only is Jyotsna ROBYN HITCHCOCK: Following the Srikanth the queen of Carnatic release of his new album in March, music from Southern India, she is a his 60th birthday celebrations and leading exponent of Indian jazz and performances at Deerhunter and experimental music, with a Glastonbury, in The Lemon Tree technique rooted in Western Lounge (seated), West North Street, classical music. Her recitals combine Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets a deep understanding of traditional from music with a jazz and a www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel contemporary touch. This rare 01224 641122 balance between tradition and modernity has helped her carve a 14 NOVEMBER unique niche, captivating audiences across the globe. Blue Lamp,121 BRIT FLOYD presents P-U-L-S-E Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Tickets £10/ 2013: Featuring note-for-note £8 (concession), Students - 2 performances of five full album tickets for £10. sides and including the trademark Pink Floyd arch and circle light 22 NOVEMBER show, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at SIXTIES GOLD 50th 8pm. Tickets from ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, 01224 641122. and probably never to be repeated, line-up. Don’t miss your chance to ARLID ANDERSEN TRIO: Arild celebrate the 50th anniversary of Andersen is a well-known name in when it all began. Featuring record the jazz world. He is a legend in Norwegian as well the international breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & The Pacemakers. Also from jazz scene. Blue Lamp,121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen. Tickets £10/ Liverpool and tipped to be as big as The Beatles, The Searchers’ first £8 (concession), Students - 2 single also went to No. 1 and led to tickets for £10. five more Top 5 hits and a total of 128 weeks in the charts.

15 NOVEMBER Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting HAYSEED DIXIE: Performing the complete 2001 AC/DC album plus a shocked the nation, was a Melody Maker teen idol award winner in set of audience requests. in The 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors charts. The Fortunes stormed the Top 10 with You’ve Got Your at 7.30pm. Tickets from Troubles, Here It Comes Again, www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel Freedom Come Freedom Go and 01224 641122 Storm in a Teacup. And finally, Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On 17 NOVEMBER stage together. Music Hall, Union THREE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED Street, Aberdeen.

LEGENDS of the 80s, Go West, and Hue & Cry plus special guests HELLS BELLS, Top class AD/DC The Christians, together on a new tribute band, who have performed UK tour, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen all over the UK, Europe and the Middle East, Hells Bells, in The at 7.30pm. Tickets from Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 01224 641122 at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 19 NOVEMBER 01224 641122 TRAVIS: Following their triumphant 23 NOVEMBER performance at T in the Park and hard on the hells of releasing their CLASSIC CLAPTON; Classic seventh album, the Scottish rock Clapton, the World's No1 Eric institution that is Travis, play the Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Clapton Tribute Band featuring front-man Mike Hall. Classic Clapton Tickets from comprises 4 excellent musicians:www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel Mike Hall (lead vocals/guitar), Paul 01224 641122.

Warren (keyboards/ backing vocals), Danny Davison (drums) and 21 NOVEMBER Dave Robson (bass guitar /backing vocals). Dave is a former member of JYOTSNA SRIKANTH BANGALORE DREAMS: Cross-over chart band Geordie. In fact he was with them at the time Brian Johnson could have been invented for the left to join AC/DC. Fans are advised world’s most sought-after virtuoso to book early. Aberdeen Arts Centre of the Indian violin: not only is & Theatre, King Street, Aberdeen, Jyotsna Srikanth the queen of Carnatic music from Southern India, AB24 5AA. 7.30pm Tkts £15 concs she is a leading exponent of Indian £12.50 jazz and experimental music, with a www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/events/classic-clapton www.classic-clapton.com technique rooted in Western

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: With conductor Robin Ticciati and pianist Paul Lewis, perform Schumann Symphonies 1 & 4 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No25, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122

28 NOVEMBER ABERDEEN SINGING CHORUS Performing 60 songs about sunshine, rain, wind, clouds, storm and snow, with Through All Kinds of Weather, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122

DARK HORSES’ Emerging band Dark Horses, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122

GROOVEYARD WITH GORDON MCNEIL: Grooveyard is a new project for 2013 by Scottish Jazz Award winner Malcolm MacFarlane.

The guitarist put this new group together to explore the music that led to the 'Acid Jazz' genre.

Compositions by the likes of Grant 24 NOVEMBER Green, Stanley Turrentine and others are used as a springboard for THE NATIONAL YOUTH PIPE improvisation and interaction with BAND OF SCOTLAND; The National his hand-picked band of Blue Lamp Piping Centre presents The favourite, Gordon McNeil on tenor National Youth Pipe Band of saxophone, BBC Young Jazz Scotland, a non-competing cutting Musician of 2012 Pete Johnstone on edge performance pipe band for 10- organ and his long term musical 25-year-olds in Scotland, in the collaborator from a previous group, Music Hall, Aberdeen at 8pm.

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THE SOUTH, Formed in 1988, The Beautiful South had a string of hit 29 NOVEMBER singles and despite the departure of songwriter Paul Heaton, lead singers THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: Dave Hemingway and Ali Wheeler Formed in 2010, this team of gifted were having too much fun to quit musicians faithfully re-create the and have formed The South, authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and performing in The Lemon Tree The E Street Band in a blistering Lounge (standing), West North show which grabs you from the Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. opening chords of Badlands until it Tickets from deposits you two hours (and 40 www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel years of music) later with tracks 01224 641122 from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans of The Boss (and the musically 25 NOVEMBER curious)… a great night out is guaranteed! Café Drummond,1 THE EDITORS plus support, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Time British alternative rocker The 8pm.

Editors, in the Music Hall, www.springsteensessions.co.uk Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Tickets from 30 NOVEMBER www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS, Taking 01224 641122 their signature Bagrock sound back to the Northeast. Music Hall, 26 NOVEMBER Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel EDDI READER / KIERAN GOSS, 01224 641122 Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and HUGH CORNWELL, One of the UK’s finest song-writing talents and for an enduring solo career, plus accomplished live performers, with special guest Kieran Goss, in the special guest David Ford, in The Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm.

Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West Tickets from North Street, Aberdeen, doors at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 7pm. Tickets from 01224 641122 www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 27 NOVEMBER JOHN SIMPSON and Carol Ann Duffy As part of Aberdeen Performing Arts Culture Café lunchtime breaks, the UK’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, accompanied by musician John Simpson, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 1pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122

1 DECEMBER SLADE / SWEET: Two rock music phenomena on the same bill as Slade and Sweet take the stage at the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com or tel 01224 64112 JOHN SMITH: West Country

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SCOTTISH FESTIVAL 8 DECEMBER FAVOURITES THE LORELEI return 15 DECEMBER in The Lorelei's Festive Frenzy, GRAMPIAN HOSPITALS with support from popular local CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT: In CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK: Calling favourites Brothers Reid and The aid of the CLICSargent Cancer Care his pals together and opening his Deportees to make it one festive for Children, Grampian Hospitals 4 DECEMBER Christmas songbook Phil party not to be missed, in The Christmas Carol Concert, in the Cunningham presents his Lemon Tree Lounge, West North EVENING EXPRESS CAROL Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen Christmas Concert with Eddi Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm.

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THE EAGLE BAR in Inverness is looking for bands from across Scotland. The Eagle Bar (50 Baron Taylor's St) is a small and lively venue in Inverness with own PA and backline we are looking for original acts from across Scotland (with a preference for rock) to play Fridays and Saturday nights. Interested?

Contact Stu Thain, Email: eaglebarbooker@gmail.com 8 NOVEMBER SKERRYVORE: At Seaboard Hall, Balintore. Skerryvore are a multiaward winning Scottish band

creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the 21st Century. World Of Chances album 'Deluxe Edition' available now from www.skerryvore.com 9 NOVEMBER RODDY HART & THE LONESOME FIRE / THE GALIPAYGOS: Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire are set to make their mark this year with the release of their long awaited eponymous album. Ironworks, 122b Academy Street, Inverness. Doors 7pm. Tickets £8.

THE FEDERALS / EMMA MITCHELL BAND, & THE SLIM PANATELLAS / SPECIAL GUEST AND COMPERE FASH STEWART. Don provides mandolin services with Highland hill-hilly bootleggers The Federals, and he performs and

records with blues based songstress Emma Mitchell, The Slim Panatellas will be opening up what is gonna be a party for and with all our friends, with the emphasis on “Ye Ha”!!

Math Tha. Iglu, 19 Church St, Inverness, Time 7.30pm. Tickets by donation £5 Recommended.

10 NOVEMBER THE HAND-MADE HOKUM HODOWN; All welcome - bring your instrument but also bring a weird one too, or a homemade piece, such as Sewanee whistles, washboards, Kazoos, bones, spoons, lavvy paper and combs -surprise us!! Iglu, 19 Church St, Inverness, Time 2pm. Tickets Free. www.theslimpanatellas.com and www.facebook.com/theslimpanatellas

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BREABACH: Breabach, nominated for numerous BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and current holders of ‘Best Group’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards, incorporate highland bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and Scots song, to produce a dynamic, diverse and captivating performance, Birnam Arts Centre, Station Rd, Birnam. Doors 7.30pm.

Stage 8pm, www.birnamarts.com 21 NOVEMBER SIXTIES GOLD 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, and probably never to be repeated, line-up. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when it all began.

Featuring record breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & The

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DINGWALL CHORAL SOCIETY: At Strathpeffer Pavilion, 7.30pm. The very talented local choir presents Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols and other Christmas favourites, under the baton of the dynamic John Thomson – more info soon. www.dingwallchoralsociety.co.uk www.StrathpefferPavilion.org 31 DECEMBER

STRATHPEFFER PAVILION HOGMANAY! The Pavilion’s famous family-friendly Hogmanay hooley is back - this year with Fiona Dalgetty’s excellent Highland Ceilidh Band. 8 pm to 1 am Tickets £24 (£16 for under 16s) now online with WeGotTickets.com and TicketWeb 22 NOVEMBER UK including TicketWeb 2-hour CLASSIC CLAPTON; Classic hotline 08444 771000, also from the Clapton, the World's No1 Eric Pavilion 01997 420124 and June’s Clapton Tribute Band featuring Card Shop Dingwall. Places will be front-man Mike Hall. Classic Clapton limited and so advance booking is comprises 4 excellent musicians:essential. Ticket price includes Mike Hall (lead vocals/guitar), Paul stovie supper, plus fizz or a dram at Warren (keyboards/ backing the bells vocals), Danny Davison (drums) and www.highlandceilidh.co.uk Dave Robson (bass guitar /backing www.StrathpefferPavilion.org vocals). Dave is a former member of chart band Geordie. In fact he was with them at the time Brian Johnson left to join AC/DC. Fans are advised to book early. Ironworks, Academy Street, Inverness, IV1 1LX. 8pm Tkts £12.50 adv., £15 door Send us all your gig dates www.ironworksvenue.com for all of the islands. www.classic-clapton.com Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 29 NOVEMBER

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Strathpeffer Pavilion Band Showcase: A fantastic bill that includes: THREE BLIND WOLVES, AMWWF (Anderson McGinty Webster Ward Fisher), DONALD MACDONALD AND THE ISLANDS and DR. WOOK. KRIS REID. Doors at 7.30 pm. Tickets at WeGotTickets and Ticketweb for £12 plus booking fee. Also at www.strathpefferpavilion.org and June’s Card Shop in Dingwall.

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ROSS COUPER (Peatbog Faeries) and KEVIN HENDERSON (Fiddlers Bid). 7.30pm £12/£10/£6. www.aros.co.uk 30 NOVEMBER THE WATT NICOLL BAND: Folk legend and master showman.

7.30pm £12/£10/£6 www.aros.co.uk 7 DECEMBER

DOUGIE MACLEAN: At Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8pm. One of Scotland’s most popular singersongwriters, whose great songs include “Caledonia”. Dougie has written many other great songs and is also a born storyteller, who enthralled and delighted a large audience on his previous visit to the Pavilion. He was awarded the OBE in 2011 for services to music and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the BBC Folk Awards 2013. We are very happy to welcome him back to the Pavilion. Tickets £17.50 / £16.50 / £6 online from WeGotTickets.com and www.TicketWeb.co.uk, also from 24-hr hotline 08444 771000, June’s Card Shop Dingwall and Strathpeffer Pavilion 01997 420124 www.dougiemaclean.com www.StrathpefferPavilion.org 14 DECEMBER

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THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: Formed in 2010, this team of gifted musicians faithfully re-create the authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and The E Street Band in a blistering show which grabs you from the opening chords of Badlands until it deposits you two hours (and 40 years of music) later with tracks from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans of The Boss (and the musically curious)… a great night out is guaranteed! Mareel, North Ness, Lerwick www.springsteensessions.co.uk

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8 NOVEMBER REGGAE NIGHT FEATURING The iFoundation plus support from Mojo Cam, Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick from 9pm, free admission.

9 NOVEMBER BIG LICKS; Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick from 9pm, free admission.

HOT LOVE (Marc Bolan/ T-Rex tribute), Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning. Time 9pm, free admission.

album 'Deluxe Edition' available now from www.skerryvore.com THE MARAUDERS, Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick from 9pm, free admission.

30 NOVEMBER SHOOT THE CRAW, Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick from 9pm, free admission.

ESCAPADE, Alton Inn, 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning. Time 9pm, free admission.

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LIVE MUSIC/JAM session hosted

by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest bands and musicians. Time 9:15pm.

15 NOVEMBER Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. For Further information LIVE BAND SHOWCASE featuring contact Bill 07967 503027 Madison, We Found Out and Will & The Wild Horse, Eagle Tavern, 14 NOVEMBER 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick from 8pm, free admission.

LIVE MUSIC/JAM session hosted

by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest 16 NOVEMBER bands and musicians. Time 9:15pm.

Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, BOOGIE WONDERLAND, Alton Prestwick. For Further information Inn, 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning. Time contact Bill 07967 503027 9pm, free admission.

21 NOVEMBER 23 NOVEMBER LIVE MUSIC/JAM session hosted THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS:

by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest Formed in 2010, this team of gifted bands and musicians. Time 9:15pm. musicians faithfully re-create the Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and Prestwick. For Further information The E Street Band in a blistering contact Bill 07967 503027 show which grabs you from the opening chords of Badlands until it 28 NOVEMBER deposits you two hours (and 40 years of music) later with tracks LIVE MUSIC/JAM session hosted from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest of The Boss (and the musically bands and musicians. Time 9:15pm. curious)… a great night out is Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, guaranteed! The Venue, 7 Church Prestwick. For Further information Place, Dumfries. From 8pm - 11pm contact Bill 07967 503027 in The Live Lounge (Downstairs Only). Admission £10+bf Tickets 5 DECEMBER from Barnstorm. Minimum age is 16.

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by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest bands and musicians. Time 9:15pm.

WILDCARD, Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Cross, Prestwick from 9pm, free Prestwick. For Further information admission. contact Bill 07967 503027 THE SEVENTH SONS, Alton Inn, 7 DECEMBER 57 Byres Rd, Kilwinning. Time 9pm, free admission.

JOHN POWER; Bakers Nightclub, 4 John Finnie St, kilmarnock. Time 24 NOVEMBER 7pm. Tickets £9.

SPECIAL LIVE MUSIC SESSION for Prestwick Xmas Lighting Up featuring Tambo & The Spitfires, Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick from 5pm, free admission.

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12 DECEMBER LIVE MUSIC/JAM session hosted

by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest bands and musicians. Time 9:15pm.

Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, Prestwick. For Further information contact Bill 07967 503027

SKERRYVORE: At Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. Skerryvore are a 19 DECEMBER multi-award winning Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the LIVE MUSIC/JAM session hosted 21st Century. World Of Chances

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Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, 17 NOVEMBER Prestwick. For Further information HAWICK MUSIC LIVE! GAJIC & contact Bill 07967 503027 GAJIC: At Heart of Hawick. Andrea Gajic began her musical training at 26 DECEMBER St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh.

LIVE MUSIC/JAM session hosted Aged 12, she performed Bruch's

by Tambo & The Spitfires with guest Scottish Fantasy at St James' Palace bands and musicians. Time 9:15pm. in London for Yehudi Menuhin's 60th Eagle Tavern, 3-5 The Cross, birthday celebration. Between 1990 Prestwick. For Further information and 1995 Andrea studied in Moscow contact Bill 07967 503027 at the Russian Gnesins Academy of Music, gaining her Masters Degree and Diploma in Solo Performance.

Andrea currently teaches violin at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Djordje Gajic began his musical studies aged 6 in Serbia, graduating from the Russian Send us all your gig dates for Academy of Music in 1993. Since Scottish Borders and then he has won many international Northumberland. competitions and performed with Email them to Carol several international orchestras. carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com These are two expetional musicians and there is no doubt a violin and 9 NOVEMBER accordion will generate a fair selection of unusual musical blends.

RONAN'S BAND SOLO CONTEST; Tickets from Gary Scott o 01573 Come and hear the youngsters of 440594 or gary@corvustechnology.

St. Ronan's Future Band take part co.uk in the annual solo contest. St Ronan's School, Innerleithen. Time 20 NOVEMBER 7:00pm. For more info Phone: 01896 831721. Price: Entry by MATT RIDLEY TRIO By fusing the donation modal and rhythmic elements of

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10 NOVEMBER ROB HERON & THE TEA PAD ORCHESTRA; They are one of the hardest working bands on the UK roots music circuit and have built a sizeable fan base following numerous tours and big festival appearances. Their debut album, ‘Money Isn’t Everything’, caused a sensation when it was released in 2012, winning a host of rave reviews – many of them 5-star.

A hot seven-piece featuring guitars, mandolin, harmonica, accordion, trumpet, double bass and percussion, they’re more eclectic than most, mixing Western Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Hokum Blues, Ragtime, Cajun, and Roots of Country. The Tea Pad Orchestra originates from Tyneside, but has band members from as far afield as Orkney and Warwickshire.BURC (formerly St Paul’s), Main Street, Spittal, Time: 7:30pm. Adult £7.50; U17s £4

Middle-Eastern music with the harmonic complexities of jazz, Ridley's composition “Siddhartha” was born, and what followed was a stream of ideas that aligned themselves into the other music on the album, with influences as diverse as funk, modern jazz, and 20th century minimalism. The Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Time: 7:00pm, Price: £13.50 / £12 concs 21 NOVEMBER

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contemporary repertoire. High School, Kelso. Time: 7:30pm.

Phone: 01668 216550. Price: £12.00 23 NOVEMBER The Kazmiranda Acoustic Music Cafe Open Mic Night: The Kazmiranda is a new laid-back acoustic music café above The Music Gallery. Kazmiranda Music Café, 83c Marygate, Brewick Upon Tweed. If you'd like to play email Brian Martin at themusicgallery@btconnect.com www.themusicgallery.co.uk ANDANTE CHAMBER CHOIR: United Reformed Church, Wooler.

Time: 7:30pm. Phone: 01890 817102 SCOCHA: After travelling the globe, Hawick’s purveyors of Folk’n’Roll return to Berwick perfect show to enjoy one week before St Andrew’s Day! The Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Berwick-upon-Tweed.Time: 8:00pm. Price: Stalls £15 / £13 concs, Circle £17, Box Seat £20.50.

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ARTA ARNICANE: Young Latvian pianist Arta was born into a musical family and has studied piano at music institutions in Moscow, Riga, Glasgow and Zurich, where she is currently living. She has played at some of the world’s best known concert halls such as Megaron, Thessaloniki and Tonhalle, Zurich and the current season has included three tours to Great Britain, as well as several performances in the Czech Republic and the USA. Arta 15 NOVEMBER has an unusually wide range of pianistic and musical gifts. Her THE SOUTH: Featuring ex THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: thoughtful approach to concert members of the Beautiful South Formed in 2010, this team of gifted band: Dave Hemingway, Alison planning is reflected in this inspired musicians faithfully re-create the programme of pieces by Schubert Wheeler, Damon Butcher, Tony authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and Robinson and Gaz Birtles. Volunteer (Four Impromptus, D. 899; The E Street Band in a blistering Barcarolle) and Ravel (Jeux d'eau; Hall, Galashiels. £22.50 & booking show which grabs you from the Le Tombeau de Couperin). fee opening chords of Badlands until it Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, 22 NOVEMBER deposits you two hours (and 40 Peebles. Time: 7:30pm. Price £13 years of music) later with tracks KELSO MUSIC SOCIETY (£6 if accompanying a child under from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans CONCERT: Mark Simpson (clarinet) 12). School students free. of The Boss (and the musically & Richard Uttley (piano) play music curious)… a great night out is

by Finzi, Howells and Ireland. Mark 27 NOVEMBER guaranteed! The Maltings. Berwick- is a BBC New Generation Artist. upon-Tweed. Tickets £12.50 / £11 Richard Uttley is an Associate of the KELSO ACCORDION AND FIDDLE concs, Circle £13.50, Box Seat £15 Royal Academy of Music and a CLUB: Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso. www.springsteensessions.co.uk gifted performer of classical and Time: 7:00pm. Phone: 01573 BREABACH: Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles. Breabach, nominated for numerous BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and current holders of ‘Best Group’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards, incorporate highland bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and Scots song, to produce a dynamic, diverse and captivating performance. Doors 7.20pm. Stage 7.30pm www.eastgatearts.com

224041 29 NOVEMBER ST BOSWELLS LIVE! : Bread & Jam Open Mic. Something new for St Boswells Live! We have had continued calls for jam sessions and open mics, but the big hall can be a bit scary, especially when there are lots of people watching and even milling about at the end. With this in mind, and with the help of St Boswells Cricket Club, we are introducing Bread & Jam, a terrible pun on a simple concept. This is how it works: From 8pm, turn up at the Cricket Club (just round the back of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel) with your instrument, voice or just a willingness to listen and enjoy the music. Feel free to bring an amplifier if you need one, but the room is small enough to be acoustic. If you feel an urge, and there is no one else doing it, play your instrument, sing your song, tell your story or whatever you want to do. We encourage people to join in, but if you want to do it alone then just ask. In the meantime, get drinks from the Cricket Club bar, listen to other people, and enjoy the soup and bread we’ve laid on (that’s where the “bread” bit comes from).

That’s it. Donations to pay for the food, and keep St Boswells Live! running are welcome, but there’s no obligation. Oh, and if you’re planning on coming then drop us a note, just so we get an idea of numbers for food. in St Boswells Cricket Club from 8pm. www.stboswellslive.com RESTON CONCERT BAND: Village Hall, Cockburnspath. Time: 7:00pm. Phone: 01368 830482 Price: £5.00 8 DECEMBER THE KAZMIRANDA ACOUSTIC MUSIC CAFE WINTER BLUES FESTIVAL: At Berwick-uponTweed's new laid-back acoustic music café at 83c Marygate (TD15 1BA) above The Music Gallery. The line up is being put together now, to get details email Brian Martin @ themusicgallery@btconnect.com www.themusicgallery.co.uk

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OCTOBER Glasgay!

Glasgow October 9 - November 9 Welcome to Glasgay!. The 20th anniversary festival runs in Glasgow with an exciting line up including work from Jackie Kay, Scottee, Tina C, Maw Broon, Terry Neason, Stef Smith, Martin O'Connor & Donna Rutherford. We celebrate our LEGACY and the particular contribution made by LGBT artists past and present.

than 50 events spread across 10 days in October. Many events are free! So start planning your visit to the Biggar Little Festival now!

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playing the music of Raymond Scott the composer of the eye-popping “Looney Toons” music for Tom and Jerry, The Simpsons and Ren and Stimpey.

One of the highlights of the weekend is a 1940s Big Band Night on Blair Atholl Saturday 2nd November some of October 26 the finest musicians in Scotland are coming together to perform the muThe Glenfiddich Piping Championsic of Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, ship was established in 1974 to in- Count Basie and all the greats. You spire and stimulate the world's fin- can dance the night away or sit and est individual pipers, and to seek listen with the 16 piece Rick Taylor the best overall exponents of ceol Big-Band, featuring The Bevvy Sismor or piobaireachd (the great mu- ters, who bring to life the iconic Ansic) and ceol beag (the little music). drews Sisters. We are holding Blair castle provides a spectacular weekly dancing classes led by backdrop for this thrilling musical Lorayne McLucas of SKYEDANCE to event. get us in the mood starting Wednesday 25th September. www.blairatholl.org.uk/events For tickets and info see www.seall.co.uk 24th Glenfiddich

The biggest music event of it's kind in Tayside, with 5 venues hosting live local acts, from indie bands, acoustic artists, DJs, reggae acts and more, this years event will be the largest yet in Dundee's participation in the nationwide Oxjam Music Festival. Venues will be open The Spree from 1pm onwards, with an after Paisley party late on. All proceeds go to the October 10-20 great charity, Oxfam, which is helping to eradicate poverty across the The Spree is back after a successful globe. With the help of this festival, debut in Paisley last year…and the money can be raised to help fami2013 version will be bigger and bet- lies all over the world. So whilst you Fiddling Championship ter. Taking place over 11 days in have a great day listening to the Blair Atholl October, the festival has been debest local talent around, you'll be October 27 signed to wrap around the Royal helping out a great cause.

National Mòd, Scotland’s premier The Glenfiddich Fiddling Championwww.facebook.com/OxjamDundeeTakeover celebration of Gaelic language and ship was established in 1989, to enculture, which is coming to Paisley courage, stimulate and perpetuate for the first time. With Mòd fringe Sound the art of fiddle playing throughout events also taking place in the town North East Scotland the country. at the same time, Paisley will have October 23 - November 21 a real festival feel, and will be the www.blairatholl.org.uk/events place to be in October.The bulk of sound is driven by the passion to The Spree action will take place in make new music more accessible to Denholm Folk Music the unique setting of a Spiegeltent audiences of all ages and backin County Square in the heart of the grounds. It embraces a network of Festival town, with bigger shows to be held local organisations to produce a Denholm (Scottish Borders) in the stunning 850-year-old Paisley varied programme of events explor- October 31- 3 November Abbey . ing new music. The festival brings Folk fused with rock and country together a large range of different www.thespree.co.uk genres of music to appeal to a wide gives the 10th Denholm Folk Music Festival an added twist. This folk fuvariety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and sion festival in the Scottish countryBlazin’ in Beauly side is a relative newcomer, slowly widen their musical horizons.

Beauly building a reputation in the local October 12-19 area. It's a small and cozy affair not www.sound-scotland.co.uk far across the Scottish border which Blazin’ Fiddles host the 13th Blazin’ has always managed to attract in Beauly from 12th til 19th October Perthshire Amber quality headline acts to compliment 2013. Expect full immersion into the The Dougie MacLean the workshops and open mic sesmusic, culture and craic of the Highsions. Free sessions all weekend in lands of Scotland – things which Festival the Auld Cross Keys, The Fox and Blazin’ Fiddles have been champion- Perthshire Hounds and Denholm Meet. Sesing throughout their 15 years in the October 25 - November 3 sions, licensed bar and meals availScottish music scene. A unique opable all weekend in the Festival portunity to learn from the band This is the 9th year of Perthshire and their special guest tutors as Amber and promises once again to Club, Lesser Hall. well as take part in sessions, conbe full of wonderful concerts featurcerts, masterclasses and ceilidhs ing the finest of Scotland's musical www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk whilst establishing new connections talent as well as some international in a stunning part of the country. guests. The venues are as special Skye Swing Jazz as ever, ranging from the prestigFestival www.blazininbeauly.com ious Perth Concert Hall to town halls Isle of Skye and tiny village halls, from atmosOctober 31 - 3 November pheric castles to the historic Biggar Little Festival Dunkeld Cathedral and even includBiggar This autumn sees the Isle of Skye ing an iron age Crannog on Loch October 17-27 host its first “Swing Jazz Festival”, a Tay…18 venues in all in 2013! weekend of wonderful music, fun, A family-friendly festival in the hisnostalgia, glamour and dancing.

The festival is always always evolvtoric market town of Biggar celeing (remember it began as just a brating music, dance, arts and The Sage Gateshead’s ‘Jambone crafts, literature, and drama. Biggar weekend of concerts!) and this year Youth Ensemble’ and Corrie Dick organisers have put a lot of thought will be filled with an eclectic prothe winner of Young Scottish Jazz gramme of workshops, exhibitions, into the whole concept of 'Amber Musician of The Year will share the Discoveries' to complement their children's events, performances, a weekend with The Rick Taylor Big programme of concerts. All the craft and food fair, and festival Band, The Brian Molley Quartet and Perthshire Amber team look forward clubs. Take your pick from more The Stu Brown Sextet who will be

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Sonica Glasgow October 31 - November 3 Welcome to the second Sonica, a long weekend of sonic art encompassing music, performance, sound, multimedia and visual art. Sonica is Cryptic’s dedicated festival to worldclass sonic arts and music. Sonica adds to Glasgow’s vibrant music scene by presenting work by established international artists, providing a UK platform for further performances of exceptional and rarely seen work and, showcasing the best emerging local and international talent.

Tickets on sale now. Early bird tickets, purchase tickets to Tramway by Monday 21 October for £8 instead of the standard price of £12. Special Offers: Buy a ticket for two shows at Tramway and get a free ticket for the third show. This offer can only be purchased by calling the Tramway Box Office on 0845 330 3501. www.sonic-a.co.uk

NOVEMBER Aberfeldy Festival Aberfeldy November 1-3 Aberfeldy Festival is back and this year’s line-up is going to be bigger and better than ever! With the latest and greatest contemporary alternative music, alongside poetry, art, street entrainment and fireworks, it’s certainly going to be a great weekend. Those kind folk at DEWAR’S® are sponsoring our amazing festival again this year, so there is sure to be some great whisky too…what more can you ask!

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Scottish Soulful Weekender 3

Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival Carlisle November 8-10

Dumfries November 1-3

The highly acclaimed Carlisle Blues SSW3 - the third Scottish Soulful Festival celebrated five incredibly Weekender and biggest event so exciting and successful years with a far! The last two year's events were weekend event in November 2011 massive successes and were hailed which many regarded as the best as "the friendliest weekender ever" UK blues festival of the year. 2012 by all of the patrons that attended even surpassed that cementing the this incredible 3 day and 3 night event as one of the top three of its event set in an incredible venue. kind in the country.

Don't be misled by the name The Scottish Soulful Weekender, yes we The key to the success of the Carplay a lot of soul music in some of lisle Blues & Rock Festival has althe rooms but we also cater for ways been the consistent strength soulful and jackin' house music lov- of the line up and its refusal to be ers in the Pressure Point and nu restricted within a genre. It doesn’t disko, techy vibes and edits in the guarantee to please all of the peoBlue Room with everything else in ple all of the time but it does prombetween. ise to please the vast majority of the audience for the most part of www.scottishsoulfulweekender.co.uk the time.

Carrying Stream Festival Edinburgh November 6-13

successful weekend festival of tradi- with a variety of fringe events and tional dance but this time with an performances including the St Aninternational twist. On 15-17th No- drews Food & Drink Festival. vember 2013 Kingussie will be www.festivalsinfife.co.uk/festivals/67-st-andrews-festival bouncing once again with dance workshops, showcases and live music from across the land.

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The Piano 2013 Glasgow November 16 - December 1 Ultimately, the piano, like every instrument is merely a tool, a means to an end. But no other instrument can compare with the piano for the power it gives the individual player to create a whole many-voiced world of colours, lines, arguments, textures – and emotions. Few other instruments have proven themselves as multifaceted and versatile as this astounding creation of wood, metal, wire, felt and lacquer. That is why in November, we celebrate The Piano.

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Edinburgh's Hogmanay Edinburgh December 31 Four fabulous days and nights of amazing events kick off the world's greatest New Year party. With the traditional torchlit procession, street performers, fireworks, concerts, ceilidh, the big Hogmanay party itself and a New Year's Day run to blow the cobwebs away - Edinburgh's buzzing. Come along and experience the magic for yourself. www.edinburghshogmanay.org

Stirlings Hogmanay Stirling Castle December 31

Stirling's Hogmanay Concert on Stirling Castle's Esplanade, it's the Edinburgh http://carlislebluesfestival.com/ big outdoor concert with headline November 22-24 bands, huge crowds, countdown to midnight and one of the very best Kinross-shire The Scots Fiddle Festival seeks to fireworks displays in the country.

Music Festival sustain and promote Scottish fiddle Tickets go on general sale for the Kinross-shire tradition and idioms, by providing a Hogmanay concert in October November 14-17+22-24 platform for performance, educapriced at £25 but 500 Early Birds on tion, and participation. A weekend sale 17 September at £12.50 Kinross-shire Local Events Organiof concerts, recitals, workshops, sation (KLEO) is delighted to antalks and exhibitions is held on an www.facebook.com/StirlingsHogmanay nounce that Ricky Ross will perform annual basis highlighting regional at the Kinross-shire Music Festival Scottish fiddle styles and interculwhich will take place over two tural connections. weekends (14-17 Nov and 22-24 Nov) in Kinross and Milnathort. www.scotsfiddlefestival.com Other performances will range from Rock, Jazz, Folk, Blues and Classical St Andrews Festival and includes an under-18 “Kinross- St Andrews Celtic Connections shire’s Got Talent Competition” for November 30 Children in Need. Ticket information Glasgow and sale will be through our website Celebrating St Andrews Day in St January 16 - February 2 and TicketWeb. Andrews is like celebrating St PatCeltic Connections 2014 comprises rick’s Day in Dublin! Join the town www.kinrossmusicfestival.co.uk in celebrating Scotland’s patron a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late saint. Spend the day visiting top Strathspèy Away 2013 tourist attractions including St An- night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in GlasKingussie drews Cathedral where it is said a gow. Celtic Connections 2014 will November 15-17 relic of St Andrew is buried and also use the brand new SSE Hydro, then spend the night enjoying the Scotland’s biggest ever music Building on Dannsa's legacy, Strath- festivities. Join the pipe band led venue. Tickets are on sale now. spe Away will now be lead by a torchlight procession through the

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The 12th annual autumn music festival by The Edinburgh Folk Club who meet every Wednesday at 8pm in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk

House Folk Scottish Music Festival Kinlochard November 7-8 Now in its sixth year the House Folk Scottish Music Festival brings you two nights of Scottish music performed by top artists in a highly unusual and intimate venue. The concerts take place every year in autumn in the village of Kinlochard situated in the Heart of the Trossachs. The concerts offer an expo of bagpipe, accordion, strings, fiddle, vocals and flute music fusing traditional and contemporary Scottish styles that have influenced the music scene around the globe. Each night differs from the other but both include a blend of great music for everyone with a mix of folk and traditional styles! www.scottishmusicfestival.co.uk

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committee of enthusiastic support- town culminating in the largest outwww.celticconnections.com ers of the event. Dannsa is happy to door Ceilidh in the world! Savour announce the return of the very the atmosphere of the weekend

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