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9 OCTOBER SONGWRITERS NIGHT, AARON WRIGHT; The Ale House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. CATFISH KEITH; Cutting-edge blues singer, songwriter and slide guitarist. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, Edinburgh. From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Advance tickets £12 stbf available from Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh), Ripping Records, The Voodoo Rooms. Over 18 only
and further afield. The girls are renowned for their fine close harmonies and musical arrangements, and have been likened to many other harmonising siblings such as The McGarrigle Sisters, The Andrews Sisters and The Everly Brothers. Douglas Robertson’s Studio, 42 – 42 Royal Park Terrace, Edinburgh. Tickets details: http://flic.kr/p/deVq9c www.thehenrygirls.com www.rycavanaugh.com 11 OCTOBER Edinburgh Unlimited! - JAMIE AND SHOONY (attention grabbing up and comers, they have to be experienced to be believed!). DAVE KEIR (cool as a cucumber, Dave's fingerstyle guitar could easily give the professionals a run for their money). CERA IMPALA (world spanning banjo folk!) and a cheeky fifteen minute performance from THE URBAN FOLK CROWD (acoustic hip-hop stripped back to basics!). Four incredible acoustic acts from hip hop to folk and back again, this promises to be a very lively evening. It's a prompt 8pm start so get there in time to get yourself a seat. The Meadow Bar (upstairs function room), 42-44 Buccleuch Street Edinburgh, Midlothian. 8pm start, Price: - only £3!
independent music scene are joining forces to support Scotland's autism charity, “Scottish Autism”, by raising funds for the charity’s music therapy programmes in Scotland. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, Edinburgh. From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Advance tickets £5. Over 18 only VELVET SCOOTER LIVE; Belushis, 13 Market St, Edinburgh. 12 OCTOBER THE HENRY GIRLS are fast becoming one of the most talked about folk/roots acts to come out of Ireland in the last decade, and within a few years have developed a growing international profile from touring in Europe, North America and further afield. The girls are renowned for their fine close harmonies and musical arrangements, and have been likened to many other harmonising siblings such as The McGarrigle Sisters, The Andrews Sisters and The Everly Brothers, Torphichen Inn, Torphichen, West Lothian. Ticket details: http://flic.kr/p/ deVq9c www.thehenrygirls.com www.rycavanaugh.com
FAT GOTH / TACOBONDS (Japan) / VASQUEZ; The Third Door, 45-47 Lothian Street, 10 OCTOBER OPEN SESSIONS.FUTTOCKS; The Edinburgh. Time: 7pm – 10pm. Ale House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Tickets: £6 from THE HENRY GIRLS are fast Edinburgh. www.bainbridgemusic.co.uk Age becoming one of the most talked Restriction: 18+ about folk/roots acts to come out of TUNE INTO AUTISM WITH Ireland in the last decade, and SPECIAL GUESTS THE OK LEWIS MOKLER “PENGUINS AND within a few years have developed a SOCIAL CLUB / RANDOLPH'S TURTLES TOUR”/ Adam Moss / growing international profile from LEAP / THE HOLY GHOSTS. Some Holly Drummond / Callum touring in Europe, North America of the best bands from the Scottish Beattie & Special Guest! Electric
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16 OCTOBER SONGWRITERS NIGHT, AARON WRIGHT; The Ale House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh.
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TYSN ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY FEATURING THANK YOU SO NICE / MORRIS MAJOR / MAD NURSE / LITTLE LOVE; Thank You So Nice have made an album and we'd like to invite you to party with us. The album, entitled Make Friends Not Money will be available online from October 15th 2012 and as a special treat there will be limited hard copies of the album available for free at the launch party, so come down, make some new friends and celebrate with us! The Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, Edinburgh. From 7.30pm in The Speakeasy. Admission £5. Over 18 only.
OPEN SESSIONS GERRY MULVENNA / HARRY SUNDERLAND; The Ale House 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. STONED HOLY ROLLERS LIVE; Belushis, 13 Market St, Edinburgh 19 OCTOBER OPEN MIC, MATT NORRIS; The Ale House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh.
THIS FEELING WITH SPECIAL GUESTS VIGO THIEVES / THE OK SOCIAL CLUB / DEXTERS / LAST MINUTE GLORY; London's most rock 'n' roll night out "This REVEREND AND THE MAKERS. Feeling" ventures north of the The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, border playing host to top new Edinburgh. Adv Tickets: £12.50 + bands & DJ's. The OK Social Club BF. Doors: 7pm Fronted by live wire Raff Eragona, The OK Social Club are a fast-paced 13 OCTOBER and fun-fuelled outfit from Edinburgh. Razor-sharp guitar licks YOUR NEW FAVOURITE BAND - and punching vocals are layered TRAPPED MICE / ANOTHER over rolling snare to create that old BLURRY PHOTO / more TBC. school indie sound that made bands Triumphant folk/pop and dirty ska/ like The Strokes, The Libertines and punk from two Edinburgh up and The Cribs so good. Their energetic comers. The Third Door, 45-47 live show promises to raise the roof. Lothian Street, Edinburgh. Time: Raff said: “We are delighted to be 7pm – 10pm. Tickets: £5 on the part of Tune into Autism as both door. Age Restrcition: 18+ myself and Chris Finn, our guitarist and vocalist, have family members PATRICK DENNIS & THE who are affected by autism so the INFIRMARY ST SUSPECTS / cause is close to our hearts. The ROGER EMMERSON; The Ale Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. From 7.30pm in The Edinburgh. Ballroom. Advance tickets £6 stbf. Over 18 only LIMBO WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE LITTLE KICKS / NIGHT TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT NOISE TEAM / BODY PARTS; DINOSAURS; The Liquid Room, 9c Limbo sets out to bring you Victoria Street, Edinburgh. Adv consistently great live music in a Tickets: £12 + BF,Doors: 7pm well produced environment. Aberdeen’s The Little Kicks return to 20 OCTOBER Limbo some two and a half years after their last appearance at the KALEVALA HMS; The Ale House club. Support comes from Night 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. Noise Team, who released their own, stunning new ‘Pieces’ EP this 21 OCTOBER summer to broad critical acclaim, sounding like ‘Chic fronted by LITTLE EYE: Studio 24, 24 Calton Morrissey’ (The List), plus a brand Rd, Edinburgh, 14+, new band from Jill O’Sullivan www.littleyeband.com (Sparrow And The Workshop) and Jenny Reeve (Strike The Colours), AFTERNOON BLUES SESSIONS called Body Parts. The Voodoo THE WOLF SESSIONS; The Ale Rooms, 19a Register Street, House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. From 7.30pm in The Edinburgh. Ballroom. Advance tickets £6 (stbf), or £7 on the door. Over 18 only THE ORDEAL / KNOCK OUT KAINE; Get ready for “The Ordeal” AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY The German-based band just THE TRAIL OF DEAD; The Liquid returned from China playing several Room, 9c Victoria Street, festivals and selected concerts in Edinburgh, Adv Tickets: £12 + BF. Beijing and Guangzhou leaving their Doors: 7pm Asian fans wanting more. Now it’s your turn Europe. Back with the 14 OCTOBER highly praised second album “Descent from Hell”, the four AFTERNOON BLUES SESSIONS musical veterans are bringing heavy THE WOLF SESSIONS; The Ale metal with a vigorous mix of House - 18-22 Clerk Street, modern and classic elements Edinburgh. combined with heavy riffs and intense melodies to Edinburgh.
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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING / FEDERATION OF THE DISCO PIMP; Public SONGWRITERS NIGHT, AARON Service Broadcasting are a duo from WRIGHT; The Ale House - 18-22 London who take old propaganda Clerk Street, Edinburgh. and 40's and 50's information films and with it, teach the lessons of the SLEEPING DOGS / past through music of the future. SUPERMODEL; Sleeping Dogs are The show is a visual treat. If you a New Zealand band flying high on are a fan or listener of 6 Music (or their own unique trajectory. Radio 2!) then you would have Following a sprawling tour of their heard the bands latest single homeland throughout 2011, they 'Spitfire' being played by every gigged the arse out of NZ once single DJ on the 6 Music roster. The again this summer, hot on the heels Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, of recording their latest album in Edinburgh. From 7.30pm in The the UK earlier this year. Sleeping Ballroom. Advance tickets £8 stbf Dogs were born when singer/ available from The Voodoo Rooms, songwriter Thomas Reid received a Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland summons from the Rock Gods to (Edinburgh). Over 18 only start a new, epic rock band. Next to join was Rocky on the bass, soon to DJANGO DJANGO; The Liquid follow was the Infinite Lovechild on Room, 9c Victoria Street, drums and, finally, Tony Pantera on Edinburgh. Adv Tickets: £12 + BF, guitar. Together they have but one Doors: 7pm mission: to bring rock to the music lover of today. Supermodel, New 25 OCTOBER Zealand rock band return to the UK OPEN SESSIONS RANTUM for their debut European tour. SCANTUM; The Ale House - 18-22 There Loud, feisty and tightly packaged melodies evoke the tight, Clerk Street, Edinburgh. bright pant brigades of the late 60s and the chunky riffs of the 80s and SKINNER (LIVE AND UNPLUGGED) / DANIELLE; 90s. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a ‘Skinner’ is an evolving collective of Register Street, Edinburgh. From Glasgow musicians based around 8pm in The Ballroom. Advance 23 OCTOBER
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the music of Grahame Skinner. After a ten year hiatus Grahame decided to ‘get back on the horse’ and return to the stage. The impetus for this volte face was a guest appearance with old chum, and Glasgow crooner, James Grant ‘The response from the crowd gave me such a buzz I decided I needed more’, said Grahame. DANIELLE A new acoustic Folk/Pop artist 'Danielle' has hit the Glasgow music scene! Recently performing at venues such as Classic Grand, Pivo Pivo, King Tuts and supporting Youtube sensation 'Kate McGill' at Captains Rest as part of her UK tour! The Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, Edinburgh. From 7.15pm in The Ballroom. Advance tickets £10 stbf available from Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh). Over 18 only 26 OCTOBER OPEN MIC, MATT NORRIS; The Ale House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. THE SOUL FOUNDATION was started to celebrate Classic Soul and Motown. Tired of hearing poor, often cheesy cover bands mutilating the great sound of Soul, our main aim was to try and get as close to the original songs as possible. T.S. F. play sets including: Marvin Gaye Stevie Wonder Jackie Wilson Bill Withers Temptations Four Tops Martha Reeves & many many more. More recently we have added to the foundation, bringing in 2 DJ's 'AfroRods' & 'FusionKev' & a VJ 'Udit' to create SOUL EXPLOSION (A Soul Party Night -with live music, visual experimentation & DJ's playing classic Motown, Stax, Atlantic as well as some soul/funk fusions). The Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, Edinburgh. From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Free admission. Over 18 only
(Edinburgh). Over 18 only HADDOW FEST featuring ADMIRAL FALLOW, The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, Edinburgh. Adv Tickets: £18.50. Doors: 4pm 30 OCTOBER SONGWRITERS NIGHT, AARON WRIGHT; The Ale House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh.
MITCH LADDIE; Marrying his volcanic guitar sound with a pop sensibility style reminiscent of 'The Police', blues and rock fans in the UK and abroad eagerly anticipated Mitch's next effort, 'Burning Bridges' released during February 2012 on Mystic Records. The Mitch Laddie Band is a live experience that will leave anybody with an interest in guitar playing or vintage blues rock spellbound. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a Register Street, Edinburgh. From 7.15pm in The Speakeasy. Advance tickets £7 stbf available from Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland
THE PHANTOMS / COURTNEY ELENA STUART, Slouch, 203-205 Bath Street, Glasgow. Doors 6pm, Free Entry
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FROM RUSSIA WITH CHILDREN - Sunday Lunch; Prodigy musicians from Moscow Anton Pokatilov (accordion) 12 years old and Yana Kucherova 27 OCTOBER (viola) 18 years old - students of THE REVOLUTIONAIRES ROCKIN the world famous Moscow Central Music School also known as ‘The BLUES BAND; Spiders web pub, Factory of the Talents’ performing Morrison Street, Edinburgh. Doors an exciting programme of well open 8.30pm, Tickets are £10 on known Russian music. Russian tea, the door cakes and ice cream in abundance. Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 UNION CANAL’ The Ale House King Street, Merchant City, 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. Glasgow. Time 2pm. www. cossachok.com 28 OCTOBER AFTERNOON BLUES SESSIONS THE WOLF SESSIONS; The Ale House - 18-22 Clerk Street, Edinburgh.
project fundraising money for their website through loyal fans’ support, to a fully fledged, critically lauded three-piece band with a slew of sold out UK tours. The Arches, Argyle St, Glasgow. Time 7pm-11pm, Tickets £10 plus bf.
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renowned for their fine close harmonies and musical arrangements, and have been likened to many other harmonising siblings such as The McGarrigle Sisters, The Andrews Sisters and The Everly Brothers. The Old Library, 9 High Barholm, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. Ticket details: http://flic.kr/p/deVq9c www.thehenrygirls.com www.rycavanaugh.com GALLOWS / FEED THE RHINO / BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.00pm. Price £13.00 LIVE JAZZ WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Slouch, 203-205 Bath Street, Glasgow. Doors 9pm, Free Entry. PALMA VIOLETS / CHILDHOOD STEREO, 22-28 Renfield Lane Glasgow, Time 8pm. Tickets £6 Adv. NINA NESBITT Singer/songwriter Nina Nesbitt was only 16 years old when she emerged on the British music scene in 2011, thanks to a handful of beautifully conceived cover versions made available on her YouTube page. Half Swedish, half Scottish and endowed with a voice boasting technical agility and a searching passion that cut straight to the emotional core of her chosen material, through word of mouth Nesbitt quickly began to garner a passionate following for her well chosen covers. Òran Mór, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. Tickets £8. which can be purchased at the bar. 10 OCTOBER
NINE BLACK ALPS / CASTROVALVA / MAJESTIC DANDELION; Nine Black Alps are a SOUTHSIDE SESSIONS; WITH rock band based in Manchester, HOWLIN' RADIO / MATTHEW England. The line up of the group is MALONE / FLOCKHART / GRAND Sam Forrest (vocals, guitar), David CENTRAL / THE MIGHTY Jones (guitar, bass), Martin Cohen SPARRAHAWK PLUS MORE. An (bass, guitar) and James Galley Open Mic with featured artists, (drums, vocals).Since their every week will feature at least 3 inception in 2003 they have featured acts and some open stage developed a reputation for their time for local performers to get up loud and aggressive yet melodic for a couple of songs. The Bungo, music that echoes the sounds of 17-21 Nithsdale Road Glasgow. American alternative rock bands 8pm start, ends at 11pm. Price: such as Nirvana, Pixies and free entry. Dinosaur Jr.They are renowned for their energetic and anarchic live THE SKINTS THE DROP / EAT 9 OCTOBER shows which have taken them DR. APE; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut across Northern Europe, North 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. THE HENRY GIRLS are fast America and Japan playing with Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £10. becoming one of the most talked bands such as Black Rebel about folk/roots acts to come out of Motorcycle Club, Weezer and Biffy WE ARE AUGUSTINES; In the Ireland in the last decade, and Clyro. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut space of just over a year, Billy within a few years have developed a 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. McCarthy and Eric Sanderson, growing international profile from Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £9.00 formerly of Brooklyn indie rock act touring in Europe, North America Pela, went from a rickety two-piece and further afield. The girls are BLUES WITH CRAIG HUGHES
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fame with the revered folk punk combo 'The Rugburns' but it is as a solo artist and song writer he has achieved international recognition. Steve's last visit to the UK was as a 11 OCTOBER guest of Glenn Tilbrook and in Glenn's own words "blew me off THE HENRY GIRLS are fast stage every night". If you want to becoming one of the most talked see a world class artist at his peak, about folk/roots acts to come out of you won’t want to miss this gig. . Ireland in the last decade, and Support comes from Crawford within a few years have developed a Smith & Howlin Radio. Waverley growing international profile from Tearooms, Moss Side Road, touring in Europe, North America Shawlands. Glasgow. 11pm start, and further afield. The girls are ends at 1.30am. Price: £5 Tickets renowned for their fine close from the venue or Tickets-Scotland. harmonies and musical com arrangements, and have been http://www.tickets-scotland.com likened to many other harmonising siblings such as The McGarrigle TWISTED WHEEL / THE Sisters, The Andrews Sisters and BEAUTIFUL LIES / STRANGE The Everly Brothers. Avant Garde, OCTOBER / THE RASH (In the bar 34 King Street, Glasgow. Ticket at 8pm)’ King Tut's Wah Wah Hut details: 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. http://flic.kr/p/deVq9c Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £8. www.thehenrygirls.com www.rycavanaugh.com RACHEL SERMANNI A young singer-songwriter from the Scottish THE BLOKES Playing the best Folk Highlands, Rachel Sermanni returns and Blues around. Maggie Mays Bar, to the Arches for an evening of 60 Trongate, Glasgow. Doors 9pm. delicate indie-folk. The Arches, Free Entry Argyle St, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. Tickets £9 plus bf. MORE THAN CONQUERORS / Young Aviators **Over 14s** BADSEED WITH DAN SOUTH If King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St you’ve got a Rock 'n' Roll problem, Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors we've got the solution…Rock N Roll, 8.00pm. Tickets £6. Blues, Rock, Funk Soul & the kitchen sink Slouch, 203-205 Bath SOUTHSIDE SESSIONS Street, Glasgow. 11pm -3am. Free SHOWCASE SCOTT ATKINS Entry BAND; The south sides own musical variety show, featuring a selection ANTLERED MAN / WE ARE of up & coming bands & acoustic KNUCKLE DRAGGER AND acts. This week Scott Atkins new ROMANS; Stereo, 22-28 Renfield band are playing, with a mixture of Lane Glasgow, Time 7pm. Tickets original guitar based indie. Linen Over 14s. 1906 - 1110 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. 8.30pm start, ends at 13 OCTOBER 1am. free entry. MEATMEN paying the best Classic DIANA SCHAD / SOPHIE old time Rock n’Roll Maggie Mays ROGERS / HOWLIN' RADIO; An Bar, 60 Trongate, Glasgow. Doors evening of blues revival & country/ 6pm, Free Entry bluegrass hits from southside music collective 'Howlin Radio' plus special AMA With live music from local guests: Diana Schad sounds very bands. Maggie Mays Basement, 60 similar to & is friends with Amy Trongate, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm. Belle, she has written a huge Entry £6 amount of songs and is currently in talks with a publishing company in BIGKIDS / DEE / MENA; King New York to help further her career Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent as a songwriter. Sophie Rogers is Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. fairly new to the Glasgow acoustic Tickets £6.50 scene. She's got that endless energy that only the young can FOREIGN BEGGARS, Stereo, 22have & has already played some 28 Renfield Lane Glasgow, Time outstanding shows at the Southside 7pm. Tickets £14. Sessions, Sleazys & The Roxy 171. Creedence, 48a West Regent YOLA FATOUSH (LIVE) / DAVID Street, Glasgow. 8pm start, ends at BARBAROSSA (DJ); Demidnight. Price: free entry. constructed, re-constructed rhythm, bass and song from London duo 12 OCTOBER Yola Fatoush. Stereo, 22-28 Renfield Lane Glasgow, Time CLASSIC ALBUM - ACDC Live 11pm. £1 on the door. music from one of world best rock bands of all time. Maggie Mays BENJAMIN FRANCIS Leftwich is a Basement, 60 Trongate, Glasgow. singer/songwriter whose Doors 7.30.Entry £6 melancholic brand of acoustic folkpop has drawn comparisons with STEVE POLTZ AND THE GRIFFIN the likes of Jose Gonzalez and Iron Steve Poltz / Crawford Smith & & Wine. Òran Mór, Top of Byres Howlin Radio. An up close and Road, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. Tickets personal gig with £12. can be purchased at the bar. maverick California based singer songwriter. Steve Poltz first came to 14 OCTOBER
HOWLIN' RADIO AFTERNOON SESSION + special guests. Howlin' Radio, Glasgows south side music collective, playing uplifting and original arrangements of classic folk, rock & pop hits. This is there first full band gig at the Clutha. The Clutha, 169 Stockwell St, Glasgow. 4pm start, ends at 6.30pm. Price: free entry. http://www.facebook. com/Cluthabar
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KID BRITISH create their own noise by mixing a bit of this with a bit of that and ending up with one big fat manky sandwich. A tasty shank of old school ska and dancehall, a generous twist of indie (be rude not to rudeboy!) a light splash of reggae, and garnished with a juicy slice of electro pop voila! these lads whip up a tune as easy as Jamie Oliver making a meal out of the contents of a students fridge - you still with me? Their music is said to sound like a stretchy, goo-ey mixture of The Specials...Outkast.....Madness.....De La Soul.....Gorillaz....The Streets and Blur. At a time when musicians take music way too seriously these boys are gonna put the fun back into listenin to tunes. To understand what Kid British are all about all you have to do is wash yer mouth out an listen up! King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.00pm. Tickets £7.50 LIVE MUSIC FROM PELTS / GAR HUNTER / THE WEATHER FORCATS/CRAIG JOHN DAVIDSON; Slouch, 203-205 Bath Street, Glasgow. Doors 9pm, Free entry
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PRIZE WINNING STRINGS; This concert will feature some of the winners of our most prestigious prizes for string players in 2011 – 2012. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Guiness room, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow. Tickets £7 / £5. Time 1pm. Tel 0141 332 5057 / www.rcs.ac.uk
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DIRTY PROJECTORS; New York’s experimental indie darlings Dirty Projectors come to Glasgow this autumn following the release of their highly anticipated sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan. One of the most talked-about names of the mid-late 00s NY indie scene, their sound is difficult to describe and yet instantly recognisable: always surprising, always thoughtful, and alternating between grandiose simplicity and ungraspable complexity. The Arches, Argyle St, Glasgow. Time 7pm-11pm, Tickets £15 plus bf. WILLIE DICK / MARTIN MCLAUGHLIN / MORE TO BE CONFIRMED; An Open Mic with
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featured artists, every week will feature at least 3 featured acts and some open stage time for local performers to get up for a couple of songs. The Bungo, 17-21 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow. 8pm start, ends at 11pm. Price: free entry
RADIO; An evening of blues revival & country/bluegrass hits from southside music collective 'Howlin Radio' plus special guests: David Taylor, formerly of Glasgow folk rock band 'West Avenue' takes you on a musical journey through an array of everyday situations, 16 OCTOBER subject matter we can all understand & echo's of the longTHE JIM JONES REVUE; King gone coffee shop/Bob Dylan era. Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Creedence, 48a West Regent Street, Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Glasgow. 8pm start, ends at Tickets £11.00 midnight. Free entry. DAVID PAUL JONES; Fresh from a magical performance of his song collection Palmstar Poppy – Songs In Search Of Love Lost At Sea at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, one of Scotland’s most eminent contemporary composers returns to perform tracks old and new, including the premiere of The Crow Flies As Miss Clare Sings and The Old Man Of Storr. Taking the listener on a deeply personal journey through emotional and evocative soundscapes, in 2011 DPJ – as he is popularly known – was awarded the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Music for his cinematic compositions. The Arches, Argyle St, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £10 plus bf. LIVE JAZZ with special guests; Slouch, 203-205 Bath Street, Glasgow. Doors 9pm, Free 17 OCTOBER THE D.O.T; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30 Tickets £15.00. 1 STOMP HOUSE SAUCE PLUS SUPPORT; Late night bar bites, booze and blues. Slouch, 203-205 Bath Street, Glasgow. Doors 9pm, Free 18 OCTOBER GAZ COOMBES / CAVE PAINTING; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £12.50
19 OCTOBER HOWLIN' RADIO WITH SPECIAL GUESTS. Glasgow’s south side music collective head out of Glasgow to Balloch, playing uplifting and original arrangements of classic folk, rock & pop hits. The Doghouse, Balloch Road Balloch, West Dunbartonshire. 8.30pm start, ends at midnight Price: free entry. www.facebook.com/ doghousebarballoch SKERRYVORE; Behind the Wall, 14 Melville St, Falkirk, Doors 8.30pm. Skerryvore from 9.30pm. Tickets £10 from Behind the Wall. www.behindthewall.co.uk WIND ORCHESTRA – STRICTLY COME DANCING! Nigel Boddice and John Logan Conductors Dominic Muldowney Dance Suite Warren Benson The Solitary Dancer Adam Gorb Yiddish Dances Dance fever has hit the Wind Orchestra, so come and get your toes tapping with music influenced by ballet, tango, the waltz, and breakdancing. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Stevenson Hall, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow. Tickets £10.50 / £7.50. Time 1pm. Tel 0141 332 5057 / www.rcs.ac.uk LITTLE COMETS / GENERAL FIASCO; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £9.00
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ELEMENTAL / LOOSE CANNON & VAGUE; Stereo, 22-28 Renfield 24 OCTOBER Lane Glasgow, Time 7pm. Tickets £6. MUSIC SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE; Mozart Divertimento in D Schumann SEAN KENNEDY Singer/Songwriter Quartet No. 3 in A Major (arr. J Sean Kennedy began writing songs Morton) Purcell Fantasias Britten while recuperating from a career Les illuminations (with video by ending injury in football.He was Netia Jones) During the 2012 – 13 only 21. Now, only 3 years later season The Scottish Ensemble is he's gaining plaudits for his live celebrating the centenary of performances, well crafted songs Benjamin Britten. Royal and intoxicating voice.The last year Conservatoire of Scotland alumnus and a half Sean has been writing Thomas Walker joins the Ensemble and recording with top producers in this first concert of the and grammy winning mix Ensemble’s season to perform engineers. Sean will be performing Britten’s Les illuminations with his full band at Oran Mor for accompanied by live visuals newlythe launch of his first EP. Òran Mór, commissioned from video artist Top of Byres Road, Glasgow. Doors Netia Jones. The Ensemble will also 7pm. Tickets £10, which can be explore Britten’s musical passions purchased at the bar. with works by Purcell, Mozart and Schumann. The Royal Conservatoire 21 OCTOBER of Scotland, Stevenson Hall, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow. Tickets £13 / JOSHUA JAMES / JAMES £5. Time 7.30pm. Tel 0141 332 MURRAY; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 5057 / www.rcs.ac.uk 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £7.00 BLUES HOT TIN ROOF PLUS SUPPORT; Late night bar bites, LIVE MUSIC FROM PELTS / GAR booze and blues, Slouch, 203-205 HUNTER / THE WEATHER Bath Street, Glasgow. Doors 9pm, FORCATS; Slouch, 203-205 Bath Free Street, Glasgow. Doors 6pm, Free NATELY'S WHORE'S KID 22 OCTOBER SISTER /YOUNG LIAR / ANALOGUE OF THE SUN; Stereo, HEAVENLY HARPS; The celestial 22-28 Renfield Lane Glasgow, Time sounds of the harp fill the Guinness 8pm. Tickets £6 on the door Room for an hour of heavenly music. The Royal Conservatoire of POKEY LAFARGE AND THE Scotland, Guiness Room,100 SOUTH CITY THREE; Of the many Renfrew St, Glasgow. Tickets £7 / roots musicians travelling the world £5. Time 1pm. Tel 0141 332 5057 / and spreading the early American www.rcs.ac.uk music tradition, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three are the next in CHARLOTTE CHURCH / HOUDINI line to make a significant impact on DAX; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut music enthusiasts everywhere. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. From St. Louis, Missouri, their Doors 8.00pm. Tickets £15.00 creative mix of early jazz, string ragtime, country blues and western DELPHIC; The Arches, Argyle St, swing rings true and fine, making Glasgow. Time 7pm. Tickets £13.50 them among the most innovative of plus bf. all the purists performing American roots music today. Òran Mór, Top of SOUTHSIDE SESSIONS WITH Byres Road, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. TALES OF JAKE / RHIANNON Tickets £12.50, which can be RAE GARRITY / MORE TO BE purchased at the bar. CONFIRMED; An Open Mic with featured artists, every week will 25 OCTOBER feature at least 3 featured acts and some open stage time for local LITTLE EYE: Stereo, 22-28 performers to get up for a couple of Renfield Lane Glasgow, 14+, songs. The Bungo, 17-21 Nithsdale www.littleyeband.com Road, Glasgow. 8pm start, ends at 11pm. Price: free entry. HOWLER / THE CAST OF CHEERS / GROSS MAGIC; King BO NINGEN; Stereo, 22-28 Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Renfield Lane Glasgow, Time 7pm. Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.00pm. Tickets £7 in advance STBF. Over Tickets £10.00 14s.
DESOLATION BLVD / GREEN EYED GLORY / MARK NICHOLS / ACEDIA; A night of live music from Maggie Mays Basement, 60 Trongate, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm. THE BLOKES; Playing the best Folk Entry £6 and Blues around. Maggie Mays Bar, 60 Trongate, Glasgow. Doors 9pm. BADSEED WITH DAN SOUTH If Free Entry you’ve got a Rock 'n' Roll problem, we've got the solution. Rock N Roll, SOUTHSIDE SESSIONS Blues, Rock, Funk Soul & the SHOWCASE CROSSING GIANTS kitchen sink. Slouch, 203-205 Bath + 2 ACTS TO BE CONFIRMED; Street, Glasgow. 11pm - 3am. Free The south sides own musical variety Entry show, featuring a selection of up & coming bands & acoustic acts.. This 20 OCTOBER week Livingston based acoustic 2 piece 'Crossing Giants' are playing, LIFE IN FILM / THE BANTER an act that have successfully THIEFS / THE DIFFERENCE; King adapted original heavy rock onto Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent two acoustic guitars. Linen 1906 Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. 1110 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. Tickets £7.00. 8.30pm start, ends at 1am. free entry MEATMEN paying the best Classic 23 OCTOBER old time Rock n’Roll Maggie Mays DAVID TAYLOR /HOWLIN' Bar, 60 Trongate, Glasgow. Doors JAMES WALSH / THE BIG
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THE BLOKES; Playing the best Folk and Blues around. Maggie Mays Bar, INDIEVOUS With live music 60 Trongate, Glasgow. Doors 9pm. from Fluorescent Fields / The Free Entry Hazy Shades / The Lipstick Tearaways / The Moon Dogs / JER MCDADE + 2 ACTS TO BE Kerri Watt; Maggie Mays Bar, 60 CONFIRMED; The south sides own Trongate, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. musical variety show, featuring a Tickets £6. selection of up & coming bands & acoustic acts. Linen 1906 - 1110 JAY BRANNAN Texas-born singer, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. songwriter, and actor Jay Brannan's 8.30pm start, ends at 1am. free angelic voice and folky, acoustic entry. approach may make him appear like a garden-variety contemporary THE MIDDEN / HOWLIN' RADIO; singer/songwriter, but his musical An evening of blues revival & sensibility brings him closer to hardcountry/bluegrass hits from to-fit-in-a-box female artists like Southside music collective 'Howlin Ani DeFranco, Lisa Loeb, Sinéad Radio' plus special guests: 'The O'Connor, or Liz Phair, and he Midden' fresh from launching their sounds like nothing so much as a album 'In The End' on the 25th of male version of Joni Mitchell at September, this will be a great times. Òran Mór, Top of Byres chance to see the band up close and Road, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. Tickets 100% acoustic, with 2 violins, £11.00 which can be purchased at guitar, cajon and 3 voices, the the bar. midden play an upbeat mixture of traditional & original folk music 28 OCTOBER thats grabs your attention & will have everyone up dancing in no ROLO TOMASSI / time. Creedence, 48a West Regent OATHBREAKER / GOODTIME Street, Glasgow. 8pm start, ends at BOYS; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut midnight. 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.00pm. Tickets £10.00 26 OCTOBER LIVE MUSIC FROM REBEL 69 / MUSIC STRING ENSEMBLE JONPAUL PALOMBO / SIENNA; PLAYS VIVALDI ; Ensemble Slouch, 203-205 Bath Street, Roland Roberts Director / Violin Glasgow. Doors 6pm, Free Roland Roberts directs a programme of great works for KATZENJAMMER; An all-female strings, including Grieg’s evocative Norwegian quartet whose musical Holberg Suite and a Vivaldi style is rooted in both pop/rock and showcase for four of our talented country-folk. Òran Mór, Top of violinists. The Royal Conservatoire Byres Road, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. of Scotland, Stevenson Hall, 100 Tickets £9.00 which can be Renfrew St, Glasgow. Tickets purchased at the bar. £10.50 / £7.50. Time 1pm. Tel 0141 332 5057 / www.rcs.ac.uk 29 OCTOBER
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FRENCH WIVES; The Jam Jar 19 Pilmuir Street, Dunfermline, Fife. ARTLINK CENTRAL PRESENTS… OPEN MIC NIGHT; An informal open mic night giving the opportunity to share your music with others in the intimate setting of the Tolbooth Café/Bar. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Time 7pm 9pm. Free.
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BOB DYLAN & THE POETRY OF THE BLUES An Evening With Writer Michael Gray. This is more oneman-show than talk. With wit and style, the author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia and Song & Dance Man III: The Art Of Bob Dylan definitive studies of Dylan’s 50year body of work – uses great records and rare footage to show how hugely Dylan has been inspired by the blues and how much of its poetry has been smuggled inside his own, highly influential writing. Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Time 8pm. Tickets £10.
CATFISH KEITH / MUNDELL MUSIC: Cutting-edge blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time. Catfish's innovative style of foot-stomping, deep delta blues and American roots music has spellbound audiences the world over. The Green Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort, 2 TRADITIONAL OPEN SESSION The Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire, NIGHT; The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Tickets £14. Tel 01577 863467. Pitlochry. www.mundellmusic.com 9 OCTOBER
JEFFERSON STARSHIP; San EVERYTHING EVERYTHING / MUSIC VIVA ESPAÑA; The Brass Francisco, CA (Nov. 1, 2011) FICTION; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Department celebrates the sounds Jefferson Starship, created by Rock 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. of Iberia, including sultry songs & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £12.50 from Carmen. 0141 332 5057 / Jefferson Airplane founder Paul www.rcs.ac.uk Music Professor Allan Kantner; and, David Freiberg, also a HIDDIN AGENDA; Playing live the Neave Fri 2 Nov / 1pm / Stevenson former Jefferson Airplane member best rock n’roll from the past to Hall / £10.50 (£7.50) Allan Neave and co-founder of the legendary present. Maggie Mays Bar, 60 has been one of Scotland’s most Quicksilver Messenger Service Trongate, Glasgow. Doors 9pm. important guitarists for over 25 takes aim on yet another historic Free Entry years. The Royal Conservatoire of milestone in 2012. The band, Scotland, Guiness Room, 100 descended from Jefferson Airplane LIVE MUSIC FROM LOCAL Renfrew St, Glasgow. Tickets £7 / who performed at Monterey and BANDS; Maggie Mays Basement, £5. Time 1pm. Tel 0141 332 5057 / Woodstock, at Altamont with the 60 Trongate, Glasgow. Doors www.rcs.ac.uk Rolling Stones, and shared the bill 7.30pm. Tickets £6. countless times with Grateful Dead DINGUS KHAN / SHAMBLES & Janis Joplin, and whose music BADSEED WITH DAN SOUTH If MILLER / DAVID LAING; King helped define a generation focused you’ve got a Rock 'n' Roll problem, Tut's Wah Wah Hut 272a St Vincent on civil rights, environmental we've got the solution…Rock N Roll, Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. awareness and anti-war activism Blues, Rock, Funk Soul & the Tickets £6. is set to perform their 2,000th kitchen sink Slouch, 203-205 Bath concert since they first soared in Street, Glasgow. Free 11pm - 3am. SOUTHSIDE SESSIONS WITH 1974 ... following the 1972 Free Entry MARC EVANS / MORE TO BE dissolution of Jefferson Airplane. CONFIRMED; An Open Mic with The Green Hotel Golf & Leisure 27 OCTOBER featured artists, every week will Resort, 2 The Muirs, Kinross, feature at least 3 featured acts and Perthshire, Tickets £28. Tel 01577 DOG IS DEAD; This upcoming some open stage time for local 863467. www.mundellmusic.com Nottingham quintet have quite the performers to get up for a couple of knack for making bright, breezy and songs. The Bungo, 17-21 Nithsdale 11 OCTOBER infectious indie pop’ King Tut's Wah Road, Glasgow. 8pm start, ends at Wah Hut 272a St Vincent Street, 11pm. Price: free entry. ReGENESIS/MUNDELL MUSIC Glasgow. Doors 8.00pm. Tickets Backstage @ Greens, Kinross £8.50 ALT-J; Òran Mór, Top of Byres www.mundellmusic.com Road, Glasgow. Doors 7pm. Tickets
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JOAN ARMATRADING special guest is Chris Wood, BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2011. Three times Grammy nominated, Brit Award nominee and Ivor Novello winning artist Joan Armatrading MBE, will be touring the UK during autumn 2012. Widely recognised as one of the world's leading singer-songwriters and guitarists, her long and illustrious career has seen her successfully cover many musical bases including pop, blues, folk, reggae and jazz. Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth. £30, £27; no concessions. (includes booking fee). Time 7.30pm.
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MUSIC FOR MAGGIES CHARITY CONCERT, featuring Aberdeen Chorus of Sweet Adeline’s. Aberdeen City Youth Brass Band and Big Band, and Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, at 2pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
24 OCTOBER SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA PRESENTS ELLINGTON: IN THE SPIRIT OF THE DUKE; Edward Kennedy Ellington was a unique contributor to 20th century music. Composer, pianist, bandleader - he reached out and touched a worldwide audience in a fashion that may never be equalled. His music was evocative and emotional, richly textured in mood from lyrical simplicity through to dense complexity. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, winner of the UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards: Best Jazz Ensemble 2012 and featuring Scotland’s leading players, have chosen a variety of pieces spanning Ellington's vast six-decade output with which to pay their respects. There will be a preshow talk from 6.45pm. Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, Perth. £18 (inc booking fee)/ Kids Go Free
8 OCTOBER VIENNA BOYS’ CHOIR, Arguably the oldest touring boy band in the world, the internationally-acclaimed Vienna Boys’ Choir, with a very Viennese programme of music from composers closely linked with the choir’s 600-year history, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 11 OCTOBER
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BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH Following his debut EP A Million Miles Out in 2010, the man on the most prestigious playlists around, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
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BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA With conductor Alexander Vedernikov and pianist Angela Hewitt, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra presents an 27 OCTOBER emotionally-charged programme with Szymanowski’s Concert Overture, Chopin’s HOWLIN' RADIO + SPECIAL GUESTS; Piano Concerto No1 and Tchaikovsky’s Glasgow’s south side music collective head north again to Pitlochry, playing uplifting and Symphony No6 Pathétique, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Tickets from original arrangements of classic folk, rock & www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 pop hits.The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Pitlochry. 641122 8.30pm start, ends at midnight. Price: free entry. HELL’S BELLS The UK’s leading tribute act www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk to seminal hard rockers AC/DC, Hell’s Bells, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North LIVE MUSIC; The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from Pitlochry. www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 28 OCTOBER TRADITIONAL OPEN SESSION NIGHT; The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Pitlochry.
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composition. During this tour, Duncan’s audience will be the first to be treated to a carefully crafted collection of tunes, hand picked from The Trilogy. The Aros Centre, Viewfield Road, Portree, Isle of 20 OCTOBER Skye, Telephone 01478 613750 (box office). aros@aros.co.uk SKERRYVORE; with support from Tickets £12. £10 £6 under 16. Time Lorelei. Stonehaven Town Hall, 7.30pm. Allardice St, Stonehaven, Doors 19:30, Tickets £15 from Box Office, 18 OCTOBER www.stonehaventownhall.org.uk/Events.html
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7 OCTOBER LIZANNE KNOTT; Lizanne is a beautiful talent of soft spoken words, intelligent poetic lyrics and a voice that defies any age. A class act all the way. Eden Court Theatre (OneTouch). Inverness. www.eden-court.co.uk/ 19 OCTOBER MINIATURE DINOSAURS. Hootanannys, 67 Church Street, Inverness
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10 OCTOBER DUNCAN CHISHOLM in concert presenting his new album, ‘Affric’. Fiddle playing at its best – Duncan Chisholm returns to the Aros Centre this October to introduce you to ’Affric’, the concluding part of his critically acclaimed ‘Strathglass Trilogy’. This unique and inspired idea of producing a suite of musical masterpieces, influenced by one of the most beautiful wilderness areas of Scotland, will reach its pinnacle with the release of the final
THE SHEE are an exceptional allfemale band showcasing three powerful vocalists and an astonishing level of instrumental prowess. Their diverse range of individual musical influences combine to produce an adventurous brew of Folk, Gaelic, Scots and Bluegrass and has earned them considerable recognition along with high profile performances at festivals. The Aros Centre, Viewfield Road, Portree, Isle of Skye, Telephone 01478 613750 (box office). www.aros@aros.co.uk Tickets £12. £10. £6 under 16. Time 7.30pm. 27 OCTOBER THE DONALD BLACK TRIO; Having received his first harmonica from a kindly aunt at the tender age of four, Donald is totally self-taught, and, with his own unique style and mastery, has almost singlehandedly been responsible for the humble mouth organ having been given a new respect and acceptance. The Aros Centre, Viewfield Road, Portree, Isle of Skye, Telephone 01478 613750 (box office). aros@aros.co.uk Tickets £12. £10, £6. Time 7.30pm.
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returns with music from the cinema - films from Some Like it Hot to The Godfather and from Fantasia to The Madness of King George. The Tower, Heart of Hawick, Scottish Borders Tickets £10 from the theatre box. Time 2.30pm.
PETER ROUGHEAD AND THE TWEED RIVER JAZZ BAND MAJESTIC DANDELION, The continue their free performances in Vintage Lounge, Shakespeare Lane, the intimate surroundings of the English Street, Dumfries, Tickets Stage Door Bar. Trumpeter Peter £5/£7. Tickets will soon be through Roughead has been playing the ticketweb or on the door. Doors traditional New Orleans-style of jazz 8pm for nearly 60 years. He is an honorary citizen of the City of New 13 OCTOBER Orleans and has performed with some of the brightest and best in SEVENTH SONS; Eagle Tavern, 3– the business. It’s no wonder that he 5 The Cross, Prestwick. Doors 9pm. and his band has over the years Free admission remained the best New Orleansstyle outfit in the region. This is an 14 OCTOBER opportunity to enjoy some great jazz for free, with donations THE HENRY GIRLS are fast benefiting the British Heart becoming one of the most talked Foundation gratefully accepted. The about folk/roots acts to come out of Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Ireland in the last decade, and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Free. within a few years have developed a 7.30pm – 10pm. Phone: 01289 330 growing international profile from 999 touring in Europe, North America and further afield. The girls are 9 OCTOBER renowned for their fine close THE FRONTIER FESTIVAL with harmonies and musical RALPH MCTELL takes its name arrangements, and have been likened to many other harmonising from Berwick’s border location, as well as the organiser’s desire to siblings such as The McGarrigle showcase the best music from the Sisters, The Andrews Sisters and “frontiers” of lo-fi, indie, rock, The Everly Brothers. Glencairn electronic and folk. The line-up Memorial Institute, Chapel Street. includes the finest artists from Moniaive. Ticket details: Berwick-upon-Tweed, northeast http://flic.kr/p/deVq9c England and southeast Scotland, www.thehenrygirls.com along with international touring www.rycavanaugh.com acts. The Maltings Theatre & Cinema, Berwick-upon-Tweed. 19 OCTOBER Tickets £20. Smart buys (book at LEWIS HAMILTON & THE Box Office) – only 50 of each pass BOOGIE BROTHERS; The Vintage available, book now! £26.50 Lounge, Shakespeare Lane, English Passpartout Ticket for access to all Street, Dumfries, Tickets £5/£7. events taking place on Wednesday, Tickets will soon be through Thursday, Friday, Saturday and ticketweb or on the door. Doors Sunday. £21.50 Saturday Ticket for 8pm access to all events taking place on Saturday. Starts 8pm. Phone: 26 OCTOBER 01289 330 999 DISTILLED RECORDS SHOWCASE The Vintage Lounge, Shakespeare Lane, English Street, Dumfries, Tickets £5/£7. Tickets will soon be through ticketweb or on the door. Doors 8pm
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SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVALS For more 2012 dates see our FESTIVALS! supplement @ http://musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com/festivals/ tional Music Festival. Selkirk Sessions welcomes all musicians who enjoy playing folk Glasgow Americana (traditional or modern), conFestival temporary and bluegrass mu3-7 October sic and anyone who just likes listening to good stuff. SesGlasgow's annual celebration sions galore in pubs and bars. of Americana brings musiSaturday Workshops & Comcians from as far afield as petitions Campsite at the Texas and Canada to perform Haugh with free mini bus roots music from blues to transport to and from the rockabilly. This year’s GlasSessions. Hotels and B&Bs in gow Americana takes place town. from 3rd to 7th October, and features Jason & The Scorch- www.selkirksessions.com ers, Steve Forbert, Sam Baker, Eliza Gilkyson, plus more tbc Ullapool Guitar Festival 5-7 October www.glasgowamericana.com The 13th Festival will take place on the 5th,6th and 7th Selkirk Sessions of October 2012. The Festival 5-7 October normally consists of 5 conScottish Borders certs, 3 latenight Festival clubs and workshops on the 2012 is the seventh year of Saturday and Sunday mornthe Selkirk Sessions Tradiings, we also have a fabulous
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trade show running throughout the Festival. The first 100 weekend tickets sold will be entered into a prize draw and the lucky winner will receive a fabulous Patrick James Eggle Guitar, have a look at Patricks’ web site www.eggle.co. uk .Weekend ticket price £130. www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com
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The Royal National Mod 12-20 October Dunoon
The Royal National Mod will take place in Dunoon in 2012. The Feis events will take place in local hotels, public houses and local central venThe festival consists of concerts and dances throughout ues with the final details of Shetland on Thursday and Fri- this still to be worked out with day evening, a grand dance in the local proprietors. An Lerwick on Saturday evening Comunn Gàidhealach is one of and a final concert on Sunday the oldest and most respected Gaelic organisations. Founded afternoon. The festival prein Oban in 1891, it has long sents the best in traditional been a leading light in the music from Shetland, Scotteaching, learning and use of land, Ireland and Scandinathe Gaelic language and the via. The Shetland Accordion Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival 11-15 October
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and Fiddle Club promotes the best in tradional Shetland music, holding events throughout the year, as well as the annual Shetland Accordion & Fiddle Festival (SAFF)
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SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVALS our quick guide for the next couple of months, for our 2012 listings see our FESTIVALS! supplement @ www.musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com study and cultivation of Gaelic ture, club nights, education literature, history, music and events, community arts proart. jects. www.dunoonmod2012.org/ Big National Ceilidh 13 October Worldwide The Big National Ceilidh is a worldwide ceilidh or barn dance. The 2012 event will take place on Saturday 13 October. This unique event will unite the world in support of WaterAid as thousands of people across the globe dance to raise funds and awareness to make a difference to the lives of those living without safe water and sanitation. The money your event raises really will improve people's lives. You will help communities in Africa, Asia and the Pacific work with WaterAid on safe water, sanitation and hygiene projects that not only improve people’s health but benefit their education and livelihoods also. www.bignationalceilidh.co.uk Blazin’ in Beauly 15-19 October
www.glasgay.co.uk St Andrew’s Voices 18-21 October St Andrews Voices is a new vocal festival that will take place annually in October, beginning next year. Located in the beautiful and world famous university town of St Andrews, the festival will play host to an eclectic range of top quality performers of a wide variety of musical genres – from Baroque to 1930sstyle cabaret; opera to contemporary folk. With such an array of styles, presented in a mix of formal and more relaxed venues, the festival aims to attract audiences young and old, and seeks to encourage people to explore – and enjoy – types of vocal music they may not previously have considered. If you would like to find out more about St Andrews Voices and be kept up to date with all the latest developments, please email standrewsvoices@gmail.com Twitter: @StAndrewsVoices
Join Blazin’ Fiddles and friends for a musical extravaganza in a week of classes, sessions, concerts and craic in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. This year we are delighted to announce that we have guest fiddle tutors Adman Sutherland of Session A9 and Gillian Frame, formally with Back of the Moon and currently tours with Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers. www.blazininbeauly.com Glasgay! 15 October - 3 November
Biggar Little Festival 18-28 October A family-friendly festival in the historic market town of Biggar - a small town at large! Join us to celebrate music, dance, arts and crafts, literature, and drama. Biggar will be filled with an eclectic programme of workshops, exhibitions, children's events, performances, a craft and food fair, and festival clubs. Discover what brought wellknown performers such as Ian Rankin, Kevin Bridges, Old Blind Dogs, Fred McCauley and Alexander McCall Smith to the festival in previous years. Take your pick from more than 50 events spread across 10 days in October. Many events are free! So start planning your visit to the Biggar Little Festival now!
Sound educational events. Known lo20 October - 18 November cally as the ‘Peerie Willie’ GuiVenues in North East tar Festival, the event is dedicated to the memory of the North East Scotland's festival late William Johnson, a highly of new music, is driven by the regarded guitarist who piopassion to make new music neered the jazz influenced acmore accessible to audiences companiment style, prevalent of all ages and backgrounds. in traditional Shetland music. It embraces a network of local organisations to produce a www.shetland-music.com varied programme of events exploring new music. The festival brings together a large Perthshire Amber range of different genres of The Dougie MacLean music to appeal to a wide va- Festival riety of tastes and encourage 26 October - 4 November people to discover new sounds and widen their musi- Internationally acclaimed cal horizons. Singer-songwriter and Composer Dougie MacLean fulfilled www.sound-scotland.co.uk his dream with the creation of The Perthshire Amber FestiThe Spree val, a festival that lights up Paisley the Autumn across some of 25-28 October Scotland's more beautiful countryside. The Perthshire ‘The Spree’ was born from a Amber Festival includes condesire to build on Paisley’s cert performances in an insuccessful bid to host the spiring range of venues...from Royal Mòd in 2013 and with concert hall, town halls and the intention of creating a cul- village halls to castles, cathetural legacy invigorating the dral and even an Iron Age town beyond that particular crannog! It gives locals and event. The Spree is a flagship visitors the opportunity to exfestival and forms part of a plore Perthshire with a focus, wider plan that links with and for enthusiasts for Dougie Renfrewshire Council's events MacLean's music to experiand Creative Renfrewshire ence the place where he lives strategies and is part of the and gain a deeper underYear of Creative Scotland. standing of the meaning of and inspiration for some of his www.thespree.co.uk songs and instrumental compositions. Wave Festival Thurso www.perthshireamber.com 25-28 October Haddow Fest ‘We Were Promised Jetpacks’ Edinburgh headline the festivals largest 28 October gig on the Friday to date at Skinandis Nightclub. Joining Haddowfest is back for one them are another up and day only.Big announcement coming Scottish act coming soon! ‘Fatherson’ a three piece band from Kilmarnock and local www.haddowfest.com boys ‘Running With Scissors’. On Saturday The Hazey Janes NOVEMBER and We Are All Outsiders play.
Glasgay! is Scotland's annual www.facebook.com/wave.north celebration of queer culture, the festival was founded in Shetland Peerie Willie 1993.The Glasgay festival Guitar Festival presents a professional pro26-28 October gramme of top acts and new artists from around the world The Shetland Peerie Willie with events spanning comedy, music, film, theatre, visual www.biggar-little-festival.com Guitar Festival is a celebration of guitar with concerts and art, performance art, litera-
Denholm Folk Music Festival 1-4 November Denholm, Scottish Borders Folk fused with rock and country gives the 9th Denholm Folk Music Festival an added twist. This folk fusion
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shaping up for the Carlisle event, not just for this year but for the next one and beyond. More significantly, for the immediate future, the Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival is set to embrace a new "BLUES BOOM" and raise the bar yet again....
sis highlighting regional Scot- 5th September - priced at tish fiddle styles and intercul- £25 / £12.50 (15yrs and untural connections. der). But the HOT 500 are on sale from 10am from 22 Auwww.scotsfiddlefestival.com gust until midnight on 31 August (or earlier if the 500 tickets are sold) St Andrews Festival 23 November - 2 www.facebook.com/ December StirlingsHogmanay
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www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk Carrying Stream Festival 7-14 November Edinburgh
Sonica Glasgow 14-18 November
The annual autumn music festival by The Edinburgh Folk Club who meet every Wednesday at 8pm in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar
Sonica is Cryptic’s new event dedicated to world-class sonic arts and music. Sonica will add to the already vibrant music scene highlighted by Glasgow’s UNESCO City of Music, 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. Sonica takes place across Glasgow’s most prestigious venues, with Tramway as the focal point, along with events taking place at the CCA, Scotland Street Museum, Scottish Music Centre, The Glue Factory, The Whiskey Bond and The Hub.
www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk House Folk Scottish Music Festival 8-10 November Kinlochard Now in its 5th year the House Folk Music Festival brings you three nights of Scottish music performed by top artists in highly unusual and intimate venues. The concerts take place every year in autumn in the village of Kinlochard situated in the Trossachs.
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Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival 9-11 November
Fiddle 2012 16-18 November Edinburgh
The highly acclaimed Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival celebrated five incredibly exciting and successful years with a weekend event last November which many regarded as the best UK blues festival in 2011. As the new year unfolds exciting new plans are
The Scots Fiddle Festival seeks to sustain and promote Scottish fiddle tradition and idioms, by providing a platform for performance, education, and participation. A weekend of concerts, recitals, workshops, talks and exhibitions is held on an annual ba-
The 2012 Festival will start on Friday 23 November with the opening night of the Byre’s production of McPherson’s Rant in the Festival Marquee on the lawn in front of Madras College. www.standrewsfestival.co.uk
DECEMBER Edinburgh's Hogmanay 31 December 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.
Inverness Hogmanay 31 December Red Hot Fling - Scotland's Biggest FREE Hogmanay Party brings the 2012 Inverness Festivals programme to a close. Full details can be found on their website later in the year. www.invernessfestivals.com
2013 JANUARY Celtic Connections 17 January - 3 February
Around 1500 artists, 300 events, 18 days, 14 venues, 1 brilliant festival - 2013 line up announcement and tickets on sale dates coming soon! Glasgow comes alive each January as Celtic Connections, one of the world’s largest winter muwww.edinburghshogmanay.org sic festivals and the premiere Celtic music festival in the Stirling Hogmanay UK, ensures that the city is 31 December buzzing with music! The festiThe Hot Hogmanay 500 tick- val is a major event in the folk and world music calenets are for Stirling's Hogmadar. Each year it welcomes nay Concert at Stirling Casvisitors from around the globe tle's Esplanade. It's the big outdoor concert with headline to the festival, where international artists perform alongbands, huge crowds, countdown to midnight and one of side the very best Scottish talent. the very best fireworks displays in the country. Tickets www.celticconnections.com go on general sale for the Hogmanay concert on Wed
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