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This Autumn EWAN McLENNAN will be touring throughout the UK, performing songs from all three of his studio albums and collaborations - Details @ www.ewanmclennan.co.uk/gigs :: photo by Paul Blakemore
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The Janice Forsyth Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Edi Stark stands in and tunes into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the artists who hit the charts across 3 decades. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Cuirm @ Celtic: 7.50pm on BBC ALBA. Celtic rock band MOVING HEARTS play Titanic at Celtic Connections. www.bbcalba.co.uk Another Country with Ricky Ross: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky introduces new and classic Americana and alternative country. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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The Jazz House: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Stephen Duffy welcomes KEVIN LE GENDRE who speaks about music and black history. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mod: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Part 2. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Comunn Gaidhealach gold medal final. www.bbcalba.co.uk Perthshire Amber: 10.35pm on BBC ALBA. Songs from RACHEL SERMANNI at Perthshire Amber. www.bbcalba.co.uk Seirm: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents ALTAN, ROBERT ROBERTSON, RUTH KEGGIN and FLAVIA COELHO. www.bbcalba.co.uk Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER The Janice Forsyth Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Edi Stark stands in and tunes into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan plays essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Na Trads: 7.25pm on BBC ALBA. THE SHEE perform Troubles. MURCHADH MacPHARLAIN: 9pm on BBC ALBA. The www.bbcalba.co.uk Gaelic songwriter whose work was a catalyst for a new The Quay Sessions: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. era of modern Gaelic music. Live music performances recorded at BBC Radio www.bbcalba.co.uk Scotland's Pacific Quay . Mod: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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songs, poetry and fun from the 2016 Children's Mod in Vic Galloway: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic is Stornoway. out on the road from the Spiegeltent at the heart of www.bbcalba.co.uk Paisley's Spree Festival. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End
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Na Trads: 11.55pm on BBC ALBA. THE SHEE perform Troubles. www.bbcalba.co.uk WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER
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Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the essential songs under 3 minutes. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mod: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Part 1. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Comunn Gaidhealach gold medal final. www.bbcalba.co.uk
FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER Thuige Seo: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Donald Morrison is in conversation with legendary accordinist FERGIE MacDONALD. www.bbcalba.co.uk Another Country with Ricky Ross: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky introduces new and classic Americana and alternative country. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The Music Match: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Ashley Storrie presents her choice of music and lively chat. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Fonn Fonn Fonn: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. An off-beat music quiz show hosted by resident with Gilleasbuig Ferguson. www.bbcalba.co.uk SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER Take the Floor: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary
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Blas: 7.55pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring HAMISH AND FIN MOORE, BLAZIN' FIDDLES and MURCHADH MacPHARLAIN: 9pm on BBC MAEVE MacKINNON. ALBA. The Gaelic songwriter whose work was a www.bbcalba.co.uk catalyst for a new era of modern Gaelic music. www.bbcalba.co.uk Seirm: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, LUNASA Classics Unwrapped: 9pm on BBC Radio and KATHLEEN MacINNES. Scotland. Jamie MacDougalltalsk to FIONA www.bbcalba.co.uk ROBERTSON ahead of Aberdeen's Sound Festival. Pipeline: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland West present piping news and music. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Billy Sloan: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Billy plays a Great Collaboration track featuring Billy Sloan: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Billy DAVID BOWIE and PET SHOP BOYS. plays tracks written by NEIL YOUNG plus he www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland highlights the career of KLAUS VOORMAN. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland -----------------------------------------------Belladrum: 00.55am on BBC ALBA. Unseen highlights from EDDI READER. www.bbcalba.co.uk SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER Take the Floor: 5pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary Innes looks at the story of Piper WILLIE LAWRIE. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 21 OCTOBER VASA: At Birthdays, London. After a whirlwind year of plaudits and live shows following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Colours in 2015, much-lauded Glasgow postrock quartet VASA are extremely pleased to reveal their first taste of new material in the form of double A-side single Burst Open, set for release on 29 October. The band has a short run of UK headline dates for October in support of the new material www.facebook.com/VasaBand 27 OCTOBER BREABACH: At Rich Mix, London www.facebook.com/Breabach 30 OCTOBER DEAN OWENS: At The Green Note, London.
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page 5: scots in london :: scots in america :: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian "One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2). Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice. www.deanowens.com 19 NOVEMBER GLEADHRAICH: At Hootananny Brixton, touring their new EP. Titled Definition, its six tracks include The Immigrant's Lament, the tune piper Craig Weir was commissioned to compose and play for the Clan Currie Society at Ellis Island, New York, during last year’s Tartan Week. The four-piece band from Carnoustie hope to make the pipes a more accessible instrument to young people by being a rock band with pipes up front in order to encourage Scotland’s youth to take forward the baton of this piece of Scottish heritage while also allowing our native instrument to have the widespread appeal it deserves with older generations through demonstrating its versatility. www.facebook.com/Gleadhraich
23 NOVEMBER MEDICINE MEN: At The Victoria, London. Glaswegian psyche/dance hybrid machine Medicine Men will release new single In The Breeze via Neon Tetra Records on 11 November. In The Breeze will feature on Medicine Men's debut album, due for release in Spring 2017. Upon their formation in 2014, the band were selected to play at T In The Park after just 5 gigs. Medicine Men have enjoyed airplay from Radio X and BBC Scotland, coupled with great write ups from Q and the NME. www.facebook.com/medicinemenband 2 DECEMBER
MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY - From Stage to Page evening of words and music: At St Pancras Old Church, London. Colin MacIntyre celebrates his latest album Dear Satellite and award-winning debut novel The Letters of Ivor Punch with a night of words and music at the beautiful and intimate St Pancras Old Church in London. An evening of storytelling, reminiscence and looking ahead, Colin's special year-end London show will have him playing old and new Mull Historical Society songs sprinkled with a little history and some related yarns. Combing through a 15-year back catalogue, from familiar singles like Barcode Bypass, Watching Xanadu, and The Final 20 NOVEMBER Arrears, to gems plucked from his latest like Build Another Brick, The Ballad of Ivor Punch SKERRYVORE: At The 100 Club, London. and Sleepy Hollow, it'll be a night crammed Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree full of lyrical tales. Complemented by awardoff Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the winning prose and passages read by Colin from band consisted of Tiree-born brothers Daniel his first novel, it will be an enthralling insight Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie into Colin's larger-than-life talent and charming, (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded modest persona.Tickets @ with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) www.mullhistoricalsociety.com and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared love of music: everything from 14 DECEMBER traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for BAY CITY ROLLERS: At Eventim Apollo, the band. Now when not touring the different London. After a very public spat back in July, corners of the globe, the band can be found which led to Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood parting performing relentlessly, contributing to projects company with his fellow Rollers, the band vowed by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind never to perform together again. Now after a lot School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as of soul searching, talking and man hugging, they well as special needs schools throughout the UK. agreed to settle their differences once and for all “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland and are set to bring some real festive cheer to could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, the their fans as they prepare to rock in l2 legged party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk December. Tickets are on sale now. Herald www.facebook.com/RollersOfficial http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/
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Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 6 OCTOBER - 6 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI: USA East Coast / Mid West Tour - details to follow. SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via eight internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. Two US tours in 2015 – including official showcases at SxSW in Austin, Texas – built on the foundations laid over successful US tours in 2013 and 2014. A new set of recordings is scheduled for release over an EP and an album in 2016. Seasick Steve said: “Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man…” www.facebook.com/events/552558428269810 www.davearcari.com
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Leith St Andrew's Church, Edinburgh. 7:00pm, £12 / £10. In preparation for the release of their new recorded work Suilven, on One Little Indian, 19 OCTOBER FiniTribe preview this work live. The show entitled Suilvens Ascent will be hosted by Neu HANNAH ALDRIDGE with THE BLACK Reekie. Suilven (Scottish Gaelic: Sula Bheinn) is FEATHERS and special guests BROKEN one of the most distinctive mountains in WINDOWS: At The Voodoo Rooms West Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Register St, Edinburgh, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 Sutherland, it rises almost vertically from a (+b/f) in advance, £13 on the door. October sublime landscape of moorland, bogs and sees the welcome, if brief, return to Scotland of lochans. Suilven is a beautiful mountain to Hannah Aldridge - the daughter of Alabama Serendipity presents ….. GLASSMASTERER, behold and FiniTribe are about to begin their Music Hall of Fame member Walt Aldridge. PUBLISHER and THE INSOMNIAC PROJECT: ascent. A special premiere of new song ‘Bonus Hannah’s dark, sultry, soulful voice is entrancing At La Belle Angele, 11 Hastie's Close, off Guthrie Freaks’ along with an interview with the band live, and her influences range from blues in the Street, Edinburgh. 7pm. £5 / £7. Serendipity will be broadcast on the Vic Galloway Show BBC Mississippi Delta to the dusty, Dixieland jazz Events is born to delight attendees with a Radio Scotland on 10 October. sounds from New Orleans, the musical stylings showcase of Scottish musicians and artists of http://neusuilven.bpt.me/ of Muscle Shoals on up to the primitive roots of different genres and disciplines, which offers a American Country music. She’ll be accompanied chance to attend to more than just simply a gig, 22 OCTOBER on this Scottish tour by The Black Feathers, an but also an art exhibition - all under one roof. award-winning duo from Gloucestershire in Serendipity hits this time with electronic beats Regression Sessions presents The Red England. The perfectly paired voices of Ray Light Apocalypse: At Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh. Hughes and Sian Chandler intertwine effortlessly by hand of Glassmasterer, Publisher and The Insomniac Project and it introduces for first time Regression Sessions are known for jaw dropping to create a genre defying sound, combining a hand-made costumes exhibition. production and outside the box partying elements of folk, roots, alt-country and www.facebook.com/events/221864544896227/ experiences. The theme for this season is about americana. Broken Windows, are a new taking you into the heart of The Red Light Edinburgh band featuring the songs of singer Liz 21 OCTOBER Apocalypse, which will feel like the last party on Jones, with music fuelled by the band's blues, earth when the team transform their chosen rock, jazz and folk backgrounds. CLIPPER (album launch) & ACE venues into an Apocalypse torn Red Light www.thevoodoorooms.com ELEMENTARY: At Leith Depot, 138-140 Leith District. Of course, at the heart of each event is www.theblackfeathers.com Walk, Edinburgh, £5. Clipper is a band from an on-point selection of house, techno, disco, www.hannah-aldridge.com Edinburgh, Scotland which was originally put DnB and more, all provided by exceptional together for a project inspired by the events residents and guests. 20 OCTOBER surrounding the bombing of Pan Am 103 over www.facebook.com/RegressionSessions Lockerbie. Errant Media presents ‘Upstairs’ with www.facebook.com/clippersongs 24 OCTOBER CANDYTHIEF, STEPHEN MCLAREN, BRAVE LITTLE NOTE and ERRANT BOY: At Leith Depot, 138-140 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5DT Neu! Reekie! Suilven's Ascent / Finitribe: At Brookfield Knights presents ….. FURNACE
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personality, Gok Wan will be appearing at Edinburgh’s Halloween Ceilidh & Horror Ball 5 NOVEMBER adding a touch of devilishly good fun to the decks, Gok will be performing a special DJ set on KIM EDGAR: At North Middleton Village Hall, the night. Fashion expert Gok, will also be Gorebridge EH23 4QU. 7.30pm. Kim’s touring judging the best outfit of the night. Further her new album ‘Stories Untold’, - an intimate information and tickets @ and inspiring collection of original songs, the www.edinburghhalloween.com album tackles topics including child soldiers, the impact of crime and punishment, loss, and love 1 NOVEMBER in its many forms. ‘Stories Untold’ features a song inspired by author Pippa Goldschmidt, and KAT HEALY: At Leith Depot, Edinburgh. collaborations with award-winning songwriter Edinburgh songstress Kat Healy is delighted to Karine Polwart and poet Rachel Fox. "A great announce her long awaited new single Wolf, writer... underappreciated in many ways” which is due for release this month and to Roddy Hart, BBC Radio Scotland. Tickets @ showcase her latest material, Kat is playing live www.kimedgar.com/gigs dates across the UK and Ireland. A contemporary singer songwriter, Kat has been ADAM BULLEY and CHAS MACKENZIE: At described as a combination of well-crafted Bridgehouse Community Hall, Bridgehouse by songs, beautiful voice and delightful stage Westfield, Bathgate. West Lothian. EH48 3DH. presence, with a striking ability to take an 7.30pm Tickets must be purchased in advance audience on a heartfelt journey with her music. £10 Tel. 01501 731732 (tickets will not be www.facebook.com/kathealymusic available on the door). Adam Bulley and Chas Mackenzie are one of the most highly rated 3 NOVEMBER guitar duo’s in the country who, in their live show, deliver a fiery, energy fuelled array of THE FIRRENES plus support: At Voodoo acoustic music styles. Weaving effortlessly Rooms, 19a W Register St, Edinburgh EH2 2AA. between Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Folk and Pop, Doors open 7.30pm. First band on at 8pm. Main their performances are sure to capture the band on at 9pm. Music finishes 10pm. The imagination. Having won a coveted “Danny Kyle” Firrenes are a new five-piece band from Award at Celtic Connections, the duo have gone Edinburgh, playing original, song-based rock on to dazzle audiences ever since. music and drawing on influences as varied as www.adambulleychasmackenzie.com folk, soul, Americana, 70s rock and classical. The band is fronted by singer/guitarists Jules Reed THE EDINBURGH LIGHT ORCHESTRA: At (aka Julian Wagstaff) and Clare Cairns, who are Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Tickets: also the band's principal songwriters. This is the £11.50; £10.00; £8.00. Edinburgh’s premier band's first public performance, and The Firrenes concert orchestra invites you to a tuneful are proud to be launching at Edinburgh's Voodoo evening of ‘easy-listening’ from stage, screen Rooms. The support act will be announced soon. and the wonderful world of light music. Our Tickets £6.00 (£4.00) from 07932 596533 or @ ‘Journey Into Melody’ features music from ‘My www.TheFirrenes.com Fair Lady’, ‘Porgy and Bess’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’; favourites by Eric Coates, Robert 4 NOVEMBER Farnon, Vivian Ellis, Edward German and Leroy Anderson; popular classics by Grieg, Luigini and KIM EDGAR with KAREN DIETZ & RICHARD much more! Plus a selection of well-loved songs KLEIN: At West Barns Village Hall, Dunbar EH42 by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd 1UP. 8pm. Kim’s touring her new album ‘Stories Webber, Noël Coward and others with Carole Untold’, - an intimate and inspiring collection of Clarke (Mezzo-Soprano). original songs, the album tackles topics including http://edinburghlightorchestra.moonfruit.com child soldiers, the impact of crime and www.thequeenshall.net punishment, loss, and love in its many forms. ‘Stories Untold’ features a song inspired by 6 NOVEMBER author Pippa Goldschmidt, and collaborations with award-winning songwriter Karine Polwart SCOTT COOK: At House Concert in Edinburgh. A and poet Rachel Fox. "A great writer... roots balladeer with a rare personal warmth, underappreciated in many ways” - Roddy Hart, Canada's Scott Cook has managed to distil the BBC Radio Scotland. Tickets @ stories collected over a decade of near-incessant www.kimedgar.com/gigs touring across Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia,
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MEDICINE MEN: At Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms. Glaswegian psyche/dance hybrid machine THE BLET PROJECT (album project): At The Medicine Men will release new single In The Mash House, Edinburgh (Album Launch). Breeze via Neon Tetra Records on 11 November. Scotland’s fourpiece electro-pop outfit The Blet In The Breeze will feature on Medicine Men's Project proudly introduce their debut album debut album, due for release in Spring 2017. 'Now Live'. Written by Stephen Dennis, 'Now Upon their formation in 2014, the band were Live' is a concept album based on Stephen’s selected to play at T In The Park after just 5 experiences grappling with personal identity and gigs. Medicine Men have enjoyed airplay from his reflections on modern society. The band Radio X and BBC Scotland, coupled with great formed by Stephen Dennis (Synths/Backing write ups from Q and the NME. Vocals) who wanted to create throughwww.facebook.com/medicinemenband composed, three-minute pop songs with socially conscious lyrics. Joined by Guitarist Gavin GAVIN BLACKIE - Get It On Tonight: At: At 12 NOVEMBER McDiarmid, Drummer Colin MacGregor and Lead Churchill Theatre, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. An Vocalist Maisie Hutt. evening of popular and festive music with a live SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA: www.facebook.com/thebletproject band and a few friends. Returning after a sell The SNJO presents ‘The Legend of Charlie Parker out in 2015. in Edinburgh. Great concerts and music from the 23 NOVEMBER www.gavinblackie.bigcartel.com cream of Scottish Jazz musicians. www.facebook.com/theSNJO SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At 29 NOVEMBER Edinburgh Storytelling Centre. 8pm Tickets £12/ 17 NOVEMBER £10 conc. Tel. 0131 556 9579. Southern Tenant Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. GUY Folk Union are the Edinburgh based string band DAVIS AND STATESBORO supported by JIM CARRIE RODRIGUEZ: At The Voodoo Rooms, that over a series of albums have produced a CONDIE: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Edinburgh. A passionate performer, Carrie thought provoking and arresting take on roots & Performances by New York bluesman Guy Davis effortlessly melds fiery fiddle playing, folk music. September sees the release of the and Statesboro, Georgia born roots and electrifying vocals and a fresh interpretation of seventh Southern Tenant Folk Union album ‘Join americana singer-songwriter Brooks Williams, new and classic songs with an “Ameri-Chicana” Forces’. Written following the May 2015 general ranked one for the top Acoustic Guitarists of all attitude. Lola is both a return to her musical election result, and then recorded in June and time. Support will come from Jim Condie who roots and something of a departure where she July this year amidst a quickly changing political may will recall for his work with Tam White, delivers her own twangy, Texas-bred twist on landscape, something that has made the suite of among many others. All shows on public sale but Mexican Ranchera songs, creating culturally songs seem timelier still. the most effective way to enjoy the shows at www.tracscotland.org/scottish-storyteling-centre/ blended music for a culturally blended world. Edinburgh Blues Club is to become a member. www.southerntenantfolkunion.com www.facebook.com/carrierodriguez For £10 per month/£18 for a couple or £110 per annum you can see all shows with no additional 25 NOVEMBER 18 NOVEMBER ticket costs. For more details go to ….. www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ ANDY WHITE: At The Soundhouse, Edinburgh. Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. IAN Irish singer-songwriter Andy White tours in SIEGAL supported by JED POTTS & THE EWAN MCLENNAN: At Penicuik Folk Club, support of the release of his boxset Studio HILLMAN HUNTERS, featuring the HUSKY Shottstown Miners' Club, Penicuik. Ewan Albums 1986 - 2016 (October 14th) a collection McLennan’s current touring builds on and draws HORNS: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Ian of all twelve of his studio albums including new from his three critically acclaimed albums, his Siegal celebrates 25 years of touring with his album Imaginary Lovers (available separately 4 BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and his band this year and has gone on to release November). Stiff Records released the Religious performances and collaborations on the numerous acclaimed albums and accumulating Persuasion EP during the eighties acoustic more British & European awards than you can Transatlantic Sessions. This Autumn Ewan revival spearhead-ed by The Pogues. The shake a stick at, together with three McLennan will be touring throughout the UK, nominations in the USA Blues Music Awards. He Whistle Test and Janice Long championed Andy performing songs from all three of his studio will bring his band for a larger capacity show at as he started playing shows in the UK. When albums and collaborations. 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Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook with PHIL CUNNINGHAM, KAREN 2 DECEMBER MATHESON, KRIS DREVER, KEVIN MCGUIRE, IAN CARR, JOHN MCCUSKER, SKERRYVORE: At Darvel Music Festival, EDDI READER: At The Queen's Hall, Darvel. Skerryvore first formed on the tiny Edinburgh. "The Perfect Way To Fill Up Your lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in Festive Fuel Tank" - The Scotsman 2005. Back then, the band consisted of Tiree- www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & 22 DECEMBER accordion) who bonded with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared with PHIL CUNNINGHAM, KAREN love of music: everything from traditional to MATHESON, KRIS DREVER, KEVIN rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical MCGUIRE, IAN CARR, JOHN MCCUSKER, styles and sounds that set the path for the EDDI READER: At The Queen's Hall, band. Now when not touring the different Edinburgh. "The Perfect Way To Fill Up Your corners of the globe, the band can be found Festive Fuel Tank" - The Scotsman performing relentlessly, contributing to www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP 30 DECEMBER Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the UK. “Six of the best musical SKERRYVORE: At Howden Park Centre, ambassadors Scotland could ever have Livingston. Skerryvore first formed on the wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk 2005. Back then, the band consisted of TireeHerald born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/ and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded with holidaymaker 3 DECEMBER Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. An love of music: everything from traditional to evening with LAU: At Queen’s Hall, rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical Edinburgh. Performing two sets with no styles and sounds that set the path for the support. Tickets from Queen’s Hall box office band. Now when not touring the different on 0131 668 2019 or corners of the globe, the band can be found www.thequeenshall.net Tickets @ performing relentlessly, contributing to www.fallenangelsclub.com projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP DROPKICK supporting JJ GILMOUR: At Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools Darvel Music Festival, Darvel Town Hall. throughout the UK. “Six of the best musical Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh. Dropkick was ambassadors Scotland could ever have formed by brothers Andrew and Alastair wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged Taylor and friend Ian Grier in a small town on party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk the east coast of Scotland. Starting off as a Herald punk-pop band, the band discovered the http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/ music of The Jayhawks, The Byrds, Tom Petty and Wilco and their sound gradually matured into more of an alt-country style but without losing the upbeat, catchy melodies of Send us all your gig dates for their songs. Glasgow and West Coast area www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 15: glasgow + surrounding area like a narrow gap between Sturgill Simpson’s www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk cosmic choogle and the harder rock of Jason Isbell, but in country terms that’s a canyon -and 23 OCTOBER it belongs to Austin Lucas” Q Magazine. www.paultaskermusic.com Regression Sessions presents The Red Light Apocalypse: At SWG3, Glasgow. 19 OCTOBER Regression Sessions are known for jaw dropping production and outside the box partying NAE PLANS (Album launch): At Folklub, Hug experiences. The theme for this season is about & Pint, Glasgow. Pianist/vocalist Hamish Napier taking you into the heart of The Red Light (Back of The Moon, Man’s Ruin) and fiddler Apocalypse, which will feel like the last party on Adam Sutherland (Treacherous Orchestra, earth when the team transform their chosen Session A9, Croft No. 5) join forces in a new and venues into an Apocalypse torn Red Light exciting project called ‘Nae Plans‘. “Nae Plans is District. Of course, at the heart of each event is a musical project full of spontaneity and magical an on-point selection of house, techno, disco, moments. A brilliant concept that puts the DnB and more, all provided by exceptional audience at the centre of an energetic, dynamic, residents and guests. electrifying and above all live performance!” www.facebook.com/RegressionSessions John Somerville. www.naeplans.co.uk/when/ 25 OCTOBER 20 OCTOBER HANNAH ALDRIDGE with THE BLACK FEATHERS: At The Glad Cafe Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, 8pm. Tickets £9 (+b/f) in advance, £12 on the door. October sees the welcome, if brief, return to Scotland of Hannah Aldridge the daughter of Alabama Music Hall of Fame member Walt Aldridge. Hannah’s dark, sultry, soulful voice is entrancing live, and her influences range from blues in the Mississippi Delta to the dusty, Dixieland jazz sounds from New Orleans, the musical stylings of Muscle Shoals on up to the primitive roots of American Country music. She’ll be accompanied on this Scottish tour by The Black Feathers, an awardwinning duo from Gloucestershire in England. The perfectly paired voices of Ray Hughes and Sian Chandler intertwine effortlessly to create a genre defying sound, combining elements of folk, roots, alt-country and americana. www.thegladcafe.co.uk www.theblackfeathers.com www.hannah-aldridge.com 22 OCTOBER SKERRYVORE with TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA: At The Spree, Paisley. Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the band consisted of Tiree-born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared love of music: everything from traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for the band. Now when not touring the different corners of the globe, the band can be found performing relentlessly, contributing to projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the UK. “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk Herald http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/
BAD COMPANY - featuring the legendary PAUL RODGERS: At SSE Hydro, Glasgow. Paul Rodgers is one of the UK’s most successful artists of all time having sold over 125 million records throughout his career. He’s written an array of classic rock anthems including ‘All Right Now’, ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’ and ‘Can’t Get Enough’ and was the singer that Brian May and Roger Taylor chose to fill in for the late Freddie Mercury when Queen returned to touring in 2005. Special guests Richie Sambora + Orianthi (RSO) will open every show along with Steve Rodgers or Jasmine Rodgers as the first act. www.badcompany.com www.paulrodgers.com 26 OCTOBER Brookfield Knights presents ….. FURNACE MOUNTAIN: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Each time, Furnace Mountain tour here it is as if they turn the whole world upside down. The classy Virginian 4-piece draws big crowds to some of the best ‘live’ music venues on the circuit, all stimulated by hugely complimentary reviews. www.facebook.com/furnacemountainband www.brookfield-knights.com 27 OCTOBER Ring Time: At Drygate Brewery, Glasgow, 7pm. As part of the centenary celebrations for Dalcroze UK, Sally Beamish has been commissioned to write a 10-minute piece for three instruments (high/medium/low) for performance and workshop using the plastique animée (PA) technique, pioneered by the Dalcroze school. Tickets: £10, £5 (conc) Box Office @ www.ticketline.co.uk 28 OCTOBER
Scottish Huntington's Association Fundraiser with THE MEDIA WHORES, FLYING BY MIRRORS + JOHN, KEV & ANDY: At Finns Place, Glasgow. G42 9QU. 7.30pm11.30pm. Tickets £7/£5.Proceeds in aid of Diabetes UK and Scoottish Huntington's Association. Limited tickets on door or from Sounds Of The Glenn Miller Era with special linda.b1@icloud.com guest SAM MERRICK: At Memorial Hall, Lanark. The Nick Ross Orchestra brings the BADSTONE: At The Cave, Paisley, 9pm, free Big Band Sound of the 1940s & 50s to Scotland admission. with a “Spectacular Concert” celebrating Glenn www.facebook.com/thecavepaisley Miller and the Big Band era. With a full line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, a rhythm CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH: At Motherwell section and special guest vocalist Sam Merrick, Concert Hall, Windmillhill Street Motherwell ML1 the Nick Ross Orchestra will faithfully recreate 1AB. £18.50 and Concessions £17.50. Charlie the wonderful sound of the Big Bands including Landsborough, award-winning UK artist, heads those led by Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy out with his band on his only UK tour this year Dorsey and Syd Lawrence. playing songs from across his 28 album career. www.nickrossorchestra.com Renowned for his great live shows and quality
musicianship, this will be his only UK tour this year. Many artists talk of giving something back, and some actually do. Charlie Landsborough belongs in that camp. Once a teacher himself, he is to become Musical Patron of Liverpool’s St Vincent's school for the visually impaired. The school aims to tailor the pupils’ needs to fit into a modern high tech society. Charlie’s song, What Colour Is The Wind, written about a blind child, is also to be adopted as the school's anthem. Tickets on 01698 403120 or @ https://culturenl.co.uk www.charlielandsborough.com 29 OCTOBER Indievous Presents ….. FACE ON THE MOON + ALL SUNS BLAZING + F.O.E + NEON MARAUDERS + TWISTED PLANET: At The Record Factory, 17 Byers Road, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £5/£4 (students) www.facebook.com/indievous TOY MOUNTAINS: At Audio, Glasgow. Glasgow’s Toy Mountains new EP I Swore I’d Never Speak of This Again will be released on 25 November. A progressive alternative rock band with strong math-rock and post-hardcore influences, this four-piece exist solely to create music without boundaries. The epicentre of the band’s creative direction has one purpose: to evoke emotion. Whether it be happiness, sadness or blackout rage, Toy Mountains ruthlessly ensure that any audience is fully engaged and will leave having gained something memorable from the experience. www.facebook.com/ToyMountains VASA: At Audio, Glasgow. After a whirlwind year of plaudits and live shows following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Colours in 2015, much-lauded Glasgow postrock quartet VASA are extremely pleased to reveal their first taste of new material in the form of double A-side single Burst Open, set for release on 29 October. The band has a short run of UK headline dates for October in support of the new material www.facebook.com/VasaBand 30 OCTOBER OH PEP!: At The Hug And Pint, Glasgow. Rolling Stone and Stereogum favourite Oh Pep! Are on a UK tour following the release of critically acclaimed new album Stadium Cake. ‘Stadium Cake’ follows on from what has been an incredible 18 months for Oh Pep! Including the recording of an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, and single Doctor Doctor featuring in the New York Times playlist. After a recent performance at Nashville’s Americana Fest, Pop Matters stated “seeing Oh Pep! is one of those times when the crowd realizes they’re seeing future stars for the first time.” www.thehugandpint.com www.facebook.com/ohpep 3 NOVEMBER KIM EDGAR: At Sounds In The Suburbs (Woodend Bowling Club), Glasgow G13 1QE. 8pm. Kim’s touring her new album ‘Stories Untold’, - an intimate and inspiring collection of original songs, the album tackles topics including child soldiers, the impact of crime and punishment, loss, and love in its many forms. ‘Stories Untold’ features a song inspired by author Pippa Goldschmidt, and collaborations with award-winning songwriter Karine Polwart and poet Rachel Fox. "A great writer... underappreciated in many ways” - Roddy Hart, BBC Radio Scotland. Tickets @ www.kimedgar.com/gigs 4 NOVEMBER
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The SNJO presents ‘The Legend of Charlie Parker in Glasgow. Great concerts and music from the cream of Scottish Jazz musicians. www.facebook.com/theSNJO CARRIE RODRIGUEZ: At Abington Village Hall, South Lanarkshire. A passionate performer, Carrie effortlessly melds fiery fiddle playing, electrifying vocals and a fresh interpretation of new and classic songs with an “Ameri-Chicana” attitude. Lola is both a return to her musical roots and something of a departure where she delivers her own twangy, Texas-bred twist on Mexican Ranchera songs, creating culturally blended music for a culturally blended world. www.facebook.com/carrierodriguez PETE WYLIE and The Mighty WAH!: At Glasgow ABC 2. The legendary Pete Wylie, man of many WAH! names, is a singer/musician/ composer who emerged from the Liverpool postpunk scene in the early 80’s. His string of hits includes The Story Of The Blues, Come Back, Sinful, 7 Minutes to Midnight and Heart As Big As Liverpool (an anthem forever linked with the Hillsborough Justice Campaign). Pete is performing with a new WAH! on this tour, playing all his best known songs plus the best of his long-awaited new LP Pete Sounds! (released early 2017). www.petewylie.co.uk
The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. STEVE FORBERT: At St Luke’s Glasgow. Tickets £16.50 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Nashvile based singersongwriter, Steve Forbert, returns to Glasgow for the first-ever Fallen Angels Club gig at St Luke’s. The Grammy nominee has a loyal following in Glasgow – he played a sell-out show four years back at Glasgow Americana – and is very much a hardcore troubadour who never short changes his audience. Live, Forbert can be compelling with his distinctive voice, an acoustic guitar and a trusty harmonica slung around his neck. 14 NOVEMBER www.fallenangelsclub.com BRONSTON: At The Bungalow, Paisley. Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM Bronston is an exciting new groovy alt rock fourAND LOTUS: At Performing Arts Centre, piece hailing from Edinburgh, formed in August Kilbarchan. After taking Shetland by storm when of 2015. With a fresh approach to writing, they they played the Folk Festival there earlier this are drawing on influences that range from year as one of the main visiting attractions, Kendrick Lamar to Muse – pushing the Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son return to these shores boundaries of alt rock in Scotland. before heading for Europe where they are also www.bronston.co.uk becoming increasingly popular following two appearances at the big Tønder Festival in 15 NOVEMBER Denmark. http://sheeshamandlotus.com The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. CARRIE www.brookfield-knights.com RODRIGUEZ: At The Admiral Bar, Glasgow. A passionate performer, Carrie effortlessly melds CURSE OF LONO supporting UNCLE LUCIUS: fiery fiddle playing, electrifying vocals and a At The Hug And Pint, Glasgow. London five-piece fresh interpretation of new and classic songs Curse Of Lono are set to release their debut self- with an “Ameri-Chicana” attitude. Lola is both a titled EP on 14 October, and have announced a return to her musical roots and something of a UK tour supporting Uncle Lucius. Curse Of Lono departure where she delivers her own twangy, was formed in London in 2015 by singerTexas-bred twist on Mexican Ranchera songs, songwriter Felix Bechtolsheimer following the creating culturally blended music for a culturally breakup of British roots pioneers HEY NEGRITA. blended world. The collection of songs that emerged formed a www.facebook.com/carrierodriguez stunningly cinematic record that combines spaced out, harmony-laden Americana with 17 NOVEMBER driving, gothic indie-rock. www.curseoflonoband.com THE TELERMEN: At Stereo, Glasgow, promoting www.thehugandpint.com their debut EP, ‘Organic’. The Telermen are an up and coming alternative rock band from 11 NOVEMBER Glasgow, consisting of Dillon Squire, Johnathan Boyd, Antony Becirspahic and Matthew Aitchison. BADSTONE: At The Cave, Paisley. 9pm. Free. The band is quickly on the rise expanding www.facebook.com/thecavepaisley outside of their home town performing at festivals such as The Great Escape and T in the 12 NOVEMBER Park. www.facebook.com/thetelermen MEDICINE MEN: At Glasgow, Hug & Pint. Glaswegian psyche/dance hybrid machine Medicine Men will release new single In The Breeze via Neon Tetra Records on 11 November. In The Breeze will feature on Medicine Men's debut album, due for release in Spring 2017. Upon their formation in 2014, the band were selected to play at T In The Park after just 5 gigs. Medicine Men have enjoyed airplay from Radio X and BBC Scotland, coupled with great write ups from Q and the NME. www.facebook.com/medicinemenband 13 NOVEMBER SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA:
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BAND: At Drygate Brewery, Glasgow. Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s finest singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Ricky Ross, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. His songs, including Raining in Glasgow and Man From Leith, have been hailed as classics of Scottish songwriting. www.deanowens.com DOUGIE MACLEAN with support KATEE KROSS: At Cadder Church, Bishopbriggs G64 3JJ 7:30pm to 10.30pm. Price: £20. Unique, intimate venue with superb acoustics as part of Thomas Muir Festival. www.thomasmuir.co.uk 26 NOVEMBER 18th SSE Scottish Music Awards: At Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow. The annual star-studded awards ceremony is the main fundraising event for Nordoff Robbins, Scotland's only Music Therapy charity, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. Last year the SSE Scottish Music Awards raised more than £140,000, which helped facilitate additional music therapists and music sessions for vulnerable children and adults throughout Scotland. www.nordoffrobbinsscotland.org.uk 27 NOVEMBER Hit The Road presents ….. DENI SMITH, REBEKAH KIRK and ELIA DAVIDSON: At Oran Mor, Glasgow. Hit The Road is Scotland's National youth music touring project. Managed by the Scottish Music Centre; the project provides young musicians living in Scotland, between the ages of 14-19 years old, the opportunity to learn about the live industry before embarking on a professionally managed tour. Hit The Road is funded by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) and PRS for Music Foundation. https://twitter.com/HitTheRoadTours KAT HEALY: At The Clutha, Glasgow. Edinburgh songstress Kat Healy is delighted to announce her long awaited new single Wolf, which is due for release this month and to showcase her latest material, Kat is playing live dates across the UK and Ireland. A contemporary singer songwriter, Kat has been described as a combination of well-crafted songs, beautiful voice and delightful stage presence, with a striking ability to take an audience on a heartfelt journey with her music. www.facebook.com/kathealymusic ANDY WHITE: At Woodend Bowling Club, Glasgow. Irish singer-songwriter Andy White tours in support of the release of his boxset Studio Albums 1986 - 2016 (October 14th) a collection of all twelve of his studio albums including new album Imaginary Lovers (available separately 4 November). Stiff Records released the Religious Persuasion EP during the eighties acoustic revival spearhead-ed by The Pogues. The Whistle Test and Janice Long championed Andy as he started playing shows in the UK. When Stiff bit the dust, he was signed by London Records who released Rave On Andy White in October 1986. Melody Maker pronounced “Yer Man’s Brilliant!”, Andy opened for Van Morrison on tour, and then Billy Bragg, with whom he shared legendary UK manager Peter Jenner. www.andywhite.com/
APATHY'S EDGE: At Bungalow, Paisley. 30 NOVEMBER Apathy's Edge are a four piece heavy rock/metal band from Glasgow. www.facebook.com/ApathysEdge The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST: At The 25 NOVEMBER Admiral Bar Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Tickets £13. They were flown in from their base DEAN OWENS & THE WHISKY HEARTS in Canada for a sold-out headline show at
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 18: glasgow + surrounding area :: fife + central + perthshire + tayside Glasgow’s Tron Theatre during Celtic Connections Festival this year after winning major TV exposure when tracks from the sensational To Build A Fire album were chosen as the backdrop to the recent BBC 2 TV drama based on Iain Banks’ Stonemouth novel. The new album – Sex & Politics – got its official UK launch in January and once again confirmed them as a creative tour de force. “Simply superb – an album that’ll be making more than a few end-of-year “best of” lists,” said AmericananUK, while Acoustic magazine called it “totally glorious” and added: “It’s maybe as fine as music’s likely to get in 2016.” R2 magazine called it “a work of outstanding genius.” Penner has that rare quality – a well-grounded human spirit. In another life he might have been a Shaman. With constant playing companion Jon Wood (a highly respected producer in Canada ) by his side, percussive elements and layered guitar techniques have added rich texture. Today, the show – and sound – is bigger and brighter, spontaneously grand and fragile at the same time. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 1 DECEMBER APATHY'S EDGE: At Box, Glasgow. Apathy's Edge are a four piece heavy rock/metal band from Glasgow. www.facebook.com/ApathysEdge 11 DECEMBER BAY CITY ROLLERS: At SSE Hydro, Glasgow. After a very public spat back in July, which led to Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood parting company with his fellow Rollers, the band vowed never to perform together again. Now after a lot of soul searching, talking and man hugging, they agreed to settle their differences once and for all and are set to bring some real festive cheer to the their fans as they prepare to rock the SSE Hydro in December. Tickets are on sale now. www.facebook.com/RollersOfficial 21 DECEMBER Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook with PHIL CUNNINGHAM, KAREN MATHESON, KRIS DREVER, KEVIN MCGUIRE, IAN CARR, JOHN MCCUSKER, EDDI READER: At Glasgow City Hall, Glasgow. "The Perfect Way To Fill Up Your Festive Fuel Tank" - The Scotsman www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook
FIFE / CENTRAL / PERTHSHIRE / TAYSIDE Send us all your gig dates for Tayside, Perthshire, Fife and Central areas . Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 20 OCTOBER Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ….. QUICKSILVER: At Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5TA. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starts 7.30 till about 10.30. The duo QuickSilver are Hilary Spencer and Grant Baynham, the former a formidable talent honed over many years of professional singing on stage as well as a 20 year stint with the a cappella group Artisan, and the latter a singer-guitarist who has no difficulty interpreting the two-finger “snakes and
ladders” runs of Django up and down the fingerboard and then following on with Bach and THE BLUES BROTHERS: At The Albert Halls, Scarlatti. Stirling. 7:30pm, £25. Direct from a residency in www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk Chicago and a national tour of the USA. The boys are joined on their mission to bring soul and MAN OF MOON + Support: At Tolbooth, blues back into your heart by the fabulous Stirling. 8pm £8/£6. Merging elements of Bluettes; three sassy ladies with attitude and psychedelic, kraut and post rock within their 2voices to knock you off your perch and an piece set up, the Edinburgh teens have exploded incredible Blues Brothers Band who are the best onto the Scottish new music scene, landing a of the best. critically acclaimed first single (produced by www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls Frightened Rabbit's Andy Monaghan) tours with the Twilight Sad a host of glowing endorsements 29 OCTOBER from established acts (The Phantom Band) as well as glowing press on both sides of the Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ….. Atlantic. Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 FRANK MCLAUGHLIN & STEWART HARDY: At 274000 or at Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5TA. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starts 7.30 till 21 OCTOBER about 10.30. Initially contributing to each others projects, the fun they had working together led HANNAH ALDRIDGE with THE BLACK them to establish a formal collaboration. FEATHERS: At The Weem Inn, Aberfeldy, 8pm. Together they compose, produce and perform Tickets £10. October sees the welcome, if brief, music of tremendous variety. As a duo they return to Scotland of Hannah Aldridge - the perform traditional and contemporary tunes daughter of Alabama Music Hall of Fame member stripped back to the bare essentials of fiddle, Walt Aldridge. Hannah’s dark, sultry, soulful guitar and Scottish smallpipes. voice is entrancing live, and her influences range www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk from blues in the Mississippi Delta to the dusty, Dixieland jazz sounds from New Orleans, the NORDIC FIDDLERS BLOC: At Tolbooth, musical stylings of Muscle Shoals on up to the Stirling. 8pm £14/£12. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc primitive roots of American Country music. She’ll is a fiddle trio from Norway, Sweden and the be accompanied on this Scottish tour by The Shetland Islands who have swiftly gained a Black Feathers, an award-winning duo from reputation for their gripping and unique blend of Gloucestershire in England. The perfectly paired fiddle music. Tickets from Tolbooth box office voices of Ray Hughes and Sian Chandler 01786 274000 or at intertwine effortlessly to create a genre defying www.culturestirling.org/tollbooth sound, combining elements of folk, roots, altcountry and americana. Rock for Strathcarron present ….. A www.theweeminn.com Foreigner’s Journey and Who’s Next: At The www.theblackfeathers.com Albert Halls, Stirling. 7:30pm, £13.50. A tribute www.hannah-aldridge.com to the music of two of rock’s most iconic and enduring bands, A Foreigner’s Journey take 22 OCTOBER things much beyond a mere ‘tribute act’ and turn their show into a living, breathing and powerful KRIS DREVER – If Wishes Were Horses show, cherry picking the very best songs from Tour: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £14/£12. Kris both Foreigner and Journey’s greatest hits. All Drever celebrates his first decade as an profits go to Strathcarron Hospice. acclaimed solo artist and songwriter in 2016 with www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls a new studio album ‘If Wishes were Horses’ released by Reveal Records. Drever’s voice and 2 NOVEMBER guitar forms part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene. Hugely admired as a KIM EDGAR: At Kinlochard Hall, Stirling FK8 solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk 3TL. 7.30pm. Kim’s touring her new album superstars Lau, he is a phenomenal and prolific ‘Stories Untold’, - an intimate and inspiring artist. Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 collection of original songs, the album tackles 274000 or at topics including child soldiers, the impact of www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth crime and punishment, loss, and love in its many http://krisdrever.com/ forms. ‘Stories Untold’ features a song inspired by author Pippa Goldschmidt, and collaborations 27 OCTOBER with award-winning songwriter Karine Polwart and poet Rachel Fox. "A great writer... Crail Folk Club presents ..... MAIREARAD underappreciated in many ways” - Roddy Hart, GREEN & ANNA MASSIE: At Town Hall in Crail, BBC Radio Scotland. Tickets @ Fife. £7. Two of Scotland’s most revered multiwww.kimedgar.com/gigs instrumentalists, Mairearad Green (accordion and bagpipes) and Anna Massie (guitar, banjo, 3 NOVEMBER fiddle) are a truly captivating duo, providing a highly energetic performance with an instantly Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM warm and friendly stage presence. The Poozies AND LOTUS: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. and Blazing Fiddles are amongst the various After taking Shetland by storm when they played bands of which they are members. ‘You guys the Folk Festival there earlier this year as one of were killing it….amazing playing’ K T Tunstall. A the main visiting attractions, Sheesham & Lotus huge hit at Glenfarg’s 2014 Folk Feast. Crail Folk & ‘Son return to these shores before heading for Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit Europe where they are also becoming all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, increasingly popular following two appearances beginners and those that just want to come at the big Tønder Festival in Denmark. along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During http://sheeshamandlotus.com Singers' nights they feature local singers and www.brookfield-knights.com musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your 3 NOVEMBER feet. 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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 20: fife + central + perthshire + tayside incessant touring across Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. Road-worn, painfully honest, and deeply human, his tunes weave threads of folk, roots, blues, soul and country over spacious fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo arrangements. www.scottcook.net 4 NOVEMBER ADAM BULLEY and CHAS MACKENZIE: At Cleish Village Hall, Kinross-Shire, KY13 0LR. 7.30pm. Tickets buy on the door £10/ Child £5. BYOB / Raffle. Adam Bulley and Chas Mackenzie are one of the most highly rated guitar duo’s in the country who, in their live show, deliver a fiery, energy fuelled array of acoustic music styles. Weaving effortlessly between Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Folk and Pop, their performances are sure to capture the imagination. Having won a coveted “Danny Kyle” Award at Celtic Connections, the duo have gone on to dazzle audiences ever since. www.adambulleychasmackenzie.com NEW FOCUS QUARTET: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £14/£12. Konrad Wiszniewski and Euan Stevenson’s New Focus is one of the most appealing, most beautifully realised projects to emerge on the UK jazz scene in recent years. The quartet is completed by a rhythm section of conspicuous assurance in former Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year Andrew Robb on double bass and the SNJO’s drums and percussion dynamo, Alyn Cosker, New Focus is creating superbly accessible, hauntingly memorable jazz for the 21st century. Tickets
from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth SCOTT COOK: At Perthshire Amber Festival in Dunkeld. A roots balladeer with a rare personal warmth, Canada's Scott Cook has managed to distil the stories collected over a decade of nearincessant touring across Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. Road-worn, painfully honest, and deeply human, his tunes weave threads of folk, roots, blues, soul and country over spacious fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo arrangements. www.scottcook.net Swinging at The Cotton Club: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7:30pm, £22/£20. Take a step back into 1920s New York City and through the doors of Harlem’s hottest nightclub, the fabulous Cotton Club!’ The music and dance of this unique club is recreated by the fabulous Lindy Hop Dance Company, and The Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra featuring American vocalist Marlene Hill and compere/vocalist Megs Etherington – an outstanding production not to be missed. www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls
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The Simon & Garfunkel Story: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7:30pm, £22/£20/£18. Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th Anniversary Celebration also features a full live band performing all the hits including ‘Mrs Robinson’, ‘Cecilia’, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘Homeward Bound’ and many more. Get MARTIN TAYLOR: At Gardyne Theatre, your tickets fast. Dundee. Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls and educator Martin Taylor celebrates his 60th birthday and 45 years as a touring artist with a Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM series of solo UK concerts. Widely considered to AND LOTUS: At Dundee Acoustic Music Club, be the world’s foremost exponent of solo jazz The Newport, Newport on Tay. After taking and fingerstyle guitar, Martin Taylor’s Shetland by storm when they played the Folk remarkable musical career has spanned five Festival there earlier this year as one of the main decades with more than 100 recordings to his visiting attractions, Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son
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Stirling Council’s Annual School’s Concert: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7:30pm, £6/£4 concession. Stirling Council’s annual School’s Concert showcases over 200 young musicians 10 NOVEMBER from all seven High Schools in a musical extravaganza that includes a vocal ensemble, Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS symphony orchestra, wind band, pipe band, NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk string orchestra, pianists, pipe band and Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit guitarists. all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During 22 NOVEMBER Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Perth make music then just come along and tap your Folk Club at The Green Room, Perth. 7.30pm. feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. Southern Tenant Folk Union are the Edinburgh www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub based string band that over a series of albums have produced a thought provoking and 11 NOVEMBER arresting take on roots & folk music. September sees the release of the seventh Southern Tenant HEIDI TALBOT with JOHN MCCUSKER, Folk Union album ‘Join Forces’. Written following SORREN MACLEAN and TOBY SHAER: At the May 2015 general election result, and then Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £15/£13. Heidi Talbot recorded in June and July this year amidst a returns with a range of material including songs quickly changing political landscape, something from her latest release -Here We Go 1,2,3. Heidi that has made the suite of songs seem timelier Talbot was born in Ireland became a folk star in still. the USA as a member of the Irish American www.perthfolkclub.com band Cherish the Ladies, and now lives in www.southerntenantfolkunion.com Scotland, all reflected in a style that switches easily between Celtic and Americana, but 24 NOVEMBER subtlety is Talbot’s magic ingredient. From her gossamer voice to the delicate re-working of Crail Folk Club presents ..... EWAN traditional and contemporary material that MCLENNAN: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. earned her rave reviews for her 2012 album Ewan McLennan’s current touring builds on and Angels Without Wings. Tickets from Tolbooth draws from his three critically acclaimed albums, box office 01786 274000 or at his BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and his www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth performances and collaborations on the Transatlantic Sessions. This Autumn Ewan 12 NOVEMBER McLennan will be touring throughout the UK, performing songs from all three of his studio MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES: At albums and collaborations. He will also be airing Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £13/£11. To mark the new material, both self-penned and traditional 30th Anniversary of the release of Martin arrangements, delivered with subtle pathos and Stephenson & The Daintees seminal debut a rare skill on the guitar. Crail Folk Club offers a album ‘Boat To Bolivia’, the band are on tour to wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, play it in its entirety. What made this album so they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners special was a production ahead of its time and and those that just want to come along and the songs, with the sublime melodies and stark, listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' often challenging lyrics of the tracks. Tickets nights they feature local singers and musicians. from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at All are welcome. If you don’t want to make www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. KMF One Night Only presents DRAMS www.ewanmclennan.co.uk CEILIDH BAND: At McLaren Hall, Killin. Tickets www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub available at News First, Killin 01567 820362, or online at: www.eventbrite.co.uk Stars of Irish Country: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7:30pm, £21.50. Join five of Irelands 18 NOVEMBER favourite country stars all on one super show featuring the popular Louise Morrisey, John GUY DAVIS & BROOKS WILLIAMS: At Hogan , Gloria, Frank McCaffrey and new young Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £13/£11. New York blues rising star Lee Matthews who between them legend Guy Davis and Americana/blues singerhave scored countless accolades , notched up songwriter Brooks Williams, now based in the UK over 30 No 1 songs and have toured all over the but originally from Statesboro, Georgia, come world to packed houses. together on a rare tour together. Tickets from www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 25 NOVEMBER
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DEAN OWENS & THE WHISKY HEARTS BAND: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £12. Celtic Americana from Leith via Nashville … Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s finest singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Ricky Ross, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. Armed with a searingly soulful voice and a neat line in memorable heart-twisting melodies, Dean filters his love of Americana through a gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility. His Whisky Hearts band is former Silencers/Simple Minds drummer Jim McDermott, Brian McAlpine -keys and accordion, Amy Geddes - fiddle, Craig Ross guitar and Mike McCann -bass, who can rock up a storm, with flashes of folk and a touch of
Hit The Road presents ….. DENI SMITH, REBEKAH KIRK and ELIA DAVIDSON: At PJ DUNCAN CHISHOLM with JARLATH Molloys, Dunfermline. Hit The Road is Scotland's HENDERSON and INNES WATSON: At National youth music touring project. Managed Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £15/£13. Duncan by the Scottish Music Centre; the project Chisholm is arguably the most accomplished and provides young musicians living in Scotland, authentic interpreter of traditional Highland between the ages of 14-19 years old, the fiddle music. His music is elegant, trancelike and opportunity to learn about the live industry laced with strokes of genius. Tonight Duncan is before embarking on a professionally managed joined by two of Scotland’s finest musical tour. Hit The Road is funded by Creative talents, Jarlath Henderson on uilleann pipes and Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) and PRS whistles and Innes Watson on acoustic guitar. for Music Foundation. Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 https://twitter.com/HitTheRoadTours or at www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth DONALD BLACK: At Killin Hotel, Killin. Scottish
EWAN MCLENNAN: At The Weem Inn, Weem. Ewan McLennan’s current touring builds on and draws from his three critically acclaimed albums, his BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and his performances and collaborations on the Transatlantic Sessions. This Autumn Ewan McLennan will be touring throughout the UK, performing songs from all three of his studio albums and collaborations. He will also be airing new material, both self-penned and traditional arrangements, delivered with subtle pathos and a rare skill on the guitar. www.ewanmclennan.co.uk www.theweeminn.com SKERRYVORE: At St. Andrews Day Street Party, St Andrews. Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the band consisted of Tireeborn brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared love of music: everything from traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for the band. Now when not touring the different corners of the globe, the band can be found performing relentlessly, contributing to projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the UK. “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged party waiting to happen.” The Falkirk Herald http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/ 29 NOVEMBER GLENN TILBROOK + support: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £18. Glenn Tilbrook is the voice and face of Squeeze. It is over 40 years since he first answered Chris Difford’s ad inviting likeminded people to form what become that evergreen band. Contrary to the title of his last album ‘Happy Ending’ there is no end in sight for Glenn whether it be solo, a duo with Chris or with the reinvigorated success of Squeeze – his songwriting ability remains undimmed. Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 1 DECEMBER DEAN OWENS: At Clark’s on Lindsay St, Dundee. Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s finest singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Ricky Ross, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. His songs, including Raining in Glasgow and Man From Leith, have been hailed as classics of Scottish songwriting. www.deanowens.com 2 DECEMBER
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 22: fife + central + perthshire + tayside :: aberdeen + north east twang. Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 4 DECEMBER STIRLING ORCHESTRA: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7:30pm, £10/£8/£5 students with ID/£2 children. An orchestra of mostly amateur players from the Stirling area including Stirling university, led by conductor Stephen Broad and orchestra leader Joëlle Broad, and tonight featuring soloist Charlotte Rowan on violin. www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls 6 DECEMBER NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR OF SCOTLAND: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7pm. The 14 NYCoS Area Choirs are part of the National Youth Choir of Scotland, the organisation dedicated to encouraging singing for young people aged 0– 25. Led by enthusiastic and expert staff, the Choir provides great singing experiences that are both fun and develop musical skills. www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls 8 DECEMBER Crail Folk Club Christmas Party: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. Free. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 9 DECEMBER FRED MORRISON: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £14/£12. A solo performance from one of Celtic music’s most profoundly skilled and audaciously inventive exponents. Scottish piper Fred Morrison is justly famed for his passionately expressive style, rooted in the Gaelic traditions of his father’s native South Uist, and enriched by influences from far and wide, which has seen him dubbed “the Jimi Hendrix of the pipes”. Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth ROY ORBISON SHOW: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. 7:30pm, £20.50/£19.50. Barry Steele is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading tributes to Roy Orbison, as he presents this contemporary production, celebrating the life and musical legacy of the Big O. Barry is backed in this all live multi- media show, with not only a fabulous band and musicians, but a big screen featuring both live streaming, and images from the life and times of Roy Orbison, interspersed with factoids and information about the life and times of what is considered to be one of the best singers the world has ever known. www.culturestirling.org/albert-halls
arrangements, along with the all too famous Quireboys banter and stories -not to miss if you like your rock classic with a bluesy twist! All profits from this special night go to benefit Strathcarron Hospice. Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth
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TMSA Young Trad Tour: At Victoria Halls, Dunblane. Eight top young folk musicians are heading out around Scotland over the next three 15 DECEMBER months. The tour is of the finalists and winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional RODDY WOOMBLE’S CHRISTMAS Musician of the Year Competition (2015) and HOOTENANNY: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm £16. organised by the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song Back due to popular demand, Roddy Woomble Association of Scotland). Touring are: Gemma lines up another night of his own popular tracks Donald (Fiddle), Heather Downie (Clarsach), alongside his takes on festive favourites. With a Ainsley Hamill (Song), Claire Hastings (Song), long-running career in indie and folk music, Séamus Ó’Baioghill (Fiddle & Pipes), Robyn Roddy needs to introduction thanks to 8 Stapleton (Song and 2014 Winner) and Ryan acclaimed albums, 12 top 40 singles and Young (Fiddle) with accompanist Anna Massie. numerous tours throughout the world, and that’s www.victoriahalldunblane.com just with Idlewild. This night will have all the www.tmsa.org.uk atmosphere, humour, sing-alongs and warmth needed for a proper festive knees-up; come join 29 DECEMBER us! Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 or at SKERRYVORE: At Stirling Tolbooth, Stirling. www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the 16 DECEMBER band consisted of Tiree-born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded with PHIL CUNNINGHAM, KAREN with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) MATHESON, KRIS DREVER, KEVIN and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) MCGUIRE, IAN CARR, JOHN MCCUSKER, over a shared love of music: everything from EDDI READER: At The Albert Halls, Stirling. traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of "The Perfect Way To Fill Up Your Festive Fuel musical styles and sounds that set the path for Tank" - The Scotsman the band. Now when not touring the different www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook corners of the globe, the band can be found performing relentlessly, contributing to projects 17 DECEMBER by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as SKERRYVORE: At Reid Hall, Forfar. Skerryvore well as special needs schools throughout the UK. first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, band consisted of Tiree-born brothers Daniel l2 legged party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie Herald (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/ with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared love of music: everything from traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for the band. Now when not touring the different corners of the globe, the band can be found Send us all your gig dates for performing relentlessly, contributing to projects Aberdeenshire and the north east by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind area School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the UK. Email them to Carol “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk 23 OCTOBER Herald http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/
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KRIS DREVER – If Wishes Were Horses Tour: At Woodend Barn, Banchory. Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo THE TOMMY SMITH YOUTH JAZZ artist and songwriter in 2016 with a new studio ORCHESTRA: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 2.30pm album ‘If Wishes were Horses’ released by £12/£5 for 16-25 with youth card/under 16 free. Reveal Records. Drever’s voice and guitar forms The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra is once part of the backbone of today’s contemporary again delighted to return to the Tolbooth with a roots scene. Hugely admired as a solo artist, new line up of endless talent, improvisational collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, skills, exuberance and verve. The future for jazz he is a phenomenal and prolific artist. in Scotland is assured as these gifted players, http://krisdrever.com/ 14 DECEMBER under the direction of Scotland's most distinguished jazz musician, Tommy Smith play 28 OCTOBER Rock for Strathcarron – THE QUIREBOYS: At a repertoire ranging from Ellington, Basie, Tolbooth, Stirling. 7.30pm £20 + £1.20 booking Mingus and Gillespie classics to present day big Red Note Ensemble KEIN for invented fee per ticket. For over 30 years The Quireboys band charts by Fred Sturm and Florian Ross. instruments by François Sarhan: At have been mainstays of the UK Rock scene and Tickets from Tolbooth box office 01786 274000 soundfestival, Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 7pm. Red have headlined shows both home and abroad, as or at Note Ensemble have teamed up with composer, well as sharing stages with the likes of The www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth writer and visual artist François Sarhan to make Rolling Stones, Guns 'N' Roses, Aerosmith and a new work for string quartet… with a difference! Whitesnake. They bring their critically-acclaimed Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook Played on a set of new, invented stringed unplugged show to Stirling and give local fans a with PHIL CUNNINGHAM, KAREN instruments designed by the composer, and chance to experience an audience with Spike, MATHESON, KRIS DREVER, KEVIN integrating recorded texts from historical figures, Paul, Keith & Guy in very intimate and laid back MCGUIRE, IAN CARR, JOHN MCCUSKER, this new work will explore the relationship surroundings. The night will involve classics, EDDI READER: At Perth Concert Hall, Perth. between voice and instrument. Co-commissioned rarities and surprises played in acoustic "The Perfect Way To Fill Up Your Festive Fuel by sound and Red Note Ensemble. 18 DECEMBER
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 24: aberdeen + north east :: highlands + west coast + argyll soundconversation following the concert. Tickets: £10, £5 (conc) on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 29 OCTOBER JENNY STURGEON: At Woodend Barn, Banchory. Jenny is a singer-songwriter from north east Scotland. Her passion for music lies in her interest in traditional folk song combined with the enjoyment of creating fresh new compositions. The inspiration for her lyrics comes from folklore, historical events and personal experience, and as a biologist her enthusiasm for nature creeps in to all her work. In addition to recording her new album 'From the skein', Jenny is involved in several projects including working as a music workshop facilitator in primary schools www.jennysturgeonmusic.com Freedom o(r) Speech with Red Note, I Solisti del Vento (Belgium) and Song Circus (Norway): At soundfestival, ACT Aberdeen, 8pm. Three European ensembles - Red Note (Scotland), I Solisti del Vento (Belgium) and Song Circus (Norway) - have joined forces in this co-production which premières in Aberdeen before touring to Belgium and the Netherlands. The programme presents Louis Andriessen’s seminal work De Staat (The Republic) alongside Mauricio Kagel’s Der Tribun (The Tribune) and the world première of The F Scale, a new work commissioned from John De Simone to sit specifically alongside De Staat. Tickets: £10, £5 (conc) on 01224 641122 or @ www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 4 NOVEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM AND LOTUS: At Fyvie Folk Club, Aberdeenshire. After taking Shetland by storm when they played the Folk Festival there earlier this year as one of the main visiting attractions, Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son return to these shores before heading for Europe where they are also becoming increasingly popular following two appearances at the big Tønder Festival in Denmark. http://sheeshamandlotus.com www.brookfield-knights.com 5 NOVEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ….. SHEESHAM AND LOTUS: At Tin Hut, Gartly, by Huntly, Aberdeenshire. After taking Shetland by storm when they played the Folk Festival there earlier this year as one of the main visiting attractions, Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son return to these shores before heading for Europe where they are also becoming increasingly popular following two appearances at the big Tønder Festival in Denmark. http://sheeshamandlotus.com www.brookfield-knights.com 11 NOVEMBER SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA: The SNJO presents ‘The Legend of Charlie Parker in Aberdeen. Great concerts and music from the cream of Scottish Jazz musicians. www.facebook.com/theSNJO 24 NOVEMBER SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Montrose Folk Club, Links Hotel, 8pm Tickets £9.50 Tel. 01674 671000. Southern Tenant Folk Union are the Edinburgh based string band that over a series of albums have produced a thought provoking and arresting take on roots & folk music. September sees the release of the seventh Southern Tenant Folk Union album ‘Join Forces’. Written following the May 2015 general
election result, and then recorded in June and July this year amidst a quickly changing political landscape, something that has made the suite of songs seem timelier still. www.montrosefolkclub.co.uk www.southerntenantfolkunion.com
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GLEADHRAICH: At Hootananny Inverness, touring their new EP. Titled Definition, its six tracks include The Immigrant's Lament, the tune piper Craig Weir was commissioned to compose 2 DECEMBER and play for the Clan Currie Society at Ellis Island, New York, during last year’s Tartan Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. CAM Week. The four-piece band from Carnoustie hope PENNER & JON WOOD: At The Blue Lamp, to make the pipes a more accessible instrument Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £10 / £8 adv. to young people by being a rock band with pipes We are very happy to announce the return of the up front in order to encourage Scotland’s youth brilliant CAM PENNER & JON WOOD to to take forward the baton of this piece of Aberdeen ! Get your tickets early, this was a Scottish heritage while also allowing our native very busy night the last time they played! The instrument to have the widespread appeal it music he plays - and energy generated - has deserves with older generations through won him many friends, fans and admirers. The demonstrating its versatility. mesmerising live show is bigger - and brighter - www.facebook.com/Gleadhraich than before, spontaneously grand and fragile at the same time. Percussive elements and layered MARTIN TAYLOR: At Spectrum Centre, guitar techniques have added rich texture. Cam Inverness. Grammy-nominated guitarist, hails from a Mennonite community in Southern composer and educator Martin Taylor celebrates Manitoba, where his parents, town rebels, ran an his 60th birthday and 45 years as a touring artist illegal roadhouse and his grandfather, a with a series of solo UK concerts. Widely bootlegger, was a much-loved character in the considered to be the world’s foremost exponent rural community. Growing up against that of solo jazz and fingerstyle guitar, Martin background, he found an appreciation for Taylor’s remarkable musical career has spanned common people's stories. Since stepping out five decades with more than 100 recordings to aged 18, he has experienced more raw humanity his name, an MBE, two honourary doctorates than most would encounter in a lifetime. He and many international awards.Tickets are on spent thirteen years dedicated to helping the sale now and available from homeless and destitute in Chicago’s soup http://martintaylor.com/tour/ kitchens and shelters and when each shift was over, would spend endless hours writing and 25 NOVEMBER playing his guitar while exorcising his emotions through music. EWAN MCLENNAN: At The Victory Hall, www.AlmostBluePromotions.com Benderloch. Ewan McLennan’s current touring builds on and draws from his three critically 16 DECEMBER acclaimed albums, his BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and his performances and collaborations SKERRYVORE: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. on the Transatlantic Sessions. This Autumn Ewan Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree McLennan will be touring throughout the UK, off Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the performing songs from all three of his studio band consisted of Tiree-born brothers Daniel albums and collaborations. He will also be airing Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie new material, both self-penned and traditional (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded arrangements, delivered with subtle pathos and with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) a rare skill on the guitar. and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) www.ewanmclennan.co.uk over a shared love of music: everything from www.benderloch.com/victory_hall traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At the band. Now when not touring the different Universal Hall Findhorn. 8pm Tickets £12/£10 corners of the globe, the band can be found conc. Tel. 01309 691170. Southern Tenant Folk performing relentlessly, contributing to projects Union are the Edinburgh based string band that by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind over a series of albums have produced a thought School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as provoking and arresting take on roots & folk well as special needs schools throughout the UK. music. September sees the release of the “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland seventh Southern Tenant Folk Union album ‘Join could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, Forces’. Written following the May 2015 general l2 legged party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk election result, and then recorded in June and Herald July this year amidst a quickly changing political http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/ landscape, something that has made the suite of songs seem timelier still. 19 DECEMBER www.universalhall.co.uk www.southerntenantfolkunion.com Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook with PHIL CUNNINGHAM, KAREN 27 NOVEMBER MATHESON, KRIS DREVER, KEVIN MCGUIRE, IAN CARR, JOHN MCCUSKER, EWAN MCLENNAN: At Drouthy Cobbler, Elgin. EDDI READER: At The Beach Ballroom, Ewan McLennan’s current touring builds on and Aberdeen. "The Perfect Way To Fill Up Your draws from his three critically acclaimed albums, Festive Fuel Tank" - The Scotsman his BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and his www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook performances and collaborations on the Transatlantic Sessions. This Autumn Ewan McLennan will be touring throughout the UK, performing songs from all three of his studio albums and collaborations. He will also be airing new material, both self-penned and traditional arrangements, delivered with subtle pathos and a rare skill on the guitar. Send us all your gig dates www.ewanmclennan.co.uk www.theweeminn.com for the Highlands
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 25: highlands + west coast + argyll :: islands :: ayrshire + dumfries SKERRYVORE: At Red Hot Highland Fling, Inverness. Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the band consisted of Tiree-born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared love of music: everything from traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for the band. Now when not touring the different corners of the globe, the band can be found performing relentlessly, contributing to projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the UK. “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk Herald http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/ 2 JANUARY SKERRYVORE with SKIPINNISH: At Nevis Centre, Fort William. Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the band consisted of Tireeborn brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared love of music: everything from traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for the band. Now when not touring the different corners of the globe, the band can be found performing relentlessly, contributing to projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the UK. “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged party waiting to happen.” The Falkirk Herald http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/
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30 OCTOBER LOVE & DANCING: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran, 3pm, free admission. www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk
SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Aros Arts, Portree, Isle of Skye. 7.30pm Tel 01478 613750. Southern Tenant Folk Union are the 3 NOVEMBER Edinburgh based string band that over a series of albums have produced a thought provoking KRIS DREVER – If Wishes Were Horses and arresting take on roots & folk music. Tour: At King St Halls, Orkney. Kris Drever September sees the release of the seventh celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo Southern Tenant Folk Union album ‘Join Forces’. artist and songwriter in 2016 with a new studio Written following the May 2015 general election album ‘If Wishes were Horses’ released by result, and then recorded in June and July this Reveal Records. Drever’s voice and guitar forms year amidst a quickly changing political part of the backbone of today’s contemporary landscape, something that has made the suite of roots scene. Hugely admired as a solo artist, songs seem timelier still. collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, www.aros.co.uk he is a phenomenal and prolific artist. www.southerntenantfolkunion.com http://krisdrever.com/ 26 NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER THE GEORGE LINDSAY BAND: At The USED BLUES: At The Pierhead Tavern, Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 9pm. Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 9pm. Free. Free. www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran 6 NOVEMBER
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KRIS DREVER – If Wishes Were Horses Tour: At Bixter Hall, Shetland. Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter in 2016 with a new studio album ‘If Wishes were Horses’ released by Reveal Records. Drever’s voice and guitar forms part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene. Hugely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, he is a phenomenal and prolific artist. http://krisdrever.com/
THE GEORGE LINDSAY BAND: At The Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 4pm. Free. www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran
MELLOW SUNDAY: At The Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 4pm. Free. www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran 12 NOVEMBER THE MONA LISA’S: At The Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 9pm. Free. www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran 13 NOVEMBER THE MONA LISA’S: At The Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 4pm. Free. www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran 19 NOVEMBER THE SKUNNERED: At The Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 9pm. Free. www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran
Isle of Bute …. Transclyde Music is a group of like minded people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to 20 NOVEMBER promote live music on the island. For their latest gig news go to …. THE SKUNNERED: At The Pierhead Tavern, www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic Lamlash, Isle of Arran. 4pm. Free. www.facebook.com/ThePHTArran 22 OCTOBER THE OWEN STEPHEN BAND: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran, 9pm, free admission. www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk
on tour, and then Billy Bragg, with whom he shared legendary UK manager Peter Jenner. www.andywhite.com/
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ANDY WHITE: At Rothesay Shinty Club, Isle of Bute. Irish singer-songwriter Andy White tours in support of the release of his boxset Studio 23 OCTOBER Albums 1986 - 2016 (October 14th) a collection of all twelve of his studio albums including new OWEN STEPHEN: At Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, album Imaginary Lovers (available separately 4 Arran, 3pm, free admission. November). Stiff Records released the Religious www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk Persuasion EP during the eighties acoustic revival spearhead-ed by The Pogues. The 29 OCTOBER Whistle Test and Janice Long championed Andy as he started playing shows in the UK. When DR FEELGUID (Dr Feelgood tribute): At Stiff bit the dust, he was signed by London Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran, 9pm, free Records who released Rave On Andy White in admission. October 1986. Melody Maker pronounced “Yer www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk Man’s Brilliant!”, Andy opened for Van Morrison
5 DECEMBER TMSA Young Trad Tour: At Mareel, Shetland. Eight top young folk musicians are heading out around Scotland over the next three months. The tour is of the finalists and winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition (2015) and organised by the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland). Touring are: Gemma Donald (Fiddle), Heather Downie (Clarsach), Ainsley Hamill (Song), Claire Hastings (Song), Séamus Ó’Baioghill (Fiddle & Pipes), Robyn Stapleton (Song and 2014 Winner) and Ryan Young (Fiddle) with accompanist Anna Massie. www.mareel.org www.tmsa.org.uk 13 DECEMBER TMSA Young Trad Tour: At SEALL at Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye. Eight top young folk musicians are heading out around Scotland over the next three months. The tour is of the finalists and winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition (2015) and organised by the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland). Touring are: Gemma Donald (Fiddle), Heather Downie (Clarsach), Ainsley Hamill (Song), Claire Hastings (Song), Séamus Ó’Baioghill (Fiddle & Pipes), Robyn Stapleton (Song and 2014 Winner) and Ryan Young (Fiddle) with accompanist Anna Massie. www.seall.co.uk www.tmsa.org.uk
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 26: ayrshire + dumfries :: scottish borders :: + 1 hour over border 20 OCTOBER Sounds Of The Glenn Miller Era with special guest SAM MERRICK: At Gaiety Theatre, Ayr. The Nick Ross Orchestra brings the Big Band Sound of the 1940s & 50s to Scotland with a “Spectacular Concert” celebrating Glenn Miller and the Big Band era. With a full line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, a rhythm section and special guest vocalist Sam Merrick, the Nick Ross Orchestra will faithfully recreate the wonderful sound of the Big Bands including those led by Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and Syd Lawrence. www.nickrossorchestra.com www.ayrgaiety.co.uk 23 OCTOBER Brookfield Knights presents ….. FURNACE MOUNTAIN: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Each time, Furnace Mountain tour here it is as if they turn the whole world upside down. The classy Virginian 4-piece draws big crowds to some of the best ‘live’ music venues on the circuit, all stimulated by hugely complimentary reviews. www.facebook.com/furnacemountainband www.brookfield-knights.com 27 OCTOBER CHARLIE LANDSBOROUGH: At Gaiety Theatre Carrick Street Ayr KA7 1NU. £30 + online booking fee, £22.50 + online booking fee and £15 + online booking fee. Charlie Landsborough, award-winning UK artist, heads out with his band on his only UK tour this year playing songs from across his 28 album career. Renowned for his great live shows and quality musicianship, this will be his only UK tour this year. Many artists talk of giving something back, and some actually do. Charlie Landsborough belongs in that camp. Once a teacher himself, he is to become Musical Patron of Liverpool’s St Vincent's school for the visually impaired. The school aims to tailor the pupils’ needs to fit into a modern high tech society. Charlie’s song, What Colour Is The Wind, written about a blind child, is also to be adopted as the school's anthem. Tickets on 01292 288235 or @ http://ayrgaiety.co.uk www.charlielandsborough.com
for Music Foundation. https://twitter.com/HitTheRoadTours 9 DECEMBER SKERRYVORE: At Cochran Hall, Kirkcudbright. Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast in 2005. Back then, the band consisted of Tiree-born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who bonded with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals) and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a shared love of music: everything from traditional to rock and iazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that set the path for the band. Now when not touring the different corners of the globe, the band can be found performing relentlessly, contributing to projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the UK. “Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland could ever have wished for… a living, breathing, l2 legged party waiting to happen.” - The Falkirk Herald http://skerryvore.com/gigs-2/
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5HT. All concerts begin at 8.00pm. Full details on website or call 01890 750099. www.eyemouthhippodrome.org 29 OCTOBER Open Mic @ Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick: 7pm (doors 6.45pm). BYOB £3 corkage p.p. Our delicious home cooked food is available at all events. Kazmiranda = Live Music! 'Northumberland Business Award 2015 for Creative Industries winner'. For details email Brian at brian@themusicgallery.com www.facebook.com/ cafekazmirandaberwickontweed www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK 2 NOVEMBER SCOTT COOK: At Barrels Ale House, Berwick. A roots balladeer with a rare personal warmth, Canada's Scott Cook has managed to distil the stories collected over a decade of near-incessant touring across Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. Road-worn, painfully honest, and deeply human, his tunes weave threads of folk, roots, blues, soul and country over spacious fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo arrangements. www.scottcook.net 6 NOVEMBER
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KIM EDGAR: At Reston Village Hall, Ladeside, Berwickshire TD14 5JW. 7pm. Kim’s touring her new album ‘Stories Untold’, - an intimate and inspiring collection of original songs, the album tackles topics including child soldiers, the impact Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com of crime and punishment, loss, and love in its many forms. ‘Stories Untold’ features a song inspired by author Pippa Goldschmidt, and 18 OCTOBER collaborations with award-winning songwriter Karine Polwart and poet Rachel Fox. "A great ALASTAIR SAVAGE: At The Hippodrome, writer... underappreciated in many ways” Harbour Road, Eyemouth, Berwickshire TD14 Roddy Hart, BBC Radio Scotland. Tickets @ 5HT. All concerts begin at 8.00pm. Full details on www.kimedgar.com/gigs website or call 01890 750099. www.eyemouthhippodrome.org 19 NOVEMBER 19 OCTOBER
SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION: At Eastgate Arts Theatre, Peebles. Show 7.30pm Tickets £14/£12 conc./£6 child Tel. 01721 725777. Southern Tenant Folk Union are the 23 NOVEMBER Edinburgh based string band that over a series of albums have produced a thought provoking TMSA Young Trad Tour: At CatStrand, Castle and arresting take on roots & folk music. Douglas. Eight top young folk musicians are September sees the release of the seventh heading out around Scotland over the next three Southern Tenant Folk Union album ‘Join Forces’. months. The tour is of the finalists and winner of Written following the May 2015 general election the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional result, and then recorded in June and July this Musician of the Year Competition (2015) and year amidst a quickly changing political organised by the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song landscape, something that has made the suite of Association of Scotland). Touring are: Gemma songs seem timelier still. Donald (Fiddle), Heather Downie (Clarsach), www.eastgatearts.com Ainsley Hamill (Song), Claire Hastings (Song), www.southerntenantfolkunion.com Séamus Ó’Baioghill (Fiddle & Pipes), Robyn Stapleton (Song and 2014 Winner) and Ryan 20 OCTOBER Young (Fiddle) with accompanist Anna Massie. www.catstrand.com Beginners Jam @ Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café www.tmsa.org.uk in Berwick: 7pm-10pm (doors 6.45pm). £10 which includes drinks and snacks. Our delicious 26 NOVEMBER home cooked food is available at all events. Kazmiranda = Live Music! 'Northumberland Hit The Road presents ….. DENI SMITH, Business Award 2015 for Creative Industries REBEKAH KIRK and ELIA DAVIDSON: At The winner'. For details email Brian at Stove, Dumfries. Hit The Road is Scotland's brian@themusicgallery.com National youth music touring project. Managed www.facebook.com/ by the Scottish Music Centre; the project cafekazmirandaberwickontweed provides young musicians living in Scotland, www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK between the ages of 14-19 years old, the opportunity to learn about the live industry 28 OCTOBER before embarking on a professionally managed tour. Hit The Road is funded by Creative THE BEVVY SISTERS: At The Hippodrome, Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) and PRS Harbour Road, Eyemouth, Berwickshire TD14
BANGALORE DREAMS -JYOTSNA SRIKANTH TRIO: At The Hippodrome, Harbour Road, Eyemouth, Berwickshire TD14 5HT. All concerts begin at 8.00pm. Full details on website or call 01890 750099. www.eyemouthhippodrome.org 20 NOVEMBER CHRIS WOOD: At The Hippodrome, Harbour Road, Eyemouth, Berwickshire TD14 5HT. All concerts begin at 8.00pm. Full details on website or call 01890 750099. www.eyemouthhippodrome.org 26 NOVEMBER LOUIS DURRA TRIO: At The Hippodrome, Harbour Road, Eyemouth, Berwickshire TD14 5HT. All concerts begin at 8.00pm. Full details on website or call 01890 750099. www.eyemouthhippodrome.org 28 NOVEMBER ANDY WHITE: At Heart Of Hawick, Scottish Borders. Irish singer-songwriter Andy White tours in support of the release of his boxset Studio Albums 1986 - 2016 (October 14th) a collection of all twelve of his studio albums including new album Imaginary Lovers (available separately 4 November). When Stiff bit the dust, he was signed by London Record Bragg, with whom he shared legendary UK manager Peter Jenner. www.andywhite.com
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OCTOBER Glasgow Americana Glasgow 5-9 October The sparkling Blue Rose Code will do the honours and open the 10th anniversary Glasgow Americana Festival in October. On Wednesday 5 October in St Andrew’s in the Square' Man behind the music, Ross Wilson has rightly won huge praise for live, sell-out performances including joyous sessions for the BBC. www.glasgowamericana.com
Ullapool Guitar Festival Ullapool 7-9 October So why is the UGF so special? Perhaps it’s the mix of music old and new, of electric and acoustic, of steel and nylon, of seasoned performers and those, like the students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, just starting out on their careers. Perhaps it’s the location on Loch Broom and the drive up through some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery. Perhaps it’s the informal air of the whole weekend: there’s no “us and them”, no VIP area. Everyone mingles, and you’re likely to find yourself sitting beside a guitar legend in the Festival Club – or even jamming with them on one of the trade stands.
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The Perthshire Amber Festival brings together many musicians and entertainers from different parts of the world who have been involved with Doricana Fest Dougie MacLean over the years. This unique fesStonehaven tival shares Dougie’s inspiring music, celebrates 8 October the history and culture of Perthshire in the heart of Scotland and showcases the beautiful scenery. One day music festival based in the NE of Scot- The concerts are staged in a variety of wonderful land showcasing the countries finest Americana / venues from prestigious theatres to historic casRoots / Country and Acoustic acts. Stonehaven is tles to an Iron Age crannog on Loch Tay, to attuning up for a boot scooting new Americana mospheric Dunkeld Cathedral. music festival aimed at visitors and locals alike. The one day (family) festival will feature 6 Scot- www.perthshireamber.com tish bands with Americana roots including The Holy Ghosts (Edinburgh), Colin Clyne (Stonehaven), Daniel Meade (Glasgow), The New Carrying Stream Festival Madrids (Perth), Mikey Maclennan (The CarloEdinburgh ways, Bridge of Earn) and The Malpaso Gang 9-16 November (Aberdeen). The Carrying Stream Festival is organised annuwww.facebook.com/DoricanaFest ally in November by the Edinburgh Folk Club to celebrate the life and work of the great Scottish folklorist and writer Hamish Henderson.
Falkirk Live! Falkirk 14-16 October
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Falkirk Live! is a brand new three day music fes- Fiddle 2016 tival with its inaugural events taking place from Edinburgh 14 to 16 October, featuring various music genres 18-20 November including Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop, Funk, Gospel + much more. One of Scotland's biggest traditional music festivals, promoting & sustaining traditional fiddle www.falkirklive.com music since 1996. A weekend packed full of great music! Over the weekend there are concerts, ceilidhs, recitals, workshops, talks, open The Spree stage, festival clubs, sessions, stalls, free www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com Paisley events.... and lots, lots more! The Fiddle Festival 14-22 October committee are now working hard towards Fiddle Feis na Mara 2016. The dates are out now but keep an eye on The Spree is Paisley's national festival of music, our Facebook page and join our mailing list to be Mallaig comedy and much more, taking place as part of the first to hear what artists are playing at this 7th - 9th October the town's bid for UK City of Culture 2021. Now years festival. An exciting array of award-winning talent at this in its fifth year, the 2016 edition will take place www.scotsfiddlefestival.com years Fèis na Mara festival in Mallaig. What bet- from 14 to 22 October at various venues in the town, including a specially-erected Spiegeltent in ter way to start your October break than to hit the stunning little town of Mallaig for a weekend the town centre. Headliners include Admiral Falof glorious Scottish music? This year’s line-up in- low, a unique collaboration between Justin Currie cludes Dàimh, Niteworks, The Scott Wood Band, and the RSNO, Roddy Woomble and Band, The Federation of the Disco Pimp, The League of Donnie Munro, and a double bill of Treacherous Darvel Music Festival Highland Gentlemen and The Mischa MacPherson Orchestra and Skerryvore, plus comedy from Daniel Sloss and Craig Hill. For tickets and more Trio, with sessions, ceilidhs and parties around Darvel, Ayrshire every corner! Mallaig is truly on a roll this year, info, see 2-3 December with the opening of the beautiful new crannog and bakery, the impressive refurbishment of the www.thespree.co.uk (Also 23-24 Sept) People travel from all over iconic West Highland Hotel, and the Scottish Scotland, the UK and overseas to enjoy the Hospitality Awards’ ‘North Restaurant of the "Darvel Experience" and the event has gained AfriFest Year’ going to Mallaig’s Cornerstone Restaurant. stature amongst the Scottish music fraternity Edinburgh All this, and the might of this year’s line-up in a since its inception in 2002. Past and present 22-23 October limited capacity village hall suggest these tickets band members of Texas, The Silencers, Tom won’t be around for long! Petty and the Heartbreakers and the Average AfriFest is a vibrant celebration of African arts White Band will be represented at this year’s and cultures, with live music, dance, art, films, www.feis-na-mara.com 15th Darvel Music Festival. workshops. DJs and food, taking place at Summerhall, in Edinburgh on 22 and 23 October. Set www.darvelmusicfestival.org up to mark the unique input black performers Tenement Trail have made to the artistic and cultural landscape Glasgow of Scotland. All events are free and designed to Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 8 October appeal to a wide range of age groups and tastes. Edinburgh
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Tenement Trail is a multi-venue music festival in www.facebook.com/AfriFestScotland Glasgow. Taking place on Saturday 8 October, #TT16 is one ticket to over 12 hours of live music across nine venues, featuring over 50 bands and DJs. In the month that Tenement TV will celebrate their fifth birthday, Scotland’s largest music platform are throwing one hell of a party Perthshire Amber with a line-up featuring indie icons Milburn, Crash Club, Be Charlotte, Tijuana Bibles, The Bar The Dougie MacLean Festival Dogs, The Van T’s, Barrie-James O’Neill and Perthshire many, many more. 3-6 November
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30 December - 1 January 2017
Three days of spectacular events, incredible bands and amazing crowds from every corner of the globe. See Shetland Vikings bearing firelit torches, hear beautiful choral singing in St Giles' Cathedral, enjoy birling to traditional Scottish music in the Old Town, and watch top stars and incredible fireworks from Princes Street Gardens. Edinburgh's Hogmanay shows the world how to party!
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2017 JANUARY 2017 Celtic Connections Glasgow 19 January - 5 February Celtic Connections 2017 comprises a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in Glasgow. www.celticconnections.com
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Solas Festival is an allage arts festival held in Perthshire from 17 to 19 June, with hip-hop, electro loops and some of the finest folk and roots music you’ll find in a Scottish field: a rich mix of traditions, talents and tastes. Expect an unusual mix of art, music, theatre, comedy, debate and soul-searching. The programme also makes space for challenging debate with activists, writers and thinkers from across the political, cultural and religious spectrum. Solas Festival offers a creative and entertaining programme for festival-goers of all ages in a safe environment.
rock to roots and folk to dance.
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Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages wackiest festival of music and performing arts. Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting with all the crazy variety that makes it Scotland’s premier boutique festival. ''Belladrum quite simply, it’s what everyday life should be like, if only everyday life didn't get in the way.'' - Clare Damdoaran, eFestivals. Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation for its eclectic lineups, its offbeat non-musical entertainments and its all-ages approach.
JULY 2017 Hebridean Celtic Festival Hebrides 19-22 July
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AUGUST 2017 Tartan Heart ‘Belladrum’ Festival Beauly 3-5 August 2017
Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featuring top quality music from around the Celtic naGroove CairnGorm tions and beyond. Stornoway and throughout Cairngorms Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk 25-25 February 2017 and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk Launched last year as the UK’s first resort based as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting its biggest number of live performances ever. snowsports festival, Groove Cairngorm combined winter snowsports, along with a selection Award-winning artists who took part in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge of DJs and acoustic acts performing over two success after bosses laid on new venues and restages up the mountain, followed by an ApresElectric Fields ski party until the early hours at Badaguish Out- turned to its roots for the showpiece event. Drumlanrig Castle door Centre featuring acts including Grandmas1-2 September 2017 ter Flash, Hot Chip and Radio 1’s Monki amongst www.hebceltfest.com many others. Nestling in the beautiful surroundings of DrumButeFest lanrig Castle, south west Scotland. We’ve been www.facebook.com/groovecairngorm The Isle of Bute working really hard to top last year and we’re 28-30 July 2017 pretty excited about this summer, as well as having some brand new developments. One of A three day festival of music, food and fun. This the most exciting music festivals in Scotland reaccessible and hugely friendly family festival all turns in 2016, over two days in the stunning takes places a mere thirty-five miles as the crow grounds of Drumlanrig Castle! Solus flies from Glasgow. Butefest has endeavoured to The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire compile a richly varied and superb line-up that www.facebook.com/electricfieldsfestival 23-25 June 2017 includes both the contemporary and the classic of the music world and runs that gamut from
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