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Vic Galloway: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic hosts his music review with Halina Rifai and Fiona Shepherd. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER
Ayrshire Dumfriesshire South West
Natasha Raskin Sharp: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. An eclectic mix of music. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER
The Musical Path: 10.30pm on BBC ALBA. A showcase of the most innovative, cutting edge trad acts. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Highlands + Islands
Na Trads: 10.25pm on BBC ALBA. THE SHEE perform 'Hand Ba' at the 2017 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the essential songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Mod 2018: 9.10pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Mod 'Gold Medal' final. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Mod 2018: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Traditional 'Gold Medal' final. www.bbcalba.co.uk
WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER
Travelling Folk: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce Macgregor brings you the very best of folk and roots music from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Aberdeen + North East
The Quay Sessions: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring UK country quartet THE WANSERING HEARTS and Scots singer-songwriter TOMMY ASHBY. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Na Trads: 11.50pm on BBC ALBA. DUNCAN CHISHOLM performs at the 2015 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Mod 2018: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Mod 'Gold Medal' final. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Mod 2018: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live coverage of the Traditional 'Gold Medal' final. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Mod 2018: 1.30pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live competitions with rural choirs. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Another Country with Ricky Ross: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Featuring ASHLEY McBRYDE, one of the most talked about new country artists, in Session. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Cuirm @ Celtic: 9pm on BBC ALBA. MOVING HEARTS concert at Celtic Connections. www.bbcalba.co.uk Mod 2018: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents highlights of the choral competitions. www.bbcalba.co.uk Ashley Storrie: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. New and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly, pop and indie from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER Take the Floor: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary Innes with the very best in traditional music and song. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Pipeline: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. The definitive pipe music programme, featuring news and recordings from the piping world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Lorient is Alba : Scotland's Year: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Performances from the 2017 Interceltique The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture Festival of Lorient. www.bbcalba.co.uk from across Scotland.
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Mod 2018: 5pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the 2018 Children's Mod. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Billy Sloan: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. A selection of hot new releases plus rock and pop music from Scotland and beyond. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Mod 2018: 6.25pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the Belladrum: 10.45pm on BBC ALBA. Three songs from an exclusive set by C DUNCAN at Belladrum 2016. 2018 Children's Mod. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbcalba.co.uk Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the essential songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER Take the Floor: 5pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary Innes with the very best in traditional music and song.
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www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 6.10pm on BBC ALBA. THE TOM ORR Scottish Dance Band perform at the 2015 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk Jazz Nights: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Seonaid Aitken with the best in jazz music from contemporary to classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The Musical Path: 8.30pm on BBC ALBA. A showcase of the most innovative, cutting edge trad acts. www.bbcalba.co.uk The Bridge Over The Atlantic: 9pm on BBC ALBA. A Canadian and Scottish fiddler take a unique road trip. www.bbcalba.co.uk
MONDAY 22 OCTOBER The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune 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 with the essential songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the essential songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 7.55pm on BBC ALBA. THE TOM ORR Scottish Dance Band perform at the 2015 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Vic Galloway: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Featuring live sessions and new material from the best alternative artists. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Another Country with Ricky Ross: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Edinburgh bluegrass duo THE JELLYMAN'S DAUGHTER in session and conversation. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Mod 2018: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonlad presents highlights from the Children's Mod in Dunoon. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Mod 2018: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents songs, poetry and fun from the Children's Mod in Dunoon. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Classics Unwrapped: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Music from the DUNEDIN CONSORT, Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. presented by Stephen Broad. End the day in the company of the songwriting www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland masters of country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Lorient is Alba : Scotland's Year: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Performances from the 2017 Belladrum: 11.55pm on BBC ALBA. BENJAMIN Interceltique Festival of Lorient. FRANCIS LEFTWICH sings 'Atlas Hands'. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbcalba.co.uk Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Kathleen MacInnes sits in - End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland.
Roddy Hart: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Roddy shines a spotlight on great songwriting both contemporary and classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune 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 with the essential
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songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 7.55pm on BBC ALBA. THE TOM ORR Scottish Dance Band perform at the 2015 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk Mod 2018: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents live the 'Gold Medal' final. www.bbcalba.co.uk Travelling Folk: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce Macgregor brings you the very best of folk and roots music from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mod 2018: 9-11.20pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy MacDonald presents the Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal competition for singing from the Royal National Mod in Dunoon. Along with Cathy in the studio, and providing analysis of the competition, will be singer Joy Dunlop who won this competition in 2010. Also joining Cathy with his own assessments of the performances and offering his opinion on the final result will be well-known South Uist singer Gillebride MacMillan, who is himself a former Mod Gold Medalist. Also featured on the show will be the winners of the Silver Pendant for adult learners. www.bbcalba.co.uk Vic Galloway: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic hosts his music review with Halina Rifai and Fiona Shepherd. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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KARINE POLWART: At Cadogan Hall, London. Multi-award winning Scottish artist Karine Mod 2018: 9-11.20pm on BBC ALBA. Cathy Polwart returns with her highly anticipated new MacDonald presents the Traditional Gold Medal album: ‘Laws of Motion'. Scooping 6 awards at competition for singing, from the Royal National the BBC Folk Awards for her stunning LP last Mod in Dunoon. Joining Cathy in the studio will year, Karine is back in 2018 with another be Gaelic broadcaster Morag MacDonald and the boundary pushing record; this time tackling traditional singer and winner of the competition subjects as diverse as Trump to WW2 to folk & in 1995, Angus Macleod from Inverness. children’s stories through innovative songcraft Throughout the evening they will offer their own and spoken word pieces. Laws of Motion is the assessments of the singers’ performances and latest in an evolving series of collaborative also a reaction when the winners are projects across which Polwart has combined announced. Also featured on the show will be music & storytelling with politics & the successful rural choirs from competitions environmental-societal issues. Karine wrote A held earlier in the day. Pocket Of Wind Resistance (a Songlines & BBC www.bbcalba.co.uk Radio 3 Late Junction Album Of The Year as well ------------------------------------------------ as SAY Award short listed) as a musical companion to her critically acclaimed theatre debut Wind Resistance.
www.karinepolwart.com 19 OCTOBER THE FILTHY TONGUES: At Dublin Castle, 94 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7AN. Back to Hell is the brand new studio album from one of Scotland’s finest bands, The Filthy Tongues. (Neon Tetra / Blokshok Records). The Filthy Tongues have occupied a unique place at the heart of Scottish alternative rock, in various manifestations, since the mid 80’s. Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly were the core-members of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, a stunning live band with Metcalfe resembling the MC of a debauched, vaguely gothic cabaret, which effortlessly churned out pop classics, sinister dark Blues and full-blown stadium-fitting anthems. Back to Hell is a drippingly dark masterpiece from a band who were involved in the co-writing of four tracks on the latest Skids album. It takes us on a journey through the dank closes and stairwells of the Old Town in Edinburgh and all that goes with it. www.filthytongues.com 7 NOVEMBER MAIREARAD GREEN AND ANNA MASSIE: At King’s Place London, Show 8pm. Scottish duo Mairearad Green and Anna Massie launch album number four ’FARRAN’ followed by a UK tour. Given that Mairearad grew up by Achnahaird bay and is now living by the sea in Ullapool and Anna is from the village of Fortrose by the Moray Firth, it is not surprising that there is a marine themed title and cover illustration for this duo’s fourth album. The album is called ‘Farran’ which is the Scots word for the starboard side of a boat. Tickets £12.50 on 020 7520 1490 or @ www.kingsplace.co.uk www.mairearadandanna.com 12 NOVEMBER Vagabond Voices - DEAN OWENS & YVONNE LYON: At Green Note for London Roots Festival. A double bill with two of Scotland’s finest voices, with songs that will touch your soul and take you from Caledonia to the Southern states badlands and back – with their unique blend of Americana, roots, rock and pop grooves. Yvonne Lyon consistently combines poignant lyrics with strong, creative melodies demonstrating a voice that can be both fragile and intense. Dean Owens is a genre jumping artist, with roots in
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both his home town of Edinburgh and his spiritual home of Nashville. Echoes of both shine through his music – celtic spirit, country soul. Both have released memorable albums in 2018 (Yvonne Lyon – Metanoia, Dean Owens – Southern Wind), which have cemented their reputations as artists of note, with rave 4 and 5 star reviews across the board. www.yvonnelyonmusic.com www.deanowens.com/vagabond-voices/
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USA. Latest single, the self titled 'Starry Skies', has been picked up by 15 radio shows so far OCTOBER here and abroad. It has also had a number of DEAN OWENS: Dean Owens heads to USA for a positive reviews pre-album release date of 'Be Kind' album on 12 October. Fusing together an short tour which includes Albino Skunk Festival 13 NOVEMBER eclectic range of genres, Be Kind will tug at the in South Carolina and a headline slot at the heartstrings in all the right ways. From the prestigious Levitt Shell in Memphis, TN. Key TIDE LINES: At Borderline, London. Tide Lines Dates: 2 Oct - Basement, Nashville TN; 4 Oct gentle, folk-strewn strings and languid vocals of are delighted to announce their first headline UK Levitt Shell, Memphis TN; 6 Oct - Albino Skunk the twinkling title track and album opener, to tour, a summer of European and UK festivals the more uptempo, instantly catchy AmericanaMusic Festival, Greer, SC. Dean’s music has appearances and a new record deal. This band been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky inspired cheer of ‘Glitter And The Glory’, it oozes from the Highlands has gone from a clutch of pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish an emotion-rich, hearty spirit. digital singles to a debut album with over 2 www.facebook.com/theStarrySkies/ roots, especially his home town of Leith million spotify streams in under 2 years. And (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as now they’re aiming to take their music to new from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in audiences. Forged from the literature and music his songs shines through as he sings about of the areas where they grew up, Tide Lines people and places, love and regrets, drawing meld romantic, rural life with a record collection favourable comparisons with the likes of of classic American songwriters. Imagine, if you Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish will, a 70’s Springsteen and an E-Street band of sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful bagpipes and electronics! voice. www.facebook.com/wearetidelines www.deanowens.com/live/
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IONA FYFE: At Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, London. Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. www.facebook.com/ionafyfesinger
SKERRYVORE with WE BANJO 3: A few West Coast America dates and then onto Canada. Back on the remote Scottish island of Tiree in 2005, the raw but contemporary trad quartet that formed Skerryvore could have only dreamed that over the next decade they would become a multi-award winning act that was 23 NOVEMBER performing in over 25 countries worldwide. From those traditional roots the band have developed Song, By Toad Records 10th Anniversary both in size and sound to create a unique fusion Live Tour ..... DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON, of their traditional music and songs with the FOONYAP & YUSUF AZAK: At St John on urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s Bethnal Green, London. 7.30pm. ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and www.songbytoad.com rhythms with a range of other genres is a trademark of their distinctive, high-energy sound. www.skerryvore.com
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Rip It Up – The Story of Scottish Pop: At National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF. 10am–5pm daily. Exhibition Gallery 1, Level 3. Adult £10, Concession £8, Child (12 – 15) £7, Under 12’s free, National Museums Scotland Members free, National Art Pass holders 50% discount. Discover the story of 4 OCTOBER - 4 NOVEMBER Scottish pop music at the National Museum of Scotland as we take you on a musical journey DAVE ARCARI USA Tour: alt.blues troubadour from the 1950s to the present day. This Dave Arcari on tour in America promoting his summer, join us for the first major exhibition latest album, 'Live at Memorial Hall'. Arcari is a dedicated to Scottish pop music, exploring the finalist in the Best Acoustic Artist and Best musical culture of the nation over more than Regional Artist (Scotland) categories of the UK half a century, from influential indie pioneers to Blues Awards 2018. 'Live at Memorial Hall' was global superstars. From the days of the released last autumn on double 180g coloured dancehalls to the emergence of pop in an vinyl and digipak CD as well as download/ explosion of colour in the 60s, through the 70s streaming via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3 and and New Wave, Rip It Up will feature global the usual digital services. The album has been stars and independent local heroes from pop's attracting rave reviews and radio airplay at early days right up to today’s outstanding home and abroad, making album of the week on newcomers.
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and confident follow-up to 2015’s internationally acclaimed Golden, soars on vividly detailed vignettes elevated by Kunder’s warm conversational voice and, like Golden, by a small army of marquee musical guests. www.benkunder.com
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highly respected producer) by his side, percussive elements and layered guitar techniques have added rich texture. www.brookfield-knights.com 4 DECEMBER THE WANDERING HEARTS: At The Caves, Edinburgh. Over the past year, The Wandering Hearts have built a loyal fan base with their signature sound that transcends the boundaries of genre – and this is what makes them so special. With their seamless vocal harmonies, The Wandering Hearts are reminiscent of First Aid Kit and Of Monsters and Men, whilst channelling Fleetwood Mac’s pop sensibility and the storytelling of Chris Stapleton, all the while keeping their British roots at their heart. www.thewanderinghearts.com 8 DECEMBER Song, By Toad Records 10th Anniversary Live Tour ..... DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON, FOONYAP & YUSUF AZAK: At Leith Cricket Club, Leith. www.songbytoad.com 10 DECEMBER
Soundhouse presents ..... DEAN OWENS & THE FELSONS: At Traverse Bar Café, Edinburgh. 8pm, £11. It’s the gig they said would never happen! For one night only, especially for Soundhouse, acclaimed singer songwriter Dean Owens is reuniting with his 30 NOVEMBER old Felsons (and Smile) bandmates – Kevin McGuire, Calais Brown and Dave Stewart. DAVE ARCARI + special guest LEE Scotland’s original Americana band, The PATTERSON: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. Felsons are celebrating the 20th anniversary alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari promoting of their 3rd album - Glad. They’ll be playing his latest album, 'Live at Memorial Hall'. songs from that, as well as many more Arcari is a finalist in the Best Acoustic Artist Felsons classics, plus songs from Dean’s solo and Best Regional Artist (Scotland) albums, including from his most recent categories of the UK Blues Awards 2018. release, the storming Southern Wind. And if 'Live at Memorial Hall' was released last that’s not enough to get you drooling in autumn on double 180g coloured vinyl and anticipation, there will also be a very special digipak CD as well as download/streaming appearance from Smile! Tickets @ via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3 and the www.traverse.co.uk usual digital services. The album has been www.soundhouse.org.uk ed everyone at attracting rave reviews and radio airplay at Shetland and Orkney Folk Festivals and made home and abroad, making album of the week a big impression at Glasgow’s Celtic on Celtic Music Radio. Connections too. www.davearcari.com 14 DECEMBER TIDE LINES: At Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. Tide Lines are delighted to SKERRYVORE: At Stramash, Edinburgh. announce their first headline UK tour, a Back on the remote Scottish island of Tiree in summer of European and UK festivals 2005, the raw but contemporary trad quartet appearances and a new record deal. This that formed Skerryvore could have only band from the Highlands has gone from a dreamed that over the next decade they clutch of digital singles to a debut album with would become a multi-award winning act that over 2 million spotify streams in under 2 was performing in over 25 countries years. And now they’re aiming to take their worldwide. From those traditional roots the music to new audiences. Forged from the band have developed both in size and sound literature and music of the areas where they to create a unique fusion of their traditional grew up, Tide Lines meld romantic, rural life music and songs with the urban sounds of with a record collection of classic American rock, pop and funk. The band’s ability to fuse songwriters. Imagine, if you will, a 70’s traditional Scottish music and rhythms with a Springsteen and an E-Street band of range of other genres is a trademark of their bagpipes and electronics! distinctive, high-energy sound. www.facebook.com/wearetidelines www.skerryvore.com 26 NOVEMBER
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Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 17 OCTOBER NADINE KHOURI: At The Hug & Pint, Glasgow. British-Lebanese songwriter Nadine Khouri is out for a handful of dates ahead of the release of her new EP A New Dawn Nadine will be performing tracks from the upcoming EP. Self-produced and recorded in London in between touring commitments, Khouri’s latest offering ‘A New Dawn’ was mixed by Alan Weatherhead (Sparklehorse, Julien Baker) and is a powerful return from her acclaimed debut. The beautifully arranged EP highlights Khouri’s talent for creating songs that feel both vast and intimate, while her warm, singular vocal takes centre-stage with poetic lyrics set against blissful atmospheric soundscapes. www.facebook.com/nadinekhourimusic NOVO AMOR: At Saint Luke’s, Glasgow. Working from this home studio, Novo Amor the moniker of Welsh singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist Ali Lacey - has received acclaim for a catalogue of beautiful and melancholic songs which have the ability to effortlessly transport the listener to another realm. www.facebook.com/iamnovoamor THE VRYLL SOCIETY: At King Tuts, Glasgow. With their debut album ‘Course Of The Satellite’ landing to waves of critical acclaim earlier this year, THE VRYLL SOCIETY look to orbit the UK live circuit one last time this year with a series of stunning AV live shows. Brilliant live band, they’ll be playing tracks from their rave-reviewed new album “Course of the Satellite” which mixes krautrock, electronica, prog and psychedelic sounds. www.facebook.com/TheVryllSociety 18 OCTOBER TOM ROBINSON: At King Tuts, Glasgow. www.facebook.com/tomrobinsonmusic 19 OCTOBER WILL VARLEY: At King Tuts, Glasgow. www.facebook.com/willvarleymusic
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Tide Lines set to launch a new single, EP and head off on 'Lets Make Tonight' 21 date tour 'Let’s Make Tonight' Tour :: October - 31st Lemon Tree Aberdeen :: November - 1st The Cluny 2 Newcastle / 23rd Harraby Theatre Carlisle / 30th Brunton Theatre Musselburgh :: December - 1st Nevis Centre Fort William / 7th Fat Sams Dundee / 8th SWG3 Glasgow / 12th Stornoway Town Hall Lewis / 13th Tarbert Community Centre Harris / 14th Talla an Lochdar South Uist / 15th Castlebay Hall Barra / 30th Ullapool Hall Ullapool / 31st Red Hot Highland Fling (Northern Meeting Park) Inverness
Tide Lines are four talented young musicians originally from the Highlands.
their first UK-wide headline tour – 21 dates across the UK, kicking off in Aberdeen on 31 October, and including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle, finishing at SWG3, Glasgow on 8 December, They've been making waves around Europe’s followed by a return to home territories in the festivals this summer with packed out shows, Western Isles in the second half of December – most of which sold out within including Denmark’s prestigious Tønder hours of being announced. Festival, and main stage slots at Scotland’s HebCelt and Belladrum (“one of the standout Whilst still in their (very) early 20s singer performances at Belladrum 2018, a real Robert Robertson and multi-instrumentalist highlight of the festival” according to the Ross Wilson were a substantial part of organisers). Skipinnish, but left to set up their own band in late 2016. 2 became 4 and 4 became Tide Forged from the literature and music of the Lines when Alasdair Turner (guitar & areas where they grew up, Tide Lines meld bagpipes) and Fergus Munro (drums) were romantic, rural life with a record collection of classic American songwriters. Imagine, if you recruited. A clutch of digital singles saw a will, a 70’s Springsteen and an E-Street band fervent online fanbase grow rapidly, with bagpipes and electronics, combined with consuming in their thousands everything from a limited pressing of their debut album to a sizzling electric guitar, drums and soaring rampant demand for concert tickets. vocals. In just under 2 years they have gone from some digital singles to a debut album Their videos play to hundreds of thousands on Dreams We Never Lost - with almost 3 million YouTube and their social media accounts spotify streams, and well over 15,000 CD number followers in the tens of thousands. sales (solely from after gig sales and direct Eventually with all this buzz and a raft of sold from the band), peaking at #16 in the iTunes out shows, The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe download chart. (BBC Radio 2) gave the band its first national radio airplay in March 2018, for the single Far They are currently working on new songs for the follow up album to Dreams We Never Lost, Side of the World (which reached #17 in the scheduled for Spring 2019 release. Meanwhile official Scottish charts). they are releasing a new single (17 Again) on Tide Lines are a band who are rapidly realising 19 Oct followed by a 6-track EP – Let’s Make their dreams, and making waves as they aim Tonight - on 26 Oct (digitally, and as a for the far side of the world… and beyond! physical release which will be available direct www.tidelinesband.com from the band and their website). www.twitter.com/wearetidelines The band is delighted to be embarking on www.facebook.com/wearetidelines
SHE MAKES WAR: At Hug and Pint, Glasgow. The alias of dedicatedly DIY alt-rocker Laura Kidd, She Makes War’s recent LP was recently hailed by The Independent as “brash, unapologetic rock“ and comes recommended for fans of Garbage / Breeders / Wolf Alice. A blend of raucous guitar and infectious vocals, ‘Devastate Me’ is an unrestrained commentary on the impact of our collective online presence on our lives, from stalker exes to the hysterical screeching of Twitter. www.facebook.com/SheMakesWar 20 OCTOBER OUR GIRL: At The Attic, Glasgow. The three best friends are set to bring their fuzzy pop,
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songs to make Archipelago. Following the album’s release, the band will play a string of UK shows across October and November; taking them from Guildford to Glasgow, the tour will stop off in cities including Bristol, London and Manchester, see full dates below. www.facebook.com/shredkellymusic 4 NOVEMBER JASON MORAN – The Harlem Hellfighters / James Reese Europe and The Absence of Ruin: At Paisley Town Hall, Paisley (only Scottish performance), 7.30pm. Bravery, race and the explosive arrival of jazz in war-torn Europe as Jason Moran creates an original response to the extraordinary story of James Reese Europe and the Harlem Hellfighters. The renowned composer, pianist and visual artist Jason Moran – ‘shaping up to be the most provocative thinker in current jazz’ (Rolling Stone) – celebrates and reflects on the legacy of James Reese Europe (1880-1919), an iconic figure in the evolution of African-American music who introduced France to the sound of jazz in the closing year of World War 1. Jointly commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the Kennedy Center, Washington; and Serious. Tickets £15/ £13 conc/ £5 under 26s www.jasonmoranharlemhellfighters.com 10 NOVEMBER
RAB NOAKES & JILL JACKSON: At The Boarding House, Howwood. Rab Noakes in a 30 OCTOBER dynamite duo line-up with the fabulous Jill Jackson. Jill and Rab first met in the mid-’90s Brookfield Knights presents ..... cua: At when Rab produced The Brand New Opry for Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Since issuing BBC Radio Scotland. Jill, then a teenager, their superb Songs of The Hollow album in 2017, appeared as a guest on the show and they have cua have gone on to become a band that has been friends and colleagues ever since. gathered in more praise than most from all the www.rabnoakes.com best sections of the media. As a result, there are many who cannot wait to catch the band in BADSTONE: The Clutha, Glasgow. From action and this will be their first ever Scottish 4:30pm, free admission. This group of seasoned tour. musicians play a wide variety of music from the www.brookfield-knights.com likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad 31 OCTOBER Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder and more. The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... cua: At www.facebook.com/Cluthabar The Admiral, Glasgow. Since issuing their superb www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band Songs of The Hollow album in 2017, cua have gone on to become a band that has gathered in 13 NOVEMBER more praise than most from all the best sections of the media. As a result, there are many who The Night With... Juice Vocal Ensemble: At cannot wait to catch the band in action and this Hug and Pint, Glasgow. The world première of a will be their first ever Scottish tour. new piece by Claire McCue (commissioned by www.brookfield-knights.com The Night With...) music by Mica Levi and the première of the winner of The Night With... call 3 NOVEMBER for scores. Tickets £10 and £6 with a city season ticket for £30 (for all four The Night With... SHRED KELLY: At Nice N’ Sleazy, Glasgow. concerts of the 2018 season) in advance from Canadian folk-rock four-piece Shred Kelly will website below or on the door. Advanced booking release their most ambitious project yet in their for this concert is recommended. Doors open fourth album, Archipelago on 19 October. The 7.30pm, concert starts 8pm. Tickets and more collaborative songwriting and influences of Tim info @ Newton, Sage McBride, Jordan Vlasschaert and www.thenightwith.co.uk Ty West has resulted in a dynamic and cohesive collection of dreamy, yet explosively exciting 21 NOVEMBER
Brookfield Knights presents ..... CAM PENNER and JON WOOD: At The Admiral, Glasgow. Cam Penner and Jon Wood are renowned for both their powerful live shows and recordings. These two have gathered in an impressive amount of positive press over the years. Penner has that rare quality – a wellgrounded human spirit. In another life he might have been a Shaman. With constant playing companion Jon Wood (a highly respected producer) by his side, percussive elements and layered guitar techniques have added rich texture. www.brookfield-knights.com 22 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI: At King Tuts, Glasgow. alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari promoting his latest album, 'Live at Memorial Hall'. Arcari is a finalist in the Best Acoustic Artist and Best Regional Artist (Scotland) categories of the UK Blues Awards 2018. 'Live at Memorial Hall' was released last autumn on double 180g coloured vinyl and digipak CD as well as download/ streaming via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3 and the usual digital services. The album has been attracting rave reviews and radio airplay at home and abroad, making album of the week on Celtic Music Radio. www.davearcari.com Vagabond Voices - DEAN OWENS & YVONNE LYON: At Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow. A double bill with two of Scotland’s finest voices, with songs that will touch your soul and take you from Caledonia to the Southern states badlands and back – with their unique blend of Americana, roots, rock and pop grooves. Yvonne Lyon consistently combines poignant lyrics with strong, creative melodies demonstrating a voice that can be both fragile and intense. Dean Owens is a genre jumping artist, with roots in both his home town of Edinburgh and his spiritual home of Nashville. Echoes of both shine through his music – celtic spirit, country soul. Both have released memorable albums in 2018 (Yvonne Lyon – Metanoia, Dean Owens – Southern Wind), which have cemented their reputations as artists of note, with rave 4 and 5 star reviews across the board. www.yvonnelyonmusic.com www.deanowens.com/vagabond-voices/ 26 NOVEMBER SUNFLOWER BEAN: At The Art School, Glasgow. !! Check www.theartschool.co.uk for venue info re Glasgow Art School fire !! NYC trio Sunflower Bean will be back in the UK for a live date at Edinburgh’s Summerhall Arts on 29th August. Co produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait and Matt Molner of Friends, the band will be performing tracks from their esteemed follow-up album ‘TwentyTwo in Blue’. With the band nodding to their heroes Fleetwood Mac, a string of heavily radio rotated singles including ‘I Was A Fool’, ‘Twenty Two’ and ‘Crisis Fest’ and widespread critical acclaim
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 19: glasgow + surrounding area :: fife + central + perthshire + tayside made Sunflower Bean's second chapter something of a runaway success. The band will now return to the UK for their biggest live shows to date. www.facebook.com/SunflowerBean 28 NOVEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ..... CAM PENNER and JON WOOD: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Cam Penner and Jon Wood are renowned for both their powerful live shows and recordings. These two have gathered in an impressive amount of positive press over the years. Penner has that rare quality – a wellgrounded human spirit. In another life he might have been a Shaman. With constant playing companion Jon Wood (a highly respected producer) by his side, percussive elements and layered guitar techniques have added rich texture. www.brookfield-knights.com 30 NOVEMBER MÀNRAN 'St Andrew's Night Party' with DOUGIE MacLEAN + Others TBA: At Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow. Highland born accordionist and MG Alba Scots Trad Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ winner, Gary Innes has been performing and composing music for over 16 years. Born in the village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is one of the founding members of award-winning Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked up an accordion for the first time at the age of 8 and has never looked back. Gary released his first solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and more recently his second solo album ERA was launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into the world of a master at work.” www.garyinnes.com www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial
Langtoun Jazz Festival Fundraiser with COW COW BOOGIE: At Overton Mains Community Centre. Swing Dance event, 2pm. £10. A terrific band from Edinburgh playing lively music to dance the afternoon away! Langtoun Jazz Festival is a new 2 day festival in Kirkcaldy in October 2018 and it will then promote jazz in Fife in 2019. Email langtounjazz@yahoo.com for booking info. *Fundraiser and festival tickets also from 'Langtoun Jazz Festival Hub' in Mercat Shopping Centre Community Space on 15 August, 6 September and 11 October. 12noon-4pm. You can help fund the festival @ www.gofundme.com/langtounjazz www.facebook.com/langtounjazz 27 OCTOBER JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE: At (tbc) Langtoun Jazz Festival, Kirkcaldy. Soul-funk outfit James Brown Is Annie released their anticipated new album (JBiA II) on 15 September. Funded by Creative Scotland and produced by Average White Band legend Hamish Stuart the 11-track album saw the Edinburgh-based sextet move away from straight-up funk to what could be described as Caledonia Soul. www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness 28 OCTOBER Brookfield Knights presents ..... cua: At Birnam Arts, Perthshire. Since issuing their superb Songs of The Hollow album in 2017, cua have gone on to become a band that has gathered in more praise than most from all the best sections of the media. As a result, there are many who cannot wait to catch the band in action and this will be their first ever Scottish tour. www.brookfield-knights.com
North East of Scotland. www.facebook.com/ionafyfesinger 18 NOVEMBER DAVE ARCARI: At Clarks on Lindsay Street, Dundee. alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari promoting his latest album, 'Live at Memorial Hall'. Arcari is a finalist in the Best Acoustic Artist and Best Regional Artist (Scotland) categories of the UK Blues Awards 2018. 'Live at Memorial Hall' was released last autumn on double 180g coloured vinyl and digipak CD as well as download/streaming via iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3 and the usual digital services. The album has been attracting rave reviews and radio airplay at home and abroad, making album of the week on Celtic Music Radio. www.davearcari.com 22 NOVEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ..... CAM PENNER and JON WOOD: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Cam Penner and Jon Wood are renowned for both their powerful live shows and recordings. These two have gathered in an impressive amount of positive press over the years. Penner has that rare quality – a wellgrounded human spirit. In another life he might have been a Shaman. With constant playing companion Jon Wood (a highly respected producer) by his side, percussive elements and layered guitar techniques have added rich texture. www.brookfield-knights.com 7 DECEMBER
TIDE LINES: At Fat Sams, Dundee. Tide Lines are delighted to announce their first headline UK tour, a summer of European and UK festivals appearances and a new record deal. This band from the Highlands has gone from a clutch of 1 NOVEMBER digital singles to a debut album with over 2 million spotify streams in under 2 years. And 2 DECEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ..... cua: At now they’re aiming to take their music to new Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Since issuing audiences. Forged from the literature and music Sounds In The Suburbs presents ..... ANDY their superb Songs of The Hollow album in 2017, of the areas where they grew up, Tide Lines WHITE: At the Doublet Bar, Glasgow. Sounds cua have gone on to become a band that has meld romantic, rural life with a record collection In The Suburbs = Great music in local venues gathered in more praise than most from all the of classic American songwriters. Imagine, if you www.twitter.com/suburbs1 best sections of the media. As a result, there are will, a 70’s Springsteen and an E-Street band of many who cannot wait to catch the band in bagpipes and electronics! 8 DECEMBER action and this will be their first ever Scottish www.facebook.com/wearetidelines tour. TIDE LINES: At SWG3, Glasgow. Tide Lines are www.brookfield-knights.com 15 DECEMBER delighted to announce their first headline UK tour, a summer of European and UK festivals 3 NOVEMBER SKERRYVORE: At Reid Hall, Forfar. Back on the appearances and a new record deal. This band remote Scottish island of Tiree in 2005, the raw from the Highlands has gone from a clutch of CARLA J. EASTON: At Aberfeldy Festival but contemporary trad quartet that formed digital singles to a debut album with over 2 supporting TRACYANNE & DANNY. Carla J. Skerryvore could have only dreamed that over million spotify streams in under 2 years. And Easton tours the UK following release of new the next decade they would become a multinow they’re aiming to take their music to new album 'Impossible Stuff' via Olive Grove award winning act that was performing in over audiences. Forged from the literature and music Records. It features 10 tracks of Spector-esque 25 countries worldwide. From those traditional of the areas where they grew up, Tide Lines productions fusing analogue synths, anthemic roots the band have developed both in size and meld romantic, rural life with a record collection brass and strings with stacked double drums. sound to create a unique fusion of their of classic American songwriters. Imagine, if you This album shows a powerful development of traditional music and songs with the urban will, a 70’s Springsteen and an E-Street band of songwriting, seductively introspective with sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s ability bagpipes and electronics! outstanding pop melodies at their core. to fuse traditional Scottish music and rhythms www.facebook.com/wearetidelines www.facebook.com/carla.j.easton with a range of other genres is a trademark of their distinctive, high-energy sound. 7 NOVEMBER www.skerryvore.com
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IONA FYFE: At Dunfermline Folk Club. Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. www.facebook.com/ionafyfesinger
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SKERRYVORE + MÀNRAN: At Albert Halls, Stirling. Back on the remote Scottish island of Tiree in 2005, the raw but contemporary trad quartet that formed Skerryvore could have only dreamed that over the next decade they would 10 NOVEMBER become a multi-award winning act that was performing in over 25 countries worldwide. From IONA FYFE: At Blairgowrie, venue TBC. those traditional roots the band have developed Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become both in size and sound to create a unique fusion one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, of their traditional music and songs with the rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s
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have gone on to become a band that has gathered in more praise than most from all the best sections of the media. As a result, there are many who cannot wait to catch the band in action and this will be their first ever Scottish tour. www.brookfield-knights.com 9 NOVEMBER IONA FYFE: At Garmouth Folk Club, Moray. Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. www.facebook.com/ionafyfesinger
multi-award winning act that was performing in over 25 countries worldwide. From those traditional roots the band have developed both in size and sound to create a unique fusion of their traditional music and songs with the urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and rhythms with a range of other genres is a trademark of their distinctive, high-energy sound. www.skerryvore.com 31 DECEMBER
MÀNRAN: At Hogmanay in the Haughs, Turriff. Highland born accordionist and MG Alba Scots Trad Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ winner, Gary Innes has been performing and composing Email them to Carol 11 NOVEMBER music for over 16 years. Born in the village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... J.P. one of the founding members of award-winning HARRIS & THE TOUGH CHOICES + THE Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked up an 31 OCTOBER MISS TESS DUO: At Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. accordion for the first time at the age of 8 and 7.30pm. Bringing Country/Americana/Bluegrass/ has never looked back. Gary released his first TIDE LINES: At Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Tide Roots music gigs to Aberdeen. Named after the solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and more Lines are delighted to announce their first iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers, recently his second solo album ERA was headline UK tour, a summer of European and UK Almost Blue Promotions was set up with the aim launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great festivals appearances and a new record deal. of bringing Americana, Country, Roots gigs to critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is This band from the Highlands has gone from a Aberdeen on a regular basis. We have hosted more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into clutch of digital singles to a debut album with artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK the world of a master at work.” over 2 million spotify streams in under 2 years. in the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp. www.garyinnes.com And now they’re aiming to take their music to www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial new audiences. Forged from the literature and music of the areas where they grew up, Tide 20 NOVEMBER 4 APRIL Lines meld romantic, rural life with a record collection of classic American songwriters. Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... CAM JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE: At The Lemon Tree, Imagine, if you will, a 70’s Springsteen and an PENNER & JON WOOD: At Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Soul-funk outfit James Brown Is E-Street band of bagpipes and electronics! Aberdeen. 7.30pm. Bringing Country/Americana/ Annie released their anticipated new album www.facebook.com/wearetidelines Bluegrass/Roots music gigs to Aberdeen. Named (JBiA II) on 15 September. Funded by Creative Scotland and produced by Average White Band The Night With... Turning The Elements: At after the iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers, Almost Blue Promotions was set up with legend Hamish Stuart the 11-track album saw BrewDog Castlegate, Aberdeen. Soprano the aim of bringing Americana, Country, Roots the Edinburgh-based sextet move away from (Frances Cooper) and clarinet (Joanna gigs to Aberdeen on a regular basis. We have straight-up funk to what could be described as Nicholson) - includes the world première of hosted artists from the US & Canada as well as Caledonia Soul. Matthew Whiteside’s new piece with words by the UK in the great historic setting of The Blue www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness Helen Grøn, as well as settings by Rebecca Rowe Lamp. and Stuart Murray Mitchell of four poems by www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions Scottish poets Jane McKie and Stewart www.brookfield-knights.com Sanderson. Tickets £10 and £6 with a city season ticket for £30 (for all four The Night With... concerts of the 2018 season) in advance 23 NOVEMBER from website below or on the door. Advanced booking for this concert is recommended. Doors Brookfield Knights presents ..... 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Soul-funk outfit James Brown Is layered guitar techniques have added rich gathered in more praise than most from all the Annie released their anticipated new album best sections of the media. As a result, there are texture. (JBiA II) on 15 September. Funded by Creative www.brookfield-knights.com many who cannot wait to catch the band in Scotland and produced by Average White Band action and this will be their first ever Scottish legend Hamish Stuart the 11-track album saw 1 DECEMBER tour. the Edinburgh-based sextet move away from www.brookfield-knights.com straight-up funk to what could be described as Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... RED Caledonia Soul. PINE TIMBER CO.: At Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness 7.30pm. Bringing Country/Americana/Bluegrass/ ROBBIE FULKS + DANIEL MEADE: At Blue Roots music gigs to Aberdeen. Named after the Lamp, Aberdeen. 7.30pm. Bringing Country/ 20 OCTOBER iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers, Americana/Bluegrass/Roots music gigs to Aberdeen. Named after the iconic Elvis Costello Almost Blue Promotions was set up with the aim RAB NOAKES & JILL JACKSON: At of bringing Americana, Country, Roots gigs to album of Country covers, Almost Blue Benderloch, Oban. Rab Noakes in a dynamite Aberdeen on a regular basis. We have hosted Promotions was set up with the aim of bringing duo line-up with the fabulous Jill Jackson. Jill and Americana, Country, Roots gigs to Aberdeen on artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK Rab first met in the mid-’90s when Rab produced a regular basis. We have hosted artists from the in the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp. The Brand New Opry for BBC Radio Scotland. 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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 22: highlands + west coast + argyll :: islands + shetland + orkney Inverness. Highland born accordionist and MG Alba Scots Trad Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ winner, Gary Innes has been performing and composing music for over 16 years. Born in the village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is one of the founding members of award-winning Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked up an accordion for the first time at the age of 8 and has never looked back. Gary released his first solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and more recently his second solo album ERA was launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into the world of a master at work.” www.garyinnes.com
TIDE LINES: At Nevis Centre, Fort William. Tide Lines are delighted to announce their first headline UK tour, a summer of European and UK festivals appearances and a new record deal. This band from the Highlands has gone from a clutch of digital singles to a debut album with over 2 million spotify streams in under 2 years. And now they’re aiming to take their music to new audiences. Forged from the literature and music of the areas where they grew up, Tide Lines meld romantic, rural life with a record collection of classic American songwriters. Imagine, if you will, a 70’s Springsteen and an E-Street band of bagpipes and electronics! www.facebook.com/wearetidelines
MÀNRAN: At Dunoon Burgh Hall, Dunoon. 2018 got off to a flier with the release of the band’s latest single ‘Là Inbhir Lòchaidh’ to great critical acclaim, yet another sold-out headline show at Celtic Connections and a highly successful tour of France. Since then, an action-packed summer has seen the band perform all around Scotland and at festivals in Luxembourg, France, Germany and Spain whilst also working on new material for their upcoming fourth studio album, set to be completed by the end of the year. www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial 2 JANUARY
SKERRYVORE: At The Nevis Centre, Fort William. Back on the remote Scottish island of 31 OCTOBER 7 DECEMBER Tiree in 2005, the raw but contemporary trad quartet that formed Skerryvore could have only TMSA Young Trad Tour: At Plockton Music SKERRYVORE: At Ironworks, Inverness. Back dreamed that over the next decade they would School, Plocton. Some of Scotland’s finest young on the remote Scottish island of Tiree in 2005, become a multi-award winning act that was folk musicians are on tour after releasing their the raw but contemporary trad quartet that performing in over 25 countries worldwide. From album at Celtic Connections earlier this year formed Skerryvore could have only dreamed that those traditional roots the band have developed thanks to the TMSA (Traditional Music & Song over the next decade they would become a both in size and sound to create a unique fusion Association of Scotland). The current TMSA multi-award winning act that was performing in of their traditional music and songs with the Young Trad Tour group comprises of Charlie over 25 countries worldwide. From those urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s Stewart from Perthshire, winner of the BBC traditional roots the band have developed both ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the in size and sound to create a unique fusion of rhythms with a range of other genres is a Year Competition joined by finalists (depending their traditional music and songs with the urban trademark of their distinctive, high-energy on availability): Ella Munro, Scots song (Skye); sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s ability sound. Kim Carnie, Gaelic song (Oban); Iona Fyfe, Scots to fuse traditional Scottish music and rhythms www.skerryvore.com song (Huntly); Grant McFarlane, accordion with a range of other genres is a trademark of (Paisley) and Mohsen Amini (2016 winner). their distinctive, high-energy sound. 2 JANUARY Audiences are treated to a mix of new material www.skerryvore.com written and composed by these outstanding MÀNRAN + TRAIL WEST: At The Corran Halls, young musicians as well as innovative 22 DECEMBER Oban. Highland born accordionist and MG Alba arrangements of traditional tunes Scots Trad Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ www.musicplockton.org MÀNRAN: At MacDonald's Resort Auditorium, winner, Gary Innes has been performing and www.tmsa.org.uk Aviemore. 2018 got off to a flier with the release composing music for over 16 years. Born in the of the band’s latest single ‘Là Inbhir Lòchaidh’ to village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, 7 NOVEMBER great critical acclaim, yet another sold-out Gary is one of the founding members of awardheadline show at Celtic Connections and a highly winning Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked MÀNRAN: At Universal Hall, Forres. Highland successful tour of France. Since then, an action- up an accordion for the first time at the age of 8 born accordionist and MG Alba Scots Trad packed summer has seen the band perform all and has never looked back. Gary released his Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ winner, around Scotland and at festivals in Luxembourg, first solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and Gary Innes has been performing and composing France, Germany and Spain whilst also working more recently his second solo album ERA was music for over 16 years. Born in the village of on new material for their upcoming fourth studio launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is album, set to be completed by the end of the critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is one of the founding members of award-winning year. more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked up an www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial the world of a master at work.” accordion for the first time at the age of 8 and www.garyinnes.com has never looked back. Gary released his first 28 DECEMBER www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and more recently his second solo album ERA was MÀNRAN + ELEPHANT SESSIONS: At 6 APRIL launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great Strathpeffer Pavillion, Strathpeffer. Highland critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is born accordionist and MG Alba Scots Trad JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE: At Mr C’s, Thurso, more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ winner, Caithness. Soul-funk outfit James Brown Is the world of a master at work.” Gary Innes has been performing and composing Annie released their anticipated new album www.garyinnes.com music for over 16 years. Born in the village of (JBiA II) on 15 September. Funded by Creative www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is Scotland and produced by Average White Band one of the founding members of award-winning legend Hamish Stuart the 11-track album saw 30 NOVEMBER Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked up an the Edinburgh-based sextet move away from accordion for the first time at the age of 8 and straight-up funk to what could be described as JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE: At Lyth Arts Centre, has never looked back. Gary released his first Caledonia Soul. Caithness. Soul-funk outfit James Brown Is solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and more www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness Annie released their anticipated new album recently his second solo album ERA was (JBiA II) on 15 September. Funded by Creative launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great Scotland and produced by Average White Band critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is legend Hamish Stuart the 11-track album saw more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into the Edinburgh-based sextet move away from the world of a master at work.” straight-up funk to what could be described as www.garyinnes.com Caledonia Soul. www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness Send us all your gig dates 30 DECEMBER for all of the Scottish islands 1 DECEMBER
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solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and more recently his second solo album ERA was carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is Isle of Bute …. more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into Transclyde Music is a group of like minded the world of a master at work.” people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to www.garyinnes.com promote live music on the island. For their latest www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial gig news go to …. www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic 1 JANUARY 20 OCTOBER
SKERRYVORE + MÀNRAN: At Portree Community Centre, Portree. Back on the remote Scottish island of Tiree in 2005, the raw but contemporary trad quartet that formed Skerryvore could have only dreamed that over the next decade they would become a multiaward winning act that was performing in over 25 countries worldwide. From those traditional roots the band have developed both in size and sound to create a unique fusion of their traditional music and songs with the urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and rhythms with a range of other genres is a trademark of their distinctive, high-energy sound. www.skerryvore.com www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial
GARY INNES 'ERA' BAND: At Aros Centre, Isle of Skye. Highland born accordionist and MG Alba Scots Trad Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ winner, Gary Innes has been performing and composing music for over 16 years. Born in the village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is one of the founding members of awardwinning Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked up an accordion for the first time at the age of 8 and has never looked back. Gary released his first solo album How’s the Craic in 2005 and more recently his second solo album ERA was launched at Celtic Connections 2017 to great critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “ERA is more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into the world of a master at work.” www.garyinnes.com 5 APRIL 27 OCTOBER
JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE: At The Sound Archive, Kirkwall, Orkney. Soul-funk outfit MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY with BERNARD James Brown Is Annie released their BUTLER: At Isle Of Mull, Mull Theatre, Isle Of anticipated new album (JBiA II) on 15 Mull (Tobermory Book Festival) ‘From Stage to September. Funded by Creative Scotland and Page’ Words & Music event - 10.30am. Autumn produced by Average White Band legend Mull Historical Society ‘Wakelines’ tour. Their Hamish Stuart the 11-track album saw the new album ‘Wakelines’ is produced by Bernard Edinburgh-based sextet move away from Butler and out 21 September. Colin explains straight-up funk to what could be described as “This is my eighth album, but it feels all about Caledonia Soul. firsts. About going back. The first song I wrote www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness for the album was ’14 Year Old Boy’. It tells the story of my first electric guitar being waded ashore to the isle of Mull, held high above the waves by my father, Kenny Macintyre. www.facebook.com/mullhistorical 21 DECEMBER
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MÀNRAN + ROBERTSON: At Broadford Village Hall, Broadford, Isle of Skye. Highland born accordionist and MG Alba Scots Trad Awards Send us all your gig dates ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ winner, Gary Innes for Dumfriesshire, has been performing and composing music for South West and Cumbria areas over 16 years. Born in the village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is one of Email them to Carol the founding members of award-winning carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Scottish super-group Mànran. He picked up an accordion for the first time at the age of 8 and 17 OCTOBER has never looked back. Gary released his first
BADSTONE: At The Harbour Bar, Troon, free admission. 9.30pm. This group of seasoned musicians play a wide variety of music from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder and more. www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band 19 OCTOBER RAB NOAKES & JILL JACKSON: At Robert Burn's Museum, Ayr. Rab Noakes in a dynamite duo line-up with the fabulous Jill Jackson. Jill and Rab first met in the mid-’90s when Rab produced The Brand New Opry for BBC Radio Scotland. Jill, then a teenager, appeared as a guest on the show and they have been friends and colleagues ever since. www.rabnoakes.com 3 NOVEMBER KARINE POLWART: At Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria. Multi-award winning Scottish artist Karine Polwart returns with her highly anticipated new album: ‘Laws of Motion'. Scooping 6 awards at the BBC Folk Awards for her stunning LP last year, Karine is back in 2018 with another boundary pushing record; this time tackling subjects as diverse as Trump to WW2 to folk & children’s stories through innovative songcraft and spoken word pieces. Laws of Motion is the latest in an evolving series of collaborative projects across which Polwart has combined music & storytelling with politics & environmental-societal issues. Karine wrote A Pocket Of Wind Resistance (a Songlines & BBC Radio 3 Late Junction Album Of The Year as well as SAY Award short listed) as a musical companion to her critically acclaimed theatre debut Wind Resistance. www.karinepolwart.com 4 NOVEMBER Brookfield Knights presents ..... cua: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Since issuing their superb Songs of The Hollow album in 2017, cua have gone on to become a band that has gathered in more praise than most from all the best sections of the media. As a result, there are many who cannot wait to catch the band in action and this will be their first ever Scottish tour. www.brookfield-knights.com 9 NOVEMBER BADSTONE: Fanny by Gaslight, Kilmarnock.
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 24: ayrshire + dumfriesshire :: scottish borders :: + 1 hour over border From 9:30pm, free admission. This group of seasoned musicians play a wide variety of music from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder and more. www.facebook.com/FannyByGaslightKilmarnock www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band
to fuse traditional Scottish music and rhythms with a range of other genres is a trademark of their distinctive, high-energy sound. www.skerryvore.com
23 NOVEMBER TIDE LINES: At Harraby Theatre, Carlisle. Tide Lines are delighted to announce their first headline UK tour, a summer of European and UK festivals appearances and a new record deal. This band from the Highlands has gone from a clutch of digital singles to a debut album with over 2 million spotify streams in under 2 years. And now they’re aiming to take their music to new audiences. Forged from the literature and music of the areas where they grew up, Tide Lines meld romantic, rural life with a record collection of classic American songwriters. Imagine, if you will, a 70’s Springsteen and an E-Street band of bagpipes and electronics! www.facebook.com/wearetidelines
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This band from the Highlands has gone from a clutch of digital singles to a debut album with over 2 million spotify streams in under 2 years. And now they’re aiming to take their music to new audiences. Forged from the literature and music of the areas where they grew up, Tide Lines meld romantic, rural life with a record collection of classic American songwriters. Imagine, if you will, a 70’s Springsteen and an E-Street band of bagpipes and electronics! www.facebook.com/wearetidelines 4 NOVEMBER
KARINE POLWART: At The Sage, Gateshead. Multi-award winning Scottish artist Karine Email them to Carol Polwart returns with her highly anticipated new carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com album: ‘Laws of Motion'. Scooping 6 awards at the BBC Folk Awards for her stunning LP last 19 OCTOBER year, Karine is back in 2018 with another boundary pushing record; this time tackling Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN subjects as diverse as Trump to WW2 to folk & BELL with JASON EADY: At The Studio, Live children’s stories through innovative songcraft Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne. Nathan and spoken word pieces. Laws of Motion is the reputation as a Grade A live performer gathered latest in an evolving series of collaborative momentum in the UK after a successful tour in projects across which Polwart has combined 2017 and he ended the year on a high with Male music & storytelling with politics & Performer of The Year honours in the Readers' 24 NOVEMBER environmental-societal issues. Karine wrote A Poll at AmericanaUK. Also in 2017 he fully Pocket Of Wind Resistance (a Songlines & BBC established himself as a force to be reckoned BADSTONE: Harley's, Ayr. From 9:30pm, free Radio 3 Late Junction Album Of The Year as well with in a double bill appearance with James admission. This group of seasoned musicians as SAY Award short listed) as a musical play a wide variety of music from the likes of the McMurtry at Celtic Connections, where he companion to her critically acclaimed theatre stunned a capacity crowd into hushed silence Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, debut Wind Resistance. when he took the stage at Glasgow's Oran Mor. www.karinepolwart.com Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie www.brookfield-knights.com Wonder and more. 7 DECEMBER 27 OCTOBER www.facebook.com/harleysfurys.ayr www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE: At Hippodrome, TURIN BREAKS plus support: At Mac-Arts Eyemouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Soul-funk Centre, Bridge Street, Galashiels, Scottish 25 NOVEMBER outfit James Brown Is Annie released their Borders. TD1 1SP. 7pm / £20. One of the finest anticipated new album (JBiA II) on 15 indie bands of the last decade with 7 top 40 hits September. Funded by Creative Scotland and Brookfield Knights presents ..... CAM to their name Turin Brakes are a band that’s PENNER and JON WOOD: At Harbour Arts produced by Average White Band legend weathered many Invisible Storms, are sure of Centre, Irvine. Cam Penner and Jon Wood are Hamish Stuart the 11-track album saw the renowned for both their powerful live shows and who they are and what they’ve set out to do, Edinburgh-based sextet move away from and know that there’s always a story left to tell… straight-up funk to what could be described as recordings. These two have gathered in an www.facebook.com/turinbrakes impressive amount of positive press over the Caledonia Soul. www.macarts.scot years. Penner has that rare quality – a wellwww.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness grounded human spirit. In another life he might 31 OCTOBER have been a Shaman. With constant playing 11 DECEMBER companion Jon Wood (a highly respected CARLA J. EASTON: At Star & Shadow Cinema, THE WEDDING PRESENT Tommy 30th producer) by his side, percussive elements and Newcastle. Carla J. Easton tours the UK following Anniversary Tour: At MacArts Theatre, Bridge layered guitar techniques have added rich release of new album 'Impossible Stuff' via Olive Street, Galashiels, Scottish Borders TD1 1SP. texture. Grove Records. It features 10 tracks of Spector- 7.30pm. £20. The band are touring to www.brookfield-knights.com esque productions fusing analogue synths, commemorate the 30th anniversary of the anthemic brass and strings with stacked double release of their first singles collection 'Tommy'. 30 NOVEMBER drums. This album shows a powerful Fans can expect to hear tracks from the development of songwriting, seductively SKERRYVORE: At Darvel Town Hall, Darvel. compilation, as well as favourites from across introspective with outstanding pop melodies at Back on the remote Scottish island of Tiree in the band’s career. their core. 2005, the raw but contemporary trad quartet www.macarts.scot that formed Skerryvore could have only dreamed www.facebook.com/carla.j.easton that over the next decade they would become a multi-award winning act that was performing in 1 NOVEMBER over 25 countries worldwide. From those TIDE LINES: At The Cluny 2, Newcastle. Tide traditional roots the band have developed both Lines are delighted to announce their first in size and sound to create a unique fusion of their traditional music and songs with the urban headline UK tour, a summer of European and UK sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s ability festivals appearances and a new record deal.
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SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVALS Read our MNS FESTIVALS! editions @ http://musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com/festivals/ OCTOBER The Royal National Mod Paisley 12-20 October
sound
Aberdeen+shire 24 October - 4 November
sound this year features 40 concerts in 19 venues with exhibitions, workshops and The Royal National Mod will take place in other events complementing the live perDunoon in 2018. The Feis events will take formances. The main strands in the festival place in local hotels, public houses and local are a showcase of the viola, the second in central venues. An Comunn Gàidhealach is sound’s “endangered instruments” series one of the oldest and most respected Gaelic (following the bassoon last year), and work organisations. Founded in Oban in 1891, it by 50 female composers. has long been a leading light in the teachwww.sound-scotland.co.uk ing, learning and use of the Gaelic language and the study and cultivation of Gaelic litSt Andrew’s Voices erature, history, music and art. www.ancomunn.co.uk St Andrews 25-28 October
The Spree Paisley 14-22 October
Legends of Motown, rock and dance music head-up a stellar bill of acts that will play this year’s The Spree Festival in Paisley. The festival of music, comedy, theatre and arts – now in its seventh year - will take place between the 12 and 20 October and will welcome Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, famous for tracks such as Dancing in the Street, Jimmy Mack and Heatwave, to Paisley Town Hall alongside the London African Gospel Choir who will perform Paul Simon’s Graceland on 20 October. For tickets and more info, see www.thespree.co.uk
Blazin’ in Beauly Beauly 15-19 October
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Biggar Little Festival Biggar 18-28 October Mid-October in Biggar means two weeks of arts highlighting the very best of our local cultural activity together with top class entertainment and artistry from across the country. We want to see local talent flourish in an atmosphere designed to give it a showcase. Biggar Little Festival sets out to work with the arts and crafts communities around the town to advance the arts www.biggar-little-festival.com
www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk
Aberfeldy Festival Aberfeldy 2-3 November A wee cultural, music, poetry, drama and arts festival in the wonder of Highland Perthshire. The festival takes place the first weekend in November every year and the majority of it is held in Aberfeldy Townhall. The Line-up focuses on bands and music on the Scottish music scene that are maybe under represented but still have a good following or have had critical acclaim and played on radio stations like BBC6. Although that's not always the case nor an exclusive ruling on who we invite but we do try to include bands that have made an impact on the music scene in Scotland in that year. Ian Rankin has helped to curate for a number of years now and always has a good handle on what bands are worthy of a listen. We would love for you to come along - hang out and have a grin or a gin - laugh, cry and just feel the rhythm. Help us Aberfeldy residents get through the winter by joining us for a bit of a party. And then we will keep you (not forever) but in the cellar to keep the hounds happy until May/Juneish time.
Set in the beautiful town of St Andrews, each October we present a varied programme of events showcasing the versatility and beauty of the human voice in an amazingly broad spectrum of genres including opera, cabaret, lieder, folk, spoken word, choral, a cappella, early music, new music and more. The festival runs during the day and night and includes family concerts, opportunities to sing-a-long and get involved, as well as free events to enjoy while relaxing with a drink. Come along and discover something new! ‘St Andrews [Voices] is one of the few festivals anywhere to focus entirely on the voice in all its glory… an extraordinary festival… the variety is tremen- www.aberfeldyfestival.co.uk dous.’ BBC Radio 3 www.standrewsvoices.com
Perthshire Amber -
Dunfermline Folk Weekend
The Dougie MacLean Festival
Dunfermline 26-28 October
Since 2001, Blazin’ Fiddles have hosted a wonderful week of tuition, concerts, ceilidhs and craic, welcoming thousands of folk to the little town of Beauly in the Highlands of Scotland. A short drive from Inverness, Beauly is a gem of a place, a truly welcoming town where everyone is part of the community. The classes take place all over the town; The Phipps Hall, Morison’s Iron Mongers, The Caley Hotel, The British Legion and of course The Lovat Hotel – Blazers head quarters for the week and also home to fiddles, guitar and piano classes, delivered by none other than team Blazin’ Fiddles and our fabulous guest tutors!
sessions. Free sessions all weekend in the Auld Cross Keys, The Fox and Hounds & Festival Club only. Sessions, licensed bar and meals available all weekend in the Festival Club, Lesser Hall.
Celebrating the 15th Dunfermline Folk Weekend - A weekend of traditional and modern folk. There will be a celebration meal at The Glen Tavern on Friday 26th followed by a session. The other events - song workshop, sessions and concerts will be held at The City Hotel. A walk with songs in historic Dunfermline will start at the City Hotel on Sunday morning. Dunfermline Folk Club aims to support all with an interest in Folk music, and give performers and appreciative listeners the chance to make and enjoy folk music. www.dunfermlinefolkclub.co.uk
NOVEMBER Denholm Folk Music Festival Denholm 1-4 November Folk fused with rock and country gives the 15th Denholm Folk Music Festival an added twist. This folk fusion festival in the Scottish countryside is a small and cozy affair not far across the Scottish border which has always managed to attract quality headline acts to compliment the workshops and open mic
Perthshire 2-4 November
The Perthshire Amber Festival brings together many musicians and entertainers from different parts of the world. This unique festival shares Dougie’s inspiring music, celebrates the history and culture of Perthshire and showcases the beautiful scenery. The concerts are staged in a variety of wonderful venues from prestigious theatres to atmospheric Dunkeld Cathedral. www.perthshireamber.com
Scots Fiddle Festival Edinburgh 16-18 November Fiddle 2018 is moving to The Pleasance the well-known music and Fringe venue, owned by The University of Edinburgh. It has recently had a £6 million refurbishment, taking its facilities to a new level, with greater accessibility and space options, enabling the Scots Fiddle Festival to take place in one location. www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
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Tickets are now on sale with 10,000 Street Party tickets reserved for Edinburgh residents at discounted price of £20. After a successful Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 18 which saw festival goers snap up all tickets to events across the 3 days, and terrific feedback on the revamped Street Party, Underbelly today announced tickets for this year’s Edinburgh’s Hogmanay will go on sale at 10am on Monday 21 May. Tickets can be bought online or on 0131 510 0395. Recognising the importance of support from those who live in the city, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is discounting 10,000 tickets for EH postcode holders, twice the number of last year. These tickets will be £20.
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