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18 OCTOBER THE STANTONS; Acoustic mixture of gypsy pop/American folk. Blind Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time 10pm. 19 OCTOBER THIRTEEN SEVEN; Wee Red Bar, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. www.facebook.com/thirteenseven VELVET SCOOTER; The very talented Velvet Scooter rock the joint once again! Blind Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time midnight. NICK HARPER with special guest Kat Healy; Words like 'spellbinding', 'astounding' and 'genius' have all been used to describe Nick Harper. The man they call 'Harpic' has gone from his youthful status as 'son of Roy Harper' to being seen as one of the UK's premier guitarists and singer/ songwriters. A busy 2013 sees Nick on a major UK solo tour in support of his 8th studio album 'Riven', an epic recording with legendary producer Tchad Blake at the helm. Nick has also found time to play on new recordings with Lana Del Rey, Newton Faulkner and Steven Wilson this year, via his 6th appearance at Glastonbury Festival and his own charity concert and walk Devil's Den Rocks in deepest Wiltshire. Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh. Doors 7pm, Tickets £10 from www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/nickharper-tickets/72077 HISPANIC FESTIVAL EDINBURGH PRESENTS Querencia. This specially commissioned work explores family and tradition taking the flamenco form in exciting new directions while maintaining the purity of the rhythms and lines of flamenco. Querencia (Fondness) features some of the world’s most significant living flamenco artists including: The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £18 / £16 20 OCTOBER BEN SURES: The Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street,
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forces. With a longstanding tradition of performing British string music, SE contends that these works can hold their own SUNDAY SERVICE; Weekly against the continental Jambouree of rock and roll and heavyweights. In a twist to the blues for an afternoon session. traditional concert format, the Music from some of the finest acts audience will be invited to cast their in Edinburgh. Blind Poet, 32 W vote at the end of the performance. Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time 4pm. Who wins: they decide! It explores the excitement and exuberance of GUITAR, FOOD, LODGINGS; two rich musical traditions. The Acusitic sets from Pat and Friends, Scottish Ensemble’s 2013/14 Blind Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, Season explores place and musical Edinburgh. Time 7pm. identity. It weaves its way through Britain, Russia, Bohemia, and 21 OCTOBER Scandinavia, returning to Scotland through traditional melody and OPEN MIC; live show where contemporary voices. SE continues audience members perform. Blind to create new musical connections Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh. throughout the season, Time 9pm. collaborating with a broad range of artists to complement this NEW TOWN CONCERTS SOCIETY distinctive group of individual PRESENTS LONDON BRIDGE virtuosi. Queen’s Hall 85 - 89 Clerk ENSEMBLE; The versatility of the Street, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm. London Bridge Ensemble enables Tickets £15, Students £5, Under them to celebrate one of the most 16s free when accompanied by a famous and complex stories of love full paying adult. and friendship in musical history Booking Tel 0131 668 2019 with a programme of piano trios by www.thequeenshall.net Brahms and Robert Schumann with songs by Robert and his wife Clara, 23 OCTOBER The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh. Time 7.45pm. £12 - £21 LORNA REID: Album launch @ (£11 - £19 concessions) - season Voodoo Rooms. Award nominated tickets available. vocalist Lorna Reid will be launching and touring her new album 'Falling 22 OCTOBER Like Dew' on 23 October 2013. Featuring original songs covering BILL ADAIR: As well as being a genres from jazz and pop to blues fine guitar player Bill Adair is one and country, Lorna has built a of Scotland’s busiest and most repuation for taking a soulful respected singer/songwriters. approach whether performing her Combining influences from folk and originals or cover material. Lorna blues, Bill’s music addresses performs with some of the UK finest universal themes of love, work, loss musicians at theatres, clubs and and redemption. He is equally at festivals all over the UK. Line ups home singing a traditional Scottish range from intimate duos to ballad, playing blues from the swinging sextets. Mississippi Delta or performing one www.lornareid.bandzoogle.com of his own songs, and his performances are complemented by EDDIE WALKER & FRASER a natural story-telling style that is SPEIRS: The Edinburgh Folk Club, both thought-provoking and The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 entertaining.. Leith Folk Club, Pleasance, Edinburgh. Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Tickets £7. 24 OCTOBER Doors Open - 7.30pm for 8pm BREATHE FREELY - a new short start. Tickets available from opera by JULIAN WAGSTAFF", www.leithfolkclub.com with Laura Margaret Smith, Nigel Robson, Phil Gault, Pete Furniss, OPEN MIC; live show where Su-a Lee, Andrew Johnston and audience members perform. Blind Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh. conducted by Derek Clark. Derek Clark conducts Julian Wagstaff's Time 9pm. new short opera 'Breathe Freely', SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: BRITAIN commissioned by the University of Edinburgh to celebrate the VS. GERMANY with music by Tercentenary of its School of Walton, Leopold Hurt, Martin Chemistry in 2013. The opera is set Suckling and Brahms, The season during the Second World War and opens in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, sung in English. The programme Glasgow, Perth, and London with also includes Julian Wagstaff's Britain vs. Germany, a concert acclaimed piano trio 'A Persistent which casts two great musical Illusion'. This semi-staged concert countries as rival compositional
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production generously supported by Scottish Opera. The programme is: 1) Julian Wagstaff: 'A Peristent Illusion' for clarinet, cello and piano 2) Julian Wagstaff: 'Breathe Freely' - a new short opera for 3 singers and 3 musicians. The concert will last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes and will run without an interval. 8.00 pm, Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2LR. Tickets: £12.00 (£6.00) from the Queen's Hall box office tel. 0131 668 2019 - For more information call: 0131 208 5373 www.chemistryopera.co.uk
don't sound out of place on any radio playlist despite their love for the unexpected and their post rock leanings. The Electric Circus, 36 Market Street, Edinburgh. Time 7pm. Tickets £4. Over 18’s.
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sound. In the words of David Rodigan MBE: "British Reggae at its 26 OCTOBER best" Studio 24, 24-26 Calton Rd, Edinburgh, Doors: 7pm, £8 adv / SHORTY RODGERS AND THE £10 otd GIANTS; Shorty and the Giants Tickets: bring their fantastic range of classic ww.weedubfestival.co.uk also rock for all to hear. Blind Poet, 32 W Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland SCOTTISH CHAMBER Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time 9pm. ORCHESTRA - THE PITY OF WAR; Music of special power and SCOTTISH CHAMBER intensity casts a shadow of war and 27 OCTOBER ORCHESTRA CHAMBER; Brahms’ calamity over all but the first piece. Sextets contain especially rich, Strauss’s lament is one of the very SUNDAY SERVICE; Weekly achingly affecting music: there is a Jambouree of rock and roll and greatest tragic outpourings in all vein of melancholy that runs blues for an afternoon session. music, and one that is close to through them, lifted by stretches of Swensen’s heart. Bridge’s Summer Music from some of the finest acts magically folk-like inspiration. This in Edinburgh. Blind Poet, 32 W is an utter contrast: an idyllic work echoes his emotional turmoil Nicolson St, Edinburgh. moment of sunlit serenity on the with themes for both his one-time BATTLEFIELD BAND: An evereve of the catastrophe of World War fiancée Agathe von Siebold and the GUITAR, FOOD, LODGINGS; evolving bedrock of talent for over I preserved forever in rapturous object of his eternal devotion, Clara Acusitic sets from Pat and Friends. four decades, Battlefield Band's music. 2013 also sees the 500th Schumann.The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Blind Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, ever-fiery instrumental dynamic, Anniversary of a dark hour in Clerk St, Edinburgh. Time 3pm. Edinburgh. Time 7pm. exhibits the intuitive interplay and Scottish history: the Battle of Tickets £12, understanding between world class Flodden. Beamish’s new work has WEE DUB FESTIVAL presents traditional musicians. The Brunton been commissioned especially to 28 OCTOBER RESONATORS (Live) + Support. at Theatre, Ladywell Rd, commemorate the occasion. PreFresh from a massive run of UK and DR MIKE BLUES; Blues with soul Musselburgh. Time 7:30pm. Concert Talk 6.30pm: Dr Elaine from Doctor Mike. Blind Poet, 32 W Tickets: £16/£14 Kelly, University of Edinburgh, talks European festival, RESONATORS come to Edinburgh to give us a Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time 7pm. www.thebrunton.co.uk about how war is portrayed in glimpse of why many hold them as music. The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 KILIMANJARO LIVE & REGULAR Clerk St, Edinburgh. Time 7.30pm. the top UK reggae/dub outfit. THE DEEP RED SKY / Resonators continue to push the MUSIC PRESENTS BIRDY’ British £10-£30 (concessions available) Amidships / Owls In Antarctica: concept of live dub forwards with singer/songwriter Birdy (born The Deep Red Sky are a Scottish, their sound engineer Darren Jasmine van den Bogaerde) has 25 OCTOBER alternative Indie, 5 piece band, Jamtone taking techniques from the performed on USA chat shows combining distorted guitar and bass JAMIE SCOTT; Jamie Scott brings studio live to the stage. The process Conan O’Brien and The Ellen soundscapes with melodic, heartfelt life to a fantastic range of songs forms an integral part of the DeGeneres Show, played the harmonies and glockenspiel. The musical arrangements, adding an with her unique voice. Blind Poet, finale's of Holland’s and Germany’s Deep Red Sky create songs that 32 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time impressive depth to their collective version of The Voice, sold out three
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nights at the Sydney Opera House and performed at London’s Paralympic Opening Ceremony. The singer wrote Just A Game for the The Hunger Games soundtracks and also featured on Learn Me Right with Mumford & Sons for Pixar's Brave soundtrack. This Autumn she releases her new album Fire Within. The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh. Time 7pm. Tickets £15 + £1.50 booking fee per ticket. This fee is charged on all sales for this event (ie telephone, internet, in person). If you buy tickets online, there is an additional 50p per ticket credit/debit card fee. 29 OCTOBER ROD PATERSON: Rod Paterson is probably the finest Scottish folk singer of his generation, celebrated as a performer of traditional song, notably for his unequalled interpretations of the works of Robert Burns and the songs of Scotland generally. He has a marvellously expressive voice and is an impressive guitarist. He was first discovered in the ‘folk scene’ as the principal singer with Chorda, and Jock Tamson’s Bairns, and rapidly moved on to play with The Easy Club the most influential Scottish band in the mid to late eighties. He toured widely with Ceolbeg and is now also working with the reformed Jock Tamson’s Bairns. Rod performs a wide range of material and is also a contemporary songwriter of considerable talent. . Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park House Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, Edinburgh. Doors Open - 7.30pm for 8pm start. DR MIKE BLUES; Blues with soul from Doctor Mike. Blind Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time 7pm. 30 OCTOBER PETE COE; The Edinburgh Folk Club, The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh. DR MIKE BLUES; Blues with soul from Doctor Mike. Blind Poet, 32 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh. Time 7pm. THE STAVES; The rise and rise of sibling trio The Staves over the last 18 months has been nothing short of meteoric. Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor have been making music together since they were children, growing up in Watford, England. Brought up in a house that echoed to the sounds of Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Beatles, singing in perfect 3-part harmony came naturally to these three sisters. Their debut album Dead & Born & Grown received near faultless reviews and has seen them tour with The Civil Wars and play at SXSW The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh. Time 7pm, £12.50 + £1.50 booking fee per ticket. This fee is charged on all sales for this event (ie telephone, internet, in person). If you buy tickets online, there is an additional 50p per ticket credit/debit card fee.
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premiered during the 2013 Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. Her music has been described as mining the same song seam as Nina Simone and Bill Withers. Hailing from Scotland’s biggest jazz dynasty you can expect a nod towards the great jazz tradition too. The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh. Time 8pm. Tickets £12/ £10. 1 NOVEMBER WOZNIAK/ VLADIMIR/ WE CAME FROM THE NORTH; Come along and celebrate the physical release of Wozniak’s debut single ‘MFMB’/'New Hampshire’. As well as a feedback fuelled set from
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Wozniak, the night will feature sets from Vladimir and We Came FromThe North, both more than capable of headlining in their own right.There might be a few Hallowe’en-inspired touches too. We Came From The North is an instrumental 4 piece post rock band from Edinburgh. Through heavy distortion to melodic, delayed guitars and driven drum beats, Single launch for noiseniks Wozniak, with sweeping post-punk and post rock support. Sneaky Pete’s, 70 Cowgate, Edinburgh. Entry £5, single included. 7pm 10pm
recorded live in Liverpool in 2012. Sharing their Celtic, Nordic and Appalachian cultures are Aly Bain, Scotland’s supreme traditional style fiddler, Swedish multiinstrumentalist Ale Möller, and American old time fiddler, singer, guitarist and banjo player Bruce Molsky. Pleasance Theatre, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh. Doors 7.30pm (on stage 8pm). Tickets £16 (including booking fee) from EUSA box office, Potterow, 5/2 Bristo Square Edinburgh. 0131 650 9523. or The Queen’s Hall box office, 85 89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. 0131 668 2019. JAMES YORKSTON, JON THORNE www.thequeenshall.net AND SUHAIL YUSUF KHAN www.eusalive.co.uk playing Dewar House ‘Experimental Batch; Queens 4 NOVEMBER Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh. GABBY YOUNG and her 7-piece Starts 8pm. Doors 7pm. Tel 0131 668 2019, Show 8pm Tickets £15/ band brings a fresh new perspective to music that has wowed crowds in £13 conc. Europe, the USA, Japan and www.thequeenshall.net Australia. Bannermans, Cowgate, Edinburgh. Tickets £8 adv, Time POLICE DOG HOGAN: 7 piece 8pm. Country/folk band. The Torpichen Inn, 7 The Square, Torpichen, West 6 NOVEMBER Lothian.Doors 7.15pm Tel 01506 652826 www.rockrythmrevival.co. THE LOCUST HONEY STRING uk www.torpicheninn.co.uk BAND: Hailing from the very heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with ALY BAIN, ALE MÖLLER AND its rich roots-of-country/bluegrass/ BRUCE MOLSKY; For their third Appalachian old-time tradition. British tour this melodically and At House Concert (Edinburgh) rhythmically exciting collaboration www.locusthoney.com of three of the world’s leading folk www.brookfield-knights.com/upmusicians are releasing an album
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bedrock of soul. Dancing is the only goal for this group, and they pull LITTLE KICKS / Supporting together every groove, hook and PUBLIC SERVICE harmony from all over the world BROADCASTING. Picturehouse, into a whirligig celebration of being Lothian Road, Edinburgh. Time: alive. And first on stage is ELYSSA 7:00pm. Admission: £12.00. Age VULPES, another new act. Through restrictions: All Ages. Box office: mists of old Gaelic ballads to 70s 0844 847 1740. Italian alternative folk and back again, inside waves of electronic 7 NOVEMBER experimentation and bluesy, jazzy contaminations, solace is found in HUGH MACDIARMID’S HAIRCUT; stories and atmospheres that recall A launch ceilidh for the new album PJ Harvey, Cat Power, and Eddie ‘Airs from your Elbow’ by Hugh Brickell. The BLACK SPRING DJs will MacDiarmid’s Haircut. The Merlin, be joining the dots between the Morningside Rd, Edinburgh. Time bands and keeping the party going 8pm-12. Tickets £6 on the door, or afterwards, as usual. Time 8pmin advance from Brechin All 1am. Tickets £4 (early bird Records: info@brechin-all-records. available until Sat 2nd Nov) / com Tickets £4 (early bird tickets available until Sat 2nd Nov) / £6 9 NOVEMBER (advance) / £8 on the door! Doors open at 8pm. LIMBO celebrates its sixth anniversary welcoming one of the 16 NOVEMBER capital's favourite song-writers, WILLIAM DOUGLAS with his THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: seasoned band, THE WHEEL, plus Formed in 2010, this team of gifted support from new Edinburgh acts musicians faithfully re-create the JAQUIMO and ELYSSA VULPES authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and (performing with her own band). The E Street Band in a blistering Astonishingly, it's the first time show which grabs you from the Douglas has played for Limbo, opening chords of Badlands until it though he's played at The Voodoo deposits you two hours (and 40 Rooms many times, as have his years of music) later with tracks band - something of a Who's Who from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans of the Scottish live music scene, no of The Boss (and the musically less. JAQUIMO are a new curious)… a great night out is Edinburgh outfit, who play a funky guaranteed! Voodoo Rooms, 19a stew of rock, pop and jazz built on a West Register Street,Edinburgh.
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From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Advance tickets £10 stbf available from Tickets Scotland (Edinburgh). Buy online here. Over 18 only www.springsteensessions.co.uk 17 NOVEMBER UK Clawhammer Banjo maestro DAN WALSH and Indian Sarangi player SUHAIL YUSUF KHAN at Smailholm Village Hall, Smailholm, near Kelso, TD5 7PH. 7.30pm Tickets £8 Tel 01573 460666 18 NOVEMBER UK Clawhammer Banjo maestro DAN WALSH and Indian Sarangi player SUHAIL YUSUF KHAN at Douglas House Concert, Edinburgh, EH8 8JA 8pm Tickets £10 Tel 0131 467 7028 or email: info@douglasinscotland.co.uk
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DJ playing a smattering of the finest on the edgier side of classic pop. Keep up to date with a full list of acts on The Flying Duck's website. Performances previously from The Creative Martyrs, Miss Leggy Pee, Glasgow Glam Bangers, Rufus & Ben... Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Tickets £5 / £3. Time 7.30pm – 11pm. flyingduckclub@gmail.com NICK HARPER: Words like 'spellbinding', 'astounding' and 'genius' have all been used to describe Nick Harper. The man they call 'Harpic' has gone from his youthful status as 'son of Roy Harper' to being seen as one of the UK's premier guitarists and singer/ songwriters. A busy 2013 sees Nick on a major UK solo tour in support of his 8th studio album 'Riven', an epic recording with legendary producer Tchad Blake at the helm. Nick has also found time to play on new recordings with Lana Del Rey, Newton Faulkner and Steven Wilson this year, via his 6th appearance at Glastonbury Festival and his own charity concert and walk Devil's Den Rocks in deepest Wiltshire. Berits & Brown, Unit3,Maxim 3, 2 Parklands Avenue, Eurocentral (nr. Coatbridge). Doors 7:30pm, Tickets £10 from http://www.wegottickets. com/event/240054 19 OCTOBER
EILIDH HADDEN supporting V V BROWN: King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. BBC RADIO 3 TURNING POINTS Tickets: A NEW INSTRUMENT VIC GODARD AND THE S/ www.kingtuts.co.uk/gig-info/? BLOSSOMS: Kari Kriikku – Clarinet, gig=4762 OBJECTS: Voodoo Rooms, West Heath String Quartet. This is the Register St, Edinburgh. www.facebook.com/pages/Eilidhfirst of four concerts for the BBC Hadden/273700849338937 Radio 3 series Turning Points, 28 NOVEMBER featuring world class artists SOUTH LANARKSHIRE LIVE – TOM MCCONNELL: EP launch party performing compositions written Band Night, After the great on the verge of great change. This as part of UK tour, support from: success of EK Summer Fest South first concert pairs the remarkable Blueswater, New Ancestors, Lanarkshire Live competition, East Daniel and the Lion. Tom’s show Finnish virtuoso Kari Kriikku with Kilbride Arts Centre offers another the exciting Heath String Quartet in opportunity for you to catch South is a one-man-band act with lots of loop pedalling and gadget-ery - Tom a programme exploring the Lanarkshire’s finest up and coming development of the clarinet, McConnell: a mustachioed Irish bands. A must for music fans! East including the instrument defining Troubadour with more soul than Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Rd, Quintet by Mozart. Stevenson Hall, East Kilbride. Tickets £5, Time Ray Charles' left shoe! Sneaky The Royal Conservatoire of Pete's, Cowgate, Edinburgh. 8pm. www.facebook.com/tom.mcconnell. Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow, www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk Tickets £11, £8.50, £0.50 booking music fee per transaction. Time 1pm. 20 OCTOBER 0141 332 5057. 14 DECEMBER www.rcs.ac.uk GLASGOW ORCHESTRAL THE ANIMOTION SHOW, SOCIETY: Stephen Broad – MASTERCLASS WITH KARI Featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie Conductor, Shostakovich - Festive KRIIKKU: Following his recital with Overture, Shostakovich - Jazz Suite Following the success of live art & the Heath String Quartet, Kari music concept developed by Shostakovich - Symphony No.5. Kriikku guides our talented clarinet Stevenson Hall, The Royal acclaimed Russian artist Maria Rud AniMotion is taken onto a new students through what is sure to be Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 an inspiring masterclass. Ledger level in collaboration with renown Renfrew St, Glasgow, Tickets £10, Recital Room, The Royal projection artist Ross Ashton. The (£5 students and under 18s), £0.50 Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 programme will feature work booking fee per transaction. Time Renfrew St, Glasgow, Tickets £4, by Gavin Bryars performed by 7.30pm. 0141 332 5057 soprano Rebecca Tavener, recital by £3, £0.50 booking fee per www.rcs.ac.uk transaction. Time 3pm. 0141 332 virtuoso percussionist & composer Dame Evelyn Glennie and conclude 5057 WHERE THE FOLKS AT: Weekly www.rcs.ac.uk with Dark Matter, new ground live folk sessions in the cosy Kitchen breaking work by composer & Bar. Flying Duck, 142 Renfield SPANGLED CABARET: Eclectic and Street, Glasgow. Tickets Free. Time virtuoso flautist David Heath, alternative music and cabaret vocalist Fay Fife (of the Rezillos) 6pm – 8pm. and DJ and music producer Dolphin performances followed by the host flyingduckclub@gmail.com 22 NOVEMBER
BREABACH - plus Amelia Curran / Waiora & Andrew Howie: Breabach, nominated for numerous BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and current holders of ‘Best Group’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards, incorporate highland bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and Scots song, to produce a dynamic, diverse and captivating performance. The Spree, Spiegeltent, Paisley. Doors 7pm. Tickets £10. www.thespree.co.uk 21 OCTOBER STRING DEPARTMENT SHOWCASE: Our talented string students are featured in solo and chamber repertoire. Ledger Recital Room, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow, Tickets £9.50 £7.50, £0.50 booking fee per transaction. Time 1pm. 0141 332 5057 www.rcs.ac.uk 22 OCTOBER PIANO WITH NORIKO OGAWA: Watch teaching in action, with distinguished pianist Noriko Ogawa. Ledger Recital Room, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow, Tickets £4, £3, £0.50 booking fee per transaction. Time 9am. 0141 332 5057 www.rcs.ac.uk 23 OCTOBER THE DEEP RED SKY: Scottish, alternative Indie, 5 piece band, combining distorted guitar and bass soundscapes with melodic, heartfelt harmonies and glockenspiel. The Deep Red Sky create songs that don't sound out of place on any radio playlist despite their love for the unexpected and their post rock leanings. Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, Glasgow. SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: BRITAIN VS. GERMANY with music by Walton, Leopold Hurt, Martin Suckling and Brahms, The season opens in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and London with Britain vs. Germany, a concert which casts two great musical countries as rival compositional forces. With a longstanding tradition of performing British string music, SE contends that these works can hold their own against the continental heavyweights. In a twist to the traditional concert format, the audience will be invited to cast their vote at the end of the performance. Who wins: they decide! It explores the excitement and exuberance of two rich musical traditions. The Scottish Ensemble’s 2013/14 Season explores place and musical identity. It weaves its way through Britain, Russia, Bohemia, and Scandinavia, returning to Scotland through traditional melody
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 11: glasgow + mid west coast and contemporary voices. SE continues to create new musical connections throughout the season, collaborating with a broad range of artists to complement this distinctive group of individual virtuosi. Post-concert talk. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Time 7.30pm. Tickets £13, Students £5, Under 16s free when accompanied by a full paying adult. Booking Tel 0141 353 8000 www.glasgowconcerthalls.com 24 OCTOBER OTIS GIBBS presented by The Fallen Angels Club: The Admiral Bar, Glasgow. Tickets: 0141 204 5151 www.fallenangelsclub.com BREATHE FREELY:, – A NEW SHORT OPERA BY JULIAN WAGSTAFF. Derek Clark conducts Julian Wagstaff's new short opera 'Breathe Freely', commissioned by the University of Edinburgh to celebrate the Tercentenary of its School of Chemistry in 2013. The opera is set during the Second World War and sung in English. The programme also includes Julian Wagstaff's acclaimed piano trio 'A Persistent Illusion'. Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms, 54 George St, Edinburgh. Set to start at 8.00pm, the concert will last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes and will run without an interval. Tickets are priced from £12.00 (£6 for concessions) from The Queen's Hall box office or via the booking line 0131 668 2019
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DAVE ARCARI; Steel guitar-wielding troubadour DAVE ARCARI returns home to play a show on home ground for Mugdock Music Festival. Arcari is just back from a sixweek US tour – documented in the road movie Stateside Story available on his YouTube channel – and string of European festival dates during which he has been promoting his latest album Whisky in my Blood, released earlier this year on Finnish label Blue North Records. A regular at UK and 3 NOVEMBER European festivals, Arcari cites recent highlights as Glastonbury; Moulin Blues THE LOCUST HONEY STRING BAND: Hailing from the very heart of the Blue Ridge Festival in Holland; Belgium’s Peer Festival (alongside Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa and Mountains, with its rich roots-of-country/ Steve Winwood); BluesAlive in the Czech bluegrass/Appalachian old-time tradition. Republic and Poland. Headline shows in At The Corn Exchange, Biggar Finland, Estonia, Germany and Ireland as www.locusthoney.com well as across the UK continue to take Arcari www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html and his music to a wider audience beyond ELEANOR MCEVOY makes a very welcome the confines of any specific genre. Dave 3rd visit to Woodend and anyone who saw Arcari’s National guitar-driven alt. blues owes her last two visits will testify to the brilliance as much to trash country, punk and of her songs and her wonderful personality, rockabilly as it does pre-war Delta blues. for it’s a genuine pleasure to watch Eleanor Mugdock Music Festival at Mugdock Theatre, perform. Eleanor’s performances are Milngavie. intimate, emotional, uplifting affairs in which http://www.youtube.com/davearcari she explores soul, love and humour, using http://www.davearcari.com own compositions and interpretations from other songbooks, with her unique voice and 9 NOVEMBER beautiful playing. Supporting Eleanor will by SID GRIFFIN brings his Coal Porters back Maeve O’Boyle another great singer songwriter. Sounds in the Suburbs, Woodend to Woodend, last time they visited they blew everyone away with a blistering performance Bowling and Tennis Club, 30 Chamberlain and we can expect more of the same this Road, Glasgow. Time 8pm. www.soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk time, including tunes from their highly acclaimed new CD Find the one. Supporting GABBY YOUNG and her 7-piece band brings the Coal Porters will be a favourite act of a fresh new perspective to music that has mine Andy Tucker who writes clever witty wowed crowds in Europe, the USA, Japan and and downright fabulous tunes, one of which Australia. Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall St, will be seen in a new drama with David Glasgow. Tickets £8 adv, Time 8pm. Tennant set in Edinburgh. And to conclude the festival another great act returning to SOUTH LANARKSHIRE LIVE – Band Woodend, Rod Picott, who also has a new Night, After the great success of EK Summer album out and who I think is a fabulous song Fest South Lanarkshire Live competition, East writer. The son of a welder from rural New Kilbride Arts Centre offers another England, Rod is a masterful songwriter and opportunity for you to catch South soulful singer who carries with him as fine a Lanarkshire’s finest up and coming bands. A suitcase of songs as you'll find anywhere. must for music fans! East Kilbride Arts Slaid Cleaves, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Fred Centre, Old Coach Rd, East Kilbride. Tickets Eagelsmith have recorded Rod Picott songs. £5, Time 8pm. A former construction worker who hung up www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk his tools when he released his debut CD in 2000, Picott has carved a career for himself MUSICAL THEATRE CABARET Motherwell with a run of 6 beautifully crafted selfCollege HND Musical Theatre students. Lunch released CDs over the last 13 years and a Time Performance Lunch served at 1.00pm well-earned reputation as an engaging, (tea / coffee, soup and sandwiches) emotion fuelled performer. Supporting Rod Performance 2.00pm. High Tea will be Alan Tennie who is rightly making Performance Tea served at 4.30pm (tea / quite a reputation for himself and who has coffee, sandwiches and cake) Performance just released his first EP. Woodend Bowling 5.00pm. Sit back and enjoy the sounds from and Tennis Club, 30 Chamberlain Road, the musical theatre stage, in a cabaret Glasgow. Time 8pm. performance brought to you by a group of young talented singers from Motherwell FLUORESCENT HEARTS / UNIT 7 / College’s HND Musical Theatre programme. EMBASSY / SARAH MONTIETH: The East Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Rd, East Martell, Burnbank Road, Falkirk. Doors Kilbride. Tickets £9, 7.30pm, £5 www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk 10 NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER ROD PICOTT: Woodend Bowling and Tennis THE LOCUST HONEY STRING BAND: Club, 30 Chamberlain Road, Glasgow. Time Hailing from the very heart of the Blue Ridge 8pm. Mountains, with its rich roots-of-country/ bluegrass/Appalachian old-time tradition. 15 NOVEMBER At The Steeple Hall, Kilbarchan
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 14: glasgow + mid west coast / dundee / fife / perth / stirling / falkirk SIXTIES GOLD 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, and probably never to be repeated, line-up. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when it all began. Featuring record breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & 19 NOVEMBER The Pacemakers. Also from Liverpool and tipped to be as big as ALICE AND THE RAMPANT TRIO The Beatles, The Searchers’ first Supporting Jonah Matranga: single also went to No. 1 and led to Described by some as ‘like five more Top 5 hits and a total of Fleetwood Mac, but darker’ and as 128 weeks in the charts. being similar to Marianne Faithful, Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Alice and the Rampant Trio (ART3 to Proby, whose trouser splitting those in the know) are an acoustic/ shocked the nation, was a Melody folk/rock 4-piece formed in the Maker teen idol award winner in sunny town of St Andrews. They 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the offer up a mix of acoustic and rock charts. The Fortunes stormed the with a powerful front led by the Top 10 with You’ve Got Your duo-lead vocals of Alice Challiner Troubles, Here It Comes Again, and Nicola Fraser. Acoustic Gig, Freedom Come Freedom Go and Nice N Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, Storm in a Teacup. And finally, Glasgow. Tickets £9. Time 7.30pm. Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On www.facebook.com/alicaeandtherampanttrio stage together. Clyde Auditorium, Exhibition Way, Finnieston, 22 NOVEMBER Glasgow. RODDY HART & THE LONESOME FIRE: Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire are set to make their mark this year with the release of their long awaited eponymous album. The Arches, Glasgow. Tickets £12.50 plus b.f. Doors 7pm.
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SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: BRITAIN VS. GERMANY with music by Walton, Leopold Hurt, Martin Suckling and Brahms, The season opens in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and London with Britain vs. Germany, a concert which casts two great musical countries as rival compositional forces. With a longstanding tradition of performing British string music, SE contends that these works can hold their own against the continental heavyweights. In a twist to the traditional concert format, the audience will be invited to cast their vote at the end of the performance. Who wins: they decide! It explores the excitement and exuberance of two rich musical traditions. The Scottish Ensemble’s 2013/14 Season explores place and musical identity. It weaves its way through Britain, Russia, Bohemia, and Scandinavia, returning to Scotland through traditional melody and contemporary voices. SE continues to create new musical connections throughout the season, collaborating with a broad range of artists to complement this distinctive group of individual virtuosi.Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth, Tickets £12, Students £5.00, Under 16s free when accompanied by a full paying adult. Time 7.30pm. Booking Tel 01738 621 031 www.horsecross.co.uk 25 OCTOBER SKERRYVORE: At Behind The Wall, Falkirk. Skerryvore are a multiaward winning Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the 21st Century. World Of Chances album 'Deluxe Edition' available now from www.skerryvore.com THE COALTOWN DAISIES; The Coaltown Daises fuse together the musical stylings of established singer-songwriters, Lynzy Moutter and Vivienne Bern. It is no surprise that their shared passion for music in all shapes and sizes steered them towards meeting in the middle and collaborating on their original songs. Detailing their music with dual harmonies, intelligent lyrics and raw emotion, they want nothing more than to perform them in front of a great audience. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. D ROCKS FOR OXJAM: At PJ Molloys 6.30pm to 11pm Over 16’s
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transcriptions was often the only way people could hear SIMON KEMPSTON: Simon masterworks. These transcriptions Kempston is a very highly regarded for piano duet are performed by the Scottish songwriter and leading brilliant duo Simon Crawford-Phillips fingerstyle guitarist. An awardand Phillip Moore. Horsecross Arts, winning songwriter and an inspiring, Perth Concert Hall & Perth Theatre, poetic lyricist, his distinctive guitar 185 High Street, Perth. Starts playing is steeped in the history of 7.30pm. the folk, blues and celtic traditions and is complemented by a rich, JAMES YORKSTON, JON THORNE powerful and compelling vocal. AND SUHAIL YUSUF Mundell Music, Back Stage, The KHAN playing Dewar House Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Experimental Batch; Carnegie Perthshire. Hall, East Port, Dunfermline. Tel 01383 602302 Show 7.30pm 27 OCTOBER Tickets £12/£10 conc. www.onfife.com ROSS AND JARLATH: 27th/28th Two of the fieriest talents in 31 OCTOBER contemporary Celtic piping, Perthshire Amber, Perth. Tel SANGSTERS: Kirkcaldy Acoustic 01350724261 Music Club, Polish Ex-servicemen's Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park 29 OCTOBER Drive, Kirkcaldy. Entry £8 members, £10 non-members. Starting at 7.30 ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW; Andy till about 10.30. Fairweather Low’s pedigree is the www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk stuff rock dreams are made of. He first came to prominence at the JAMES YORKSTON, JON THORNE vanguard of the new youthful AND SUHAIL YUSUF expression of music as the lead KHAN playing Dewar House singer in Amen Corner. The 60s saw Experimental Batch; Cambo them clock up hit after pop hit. House, (A big hallowcambo’een), Songs such as 'Bend Me Shape Me', Kingsbarns, St Andrews. Tel 01333 'Hello Suzy', '( If Paradise is ) Half 450054. Show 7pm-midnight As Nice' are internationally www.camboestate.com remembered to this day. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green 1 NOVEMBER Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. SKERRYVORE: At Buchlyvie Village 30 OCTOBER Hall. Skerryvore are a multi-award winning Scottish band creating a SIMON CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the 21st AND PHILIP MOORE; Classical. In Century. World Of Chances album the nineteenth century, in the days 'Deluxe Edition' available now from before iPods, performing www.skerryvore.com
KAST OFF KINKS: The Kast off Kinks feature long term members of the legendary band The Kinks. Along with Mick Avory, the original drummer, John Dalton on bass (60’s & 70’s line-up), and Ian Gibbons on keyboards (80’s & 90’s line-up), they are joined on guitar & vocals by Dave Clarke who has played with the Beach Boys, Noel Redding Band & Tim Rose among others. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £20. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 2 NOVEMBER SKERRYVORE: At Kinloch Memorial Hall, Meigle. Skerryvore are a multiaward winning Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the 21st Century. World Of Chances album 'Deluxe Edition' available now from www.skerryvore.com
through to pop (three million albums with The Christians; a top five single for Mark Owen) through to the digital age (soundtracks for James Bond/Xbox, BBC’s “Wildlife on One”, “The Natural World”), writing/production duties with the likes of singer/songwriters Amy Wadge, Lotte Mullan and 10cc’s Graham Gouldman (3 co-writes with Graham on his new “Love and Work” album) and still has something worth singing about. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £14. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 3 NOVEMBER SKERRYVORE: Kinloch Memorial Hall, Dundee Rd, Meigle. Doors 19:30. With support, tbc. Tickets £15 from Elaine Sturrock, 01828 640312
POLICE DOG HOGAN; 7 piece Country/folk band. Backstage, The HENRY PRIESTMAN: After over 30 Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, Kinross. years in the music business – and Doors 8pm Tickets £14.Tel 01577 with a credit list longer than both 863467 www.wegottickets.com/event/239378 your arms – in 2009 Henry www.mundellmusic.com Priestman (having not sung since 1981!!) reinvented himself as a 7 NOVEMBER singer-songwriter, and finally released his debut solo CD “The Chronicles of Modern Life” to critical THE LOCUST HONEY STRING BAND: Hailing from the very heart acclaim (initially on Stiff Records, then picked up by Island/Universal). of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with It’s the sound of a man who’s seen its rich roots-of-country/bluegrass/ the music world explode from punk Appalachian old-time tradition. (his band Yachts supported the Sex At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. www.locusthoney.com Pistols in ‘77…and supported The www.brookfield-knights.com/upWho on European Tour in ‘79)
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the world's first alt-bluegrass act. The Coal Porters were formed ten BLACK UMFOLOSI 5 years ago by ex-Long Ryder, former (Zimbabwe); a very welcome NME cover boy Sid Griffin. Producing return visit to the area by the Lindisfarne gave Griffin the impetus amazing singing & dancing group to move from electric music to Black Umfolosi 5, from Zimbabwe. acoustic music, to revamp old The Rough Guide to Zimbabwe themes and melodies and soup describes Black Umfolosi 5 as them up for the 21st century. follows: "Their songs, sung in close, Mundell Music, Back Stage, The rich harmony, address general Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, human concerns - love, family, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is spirit - as well as contemporary at 9.00pm. Tickets £15. problems - wars, apartheid, the Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket environment and AIDS. Their music Information is fresh and surprising, not only for www.mundellmusic.com the interesting text, but also for the typical intricate rhythms, unusual 9 NOVEMBER harmonies and interspersed clicking, clapping and shouting, which THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: combine to produce a natural funky Formed in 2010, this team of gifted and rugged aura". The group, who musicians faithfully re-create the are much loved around the world, authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and offer their sweet sounds of acapella The E Street Band in a blistering with marvellous harmonies and show which grabs you from the gospel singing, as well as opening chords of Badlands until it captivating dancing including the deposits you two hours (and 40 gumboot dancing of South Africa. years of music) later with tracks Black Umfolosi deliver their from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans performance with fun and joyful of The Boss (and the musically enthusiasm. This bare-torsoed, curious)… a great night out is hard-hatted group, never fail to guaranteed! Alloa Town Hall, captivate their audience and Marshill, Alloa. encourage them on to the stage to www.springsteensessions.co.uk join in the performance. Birnam Arts, Station Rd. Birnam, Dunkeld. BENNY GALLAGHER: One half of Doors open at 7.30pm for an the legendary duo Gallagher & Lyle, 8.00pm start. Ticket prices are Benny will be playing an acoustic £13.50 (advance), £15 on the door. solo show here at Backstage. In an As ever, under-18's tickets cost £5. intimate evening of songs and (01350 727674 / www.birnamarts. stories about his days as a Staff com), Dunkeld News and Pet Stop Writer with The Beatles Publishing (01350 727348) and Birnam CD Co. Apple, Benny performs all of the (01350 727158). hits he penned for McGuinness Flint, Gallagher & Lyle, Art Garfunkel, THE Z Z TOPS (Tribute). The Bryan Ferry, Colin Blunstone, Don world's number one ZZ Top tribute Williams, Garth Brooks, Mary band. "They are the closest I've Hopkin, Phil Everly, Ricky Nelson, seen"- Billy Gibbons, ZZ Top. Ringo Starr, Rita Coolidge, Status "They're great! Just like the real Quo, Simon & Garfunkel, The thing!" - Mick Taylor. The band nails Fureys, and Lemon Jelly to name the look, the sound and the overall but a few, along with some great vibe of the Texas trio with the new songs from his album 'At The beards, the cheap sunglasses, the Edge of the Wave. Mundell Music, fuzzy guitars, the outfits and all the Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 moves!! Performing Gimme All You Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors Lovin', Sharp Dressed Man, Tush' 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Legs, Under Pressure, Cheap Tickets £15. Sunglasses, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket La Grange, Rough Boy, Just Got Information Paid, Blue Jean Blues, Waiting For www.mundellmusic.com The Bus and more. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 12 NOVEMBER Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors THE SINGING NINA: Singing Nina 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. is the fabulous new show brought to Tickets £12. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket you by the Chicago Jazz Queen, Karen Underwood and her band. Information Karen brings to you in narration and www.mundellmusic.com song the engrossing life story of the great legend Nina Simone, from her 8 NOVEMBER struggle against racism and exile RODDY HART & THE LONESOME from her homeland to her FIRE: Roddy Hart & The Lonesome flamboyant, troubled relationships Fire are set to make their mark this and poignant later years. Karen year with the release of their long sings all the classic Nina songs, awaited eponymous album. Missippi Goddamn, Sinnerman, My Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling. Tickets Baby and I Need a Little Sugar In £10 / £8. My Bowl supported by a live band of featuring on piano Erik Gullikson, COAL PORTERS; "Ladies and guitar Eoghan Regan, bass Peter gentlemen, meet The Coal Porters, Hanagan and drums Bob
JacksonMundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £28. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 14 NOVEMBER HIT CONFERENCE (One Day Music Seminar). Go behind the scenes of the Music Industry with Music Producer RORY NICOLL. Hit Click offers exclusive interviews with industry leaders and artist information you can't get online or anywhere else! Contacts that EVERY musician should have! Rory will cover a wide range of subjects such as; The Mindset of a Music Producer, The Alchemy of a Hit Song, Standing Out in the Crowd/ Gimmick School, Synchonized Sound & Images, Taking Care of Business/Publishing Rights & Issues and MUCH MUCH MORE . You may book a place at this seminar which will be held from 2.00pm until 5.00pm by Telephoning Backstage at the Green Hotel. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £18. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 15 NOVEMBER BREABACH: Breabach, nominated for numerous BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and current holders of ‘Best Group’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards, incorporate highland bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and Scots song, to produce a dynamic, diverse and captivating performance, Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling, www.tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk STEVE DAGGETT: Steve Daggett is a well respected North East working folk / acoustic musician. Having learned his craft through years of gigging, Steve has gained a solid cult following in the process. Along the way, Mr Daggett has released numerous solo albums, been a latter day member of Lindisfarne, and racked up some production credits too. A past and now current member of a reformed Lindisfarne Steve Daggett is a performer who will keep you smiling all night long with his banter and incredible songs that include his own and some Lindisfarne songs thrown in for good measure! Don't miss this one, he really is that good! Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £12. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 16 NOVEMBER
WHITE CHINA: Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £10. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 18 NOVEMBER DENNIS LOCORRIERE: Dennis Locorriere has a voice which is immediately recognised the world over but his own story is now so much more than Dr Hook. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £30. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 19 NOVEMBER RYAN MCGARVEY: An extremely talented guitarist from New Mexico, who plays everything from delta blues to classic hard rock. He was chosen from over 4000 bands from around the world to perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago, and his debut CD 'Forward in Reverse' reached the top 20 (out of over 200,000 artistes CD's) on the best sellers list on CDBaby.com.Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £12. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 21 NOVEMBER SKINNY MOLLY: Skinny Molly was founded in 2004 by Mike Estes (formerly of Lynyrd Skynyrd) and drummer Kurt Pietro. What was meant to be a one off tour of Europe has turned into one of the hardest working and popular rock bands out of the southern United States. Skinny Molly now includes guitarist Jay Johnson, and bassist Luke Bradshaw. This line up has toured relentlessly, crossing the States and three continents on the strength of their "No Good Deed" debut CD, which has established the band as popular touring outfit across the USA and Europe. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £18. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com 22 NOVEMBER ENIGMA: Scarcely two meters largely, slim and athletically. Special characteristic are his long rastas, which belong somehow to many men of the Caribbean Island Jamaica. Andru Donalds doesn’t
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SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: BRITAIN VS. GERMANY with music by Walton, Leopold Hurt, Martin Suckling and Brahms, The season opens in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and London with Britain vs. Germany, a concert 23 NOVEMBER which casts two great musical th countries as rival compositional SIXTIES GOLD 50 forces. With a longstanding tradition ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, of performing British string music, and probably never to be repeated, SE contends that these works can hold their own against the line-up. Don’t miss your chance to th continental heavyweights. In a twist celebrate the 50 anniversary of when it all began. Featuring record to the traditional concert format, the breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & audience will be invited to cast their vote at the end of the performance. The Pacemakers. Also from Liverpool and tipped to be as big as Who wins: they decide! It explores the excitement and exuberance of The Beatles, The Searchers’ first single also went to No. 1 and led to two rich musical traditions. The Scottish Ensemble’s 2013/14 five more Top 5 hits and a total of Season explores place and musical 128 weeks in the charts. identity. It weaves its way through Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Britain, Russia, Bohemia, and Proby, whose trouser splitting Scandinavia, returning to Scotland shocked the nation, was a Melody through traditional melody and Maker teen idol award winner in contemporary voices. SE continues 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the charts. The Fortunes stormed the to create new musical connections throughout the season, Top 10 with You’ve Got Your collaborating with a broad range of Troubles, Here It Comes Again, artists to complement this Freedom Come Freedom Go and distinctive group of individual Storm in a Teacup. And finally, Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On virtuosi. The Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, Time 7.30pm. stage together. 23rd Caird Hall, Tickets £13, Students £5, Under 16s Critchen Street, Dundee. free when accompanied by a full paying adult 24 NOVEMBER Booking Tel 01224 641 122 www.boxofficeaberdeen.com HELLS BELLS (Tribute); Hells Bells are an accomplished AC/DC 25 OCTOBER Tribute Band who have performed all over the UK as well as Portugal, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Middle East. Mundell Music, Back Stage, The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is at 9.00pm. Tickets £15. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Information www.mundellmusic.com
PRE-CONCERT TALK with awardwinning Russian pianist DENIS KOZHUKHIN about his approach to performing one of the great piano concertos, before performing with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 6.30pm. Free to ticket holders.
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY With conductor Thomas Dausgaard and pianist Denis Kozhukhin, present DICK GAUGHAN: 1990's Scottish super-group 'Clan Alba', Dick has a Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2, with Sibelius’s Finlandia and unique solo style and tours constantly throughout the world.t. If Nielsen’s Symphony No4 (The you love AC/DC then you'll love our Inextinguishable), in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from high energy performance - a show boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 not to be missed. All The Hits and 641122 The orchestra invite the More! Mundell Music, Back Stage, audience to stay on after their main The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, Kinross, Perthshire. Doors 8pm, show time is concert performance to hear Denis Kozhukhin’s sublime rendition of at 9.00pm. Tickets £14. Tel: 01577 863467. Booking / Ticket Franz Liszt’s Bénédiction du Dieu dans la soliture. Free. Information 29 NOVEMBER
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the Sound festival and in association with the University of Aberdeen, one of the best formations devoted to classical Arab music, The Lemon Tree Studio, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 26 OCTOBER BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA workshop: Musicians, whether experienced amateurs or complete novices, are invited to take part in a free workshop and unique performance with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 10am to 1pm. www.bbc.co.uk/bbcsso or email SSOutreach@bbc.co.uk for more information.
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APOLLO SAXOPHONE QUARTER: Journey Across the Impossible As part of the Sound and Vision Weekend, Apollo Saxophone Quarter: Journey Across the Impossible brings handpicked short films from the early 1900s and set them to original scores, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, at 9.30pm. 27 OCTOBER Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel THE WEDDING PRESENT: Playing 01224 641122 all the A sides of their 1992 Hit Parade along with other landmark 2 NOVEMBER works, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, LEAFCUTTER JOHN As part of the Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Sound and Vision Weekend, gracing Tickets from the planet with his remarkable www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel contributions to electronic, folk and 01224 641122 experimental music Leafcutter John, aka John Burton, in The 30 OCTOBER Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, at 9.30pm. FATHERSON - Garage, Aberdeen Tickets from (with support from FOREST FIRES www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel and CARA MITCHELL). Fatherson 01224 641122 are on a wee Scottish tour and the band have just released the ‘Mine SCOTTISH OPERA PRESENT For Me’ single as a taster of what to MOZART’S Don Giovanni, with expect from their debut album ‘I Am Cardiff Singer of the World Audience An Island’, set for release in early Prize winner Jacques Imbrailo in the 2014, video here: http://www. title role, alongside Péter Kálmán, youtube.com/watch? Susan Gritton and beloved Scottish v=vUkRqSor9bA soprano Lisa Milne, in His Majesty’s Tickets for all shows available from Theatre, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Fatherson-tickets/artist/1683691 Tickets from www.facebook.com/fathersonband www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 31 OCTOBER SCOTTISH OPERA PRESENTS MOZART’S Don Giovanni, with Cardiff Singer of the World Audience Prize winner Jacques Imbrailo in the title role, alongside Péter Kálmán, Susan Gritton and beloved Scottish soprano Lisa Milne, in His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
JAZZ: As part of the Sound festival, and in association with Jazz at the Blue Lamp, Wizniewski/ Stevenson: New Focus, as fellow Scots saxophonist Konrad Wizniewski and pianist/arranger Euan Stevenson launch their new musical adventure combining trad jazz and string quartets, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from AL-KINDIE ENSEMBLE: As part of www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel
FIDDLERS’ RALLY Musicians from across Scotland gather for Aberdeen Strathspey and Reel Society’s Fiddlers’ Rally for a foot-tapping, hand-clapping night of the best of traditional music, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 3 NOVEMBER INVISIBLEARTS, As part of the Sound and Vision Weekend, A group of Scottish composers specializing in acousmatic music present a collection of audio works, Invisiblearts, with Andrew Lewis and Lucy Kendra, in The Lemon Tree Studio, West North Street, Aberdeen, at 2.30pm. Tickets from www. boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 4 NOVEMBER
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LITTLE KICKS / Supporting Public Service Broadcasting: Public Service Broadcasting perform with their uniquely spell-binding live AV transmissions, They weave samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material around live drums, guitar, banjo and electronics, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Admission: £12.00. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 AMERICAN MEETS SCOTLAND CONCERT, In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, an evening of music and dance both classical and traditional from both side of the Atlantic in the American Meets Scotland Concert, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING With their uniquely spell-binding live AV transmissions, Public Service Broadcasting weave samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material around live drums, guitar, banjo and electronics, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
(seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 7 NOVEMBER ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA with conductor Rumon Gamba and cellist Guy Johnston: perform Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes, Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No1 and Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No5, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm, plus pre-concert talk at 6.45pm free to ticket holders. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 9 NOVEMBER PERE Ubu: An experimental rock music group, formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975, Pere Ubu has never been commercially successful but has a devoted following and is an influential and critically acclaimed band, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 10 NOVEMBER
album and a UK tour, bring their innovative approach to traditional Celtic music to the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting shocked the nation, was a Melody Maker teen idol award winner in 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the charts. The Fortunes stormed the Top 10 with You’ve Got Your Troubles, Here It Comes Again, 13 NOVEMBER Freedom Come Freedom Go and Storm in a Teacup. And finally, ROBYN HITCHCOCK: Following the Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On release of his new album in March, stage together. Music Hall, Union his 60th birthday celebrations and Street, Aberdeen. performances at Deerhunter and Glastonbury, in The Lemon Tree HELLS BELLS, Top class AD/DC Lounge (seated), West North Street, tribute band, who have performed Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets all over the UK, Europe and the from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com Middle East, Hells Bells, in The or tel 01224 641122 Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 14 NOVEMBER at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel BRIT FLOYD presents P-U-L-S-E 01224 641122 2013: Featuring note-for-note performances of five full album 23 NOVEMBER sides and including the trademark CLASSIC CLAPTON; Classic Pink Floyd arch and circle light show, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at Clapton, the World's No1 Eric Clapton Tribute Band featuring 8pm. Tickets from front-man Mike Hall. Classic Clapton www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel comprises 4 excellent musicians:01224 641122 Mike Hall (lead vocals/guitar), Paul Warren (keyboards/ backing 15 NOVEMBER vocals), Danny Davison (drums) and Dave Robson (bass guitar /backing HAYSEED DIXIE: Performing the complete 2001 AC/DC album plus a vocals). Dave is a former member of chart band Geordie. In fact he was set of audience requests. in The with them at the time Brian Johnson Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors left to join AC/DC. Fans are advised to book early. Aberdeen Arts Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets from & Theatre, King Street, Aberdeen, www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel AB24 5AA. 7.30pm Tkts £15 concs 01224 641122 £12.50 www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/events/classic-clapton 17 NOVEMBER www.classic-clapton.com
TURIN BRAKES, Playing a full band set of songs from their 10 year career, and one of two new ones from their forthcoming album in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel THREE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED 01224 641122 LEGENDS of the 80s, Go West, and Hue & Cry plus special guests 11 NOVEMBER The Christians, together on a new UK tour, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen BENJAMIN GROSVENOR: at 7.30pm. Tickets from Aberdeen Performing Arts present www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel superstar pianist Benjamin 01224 641122 6 NOVEMBER Grosvenor in the first of three A Romantic Journey concerts, with a 19 NOVEMBER RODDY HART & THE LONESOME repertoire which includes FIRE: Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Mendelssohn’s Andante & Rondo TRAVIS: Following their triumphant Fire are set to make their mark this Capriccioso, Schubert’s Impromptu performance at T in the Park and year with the release of their long in G Flat, Schuman’s Humoreske, hard on the hells of releasing their awaited eponymous album. The Ravel’s Valses Nobles et seventh album, the Scottish rock Lemon Tree, 5 W North St Sentimentales and Gounod/Liszt’s institution that is Travis, play the Aberdeen. Doors 19:30pm. Tickets Valse de Faust, in the Music Hall, Music Hall, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Adults, Teens £8.80 including Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from booking fee. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 SEAN SHIBE: As part of Aberdeen 01224 641122 Performing Arts Culture Café 22 NOVEMBER lunchtime breaks, Edinburgh-born SWEET BABOO, aka Stephen guitarist and a BBC New Generation Black: Single-minded idiosyncratic SIXTIES GOLD 50th Artist Sean Shibe with a singer Sweet Baboo, demonstrates ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers programme based around 20th his gift for sparkling melody with a of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, Century Spanish works, in the Music deft lyrical turn, in The Lemon Tree and probably never to be repeated, Hall, Aberdeen at 1pm. Tickets from Lounge (standing), West North line-up. Don’t miss your chance to www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. celebrate the 50th anniversary of 01224 641122 Tickets from when it all began. Featuring record www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & RODDY HART & THE LONESOME 01224 641122 The Pacemakers. Also from FIRE with the eponymous debut Liverpool and tipped to be as big as album from one of Scotland’s most 12 NOVEMBER The Beatles, The Searchers’ first industrious and respected bands, single also went to No. 1 and led to Roddy Hart & The Lonesome CAPERCAILLE: Celebrating their five more Top 5 hits and a total of Fire, in The Lemon Tree Lounge 30th anniversary year with a new 128 weeks in the charts.
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: With conductor Robin Ticciati and pianist Paul Lewis, perform Schumann Symphonies 1 & 4 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No25, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm.Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 DARK HORSES’ Emerging band Dark Horses, in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 24 NOVEMBER THE NATIONAL YOUTH PIPE BAND OF SCOTLAND; The National Piping Centre presents The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, a non-competing cutting edge performance pipe band for 1025-year-olds in Scotland, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 8pm. Tickets from tel 01224 641122 or – www.boxofficeaberdeen.com THE SOUTH, Formed in 1988, The Beautiful South had a string of hit singles and despite the departure of songwriter Paul Heaton, lead singers Dave Hemingway and Ali Wheeler were having too much fun to quit
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HUGH CORNWELL, One of the UK’s finest song-writing talents and accomplished live performers, with special guest David Ford, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
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EDDI READER / KIERAN GOSS, Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader MBE, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career, plus special guest Kieran Goss, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122 27 NOVEMBER JOHN SIMPSON and Carol Ann Duffy As part of Aberdeen Performing Arts Culture Café lunchtime breaks, the UK’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, accompanied by musician John Simpson, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 1pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
THE EAGLE BAR in Inverness is looking for bands from across Scotland. The Eagle Bar (50 Baron Taylor's St) is a small and lively venue in Inverness with own PA and backline we are looking for original acts from across Scotland (with a preference for rock) to play Fridays and Saturday nights. Interested? Contact Stu Thain, Email: eaglebarbooker@gmail.com 18 OCTOBER ED MUIRHEAD: Eagle Bar, 50 Baron Taylor's St, Inverness http://edmuirhead.co.uk/simple 20 OCTOBER
THE DEEP RED SKY: Scottish, alternative Indie, 5 piece band, combining distorted guitar and bass soundscapes with melodic, heartfelt 28 NOVEMBER harmonies and glockenspiel. The Deep Red Sky create songs that ABERDEEN SINGING CHORUS don't sound out of place on any Performing 60 songs about radio playlist despite their love for sunshine, rain, wind, clouds, storm the unexpected and their post rock and snow, with Through All Kinds of leanings. Hootananny, 67 Church Weather, in the Music Hall, St, Inverness Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 26 OCTOBER 01224 641122 FATHERSON - The Arch Inn, 29 NOVEMBER Ullapool. Fatherson are on a wee Scottish tour and the band have THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: just released the ‘Mine For Me’ Formed in 2010, this team of gifted single as a taster of what to expect musicians faithfully re-create the from their debut album ‘I Am An authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and Island’, set for release in early The E Street Band in a blistering 2014 - video here: http://www. show which grabs you from the youtube.com/watch? opening chords of Badlands until it v=vUkRqSor9bA deposits you two hours (and 40 Tickets for all shows available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Fatherson-tickets/artist/1683691 years of music) later with tracks www.facebook.com/fathersonband from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans of The Boss (and the musically SKERRYVORE: At Three Villages curious)… a great night out is Hall, Arrochar. Skerryvore are a guaranteed! Café Drummond,1 multi-award winning Scottish band Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Time creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the 8pm. 21st Century. World Of Chances www.springsteensessions.co.uk album 'Deluxe Edition' available now from 30 NOVEMBER www.skerryvore.com RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS, Taking their signature Bagrock sound back to the North-east. Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or tel 01224 641122
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BENTLEY). Fatherson are on a wee Scottish tour and the band have just released the ‘Mine For Me’ single as a taster of what to expect from their debut album ‘I Am An Island’, set for release in early 2014, video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUkRqSor9bA
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BIRCHWOOD HIGHLAND FUNDRAISER: At Hootananny/Mad Hatters, Inverness, 8pm. 7 bands. £5 entry / £3 if in fancy dress! Part of the Scottish Mental Health Film & Arts festival. www.highlandmhfestival.com 2 NOVEMBER CAITHNESS GIGS PRESENT: THEM BEATLES: Blackstairs Lounge, 20 Breadalbane Terrace, Wick, Caithness, KW1 5AQ. Doors 7pm / Over 18s Only / £15.00 / Tickets & info: http://bit.ly/19nxmK9 www.thembeatles.com www.caithnessgigs.com 3 NOVEMBER CAITHNESS GIGS PRESENT: THEM BEATLES: Ironworks, 122b Academy Street, Inverness, IV1 1LX. Doors 7:30pm / 14+ (U-16s With Responsible Adult) / £15.00 /
Tickets & info: http://bit.ly/1gbboRJ www.thembeatles.com www.caithnessgigs.com 5 NOVEMBER GABBY YOUNG and her 7-piece band brings a fresh new perspective to music that has wowed crowds in Europe, the USA, Japan and Australia. Hotanannys, 67 Church Street, Inverness. 8 NOVEMBER SKERRYVORE: At Seaboard Hall, Balintore. Skerryvore are a multiaward winning Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the 21st Century. World Of Chances album 'Deluxe Edition' available now from www.skerryvore.com 9 NOVEMBER RODDY HART & THE LONESOME FIRE: Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire are set to make their mark this year with the release of their long awaited eponymous album. Ironworks, 122b Academy Street, Inverness. Doors 7pm. Tickets £8. 14 NOVEMBER BREABACH: Breabach, nominated for numerous BBC Radio 2 Folk
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 14: highlands / islands / dumfries + south west / scottish borders Awards and current holders of ‘Best Group’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards, incorporate highland bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and Scots song, to produce a dynamic, diverse and captivating performance, Birnam Arts Centre, Station Rd, Birnam. Doors 7.30pm. Stage 8pm, www.birnamarts.com 21 NOVEMBER SIXTIES GOLD 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, and probably never to be repeated, line-up. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when it all began. Featuring record breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & The Pacemakers. Also from Liverpool and tipped to be as big as The Beatles, The Searchers’ first single also went to No. 1 and led to five more Top 5 hits and a total of 128 weeks in the charts. Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting shocked the nation, was a Melody Maker teen idol award winner in 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the charts. The Fortunes stormed the Top 10 with You’ve Got Your Troubles, Here It Comes Again, Freedom Come Freedom Go and Storm in a Teacup. And finally, Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On stage together. Eden Court Theatre, Bishop’s Road, Inverness.
carefully arranged songs and intricate, emotional slow sets and as to the bands song writing skills there is really something remarkable going on. It’s the mixture of raw energy, prodigious musical ability and clever, fresh arrangements that make Tyde something different. Red Roof Cafe, Holmisdale, Glendale, Isle of Skye. Tickets £12. Buy tickets by calling 01470 511766. www.redroofskye.co.uk www.tydefolk.com 25 OCTOBER FATHERSON - Jager Room, Stornoway (with support THE SEA ATLAS). Fatherson are on a wee Scottish tour and the band have just released the ‘Mine For Me’ single as a taster of what to expect from their debut album ‘I Am An Island’, set for release in early 2014. Video’s here: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vUkRqSor9bA Tickets for all shows available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Fathersontickets/artist/1683691 www.facebook.com/fathersonband
years of music) later with tracks from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans of The Boss (and the musically curious)… a great night out is guaranteed! Mareel, North Ness, Lerwick www.springsteensessions.co.uk
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SIXTIES GOLD 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR: For lovers of Sixties music, this is the ultimate, and probably never to be repeated, line-up. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of when it all began. Featuring record breaking Merseybeat band Gerry & The Pacemakers. Also from Liverpool and tipped to be as big as The Beatles, The Searchers’ first 26 OCTOBER single also went to No. 1 and led to five more Top 5 hits and a total of ESTRELLA; Stromness Hotel128 weeks in the charts. Orkney Islands. Controversial, ponytailed P.J. Proby, whose trouser splitting 28 OCTOBER shocked the nation, was a Melody Maker teen idol award winner in FATHERSON - The Sailing Club, 1964 and spent 91 weeks in the Orkney (with support HYBRID CONSTELLATION and CONSTANT charts. The Fortunes stormed the Top 10 with You’ve Got Your PARTY). Fatherson are on a wee 22 NOVEMBER Scottish tour and the band have just Troubles, Here It Comes Again, released the ‘Mine For Me’ single as Freedom Come Freedom Go and CLASSIC CLAPTON; Classic a taster of what to expect from their Storm in a Teacup. And finally, Clapton, the World's No1 Eric Brian Poole and Chip Hawkes. On debut album ‘I Am An Island’, set Clapton Tribute Band featuring stage together. DG1 Hoods Loaning, front-man Mike Hall. Classic Clapton for release in early 2014, video Dumfries. here: http://www.youtube.com/ comprises 4 excellent musicians:Mike Hall (lead vocals/guitar), Paul watch?v=vUkRqSor9bA Tickets for all shows available from 19 OCTOBER Warren (keyboards/ backing vocals), Danny Davison (drums) and www.ticketmaster.co.uk/FathersonTAMBO & THE SPITFIRES: Alton Dave Robson (bass guitar /backing tickets/artist/1683691 Inn, Kilwinning from 9pm free vocals). Dave is a former member of www.facebook.com/fathersonband admission chart band Geordie. In fact he was with them at the time Brian Johnson 7 NOVEMBER UPSHOT: Eagle Tavern, Prestwick left to join AC/DC. Fans are advised from 9pm free admission to book early. Ironworks, Academy CHRIS STOUT & FINALY MACDONALD; Off the back of Street, Inverness, IV1 1LX. 8pm 25 OCTOBER recording their new album The Tkts £12.50 adv., £15 door Cauld Wind at the studio in Mareel, www.ironworksvenue.com MOSA FUNK CLUB: Eagle Tavern, Chris Stout and Finlay MacDonald, www.classic-clapton.com Prestwick from 9pm free admission joined by master guitarist Ross Martin, will be returning to the 26 OCTOBER venue for a thrilling live performance. Mareel, Lerwick, THE SEXX GODZ: Eagle Tavern, Tickets via Shetland Box Office in Mareel & Islesburgh, over the phone Prestwick from 9pm free admission on 01595 745 555.and online at BACK IN THE RED: Alton Inn, Send us all your gig dates www.shetlandboxoffice.org and Kilwinning from 9pm free admission for all of the islands. www.mareel.org Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 23 NOVEMBER 7 DECEMBER
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THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: Formed in 2010, this team of gifted TYDE; Tyde's music is really musicians faithfully re-create the dynamic with a unity of playing authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and rarely seen on the live music scene. The E Street Band in a blistering Centred in English tradition but with show which grabs you from the a contemporary edge, Tyde deliver opening chords of Badlands until it modern, punchy, danceable tunes, deposits you two hours (and 40
THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: Formed in 2010, this team of gifted musicians faithfully re-create the authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and The E Street Band in a blistering show which grabs you from the opening chords of Badlands until it deposits you two hours (and 40
years of music) later with tracks from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans of The Boss (and the musically curious)… a great night out is guaranteed! The Venue, 7 Church Place, Dumfries. From 8pm - 11pm in The Live Lounge (Downstairs Only). Admission £10+bf Tickets from Barnstorm. Minimum age is 16. www.springsteensessions.co.uk 29 NOVEMBER SKERRYVORE: At Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. Skerryvore are a multi-award winning Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion for the 21st Century. World Of Chances album 'Deluxe Edition' available now from www.skerryvore.com
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19 OCTOBER HAWICK MUSIC LIVE: At Heart of Hawick. A dynamic clarinet quartet, founded in early 2010, with a wealth of experience in all aspects of music entertainmne, from classical recitals to wedding ceremonies and educational workshops. All four members are conservatoire trained and frequently play with all of the professional orchestras in Scotland and further afield. A unique alternative to the string quartet, the different combinations of instrumentation allow Cameo to play a wide variety of styles from contemporary music to popular classics. Tickets from Gary Scott o 01573 440594 or gary@corvustechnology.co.uk 24 OCTOBER ROSS AND JARLATH: Two of the fieriest talents in contemporary Celtic piping, Ross and Jarlath head a new and exciting six piece band producing a unique blend of newly arranged and composed music for Uilleann pipes, Border pipes, whistle and song, that is an up-to-date, reflection of the state of acoustic traditional music today. Eastgate Arts Centre, Peebles. Tickets £14. Time 7.30pm. Tel 01721725777 25 OCTOBER BREAD & JAM @ St Boswells Cricket Club. Something new for St Boswells Live! is on the horizon. We have had continued calls for jam sessions and open mics, but the big hall can be a bit scary, especially when there are lots of people watching and even milling about at
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 14: scottish borders and 'just over the border' the end. With this in mind, and with the help of St Boswells Cricket Club, we are introducing Bread & Jam, a terrible pun on a simple concept. This is how it works: From 8pm, turn up at the Cricket Club (just round the back of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel) with your instrument, voice or just a willingness to listen and enjoy the music. Feel free to bring an amplifier if you need one, but the room is small enough to be acoustic. If you feel an urge, and there is no one else doing it, play your instrument, sing your song, tell your story or whatever you want to do. We encourage people to join in, but if you want to do it alone then just ask. In the meantime, get drinks from the Cricket Club bar, listen to other people, and enjoy the soup and bread we’ve laid on (that’s where the “bread” bit comes from). That’s it. Donations to pay for the food, and keep St Boswells Live! running are welcome, but there’s no obligation. www.stboswellslive.com
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and Diploma in Solo Performance. Andrea currently teaches violin at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Djordje Gajic began his musical studies aged 6 in Serbia, graduating from the Russian Academy of Music in 1993. Since then he has won many international competitions and performed with several international orchestras. These are two expetional musicians and there is no doubt a violin and accordion will generate a fair selection of unusual musical blends. Tickets from Gary Scott o 01573 440594 or gary@corvustechnology.co.uk
THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: Formed in 2010, this team of gifted musicians faithfully re-create the 27 OCTOBER authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and TWEED SESSIONS: A song for the The E Street Band in a blistering source of the Tweed. The 4th in a show which grabs you from the series of traditional music sessions opening chords of Badlands until it along the River Tweed, celebrating deposits you two hours (and 40 the music and song of the Tweed years of music) later with tracks catchment area. These will celebrate from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans the music and song of the Tweed of The Boss (and the musically catchment in particular, and of the curious)… a great night out is Borders region more generally, guaranteed! The Maltings. Berwickmeaning ‘both sides the Tweed’. The upon-Tweed. Tickets £12.50 / £11 21 NOVEMBER sessions are open to local musicians concs, Circle £13.50, Box Seat £15 and members of the public and www.springsteensessions.co.uk BREABACH: Eastgate Theatre & everyone is welcome to come along Arts Centre, Peebles. Breabach, and share in the tradition by playing 17 NOVEMBER nominated for numerous BBC Radio or listening. The Tweed Sessions @ 2 Folk Awards and current holders HAWICK MUSIC LIVE! GAJIC & Tweedsmuir Village Hall, of ‘Best Group’ at the Scots Trad GAJIC: At Heart of Hawick. Andrea Tweedmuir, Nr Peebles, Music Awards, incorporate highland Gajic began her musical training at bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, bass, flute, www.facebook.com/ St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh. bouzouki, step dance, Gaelic and WorkingtheTweed Aged 12, she performed Bruch's Scots song, to produce a dynamic, Scottish Fantasy at St James' Palace diverse and captivating 2 NOVEMBER in London for Yehudi Menuhin's 60th performance. Doors 7.20pm. Stage 26 OCTOBER THE SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS: birthday celebration. Between 1990 7.30pm Formed in 2010, this team of gifted and 1995 Andrea studied in Moscow www.eastgatearts.com ELECTRIC PENELOPE: At musicians faithfully re-create the at the Russian Gnesins Academy of Fisherman's Arms, Birgham, near Music, gaining her Masters Degree Coldstream. Anna Emmins, creator authentic sound of ‘The Boss’ and The E Street Band in a blistering of Electric Penelope is a prolific show which grabs you from the songwriter, established singer, performer and producer. The fifth of opening chords of Badlands until it deposits you two hours (and 40 ten musically inclined children, years of music) later with tracks Anna, like her mother, is a pianist from Wrecking Ball. A must for fans and was raised predominantly in www.stboswellslive.com of The Boss (and the musically London above the jazz club her curious)… a great night out is parents ran, which brought about weblink: www.stboswellslive.com guaranteed! Hawick Town Hall, her jazz and soul inspired blog: http://stboswellslive.wordpress.com/ Hawick. songwriting. Her sound is inspired
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OCTOBER Glasgay! Glasgow October 9 - November 9 Welcome to Glasgay!. The 20th anniversary festival runs in Glasgow with an exciting line up including work from Jackie Kay, Scottee, Tina C, Maw Broon, Terry Neason, Stef Smith, Martin O'Connor & Donna Rutherford. We celebrate our LEGACY and the particular contribution made by LGBT artists past and present.
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playing the music of Raymond Scott the composer of the eye-popping “Looney Toons” music for Tom and Jerry, The Simpsons and Ren and Stimpey.
One of the highlights of the weekend is a 1940s Big Band Night on Blair Atholl Saturday 2nd November some of October 26 the finest musicians in Scotland are coming together to perform the muThe Glenfiddich Piping Championsic of Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, ship was established in 1974 to in- Count Basie and all the greats. You spire and stimulate the world's fin- can dance the night away or sit and est individual pipers, and to seek listen with the 16 piece Rick Taylor the best overall exponents of ceol Big-Band, featuring The Bevvy Sismor or piobaireachd (the great mu- ters, who bring to life the iconic Ansic) and ceol beag (the little music). drews Sisters. We are holding Blair castle provides a spectacular weekly dancing classes led by backdrop for this thrilling musical Lorayne McLucas of SKYEDANCE to event. get us in the mood starting Wednesday 25th September. www.blairatholl.org.uk/events For tickets and info see www.seall.co.uk 24th Glenfiddich Fid-
The biggest music event of it's kind in Tayside, with 5 venues hosting live local acts, from indie bands, acoustic artists, DJs, reggae acts and more, this years event will be the largest yet in Dundee's participation in the nationwide Oxjam Music Festival. Venues will be open The Spree from 1pm onwards, with an after Paisley party late on. All proceeds go to the October 10-20 great charity, Oxfam, which is helping to eradicate poverty across the The Spree is back after a successful globe. With the help of this festival, debut in Paisley last year…and the money can be raised to help fami2013 version will be bigger and bet- lies all over the world. So whilst you dling Championship ter. Taking place over 11 days in have a great day listening to the Blair Atholl October, the festival has been debest local talent around, you'll be October 27 signed to wrap around the Royal helping out a great cause. National Mòd, Scotland’s premier The Glenfiddich Fiddling Championwww.facebook.com/OxjamDundeeTakeover celebration of Gaelic language and ship was established in 1989, to enculture, which is coming to Paisley courage, stimulate and perpetuate for the first time. With Mòd fringe Sound the art of fiddle playing throughout events also taking place in the town North East Scotland the country. at the same time, Paisley will have October 23 - November 21 a real festival feel, and will be the www.blairatholl.org.uk/events place to be in October.The bulk of sound is driven by the passion to The Spree action will take place in make new music more accessible to Denholm Folk Music the unique setting of a Spiegeltent audiences of all ages and backin County Square in the heart of the grounds. It embraces a network of Festival town, with bigger shows to be held local organisations to produce a Denholm (Scottish Borders) in the stunning 850-year-old Paisley varied programme of events explor- October 31- 3 November Abbey . ing new music. The festival brings Folk fused with rock and country together a large range of different www.thespree.co.uk genres of music to appeal to a wide gives the 10th Denholm Folk Music Festival an added twist. This folk fuvariety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and sion festival in the Scottish countryBlazin’ in Beauly side is a relative newcomer, slowly widen their musical horizons. Beauly building a reputation in the local October 12-19 area. It's a small and cozy affair not www.sound-scotland.co.uk far across the Scottish border which Blazin’ Fiddles host the 13th Blazin’ has always managed to attract in Beauly from 12th til 19th October Perthshire Amber quality headline acts to compliment 2013. Expect full immersion into the The Dougie MacLean the workshops and open mic sesmusic, culture and craic of the Highsions. Free sessions all weekend in lands of Scotland – things which Festival the Auld Cross Keys, The Fox and Blazin’ Fiddles have been champion- Perthshire Hounds and Denholm Meet. Sesing throughout their 15 years in the October 25 - November 3 sions, licensed bar and meals availScottish music scene. A unique opable all weekend in the Festival portunity to learn from the band This is the 9th year of Perthshire and their special guest tutors as Amber and promises once again to Club, Lesser Hall. well as take part in sessions, conbe full of wonderful concerts featurcerts, masterclasses and ceilidhs ing the finest of Scotland's musical www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk whilst establishing new connections talent as well as some international in a stunning part of the country. guests. The venues are as special Skye Swing Jazz Festias ever, ranging from the prestigval www.blazininbeauly.com ious Perth Concert Hall to town halls Isle of Skye and tiny village halls, from atmosOctober 31 - 3 November pheric castles to the historic Biggar Little Festival Dunkeld Cathedral and even includBiggar This autumn sees the Isle of Skye ing an iron age Crannog on Loch October 17-27 host its first “Swing Jazz Festival”, a Tay…18 venues in all in 2013! weekend of wonderful music, fun, A family-friendly festival in the hisnostalgia, glamour and dancing. The festival is always always evolvtoric market town of Biggar celeing (remember it began as just a brating music, dance, arts and The Sage Gateshead’s ‘Jambone crafts, literature, and drama. Biggar weekend of concerts!) and this year Youth Ensemble’ and Corrie Dick organisers have put a lot of thought will be filled with an eclectic prothe winner of Young Scottish Jazz gramme of workshops, exhibitions, into the whole concept of 'Amber Musician of The Year will share the Discoveries' to complement their children's events, performances, a weekend with The Rick Taylor Big programme of concerts. All the craft and food fair, and festival Band, The Brian Molley Quartet and Perthshire Amber team look forward clubs. Take your pick from more The Stu Brown Sextet who will be
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Sonica Glasgow October 31 - November 3 Welcome to the second Sonica, a long weekend of sonic art encompassing music, performance, sound, multimedia and visual art. Sonica is Cryptic’s dedicated festival to worldclass sonic arts and music. Sonica adds to Glasgow’s vibrant music scene by presenting work by established international artists, providing a UK platform for further performances of exceptional and rarely seen work and, showcasing the best emerging local and international talent. Tickets on sale now. Early bird tickets, purchase tickets to Tramway by Monday 21 October for £8 instead of the standard price of £12. Special Offers: Buy a ticket for two shows at Tramway and get a free ticket for the third show. This offer can only be purchased by calling the Tramway Box Office on 0845 330 3501. www.sonic-a.co.uk
NOVEMBER Aberfeldy Festival Aberfeldy November 1-3 Aberfeldy Festival is back and this year’s line-up is going to be bigger and better than ever! With the latest and greatest contemporary alternative music, alongside poetry, art, street entrainment and fireworks, it’s certainly going to be a great weekend. Those kind folk at DEWAR’S® are sponsoring our amazing festival again this year, so there is sure to be some great whisky too…what more can you ask!
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Carlisle Blues & Rock Scottish Soulful Week- Festival ender 3 Carlisle Dumfries November 1-3
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The highly acclaimed Carlisle Blues SSW3 - the third Scottish Soulful Festival celebrated five incredibly Weekender and biggest event so exciting and successful years with a far! The last two year's events were weekend event in November 2011 massive successes and were hailed which many regarded as the best as "the friendliest weekender ever" UK blues festival of the year. 2012 by all of the patrons that attended even surpassed that cementing the this incredible 3 day and 3 night event as one of the top three of its event set in an incredible venue. kind in the country. Don't be misled by the name The Scottish Soulful Weekender, yes we The key to the success of the Carplay a lot of soul music in some of lisle Blues & Rock Festival has althe rooms but we also cater for ways been the consistent strength soulful and jackin' house music lov- of the line up and its refusal to be ers in the Pressure Point and nu restricted within a genre. It doesn’t disko, techy vibes and edits in the guarantee to please all of the peoBlue Room with everything else in ple all of the time but it does prombetween. ise to please the vast majority of the audience for the most part of www.scottishsoulfulweekender.co.uk the time.
Carrying Stream Festival Edinburgh November 6-13
successful weekend festival of tradi- with a variety of fringe events and tional dance but this time with an performances including the St Aninternational twist. On 15-17th No- drews Food & Drink Festival. vember 2013 Kingussie will be www.festivalsinfife.co.uk/festivals/67-st-andrews-festival bouncing once again with dance workshops, showcases and live music from across the land.
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The Piano 2013 Glasgow November 16 - December 1 Ultimately, the piano, like every instrument is merely a tool, a means to an end. But no other instrument can compare with the piano for the power it gives the individual player to create a whole many-voiced world of colours, lines, arguments, textures – and emotions. Few other instruments have proven themselves as multifaceted and versatile as this astounding creation of wood, metal, wire, felt and lacquer. That is why in November, we celebrate The Piano.
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Edinburgh's Hogmanay Edinburgh December 31 Four fabulous days and nights of amazing events kick off the world's greatest New Year party. With the traditional torchlit procession, street performers, fireworks, concerts, ceilidh, the big Hogmanay party itself and a New Year's Day run to blow the cobwebs away - Edinburgh's buzzing. Come along and experience the magic for yourself. www.edinburghshogmanay.org
Stirlings Hogmanay Stirling Castle December 31
Stirling's Hogmanay Concert on Stirling Castle's Esplanade, it's the Edinburgh http://carlislebluesfestival.com/ big outdoor concert with headline November 22-24 bands, huge crowds, countdown to midnight and one of the very best Kinross-shire The Scots Fiddle Festival seeks to fireworks displays in the country. Music Festival sustain and promote Scottish fiddle Tickets go on general sale for the Kinross-shire tradition and idioms, by providing a Hogmanay concert in October November 14-17+22-24 platform for performance, educapriced at £25 but 500 Early Birds on tion, and participation. A weekend sale 17 September at £12.50 Kinross-shire Local Events Organiof concerts, recitals, workshops, sation (KLEO) is delighted to antalks and exhibitions is held on an www.facebook.com/StirlingsHogmanay nounce that Ricky Ross will perform annual basis highlighting regional at the Kinross-shire Music Festival Scottish fiddle styles and interculwhich will take place over two tural connections. weekends (14-17 Nov and 22-24 Nov) in Kinross and Milnathort. www.scotsfiddlefestival.com Other performances will range from Rock, Jazz, Folk, Blues and Classical St Andrews Festival and includes an under-18 “Kinross- St Andrews Celtic Connections shire’s Got Talent Competition” for November 30 Children in Need. Ticket information Glasgow and sale will be through our website Celebrating St Andrews Day in St January 16 - February 2 and TicketWeb. Andrews is like celebrating St PatCeltic Connections 2014 comprises rick’s Day in Dublin! Join the town www.kinrossmusicfestival.co.uk in celebrating Scotland’s patron a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late saint. Spend the day visiting top Strathspèy Away 2013 tourist attractions including St An- night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in GlasKingussie drews Cathedral where it is said a gow. Celtic Connections 2014 will November 15-17 relic of St Andrew is buried and also use the brand new SSE Hydro, then spend the night enjoying the Scotland’s biggest ever music Building on Dannsa's legacy, Strath- festivities. Join the pipe band led venue. Tickets are on sale now. spe Away will now be lead by a torchlight procession through the
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The 12th annual autumn music festival by The Edinburgh Folk Club who meet every Wednesday at 8pm in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk
House Folk Scottish Music Festival Kinlochard November 7-8 Now in its sixth year the House Folk Scottish Music Festival brings you two nights of Scottish music performed by top artists in a highly unusual and intimate venue. The concerts take place every year in autumn in the village of Kinlochard situated in the Heart of the Trossachs. The concerts offer an expo of bagpipe, accordion, strings, fiddle, vocals and flute music fusing traditional and contemporary Scottish styles that have influenced the music scene around the globe. Each night differs from the other but both include a blend of great music for everyone with a mix of folk and traditional styles! www.scottishmusicfestival.co.uk
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