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with her first ever label boss John Ansdell of SoulJawn Records. Emeli Sandé’s Street Symphony is a BBC Scotland Music, Entertainment & Events Production for BBC Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland Seirm: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy presents DAIMH, LAU and RORY BUTLER. www.bbcalba.co.uk Billy Sloan: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Hot releases plus rock and pop music from Scotland and around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Sunday Soundtrack with Ricky Ross: 10am on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky Ross picks the perfect Sunday soundtrack, with chat to inspire and challenge. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Take The Floor: 5pm on BBC Radio Scotland. For the very best in traditional music and song join Gary Innes. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Jazz Nights: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Seonaid Aitken with the best in jazz music from contemporary to classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads: 8.55pm on BBC ALBA. TIDE LINES perform at the 2017 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk Classics Unwrapped: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Jamie MacDougall has music to relax to, thanks to some listener favourites. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Manran at Barrowland: 11.15pm on BBC ALBA. Traditional music from Manran in concert at a sold-out Seirm: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy presents DAIMH, LAU and RORY BUTLER. Barrowland. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of Take The Floor: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. For the country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland very best in traditional music and song join Gary Innes. MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Pipeline: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. The definitive pipe music programme, featuring news and recordings from the piping world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Emeli Sandé 's Street Symphony Ep2/4: 9-10pm on BBC Scotland. Singer Emeli Sandé faces a difficult choice as she selects which buskers will be given the biggest musical opportunity of their lives – to perform live with her and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Renowned conductor and arranger John Logan is on hand to help choose her final five – but with so much talent on the streets of Scotland, it’s not an easy task – and Emeli makes an executive decision to invite a sixth busker. With only weeks to go until the concert at Glasgow’s City Halls, the buskers all get together for the first time to meet arranger John and work with voice coach to the stars, Yvie Burnett. As each reveals how they started busking and what music means for them, Emeli explains exactly what it was that drew her to each act. Looking forward to the concert, Emeli also has the chance to reflect back on her early days at university in Glasgow, and reminisce
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Vic Galloway: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Featuring live sessions and new material from the best alternative artists. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and soul. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture
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Bruce McGregor brings you the very best of folk and roots music from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER The Afternoon Show: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Tune into what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Get It On... With Bryan Burnett: 6.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
make-or-break moment when she faced the dilemma of either completing her medical degree at Glasgow University or moving to London to pursue her music full time. Emeli Sandé’s Street Symphony is a BBC Scotland Music, Entertainment & Events Production for BBC Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland Natasha Raskin Sharp: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. An eclectic mix of music from Natasha. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER
Ashley Storrie: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Quay Sessions: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. New and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly, Roddy Hart delves into the show archive to bring pop and indie from around the world. you his 'Folk and Roots Collection'. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Emeli Sandé 's Street Symphony Ep3/4: 1011pm on BBC Scotland. Rehearsals ramp up for the six chosen busking acts as the pre-concert prep moves to the City Halls in Glasgow with Emeli’s full band and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Nerves soon start to jangle but Musical Director Nicky Brown and conductor John Logan are on hand with vocal coach Yvie Burnett to offer some advice and help keep the jitters at bay. With so many styles to bring together encompassing everything from pop to folk and classical to funk, finding the musical middle ground over just two days of rehearsals is a challenge. As the street musicians face the biggest opportunity of their careers, Emeli casts her mind back to her own
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(Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly, best known as original members of 80s legends Goodbye Mr Mackenzie) - after MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY :: At Union a hiatus, during which they played a series Chapel, Compton Terrace, London. 7pm. of sell out gigs celebrating the 30th Daylight Music is an-ages event. A lazy anniversary of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie’s afternoon with music, tea and cake. Pay Good Deeds and Dirty Rags - return this what you can. Autumn with a great new single and a tour www.facebook.com/mullhistorical/ of Scotland. Meanwhile the reformed Goodbye Mr Mackenzie pick up their Reaching our Scottish expat 23 OCTOBER storming anniversary tour later in the year, readership in America with tour dates in England (November) Send us all your USA ARCADE - featuring HEIDI TALBOT & including the legendary Dingwalls in gig and tour details ADAM HOLMES :: At Kings Place, London. London, culminating in a sold out gig at This new collaboration will see the pair work Glasgow Barrowlands on 20 December. Email them to Carol under the name “Arcade”, with plans to www.filthytongues.com carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com record and release a new album of songs in 2019 produced by Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow). Heidi Talbot was born in Ireland became a folk star in the USA as a member of the Irish American band Cherish the Ladies, and now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a background like that, it’s hardly surprising she should develop a style that switches easily between Celtic and 26 SEPTEMBER - 15 OCTOBER Americana, but Subtlety is Talbot’s magic ingredient. From her gossamer voice to the SKERRYVORE :: USA / Canada Tour. delicate re-working of traditional and Skerryvore are a multi-award winning contemporary material that has earned her Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion Send us all your gig dates for rave reviews for her records and Live that has seen them perform in over 25 Edinburgh and Lothians area. performances. The girl from Co. Kildare, countries worldwide. Twice awarded 'Live who spent several years in New York, slips Act of the Year' at the Trad Music Awards. Email them to Carol effortlessly between musical worlds but Tour dates @ carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com retains a personal modesty rooted in www.skerryvore.com/tour traditional folk. Edinburgh based singer song writer Adam Holmes with his band The 27 SEPTEMBER 10-19 OCTOBER Embers combine the rhythm and blues, The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ country and folk music textures of classic DAVE ARCARI :: East Coast USA Tour. ORCHESTRA directed by Tommy Smith artists such as The Band, Neil Young and Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s presents An American Journey Ryan Adams and The Cardinals. Adam’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash featuring BILL EVANS: At Queen's Hall, country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre- musical education began in the infamous Edinburgh. 7.30pm start. A pre-concert talk folk clubs of Edinburgh taken along by his war Delta blues and have been showcased with Bill and Tommy from 6.45 for 20 mins. mother, a huge fan of UK folk music. He via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD The SNJO is joined by saxophonist Bill witnessed the legendary live sessions that releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin Evans and invite you to take a wonderful took place. His father’s influence was turned inside out and pretty soon my skin musical expedition across America from equally strong, a love of classic American was inside out too listening and it was all singer songwriters (notably Neil Young and north to south and east to west. Along the good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real Townes Van Zandt) which he passed onto to way, jazz will meet up with bluegrass, soul, down deep player and a soul man..." funk, fusion and country to create a road his son, now evident in the transatlantic SEASICK STEVE. All dates @ trip to remember. Well known for quality to Adam’s music. www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic conducting experimental marriages between www.heiditalbot.com firmly established but quite distinct forms of www.adamholmesandtheembers.com American music, Bill Evans' portmanteau projects have included such unlikely 2 NOVEMBER bedfellows as soul and bluegrass, and jazz and country music. Here he is reunited with SKERRYVORE: At The Garage, London. the SNJO to perform a new programme of Skerryvore are a multi-award winning wild-at-heart, cross-genre music in the true Scottish band creating a ‘trad-rock’ fusion spirit of the west and the music and that has seen them perform in over 25 HELPING SCOTTISH BASED performance are guaranteed to raise the countries worldwide. Twice awarded 'Live MUSICIANS PROMOTE bar again for jazz music in Scotland. Act of the Year' at the Trad Music Awards LONDON GIGS www.snjo.co.uk www.facebook.com/skerryvore
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African Connections CIC presents ..... Edinburgh Multicultural Festival :: At 30 SEPTEMBER Edinburgh College Granton Campus, 350 W Granton Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1QE Soundhouse at The Traverse (Doors 11am) Dance inc Dance Ihayami, presents ..... ALYN COSKER GROUP :: At Sowhereto, Sankofa Beats Noon-5pm. The Traverse Bar, Cambridge Street, Music, dance, storytelling, films and audio Edinburgh. £12. 8pm start. Drummer Alyn visual celebration of Edinburgh’s Cosker leads a powerful, exciting group multicultural communities. African presenting exhilarating virtuosity and Connections CIC (an Edinburgh-based accessible melodies on a deep, funky community interest company promoting groove. Acclaimed by John McLaughlin as diversity through performing arts) is “fresh electric jazz” Cosker’s compositions delighted to announce the very first won much approval when he released his Edinburgh Multicultural Festival, on 4-6 second album, KPF, earlier in 2018. With October 2019. The festival programme the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Cosker features a bright array of Edinburgh’s has featured alongside luminaries including diverse talent with spoken word, poetry, Randy Brecker, John Scofield, Mike Stern, music, dance and visual arts created by Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman and as a African, Asian and Eastern European artists freelance musician he has worked with living in the capital. All events are free, and Larry Carlton, Frank Gambale and Jim tickets can be reserved in advance via Mullen, Hue and Cry, Eddi Reeder and Eventbrite Capercaillie. His group features keyboardist www.edmcf.co.uk Steve Hamilton and guitarist Davie Dunsmuir (both currently touring with Billy 6 OCTOBER Cobham) and bass guitarist Colin Cunningham (Larry Carlton). Along with Wee Folk Club presents ..... CAIM :: At award winning special guest Konrad Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 Wisznieski on tenor saxophone – the group 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get will perform material from Cosker’s albums in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Lyn’s Une and KPF as well as new material. Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or 3 OCTOBER been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally ALI WHITWELL: At Captain's Bar, South brilliant a night as you could possibly wish College Street, Edinburgh. Thursday for. 2.30pm. Americana and other stuff! www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ www.facebook.com/ali.whitwell.5 www.facebook.com/CaptainsBarEdinburgh African Connections CIC presents ..... Edinburgh Multicultural Festival :: At 4 OCTOBER Edinburgh College Granton Campus, 350 W Granton Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1QE. (Doors African Connections CIC presents ..... 11am) Music inc Lazarus, Samba Sene & Edinburgh Multicultural Festival :: At Diwan, Omar Afif & Gnawa Trance Fusion. Drumbrae Library and Community Hub, 81 Noon-5pm. Music, dance, storytelling, films Drum Brae Dr, Edinburgh EH4 7FE. 2-5pm. and audio visual celebration of Edinburgh’s Storytelling, poetry and creative writing. multicultural communities. African Music, dance, storytelling, films and audio Connections CIC (an Edinburgh-based visual celebration of Edinburgh’s community interest company promoting multicultural communities. African diversity through performing arts) is Connections CIC (an Edinburgh-based delighted to announce the very first community interest company promoting Edinburgh Multicultural Festival, on 4-6 diversity through performing arts) is October 2019. The festival programme delighted to announce the very first features a bright array of Edinburgh’s Edinburgh Multicultural Festival, on 4-6 diverse talent with spoken word, poetry, October 2019. The festival programme music, dance and visual arts created by features a bright array of Edinburgh’s African, Asian and Eastern European artists diverse talent with spoken word, poetry, living in the capital. All events are free, and
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20 OCTOBER Wee Folk Club presents ..... MARTIN LENNON :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/
Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Hot Cincinnati 4-piece, The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio albums and one live record have won them praise as modern folk storytellers of the national soundscape. Invigorating as it gets, they count many of their peers as fans. For instance, Iris Dement says: “I could sit and listen to them all night long!” www.brookfield-knights.com
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Wee Folk Club presents ..... CARRIE MARTIN :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/
MAIREARAD GREEN and ANNA MASSIE on Tour :: At Leith Folk Club, Edinburgh. Scottish duo, Mairearad Green and Anna Massie continue to tour their fourth album, ‘Farran’, this coming November. Fresh from a UK tour in April 2019 and a performance at Scotland’s biggest music festival, Celtic Connections, Mairearad and Anna will hit the road again this November. The duo will be performing material from their fourth album, ‘Farran’, combined with some familiar favourites, one or two completely new songs and delivered with their intensely warm and friendly stage presence. www.mairearadandanna.com
NOVEMBER TMSA Edinburgh & Lothians Branch Carrying Stream Session : Annual session celebrating Hamish Henderson - date to be confirmed. Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland has helped to foster and promote Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a membership organisation and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. www.tmsa.org.uk
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speaks for itself and captures her very essence. "Jazzmeia has one of the best voices I've heard in over 40 years" -Jon Hendricks www.snjo.co.uk TALISK :: At The Mash House, Edinburgh. Scottish firebrands Talisk have announced a run of 19 headline shows, taking their explosively energetic live show to venues across the UK this November in what will be their biggest tour to date. Following the release of their critically acclaimed second album ‘Beyond’ and a hugely popular 2018 tour, Talisk will be back on the road captivating audiences with a series of thrilling performances this autumn. The trio have amassed a die-hard following over the last five years, been named Folk Band of the Year in 2017, awarded the Belhaven Bursary for Innovation (prize matched only by the Mercury Award) in 2018 at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, and collected in excess of 5.5 million streams online. www.talisk.co.uk Wee Folk Club presents ..... SKIRLIE :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/
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Wee Folk Club presents ..... MIKE WHELLANS :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/
DAVE ARCARI :: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man..." Seasick Steve. All dates @ www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic
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The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ 3 NOVEMBER ORCHESTRA with Grammy nominated vocalist JAZZMEIA HORN: At Usher Hall, Wee Folk Club presents ..... Edinburgh. The Scottish National Jazz HAGGERDASH :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Orchestra is delighted to announce three St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get exclusive concerts in Scotland as Grammy their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn visits for Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully the first time to join the SNJO in a wonderful compact and bijou venue which generally mixed programme of jazz. Winner of the plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone 2015 Thelonius Monk and 2013 Sarah who's played or been in the audience there Vaughan International Jazz Vocal will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just Competitions, Jazzmeia Horn is an generally brilliant a night as you could extraordinary jazz vocalist whose name
1 DECEMBER Wee Folk Club presents ..... DOWALLY :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully compact and bijou venue which generally plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone who's played or been in the audience there will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just generally brilliant a night as you could possibly wish for. www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/
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SEBADOH :: At Broadcast, Glasgow. Following the recent release of their first Wee Folk Club presents ..... CHARLIE The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... new studio album in more than six years, BOYLE & IAN DUNCAN :: At Royal Oak, 1 ARCADE - featuring HEIDI TALBOT & indie-rock pioneers SEBADOH are set to Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm ADAM HOLMES :: At The CCA Glasgow. embark on a seven date UK tour this start (get their early to get in!). £6. The Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. This new Autumn. Act Surprised continues the soulful Wee Folk Club is held every Sunday. It's a collaboration will see the pair work under collaboration that's defined the band since delightfully compact and bijou venue which the name “Arcade”, with plans to record and 1991's Sebadoh III and 1994's Bakesale. generally plays host to acoustic acts and as release a new album of songs in 2019 The new batch of songs reaffirms how vital anyone who's played or been in the produced by Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow). the creative partnership is between audience there will tell you, it's as warm, Heidi Talbot was born in Ireland became a members Lou Barlow, Jason Loewenstein, intimate and just generally brilliant a night folk star in the USA as a member of the and Bob D'Amico. as you could possibly wish for. Irish American band Cherish the Ladies, and www.facebook.com/realsebadoh www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a background like that, it’s hardly surprising 5 OCTOBER 15 DECEMBER she should develop a style that switches easily between Celtic and Americana, but JESS MORGAN and NELS ANDREWS on Wee Folk Club presents ..... WENDY Subtlety is Talbot’s magic ingredient. From Tour :: At (Glasgow Americana Festival) WEATHERBY :: At Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary her gossamer voice to the delicate reGlad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd. Glasgow. St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT. 8.30pm start (get working of traditional and contemporary G41 2HG. Doors: 3.30pm. Jess Morgan from their early to get in!). £6. The Wee Folk material that has earned her rave reviews England and Nels Andrews from the US Club is held every Sunday. It's a delightfully for her records and Live performances. The have joined forces because they both - for compact and bijou venue which generally girl from Co. Kildare, who spent several the first time - have illustrated books to plays host to acoustic acts and as anyone years in New York, slips effortlessly between accompany the new music they want to who's played or been in the audience there musical worlds but retains a personal bring to audiences in 2019. Jess and Nels will tell you, it's as warm, intimate and just modesty rooted in traditional folk. wanted to showcase something on tour generally brilliant a night as you could Edinburgh based singer song writer Adam which would satisfy the most avid record possibly wish for. Holmes with his band The Embers combine sleeve-readers, comic book-worms, or just www.facebook.com/weefolkclub/ the rhythm and blues, country and folk about anyone feeling lost in the digital age. music textures of classic artists such as The Their co-headlined show promises an Band, Neil Young and Ryan Adams and The atmospheric concoction of songwriting, Cardinals. 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American musician ORCHESTRA directed by Tommy Smith Tickets £16 on 0141 204 5151 and @ www.Ticketweb.co.uk Willy Porter has been turning first time presents An American Journey www.heiditalbot.com listeners into die-hard fans for more than featuring BILL EVANS: At Royal Concert www.adamholmesandtheembers.com two decades. Willy blurs the line between Hall, New Auditorium, Glasgow. 7.30pm www.fallenangelsclub.com indie-folk and rock with his searing start. A pre-concert talk with Bill and signature finger-picking guitar sound, Tommy from 6.45 for 20 mins. The SNJO is 3 OCTOBER absorbing lyrics, and playful, high-energy joined by saxophonist Bill Evans and invite live performance style. He has shared world you to take a wonderful musical expedition ROD PICOTT :: At The Admiral, Glasgow stages with music icons Jeff Beck, Tori across America from north to south and for 'Glasgow Americana'. Renowned Amos, and Paul Simon, carving out a east to west. Along the way, jazz will meet Nashville-based troubadour Rod Picott successful solo career as an artist who up with bluegrass, soul, funk, fusion and country to create a road trip to remember. announces October UK tour dates, opening makes music that resonates long after the with a brace in Scotland: a Glasgow last guitar chord fades. Equally Well known for conducting experimental Americana show at The Admiral on accomplished as a guitarist, singer, and marriages between firmly established but songwriter, his songs weave a universal quite distinct forms of American music, Bill Thursday 3 October followed by Montrose Folk Club at The Links Hotel on Friday 4 perspective about the questions, struggles, Evans' portmanteau projects have included October, in support of his acclaimed new and triumphs of human existence. His live such unlikely bedfellows as soul and shows are guitar-driven events--equal parts bluegrass, and jazz and country music. Here album Tell The Truth & Shame The Devil. Now in his fifties, Rod Picott has garnered a grit, soul, and muscle--that are electrifying, he is reunited with the SNJO to perform a cult audience across the U.S. and Europe. dynamic, and wholly original in the way that new programme of wild-at-heart, crossHe tours tirelessly and continues to garner Willy’s voice blends and fuses with his genre music in the true spirit of the west rave reviews for both his songwriting skills galvanizing fret work. Whether in the studio and the music and performance are and darkly humorous, compelling live show. or on stage, Willy Porter gifts listeners with guaranteed to raise the bar again for jazz www.rodpicott.com an unforgettable ride, embodying the very music in Scotland. best of what live music has to offer.Tickets www.snjo.co.uk 4 OCTOBER £13 adv. @ www.wegottickets.com/event/463641
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NATHAN CARTER :: At Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. One of the UK’s most exciting live performers, his energetic showmanship is proving irresistible for fans. With tracks such as ‘Wagon Wheel’ and ‘I Wanna Dance’ receiving hit status, he is one of Ireland’s biggest artists, and with an incredible 7 top 10 albums under his belt, he is well on his way to becoming a household name. Most recently, the 2018 ‘Born for the Road’ shot straight into the top 5 at number 3. Growing up in a house where Country and Western music filled the air, Nathan was exposed to classic songs of Johnny Cash, Don Williams and Dolly Parton. From the tender age of 4 years old, not only learning to play guitar, piano and accordion, which plays a vital part in his live show, Nathan quickly became head chorister in the Liverpool Boys choir where he toured the world. Tickets @ www.ticketline.co.uk www.facebook.com/NathanCarterOfficial/
Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At The Admiral, Glasgow. Voted Male Performer of The Year in the Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK at the end of 2017, at the end of 2018, he was once again named as runner up in that same category - a sure sign that he remains hugely popular with UK audiences. Nathan will have two new albums released in the summer - perfect timing for tons of media attention ahead of this tour. www.brookfield-knights.com
13 OCTOBER CRAIG FINN :: At King Tuts, Glasgow. NYC’s Craig Finn returns to the UK next month for a string of live shows including a date in Glasgow. The third album in a trilogy, I Need A New War sees Finn expertly chronicling our complex, often confusing, modern era. He draws deeply felt character studies about regular people trying to respond to extraordinary times, attempting to find connection whilst wondering how to keep pace with a world moving faster than they are. These upcoming live shows will see Craig play material from the album alongside his backing band, The Uptown Controllers. www.craigfinn.net/tour 15 OCTOBER
18 OCTOBER MOD Ghlaschu presents ..... SKERRYVORE & TRAIL WEST :: At Barrowland, Glasgow www.facebook.com/skerryfans 19 OCTOBER DOGHOUSE ROSES + DUMB INSTRUMENT (joint album launch) :: The CCA, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. £10. Glasgow’s Doghouse Roses will bring their unique sound which threads British folk music and Americana to Glasgow this October when they play The CCA. Hot on the heels of the release of their fourth album, ‘We Are Made Of Light’, the duo of Iona Macdonald on vocals and Paul Tasker on guitars, banjo and harmony vocals will be out to delight audiences across Europe this autumn. The album has been nurtured over time and is a collection of songs, some new, others written over the band’s 15 years together but previously unrecorded and grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in 2018. Whether regularly gracing the stage of the Celtic Connections Festival at home in Glasgow or winning over an audience in an East German roadhouse, Tasker and Macdonald are exhilarating live musicians who bring their love of creating music to the fore every time they appear – and audiences will have the chance to see why they are considered one of the UK’s foremost folk based pairings this October. Tickets from the CCA and Tickets Scotland @ http://t-s.co/dogh5 www.doghouseroses.net
Brookfield Knights presents ..... NATHAN BELL : At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Voted Male Performer of The Year in the Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK at the end of 2017, at the end of 2018, he was once again named as runner up in that same category - a sure sign that he remains hugely popular with UK audiences. Nathan will have two new albums released in the summer 20 OCTOBER perfect timing for tons of media attention ahead of this tour. The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... www.brookfield-knights.com KRIS DREVER : At Webster's Theatre, Glasgow. 8pm. Scottish songwriter Kris 17 OCTOBER Drever (Lau) celebrated a decade of critical and commercial success by PELICAN: At Classic Grand, Glasgow. winning both BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of Chicago instrumental post-metal/sludge/ The Year 2017 and Best Original Track doom titans Pelican are touring the UK in 2017 (for his song If Wishes Were support of their 1st album in 6 years, Horses) at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. For Nighttime Stories, out 7 June on his forthcoming concert series Kris will be Southern Lord. Meticulously crafted and performing a ‘best of’ set featuring all detail-oriented the compositions recall the key songs from his first decade and everything from the triumphant call-tosome new material played live for the arms of classic Dischord, to the vicious first time. “The Fallen Angels club has troglodyte battery of the Melvins. become a vital component in Glasgow’s Nowhere is this evinced as clearly as on live Americana music scene, presenting initial album single Midnight and established masters of the storytelling Mescaline. song form and many of the flood of new
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Saxophonist Bill Evans joins SNJO for a series of concerts exploring an 'American Journey' GIGnotes :: (September) Friday 27th Edinburgh's Queen’s Hall :: Saturday 28th Glasgow Royal Concert Hall :: Sunday 29th Aberdeen Music Hall The SNJO welcomes tenor and soprano saxophonist Bill Evans to perform in a concert series that explores the origins, evolution, and future possibilities of American music. Bill Evans is widely recognized as a saxophonist who speaks every dialect currently heard in American music. His discography demonstrates versatility and artistry, but it also comes hallmarked with free-spirited optimism. He is further noted for his ability to contrast raw power with intellect and sensitivity, often seamlessly in the course of a single piece of music. Evans brings with him an eclectic repertoire that plays to the considerable strengths of the SNJO, a jazz orchestra with a successful track record of cross-genre innovation. Together, they’ll create a musical panorama that stretches from east to west, north to south, and all points in between.
importantly, in the folk traditions of Scotland. We also know that the code can be recombined endlessly, but it takes great skill to create something more than the sum of its constituent parts. The tenacity of original themes remains perceptible partly because of their inherent strength, familiarity, and emotional appeal, but it is also due to the work of skilled musicians who fully understand their mutability. Bill Evans and the SNJO have shown time and again that they are trailblazers when it comes to forging powerful, sympathetic and lucid new music from vintage stock.
The SNJO’s exceptional arrangers are central to an artistic vision that favours ambitious orchestral jazz. On this occasion, Gil Goldstein, Bill Dobbins, Geoffrey Keezer, Florian Ross, Tommy Smith, Joe Locke, Paul Towndrow, Martin Kershaw, Mario Caribé, and Mehmet Ali But what is American music? If asked, most of Sanlıkol, have all provided expansive, us would give different answers, yet all of impressive charts expressly for these them would be correct. Several archetypes, performances. such as blues, country, bluegrass, and ragtime are intimately associated with a unified If some of Bill Evans’ tunes have a familiar American identity, while jazz has often been ring, then it is no accident. They are as much described as the quintessential American art an homage to heritage as they are a signpost form. to the future zone. Dixie Hop and Celtic Junction come clearly marked, but the music If these styles share anything then it is a they contain will take you to out-of-the-way capacity for re-invention and, more recently, a places you’ve never been before. Remember, willingness to plant old ideas into fresh, new though, that a road trip with Bill Evans and the idioms. Nevertheless, the enduring nature of SNJO means you’ll be travelling first class all the original seed persists, and it can still be the way, and in considerable style. heard, even in very daring jazz music. First, though, we have to consider origins. It is www.snjo.co.uk no mystery that the source code for a lot of www.twitter.com/SNJO2 American music, both contemporary and www.facebook.com/theSNJO historical is to be found in Europe and,
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Leigh and Noel McKay are set for a Glasgow show in November, following the release of their self titled second duet album (Voxhall Records Nashville). Noel McKay and Brennen Leigh met in 2002 through Austin’s vibrant music scene. McKay was part of the regionally popular country and Tex-Mex band McKay Brothers, while the bluegrass and classic country educated Leigh had just arrived in Texas to pursue a solo career. Six years later the two began writing and touring together, somehow fitting in writing trips to Nashville between tour dates. “The Fallen Angels club has become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Americana 29 OCTOBER music scene, presenting established masters of the storytelling song form and many of The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... the flood of new artists who promise a great DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE future for music rooted in the American (only Scottish show!) :: At Saint Luke’s, soil.” Rob Adams The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Dave Tickets £13 on 0141 204 5151 and @ Alvin from Downey and Jimmie Dale Gilmore www.Ticketweb.co.uk from Lubbock have been filling canvasses www.fallenangelsclub.com with music of the American West for decades, coming from two very different 5 NOVEMBER directions. The title track explains Alvin is a Strat-packing, wild blues Blaster, a nod to The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... the roots rock band he formed with his CARTER SAMPSON plus support : At The brother Phil in 1978 before Dave peeled off Admiral Bar, Glasgow. 8pm. Oklahoma Cityto go his own way in 1986. He’s been part based artist is blessed by a musical family of the bands X, the Knitters, and the Flesh legacy that includes talents like Roy Eaters, tours relentlessly with his own band, Orbison. Her journey as a naturally the Guilty Ones, and continues apace on musical independent, free-spirited musician has quests informed by his love of California and seemed almost predestined at times. At age its history, and by Texas and the South, 15 she began experimenting with sound as where most of the great music that was a way to pass the time; now her creativity made in Los Angeles before and after the has matured into the dedicated and Second World War came from. Gilmore is passionate performance that makes her a the old Flatlander from the Great High favorite female vocalist. “The Fallen Angels Plains, acknowledging his first group, the club has become a vital component in folk-country trio formed in Lubbock 1972 Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, with Joe Ely and Butch Hancock who presenting established masters of the continue performing and recording today. In storytelling song form and many of the flood addition to the Flatlanders and an extended of new artists who promise a great future solo career, he has been part of several for music rooted in the American soil.” Rob ensembles including the Hub City Movers Adams The Glasgow Herald. Tickets £13 on and The Wronglers with Warren Hellman, 0141 204 5151 and @ who started the Hardly, Strictly Bluegrass www.Ticketweb.co.uk Festival in San Francisco. Alvin is a rowdy www.fallenangelsclub.com baritone. Gilmore, the timekeeper of the high lonesome, warbles. Each is an avatar, 6 NOVEMBER an authentic, original creator with a strong sense of place and music. That combination The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE might seem like oil and water. But mixed DELINES plus THOSE PRETTY WRONGS : together in the forms of these ten cover At BAaD, Glasgow. 8pm. After their packed songs and two originals, including the out show at Oran Mor during Celtic autobiographical title track, this is powerful Connections in January and a number one stuff. Tickets £25 from Tickets Scotland record, The Delines are making a return 0141 204 5151 and @ Ticketweb back to Glasgow. The Delines debut album www.fallenangelsclub.com Colfax surprised fans and critics alike. The band had only been together a week when 2 NOVEMBER they went into the studio and cut the record. Uncut gave it 9/10 stars and praised The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... its “widescreen romanticism”, calling it “the BRENNEN LEIGH & NOEL MCKAY : At The richest collection of songs Vlautin has Glad Cafe, Glasgow. 8pm. Texas cultivated, written. “The Fallen Angels club has become Nashville based song writing team Brennen a vital component in Glasgow’s live
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wonderful mixed programme of jazz. Winner of the 2015 Thelonius Monk and 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competitions, Jazzmeia Horn is an extraordinary jazz vocalist whose name speaks for itself and captures her very essence. "Jazzmeia has one of the best voices I've heard in over 40 years" -Jon Hendricks www.snjo.co.uk 29-30 NOVEMBER THE TWANG supporting SHED SEVEN :: At O2 Academy, Glasgow. The Twang have spent over a decade defying expectation. From their beginnings in their Birmingham home town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and drummer Ash Sheehan continue to wow audiences and win new fans with their electric live shows. The Twang now join Shed Seven as special guests on their extensive UK tour. www.facebook.com/thetwang 30 NOVEMBER
foremost folk based pairings this October. www.doghouseroses.net 20 DECEMBER GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE :: At Barrowland, Glasgow (Sold Out). The Filthy Tongues (Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly, best known as original members of 80s legends Goodbye Mr Mackenzie) - after a hiatus, during which they played a series of sell out gigs celebrating the 30th anniversary of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie’s Good Deeds and Dirty Rags - return this Autumn with a great new single and a tour of Scotland. Meanwhile the reformed Goodbye Mr Mackenzie pick up their storming anniversary tour later in the year, with tour dates in England (November) including the legendary Dingwalls in London, culminating in a sold out gig at Glasgow Barrowlands on 20 December. www.filthytongues.com
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 20: fife + central + perthshire + tayside presents ..... PHILLIP, CLANCY & WILLIAMSON, with support from BRIAN LAMOND: At The Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 10 0CTOBER Crail Folk Club presents ..... DAVE PEABODY and REGINA MUDRICH :: At Crail Town Hall, Crail. 8pm, BYOB. Dave Peabody and Regina Mudrich play an entertaining repertoire that encompasses old and new blues, jazz standards, and some original songs written by Dave, with Regina’s vibrant violin complementing Dave’s fingerpicking guitar work. After fifteen years playing electric guitar with the King Earl Boogie Band (alongside Mungo Jerry pianist Colin Earl and Status Quo drummer John Coghlan), Dave is back playing the blues naturally and acoustically. In Regina, Dave has found yet another intriguing musical partner. The blues rolls on!! www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub/ Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... PAUL ANDERSON & PETER HEDLUND: At The Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 12 OCTOBER JESS MORGAN and NELS ANDREWS on Tour :: At The Big Shed, Lawers, Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB. Doors: 19:30-21:45. Jess Morgan from England and Nels Andrews from the US have joined forces because they both - for the first time - have illustrated books to accompany the new music they want to bring to audiences in 2019. Jess and Nels wanted to showcase
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Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst others. We encourage involvement in playing instruments and in song and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club members and visitors. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk 31 0CTOBER
Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... THE HOOSE BAUND :: At The Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park NATHAN CARTER :: At Rothes Hall, Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Glenrothes. One of the UK’s most exciting Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every live performers, his energetic showmanship Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club is proving irresistible for fans. With tracks encourages interest in Scottish Traditional such as ‘Wagon Wheel’ and ‘I Wanna Dance’ and World music. We also actively receiving hit status, he is one of Ireland’s encourage links with other countries and biggest artists, and with an incredible 7 top have hosted bands from USA, Canada, 10 albums under his belt, he is well on his Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, way to becoming a household name. Most Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst recently, the 2018 ‘Born for the Road’ shot others. We encourage involvement in straight into the top 5 at number 3. Growing playing instruments and in song and up in a house where Country and Western regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club music filled the air, Nathan was exposed to members and visitors. classic songs of Johnny Cash, Don Williams www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk and Dolly Parton. From the tender age of 4 years old, not only learning to play guitar, 13 NOVEMBER piano and accordion, which plays a vital part in his live show, Nathan quickly became MAIREARAD GREEN and ANNA MASSIE head chorister in the Liverpool Boys choir on Tour :: At Dalguise Village Hall, where he toured the world. Tickets @ Perthshire. Scottish duo, Mairearad Green www.ticketline.co.uk and Anna Massie continue to tour their www.facebook.com/NathanCarterOfficial/ fourth album, ‘Farran’, this coming November. Fresh from a UK tour in April 17 0CTOBER 2019 and a performance at Scotland’s biggest music festival, Celtic Connections, Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club Mairearad and Anna will hit the road again presents ..... SESSION A92 (acoustic this November. The duo will be performing session) :: At The Polish Ex-serviceman's material from their fourth album, ‘Farran’, Club, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors combined with some familiar favourites, one 7.30pm. The Acoustic Music Club provides or two completely new songs and delivered concerts every Thursday night in the Polish with their intensely warm and friendly stage Club. The club encourages interest in presence. Scottish Traditional and World music. We www.mairearadandanna.com also actively encourage links with other countries and have hosted bands from USA, 22 NOVEMBER Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany The SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ amongst others. We encourage involvement ORCHESTRA with Grammy nominated in playing instruments and in song and vocalist JAZZMEIA HORN: At Perth regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club Concert Hall, Perth. The Scottish National members and visitors. Jazz Orchestra is delighted to announce www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk three exclusive concerts in Scotland as Grammy nominated vocalist Jazzmeia Horn 24 0CTOBER visits for the first time to join the SNJO in a wonderful mixed programme of jazz. Winner Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club of the 2015 Thelonius Monk and 2013 Sarah presents ..... ROBERTO CASSANI :: At Vaughan International Jazz Vocal The Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park Competitions, Jazzmeia Horn is an Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The extraordinary jazz vocalist whose name Acoustic Music Club provides concerts every speaks for itself and captures her very Thursday night in the Polish Club. The club essence. "Jazzmeia has one of the best encourages interest in Scottish Traditional voices I've heard in over 40 years" -Jon and World music. We also actively Hendricks encourage links with other countries and www.snjo.co.uk have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, 28 NOVEMBER
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garnered a cult audience across the U.S. and Europe. He tours tirelessly and continues to garner rave reviews for both his songwriting skills and darkly humorous, compelling live show. www.rodpicott.com 5 OCTOBER TMSA Aberdeen Branch - Doric Concerts : Doric Concerts, two concerts (also on 19 October) celebrating North East cultural heritage. Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland has helped to foster and promote Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a membership organisation and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. www.tmsa.org.uk
new, others written over the band’s 15 years together but previously unrecorded and grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in 2018. Whether regularly gracing the stage of the Celtic Connections Festival at home in Glasgow or winning over an audience in an East German roadhouse, Tasker and Macdonald are exhilarating live musicians who bring their love of creating music to the fore every time they appear – and audiences will have the chance to see why they are considered one of the UK’s foremost folk based pairings this October. Tickets in advance @ www.musicglue.com www.doghouseroses.net 19 OCTOBER
Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... ROB HERON & THE TEA PAD ORCHESTRA : At The Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra don’t care what genre you choose to put them in – western swing, country blues, ragtime hokum or whatever else– as long as you understand that they’re 100% sincere and 16 OCTOBER 100% immersed in this stuff. This is no lazy pastiche, no dressing up box. They live and Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... breathe this music and want you to get NATHAN BELL : At The Blue Lamp, 121 immersed with them. Almost Blue Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Promotions bring Country / Americana / Sometimes a solo artist can knock your Bluegrass / Roots music gigs to Aberdeen socks off and Nathan Bell is one of these. named after the iconic Elvis Costello album With a voice and songs sitting alongside the of Country covers. We have hosted artists likes of Townes, Guy Clark, John Prine etc.. from the US & Canada as well as the UK in Really!! - this guy's songs and voice hit you the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp with a clarity not often encountered. Sharp www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions edged songs, a voice of gravel and grit and whiskey and some rather accomplished 19 OCTOBER guitar playing makes this guy pretty special. Almost Blue Promotions bring Country / TMSA Aberdeen Branch - Doric Americana / Bluegrass / Roots music gigs to Concerts : Doric Concerts, two concerts Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis (also on 5 October) celebrating North East Costello album of Country covers. We have cultural heritage. Since its foundation in hosted artists from the US & Canada as well 1966, The Traditional Music and Song as the UK in the great historic setting of The Association of Scotland has helped to foster Blue Lamp and promote Scotland's unique musical www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions traditions. It is a membership organisation www.brookfield-knights.com and members include music enthusiasts, amateur and professional performers, 18 OCTOBER tutors, and academics. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and DOGHOUSE ROSES (album launch) with individual artistic excellence, the TMSA special guests TENEMENT & TEMPLE:: branches work on a local level to provide The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Doors 8pm. £10. opportunities for universal participation by Glasgow’s Doghouse Roses will bring their running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, unique sound which threads British folk workshops and competitions. music and Americana to Glasgow this www.tmsa.org.uk October when they play The CCA. Hot on the heels of the release of their fourth 3 NOVEMBER album, ‘We Are Made Of Light’, the duo of Iona Macdonald on vocals and Paul Tasker Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... on guitars, banjo and harmony vocals will NOEL MCKAY & BRENNEN LEIGH : At The be out to delight audiences across Europe Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, this autumn. The album has been nurtured AB25 1BU. 7.30pm. Texas cultivated, over time and is a collection of songs, some Nashville based song writing team Brennen
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 23: aberdeenshire + north east :: highlands + west coast :: islands Leigh and Noel McKay are set for an Aberdeen show in November, following the release of their self titled second duet album (Voxhall Records Nashville). Noel McKay and Brennen Leigh met in 2002 through Austin’s vibrant music scene. McKay was part of the regionally popular country and Tex-Mex band McKay Brothers, while the bluegrass and classic country educated Leigh had just arrived in Texas to pursue a solo career. Six years later the two began writing and touring together, somehow fitting in writing trips to Nashville between tour dates. Almost Blue Promotions bring Country / Americana / Bluegrass / Roots music gigs to Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers. We have hosted artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK in the great historic setting of The Blue Lamp www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions
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DAVE ARCARI :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave DOGHOUSE ROSES :: At Tin Hut Sessions, Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to Gartly Community Hall, Gartly. AB54 4PX. trash country, punk and rockabilly as they Glasgow’s Doghouse Roses will bring their do pre-war Delta blues and have been unique sound which threads British folk showcased via ten internationally-acclaimed music and Americana to Glasgow this solo CD releases. "Dave plays like he got his October when they play The CCA. Hot on skin turned inside out and pretty soon my the heels of the release of their fourth skin was inside out too listening and it was album, ‘We Are Made Of Light’, the duo of all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real Iona Macdonald on vocals and Paul Tasker down deep player and a soul man..." on guitars, banjo and harmony vocals will Seasick Steve. All dates @ 7 NOVEMBER be out to delight audiences across Europe www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic this autumn. The album has been nurtured TALISK :: At The Barn, Banchory. Scottish over time and is a collection of songs, some firebrands Talisk have announced a run of new, others written over the band’s 15 19 headline shows, taking their explosively years together but previously unrecorded energetic live show to venues across the UK and grew out of the duo’s touring set lists in this November in what will be their biggest 2018. Whether regularly gracing the stage tour to date. Following the release of their of the Celtic Connections Festival at home in Send us all your gig dates critically acclaimed second album ‘Beyond’ Glasgow or winning over an audience in an for the Highlands and a hugely popular 2018 tour, Talisk will East German roadhouse, Tasker and be back on the road captivating audiences Macdonald are exhilarating live musicians Email them to Carol with a series of thrilling performances this who bring their love of creating music to the carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com autumn. The trio have amassed a die-hard fore every time they appear – and following over the last five years, been audiences will have the chance to see why Please submit your gigs for this area named Folk Band of the Year in 2017, they are considered one of the UK’s - we've had none sent to us!!!! awarded the Belhaven Bursary for foremost folk based pairings this October. Innovation (prize matched only by the www.doghouseroses.net Mercury Award) in 2018 at the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, and collected in 24 NOVEMBER excess of 5.5 million streams online. www.talisk.co.uk TMSA Aberdeen Branch - St Andrew's Ceilidh : At Garlogie Hall, Aberdeenshire. Send us all your gig dates 8 NOVEMBER Since its foundation in 1966, The Traditional for all of the Scottish islands Music and Song Association of Scotland has TMSA Aberdeen Branch - Alex Green helped to foster and promote Scotland's Email them to Carol Memorial Concert : At The Lemon Tree, unique musical traditions. It is a carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Aberdeen. Since its foundation in 1966, The membership organisation and members Traditional Music and Song Association of include music enthusiasts, amateur and Isle of Bute …. Scotland has helped to foster and promote professional performers, tutors, and Transclyde Music is a group of like minded Scotland's unique musical traditions. It is a academics. Encouraging both widespread people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are membership organisation and members popular participation and individual artistic to promote live music on the island. For include music enthusiasts, amateur and excellence, the TMSA branches work on a their latest gig news go to …. professional performers, tutors, and local level to provide opportunities for www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic academics. Encouraging both widespread universal participation by running festivals, popular participation and individual artistic ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and 27-29 SEPTEMBER excellence, the TMSA branches work on a competitions. local level to provide opportunities for www.tmsa.org.uk DAVE ARCARI :: At Orkney Blues Festival. universal participation by running festivals, Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and 28 NOVEMBER alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash competitions. country, punk and rockabilly as they do prewww.tmsa.org.uk THE TWANG supporting SHED SEVEN :: war Delta blues and have been showcased At Music Hall, Aberdeen. The Twang have via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD 17 NOVEMBER spent over a decade defying expectation. releases. "Dave plays like he got his skin From their beginnings in their Birmingham turned inside out and pretty soon my skin DAVID ROVICS & support :: At The Blue home town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist was inside out too listening and it was all
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showcase something on tour which would satisfy the most avid record sleeve-readers, comic book-worms, or just about anyone feeling lost in the digital age. Their coheadlined show promises an atmospheric concoction of songwriting, spoken word and fun visuals. They will tour in England and Scotland, through September and October. Tickets @ 01988 403222. www.nelsandrews.com www.jessmorgan.co.uk
Tour :: At West Linton Village Centre, Raemartin Square, West Linton, EH46 7ED. Jess Morgan from England and Nels Andrews from the US have joined forces because they both - for the first time - have 29 SEPTEMBER illustrated books to accompany the new music they want to bring to audiences in SEALL presents ..... ZOE BEYERS with 2019. Jess and Nels wanted to showcase students from the ROYAL something on tour which would satisfy the CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND :: At most avid record sleeve-readers, comic Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle of Skye. 3pm. book-worms, or just about anyone feeling Hebrides Ensemble violinist Zoe Beyers lost in the digital age. Their co-headlined comes to An Crùbh, Duisdale, with students 10 OCTOBER show promises an atmospheric concoction of from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. songwriting, spoken word and fun visuals. They will give an hour-long concert of NATHAN CARTER :: At Easterbrook Hall, They will tour in England and Scotland, classical music starting at 3pm. Tickets and Dumfries. One of the UK’s most exciting live through September and October. Tickets @ further information @ performers, his energetic showmanship is 07966 243587. www.seall.co.uk/whats-on proving irresistible for fans. With tracks such www.nelsandrews.com as ‘Wagon Wheel’ and ‘I Wanna Dance’ www.jessmorgan.co.uk 10 OCTOBER receiving hit status, he is one of Ireland’s biggest artists, and with an incredible 7 top 1 NOVEMBER JESS MORGAN and NELS ANDREWS on 10 albums under his belt, he is well on his Tour :: At The Sound Archive, Archive way to becoming a household name. Most LUCY SPRAGGAN :: At MacArts, Bridge Coffee, 8 Laing St. Kirkwall, Orkney. KW15 recently, the 2018 ‘Born for the Road’ shot Street, Galashiels. TD1 1SP. 7.30pm / £18. 1NW. Doors: 19:30. Jess Morgan from straight into the top 5 at number 3. Growing It’s been seven years since Spraggan England and Nels Andrews from the US have up in a house where Country and Western appeared on the X Factor in 2012 and she’s joined forces because they both - for the music filled the air, Nathan was exposed to live at MacArts with a new album. Today first time - have illustrated books to classic songs of Johnny Cash, Don Williams Was a Good Day marks a new chapter for accompany the new music they want to and Dolly Parton. From the tender age of 4 Spraggan musically. She signed a new bring to audiences in 2019. Jess and Nels years old, not only learning to play guitar, record and publishing deal with Cooking wanted to showcase something on tour piano and accordion, which plays a vital part Vinyl in 2018. The new album, produced by which would satisfy the most avid record in his live show, Nathan quickly became Jon Maquire, showcases Spraggan’s voice in sleeve-readers, comic book-worms, or just head chorister in the Liverpool Boys choir the structure of the songs. Overall she about anyone feeling lost in the digital age. where he toured the world. Tickets @ sounds at her most confident and Their co-headlined show promises an www.ticketline.co.uk accomplished, and ready to build on her 50 atmospheric concoction of songwriting, www.facebook.com/NathanCarterOfficial/ million views on YouTube and 25 million spoken word and fun visuals. They will tour streams on Spotify. Hurry Up And Get Your in England and Scotland, through 13 OCTOBER Tickets!!!! September and October. Tickets: £11.00 @ www.facebook.com/MacArtsCentre/ 01856 872239. Brookfield Knights presents ..... www.nelsandrews.com NATHAN BELL : At Harbour Arts Centre, 11 DECEMBER www.jessmorgan.co.uk Irvine. Voted Male Performer of The Year in the Readers' Poll at AmericanaUK at the end THE TWANG supporting SHED SEVEN :: of 2017, at the end of 2018, he was once At O2 Academy, Newcastle. The Twang have again named as runner up in that same spent over a decade defying expectation. category - a sure sign that he remains From their beginnings in their Birmingham hugely popular with UK audiences. Nathan home town, vocalist Phil Etheridge, bassist will have two new albums released in the Jon Watkin, guitarist Stu Hartland and summer - perfect timing for tons of media drummer Ash Sheehan continue to wow attention ahead of this tour. audiences and win new fans with their www.brookfield-knights.com electric live shows. The Twang now join Send us all your gig dates Shed Seven as special guests on their for Dumfriesshire, extensive UK tour. South West and Cumbria areas www.facebook.com/thetwang
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some of the finest, international classical artists, The Perthshire Amber Festival brings together as well as music and musicians from different many musicians and entertainers from different backgrounds both stylistically and socially. parts of the world who have been involved with Dougie MacLean over the years. This unique feswww.thecumnocktryst.com tival shares Dougie’s inspiring music, celebrates Ullapool the history and culture of Perthshire in the heart of Scotland and showcases the beautiful scenery. 27-28 September Ullapool Guitar Festival It’s a vibrant, welcoming festival with music at Ullapool its core in beautiful autumnal Perthshire. The The 15th and final Loopallu! On paper they said 4-6 October Festival Hub is Amber Central (The Royal Hotel, it wouldn’t work, a festival in late September in a Dunkeld). With concerts from castle to concert remote village on the West Coast of Scotland 60 So why is the UGF so special? Perhaps it’s the hall plus Cabaret Amber, Open Mic + acoustic miles from the nearest town. It’s been a long and happy road, but Ullapool has become a vic- mix of music old and new, of electric and acous- sessions. Contact 01350 724261 for latest or email admin@butterstone.com tim of its own success. When we started out we tic, of steel and nylon, of seasoned performers and those, like the students from the Royal Conchose the end of September to give local businesses one last boost before the long winter set servatoire of Scotland, just starting out on their www.perthshireamber.com in. Indeed, it soon became the busiest weekend careers. Perhaps it’s the location on Loch Broom and the drive up through some of Scotland’s of the year for many businesses, bringing milMonsterfest most spectacular scenery. Perhaps it’s the inforlions of pounds into the area over the years. Inverness However, as the attraction of coming to the NW mal air of the whole weekend: there’s no “us and 15-16 November Highlands has grown over time, accommodating them”, no VIP area. the Loopallu faithful has become increasingly difwww.ullapoolguitarfestival.com The second annual Monsterfest music event will ficult. Now September has become part of the be staged in Inverness with the help of new height of the season. We may come back some main sponsor Loch Ness Water. Monsterfest day, at a different time of year and in a different Feis na Mara launched in 2018 with a mix of established, clasformat, but for now it’s time to reflect on friends Arisaig sic and new rock bands and is returning by made and good times had, despite the West 4-6 October popular demand as the only rock festival in this Coast weather. So, to go out on a high we format in the north of Scotland. thought we would bring back some of our faThis years festival will be on the 4–6 October, in vourite acts from the past fourteen years. the Astley Hall in Arisaig. Inyal and Croft no. 5 www.monsterfest.rocks are headlining!!! The rest of the line-up will be www.loopallu.co.uk released later. Earlybird tickets are on sale now from the website.
Loopallu
Scots Fiddle Festival
Isle of Jura Music Festival Jura 27-29 September
www.feis-na-mara.com
The ‘Isle of Jura Music Festival‘ Organising Committee is a charitable, unincorporated association. Our purpose, as recorded in our constitution, is to organize and run a Music Festival on the Isle of Jura, provide opportunities for young people to learn/improve their music based skill and help them refine and develop those skills in the future. By bringing in top class musicians every year to perform and run workshops, the instruction and inspiration they provide is invaluable. Through our youth education programme we have been able to help through a small annual grant, a number of young people to fulfill their potential and follow their chosen path.
Paisley 11-19 October
www.jurafestival.com
OCTOBER
Spree Festival
One of Scotland's biggest traditional music festivals, promoting & sustaining traditional fiddle music since 1996. A weekend packed full of great music! Concerts, ceilidhs, recitals, workPaisley’s annual Spree festival has today anshops, talks, open stage, festival clubs, sessions, nounced its biggest line-up yet – with Glasvegas, stalls, come and trys, seminars and lots more! Gruff Rhys, PP Arnold and Hue and Cry among the acts coming to town this October. www.scotsfiddlefestival.com The festival will take place over nine days from 11 to 19 October with the bulk of the action in a specially-erected Spiegeltent beside Paisley Gilmour Street station – and with a bigger tent than in previous years allowing 500-person shows.
SEALL Festival of Small Halls
www.thespree.co.uk
The Festival of Small Halls on the Isle of Skye brings music to ten remote village halls around the Island and Lochalsh. The SEALL Festival of Small Halls runs for eight days and includes concerts, cèilidhs and public and music workshops in halls and schools by some of the nation’s finest traditional musicians.
Tenement Trail
Glasgow Americana Glasgow 2-6 October
Glasgow 12 October
Tenement Trail Festival will move to the East End of Glasgow in 2019! We are delighted at this news, as we breathe fresh energy into #TT19, Glasgow Americana has lined up gigs featuring taking over some of the most iconic and exciting overseas and home-based acts for this year’s live music venues in the country including Barfive-day-long festival. We are delighted to confirm our dates for our 2019 Americana extrava- rowland Ballroom, Saint Luke's & The Winged ganza. Please watch this space for details on the Ox, BAaD with more to be announced. Stay tuned for headliner announcement coming soon. first acts confirmed for this year. Early Bird Tickets are on sale now! www.glasgowamericana.com
The Cumnock Tryst Cumnock 3-6 October
A music festival under the leadership of Scottish composer, James MacMillan CBE Cumnock, Scotland. The Cumnock Tryst is an annual event with concerts in venues in and around the town. The programme will feature
Edinburgh 15-17 November
www.facebook.com/tenementtrail/
NOVEMBER Perthshire Amber -
The Dougie MacLean Festival Perthshire 1-3 November
Isle of Skye 22-30 November
www.seall.co.uk/small-halls
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Edinburgh 31 December
See in the New Year at the world’s best street party as Edinburgh invites the world to share the love, embrace friends – old and new – and celebrate the New Year in the home of Hogmanay. Get 2020 ready now - take advantage of our Early Bird discount with tickets for £20.00 + £1.00 booking (limited availability). Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is the UK’s (if not the world’s) leading New Year Festival lasting 3 days in Scotland’s stunning capital city drawing an estimated 150,000 people from Scotland and around the world. www.edinburghshogmanay.com
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