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Edinburgh + Lothians
Togaidh Sinn Fonn: 8pm on BBC ALBA. A selection of Scotland’s best musicians and singers. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Glasgow area mid west coast pages 10-16
Dundee Perth Fife Stirling Falkirk
HOZIER: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Hozier reflects on his career since the success of his first release ‘Take Me To The Church’. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Electric Burma: 12pm on BBC ALBA. A musical celebration of Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Feis na Mara: 11.50pm on BBC ALBA. Featuring KATHLEEN MACINNES, DONALD MACDONALD & THE ISLANDS and MANRAN. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Cuirm @ Celtic: 8.30pm on BBC ALBA. LE VENT DU NORD – mouth music, Quebecois-style with special guests. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Ayrshire Dumfriesshire South West page 23-24
Scottish Borders page 24
Scottish Music Festivals Guide pages 26 - 29
26 SEPTEMBER
Seirm: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy presents music from the 2015 Celtic Connections music festival. www.bbcalba.co.uk
21 SEPTEMBER
Highlands + Islands
Belladrum: 10.40pm on BBC ALBA. Unseen festival highlights from KITTY, DAISY AND LEWIS. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Seirm: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy presents music from the 2015 Celtic Connections music festival. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Seirm: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy presents music from the 2015 Celtic Connections music festival. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Ceol Aig A Chaisteal: 8pm on BBC ALBA. Music and song from Tulloch Castle. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Cuirm @ Celtic: 8.30pm on BBC ALBA. The Great Gathering. All star bands from The Old Fruitmarket. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Aberdeen + North East
HOZIER: 9.50pm on BBC ALBA. Hozier reflects on his career since the success of his first release ‘Take Me To The Church’.
Reed Music: 8.30pm on BBC ALBA. How the pipes are being used alongside other instruments and in bands. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. ALISON AFFLECK and DAVID MACGREGOR: At Perthshire Amber: 11.35pm on BBC ALBA. The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. A Night in Dedication to JARLATH HENDERSON & ROSS AINSLIE BAND Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass. 8pm, £10. Go back in time and songs from DOUGIE MACLEAN. with the winner of ‘Jazz Vocalist of the year’ at the www.bbcalba.co.uk ‘2013 Scottish Jazz Awards’, Alison Affleck, and the leading exponent of World Jazz guitar David 22 SEPTEMBER MacGregor with a fun yet sophisticated night of music. David and Alison are getting together to perform Ceol Country: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Highlights from the various songs from the Fitzgerald and Pass 2015 Northern Nashville Caithness Country Music discography as well as David performing some solo Festival. jazz guitar pieces of which Joe Pass was an innovator. www.bbcalba.co.uk Throughout the 70s and 80s, Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass recorded six albums still recognised today as Cuirm @ Celtic: 11pm on BBC ALBA. LE VENT DU some of the finest examples of voice accompanied by NORD – mouth music, Quebecois-style with special guitar duets. guests. www.soundhouse.org.uk www.bbcalba.co.uk 23 SEPTEMBER 23 SEPTEMBER Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. Perthshire Amber: 10.35pm on BBC ALBA. Karen JOANNA GRUESOME + THE SPOOK SCHOOL: At Mathiesonb duets with DOUGIE MACLEAN. Summerhall, Edinburgh. £10. Get ready to go totally nuts for Joanna Gruesome who will be playing tracks www.bbcalba.co.uk from their new album Peanut Butter, amongst other songs. The band all originally met on a wine tasting
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holiday. Their terrific debut album Weird Sister took the world by storm when it was released in September 2013, going on to win the Welsh Music Prize. At radio their singles have scored a remarkable four out of four on the BBC 6Music playlist and the band have played sessions for both Lauren Laverne on 6Music and for Huw Stephens on Radio One. Support comes from the up and coming The Spook School. www.summerhall.co.uk
ventures but when they tour together they truly shine with almost three decades of well-honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences everywhere. www.philandaly.com 28 SEPTEMBER
Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. CORN POTATO STRING BAND: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. Returning to Edinburgh is one of our favourite Old Time 25 SEPTEMBER combos, The Corn Potato String Band. The Corn The Fallen Angel’s Club presents ….. An Potatoes are a trio of multi-talented multiEvening With STEVE FORBERT: At The instrumentalists Aaron Jonah Lewis, Lindsay Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, Tickets £16.50 McCaw and Ben Belcher (seen here recently with from Tickets Scotland 0131 220 3234. Nashville- The Hot Seats). In addition to being champion based singer-songwriter Steve Forbert returns to fiddlers they play banjo, guitar, bass and Scotland for a double-header visit to Glasgow mandolin and deftly handle many different (23rd) and Edinburgh (25th). His current album, antiquated styles including ballads, “ho-downs,” A Safe Past Tense is a collection of studio demos country “rags” and southern gospel, specialising from his 2012 release, Over With You and also in twin fiddling and double banjo tunes. includes live tracks from a March 2014 show. www.soundhouse.org.uk “He’s a crowd pleaser and a great artiste so it’s a real bonus to be able to welcome him back, 29 SEPTEMBER not just for one show, but two,” - Kevin Morris International Guitar Night with LULO of The Fallen Angels Club. REINHARDT, MIKE DAWES, ANDRE www.fallenangelsclub.com KRENGEL and BRIAN GORE: At Grassmarket Centre, Edinburgh 07968 131737. 15 years ago 26 SEPTEMBER IGN founder, Californian Brian Gore, decided to ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM: At The create an annual tour featuring three or four Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. Once again Aly and Phil world-class guitarists. This year's UK tour take to the road, delighting audiences across features: Lulo Reinhardt (Germany), greatScotland until 26 September. They have become nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt, is one a national institution with their incomparable of the foremost instrumental voices in modern mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing Gypsy music. Mike Dawes (England) has excellence in traditional music to venues across renowned international musicians including the country. Individually they pursue other Steve Vai, Gotye and James Valentine (Maroon
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5) praising his prowess. Andre Krengel (Germany) has developed a unique style of playing becoming a leading guitar player in Germany. The German press call him "the traveller between cultures" and "the guitar wizard with magic hands". Brian Gore (USA) Brian has become a member of the community of guitar masters with whom he has toured. Brian writes songs, not 'tunes', fully developed stories told with six steel strings and a passion rarely seen instrumentally or lyrically. The show features solos, duets, trios and ensemble piece. http://internationalguitarnight.com/ www.soundhouse.org.uk 2 OCTOBER Soulsville presents Rhythm Machine: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. £5. Soulsville presents new club night Rhythm Machine at Summerhall. A night centered around the evolution of African drum beats in an electronic age. Playing Tom Tom Heavy Electronic Funk, Synth-laden Nigerian Boogie & Mind-Bending New Wave Disco, DJ's Francis Dosoo, Andy Danet & Cameron Mason hope to conjure up the vivid experimental energy of a block party in Downtown New York in the 1980's. www.summerhall.co.uk 3 OCTOBER MEADOWS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: At Inverleith St Serf's Church, Ferry Road, Edinburgh. EH5 3NP. 7.45pm. £11/£9/£5/£1. Steve King conductor. Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 in D major, Findlay Spence Perpetuum Mobile (Premiere), Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Op82. Tickets at
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Braw Gigs & Nothing Ever Happens Here present… LAU NAU + F. AMPISM + TISSØ LAKE: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. £10. Laura Naukkarinen, aka Lau Nau who is one of the more interesting names in the Finnish music scene – a singer-songwriter, producer and film music composer. Her songs are imbued with a cinematic breadth of vision and her idiosyncratic, finely honed soundworld builds on fragile, spectral otherness. With support from F. Ampism, the solo experimental and audio-visual project of Paul Wilson, also of Brighton’s freejazz weirdo collective Bolide. There is also support from Tissø Lake (aka. Ian Humberstone) who falls neatly into a close knit circle of Edinburgh musicians and songwriters that have been meticulously honing their craft for a number of years, having collaborated and performed with the likes of Rob St. John and Eagleowl and is 10 OCTOBER also the co-founder of the excellent Folklore ROY'S IRON DNA: At The Voodoo Rooms, Tapes. Edinburgh. Roy's Iron DNA (a musical collective www.summerhall.co.uk and live band from the Scottish Borders and Edinburgh) will release the world's first 5 OCTOBER augmented reality album. The album, entitled Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. ‘Exposure’, will be released as a tabloid style CHRIS WOOD: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. newspaper with each page scannable with a 8pm, £10. Singer-songwriter Chris Wood started smart-phone/tablet app enabling the reader to out as a choirboy and much of his music bears play an individually commissioned video for a the influence of those years spent with the likes track from the album. 10,000 copies of the of Bach, Handel, Gibbons and Boyce: he newspaper will be distributed to 250+ outlets describes the album Handmade Life as “church across the length and breadth of Scotland and music with drums.” will be entirely free of charge ensuring an www.soundhouse.org.uk estimated 100,000 readership! www.roysirondna.co.uk 6 OCTOBER www.facebook.com/roysirondna Mellow Promotions presents CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON with support by DANIEL SCOTT and ROSS ARTHUR: At Voodoo Rooms Speakeasy in Edinburgh. Charlotte Eriksson, is a young heartfelt singer-songwriter originally from Sweden, also known as The Glass Child by her fans. “My first official show in my favourite city in all the world! It will be an amazing evening of music, hang, stories and good vibes. I'll play both old songs and completely new ones that no one has ever heard before. You can get your
The Pleasance Sessions ….. OUTBLINKER/ BDY_PRTS / RM HUBBERT: The Pleasance Sessions 2015 builds on last year’s success with a refined line-up spanning 3 nights from the 9 to 11 October. The Sessions continue to champion unique collaborations, bringing together musicians, promoters and publications from around the country for something very special. At The Pleasance, 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Tickets at www.dustymoose.co.uk from 21st August.
Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. ERIC TAYLOR: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. We’re delighted to welcome Eric Taylor back to Edinburgh. He is a sage musician, a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar. If you’re familiar with the intricate Texas singer/ songwriter jigsaw puzzle, you probably already know a lot about Taylor. If you’re not familiar with Taylor by name, you’ve probably heard his songs performed by people such as Nanci Griffith and Lyle Lovett. He has created a multitude of fans and devotees that are legends themselves in the singer/songwriter realm, artists who have long considered Taylor to be a teacher and a lantern bearer whose time is long overdue. www.soundhouse.org.uk 16 OCTOBER ‘Live at Canalside’ presents ….. LORNA REID QUARTET: At Canalside, Meggetland Wynd, Edinburgh. Toe tapping jazz and blues from Lorna and her band. Songs you’ll love from Ella to Frank plus originals. Tickets from the bar, or call 07557 680995 or Email: sinagrahm@gmail.com to reserve. Tickets available on the night. £10 (includes glass of fizz) Doors 7.30pm www.canalsidevenue.co.uk
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CARA DILLON with special guests KATHRYN ROBERT & SEAN LAKEMAN: At Queens Hall, Edinburgh. Show 7.30pm Tickets £18 Tel. 0131 668 2019. Being possessed of one of the world’s most beautiful voices, Irish folksinger Cara Dillon performs songs from her latest, critically acclaimed album ‘A Thousand Hearts’ alongside a selection of favourites. Her extraordinary ability to simultaneously seduce both traditional folk purists and a more mainstream audience has seen her rise to the very top of her genre where, in addition to her countless fans, she continues to be celebrated by some of the biggest names in music www.cardillon.co.uk www.thequeenshall.net 19 OCTOBER Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. THE BEVVY SISTERS: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. Hold on to your husbands, they’re back! Long term Soundhouse favourites, The Bevvy Sisters are making their debut at our regular Traverse Bar slot. Mondays will never be the same again. For the uninitiated The Bevvy Sisters are a four-piece vocal explosion backed by one-man orchestra David Donnelly on guitar. The trio of female voices (David also sings, in case you were wondering) – Heather Macleod, Gina Rae and Cera Impala – have an uncanny musical empathy and alchemy that’s always been The Bevvy Sisters’ trademark. www.soundhouse.org.uk 22 OCTOBER
26 OCTOBER DAVE ARCARI: 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. At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. www.davearcari.com Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. THE PHILIP CLOUTS QUARTET: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. The Philip Clouts Quartet is bringing the dancing exuberance of South African Township music, the convivial groove of gospel-influenced soul jazz, the joyful sway of Cuban guaguanco rhythms, the bluesy melodies of middle eastern praise songs and so much more to The Traverse Bar this October. www.soundhouse.org.uk 27 OCTOBER Nothing Ever Happens Here and Braw Gigs present… ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. + NACKT INSECTEN: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. £12. Japan’s Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. were formed in 1996 and play progressive jams in the vein of psychedelic freaks such as Magma, Gong, Ash Ra Tempel, Flower Travellin’ Band, Guru Guru and Pink Floyd at their wildest. Expect a fully psyched out experience from this legendary Japanese collective, unlike anything you’ll see this
year! With support from Nackt Insecten , the
Quietus Phonographic Corporation in March 2013 and then his critically acclaimed albums ‘Total Strife Forever’ on Stolen Recordings in January 2014, which would go on to be nominated for the Mercury Prize and ‘Culture Of Volume’. He will be supported by Pixx ,the nom de guerre of 19 year-old Hannah Rodgers, a young songwriter from Chipstead and alumni of The BRIT School. Her music is inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Aphex Twin and her recording debut, Fall In was released by 4AD on 28th August. www.summerhall.co.uk 30 OCTOBER NEON WALTZ: At Kraft Ale Ascent, Leith Theatre, Edinburgh. Hailing from the deepest, darkest most northerly point of the UK, Neon Waltz recently released a collection of six demos and live recordings from the last year, including Sombre Fayre and Bare Wood Aisles, as the First Light EP via Atlantic Records. This summer saw them taking in a slew of festivals including Latitude Festival and Reading & Leeds. www.neonwaltz.com 2 NOVEMBER Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. KOSMOS: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. Twice winners of ’Selected Artists’ for Making Music Concert Promoters Network, Kosmos is re-defining the relationship between classical and world music. Described by Richard Morrison of The Times, as having: ’telepathic rapport, dazzling virtuosity, serious scholarship, intellectual curiosity and impeccable musicianship’, the group is united by a shared passion for improvisation, music from around the globe as well as the rigours of classical training. www.soundhouse.org.uk
solo ritualistic drone project from Glasgow underground legend Ruaraidh Sanachan, also of DAVE ARCARI with LEFT LANE CRUISER: Moon Unit, Bad Aura, Pyramidion and countless SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt. other psychedelic noise projects of the west’s blues sounds owe as much to trash country, vibrant weirdo scene. This will be his first solo punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta show in what seems like years now, Nackt blues. At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. Insecten places audiences into a hypnotic trance www.davearcari.com of synth, tape crackle and hum – as heard on 7 NOVEMBER Nothing Ever Happens Here present… SON his 2011 opus and masterpiece ‘Reality Bridge’ on Blackest Rainbow. Get down early! THE EDINBURGH LIGHT ORCHESTRA: At LUX + BARBAROSSA + OLGA BELL: At www.summerhall.co.uk Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Join us on our Summerhall, Edinburgh. £11. Founded by Journey Into Melody for a tuneful evening of producer-composer Ryan Lott in 2007, and with 28 OCTOBER gems from stage, screen, British light music and recent band additions of guitarist-composer other favourites, including hits from Guys and Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang, Son Lux Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. Dolls, The Sound of Music, State Fair, and 42nd is now a ferocious trio both live and on record. EAST INDIA YOUTH + PIXX: At Summerhall, Street; film music with the Miss Marple Theme Their brand new record ‘Bones’ was released and Moon River from ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’. A June 22nd on Glassnote. Bones is the first album Edinburgh. £12. Mercury Prize nominee East India Youth aka William Doyle who first special tribute to composer Ernest Tomlinson documenting this new formation, and it draws performed live as East India Youth in November and popular works by Eric Coates, Trevor from the three members’ unique and 2012 .Over the next two years his achievements Duncan and Louise Denny. Plus a selection of omnivorous musical vernaculars. seemed as effortlessly gained as they were well- well-loved songs. Tickets: £11.50; £10.00; www.summerhall.co.uk deserved. He released the ‘Hostel’ EP via the £8.00. Tickets: £11.50; £10.00; £8.00 @
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Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO: At The Traverse Bar, APRIL VERCH: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. We’re delighted that 8pm, £10. Fiddler, singer, and stepdancer April award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis and Verch knows how relevant an old tune can be. his two fabulous Scottish compadres – Nigel She grew up surrounded by living, breathing Clark on guitar and Roy Percy on bass – are roots music—her father’s country band returning to The Traverse Bar. The Trio played rehearsing in the “Newpart,” the beloved Verch our first ever Monday-night at The Traverse gig family room; the lively music at church and at and set the standard for all the amazing acts community dances; the tunes she rocked out to who have followed. win fiddle competitions—and decided early she www.soundhouse.org.uk wanted to be a professional musician. www.soundhouse.org.uk 30 NOVEMBER Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. THE WIYOS: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. ‘Live at Canalside’ presents ….. MARTY 8pm, £10. When Seasick Steve described The WAUGH QUARTET: At Canalside, Meggetland Wiyos as a band that would surprise, it was a Wynd, Edinburgh. Cool jazz from The Great right-on-the-money observation. Back then American Song Book. Performed by a top trio (2009) the stage performance was stuffed with and one of the finest voices in the business. surprises both on the content and visuals front. Tickets from the bar, or call 07557 680995 or The Wiyos have continued to develop a richlyEmail: sinagrahm@gmail.com to reserve. Tickets ornamented original character that has matured available on the night. £10 (includes glass of to breath-taking effect. Each time they return to fizz) Doors 7.30pm bring their stylish razzmatazz to the UK and www.canalsidevenue.co.uk remind us the meaning of goodtime, their audience just gets bigger and bigger. 14 NOVEMBER www.soundhouse.org.uk 13 NOVEMBER
Pathhead Music Collective presents ….. DEAN OWENS AND THE WHISKY HEARTS BAND: At Village Hall, Pathhead – featuring Pathhead’s own Amy Geddes.
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7 DECEMBER Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. THE JOHN LANGAN BAND: At The Traverse
Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. It’s an up-on-yourfeet night when The John Langan Band hit The Traverse Bar for the first time. A dynamic three piece offering a unique sound emerging from Celtic, Gypsy Swing, Roma and Flamenco, they deliver high energy, unhinged, and musically extravagant grooves. www.soundhouse.org.uk 14 DECEMBER Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. THE ROAMIN’ JASMINE: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. Forged out of the lively street music scene in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the members of the Roamin’ Jasmine found one another busking under the swampy Louisiana sun, along the banks of the Mississippi, or after hours in storefronts on Royal, Frenchmen and Decatur Streets. www.soundhouse.org.uk 21 DECEMBER Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. BEVVY SISTERS: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. 8pm, £10. You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I’m telling you why … those Bevvy Sisters are getting their Bad Boys backing band out to play, and there’s going to be trouble. Well that didn’t scan too well, but you know what I mean. Bringing out the bigger band for the occasion, they love to hook up with those wayward Bad Boys – Andy Thorburn on keys, Willy Molleson on drums and Tom Pickles on sax – it’s a big sound and it’s going to be a riot. What better way to see in
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GLASGOW AREA Send us all your gig dates for Glasgow and West Coast area Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 19 SEPTEMBER RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At The Hug And Pint Glasgow. One of this year’s most indemand and critically acclaimed Scottish folk acts, RURA are on a 13-date UK tour. Having released their second album, ‘Despite the Dark’, to unanimous critical acclaim in April, the Glasgow and Edinburgh based five-piece has garnered widespread praise and a wide-reaching following. www.RURA.co.uk www.thehugandpint.com
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HUE AND CRY ‘SEPTEMBER SONGS WEEKEND’: Hue and Cry are delighted to BETTY & THE BOY: At The Performing Arts announce that they will be performing two Centre, Kilbarchan. Betty & The Boy suddenly special shows at the o2 ABC, Glasgow on Friday captured everyone’s imagination in the USA 25 and Saturday 26 September. As a live after winning the “Best Band” category in the addition to the Friday evening ‘stripped’ State of Oregon. They have been making an performance - Pat and Greg Kane will be joined impact over here as well, with their last record on stage by a string quartet to perform grabbing the attention of many reviewers and renditions of a selection of Hue and Cry classics radio presenters. and a few surprises. This is a Hue and Cry first MARIA KHEYFETS: At The Webster Theatre, www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html and is not to be missed. On the Saturday night Glasgow. Maria Kheyfets is a singer/songwriter the brothers will be kept company by their fulland pianist in whose eclectic compositions jazzy 23 SEPTEMBER on band who will deliver as ever, a spectacular soundscapes of New Orleans mix with mystical evening of live music, which will include Hue and romanticism of Pre-Raphaelite paintings to The Fallen Angel’s Club presents ….. An Cry hits, exclusive new, never heard before capture the heart of romance. Maria was born in Evening With STEVE FORBERT: At St tracks and much more. Fans will be able to buy Russia and spent most of her life living in Andrew’s In The Square, Glasgow, Tickets individual tickets for both the Friday and vibrant, culturally rich cities like Austin TX, £16.50 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151. Saturday gigs and an option to purchase the Edinburgh and London, her current home. She Nashville-based singer-songwriter Steve Forbert Platinum Pass Package with tickets to both has an EP set for release later this year. returns to Scotland for a double-header visit to shows, a commemorative souvenir brochure, a www.mariakheyfets.com Glasgow (23rd) and Edinburgh (25th). His current
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"An ideal BELLA AND THE BEAR: At CCA Glasgow. accompaniment to strong drink... like Robbie Premiere of Bella and the Bear's new short Robertson & Rick Danko having a jam film and EP - plus a pretty special live session in the company of Mr Jack Daniel"... performance from this SAMAs 2015 Bluesbunny nominated 'Best Newcomer' band! Tickets www.facebook.com/antonandthecolts from www.seetickets.com www.facebook.com/bellandthebear Indievous Presents ….. 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As a on numerous influences: the pristine vocal live addition to the Friday evening ‘stripped’ harmonies of country and bluegrass, raucous bluesy guitars, the tight swinging rhythms of performance - Pat and Greg Kane will be classic soul and funk with Anton’s sweet joined on stage by a string quartet to perform renditions of a selection of Hue and smokey growl completing the mix. "An ideal accompaniment to strong drink... like Robbie Cry classics and a few surprises. This is a Hue and Cry first and is not to be missed. On Robertson & Rick Danko having a jam session in the company of Mr Jack Daniel"... the Saturday night the brothers will be kept Bluesbunny company by their full-on band who will deliver as ever, a spectacular evening of live www.facebook.com/antonandthecolts music, which will include Hue and Cry hits, exclusive new, never heard before tracks and BITERS: At Glasgow Stereo. Hotly tipped, rock n' roll rabble rousers, BITERS have much more. Fans will be able to buy announced their debut UK tour including individual tickets for both the Friday and Saturday gigs and an option to purchase the Glasgow in support of the 7 August release of 'Electric Blood', their debut album for Platinum Pass Package with tickets to both shows, a commemorative souvenir brochure, Earache Records. www.facebook.com/BITERS a laminated pass, full coloured signed and numbered poster. Tickets @ DECLAN WELSH: At Tenement Trail TV www.ticketmaster.co.uk Multi-Venue Festival in Glasgow. Declan www.hueandcry.co.uk Welsh is a 22 year old singer songwriter telling stories about being young in Glasgow. 27 SEPTEMBER His songs range from an ode to having a sub Club Noir Film Night: At Grosvenor par night out to a call to arms against the Cinema, Ashton Lane, Glasgow. Double Bill. fascists in our midst and everything in The Seven Year Itch and Sunset Boulevard. between; the only common thread being 3.30-8 p.m. Two Hollywood classics. catchy tunes and relatable, witty Burlesque acts inspired by the films. Buffet. observations on £20 everyday life. www.facebook.com/ www.declanwelsh.com events/1466566533653871/ www.tenementtv.com/tenement-trail www.clubnoir.co.uk 6 OCTOBER 30 SEPTEMBER DAVE ARCARI: SLIDE guitarist & songwriter International Guitar Night with LULO Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much REINHARDT, MIKE DAWES, ANDRE to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they KRENGEL and BRIAN GORE: At Cottier do pre-war Delta blues. At Cathouse, Theatre, Glasgow 0141-357 3868. 15 years Glasgow. ago IGN founder, Californian Brian Gore, www.davearcari.com decided to create an annual tour featuring three or four world-class guitarists. This 8 OCTOBER year's UK tour features: Lulo Reinhardt Scottish Alternative Music Awards (Germany), great-nephew of jazz legend (SAMAs): At Garage, Glasgow. The 2015 Django Reinhardt, is one of the foremost instrumental voices in modern Gypsy music. award ceremony with live performaces from Holy Esque and Crash Club plus special Mike Dawes (England) has renowned performances from previous winners. Tickets international musicians including Steve Vai, from eventbrite. List of nominees @ .... Gotye and James Valentine (Maroon 5) www.officialsama.co.uk praising his prowess. Andre Krengel (Germany) has developed a unique style of 10 OCTOBER playing becoming a leading guitar player in Germany. The German press call him "the Americana Saturday @ The Glad Café traveller between cultures" and "the guitar
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BELLA HARDY: At The Hug and Pint, Glasgow. Show 7.30pm Tickets £10 Tel. 0141 331 1901. Touring with her new With The Dawn Band, Bella is joined by regular stage companion Anna Massie (Blazin' Fiddles), the album's producer Ben Seal (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a powerful and evocative collaboration of voice and fiddle, banjo and guitar, piano and keys, electronics and drums. These are songs written on the road, LEDD ZEPP: At Oran Mor, Glasgow. Back By full of that sense of displacement, longing and Popular Demand, Ledd Zepp brings you a brand contemplation that all itinerant musicians know. new show. Recreating the hits from the Tickets at www.musicglue.com/bellahardy Celebration Day Concert (the Best Of). Hear all www.bellahardy.com these great Led Zeppelin hits that include: Good www.thehugandpint.com Times Bad Times, Ramble On, Black Dog, In My Time Of Dying, plus iconic tunes like Stairway to 23 OCTOBER Heaven, Kashmir – Too many to mention! Come and have a great night and hear the best tunes ANTON & THE COLTS: At Yesterday’s, Airdrie. The Anton & The Colts sound draws on played by this stunning and authentic show numerous influences: the pristine vocal touring theatres today! www.facebook.com/pages/Ledd-Zepp/730639227005478 harmonies of country and bluegrass, raucous bluesy guitars, the tight swinging rhythms of Americana Saturday @ The Glad Café with classic soul and funk with Anton’s sweet smokey ….. LEWIS AND LEIGH and CURTIS growl completing the mix. "An ideal MCMURTRY: 8.30pm. At The Glad Café, 1006A accompaniment to strong drink... like Robbie Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow, G41 2HG. 0141 636 Robertson & Rick Danko having a jam session in 6119. Tickets 0141 204 5151 (Tickets Scotland). the company of Mr Jack Daniel"... Bluesbunny Tickets £12, doors 8pm, 8.30pm start. In www.facebook.com/antonandthecolts demand country-tinged duo, Lewis and Leigh will make their keenly-anticipated debut at Glasgow CHANTEL MCGREGOR: At Nice N Sleazy, Americana. Al Lewis is from Wales while his Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Advance tickets musical partner Alva Leigh hails from £13.00+bf on 01472 349 222. 7.30pm. The Mississippi – are creating a unique blend of great news for rock fans, live music lovers and Celtic folk and American, or “Celticana” as they aspiring musicians in and around Glasgow, is dub it. A first-time visitor, Curtis McMurtry – the that Chantel McGregor will be playing with her 24-year-old son of the famous, James – will fill band on the seventeenth date of her 29 day the support slot. Curtis recently brought out his Lose Control Tour! Chantel returns with a first album, Respectable Enemy, immediately vengeance with ten new songs that not only winning generous praise for a remarkably salutes contemporary rock, but shows her assured and focused release for someone his gradual transition from conventional Blues to a age. harder, bigger and bolder rock sound with www.glasgowamericana.com progressive influences. 16 OCTOBER
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DAVID RODDIE (album launch): At Trades Hall, Glasgow. A contemporary folk artist from Glasgow whose debut album ‘Boy No More’ will be released on the 9th November. Boy No More ANTON & THE COLTS: At Butterfly & Pig, is an autobiographical album based around Glasgow. The Anton & The Colts sound draws on being raised in the east end of Glasgow. Every
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FIFE / CENTRAL / PERTHSHIRE / TAYSIDE Send us all your gig dates for Tayside, Perthsdhire, Fife and Central areas . Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 19 SEPTEMBER ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM: At Gardyne Theatre, Dundee. Once again Aly and Phil take to the road, delighting audiences across Scotland until 26 September. They have become a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. Individually they pursue other ventures but when they tour together they truly shine with almost three decades of well-honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences everywhere. www.philandaly.com 26 SEPTEMBER GERRY JABLONSKI & THE ELECTRIC BAND: At No 57, Dundee. www.facebook.com/GerryJablonskiBand 3 OCTOBER
Off The Record: At Dundee’s Caird Hall. Born To Be Wide has confirmed the first two ‘Off The Record’ events of the new season, beginning with Dundee’s Caird Hall on Saturday 3 October, 19 NOVEMBER hosted with support from the Dundee Festival Trust and then on Sunday 4 October organisers RAB NOAKES (album launch): At Glasgow team up with Aberdeen Performing Arts and Cottier’s. Rab Noakes is a force to be reckoned Station House Media Unit at The Lemon Tree. Off with in the world of music in Scotland and The Record, was founded by Community Interest beyond. Rab is hard to pin down in terms of Company Born To Be Wide in 2013 and is a influences. He is an accomplished songwriter series of daytime events for young musicians whose songs reflect his lifelong interest in the and those who want to work in the industry. It is popular song, in folk song and in songwriting. open to anyone aged 14-25, and is designed to Alongside his acclaimed performance skills as equip young people with music business applied to his own compositions his celebrated knowledge, information and skills to help them interpretations feature songs from sources as forge a career in music. Speakers for both days diverse as Elizabeth Cotten to Beck Hansen. He’s include Jim Gellatly [XFM Scotland/Amazing on tour promoting his new album ‘I’m walkin’ Radio], concert/festival promoter Nicky Carder here’, it’s a double CD made up of a rich mixture [Beyond Promotions], digital music distributor of his own songs plus some interesting Toni Malyn [EmuBands] and booker Steven Milne interpretations. [The Lemon Tree]. In Dundee they will be joined www.rabnoakes.com by label manager Halina Rifai [Bloc Music/ www.seetickets.com Podcart], while the Aberdeen event includes Scott Macdonald [KFM Records], rapper/engineer 20 NOVEMBER Dave Hook [Stanley Odd/Solareye] and promoter Aileen Lynn [MILK]. For tickets & RAB NOAKES (album launch): At Strathblane information on Off The Record events visit Village Hall – email: villageclub1911@gmail. www.offtherecord.me com . Rab Noakes is a force to be reckoned with in the world of music in Scotland and beyond. 8 OCTOBER Rab is hard to pin down in terms of influences. He is an accomplished songwriter whose songs International Guitar Night with LULO reflect his lifelong interest in the popular song, in REINHARDT, MIKE DAWES, ANDRE folk song and in songwriting. Alongside his KRENGEL and BRIAN GORE - plus workshop: acclaimed performance skills as applied to his At Birnam Arts, Dunkeld 01350 727674. 15 own compositions his celebrated interpretations years ago IGN founder, Californian Brian Gore, feature songs from sources as diverse as decided to create an annual tour featuring three Elizabeth Cotten to Beck Hansen. He’s on tour or four world-class guitarists. This year's UK tour promoting his new album ‘I’m walkin’ here’, it’s a features: Lulo Reinhardt (Germany), greatdouble CD made up of a rich mixture of his own nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt, is one songs plus some interesting interpretations. of the foremost instrumental voices in modern www.rabnoakes.com Gypsy music. Mike Dawes (England) has renowned international musicians including Steve Vai, Gotye and James Valentine (Maroon
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24 OCTOBER NEON WALTZ: At The Green Room, Perth. Hailing from the deepest, darkest most northerly point of the UK, Neon Waltz recently released a collection of six demos and live recordings from the last year, including Sombre Fayre and Bare Wood Aisles, as the First Light EP via Atlantic Records. This summer saw them taking in a slew of festivals including Latitude Festival and Reading & Leeds. www.neonwaltz.com 30 OCTOBER SKERRYVORE with special guest SHARON SHANNON: At Rothes Halls, Kingdom Shopping Centre, Glenrothes, KY7 5NX. Doors 19:30. Tickets £18.00 from Rothes Halls, 01592 611101. When Skerryvore first formed in 2005, little did they know they’d be in a position to celebrate a decade together in 2015! Tiree-born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion), Fraser West (drums & vocals) and Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) brought a mix of musical styles and sounds together for the band's 2005 debut album, 'West Coast Life.’ The more the fledgling band experimented with fusing together their mix of musical styles, the more the band and their signature sound evolved, expanding to their current 7 piece lineup, including Craig Espie (fiddles), Alan Scobie (keyboards) and Jodie Bremaneson (bass.) www.skerryvore.com www.onfife.com 6 NOVEMBER RAB NOAKES (album launch): At Backstage at The Green, Kinross. Rab Noakes is a force to be reckoned with in the world of music in Scotland and beyond. Rab is hard to pin down in terms of
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Aberdeen Performing Arts presents True North: At Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. 2pm, WOUNDED KNEE, with SCOTT GARDNER and others, performing and discussing song 7 NOVEMBER traditions from the North-east and beyond, using DOUGIE MACLEAN & FRIENDS - BENNY the Matt Armour song Generations of Change as GALLAGHER - KARINE POLWART, THE MAE a starting point. They will be joined by local TRIO, DALLAHAN, ELLIOTT MORRIS: At young people who will have reinterpreted the Perth Concert Hall, 8.00pm. Legendary Scottish song for life in Aberdeen today. Celebrating the Singer-Songwriter Benny Gallagher makes a North-east's singer songwriter tradition and welcome return visit to the Perthshire Amber providing a platform for the very best music and Festival in an evening of songs and stories about song, from ballads to contemporary classics, his days as a Staff Writer with The Beatles taking place from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 Publishing Co. Apple. Tickets: £24.00 @ September at The Lemon Tree, Music Hall and in http://tinyurl.com/ooajyez various locations across Aberdeen’s city centre. www.perthshireamber.com Read all about True North @ http://issuu.com/martin_apa/docs/truenorth 13 NOVEMBER www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/truenorth
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HUBBERT’s 11pm late night Lemon Tree session (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors www.rabnoakes.com with MALCOLM MIDDLETON, renowned for his at 7.30pm. Acclaimed world/folk five-piece http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/ work with Aiden Moffat and Bill Wells in the cult Moishe’s Bagel unveil their brand new score for Mikhail Kalatozov’s remarkable 1930 silent film Scots band Arab Strap (10.30pm doors). Salt for Svanetia. Tickets from Celebrating the North-east's singer songwriter www.aberdeenperformingarts.com tradition and providing a platform for the very best music and song, from ballads to contemporary classics, taking place from Friday 7 OCTOBER 25 to Sunday 27 September at The Lemon Tree, JACK SAVORETTI: At The Lemon Tree Lounge Music Hall and in various locations across Send us all your gig dates (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors Aberdeen’s city centre. Read all about True at 7.30pm. 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DEAN OWENS with the Whisky Hearts Band – Into The Sea tour: At Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and established singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about 17 OCTOBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. people and places, love and regrets, drawing JEREMY PINNELL & MAX FENDER: At The Aberdeen Performing Arts, 57˚ North, the Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Jeremy Pinnell grew up favourable comparisons with the likes of Scottish Music Industry Association and Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish in Northern Kentucky just south of the Ohio Comprende Records present the second River, where the towns are equal parts Southern sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful Independent Label Market event, as some of hospitality, Northern attitude and Midwestern voice. www.deanowens.com Scotland’s best indepe4ndent record labels charm. At 18 he left home and began writing gather to sell their wares under one roof, in The and singing country music. The album 'OH/KY' 27 NOVEMBER Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, tells the story of the next 18 years of Jeremy's Aberdeen, doors at 11.30am. Free entry. life, and it's a damn good story. Max Fender is RAB NOAKES (album launch): At Arbroath, Hospitalfield – email: villageclub1911@gmail. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com the frontman of the Ohio band Alone at 3AM. com . Rab Noakes is a force to be reckoned with Emerging from shambolic basement shows and in the world of music in Scotland and beyond. SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: At The early roster shake-ups, over 16 years Max Rab is hard to pin down in terms of influences. Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Under the Fender and Joey Beck have coiled the Midwest He is an accomplished songwriter whose songs baton of conductor Robin Ticciati, and featuring stalwarts into a tightly-wound muscular force, reflect his lifelong interest in the popular song, in pianist Lars Vogt, Scottish Chamber Orchestra reveling in hard-earned rock and roll escapism folk song and in songwriting. Alongside his perform Brahms’ Symphony No2, Schumann’s while revealing substantial songwriting chops. acclaimed performance skills as applied to his Manfred Overture and Schoenberg’s Piano www.jeremypinnell.com own compositions his celebrated interpretations Concerto, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm, www.aloneat3am.com feature songs from sources as diverse as with a pre-concert talk at 6.45pm featuring www.AlmostBluePromotions.com Elizabeth Cotten to Beck Hansen. He’s on tour Aberdeen University’s Roger Williamson in conversation with Cole Bendall. Tickets from The World Famous Elvis Show: At The Music promoting his new album ‘I’m walkin’ here’, it’s a www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Hall, Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Recreating two huge double CD made up of a rich mixture of his own songs plus some interesting interpretations. concerts from Elvis in the 20s, The World www.rabnoakes.com 18 OCTOBER Famous Elvis Show, with Chris Connor and his http://hospitalfield.org.uk/ live nine-piece band The Steels with the Sweet GO WEST and NIK KERSHAW with very Harmonies. Tickets from special guest T’PAU: At The Music Hall, www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Aberdeen at 7.30pm. Three critically-acclaimed stars of the 80s, Go West and Nik Kershaw with In Cahoots: At The Lemon Tree Lounge, West very special guest T’Pau come together for a North Street, Aberdeen, at 9.30pm. Free entry. major UK tour. Tickets from As part of the sound festival of new music and in
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23 SEPTEMBER ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM: At Crawfordjohn Public Hall, Crawfordjohn. Once again Aly and Phil take to the road, delighting audiences across Scotland until 26 September. They have become a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. Individually they pursue other ventures but when they tour together they truly shine with almost three decades of well-honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences everywhere. www.philandaly.com 24 SEPTEMBER ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM: At The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. Once again Aly and Phil take to the road, delighting audiences across Scotland until 26 September. They have become a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. Individually they pursue other ventures but when they tour together they truly shine with almost three decades of well-honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences everywhere. www.philandaly.com 25 SEPTEMBER STILLBUZZIN: At The Red Lion, Prestwick. 9pm free admission. www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Lion-Prestwick/405633106305386
26 SEPTEMBER THE LAST RESORT: At Alton Inn, Kilwinning. 9pm free admission.
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7 OCTOBER International Guitar Night with LULO REINHARDT, MIKE DAWES, ANDRE KRENGEL and BRIAN GORE: At Gaiety Theatre, Ayr 01292 288235. 15 years ago IGN founder, Californian Brian Gore, decided to create an annual tour featuring three or four world-class guitarists. This year's UK tour features: Lulo Reinhardt (Germany), greatnephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt, is one of the foremost instrumental voices in modern Gypsy music. Mike Dawes (England) has renowned international musicians including Steve Vai, Gotye and James Valentine (Maroon 5) praising his prowess. Andre Krengel (Germany) has developed a unique style of playing becoming a leading guitar player in Germany. The German press call him "the traveller between cultures" and "the guitar wizard with magic hands". Brian Gore (USA) Brian has become a member of the community of guitar masters with whom he has toured. Brian writes songs, not 'tunes', fully developed stories told with six steel strings and a passion rarely seen instrumentally or lyrically. The show features solos, duets, trios and ensemble piece. http://internationalguitarnight.com/ www.thegaiety.co.uk 16 OCTOBER SKERRYVORE: At The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm, DG13 0AW. Doors 19:30. Tickets at Box Office: 01387 381196 or £15.00. When Skerryvore first formed in 2005, little did they know they’d be in a position to celebrate a decade together in 2015! Tiree-born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion), Fraser West (drums & vocals) and Alec Dalglish (lead vocals
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Scottish Borders. Dave Wakeling, the original lead singer of ska kings The Beat, (AKA The English Beat in the USA) is touring the UK. The singer, songwriter and guitarist behind one of the biggest 1980 s 2-Tone bands, will be performing all the hits of The Beat, General Public and new songs from the forthcoming album 'Here We Go Love'. It’s impossible to forget UK Top 10 singles - Mirror in the Bathroom, Hands Off She’s Mine and Too Nice To Talk To, before The Beat disbanded in 1983. http://englishbeat.net/ 24 SEPTEMBER BETTY & THE BOY: At The Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. Betty & The Boy suddenly captured everyone’s imagination in the USA after winning the “Best Band” category in the State of Oregon. They have been making an impact over here as well, with their last record grabbing the attention of many reviewers and radio presenters. www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html
25 SEPTEMBER ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM: At Hawick Town Hall, Hawick. Once again Aly and Phil take to the road, delighting audiences across Scotland until 26 September. They have become a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. Individually they pursue other ventures but when they tour together they truly shine with almost three decades of well-honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences everywhere. www.philandaly.com 28 SEPTEMBER
International Guitar Night with LULO REINHARDT, MIKE DAWES, ANDRE KRENGEL and BRIAN GORE - plus workshop: At Heart of Hawick, Scottish Borders. 01450 Email them to Carol 360688. 15 years ago IGN founder, Californian carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Brian Gore, decided to create an annual tour featuring three or four world-class guitarists. This year's UK tour features: Lulo Reinhardt 19 SEPTEMBER (Germany), great-nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt, is one of the foremost St Boswells Live! presents ….. THE CORN POTATO STRING BAND + KEVIN PEARCE: At instrumental voices in modern Gypsy music. Mike Dawes (England) has renowned St Boswell’s Hall, Scottish Borders. The Corn international musicians including Steve Vai, Potato String Band has earned high praise in Gotye and James Valentine (Maroon 5) praising traditional American music, keeping old time his prowess. Andre Krengel (Germany) has fiddle and banjo music from a one-way trip to the dustbins of history. Kevin Pearce kisses the developed a unique style of playing becoming a leading guitar player in Germany. The German clouds and soars onwards before descending to alight on one chosen note so golden as to cause press call him "the traveller between cultures" him to languish a while before leaving…more to and "the guitar wizard with magic hands". Brian the point, he is a brilliant singer, songwriter and Gore (USA) Brian has become a member of the community of guitar masters with whom he has guitarist who draws comparison with Cat Stevens in his 60s prime and, more recently Tom toured. Brian writes songs, not 'tunes', fully developed stories told with six steel strings and McRea. Tickets at a passion rarely seen instrumentally or lyrically. www.musicglue.com/stboswellslive The show features solos, duets, trios and https://stboswellslive.wordpress.com/ ensemble piece. http://internationalguitarnight.com/ 20 + 21 SEPTEMBER www.facebook.com/stringtheoryhawick MacArts presents ..... Scottish Opera's KidO: At Music & Arts Trust, Bridge Street, Galashiels. 2 OCTOBER TD1 1SP. 2pm-2.45pm / Tickets: £7 adults/£5 Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick: ‘We children. Suitable for ages 3 and 4. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This fantastic Shall Overcome Gig’ - raising funds for the homeless and the local food bank. Kazmiranda = show for 3 & 4 year olds shows that you can Live Music! For details email Brian at make music out of anything – as long as you themusicgallery@btconnect.com have a bit of imagination. www.facebook.com/cafekazmirandaberwickontweed www.macarts.scot www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK 20 SEPTEMBER 3 OCTOBER Ska'lashiels ….. THE BEAT featuring DAVE Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick: ‘We WAKELING with BIG FAT PANDA, URANG MATANG, SKALEDONIA and Livingston Soul Shall Overcome Gig’ - raising funds for the & Ska Club DJ's: At Volunteer Hall, Galashiels, homeless and the local food bank. Kazmiranda = Live Music! For details email Brian at
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www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK 10 OCTOBER String Jam Club presents ….. JULIE FELIX: Iconic folk protest singer. At The County Hotel, High Street, Selkirk, Scottish Borders TD7 4BZ. Tickets £14, available from the venue 01750721233. The County offers a 15% discount on meals for ticket holders between 6pm and 7pm on the night. www.facebook.com/StringJamClub 17 OCTOBER ROY'S IRON DNA: At Kazmiranda Café, Berwick upon Tweed, doors 7.30pm entry £5 and we have a Mojito Bar on, should be a night to remember (depending on how many mojitos you have!) Book tickets now as they will sell out, 40 only available. Roy's Iron DNA is a musical collective and live band from the Scottish Borders and Edinburgh who are releasing the world's first augmented reality album. The album, entitled ‘Exposure’, will be released as a tabloid style newspaper with each page scannable with a smart-phone/tablet app enabling the reader to play an individually commissioned video for a track from the album. 10,000 copies of the newspaper will be distributed to 250+ outlets across the length and breadth of Scotland and will be entirely free of charge ensuring an estimated 100,000 readership! No other act has combined augmented reality with visual art and music in such a way before. www.roysirondna.co.uk www.facebook.com/cafekazmirandaberwickontweed
St Boswells Live! presents ….. KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN with support KIRSTY LAW DUO: At St Boswell’s Hall, Scottish Borders. Two of the British folk scenes most accomplished performers, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have graced stages the world over in a number of guises, however, the intimacy and strength of passion shown as a duo, combined with an eclectic repertoire ensures a rare treat for any listener. Recent St Boswells Live! headliner Dan Walsh could not speak too highly of them, and was delighted they would be performing for us. Supporting Kathryn & Sean are the Kirsty Law Duo, comprising vocalist Kirsty Law, and her musical partner Marit Fält (Låtmandola and cittern) who together perform both self-written and traditional Scots songs. Tickets at www.musicglue.com/stboswellslive https://stboswellslive.wordpress.com/ 18 OCTOBER Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick presents ANNA PANCALDI: An afternoon set starting at 4pm, a top touring act not to be missed. Kazmiranda = Live Music! For details email Brian at themusicgallery@btconnect.com www.annapancaldi.com www.facebook.com/cafekazmirandaberwickontweed
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SEPTEMBER 100 Bands On The Border
Linlithgow Folk Festival Linlithgow 9-13 September
fun activities, exhibitions, story-telling walks and heritage celebrations to suit all tastes. www.midlothian.gov.uk/midfest
Galashiels 4-6 September
The 17th Linlithgow Folk Festival promises to be the best yet! The headline concert features The Bring It All Home Emily Smith Band plus there’s a Bluegrass con- Paisley 100 Bands On The Border will be a music festival cert by The Mairs Family Band and much much 17-19 September held in venues and stages in Galashiels town more!! centre. The idea behind this is to bring the best Scotland’s leading stars are set to take Paisley up and coming new bands and musicians from www.linlithgowfolk.com by storm in a series of special events celebrating all over the UK to the Scottish Borders to showScottish’s musical talent and songwriting. Bring case their talents. Contact Bill Jeffrey - william. it all Home – run by Renfrewshire Council – is Midstock Festival jeffrey1@btopenworld.com back for a third year with a huge offering of Dalkeith Scottish talent coming to Paisley for the festival 12 September weblink below .... on 17-19 September 2015. Featuring a series of www.facebook.com/pages/JMP3-Jeffrey-Music-Promotions/745042952180452 free events, the festival offers existing and budJust when you think festival season is over, ding musicians plus music fans a chance to learn there’s still another cracker to be enjoyed before the secrets of the trade. Live @ Troon the nights draw in. Headlining the event will be Ayrshire melodic indierockers, The Fratellis. The line up www.bringitallhome.co.uk 4-6 September offers a variety of musical tastes designed to cater for the wide demographic expected at the Since it was launched in 2010 Live@Troon has Dundee Celt Fest festival, which welcomes everyone aged 0-90. been providing a great September weekend of Tickets on sale @ www.eventbrite.co.uk Dundee live entertainment for residents of, and visitors 18-20 September to, the Ayrshire coastal town. Over the first five www.midstockfestival.com years the weekend has brought some great mu2015 will be the first Dundee Celt Fest, a weeksical and comedic talent to Troon with sell out end music festival featuring the best of celtic gigs for acts such as The Wanted, Red Hot Chilli Best of the West Festival rock and folk music. Dundee has contributed Pipers, The Saw Doctors, The Colour Ham and Inveraray greatly over the years to celtic rock and folk Eddi Reader. It has introduced local audiences to 12-13 September music, It was only a matter of time before a some great unsigned Scottish talent such as celtic/folk festival in Dundee surfaced. SeptemKassidy, Have Mercy Las Vegas, Vukovi and a Best of the West Festival an 'end of season' ber 2015 will see the very first Celtic Rock and list as long as your arm. 2015 promises more of showcase held annually in the grounds of InverFolk festival in Dundee and year after year to the same and we hope a little bit extra with aray Castle in Argyll. This family weekend infollow. more venues, more musical tastes and more live cludes two days of music and song with permusic than ever before! formances in both English and Gaelic. The festi- www.facebook.com/dundeeceltfest val has a strong focus on local young talent as www.liveattroon.com well as the best of the established performers. Loopallu As well as a great line-up of music, food and drink it's also important to us to provide a wide Ullapool Blas Festival range of activities for all ages. 25-26 September Highlands 4-12 September www.bowfest.co.uk Loopallu takes place in the tiny remote North West coast fishing village of Ullapool and douBlas Festival is the Highlands' premier Gaelic bles the population of the village for the weekand traditional music festival. Blas takes place in Midfest end. As well as the usual eclectic line up of acts venues across the Highlands and includes an Dalkeith appearing at the festival big top and the fringe eclectic line-up of local, national and interna13 September events after hours in the villages pubs, the festitional artistes. val will be welcoming the return of the Literally Now in its third year, Midfest is a highlight of Literary tent in association with Ullapool Book www.blas-festival.com Midlothian’s cultural calendar with music, art, Festival. All this, as well as the usual warm Ulla-
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concerts, ceilidhs and open air performances are the traditional hallmarks of the annual September event. The Festival caters for a wide range of musical tastes. Initially the focus was on traditional Scottish and Irish music but in recent years this has broadened to include jazz, blues, Appalachian, country, bluegrass and skiffle.
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True North Aberdeen 25-27 September Aberdeen Performing Arts has announced the launch of True North – Aberdeen’s festival of music and song – celebrating the North-east's singer songwriter tradition and providing a platform for the very best music and song, from ballads to contemporary classics. Taking place from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September at The Lemon Tree, Music Hall and in various locations across Aberdeen’s city centre, the festival includes an evening celebrating the music of Neil Young in his 70th year featuring a lineup of top artists, a Songwriters’ Circle event, Late Night Festival Club sessions and a headline concert at the Music Hall featuring a - yet to be announced - award winning artist. www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/truenorth
Isle of Jura Music Festival Jura 25-27 September The Isle of Jura Musical Festival is a wellestablished favourite for lovers of the traditional music scene, enjoy a weekend packed with fantastic performances, stimulating workshops, spontaneous sessions and great craic. To guarantee you don’t miss out, you can pre-purchase your tickets online now. www.juramusicfestival.com
Dunbar Traditional Music Festival Dunbar 25-27 September
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OCTOBER Balmaha’s Braw Weekend
Paisley's national festival of music, comedy and arts, now in it third year - taking place at various venues in the town centre . The Spiegeltent will be back in County Square to host the bulk of the action but there will be a few big-name shows in the Abbey as well as stuff happening at Paisley Arts Centre and elsewhere. We also have a few surprises in store! www.thespree.co.uk
The Cumnock Tryst Cumnock 1-4 October
Balmaha, Loch Lomond 3 October
A music festival under the leadership of Scottish composer, James MacMillan CBE Cumnock, Scotland. The Cumnock Tryst is an A new food, drink and music festival in the East annual event with concerts in venues in and Loch Lomond village, organised by The Oak Tree around the town. The programme will feature Inn and sponsored by Deanston Distillery on the some of the finest, international classical artists, banks of Loch Lomond. On the Saturday night as well as music and musicians from different from 6pm-midnight enjoy a Beer, Whisky and backgrounds both stylistically and socially. The Music festival. A strong line up of music acts for Cumnock Tryst aims to make its strong committhe evening includes Dave Arcari, The Zips, Mick ment to the community at the heart of all its acHargan and Have Mercy Las Vegas. tivities, for instance involving young people at school and college, amateur choirs and local www.balmahasbrawweekend.co.uk bands.
Tenement Trail Multi Venue Festival Glasgow 4 October The third annual multi-venue music festival from Scotland’s largest music platform Tenement TV will feature a packed line-up including a headline Art School show from Glasgow’s WHITE, sets from Atom Tree, Crash Club, Monogram, Pinact, Other Humans and Team Player. Taking place for over 12 hours on Saturday 4th October 2015, the Tenement Trail festival organisers have also revealed that Lisa Mitchell, AmartArt, Be Charlotte, Bella and The Bear, The Van T’s, Declan Walsh and Aylee will appear.
The Dunbar Traditional Music Festival continues www.tenementtv.com to flourish since it began in 1988. Set in the historic seaside town of Dunbar, the Festival is committed to showcasing local and young talent The Spree alongside well established and internationally Paisley known artists. Song, music, pipes & drums, chil- 9-17 October dren's workshop, informal tunes and sessions,
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Ullapool Guitar Festival Ullapool 2-4 October So why is the UGF so special? Perhaps it’s the mix of music old and new, of electric and acoustic, of steel and nylon, of seasoned performers and those, like the students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, just starting out on their careers. Perhaps it’s the location on Loch Broom and the drive up through some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery. Perhaps it’s the informal air of the whole weekend: there’s no “us and them”, no VIP area. Everyone mingles, and you’re likely to find yourself sitting beside a guitar legend in the Festival Club – or even jamming with them on one of the trade stands. www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com
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2016 JANUARY Celtic Connections Glasgow 14-31 January Celtic Connections 2016 comprises a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in Glasgow.
The festival is now in its 8th year and takes place in three highly intimate venues over three www.celticconnections.com nights in the wonderful setting of Kinlochard in the Trossachs. The concerts offer an expo of bagpipe, accordion, strings, fiddle, vocals and flute music fusing traditional and contemporary Scottish styles. Each night differs from the other but both include a blend of great music for everyone with a mix of folk, modern and traditional MV Festival Aviemore styles! Returning in 2016 www.sound-scotland.co.uk www.scottishmusicfestival.co.uk It’s a weekend of comedy, music and snowsport thrills on the hills in and around Aviemore. 2016 Sonica Fiddle 2015 tickets will soon be available from www. Glasgow Edinburgh ukgigsonline.com Proceeds from the festival go 29 October - 8 November 20-22 November to the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and Disability Snowsport UK. Sonica returns to Glasgow for 12 days this AuOne of Scotland's biggest traditional music festitumn with a programme dedicated to worldvals, promoting & sustaining traditional fiddle www.mvfestival.com class sonic arts, presenting emerging British tal- music since 1996. A weekend packed full of ent alongside exceptional international artists great music! Over the weekend there are confrom Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, certs, ceilidhs, recitals, workshops, talks, open Indonesia, Netherlands and Quebec. Highlights stage, festival clubs, sessions, stalls, free include:Olivier Ratsi (Antivj) // Herman Kolevents.... and lots, lots more! The Fiddle Festival gen // Speak Percussion with Robin Fox // Kathy committee are now working hard towards Fiddle Riverside Rock Hinde // Sisi Lu // Mark Lyken // Robbie Thom- 2015. The dates are out now but keep an eye on Jedburgh son. “If you want to experience the thrilling inour Facebook page and join our mailing list to be 18 June terface where music, visual art, theatre and digi- the first to hear what artists are playing at this tal technology meet, hasten to Glasgow.” The years festival. Riverside Rock 2016 already have some fantasTimes. Tickets on sale from Monday 15 June tic bands signed up: The Men They Couldn’t www.facebook.com/scotsfiddlefest Hang / The Lost Boys / Scocha (Back for a 3rd www.sonic-a.co.uk Year) / Blistered Molly (Back for a 2nd Year) / sound is driven by the passion to make new music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. It embraces a network of local organisations to produce a varied programme of events exploring new music. The festival brings together a large range of different genres of music to appeal to a wide variety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and widen their musical horizons.
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This is the 11th year of our festival and promises once again to be full of wonderful concerts featuring the finest of Scotland's musical talent as well as some international guests. Our venues are as special as ever … ranging from the prestigious Perth Concert Hall to town halls and tiny village halls, from atmospheric castles to our historic Dunkeld Cathedral and even including an iron age Crannog on Loch Tay…25 venues in all in 2015! www.perthshireamber.com
NOVEMBER Kinross-shire Winter Festival Kinross-shire November (various dates)
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Greg Anderson (Back too for 2nd year) he rocked the tent at the end last year! Main tent headliner and other bands to be announced. As before Riverside Rock must not be missed, the Scottish Borders very own music festival at Riverside Park, Jedburgh, and 2016 will have more food outlets, more bars and a bigger tent. Tickets on sale soon!
Four fabulous days and nights of amazing events www.riversiderock.co.uk 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 Wickerman Festival yourself. Dumfries & Galloway 22-23 July www.edinburghshogmanay.org
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The Red Hot Highland Fling Inverness 31 December Scotland's Biggest Free Hogmanay Concert is guaranteed to bring the 2015 Inverness Festivals programme to a wonderful climax. Children Welcome!
Wickerman is one of the UK’s best-loved independent music festivals which will enter its 15th consecutive year in 2016. With ten stages featuring an eclectic and exciting mix of leading artists, heritage acts and up-and-coming talent, the two day summer party caters for all musical tastes. www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
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