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Live at the Longlist :: a brand new event to exclusively announce The SAY Award 2017 Longlist On Wednesday 24 May, The 'SAY' Scottish Album of the Year Award 2017 Longlist will be revealed in front of a live audience at Glasgow’s O₂ ABC.
scoring 20 albums will make up The SAY Award Longlist. Launched by the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) in 2012, The SAY Award has been key to showcasing Scotland’s wealth of musical talent on a global scale. Wielding one of the UK’s most lucrative prize funds, The SAY Award champions the extraordinary strength and diversity of Scotland’s musical landscape.
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The Longlist will be further whittled down to a shortlist of just 10 albums, one of which will be chosen by the public during a 72-hour online vote and 9 chosen by judges. The shortlist will be announced on June 15th as part of a BBC Quay Sessions show, with the award ceremony then taking place on June 28th in the surroundings of Paisley's elegant Town Hall, in support of Paisley’s bid to become UK City of Culture 2021. The winning artist will pick up a £20,000 cash prize, provided by long term Award partner Creative Scotland. The nine Home to The SAY Award ceremony back in 2015, runners up will each be awarded a £1,000 prize, the venue welcomes the Award back for this new as well as an exclusively designed piece of ticketed event where SAY Award alumni Admiral artwork from the SAY Award Design Fallow, Steve Mason (acoustic) and Mungo’s Commission. Hi Fi will perform live, and 20 outstanding www.sayaward.com Scottish albums will be announced as The SAY www.facebook.com/SAYaward Award 2017 Longlist. Each of these 20 albums https://twitter.com/SAYaward will be in the running for the £20,000 grand prize, as well as the coveted title of Scottish Album of the Year 2017.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 12 April, and will be available at www.sayaward.com Robert Kilpatrick, Projects and Operations Manager at the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), said: “To announce this year’s SAY Award Longlist, we’re delighted to introduce this fantastic new live music event in Glasgow, allowing music fans to engage with the award more than ever before. Admiral Fallow, Steve Mason and Mungo’s Hi Fi have each been celebrated through previous SAY Award campaigns for fantastic album releases, so what better way to announce this year’s top 20 albums than by inviting them to play at ‘Live at the Longlist’, a new event celebrating great Scottish albums both old and new”. The SAY Award 2017 campaign kicked off on 1 March by inviting artists, labels and the public to submit eligible albums released between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017 to The SAY Award website. Submissions closed on 31 March, and with just shy of 300 eligible albums submitted, it’s now down to 100 impartial nominators chosen from press, radio, music venues, jazz, classical, traditional folk and elsewhere in the arts to consider the titles from the Eligible Albums List and nominate their five favourites. Ranking them in order of preference and with points assigned to each choice, the highest
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Wide Days Showcase Line-Up Announced Wide Days music convention has announced the line-up for this year’s showcases, which take place in Edinburgh venues Teviot Row House, La Belle Angele and the Liquid Room on Friday 21 April.
Thanks to a PRS Foundation grant, this year’s Wide Days offers a package of additional support for all the showcase acts including mentoring, enhanced production and a range of promotional assets.
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“We’re delighted to be supporting the awardwinning Wide Days music convention in Scotland to expand the development opportunities on offer for the talented music creators that will be showcasing,” says Joe Frankland, senior grants & programmes manager at PRS Foundation. "I look forward to seeing the impact this support will have on the careers of those taking part.”
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Scots sweep the boards at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards The winners of the 2017 Radio 2 Folk Awards were announced in a ceremony broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall, London where the Scottish acts nominated dominated the evening. Sharleen Spiteri said: "The first time I've been at a music awards and my accent's not been a problem!" as she presented the 'Folk Singer Of The Year' award to Kris Drever.
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Now in their 18th year, the Awards are a key highlight of the UK folk music calendar and serve to raise the profile of folk music. Talent, new and old, received accolades including Folk Singer of the Year, Best Duo, Best Album, Musician of the Year, Young Folk Award and more. Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Ry Cooder and Al Stewart.
www.topfloortaivers.com Top Floor Taivers debut album interweaves traditional Scottish, contemporary and original songs and tunes, influenced by the band member's respective home nations and pushing the boundaries of folk. Catch them on tour!
The notable Scottish wins were: Folk Singer Of The Year / Kris Drever :: Best Duo / Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton :: Musician Of The Year / Rachel Newton :: Best Original Track / If Wishes Were Horses by Kris Drever :: BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award / Josie Duncan and Pablo Lafuente. Scots are also involved with Best Group / The Furrow Collective :: Best Album / Songs Of Separation by Songs of Separation. And Glasgow born singersongwriter Al Stewart received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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from the Ballads Of Child Migration, which tells the story of the enforced migration of over 100,000 children to Australia and Canada between 1863 and 1970. The specially-curated performance was narrated by Barbara Dickson with original songs performed by Kris Drever, Jez Lowe, While & Matthews, Boo Hewerdine, O'Hooley & Tidow, John McCusker, Andy Cutting and Michael McGoldrick. Folk icon Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Radio 2 Folk Awards Hall of Fame, to celebrate his lasting influence. Billy Bragg performed a special tribute with a rendition of Guthrie’s I Ain’t Got No Home. The celebration marked 50 years since Guthrie's death in 1967, aged 55. The musician wrote some of the most enduring standards in the genre with his life and work dedicated to supporting and documenting the rights of workers and the downtrodden. His songs have been covered by countless singers from Bruce Springsteen to Lady Gaga and he was a mentor to a young Bob Dylan and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.
Lewis Carnie, the recently appointed new Head of Radio 2, said: “Huge congratulations to all the winners of the Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 - the calibre of all the nominees was outstanding. This annual event is a wonderful celebration of the vibrant folk music scene and tonight’s show was spectacular, featuring some of folk’s most long standing, biggest and newest stars who Radio 2 is committed to Scottish singer-songwriter Al Stewart also took to the supporting throughout the year.” stage for a performance of his 1977 song, On The Border. Al started his career on the 1960s London folk scene, and has worked alongside Bert Jansch, Jimmy Page, John Renbourn, Rick Wakeman, Tori Folk Singer Of The Year: Kris Drever Amos, Roy Harper and many more. Appearing at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970, he became known Best Duo: Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton Best Group: The Furrow Collective for his brand of folk-rock, which he combined with tales of characters and events from history. He's best Best Album: Songs Of Separation by Songs of known for his 1970s hits Year of the Cat and Time Separation Passages. Horizon Award: Daoirí Farrell Tony Blackburn presented Al Stewart with his award and regaled the audience with his own personal story Musician Of The Year: Rachel Newton of Al. He explained that in the early 1960s, he had in Best Original Track : If Wishes Were Horses by Kris fact been the lead guitarist in Tony’s own group, Tony Drever Blackburn and the Swinging Bells. Best Traditional Track : Van Diemen’s Land by Daoirí Farrell Tony said: “We used to practice at my parents’ house and, as good as he was, he always played his BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award: Josie Duncan and electric guitar far too loud as it always drowned out Pablo Lafuente my vocals… The fact I’m here tonight will do Al’s Lifetime Achievement Awards: Al Stewart + Ry credibility a lot of damage but I don’t care as I’ve enjoyed playing Year Of The Cat very much over the Cooder years and I haven’t seen him in a long time. It really Hall Of Fame Inductee: Woody Guthrie is an honour to present this Lifetime Achievement Award to such a talented musician.” The Folk Awards was broadcast on BBC
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American roots-rock musician and songwriter, Ry Cooder, took to the stage for a rare UK performance, singing Jesus On The Mainline. A career-long champion of folk music, he is renowned for his inspired slide guitar playing, and through his own work and collaborations with others, from The Rolling Stones to The Chieftains and Buena Vista Social Club. www.thulaborah.com
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The evening opened with a rousing performance by Afro Celt Sound System. And across the night there were spectacular performances from Shirley Collins MBE (performing Washed Ashore), Daoirí Farrell (Van Diemen’s Land), Jim Moray (Fair Margaret And Sweet William), Billy Bragg (I Ain’t Got No Home), and Fara (Three Fishers).
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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE ............ at the worlds most important classical music event - Classical:NEXT "The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"
Classical:NEXT has announced the final set of programme details for its 2017 edition. Attracting the largest worldwide gathering of creatives and professionals working in the contemporary Classical sector, this integral conference and trade fair takes place from Wednesday 17 Saturday 20 May in Rotterdam, the Netherlands at the renowned de Doelen international concert hall and congress centre.
classical music industry and consists of four sections – showcases, conference, expo and film screenings. Since the first edition in 2012, about Ilan Volkov 3000 classical :: www.tectonicsfestival.com music professionals from more than 1000 companies and from over 45 countries have engaged with Classical:NEXT and made it into the world's most important classical music meeting.
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Scottish Music Centre is a membership organisation, with over 100 composer members and creative businesses, a registered Charity and national hub and information point, representing all areas of the industry and delivering a wide range of services to musicians in Scotland. The organisation runs two youth music projects; live music / touring initiative Hit The Road and Music Plus, providing one-to-one mentoring to young people in Scotland. Both offer young people 14-19 years old the opportunity to learn about a career in music and are funded by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI). with Hit The Road also benefitting from support Classical:NEXT consists of four sections – through PRS for Music Foundation. The centre Showcase concerts, interactive conference showcases, conference, expo and film screenings, and since the first edition in 2012, sessions, an expo to present, mix and mingle – is also a PRS for Music Talent Development Partner and Help Musicians UK National Grants about 3,000 classical music professionals from all of these offer a variety of formats for Programme Awardee. Visit www. getting business done, exploring new artistic more than 1,000 companies from across 45 scottishmusiccentre.com | submission ideas and developing pioneering solutions. countries have helped turn it into the world's summary for Classical:NEXT can be viewed at: most important classical music meeting. Classical:NEXT is produced by Berlin-based http://bit.ly/Classical-NEXT For the first time, there will be an official Piranha Arts www.piranha-arts.com who have Creative Scotland is the national agency for Scottish presence in the form of a stand at been running the music fair WOMEX - The the arts, screen and creative industries, World Music Expo - annually since 1994 the trade fair and expo - funded by www.womex.com Classical:NEXT was initiated investing money from the Scottish Government Creative Scotland and managed by the in 2012 by Piranha and CLASS - Association of and the National Lottery towards the Scottish Music Centre team. The stand will development of Scotland's creative future. Classical Independents in Germany eV act as an advertising opportunity for the Music Plus and Hit The Road are part of the www.class-germany.de Local partners of Scottish classical music sector, and will also Classical:NEXT for 2015, 2016 and 2017 are de The Scottish Government’s Youth Music serve as a meeting point, providing Scottish Initiative (YMI), which is administered by Doelen, www.dedoelen.nl Rotterdam, The delegates with a space to conduct business Creative Scotland. The YMI creates access to Netherlands, with Michael Nieuwenhuizen, during the conference. high quality music making opportunities, former director of the Dutch Classical Music Music Officer, Clare Hewitt from Creative enables young people to achieve their potential Meeting, as the local project manager. Scotland said, “Creative Scotland is pleased in or through music and supports the For more information about Classical:NEXT to support the Scottish Music Centre to raise development of the sector for the benefit of visit: www.classicalnext.com the profile of Scotland’s music creators, young people. Visit www.creativescotland.com performers and promoters to the international delegates attending Classical: NEXT. They are well placed to use their SEND YOUR MATERIALS FOR INCLUSION @ Classical:NEXT knowledge and passion for Scotland’s Scottish Music Centre is happy to carry promotional materials from classical and contemporary music scene to Scottish artists and companies at the trade stand, and encourage those working within the classical music sector to take advantage of promote the exciting and excellent work this exciting international development opportunity. 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Belladrum Announce New Independent Label and Launch 'Tamzene' identity. Her tender, soulful debut offering, ‘Lullaby’, was written and recorded with McAlinden and mixed by Grammy Award winner David Donaldson.
'Lullaby' is the debut track from Tamzene, the first artist to sign to Belladrum Records a unique new independent label spun out of the multi-award winning Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival. Tamzene is a young 19 year old singersongwriter from the coastal town of Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands; a highly talented multi-instrumentalist, she started learning piano and violin when she was eight years old, encouraged by her saxophonist stepfather and salsa teaching mother. Aged 14 she further extended her musical dexterity by quickly picking up guitar and embarked on writing her own material. Her early influences came from hearing the Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin and Eva Cassidy songs played around the home- and quickly progressed to immersing herself in the sound of artists including Nina Simone, Birdy and Alicia Keys.
Belladrum Records Director Joe Gibbs said: “As one of the most exciting new artists we've seen in some time, we're thrilled that Tamzene will be the first act to sign with Belladrum Records. The Highlands has always had a deep natural reservoir of musical talent and we're delighted that these artists have the option of partnering with a strong regionally based label infrastructure- a platform which is also directly associated with one of Scotland’s biggest and best music festivals. With the creation of this new label, the diversity of the music industry in the Highlands and Islands continues to grow and our ambition is to complement the incredible range of creative businesses already based across this fantastic region." 'Lullaby', the debut track from Tamzene is now available to download and stream on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and most other services. Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation for its eclectic line-ups, offbeat non-musical entertainments and allages approach. The festival won a VisitScotland Thistle Award in 2009 and is a past winner of the Grassroots Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards, the festival industry’s ‘Oscars’. Since its first edition, the festival has welcomed some of the biggest artists in the global music industry as well as developing a reputation as a key platform for showcasing the best emerging talent. Acts to have appeared at the festival include Tom Jones, Manic Street Preachers, Frightened Rabbit, Two Door Cinema Club, Travis, Twin Atlantic, Biffy Clyro and Kaiser Chiefs. This year's festival will take place across the 3rd, 4th and 5th of August.
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Sketches of Spain & Porgy and Bess Directed by Tommy Smith and featuring Laura Jurd + Tom MacNiven Celebrate International Jazz Day with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra as they perform 'Sketches of Spain and Porgy and Bess' : two historic jazz albums by Gil Evans and Miles Davis. Playing the role of Miles Davis will be guest soloists Laura Jurd, one of the UK’s rising jazz stars, and the SNJO’s very own Tom MacNiven. Laura Jurd is an award-winning trumpeter who has taken UK jazz by storm with her band Dinosaur, and her outstanding work with the Ligeti Quartet. She’s also written commissioned music for BBC Concert Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia and BBC Radio 3. In 2015, Laura received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ and she recently joined the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music as a teacher of composition. Tom MacNiven is a familiar face within the ranks of the SNJO as a trumpet soloist extraordinaire. He has been a first call collaborator for countless jazz projects for over two decades and he’s inspired successive generations of jazz trumpeters in live performances and in the classrooms of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. As a session musician he has appeared on countless albums and TV theme tunes and performed at most of the major Festivals in the UK including Glastonbury, Reading and T in the Park. The two works in this programme couldn’t be more contrasting, more iconic, and more perennially popular as defining jazz of the 20thCentury. Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (1959) was radically re-written by Gil Evans in arrangements imprinted and voiced by the inimitable Miles Davis on trumpet. They quickly followed that artistic success with Sketches of Spain, an album in which Evans turned Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez on its harmonic head, and Davis’s trumpet playing transformed Spanish folk
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Summertime, and Rodrigo’s famous Concierto.
This promises to be a landmark concert series for an orchestra that has become accustomed to making history of its own, not least in previous performances of these works with Gerard Presencer, and later with Gunther Schuller in a sell out concert at the Usher Hall. The SNJO have also featured the seminal Evans/Davis work Miles Ahead, in concert series with Ingrid Jensen late 1990s, and more recently with Paolo Fresu in 2013. Similarly, SNJO have twice visited Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool, in both cases to widespread critical acclaim.
The work of Miles Davis and Gil Evans deserves a large stage and this concert series takes full advantage of the acoustic brilliance of three fine venues, culminating in a headline concert for the International Jazz Day event at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. We invite everyone to join the rightly acclaimed SNJO, Laura Jurd and Tom MacNiven to celebrate composers and musicians who were consistently ahead of their time, but never beyond the reach of common understanding.
There can be few introductions to fabled jazz music that still makes such a lasting impact as these impressionist paintings in melodic, modern music. Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain marked career highs for Davis and Evans, and they’ve retained their capacity to hook many a young listener who has learned to treasure recordings like It Ain’t Necessarily So,
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Pupils March To Success at World’s Biggest School Piping Event A record number of pupils had Scotland’s capital city in fine tune recently after going head to head in the world’s largest schools piping competition. More than 800 youngsters from 120 schools across Scotland travelled to Edinburgh to take part in the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships (SSPBC) - a competition dedicated celebrating Scotland’s musical tradition and the talent of our young people This year’s event at James Gillespie’s High School saw pupils compete in 10 categories tailored to their skill set, including Juvenile, Novice Juvenile, Debut A, Junior and Quartets. The competition – which is funded by The Scottish School’s Pipes and Drums Trust (SSPDT) features taster grades for youngsters with no competing experience, as well as providing a forum for schools competing at the highest level. The innovative freestyle category – where musicians can perform a tune of their choice alongside other musical instruments - attracted a great deal of interest with Sgoil Lionacleit taking home the award for their medley of The Fair Swan, Lament for Mary MacLeod, Twisted Bridge, Tioram air Tir, Jig of Slurs, Dr Flora MacAuley and Butter Fingers. Elsewhere, St Andrew’s High School, Renfrewshire Schools, Gairloch High School, Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools, Lochalsh Junior Pipe Band, and George Watson’s College won the Quartet, Debut, Junior, Novice Juvenile and Juvenile categories.
Alexandra Duncan, Chief Executive of The Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust (SSPDT) praised the young pipers and drummers on the level of talent and professionalism they displayed in their performances:
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JAMES LINDSAY :: album :: 'Strand' release date - 2 June @ www.jameslindsaymusic.com Glasgow based instrumentalist James Lindsay steps out as a composer in his own right with the release of debut solo album ‘Strand’ in June. Well respected as a genrehopping session musician, arranger, tutor and member of multi award-winning folk group Breabach this will be the first time he has presented new material since winning the Martyn Bennett prize for composition in 2014.
and distinctly Scottish instrumental work that draws upon James’ diverse range of influences and experiences. It places melodic ideas inspired by the folk tradition within unusual harmonic and rhythmic settings, playfully exploring the boundaries between roots music and contemporary jazz. Improvisations weave in and out of intricately composed passages whilst all the while supported by a grooving rhythm section.
The music is cohesively brought together by Strand is a fully self-penned, darkly atmospheric some of the top cross-genre musicians working
in Scotland today (members of Treacherous Orchestra, Roddie Hart & The Lonesome Fire, Stu Brown’s Twisted Toons). The album was recorded In December 2016 at the newly opened GloWorm Studios in Glasgow with engineer Iain Hutchison (Transatlantic Sessions) and features James on double bass along with Hamish Napier (flute/ keys), Adam Sutherland (fiddle), Scott Mackay (drums), Ben Macdonald (guitar) and Tom Gibbs (keys). Mixing and mastering was completed in Brooklyn, New York by renowned jazz producer Michael Perez-Cisneros(Gilad Hekselman, Julian Shore). The album is inspired by the boundary pushing work of artists such as Bill Frisell, Aidan o’ Rourke, Sam Amidon, Ben Wendel & Martyn Bennett. It also draws thematic impetus from the on going struggles between man and nature that play out around the dramatic Scottish coastline. “James Lindsay provides a sensitive and grooving bass that leads the swell of melodies from beneath.” Kitty Macfarlane Pop up Folk GIGnotes .....
The album will be supported by a select few live shows this Spring; Glasgow - Hug & Pint 26 April, Tobermory - An Tobar 25 May & Ullapool - Ceilidh Place 26 May.
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THE BLUESWATER :: UK Tour tour dates - 13-26 April :: more @ http://theblueswater.com/shows/ Edinburgh rhythm and blues band The Blueswater will be touring across the UK during the second half of April, playing 11 gigs across Scotland, England, and Wales.
Venues include a large converted church/movie theatre in Helensburgh, small sweaty, intimate locations such as London’s famous basement venue room at The Harrison, and established music venues like Manchester’s Matt & Phreds.
by gritty, oldschool rhythm and blues they blend the Chicago sound of Chess records The Blueswater is an award-winning, Edinburghwith the earthy, based band that tours internationally. Influenced droning grooves of Mississippi to create a style that is truly unique. Thick guitar riffs and frenzied harmonica solos are built around driving rhythms to create raucous, high-energy performances. The band consists of some of Scotland’s most experienced young blues musicians, led by American frontman Felipe Schrieberg. In 2011, they premiered their show BLUES! At the Edinburgh Fringe to great acclaim, and in 2012 received a Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe Award. The show, a musical history of the blues genre, now regularly tours across the UK. GIGnotes .....
13 April Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s (support from Smitten) 7.30pm :: 14 April Helensburgh, The Tower 8pm :: 15 April Dundee, The Firefly, 8pm :: 16 April Glasgow, The Hug and Pint (support from Smitten) 7.30pm :: 17 April Liverpool, The Caledonia 9pm :: 19 April London, The Harrison (support from Cat Loud) 8pm.
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THE NIGHT WITH ..... :: Edinburgh and Glasgow concerts concert info @ http://thenightwith.co.uk/events-2/ For the latest 'The Night With .....' evening Joanna Nicholson and Emma Lloyd will perform and evening of music for clarinet, violin and electronics including the premieres of new work by Matthew Whiteside and Nina Whiteman alongside Timothy Cooper’s Shimmering and Kaija Saariaho's Vent Nocturne in the Rowantree, Edinburgh (11 April) and The Hug and Pint, Glasgow (12 April).
orchestral playing with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and contemporary chamber music with Red Note Ensemble and Turning the Elements, a new commission with singer Frances Cooper of poetry and music by Scottish writers. Emma Lloyd is a violinist and violist specialising in the performance of experimental contemporary music and improvisation. She Emma Lloyd
Clarinettist Joanna Nicholson graduated from the Royal College of Music, where she was the winner of an Exhibition Scholarship and numerous prizes. She pursueS a lively freelance career performing, broadcasting and recording with many of the UK’s finest orchestras and ensembles, and featuring as a soloist – notably on Bass Clarinet with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the London Proms, and with the Scottish Ensemble, performing the Finzi Clarinet Concerto. She has performed chamber music in venues including the Purcell Room and New York’s Lincoln Center, and regularly works with jazz and folk musicians in cross-over ensembles.
performs as a soloist and in small ensembles, working often with live electronics, and collaborating regularly with composers. In addition to the modern set-up, she plays a baroque violin and performs both baroque and contemporary music written specifically for this instrument. As an improviser, Emma’s performance tends to be quiet and intimate in nature, exploring the innate timbral qualities of the violin, and discovering some of the often hidden sounds that can be found with her unique combination of technique and tools.
Joanna Nicholson
Ensembles include KUBOV, a violin/electronic duo with Jess Aslan, and a duo with pianist Karin Schistek. She is the violist with the Ison trio and she plays in improvisation groups Grey Area and Edimpro. GIGnotes .....
The Night With... presents: The Night With... Joanna Nicholson and Emma Lloyd. At Rowantree, Edinburgh, 11 April 7.30pm :: The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, Wed, 12 April 7.30pm :: Tickets £10/£8 @ www.musicglue.com/the-night-with-dot-dot-dot
In the last six months her work has included writing and performing a musical story with live electronics, “The Starlicht Runaway” for children aged 3-6 and their families, performing as soloist in Weber’s 2nd Clarinet Concerto,
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THE FILTHY TOUNGUES :: Scottish tour tour info @ www.isaandthefilthytongues.com/#gigs The Filthy Tongues have occupied a unique place at the heart of Scottish alternative rock, in various manifestations, since the mid 80’s.
Two further albums in the UK followed, as Isa & the Filthy Tongues, featuring the core-trio and American-born frontwoman Stacey Chavis. These releases attracted 5 star reviews and saw them played regularly The single Jacobs Ladder, taken from the bands album of the same name on BBC6 Music. The band also featured on has received numerous BBC Scotland plays and the album a 4 star the soundtrack to ex-Skids’ frontman Scottish Express review. God is in the TV said about the album “These turned director, Richard Jobson’s New songs wrap themselves around you like a warm blanket and effortlessly Town Killers film and caught the ear of soothe your soul.” Martin Metalfe (Goodbye Mr MacKenzie) is co-writing Hollywood in David Mackenzie’s film the Skids 1st LP in 35 years, due for release later this year and the band Spread. 2016 and The Filthy Tongues are support The Skids on numerous dates in May and June. once more back to the original, everdependable trio, but working a revolvingMartin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly were the core-members of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, a stunning live band with Metcalfe resembling the door policy featuring various musical and MC of a debauched, vaguely gothic cabaret, which effortlessly churned out literate contributors and collaborators. The new eight-track album finds The Filthy pop classics, sinister dark Blues and full-blown stadium-fitting anthems. The core trio, along with the Mackenzies’ keyboardist and backing singer, Tongues in familiar territory - highly Shirley Manson, evolved into Angelfish, ably aided and abetted by Taking literary musings on their hometown of Edinburgh, but also evocative of such celebrated US Deep South Heads and Blondie manager Gary Kurfirst, and quickly established a hardcore following as the band appeared in both the UK national and US scribblers as William Falkner and Flannery O’Connor. College charts. They recorded a well-received album in Connecticut with But it’s definitely an Edinburgh album, a journey through the dark, damp Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads, and the video closes and stairwells of the Old Town and all that goes with it. It’s for the single Suffocate Me caught the attention of producer and musician, claustrophobic, and menacing with nary a glisten of sunlight, but it’s all Steve Marker, who was actively sourcing possible lead singers for a new the more compelling and captivating for that. The LP is pleasingly grotty project he was working on with fellow musician/producers Butch Vig and and more than a bit gothic. All based around a dark neo-feudal Duke Erikson. The project was Garbage. Manson was lured from Angelfish Edinburgh. In a colourful career the band have worked and toured with to front the nascent Garbage and the rest, as they say, is history. Blondie, The Ramones, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, Vic Chesnutt,
New York Dolls, Big Audio Dynamite, Aztec Camera and many more. When listening to The Filthy Tongues, musical critics recognise Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division, Nick Cave and Scott Walker influences, and other plumbers of the murky musical depths, but the style of this ever evolving band remains strikingly and individually their own. GIGnotes .....
14 April - Aberdeen Cafe Drummond :: 5 May - Edinburgh Liquid Rooms (supporting THE SKIDS) :: 6 May - Glasgow ABC (supporting THE SKIDS) :: 17 June - Glasgow 02 ABC :: 29 June - Montrose Town Hall (supporting THE SKIDS) :: 30 June - Dunfermline Glen Pavilion (supporting THE SKIDS)
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THE YOUTH AND YOUNG :: single + Edinburgh gig :: 'Lanterns' release date - spring @ https://theyouthandyoung.bandcamp.com/ The Youth And Young will be playing a special summer headline show in association with The Big Discovery at The Mash House in Edinburgh on Saturday, 17 June to celebrate the release of their new single ‘Lanterns’ which will be out in the Spring. Support acts are to be announced soon.
Formed in November 2012, The Youth And Young are an 8-piece noisy folk band from the east coast of Scotland. Since the 2013 release of their self-titled E.P. and follow up single: “Out Father’s Wars,” They’ve traversed across their native land spreading and developing their brand of “panoramic indie-folk”. The Youth And Young have developed a reputation for both engaging and raucous live performances appearing at festivals including;
Belladrum, Brew at the Bog, Bute Fest, Tiree Music Festival, XpoNorth and Eden. They have also shared stages with heavyweight compatriots We Were Promised Jetpacks and Fatherson, as well as contemporaries There Will Be Fireworks and Mt. Doubt. 2016 saw the release of their debut album: “Gestures” released to a sold-out crowd in Edinburgh which gained acclaim from the country’s most respected blogs and music critics with lead single “Little Sky” being selected as BBC Scotland’s single of the week on the Janice Forsyth show in October. Having spent the winter in the studio, The Youth And Young are back with their next single “Lanterns”, which will be released ahead of their headline show in Edinburgh this summer. Hear their debut album @
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LORNA REID :: Edinburgh Queen's Hall concert concert info @ www.lornareid.com/concerts
Scotland’s cool and classy jazz diva Lorna Reid has grown a reputation as a world-class vocalist with recent performances at
Rochester NY International Jazz Festival and a tour in Germany with gypsy jazz guitarist Lulo Reinhardt.
Her writing has met with critical acclaim and has established her as one of Scotland’s finest songwriters with an eclectic style that crosses jazz, blues and soul. Likened to Diana Krall ‘cool and gliding’ and Norah Jones ‘effortless blend of Jazz and Americana’. The Lorna Reid Quintet features some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians, plus special guests. Truth In My Heart is a blend of beautiful jazz standards and originals. “Lorna Reid has the blues of Bessie Smith, swing of Ella, strength of Billie Holiday and soul of Nina Simone” (Rhein-Zeitung Germany) “If the totality of the set is like anything at all it’s the classy retro music of Caro Emerald” (The Herald) “Tasteful…elegant…soulful” (The Scotsman) "Fabulous repertoire from easy listening to hot vintage swing" (Jazz House BBC Radio Scotland) GIGnotes .....Thursday 27 April, 8pm. The Queen’s Hall Edinburgh presents The Lorna Reid Quintet: Truth In My Heart. Tickets £16
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download LISA KOWALSKI
THULA BORAH
Free Spirits
Near Life Experience
EP cd / download Release Date: 21 April
Debut EP by 17 year old singer songwriter from Paisley funded by Paisley 2021 City of Culture bid and including four specially selected songs which reflect Lisa's personal and musical journey to date. Lyrics and melodies to express feelings, responses and reactions to people and places encountered. Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/pg/lisakowalskimusic/videos/
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Putting down a marker for all rock bands in 2017, Thula Borah have produced one of the best records you're likely to hear all year, creating a sound that defies any one genre; switching seamlessly from post-rock, posthardcore and dream-pop to grunge, indie-rock and emo. Indeed, Thula Borah have taken post-hardcore sensibilities and fuzzed out, meaty riffs and amalgamated them with catchy hooks that demand your attention. Listen/Watch: https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com
Available from: Available on Spotify, I tunes and all major platforms. CDs from Feel the Groove Records Paisley, New Hellfire Available from: https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com Club Glasgow https://twitter.com/lkowalskimusic www.facebook.com/lisakowalskimusic/
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ADRIANA SPINA
RACHEL ALICE JOHNSON Name of release
EP cd / download / stream Release Date: 23 February Since being selected for Creative Scotland's 'Verden Studios Demo Project 15', Rachel Alice Johnson has gone on to perform with her band at such venues as the BBC Scotland Castle Tent and most recently at King Tuts Wah Wah Hit. Inspired by Lana Del Rey, Royal Blood and The Black Keys, her debut EP '2AM' transitions in to a new vibe of sultry rock and toll combined with bass heavy electro-pop. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/rachyjohnson/sets/2am/s-Y3gft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0owY-D14ruo Available from:
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EUGENE TWIST JENNY STURGEON
Let Out The Dark album cd / vinyl / download Release Date: 24 March
Adriana Spina’s second album, released almost six years after her first, is more raw and guitar-driven that its predecessor. Let Out The Dark features Ross McFarlane (Texas, The Proclaimers) on drums, and comprises of ten songs which touch on themes from lost love and infidelity to atheism and the refugee crisis. Listen/Watch: www.adrianaspina.com/music www.soundcloud.com/adspina www.adrianaspina.bandcamp.com Available from: www.adrianaspina.com/shop www.adrianaspina.bandcamp.com Also available via iTunes and all other popular download sites from 24 March www.adrianaspina.com www.facebook.com/adrianaspinamusic www.twitter.com/adrianamusic www.instagram.com/adrianasingssongs
The Stuntman The Wren and The Salt Air album cd / download / stream Release Date: 17 February
‘The Wren And The Salt Air’ is a collection of songs and tunes by acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter Jenny Sturgeon. It was written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda becoming a World Heritage Site for its natural features. 'Musically superb, absolutely fascinating and utterly charming' Shire Folk. Listen/Watch: https://jennysturgeon.bandcamp.com
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With a lyrical arena boasting whistleblowers, extraterrestrials and self-cannibalisation, Eugene Twist's highly anticipated second album arrives with one mission: to let the storyteller run riot inside the song. From spat-out surrealism to politicised anthems and mystical ballads, 'The Stuntman' is the latest from the unbounded imagination of Eugene Twist. Listen/Watch: https://eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/yooteeyoob https://spoti.fi/2iut838 Available from: http://bit.ly/et-album http://apple.co/2iYEoWy www.eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.eugenetwist.co.uk www.facebook.com/eugenetwistmusic www.twitter.com/EugeneTwist
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download TEANNAICH Energised
album cd / download Release Date: 9 December
Edinburgh Rock ceilidh band have released their 2nd album Energised. With this album Teannaich has brought their unique band of high energy folk rock ceilidh music from the stage to the studio with 11 great tracks of music which is both great for listening or dancing to. Listen/Watch: www.teannaich.com/media.htm Available from: www.teannaich.com/shop.htm www.teannaich.com www.facebook.com/teannaich https://twitter.com/Teannaich
EWAN McLENNAN & GEORGE MONBIOT Breaking the Spell of Loneliness album cd / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
A remarkable collaboration between writer George Monbiot and musician Ewan McLennan, seeking to use music and word to open up the issue of loneliness and bring people together. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com https://soundcloud.com Available from: All usual outlets www.ewanmclennan.co.uk www.monbiot.com
NORRIE McCULLOCH
LOUISE McVEY & CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE Under The Heart
album cd / vinyl / download Release Date: 5 December
Glasgow-based two-piece Louise McVey & Cracks in the Concrete, Louise McVey (vocals) and Graeme Miller (sound), met in a basement in 2009. McVey‘s sonorous vocals and Miller’s off kilter musical arrangements create darkly atmospheric, and at times unsettling songs , highlighting their shared passion for dark unexplored musical territory. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com https://soundcloud.com Available from: www.threadsofsound.net/louisemcveycitc/ www.facebook.com/louisemcveyandcracksintheconcrete
DANNY MORTIMER RAB NOAKES
Bare Along The Branches album cd / vinyl (tbc) / download / stream Release Date: 24 February
Norrie McCulloch’s third full-length album in as many years effortlessly merges folk, country, americana and indie genres. Recorded live to analogue tape with regular collaborators: Dave McGowan (Teenage Fanclub), Stuart Kidd and Marco Rea (The Wellgreen), Iain Thompson (Bella Hardy band) and Iain Sloan (Wynntown Marshals) this is his most accomplished collection of songs to date. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/norriemcculloch www.norriemcculloch.bandcamp.com www.norriemcculloch.com/music--video Available from: www.norriemcculloch.bandcamp.com www.norriemcculloch.com/shop (and most good independent record stores) www. norriemcculloch.com
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Out Of The Blue The Treatment Tapes EP cd / download Release Date: 20 January
In January 2015, Rab Noakes was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer. Thirty radiotherapy sessions ensued. The post-treatment recovery included singing and, of course, writing songs. Six of those songs are on Rab’s new record. There’s no self-pity though, here you’ll find defiance, resilience, love, support and, hopefully, wit.
EP cd / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
Guitar-Based Melodic Rock Music from the North East Of Scotland. Solid, chunky riffs with harmonised leads with rolling bass lines and on point drums. FFO Jimmy Eat World, Ash, Green Day and Lifehouse. Singles "Stay With Me" and "Waiting" taken from "Out Of The Blue" EP. Listen/Watch: http://bit.ly/dm-waiting http://bit.ly/dm-staywithme http://bit.ly/dm-outoftheblue
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download BRITTLE HEAD GIRL
RICHARD BUCHANAN
SOPHIE RAMSAY
Fall In Line
Highway Stars
The Seas Between Us
EP cd / download / stream Release Date: 28 October An unsigned 4 piece indie rock band from Edinburgh. Their influences are varied and include Swervedriver, Ride, Redd Kross, Smashing Pumpkins, Therapy?, Girls Against Boys, Helmet, Alice In Chains and Placebo to name but a few. Their music has been described by 7Ahead as “…the raucousness of early Nirvana records jumps out and appears to be revitalised in BHG’s style.” https://t.co/N11Ucdc4 Listen/Watch: www.brittleheadgirl.bandcamp.com https://m.soundcloud.com/brittleheadgirl
single download Release Date: 7 October
The title of this latest release from Richard Buchanan, former bass player with 90’s Scottish under-achievers The Lost Soul Band, is a mondegreen, or misheard words. This unashamed pop song describes a special, enduring friendship with a fellow troubadour and features an odd instrumental section.
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album - cd / download Release Date: Out Now
My new album The Seas Between Us is out now! It has twelve old Scots and Gaelic songs, many of which I’ve been singing since I was a little girl. It was recorded and produced by Matheu Watson, who also played several instruments (guitars, fiddle, mandolin, prepared instruments, synth, organs, etc.) and features Fraser Fifield (prepared whistle, lowland pipes, kaval), Jim Rattigan (French horn), Ben Cashell (cello) and Findlay Napier (voice). It was mixed by Leo Abrahams and mastered by Iain Hutchison. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/sophrams/feed https://soundcloud.com/sophie-ramsay Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify www.sophieramsay.com https://twitter.com/sophie_ramsay www.facebook.com/sophieramsaysinger
GILCHRIST
PYRO VERSE METRICS
Soul Preacher
Money
single download / stream Release Date: Out Now
Debut video single from Alternative Rock duo PYRO. These 17 year old lads from Bathgate produce a wall of sound that you would expect from a 5 piece band. Connor leads on vocals from behind the drums while Cameron uses one guitar and few friends he calls pedals. A blend of Royal Blood and Foo Fighters. Listen/Watch: YouTube: http://bit.ly/2hBB8My https://soundcloud.com/pyromusicband Available from: itunes Spotify cdBaby apple music www.facebook.com/pyromusicband https://twitter.com/pyromusicband Email: emailpyromusic@gmail.com
We’ll Be Listening and Remembering Until We’re Old and Unsteady EP vinyl / download / stream Release Date: 2 December
'We’ll Be Listening and Remembering Until We’re Old and Unsteady’ is the third EP from Glasgow’s Verse Metrics, a groove-driven 4 piece band with a knack for writing twisty, turny alternative rock songs. Expect post-rock instrumentation with nontraditional song structures; and math-rock subtleties as a bed for Bob Dick’s introspective and often cryptic lyrics. Listen/Watch: http://soundcloud.com/versemetrics http://versemetrics.bandcamp.com http://youtube.com/versemetrics Available from: Vinyl - http://bit.ly/metricsvinyl Download - http://bit.ly/listeningdl iTunes - http://apple.co/2i59smR www.versemetrics.com www.facebook.com/versemetrics http://twitter.com/versemetrics
EP cd / download / stream Release Date: 16 December
Gilchrist are an Edinburgh band playing an exciting fusion of rock, funk and soul. They released their debut album ‘Funky Philosophy’ in November 2014 and have recently been working with award winning producer Steve Power. They are to release 4 EPs over the next year starting with the ‘Soul Preacher’ EP which contains 3 tracks mixed by Steve. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/gilchrist-2/soul-preacher https://soundcloud.com/gilchrist-2/river-of-tears https://youtu.be/EDZBPoFI7A8 https://youtu.be/b4fID8urlzE https://youtu.be/CnRZ0R29qoc Available from: https://itun.es/gb/V_BKgb www.gilchristfunk.com www.facebook.com/gilchristfunk https://twitter.com/GilchristFunk
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download THE REVELLERS
JUDE ADAMS
KIM EDGAR
Skeletons
This Girl, This Woman
Stories Untold
album - cd / download / stream Release Dates: CD Out Now / Download 31/10/16 / Steam 1/1/7
album - cd / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
This Girl, This Woman is the debut album by 57-yearHailing from The Shetland Islands, The Revellers are a old singer Jude Adams, who discovered her talent seven-piece juggernaut, that combine fiddle, mandolin following a life-changing M.E. diagnosis. The album, and tenor banjo with heavy metal, punk and alternative which Jude describes as soulful pop with a 60s twist, rock rhythm section. The end result is something which contains 10 tracks all written and sung by Jude, and has been nicknamed by onlookers as ‘Heavy Folk Music’ produced and arranged by musician Janette Mason. or ‘Viking Metal’. The band release their second album Jude comments: " I always loved to sing, and I always did, but behind closed doors. It was only when I got to this autumn – ‘Skeletons’ with Tim Matthew (Lau/ 50 that I summoned the courage to start singing in Mystery Juice) at the helm and cameo appearances public. And then two years later I was diagnosed with from some of Shetland’s finest musicians (including M.E. Performing, work and many ways in which I lived Arthur Nicholson and Kris Drever) and Danish multimy life had to stop or change significantly. It was instrumentalist, Perry Stenback. debilitating, but led to a lot of personal reflection, and Listen/Watch: ultimately the silver lining of discovering a passion for www.the-revellers.com/category/videos/ songwriting." Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify www.the-revellers.com https://twitter.com/TheRevellers www.facebook.com/therevellersshetland
Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/judeadamssings Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com // www.amazon.co.uk iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify www.judeadamssings.net https://twitter.com/thelittlefunky
PETE COUTTS
album cd / download Release Date: 23 September
Stories Untold is an intimate and inspiring collection of original songs, tackling topics including child soldiers, crime and punishment, loss, and love in its many forms. Early responses have been positive, with five stars from Spiral Earth, and album of the week from Iain Anderson and Celtic Music Radio. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/kim-edgar Available from: From release from iTunes and other download stores and also in all good record stores through Proper Music Distribution and www.kimedgar.com/music www.kimedgar.com www.facebook.com/KimEdgarMusic www.facebook.com/KimEdgarSongwriter
PAUL ARMOUR THE KATET
Northern Sky
album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Northern Sky is the eagerly awaited debut solo album from Aberdeen musician Pete Coutts (mandolin, guitar, vocals). This collection of original Doric songs and tunes draws from the cultural heritage and language of the North-East whilst keeping its roots planted firmly in the contemporary sound of traditional Scottish music. Featuring some of Scotland’s finest musicians including: Ali Hutton (pipes, whistles, guitar), Jonny Hardie (fiddle), Brian McAlpine (accordion), Martin O’Neill (bodhran). The album weaves its way through a rich tapestry of tunes and tales inspired by traditional life in North-East Scotland’s fishing and farming communities Listen/Watch:
https://petecoutts.bandcamp.com/album/northern-sky
Available from:
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https://twitter.com/pete_coutts www.facebook.com/petecouttsmusic
The Poets & The Beats Guillotine
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Guillotine was launched on 10th oct at Summerhall with a massive 19piece line-up including string and brass sextets. This was the only way to do the album justice. Guillotine is the culmination of the band's 8 year weekly residency at Edinburgh's notorious Jazz Bar. This is definitely a huge step up in Mike Kearney's production and writing style. Enjoy! Listen/Watch: https://thekatet.bandcamp.com/ www.youtube.com/user/thekatetband Available from: https://thekatet.bandcamp.com/ www.thekatet.co.uk www.facebook.com/thekatetband https://twitter.com/thekatetband
album cd / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
The Poets and the Beats from Musician / producer Paul Armour (ex Seminal Glasgow Surf Pop Band “The Cuban Heels") “The album is very much a beat combo sound. Punchy with grooves using classic retro instruments: Rhodes Wurlitzer & Hammond, vintage amps and guitars. The feel is a mix of styles, melodic & rhythmic. Lyrically quirky with themes of hope and renewal. A recent review from Rock Fm. Scotland described the sound as “Weller-ish” but more refined! It’s all in the ear of the beholder. Enjoy the beats…” Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com www.youtube.com Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.paularmour.co.uk https://twitter.com/paul497191 www.facebook.com/paul.armour.31
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download GRAHAM MacKENZIE
MARTHA L. HEALY
MARY K BURKE
Crossing Borders
To Be Free
Tonight, As We Dance
album cd Release Date: 9 September ‘Crossing Borders’ was a Celtic Connections commission in 2015 written for a nine piece ensemble and represents Graham's musical journey to date, reflecting on places, people and musical styles that have influenced him and his music. The piece draws on vibrant Scottish, Irish and Cape Breton styles and is written in four sections, each highlighting one of these cultures. It brings together a fusion of traditional and classical styles in his own composition. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/Graham30771
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
To Be Free is an interim project - in between albums number one and two - for Glasgow's Martha L. Healy. Including two originals and two of Martha's favourite country classics, the EP was recorded with her band over a snowy weekend in Glasgow in January 2016. Listen/Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K__HHP3zq1w
Available from: iTunes and www.grahammackenziemusic.com/shop/
Available from: www.marthalhealy.com https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/to-be-free-ep/ id1148312525 plus Amazon + other sites
www.grahammackenziemusic.com https://twitter.com/Grahamfiddle www.facebook.com/grahammackenziemusic
www.marthalhealy.com www.facebook.com/marthalhealy https://twitter.com/MarthaLHealy
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The song was written by singer/songwriter John Faulkner and was first recorded in 1993 on the album Solid Ground by Dolores Keane. Mary K’s version was recorded at Gaf Studios in New Inn, Co Tipperary and was arranged and produced by award winning musician and producer Fran Curry and engineered mixed & mastered by Joe Gallagher. It has been a busy year for Mary K with the successful single” I’ll accept the rose” and her second album “Sweet is the melody”. Mary K has also finished the recording of her self-penned album which is attracting a lot of attention particularly in The United States. Listen/Watch: http://marykburke.bandcamp.com www.mkburke.co.uk/videos.html https://youtu.be/8PZd0bKVsk4 Available from: www.mkburke.co.uk www.mkburke.co.uk www.facebook.com/mkburke1 https://twitter.com/marykburke1
LIZA MULHOLLAND
FAT-SUIT HEATHER DICKSON
Fine ’n’ Rosy
album cd / vinyl / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
Atlas
album cd / download / stream Release Date: 3 October
"FAT-SUIT (“One of the best bands in British music full stop” - Stephen Duffy, BBC Radio Scotland) is on a collective journey through music, using jazz as the point of departure to explore a myriad of soundworlds. This ensemble of rotating musicians release their third album ‘Atlas’ which features ten brand new compositions performed live by twenty seven of the UK’s fnest and most in demand musicians." Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/pg/fatsuit/videos/ Available from: http://fatsuit.bigcartel.com/product/atlas https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fatsuit13
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/atlas/id1136200086
http://www.fat-suit.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/fatsuit/ https://twitter.com/fat_suit
Harley Honey single cd / download Release Date: 22 October
Don’t miss this edgy new sound from Scotland’s Heather Dickson. 'Harley Honey' was recorded in Nashville, the home of country music but the heart of the song is rock n roll! Listen/Watch: www.cdbaby.com/cd/heatherdickson22 Available from: www.cdbaby.com/cd/heatherdickson22 www.heatherdickson.co.uk www.facebook.com/hdickson37 Download on iTunes www.heatherdickson.co.uk www.facebook.com/hdickson37 https://twitter.com/dicksonh40
Born and brought up in Inverness, Liza has been involved in folk music for many years. Although classically trained in piano, her family background of a big Glasgow-Irish clan of musicians and singers on her father's side, and the Gaelic song tradition of her mother's Isle of Lewis heritage, inevitably meant a strong pull towards the folk scene. On her first solo album of original songs and tunes, Fine 'n' Rosy, Liza brings together some top players, including cousin, Rua Macmillan, winner of Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of the Year 2009, Alasdair Taylor of the Folk Award-winning band, The Elephant Sessions, and Robin Abbot of The Mystic Shoes. This intimate album comprises reflective ballads and uptempo songs with catchy choruses, complemented by rollicking trad-style tunes and dreamy instrumentals.
Listen/Watch: http://apple.co/2dO3pST Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify www.facebook.com/liza.mulholland.94 https://twitter.com/lizamulholland1
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download STILLHOUND
ROTU
THE VIVIANS
Time Enough For Love
(Revenge Of the Tartan Unicorn)
The Vivians
single download Release Date: Out Now
Edinburgh based trio Stillhound announce the release of ‘Bury Everything’ along with single and album opener ‘Spring Conscious,’ a vast and soaring pop track with Foals-esque guitar intricacies and towering chorus. Consisting of Fergus Cook, Laurie Corlett-Donald and Dave Lloyd, the band take inspiration from art, geography and the far flung soundscapes of their homeland, creating an avant-pop record with glacial electronics and packed with unashamed synth pop moments. Listen/Watch:
https://soundcloud.com/stillhound/time-enough-for-love-2
http://stillhound.bandcamp.com/ Available from:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/stillhound/id989810716
http://stillhound.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/stillhound www.facebook.com/stillhound/
ALEX TRONIC v LEITH BASS TEAM
Rise Of the Tartan Unicorn single /EP / album cd / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
ROTU are a new Alternate Funk Rock three piece who are rooted firmly in the sounds of 70's funk and rock. They blend influences of Psychedelic Blues with Classic Rock sounds coating it with a fresh glaze of interesting rhythmic changes. This makes for an exceedingly satisfying act in any line up or playlist. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/rotu-3/late-night-sandwich http://apple.co/2cufdp1 Available from: Cd, iTunes/Apple Music/Spotify www.facebook.com/RotuAberdeen/ https://twitter.co.uk/rotuuk
album stream / download Release Date: Out Now The Vivians 10th Anniversary Demos Album #TheVivians10yr - To mark their 10th anniversary of forming, cult indie punk band The Vivians will release a collection of songs spanning their tumultuous career. The self-titled album, digitally released 26th August 2016, will comprise newly mastered unreleased demos and rarities, recorded between 2006 and 2010, accompanied by a new video and artwork. Formed in August 2006, The Vivians dared to dream big and set out to achieve great things. From their humble beginnings in a basement rehearsal room in Edinburgh, through to splitting in April 2010, the band’s story is one of dreams, misguidance and brotherhood. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/theviviansofficial Available from: iTunes / Spotify www.facebook.com/theviviansofficial
ALTINAK IMAGINARY CLAIRE M SINGER CREATURES
Long Way Home Nature Flow
album - cd / download - Release Date: 17 October Nature Flow is the third album from Scots producer Paul Croan using his Alex Tronic name. This cd titles as Alex Tronic versus Leith Bass Team. Leith Bass Team is another outlet for some of Paul’s material that features guest musicians namely Matthew Leigh Embleton ( Snakestyle). The cd also features long time vocal collaborator Kirsty Brown and new contributions from Polina Domnina and Scots chanteuse Georgia Gordon. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/leith-bass-team Available from: On release from all Major digital stores including Beatport, Spotify, iTunes, Deezer and on CD from Amazon, Pyshop , www.alextronic.co.uk and all good record stores
www.alextronicrecords.co.uk www.twitter.com/djalextronic
www.facebook.com/Alex-Tronic-Records-151332024903595
Solas
Album cd / download The Butterfly’s Dream Release Album Date: Out Now cd / download Claire Singer is Now a composer, producer and ReleaseMDate: Out
performer of both acoustic and electronic Imaginary is a virtual a studio music. SheCreatures has performed herband, music project formed by the lyricist everywhere from thecollaboration Roundhouseofin London and songwriter David Scott and producer and with The London Contemporary Orchestra multi-instrumentalist Iain McKinna. The Soloists; Glasgow Cathedral; XMV New York, Butterfly’s Dream is their debut album. Guest Ceremony Hall Austin TX, Muziekgebouw, musicians include guitar ace Keith More, Amsterdam, Kunst-Station Sankt harmonica legend Fraser Speirs and Peter exCologne, Tate Modern London, Union Lindisfarnethe songwriter Rod Clements. Chapel London and many more. Solas (‘Light' in Gaelic) is Claire’s debut album and Listen/Watch: www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures spans 14 years of her work. Released on Touch. Available from: Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw Listen/Watch: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://bit.ly/29PCwfn www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://amzn.to/1heO9qD Available from: also coming soon on itunes + spotify http://bit.ly/29vl4Hh
Facebook: www.clairemsinger.com www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 https://twitter.com/clairemsinger www.facebook.com/Claire-M-Singer-185844428105134
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ALTINAK are a 4 piece indie band from Linlithgow. This belter of an EP showcases their range from the soulful sultry vocals and melodic guitar riffs that force you to sing along to Australia and Fall to the whole band on full throttle thumping out Next Time and Hard to Love. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/altinak Available from: Spotify, Deezer, Itunes, Apple Music, Google, Amazon, Shazam, etc www.altinak.com
www.facebook.com/Altinak-657662020984122/
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download BARON SALMON
OCEANS
ROSIE SULLIVAN
Wild Things
Oceans
Wonderland
Wild Things is the first release from East Lothian Alt-Folk singer songwriter Baron Salmon. The four songs are tender tales of moving on, each one showcasing the musicianship, the fine singing and the mature songwriting of their creator. In these songs we also glimpse some of his influences, from Dylan to Bonnie Prince Billy, to Tallest Man on Earth, whilst never losing sight of the exciting new sound that belongs to Baron Salmon.
Oceans are an anthemic alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Influenced by varied range of acts; 30 Seconds To Mars, Explosions In The Sky, Thrice, and U2, Oceans' sound is a mix of powerful, soulful vocals with sing along choruses to soaring, melodic lead guitar, and rhythm with a punch.
Rosie Sullivan is young singer /songwriter from the Isle of Lewis. After winning a national competition last year she has grown in confidence and maturity and has compiled her first EP of her original material. She has performed live at Wembley in March this year and is active in the local music and performance scene. She launched her EP "Wonderland" at An Lanntair Arts Centre in Stornoway on the 25 May.
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: https://baronsalmon.bandcamp.com/ Available from: Most digital music outlets - Amazon, Google etc and @ http://apple.co/2bS1e0d Buy CD @ http://bit.ly/2ca5Qy8 https://twitter.com/baronsalmon www.facebook.com/baronsalmon
IMAGINARY STARLESS CREATURES
EP cd / download Release Date: 29 July
Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/oceansnoise Available from: www.oceansnoise.com and will be released digitally on all major online streaming platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Google Play) www.oceansnoise.com www.twitter.com/oceansnoise www.facebook.com/oceansnoise
album - widescreen in scope and ambition Imaginarysuch Creatures is a collaborators virtual band, as a studio featuring illustrious Paul project formed by the collaboration of lyricist Buchanan (The Blue Nile), Karen Matheson and songwriterJulie David Scottand andChris producer and (Capercaillie), Fowlis Thomson multi-instrumentalist Iain McKinna. The (The Bathers). Written, arranged and Butterfly’s Dream is their debut album. Guest masterminded by McGeechan and recorded with musicians include guitar ace Keith More, the stunning Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the harmonica Fraser Speirs and exresult is an legend emotional soundscape with Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. references ranging from Ennio Morricone to The Cocteau Twins and David Sylvian. Listen/Watch: Listen/Watch: www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures https://soundcloud.com + http://bit.ly/2a785hA Available from: from: Available Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw Vinyl:bit.ly/StarlessVinylPO www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK CD: bit.ly/StarlessCD www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK DL: https://itun.es/i6Yc99D http://amzn.to/1heO9qD Store: Love Music, Glasgow also coming soon on itunes + spotify http://starless.co.uk http://facebook.com/Starless-1599802900268447/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 http://twitter.com/Starless_music https://twitter.com/paul_mcgeechan
Listen/Watch:
https://soundcloud.com/user706914125/sets/wonderland
Available from: Free download or £5 for CD available at 'Rosie Sullivan Music' facebook site @ www.facebook.com/rosiesullivanmusic/ www.facebook.com/rosiesullivanmusic
HUGH KELLY IMAGINARY KAELA ROWAN CREATURES
Starless
Album - cd / vinyl / download Release Date: Out Now Dream The Butterfly’s Album is the lushly orchestrated brainchild of Starless cd / download Paul McGeechan, keyboard player of Love & Releasefrom Date: Out Now Money Glasgow. It’s an epic and unique
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Give Me All Your Love The Fruited Thorn
Album cd / download The Butterfly’s Dream Release Album Date: 5 August cd / download Release Date: Out Now homage This album Kaela's
to all the amazing ballads and ballad singers Imaginary Creatures is a virtual band, a studio past present. To those great projectand formed by the collaboration of lyricist singers who bring songs life and and songwriter David Scott and to producer and multi-instrumentalist Iain young McKinna.singer The helped awaken the in Butterfly’s Dream is their debut album. Guest her. Sheila Stewart said “you search musicians include guitar ace Keith More, and you find soul and harmonica legendyour Fraser Speirs andyou ex- put Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. that into the singing.” The Fruited Thorn is a collection of folk ballads, Listen/Watch: ancient and modern, in Scots, English www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures and Gaelic. Available from: Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw Listen/Watch: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK https://kaelarowan.bandcamp.com www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://amzn.to/1heO9qD Available from: also coming soon on itunes iTunes/Amazon/record shops+ spotify
Facebook: www.kaelarowan.net www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 https://twitter.com/kaelarowanband
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Alt.Blues/Soul musician, Hugh Kelly found his ‘big’ voice busking on the streets of Edinburgh in his teens. Now 21, his debut EP combines intricate songwriting, catchy melodies and a sense of raw emotion. “an extraordinary voice that ranges from the crunch of steps on a pebbly British beach, to a soaring heavenly and slightly whiskeysoaked angel’s falsetto” Arun Kendall, www.BackseatMafia.com Listen/Watch: www.HughKellyMusic.com/music www.soundcloud.com/HughKellyMusic Available from: iTunes + Spotify www.HughKellyMusic.com www.Twitter.com/HughKellyMusic www.Facebook.com/HughKellyMusic
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download ANGELA PATERSON Down To The River Album - cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Throughout the album, Angela’s stunning vocal harmonies soar, a newly found and defining quality in her individual style. Although influences of country, soul and pop all join together in Down to the River, Angela’s island roots are never far beneath the surface. John Saich, former Capercaillie bass player and guitarist, and Wild Biscuit co-producer Mags Russell have created multi-layered arrangements on tracks such as Don’t Say Hi, Yesteryear and the title track Down to the River reminiscent of many of the classic singer-songwriter albums; on others such as Wax Doll and Closing Doors a contemporary acoustic approach puts the emotion up close and in the moment. Listen/Watch: www.angelapatersonmusic.com Available from: www.angelapatersonmusic.com/store.html All major online retailers and in stores across Scotland through Highlander Distribution www.angelapatersonmusic.com www.birnamcd.com/promo-angela-paterson/
www.facebook.com/Angela-Paterson-1079279085416991/
RACHEL ALICE JOHNSON
ALLAN MACDONALD & NEIL JOHNSTONE
Safe Island
The Bruce 700
single download Release Date: 27 May
Rachel Alice Johnson returns with her third single. Since being selected for Creative Scotland’s ‘Verden Studios Demo Project 15’, Rachel has been steadily winning over critics with her contagiously catchy melodies, with her next single ‘Safe Island’ set for release on 27 May. Listen/Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfieiiDuOU Available from: http://apple.co/1V6vYcq www.twitter.com/rachyjohnson www.facebook.com/RachelAliceJohnsonArts
Album - cd - Release Date: Out Now This CD is the culmination of a much earlier celebration, in music and song, of ‘The Wallace’ in 2005, by way of a commission from Alasdair Campbell who was then with The Tolbooth Music and Arts venue in Stirling. This was followed by another commission by Carolyn Paterson in 2014 to celebrate another icon of history of whom we know a good bit more than the former, Robert de Brus of Norman French stock, the 14th C warlord who became King, regaining Scotland’s place as an Independent nation. This orchestrated progression of music ranges from an arrangement of a classic traditional pibroch theme, in its most appropriate animated and rhythmic presentation, to specially composed and arranged pieces. Melodies are presented on a range of pipes in several different keys, overlaid and blended with percussion, clarsach, cello, soprano saxophone, violin, whistle and vocals. Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk / www.amazon.com www.birnamcdshop.com
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Scotlands second largest music festival of 2017 will be returning to the Raehills Meadows of Dumfries and Galloway on 8-11 June for its 9th year. Hosting twelve different stages with 300 performers, Eden Festival really does cater for all. Eden hosts an eclectic mix of music and stages; whether you want to relax in the hammocks and dip your toe in the water, hang out in auld Celtic drinking dens, get the kids involved in games and crafts sessions, take part in a paint fight or simply dance till the sun comes up whilst meeting amazing like minded individuals, then Eden Festival is for you.
An exciting new intimate city music festival is to take place in Glasgow across the May Bank Holiday weekend - May West will take place on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 May. Staged at Edinburgh Glasgow Green in the heart of the city, and 26 Apr – 7 May presented by Beyond Events, the much respected promoter behind a raft of successful Experience Scotland Live with a seasonal feast of music events including the Aviemore Stopover living traditions and local cultures. Encounter and Loopallu, May West is presented in music, storytelling, dance, craft, song and folk association with West Brewery, producer of the drama at venues – indoor and outdoor – across finest German lagers and wheat beers in the UK, www.facebook.com/theedenfestival Edinburgh and the Lothians. Rooted in the past whose headquarters can be found within the yet resonating in the present, TradFest city’s iconic Templeton Building, overlooking showcases dynamic engagement with Scotland’s Glasgow Green. History and Heritage as well as providing a Isle of Arran platform for up and coming talent in the world of www.may-west.com 9-11 June Trad. Look out for the Battle of the Folk Band event as part of the finale performances this The 23rd Arran Folk Festival line up is now onyear! line and tickets are available to purchase! Once Edinburgh again the festival are very proud of the www.tracscotland.org/tradfest 27-28 May musicians that they have booked to appear this Edinburgh is set to welcome what aims to be one year with some big names on the folk scene lined up who are all very enthusiastic about of the most exciting music festivals coming over to play Arran - an impressive array in Scotland for 2017. SpringFest, an indoor of renowned musicians. festival with numerous covered outdoor areas, takes place on the bank holiday weekend of 27www.facebook.com/arranfolkfestival 28 May at the city's Corn Exchange. Glasgow
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With their festival programme running from the 12th-28th of May 2017, Southside Fringe is now gearing up for its 5th year. Online event applications launch on the 30th of November, you can register your event via www. southsidefringe.com . Building on the success of 2016 with 50 venues hosting more than 200 events, Southside Fringe are now putting the call out for all kinds of events to be part of next year’s festival – Theatre, Music. Comedy, Art, Cabaret, Spoken Word, Family, Heritage, Food & Drink, Health & Wellbeing, Film, and Literary/ Books. Closing date for applications, 17 February 2017. For more information, contact: corinna@southsidefringe.org.uk
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Orkney Folk Festival Orkney 25-28 May
One of Scotland’s longest-running folk festivals, celebrating its 35th outing in 2017, the Orkney Folk Festival is one of the most prolific events in the Scottish and UK folk calendars, and one of the highlights of Orkney’s diary of community events. An entirely voluntary run event, the festival annually attracts artists from all corners of the folk world - from leading international names to up and coming fresh faces - to Stromness, in Orkney’s West Mainland, for four days of concerts, ceilidhs, clubs, sessions, talks and craic. Artists and audiences are welcomed by and into Orkney’s own thriving folk scene, with Orcadian artists providing around two thirds of the festival programme. Line-up announced across December-March, with tickets on sale in April, around six weeks ahead of the event. This is relatively close to the festival itself, as the festival consists of around 35 individually programmed and ticketed events, rather than offering all-in-one day or weekend tickets. Artists visiting the festival perform on several occasions, though, offering a number of chances to catch them over the weekend.
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh Kirkcudbright 25-28 May
Killin Music Festival Killin 16-18 June
Killin Music Festival delivers a weekend packed from start to finish with top-of-their-game artists, supported by a festival fringe featuring bar sessions, workshops, kids activities, competitions and even a pipe band! Now heading for it’s second year, Killin Music Festival looks to solidify it’s standing in the festival calendar, taking on board feedback from visitors, and by spreading it’s wings a bit further this time. Don't miss out for 2017! Tickets are on sale now via our website www.killinmusicfestival. com and are selling fast!
If you prefer a bigger festival in a smaller pot you are a Knockengorrocher! Join us beside the glittering Water of Deugh beneath the broad shoulders of southwest Scotland's great mountain peaks to celebrate some of the finest music from the Celtic diaspora and everywhere in-between. The World Ceilidh melds together the most ancient roots music with the latest cutting edge sounds. This first truly backwoods upland music fest in Scotland hosts some of the www.killinmusicfestival.com best musicians and performers from across the world. All are invited to journey over hill and dale by rock and stream to our natural greenfield auditorium and to our upland stage to Jedburgh experience the biggest little festival this side of 17 June anywhere!
Riverside Rock
Riverside Rock is a musical extravaganza with something for everyone young and old and designed primarily to help raise cash for our chosen charity and other organisations around the Scottish Borders. Live music from bands, Showaddywaddy, Pilot, The Beatles Revolution, Scooty and the Skyhooks, Scocha, The Stare, DarkHorse and DJ Greg Anderson. Oban Children’s Entertainment includes, Laser Quest, 2-3 June Inflatables of all sorts, Climbing Walls, Wrecking Ball, Kids Fun Fair Rides and much more. Kids "We are delighted to announce that Trail West, entertainment is free for under 18’s from 12pm Mànran and Tide Lines will join us in Oban as not till 6pm. You’ll not find a better value family only are they great friends but they are three of festival anywhere in Scotland, Riverside Rock is the most exciting acts on the Scottish scene the place to be. today - all bringing their own brand and fusion of west coast music. We still have three more acts www.riversiderock.co.uk to announce as well as some other special guests so watch this space for more exciting announcements.” Daniel Gillespie Artistic Director for Oban Live. www.knockengorroch.org.uk
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Eden Festival
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Raehills Meadows 8-11 June
Glasgow Trombone Weekend Glasgow 22-25 June
Glasgow is to play host to leading brass virtuosi as international performers including Christian Lindberg and Mnozil Brass descend on the city for the Glasgow Trombone Weekend. The
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Kelburn Garden Party Kelburn Castle, nr. Fairlie 30 June - 3 July
Northern Roots
The Kelburn Garden Party Festival builds on its Inverness reputation, hand crafted and honed over the last 23-24 June eight years, as one of the most unique and exceptional festivals in the UK. Their 2017 lineNorthern Roots festival was started by Bruce up demonstrates as strong an appreciation for MacGregor in 2009 to highlight upcoming folk underground club culture and rock, as for folk, and roots artists but has developed to showcase jazz, electronica and world music, tying together the best talents in Scottish music. Bruce said: programming strands deliberately traditional and “It’s a festival that prides itself in booking historical with the contemporary and forward brilliant acts. I’m lucky in my profession as a looking. musician and a radio presenter to meet and hear so many superb musicians and this is our chance www.kelburngardenparty.com to get them on our very own festival. It’s really a festival for music lovers – there’s no sideshows or gimmicks – its music, music, music, all the way.
JULY
Stonehaven Folk Festival
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Stonehaven 6-9 July
Solus
The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire 23-25 June
The pretty North East coastal town of Stonehaven comes alive with a vibrant mix of traditional and contemporary “Folk” music and song. Concerts, Ceilidh, Sessions, Singarounds, Solas Festival is an allage arts festival held in Workshops and fun things to do. Come and join Perthshire from 17 to 19 June, with hip-hop, us as Stonehaven Folk Festival celebrates its electro loops and some of the finest folk and 29th year. 2017 Guests include Irish Singer and roots music you’ll find in a Scottish field: a rich Piper Jarlath Henderson, renowned Scottish mix of traditions, talents and tastes. Expect an Fiddler John McCusker, Mancunian Mike unusual mix of art, music, theatre, comedy, debate and soul-searching. The programme also McGoldrick and friends, singer songwriter Archie Fisher, singer Emily Smith, young Orkney four makes space for challenging debate with piece Fara and Scottish Young Tradition Musician activists, writers and thinkers from across the of the year finalist Iona Fyfe. For full details of political, cultural and religious spectrum. Solas Guests, workshops and sessions please visit the Festival offers a creative and entertaining Festival web site. programme for festival-goers of all ages in a safe environment. www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
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Upside Doon
TRANSMT
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Tiree Music Festival Isle of Tiree 14-16 July Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of holding an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree. TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early birds sell out in hours! www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
Hebridean Celtic Festival Hebrides 19-22 July
Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featuring top quality music from around the Celtic nations and beyond. Stornoway and throughout Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting its biggest number of live performances ever. Award-winning artists who took part in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge success after bosses laid on new venues and returned to its roots for the showpiece event.
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ButeFest
The Isle of Bute 28-30 July
Glasgow 7-9 July
A three day festival of music, food and fun. This accessible and hugely friendly family festival all takes places a mere thirty-five miles as the crow Some of the best under the radar talent has flies from Glasgow. Butefest has endeavoured to been announced for TRNSMT, taking place at Alloway’s one day music festival Upside Doon compile a richly varied and superb line-up that Glasgow Green across 7-9 July. The King Tut’s has announced the first batch of bands joining Stage powered by Utilita Energy will play host to includes both the contemporary and the classic its 2017 line up. The BMX Bandits, Mull Historical the country’s favourite new artists, just as the of the music world and runs that gamut from Society, Have Mercy Las Vegas, The Stumblers iconic King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut has done for the rock to roots and folk to dance. and C. Macleod are confirmed for the event on past 25+ years in Scotland. Saturday 24 June. www.butefest.co.uk
Alloway, Ayrshire 24 June
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