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XpoNorth Showcase Acts XpoNorth has announced its music showcase lineup for Inverness in June. Organisers of the festival, which takes place in Inverness on 7-8 June, were inundated with acts looking to play before an influential audience made up of industry insiders and conference delegates at venues throughout the Highland capital. The full line up was carefully selected by a jury of industry professionals and XpoNorth looks forward to welcoming a wealth of musical talent from home and abroad. For selected acts, there is also the chance of appearing at Beauly-based Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival in August this year on a specially curated XpoNorth Seedlings stage. The annual Inverness-based XpoNorth conference is devoted to supporting creative individuals and businesses in the Highlands and Islands and beyond. The only creative industry event of its kind in Scotland, XpoNorth covers music, screen, broadcast, game development, crafts, textiles, The XpoNorth 2017 Showcase Acts ..... 100 Fables Ali Robertson Alkanes American Clay Avatar Birdhead Bloodlines BooHooHoo Carma Consolers Dancing on Tables Declan Welsh & the Decadent West Ded Rabbit EMILIE Edgar Road Edwin Organ Emme Woods Ernest Rambles Eugene Twist Faces On TV Fat Goth Featherwest Foggy City Orphan (FCO) Foreignfox Future Get Down Garden Of Elks Hamish Hawk Indigo Velvet Jackal Trades James Mackenzie (Full Band) Jamie And Shoony Josephine Sillars Kvasir Lawless and the leash Lilura Medicine Men Mia Mackintosh Michiel Turner Mira Aasma
Miracle Glass Company Moteh Parrott Mother Night Mt. Doubt Nieves Noah Noah November Lights Other Humans Pinact Posable Action Figures Pronto Mama Pure Grief Rascalton Rebel Westerns Reverieme (Solo Acoustic) Roanokeans Roseanne Reid Savage Mansion Schnarff Schnarff Single By Sunday Skjor Static Union Stillhound Tamzene The Begbies The Howling Lords The Imagineers The Little Kicks The Moon Kids The Ninth Wave The Vegan Leather The Youth And Young Tijuana Bibles Vasa Vistas We Came From Wolves Winter Springs Wojtek The Bear Womps
fashion, writing, publishing and design. It is attended by leading creative industry insiders, who take part in workshops, panels and masterclass sessions over the course of both days. By night the festival changes pace as the influential music showcase takes music stars of tomorrow from the Highlands and Islands and beyond and places them on stages across Scotland’s most northerly city over two nights. Festival Director, Amanda Millen, said: “Showcasing the best emerging acts on the music scene has always been an integral part of the festival since its inception at the start of the century. "Today, XpoNorth is a wide-reaching conference and showcase which brings together a host of elements under one creative umbrella. The music showcasing is the jewel in its crown which gels people together at the end of two inspiring, full-on days of panels, keynotes and international industry-level networking. "There’s a lot of key creative industries influencers who attend XpoNorth and even if they don’t work in the music industry, they might be on the look out for music for a film or a new video game. Creative connections are forged every minute of the day during XpoNorth."
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Exchange 2017 Calls Out To Young Musicians
Be Seen :: Be Heard :: Be Inspired
Registration for the day and sign-up for performances @ www.mfy.org.uk/exchange Aspiring young musicians from across Scotland will flock to SWG3, Glasgow on 2 June for Exchange 2017 – the unmissable event for young people looking to get ahead in the music industry. For an opportunity to also perform at the event use the link above before 1 May. Music for Youth's Exchange is giving young performers from across Scotland the chance to learn from established artists and be inspired by industry professionals and their peers alike. Hosted by BBC Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway, Exchange is a whole day of keynote speakers, workshops, performances, advice, networking opportunities, a marketplace, and a line-up of
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which is administered by Creative Scotland, and the Viviendi Create Joy Fund.
Musicians also have the chance to be seen, and www.mfy.org.uk/exchange get their music heard by performing live for www.facebook.com/musicforyouth audiences throughout the day. Our professional https://twitter.com/musicforyouth Music for Youth Music Mentors will be on hand to offer each act feedback on their music and stage presence and highlight areas for development to take their music further. All groups that perform will also be considered for other opportunities such as the Music for Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in November 2017. Panels, workshops and sessions to get involved with on the day will shortly be confirmed, so sign up and stay tuned! Vic Galloway, pictured here at the recent Wide Days Convention, will be the Exchange 2017 host :: photo by Jannica Honey
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Blood of the Young and the Tron Theatre present
Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound Focusing on the life, ideas and legacy of a hugely influential sound pioneer, the award-winning Blood of the Young ensemble team up with SAY Award-nominated musician Anneke Kampman to present their first touring stage production A live, original score evokes the wonder and discovery which ran through the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in its early days as Blood of the Young’s dynamic ensemble of Glasgow-based theatre-makers bring to life the amazing story of Daphne Oram and her legacy.
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Putting down a marker for all rock bands Thula Borah produce a sound with 'Near Life Experience' that defies any one genre, switching seamlessly from post-rock, posthardcore + dream-pop to grunge, indie-rock + emo
www.doghouseroses.net Glasgow's Doghouse Roses once more present their unique take on contemporary folk and reaffirm that they are "something a bit special" (The List) with the release of their long-awaited third studio album 'Lost Is Not Losing'
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Paul Brotherston is artistic director of Blood of the Young. His recent work includes directing Gerry One of the most distinctive composers of the 20th Mulgrew in Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape (Tron century, Daphne Oram cut a trailblazing path through Theatre), Blackout (New Room Theatre), Secret Show uncharted musical territory. In 1942 a seventeen1, Golden Arm Theatre Project (Blood of the Young) year-old Daphne attended a séance which inspired and Thank God for John Muir (Brunton Theatre). Paul her to forge a career in music. This led to her cois originally from Kelso in the Scottish Borders, and founding and becoming the first director of the world- trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. famous BBC Radiophonic Workshop, (birth-place of Isobel McArthur is an actor, playwright, musician many of television’s early Sci-Fi themes, such as and theatre maker. She grew up Manchester training Doctor Who.) In a career spanning more than 30 and performing with the Contact Young Actors years, she worked with opera singers, classical Company, The Royal Exchange Youth Theatre. Isobel composers and rock and roll stars. She released later trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland several records, influenced the teaching of music in and since she has performed for and collaborated schools, wrote a book on her personal sound with a number of prestigious Scottish companies philosophy (An Individual Note) and continued always including Imaginate, Playwright’s Studio Scotland, to pursue innovation, learning and teaching her The Glasgow School of Art, Terra Incognita and craft - often as the only woman in that professional Communicado. environment. As a playwright Isobel created multi-media comedy A true innovator who sacrificed everything for her art, show How to Sing It which previewed at Glasgow’s Daphne’s boldness and pioneering spirit created a Tron Theatre in Summer 2015. Alongside Clare Duffy legacy that remains important today to musicians, and Isabel Wright, she also contributed a number of sound artists, engineers. At the heart of this show sits short plays to Golden Arm Theatre Project – a piece the music of electronic sound artist, composer and of ‘gig-theatre’ for which playwrights produced performer Anneke Kampman (formerly of Scottish innovative pieces of modern ensemble theatre, band Conquering Animal Sound), a longstanding inspired by new Scottish music. admirer of Oram’s work. Kampman’s innovative, contemporary score draws parallels between past and Anneke Kampman is an Edinburgh-born composer, present, combining aspects of Oram’s oeuvre and performer and sound artist. She is currently based in influences with her own distinct sound. London, where she is an associate artist at Open School East. Her practice concerns the politics and Director Paul Brotherston said: poetics of sound and the voice, using performance, “The nature of the experimentation taking place in video, installation and text to examine the 1950s sound studios continues to sound cutting-edge intersection between experimental music and issues to this day. There is a constant sense of discovery of labour, gender, the body, technology and and adventure – danger, even. I remember when I subjectivity. Recent performances and exhibitions first heard Daphne's work I instantly started to include: The As If Body Loop (BBC Tectonics Festival imagine movement dynamics and theatrical images. 2014), I Will Leave You Now And This Loudspeaker She was a truly original personality - not just a Will Take My Place (Exhibition, Lancaster Women in pioneer of electronic sound but also a radical, holistic Sound Symposium 2015), Where Blips of Light Called philosopher, historian and thinker interested in the Players Disintegrate (performance commissioned and mysteries of the vibrational universe. I just wanted to presented by Jerwood Visual Arts) and Labyrinthine, a know more and more about her. collaborative Opera performed at The Self The Other Festival in Brussels (Commissioned by La Monnaie De “We are working with some incredible artists on the Munt/QO2) and the BBC Glasgow Tectonics Festival in piece, notably electronic musician Anneke Kampman 2016. and Linbury Prize winning designer Ana Ines JabaresPita (NTS’s The Driver’s Seat and Dundee Rep’s Watch a short film of the 2015 Development of George’s Marvellous Medicine). This is opening loads Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound @ of new and exciting possibilities for how we tell https://vimeo.com/141655590 Daphne’s story. Anneke and Ana are both very www.bloodoftheyoung.org curious and brave artists and are the perfect https://twitter.com/BOTYtheatre embodiments of Daphne’s spirit of innovation and www.facebook.com/bloodoftheyoung creativity.”
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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE ............ Member's Profile :: Composer JOHN McLEOD
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John McLeod CBE was born in Aberdeen, studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and has been resident in Edinburgh for over 40 years. His increasingly acclaimed music bears all the hallmarks of exuberant colour and precisely imagined fantasy that his earlier associations with Lennox Berkeley and Witold Lutoslawski would lead one to expect. For over 40 years, he has been at the centre of contemporary Scottish music and is still one of the UK’s busiest and most prolific composers. John has won important awards for his work including the prestigious Guinness Prize for British composers. In 1989 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and in 2005 and 2010 was nominated for a British Composer Award. Recently he was the recipient of the Gold Badge of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) for services to British music. In June 2016 McLeod was created CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. McLeod’s brilliantly coloured orchestral and vocal music has been commissioned, performed and recorded in many countries by leading orchestras (several conducted by McLeod himself) including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, the RSNO, the SCO, the Orchestra of the Staatstheater, Saarbrücken, the Nashville Symphony (USA) and the Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra of Krakow. The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland has given over 20
performances of his music over the years (including 3 major commissions) and the BBC SSO has performed and broadcast 15 of his orchestral works. Soloists such as Evelyn Glennie, Colin Currie, Benjamin Luxon, Raimund Gilvan, Jane Manning, Peter Donohoe, Murray McLachlan, Sam Haywood , Mark Tanner and Ian Watt have all performed his music and conductors including Sir Charles Groves, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi, Janos Furst, Takuo Yuasa, Yasuo Shinozaki, Joseph Swensen, Donald Runnicles and a host of younger conductors have all included McLeod’s works in their programmes. McLeod’s music has also been featured at many international festivals including the BBC Proms, City of London Festival, Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Canterbury, Perth, Aberdeen’s ‘Sound’ Festival and St Magnus (Orkney). Most of his works have also been heard on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, BBC TV and Channel 4. His compositions cover most musical genres – orchestral (including concertos for piano, percussion, clarinet, guitar and 3 symphonic song-cycles), choral works, church music, songs, instrumental and chamber music as well as scores for film and TV In the past few years his output and performances have increased dramatically, culminating in 2014 when his music was heard at the St. Magnus and Aldeburgh Festivals as well as at the BBC Proms where he scored a big personal success with the London premiere of The Sun Dances played by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles. Also in 2014 pianist Murray McLachlan commissioned and performed McLeod’s latest Piano Sonata No.5 and gave over 30 performances of it all over the UK and in France, Greece, Poland, Sweden, Australia and the Canary Islands.
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In January 2015 the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, under Joseph Swensen, gave three performances of his latest orchestral work Out of the Silence and a few weeks later McLeod himself conducted the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in two performances of his Piano Concerto with James Willshire as soloist. 2015 also saw the release, to critical acclaim, of Moments in Time – a major new CD of McLeod’s chamber music by the awardwinning Delphian label and played by the outstanding Red Note Ensemble. Recent commissions have included a new percussion work for Dame Evelyn Glennie’s 50th birthday, a song-cycle for Live Music Now and a new Viola Concerto for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Jane Atkins A complete catalogue of John McLeod’s music with details of timings and orchestrations, CDs and up to date biographical details and news, can be found at
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UPCOMING DATES ..... 6 May: 5.45pm Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Michael Radford’s film ‘Another Time, Another Place’ (music score by John McLeod) Part of the ‘Folk Film Gathering’ Film Festival :: 8 May: 6-9pm. Royal Academy of Music, London. Member of Panel for British Academy of Composers, Songwriters and Authors event: ‘Manage your Composing Career’. More @ https://basca.org.uk :: 27 May: 3pm. High Church Hilton, Aberdeen :: 28 May: 3pm. Caird Hall, Dundee. Hebridean Dances Aberdeen Sinfonietta conducted by Garry Walker :: 4 June: 3pm. Scottish Arts Club, 24 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BW. The Song of Icarus Feargus Heatherington (violin), Liam Patterson (piano) - also works by Iain Matheson, Gareth Williams, Eddie McGuire and Rory Boyle :: 19-21 June: RSNO Centre, Glasgow. Recording by Delphian Records of 4 McLeod works The Shostakovich Connection. Percussion Concerto (Soloist: Dame Evelyn Glennie). Out of the Silence. Hebridean Dances. Royal Scottish National Orchestra - John McLeod/Holly Mathieson conductors
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Lamp House Music offers 'One Step Beyond’ project for 16-25 year olds Supported by Creative Scotland, Lamp House Music will again deliver free ‘One Step Beyond’ music project for 16-25 year olds. Applications are now open until 4 June and a short application form is available online, more information can be found at
Erin Munro took part in 'One Step Beyond' in 2016
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Lamp House Music – the acclaimed Music School and Rehearsal Studios based in Haddington, (East Lothian) – are delighted to announce a second year of funding for their project ‘One Step Beyond’ which offers free places for youth music bands and solo artists, ages 16-25, based in East Lothian and Midlothian. ‘One Step Beyond’ will run in July 2017 and aims to enhance participants’ knowledge and experience of the music industry whilst assisting them with the next step in their will be offering advice and feedback to all of music careers. Applications are now being the performers. This will see a panel of accepted. experts discuss the current Scottish music scene and the best ways in which young Lamp House Music’s ‘One Step Beyond’ will people can access it as a professional or provide the opportunity for up to 50 young career aspiration. people to work with music industry experts, completely free. Each band/artist involved Callum Maguire, Education Manager at will rehearse at Lamp House Music Lamp House Music, said, (Haddington), record two songs in “Lamp House Music are delighted to again be The Tesla Coils took part in 'One Step Beyond' in 2016
delivering our ‘One Step Beyond’ project, supported by Creative Scotland. We had a fantastic time last year with this multipartnership project - working with many young musicians and providing them with an insightful and valuable experience of the music industry.
One Step Beyond 2017 aims to significantly enhance participants’ musical, professional and personal development, equipping young people with the confidence, knowledge and practical promotional tools necessary for the next step in their music careers. We hope to hear from as many young bands and solo artists as possible!” professional recording studios at Edinburgh College, plus take part in various Music Industry Workshops - including a Music Marketing & Branding Session to include professionally produced photographs and band logo forming part of a bespoke Press Pack for bands/artists to use alongside their completed tracks, as a valuable promotional tool to support their future musical careers.
As part of this ambitious project, Lamp House Music will be working with several partners - involving students from Edinburgh College, providing valuable experience working in a professional creative industry context, and also working alongside East Lothian Council, ELjam (East Lothian Youth Music Forum), Midlothian Council plus high schools throughout East and Mid Lothian to attract bands and young artists for the project.
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The Lowest Pair make their UK debut with run of Scottish dates One of the most hotlytipped duos on the American roots music circuit, The Lowest Pair, will make their UK debut with a run of Scottish dates after being flown over the Atlantic as one of the main visiting acts for this year’s Shetland Folk Festival.
Innes praised their “vocal perfection,” and the hugelyinfluential Lonesome Highway (Ireland) called them “a musical marriage made in heaven.” Acoustic magazine’s Julian Piper said they were “incredibly atmospheric” and Folk Radio UK labelled it “music for sunshine and mint juleps.”
Kendl Winter, born in Arkansas, put three solo records out and performed in nationally-touring northwest string bands before forming The Lowest Pair with Palmer. He built his first banjo when he was 19 from pieces he serendipitously inherited. He began cutting his teeth fronting Minneapolis string bands and touring the midwest festival circuit, Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee have been building up an impressive which is where he and Kendl first met, on the banks of the Mississippi. Stateside head of steam since combining in 2013 to embark on In 2015, while touring in support of their incredible musical journey. their second, critically-acclaimed album, The Sacred Heart Sessions, Shetland bookers as well as they continued to write and found organisers of Edinburgh’s Tradfest themselves with more new songs where they also have their own show, got wind of the strong word- than they needed for their planned follow-up, deciding ambitiously that of-mouth buzz that was being two collections should be released generated from the relentless together. heads-down touring schedule they had been keeping up all over the Those records, Fern Girl and Ice USA. Man, and Uncertain As It Is Uneven, could, they said, be viewed as The pair were signed to hip and windows into their growing and happening New York label, Team changing world. The latter stays the Love, who have a strong roster of artists including acts of the stature course of their previous releases, being focused on stripped down, of The Felice Brothers. intimate arrangements to support their timeless song-writing and When the label embarked on a big haunting vocals. European push for the duo, it paid dividends with rave reviews flowing Fern Girl is a more moody and in after they released TWO albums adventurous exploration of new from The Lowest Pair in the UK last sounds, new studio production year. directions, and what it might sound like to be supported by a full band, Radio presenter Rudie while keeping one foot planted in Humphrey, writing at the rootsy aesthetics which drew AmericanaUK described the them together. twosome as “a true joy,” while reespected writer Mike Morrison The duo is being brought over by labelled them “a huge breath of Scots-based music agency, fresh air” at the AmericanRootsUK Brookfield-Knights who have built a website. Leading music writer David solid pedigree for spotting Grade A
Americana acts and establishing them here as must-see performers. “They are new-to-the-territory as far as ‘live’ work in the UK is concerned, but we're aware there is a bit of a hunger to see them in action and no one will be disappointed,” said head booker Loudon Temple.
“We are just as excited as anyone!”
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Music To The Ears For Biggest Ever Donation From Stirling Fundraisers Fundraising cash of £30,000 from Stirling's The Scribbler’s Picnic Festival is music to the ears of local cancer charities. The Scribbler’s Picnic has donated an amazing £30,000 recently to charities who help people with cancer.
“We would like to say a massive thank you to all of our supporters who attended the events at the rugby club over the years and to the businesses, individuals who gave their time, support and sponsorship. Also a special shout out to all the musicians for making each event so memorable. It was much appreciated and we have been able to help a lot of people affected by cancer as a result. Everyone should be really proud of what has been achieved.” Gordon Brown, Eilidh Brown’s father said: “We can't thank the Scribblers Picnic enough for their support. It is a great boost to us and it makes it all the more sweeter that we are two Stirling charities. Great work and thank you.”
Teenage Cancer Trust. A huge thank you to Scribblers Picnic for helping raise awareness and funds for our important work.” Charity representatives from some of the groups benefitting from the donations are pictured with members of the Scribbler’s Picnic group. Meanwhile Stirling Albion FC, The Scribbler’s Picnic and Prudential UK & Europe have collaborated to create an exciting new family friendly community event – Binos Live. The trio have joined forces to create a day of football and music which kicks off on Sunday 25 June at Stirling Albion FC, Stirling Sports Village. The Scribbler’s Picnic will be hosting two stages of live music, a food village, stalls and kid’s activities. Early bird tickets go on sale from www.binoslive.co.uk on 1 May. www.facebook.com/BinosLive
The cash was raised as a result of their Emma Vickerstaff, Teenage Cancer Trust fundraising activities including their annual music East of Scotland Regional Fundraiser said, festival and Hogmanay Hootenanny. “It’s been fantastic to have the support of The charity group has distributed the funds over Scribblers Picnic Music Festival. We are www.scribblerspicnic.co.uk absolutely delighted they have chosen to support the last few months between seven charities: www.facebook.com/scribblerspicnic Maggie’s (£5000), Macmillan Cancer Support (£5000), Marie Cure Cancer Care (£5000), Children’s Hospice Association Scotland CHAS (£5000), Strathcarron Hospice (£5000), Teenage Cancer Trust (£2500) and the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund (£2500). The Scribbler’s Picnic fundraising group was set up following the death of local musician, writer and teacher Graham Whitelaw who died of cancer in 2001. The group which holds musicrelated events was named after Graham’s column in the Stirling Observer newspaper – ‘The Scribbler’. The annual Scribbler’s Picnic community music festival and fun day was held at Stirling Rugby Club for 15 years until 2016 when restrictions put on using the venue contributed to the decision by the group to make that festival the last at the rugby club. The committee also decided it would be a good opportunity to take some time out. Graham’s daughter Katy Whitelaw said: “This week is the anniversary of my dad’s death (the first week in April) so it is fitting that we are marking it with this presentation from the fundraising efforts of a really wonderful group of people. It is the biggest amount we have ever donated and marks 15 years of hard work, kindness and dedication from all of our volunteers.
Pictured left to right: Alistair Roberts (Scribbler’s), Nicole and Gordon Brown (Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund), Corrie Honeyman (Scribbler’s), Emma Vickerstaff (Teenage Cancer Trust), Charlene Graham (Scribbler’s), Suzanne (Maggie’s) , Skye Honeyman and Katy Whitelaw (Scribbler’s), Sammie Hayes (Scribbler’s), Margaret Sweeney (Scribbler’s).
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WE CAME FROM WOLVES :: single :: 'The Peak Beneath The Sea' release date - 5 May @ www.wecamefromwolves.bandcamp.com
We Came From Wolves sleeves. The track is due for release on 5 May via latest single The Peak Struck Dum Records. Beneath The Sea is a The band’s previous single, Places Unfamiliar, bold, emotive alt rock addressed mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, which some of the band track that sees the have experienced. However, The Peak Beneath Scottish four-piece bare The Sea turns a corner as the band look towards the future, finding a away to live with these their heart on their issues. Frontman Kyle Burgess explains, “The Peak Beneath the Sea is about trying to
overcome these issues, and in particular, finding that place or those people who can help you do that, whether physical or metaphysical, whilst also accepting the painful truth that it may never be possible to fully escape the darkness but instead work on growing stronger to keep it at bay.” Producer Bruce Rintoul (Fatherson, Twin Atlantic) and mixer Phil Gornell (Bring Me The Horizon, All Time Low) worked with the boys on the single. In Scotland, The Skinny, The List, The Daily Record and The Herald are amongst the band’s supporters, whilst elsewhere Rock Sound, Kerrang!, Team Rock and Amazing Radio have previously covered the band. We Came From Wolves have amassed a strong live following, working hard to build their fan base from the ground up, playing shows up and down the country. Places Unfamiliar hit new heights for the band, playlisted on the official Spotify Rock Charts in the UK, Germany and France. In April and May, the band embark on a Scottish tour to promote the single, with shows planned at various festivals over the summer and another UK and European tour in October as they bring their raw energy, passion and hearton-sleeve rock to audiences old and new. www.wecamefromwolves.co.uk https://twitter.com/WCFWmusic www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves
TINA MAY & BRIAN KELLOCK :: Celebrating Ella & Oscar Tour tour dates - 10-14 May Singer Tina May and Edinburgh’s world class pianist Brian Kellock take their Celebrating Ella & Oscar programme out on the road in Scotland during May to mark jazz singing legend Ella Fitzgerald’s centenary year.
“I think most jazz singers will have listened to and learned something from Ella,” says May. “The Ella & Oscar album is really a masterclass with great songs like Midnight Sun and April in Paris, and I’m really lucky to have Brian, who is one of the best pianists in the business, accompanying me on this tour.” May knows about April in Paris, having been a
Fitzgerald has long been an inspiration to the award-winning, Gloucestershire-born May and her 1975 recording with Oscar Peterson is a particular favourite.
As with Kellock, whose CV includes dates with Stanley Turrentine, Sheila Jordan and Art Farmer, May has gone on to sing with numerous jazz luminaries including pianists Stan Tracey, Enrico Pieranunzi and Ray Bryant. Indeed, she recorded her album Tina May Sings the Ray Bryant Songbook with Bryant at the piano in the legendary Rudy Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, scene of countless classic recording sessions, with Van Gelder himself at the controls. Her most recent album, Café Paranoia, celebrates the great singer Mark Murphy, who died in 2015, but she always returns to the songs she learned from Ella Fitzgerald.
Brian Kellock
“They’re timeless, really,” she says, “and because they’re so well written, there’s always something new to be discovered in them.” GIGnotes .....
Tina May
regular visitor to the French capital since she spent a year there as a student. A Parisian student revue, with impressionist Rory Bremner no less, led to May singing with her first jazz group, which included the great jazz drummer and Paris resident Kenny Clarke.
Wed 10: Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock Thu 11: Websters Theatre, Glasgow Fri 12: West Kilbride Village Hall Sat 13: Hospitalfield House, Arbroath Sun 14: Eden Court, Inverness
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REDWOOD MOUNTAIN :: self titled album & tour release date - 27 April @ www.deanowens.com
Redwood Mountain is a brand new duo, comprising acclaimed Scottish troubadour Dean Owens and traditional fiddle player Amy Geddes. Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s finest singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Ricky Ross, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. His
songs including Raining in Glasgow and Man From Leith have been hailed as classics of Scottish songwriting.
legendary archivist Alan Lomax’s The Book Amy Geddes is a talented live performer (and a Of American Folk Songs. Dean was core member of Dean’s Whisky Hearts band). given a present of She also writes & records music, and trains teachers across Scotland how to deliver creative a first edition of the book by an old music classes in schools. friend and became Redwood Mountain evolved through their mutual intrigued by the love of old folk songs with a transatlantic lyrics and flavour. Most of the songs are built around the characters, and lyrics of the classic folk songs featured in started working out new tunes for them. Reimagined with new melodies, Redwood Mountain breathe new life into these wonderful old songs, with subjects redolent of another age - railroad men and buffalo, conmen, stealers and dealers, ramblers, gamblers and whores, outsiders, outlaws and hobos, lost loves and rye whiskey – but which are still vibrant today. Add in a couple of Owens originals (the instrumental The Two Davies Waltz and final track Take it Easy, But Take It), stripped back to mostly just vocals, guitar and fiddle and you’ll find a heady brew, a pure, organic blend of the old with the new GIGnotes ..... Redwood Mountain will tour over the summer, including appearances at Edinburgh’s Tradfest 27 April, Summerhall, 8.30pm, £10 in adv, £12 on the door, Catstrand (21 July) and Southern Fried Festival (29 July).
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BRINA & THE TRIBAL GLOBAL COLLECTIVE :: Glasgow + Edinburgh Jamaica sings Robert Burns :: http://jamaicasingsburns.com/ Jamaican roots-reggae artist Brina, performing with her highenergy Tribal Global Collective Band, creates a dynamic dialogue between her homeland’s signature music and its African kindred styles, together with funk, gospel, rock, and Latin elements, all underpinned by her message of justice, equality, liberation, oneness and love. Brina will be performing reggae versions of
Burns songs from the upcoming album 'Jamaica Sings Robert Burns', including her much acclaimed versions of Warmongerers By Name and The Slave’s Lament. The power of Jamaica’s greatest export – reggae music - combined with the immortal words of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns. In 1786 Robert Burns had booked his ticket to Jamaica. Brina says: “Our idea is to give a taste of how his songs might
have sounded if he had gone and settled there. It unites Scottish songs with Jamaican music and is one of the biggest musical cross cultural projects to happen between Jamaica and Scotland. I'm very excited about opening musical pathways between my two countries. One of my many musical plans for 2017 is the release of the album, Jamaica Sings Robert Burns” Brina is originally from Jamaica but is now based in Scotland. She has released 1 solo album to date, and has worked with a wealth of Jamaican musicians including Sly Dunbar, Toots Hibbert and Addis Pablo (who is featured on her recent The Slave’s Lament single). Youtube link @ https://youtu.be/xUt782ZT2IE GIGnotes ..... Wed 3 May: 8pm - Glad Cafe, Glasgow www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2873316 Thu 4 May: 8pm - Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh (part of Edinburgh's Tradfest) www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2871291 Tickets for both £12 (SBTF) and cash on the night
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on our blog now ..... TRACK OF THE MONTH: Bruises // Lewis Capaldi There must be something in the water, because Scotland can’t stop producing the next big thing. This time, it’s in the shape of Lewis Capaldi and his jaw dropping debut, Bruises. It seems the songwriter can turn any emotion into a work of art as he molds the many feelings of a break-up (frustrated, sad, lost, desirous) into a beautifully crafted track – a testament to a past relationship. His voice beams off the minimal backdrop of sounds, echoing to its bitter end. Capaldi may be a newcomer, but his name lurks around Glasgow already and after selling out the renowned King Tuts Wah Wah Hut venue; it’d be safe to place all bets on the artist for 2017.
PHOTOS: Playing for Electric Circus' final show Indigo Velvet with support from Model Aeroplanes and Dancing On Tables. photos by Douglas Hill
PHOTOS: QMU Live festival featuring Saint PHNX, Model Aeroplanes, Declan Welsh & The Decadent West, Other Humans, Acrylic, Ali Robertson and Walt Disco.
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FRASER FIFIELD :: album :: In Buenos Aires album out now @ https://fraserfifield.bandcamp.com/album/in-buenos-aires summer, was Innovative piper/whistle double bass by Mono Hurtado. this recorded in the player Fraser Fifield has This unique CD is the first of 3 recordings over 3 Bollywood district made possible by a Creative Scotland of Mumbai. released a new CD, recorded continents, Artist Bursary award. Fraser will be with three top musicians from 20 years with Old Blind Dogs, Salsa Celtica, interviewed on Capercaillie, Zakir Hussain and many others has BBC Travelling the New Tango scene in taken Fraser far and wide but Buenos Aires was Folk on Wed 25th Argentina. ‘In Buenos Aires’ April. Further a new destination for the Edinburgh based and the bandoneon, with its beautifully information from features Walther E. Castro on musician, plaintive sound, a new instrumental partner. One info@fraserfifield. com or call 07727613362. bandoneon and Quique Sinesi suspects this could be the first time that bagpipes and bandoneon have properly met. on guitar alongside Fifield’s www.fraserfifield.com In Buenos Aires is available from www. www.twitter.com/fraserfifield low whistles and pipes and fraserfifield.com . It’s the 6th album release on www.facebook.com/fraserfifieldmusic Fraser’s Tanar Records label. The 7th, coming
Fraser Fifield :: photo by Douglas Robertson
CORRINE WEST :: Yew Tree Tour + single single out now + gig info @ www.corinnewest.com/tour Corinne West's UK tour arrives in Scotland in May for several dates. "There is always a certain magic in the UK tours. It will be stellar to be with you once again." Corinne West. In advance of the performances, Corinne has released a single; a reworking of The Battlefield Band song The Yew Tree, written by Brian McNeill. California-based songwriter Corinne West is a poet, a tunesmith, a visionary and an utterly stellar performer. Her music evokes the eternal stories of mystic troubadours, while speaking with power and grace to a modern audience. A well-established figure on the acoustic roots/folk scene West has recorded five critically-acclaimed albums, and has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe. Her distinctive style is marked by lush vocals, pristine guitar and bold lyricism that reflect grit, discerning optimism and a true love for the human experience. She is equal parts angel and outlaw, delicate and fierce. Corinne West :: photo by Chris Richardson
Her current album release STARLIGHT HIGHWAY has received rave reviews globally including The Daily Telegraph, UK selecting the album as one of the top records in 2016. Relix Magazine says West has “A voice of Gold,” while The San Francisco Chronicle boldly states “a singer with an angelic voice.” Corinne has just won Best Album and Best Female Solo Performer at the G. S.M.C. Music Awards 2017.
core source, landing in different forms, shapes and mediums” she says. The through line is in the enduring motif of But Corinne West isn’t just a musician; she is connection. In also a commissioned artist. In 2013, she began her words: printmaking. She was drawn to the “unexpected” “Art is nature of the medium. While each print is fascinating to infused with a conceptual intention, the process me as a means of integrating people with their ultimately dictates the outcome. “Part of the environment, their culture/community and, most fascination is in the unfolding, in never knowing importantly, with themselves. Creating is a what the piece will look like until the very end powerful connective tissue. Art in a vacuum when you peel the paper back, releasing it from carries the potency of a song unsung.” the press,”she says. A 77-piece collection of her prints was recently featured at the Plumas In 2011, at the end of a tour covering 11 County Arts Commission in Quincy, CA. countries, Corinne took a sabbatical from performing full-time. She was granted an Corinne feels that all of her artistic channels Austrian Artist in Residency Visa to create both inform each other. “My work stems from one visual art and music in the country
Yew Tree Tour Scottish Dates ..... 5 May: Fire Station Arts Centre, Peter Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8QP. Tel 01228 598 596 http://oldfirestation.carlisle.city 6 May: Eyemouth Hippodrome, Harbour Road, Eyemouth TD14 5HT. Tel 01890 750099 http://eyemouthhippodrome.org 7 May: Fire Station Creative, Carnegie Dr, Dunfermline KY12 7AN. Tel 01383 721564 www.firestationcreative.co.uk 8 May: Crafts & Things, Glencoe, Argyll, PH49 4HN. Tel 01855 811325 www.craftsandthings.co.uk
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download WE CAME FROM WOLVES EVERING
The Peak Beneath the Sea
single / stream Release Date: 5 May via Struck Dum Records. We Came From Wolves latest single The Peak Beneath The Sea is a bold, emotive alt rock track that sees the Scottish four-piece bare their heart on their sleeves. The track is due for release on 5th May 2017 via Struck Dum Records. The band’s previous single, Places Unfamiliar, addressed mental health issues such as depression and anxiety, which some of the band have experienced. However, The Peak Beneath The Sea turns a corner as the band look towards the future, finding a away to live with these issues. Listen/Watch: Links from 5 May Available from: www.wecamefromwolves.bandcamp.com www.struckdumrecords.bandcamp.com & iTunes/Spotify etc Live dates: http://wecamefromwolves.co.uk/ www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves https://twitter.com/WCFWmusic www.youtube.com/wcfwtv
Beyond Oceans
EP (+single 'Driftwood' / download / stream Release Date: 21 April Beyond Oceans is the second EP release from Evering, out on the 21st April 2017. This collection of four songs grew out of the reality of being adrift in the aftermath of the exit from a relationship. The EP songs, title and cover art all capture a theme similar to the mindset held at that time: Keep making a concious effort to avoid dwelling on the bad bits and instead, persevere, point yourself in a good direction and keep going until you get to where you want to be. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/everingmusic https://www.youtube.com/user/Everingmusic https://evering.bandcamp.com single @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCUILVVs9fc Available from: https://evering.bandcamp.com Live Dates: www.everingmusic.com/live www.everingmusic.com www.facebook.com/everingmusic https://twitter.com/everingmusic
ADRIANA SPINA
LISA KOWALSKI Free Spirits
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/ Available from: Available on Spotify, I tunes and all major platforms. CDs from Feel the Groove Records Paisley, New Hellfire Club Glasgow https://twitter.com/lkowalskimusic www.facebook.com/lisakowalskimusic/
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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album download / stream Release Date: out now
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 THULA BORAH Near Life Experience 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: https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com www.thulaborah.com https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com
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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.
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: https://soundcloud.com/rachyjohnson/sets/2am/s-Y3gft Listen/Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0owY-D14ruo www.teannaich.com/media.htm Available from:
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NORRIE McCULLOCH
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 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
LOUISE McVEY & CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE Under The Heart
BRITTLE HEAD GIRL Fall In Line
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 Glasgow-based two-piece Louise McVey & Cracks name but a few. Their music has been described by 7Ahead as “…the raucousness of early Nirvana records in the Concrete, Louise McVey (vocals) and Graeme Miller (sound), met in a basement in 2009. jumps out and appears to be revitalised in BHG’s style.” https://t.co/N11Ucdc4 McVey‘s sonorous vocals and Miller’s off kilter album cd / vinyl / download Release Date: 5 December
musical arrangements create darkly atmospheric, and at times unsettling songs , highlighting their shared passion for dark unexplored musical territory.
Listen/Watch: www.brittleheadgirl.bandcamp.com https://m.soundcloud.com/brittleheadgirl
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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 RICHARD BUCHANAN
SOPHIE RAMSAY
THE REVELLERS
Highway Stars
The Seas Between Us
Skeletons
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. Listen/Watch: https://richardbuchanan.bandcamp.com/ Available from: http://feersum.co.uk/ http://feersum.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/feersumMusic
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
album - cd / download / stream Release Dates: CD Out Now / Download 31/10/16 / Steam 1/1/7 Hailing from The Shetland Islands, The Revellers are a seven-piece juggernaut, that combine fiddle, mandolin and tenor banjo with heavy metal, punk and alternative rock rhythm section. The end result is something which has been nicknamed by onlookers as ‘Heavy Folk Music’ or ‘Viking Metal’. The band release their second album this autumn – ‘Skeletons’ with Tim Matthew (Lau/ Mystery Juice) at the helm and cameo appearances from some of Shetland’s finest musicians (including Arthur Nicholson and Kris Drever) and Danish multiinstrumentalist, Perry Stenback. Listen/Watch: www.the-revellers.com/category/videos/
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www.sophieramsay.com https://twitter.com/sophie_ramsay www.facebook.com/sophieramsaysinger
www.the-revellers.com https://twitter.com/TheRevellers www.facebook.com/therevellersshetland
PETE COUTTS
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 JUDE ADAMS
KIM EDGAR
GRAHAM MacKENZIE
This Girl, This Woman
Stories Untold
Crossing Borders
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.
‘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.
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This Girl, This Woman is the debut album by 57-yearold singer Jude Adams, who discovered her talent following a life-changing M.E. diagnosis. The album, which Jude describes as soulful pop with a 60s twist, contains 10 tracks all written and sung by Jude, and produced and arranged by musician Janette Mason. Jude comments: " I always loved to sing, and I always did, but behind closed doors. It was only when I got to 50 that I summoned the courage to start singing in public. And then two years later I was diagnosed with M.E. Performing, work and many ways in which I lived my life had to stop or change significantly. It was debilitating, but led to a lot of personal reflection, and ultimately the silver lining of discovering a passion for songwriting." 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
album cd / download Release Date: 23 September
Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/kim-edgar
album cd Release Date: 9 September
Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/Graham30771
Available from: Available from: From release from iTunes and other download stores and also in all good record stores through Proper Music iTunes and www.grahammackenziemusic.com/shop/ Distribution and www.kimedgar.com/music www.kimedgar.com www.facebook.com/KimEdgarMusic www.facebook.com/KimEdgarSongwriter
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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 MARTHA L. HEALY
MARY K BURKE
STILLHOUND
To Be Free
Tonight, As We Dance
Time Enough For Love
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: www.marthalhealy.com https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/to-be-free-ep/ id1148312525 plus Amazon + other sites www.marthalhealy.com www.facebook.com/marthalhealy https://twitter.com/MarthaLHealy
ALEX TRONIC v LEITH BASS TEAM
single - cd / download Release Date: Out Now
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.
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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: http://marykburke.bandcamp.com www.mkburke.co.uk/videos.html https://youtu.be/8PZd0bKVsk4
Listen/Watch:
Available from: www.mkburke.co.uk
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/stillhound/id989810716
www.mkburke.co.uk www.facebook.com/mkburke1 https://twitter.com/marykburke1
https://soundcloud.com/stillhound/time-enough-for-love-2
http://stillhound.bandcamp.com/ Available from:
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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 ROTU
THE VIVIANS
BARON SALMON
(Revenge Of the Tartan Unicorn)
The Vivians
Wild Things
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.
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.
Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/theviviansofficial
Available from: Most digital music outlets - Amazon, Google etc and @ http://apple.co/2bS1e0d Buy CD @ http://bit.ly/2ca5Qy8
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
IMAGINARY STARLESS CREATURES
album stream / download Release Date: Out Now
Available from: iTunes / Spotify www.facebook.com/theviviansofficial
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://baronsalmon.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/baronsalmon www.facebook.com/baronsalmon
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
EP download Release Date: Out Now
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 OCEANS
ROSIE SULLIVAN
ANGELA PATERSON
Oceans
Wonderland
Down To The River
EP cd / download Release Date: 29 July
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Album - cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Throughout the album, Angela’s stunning vocal harmonies soar, a newly found and defining quality in Oceans are an anthemic alternative rock band Rosie Sullivan is young singer /songwriter from the her individual style. Although influences of country, soul from Glasgow, Scotland. Influenced by varied Isle of Lewis. After winning a national competition and pop all join together in Down to the River, Angela’s range of acts; 30 Seconds To Mars, Explosions last year she has grown in confidence and maturity island roots are never far beneath the surface. John Saich, former Capercaillie bass player and guitarist, and In The Sky, Thrice, and U2, Oceans' sound is a and has compiled her first EP of her original material. She has performed live at Wembley in Wild Biscuit co-producer Mags Russell have created mix of powerful, soulful vocals with sing along March this year and is active in the local music and multi-layered arrangements on tracks such as Don’t Say choruses to soaring, melodic lead guitar, and Hi, Yesteryear and the title track Down to the River performance scene. She launched her EP rhythm with a punch. reminiscent of many of the classic singer-songwriter "Wonderland" at An Lanntair Arts Centre in albums; on others such as Wax Doll and Closing Doors Stornoway on the 25 May. Listen/Watch: a contemporary acoustic approach puts the emotion up www.soundcloud.com/oceansnoise close and in the moment. Listen/Watch: 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
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
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/
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Scottish Music Festivals to be included in our festival listings email details to: musicnewsscotland@gmail.com TradFest Edinburgh | Dùn Èideann
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 presented by Beyond Events, the much 26 Apr – 7 May respected promoter behind a raft of successful Experience Scotland Live with a seasonal feast of music events including the Aviemore Stopover and Loopallu, May West is presented in living traditions and local cultures. Encounter association with West Brewery, producer of the music, storytelling, dance, craft, song and folk drama at venues – indoor and outdoor – across finest German lagers and wheat beers in the UK, whose headquarters can be found within the Edinburgh and the Lothians. Rooted in the past city’s iconic Templeton Building, overlooking yet resonating in the present, TradFest showcases dynamic engagement with Scotland’s Glasgow Green. History and Heritage as well as providing a platform for up and coming talent in the world of www.may-west.com Trad. Look out for the Battle of the Folk Band event as part of the finale performances this year! Edinburgh 27-28 May www.tracscotland.org/tradfest
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. www.facebook.com/theedenfestival
Arran Folk Festival Isle of Arran 9-11 June
SpringFest
The 23rd Arran Folk Festival line up is now online and tickets are available to purchase! Once again the festival are very proud of the 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 of the most exciting music festivals lined up who are all very enthusiastic about in Scotland for 2017. SpringFest, an indoor coming over to play Arran - an impressive array festival with numerous covered outdoor areas, of renowned musicians. takes place on the bank holiday weekend of 2728 May at the city's Corn Exchange. www.facebook.com/arranfolkfestival
MAY Southside Fringe Glasgow 12-18 May
www.springfestscotland.com
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
www.southsidefringe.com
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.
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May West Glasgow 27-28 May
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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Oban Live
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Eden Festival Raehills Meadows 8-11 June 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
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 events, which run from 22-25 June, will take place in City Halls and the Royal Conservatoire, with students and staff from the institution
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Kelburn Garden Party
Tiree Music Festival
www.rcs.ac.uk/glasgowtromboneweekend
Kelburn Castle, nr. Fairlie 30 June - 3 July
Isle of Tiree 14-16 July
Northern Roots
The Kelburn Garden Party Festival builds on its reputation, hand crafted and honed over the last eight years, as one of the most unique and exceptional festivals in the UK. Their 2017 lineup demonstrates as strong an appreciation for Northern Roots festival was started by Bruce underground club culture and rock, as for folk, MacGregor in 2009 to highlight upcoming folk and roots artists but has developed to showcase jazz, electronica and world music, tying together programming strands deliberately traditional and the best talents in Scottish music. Bruce said: historical with the contemporary and forward “It’s a festival that prides itself in booking looking. brilliant acts. I’m lucky in my profession as a 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. Inverness 23-24 June
www.northernrootsfestival.com
Solus
JULY
www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
Stonehaven Folk Festival
Hebridean Celtic Festival
Stonehaven 6-9 July
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
The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire 23-25 June
www.solasfestival.co.uk
Upside Doon
Alloway, Ayrshire 24 June
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!
TRANSMT Glasgow 7-9 July
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.
www.hebceltfest.com
ButeFest
The Isle of Bute 28-30 July
A three day festival of music, food and fun. This accessible and hugely friendly family festival all Some of the best under the radar talent has takes places a mere thirty-five miles as the crow been announced for TRNSMT, taking place at flies from Glasgow. Butefest has endeavoured to Alloway’s one day music festival Upside Doon 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 compile a richly varied and superb line-up that 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 Society, Have Mercy Las Vegas, The Stumblers iconic King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut has done for the of the music world and runs that gamut from 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 www.trnsmtfest.com https://nts.cloudvenue.co.uk/upsidedoon
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