December 2013/Week 4
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WIDE DAYS ANNOUNCES 2014 DATES & EARLY BIRD TICKETS Watch The Wide Days 2014 Trailer here: http://youtu.be/o1jb_y3PjF8 Buy Early Bird tickets before 16 January @ www.widedays.com/tickets
Scotland’s Wide Days music business convention has introduced a new format for its daytime programme, which will take place at Teviot Row House in Edinburgh on 9-10 April. Day one will focus on topics relating to the live sector. John Langford, director of concerts, events and ticketing at The Hydro, is confirmed to take part in an interview about the flagship Glasgow venue and its impact. The sessions on day two will concentrate on topics relating to rights holders record labels, publishers, artists and managers – with one panel set to feature decision makers from radio, retail and digital platforms talking about why they get behind a release. “Wide Days 2013 was our most successful event yet, with unprecedented media coverage and directors from some of the world’s leading music companies attending,” says founder Olaf Furniss. “Wide Days 2014 is our fifth anniversary and we plan to make it even better.” Organisers have frozen the price of both the standard pass [£49] and the premium pass [£125], which helps raise funds to host the event and support the concession rates [£38 students and £34 Musicians’ Union members].
In this 2014 preview film on YouTube Wide Days founder Olaf Furniss discusses the music conventions roots and what delegates can expect to take from the two day music industry conference in Edinburgh - which includes showcases of highly rated bands and musicians to keep an eye on in the future. Watch the full video at http://youtu.be/o1jb_y3PjF8
Delegates registering before 16 January, when further details of the programme will be announced, benefit from a special early bird rate of £33 [standard] and £100 [premium]. Wide Days 2014 convention passes can be purchased from: www.widedays.com/tickets Wide Days is Scotland’s only convention dedicated exclusively to music business seminars, presentations and showcases. The annual boutique event is hosted in Edinburgh by not-for-profit organisation Born To Be Wide. It provides a forum for the next generation of industry players and veterans to exchange knowledge and ideas. Since its launch in 2010, Wide Days has consistently attracted high-profile speakers including leading festival promoters, managers, publishers and technology experts. Its concise live programme, which is open to the public, provides a snapshot of some of Scotland’s most exciting emerging acts, across a diverse range of genres. In 2013, BBC Newsnight Scotland filmed a report on the music industry from Wide Days and the event was described as “an unmissable fixture in our calendar” by leading trade publication Record Of The Day. For additional quotes see www.widedays.com/testimonials.
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Young ambassadors root for live orchestral music Sixteen to eighteen year olds across Scotland are being recruited by Scotland’s national orchestra to promote live orchestral music to their peers, as part of a new initiative to increase youth attendance of classical music concerts. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra announced its ambition to connect with School pupils nationwide earlier this year, when it launched its RSNO Engage programme of performances, workshops and community activities. It has now appointed over twenty Young Ambassadors to its programme, covering nearly every local authority in the country, from Highland to Argyll and Bute. Young Ambassadors will be able to attend RSNO concerts for free and will get to know the musicians, artistic team and staff. They will be assigned a mentor who will assist with career development and will have input in the Orchestra’s future plans to engage with young people across the country. This will be open to all young people aged sixteen to eighteen with a passion for music, regardless of whether they are learning an instrument. The Young Ambassadors will be expected to attend RSNO concerts in their area, promote RSNO activities online, create a ‘classical music’ board in their school or community to highlight opportunities for young people to be involved, and attend five forums across Scotland, to discuss ways in which the RSNO can improve engagement. In return, the Young Ambassadors will receive free tickets for RSNO concerts, career development advice, be assigned a mentor from a department within the RSNO, and will be given the opportunity to influence the RSNO’s strategy. New RSNO Young Ambassador Susannah Mack, from the Highlands: “I'm delighted to be working with young people across the country to promote classical music, giving me a chance to show off the musical talent in the Highlands at the same time. I've already had incredible new experiences (for example interviewing Nicola Benedetti!) and I'm really looking forward to the exciting plans to come.” Seona Glenn, from Stirling: “The world of classical music is so enriching and enjoyable to me that I want shout it from the rooftops! Young Ambassadors allows me to share my great passion for music with others of my age, and encourage them to enjoy its diversity, and engage.” Thea Sands, from Renfrewshire: “I'm excited by the prospect of change and the opportunity I've been given to work amongst people with similar passions. It's wonderful to use my love of orchestral music to help others explore the form. I hope to aid the integration of this musical form into youth culture for the future.” RSNO Director of Learning and Engagement Jenn Minchin: “We have been surprised and delighted at the response to our appeal for the Young Ambassador scheme. Every participant will be able to contribute to the success of Scotland’s national orchestra with their own unique set of skills and contacts. We look forward to recruiting many more Ambassadors for live orchestral music in the future.”
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See In The New Year With Cathy MacDonald, Kirsteen Macdonald And Barbara Dickson Live On BBC Alba’s Hogmanay Cèilidh
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BBC ALBA will celebrate Hogmanay in style this year with a Barbara Dickson live cèilidh featuring a host of wonderful singers and musicians to help bid fond farewell to the old year and welcome in 2014.
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Cathy MacDonald and Kirsteen MacDonald will host the programme live from Partick Burgh Hall in Glasgow and offer a hundred thousand welcomes during a sensational night of Scots and Gaelic entertainment and song. Barbara Dickson OBE will be one of the star guests of the evening’s coverage, which starts at 11.30pm.
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She will be joined by Mànran, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2013 Paddy Callaghan as well as Linda MacLeod to provide an exciting and eclectic music line up throughout the hour and three quarter long Hogmanay spectacular.
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Cèilidh na Bliadhn' Ùire 2013 / Hogmanay Cèilidh 2013 will be produced by BBC Gàidhlig for BBC ALBA and will be simulcast on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal (103.5-105FM) and worldwide via www.bbc.co.uk/alba
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Glenfinnan Cèilidh Band, Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association and Greater Glasgow Police Scotland Pipe Band will also be performing on the night and will be joined by some lively first footers to welcome in the bells at midnight.
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Brookfield-Knights are engaging with their audiences and have exciting plans for 2014 Check out all forthcoming schedules, including Celtic Connections, at the 'Upcoming Tours' section @ www.brookfield-knights.com
The champagne corks have been popping in the offices of Scotland’s Brookfield-Knights agency well ahead of The Bells in the run up to 2014. Elephant Revival from Colorado who have a new album about to be released over here, and The Stray Birds from Pennsylvania who many are saying are set to make a major breakthrough.
The reason they’re celebrating is that several of their acts have ended 2013 featured in Best of The Year lists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Another act that’s bound to do good business is Quebecois ‘big three’ De Temps Antan who have a brand new album out that is winning them heaps of praise.
Next year is all set to kick off in great style when the agency brings some stunning acts to “Each band member has playing links with La Glasgow to participate in the Celtic Connections Bottine Souriante. They are the true masters of programme. their craft and it’s often said that they have the gift of capturing that raw essence of the genre “We seem to have had similar good fortune that La Bottine had right at the start of their It has, they say, been the most successful year there,” added Temple, when we caught up with of touring since they began the operation back in him this week. In the past we’ve brought relative remarkable career. We are also bringing in Jenny Ritter from Canada with her band. They will 2004, and, bucking the trend that’s been unknowns in terms of recognition on this side of experienced in venues up and down the country, the Atlantic in for their own shows and it’s great share an attractive double bill with Joy Kills Sorrow at The Mitchell Theatre. We saw Jenny many of the performers they have brought over that Donald Shaw and his team give us the perform at the big Folk Alliance International this year have done very well at the box office. chance to do this.” event in Toronto in February and she simply Head booker Loudon Temple says he is When you consider that acts like Pokey LaFarge blew us – and everyone else – away. encouraged to see that those who enjoy going and The South City Three, The Wilders, Furnace “When she steps on stage it’s as if a bright star out for a great ‘live’ music experience are Mountain, Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, suddenly starts to shine – she’s quite a stunning getting to know that they rarely if ever get a Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, The Hot Seats, The presence,” he said. disappointment. And, venues have confirmed Wiyos and, last year Petunia & the Vipers and that the Brookfield-Knights “brand” carries a Woody Pines, all came in and played to big The 2014 Folk Alliance event will next year take certain re-assurance that they are aware of. crowds, it’s easy to see why they are pleased to Brookfield Knights on a fresh talent-spotting visit have such a winning formula in place. to Kansas City where the next event is being “We started to put our logo on all tour posters staged and Temple is taking another of his and flyers so that folks who go out regularly to “It’s hugely satisfying to think that we have that recent discoveries, The Mountain Firework the venues we work with on the circuit get to level of support and encouragement, We’re Company, over with him as they have been know that it’s another act from our stable. certainly hoping that the trend continues.” adds invited in by the organisers for an official Temple. showcase. “It may be that they have never even heard of the artist before, as we break newcomers here And, there’s every reason to assume that it will. “Whenever they come up to Scotland from their all the time, but it appears that they have come Big hitters from the stable who will keep the base in Brighton, they play to capacity crowds. to know that they can trust us and that’s just Brookfield-Knights banner flying at the 2014 We have them sharing the stage with Imelda great,” he said. event include top US roots music sensations May at the Old Fruitmarket during Celtic Connections. She better watch out! They have several big festivals lined up next year and we feel that this is a firework company that’s about to go ‘bang’!”
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Capercaillie Celebrates 30 Years In The Limelight On BBC Alba Capercaillie@30 - watch on iPlayer @ www.bbc.co.uk/i/b03lsycg/ until 3 January
It is easy to forget that not so long ago, Scotland’s traditional music landscape was in a perilous state. The 1970s were a period of uncertainty, few children were choosing to learn instruments, folk clubs were a small, niche affair, and it simply wasn’t ‘cool’ to play traditional music. However, it is against this backdrop, a group of Oban High school pupils decided to combine their musical talents and form a folk band. Fast-forward through the intervening 30 years and that young school band, Capercaillie, have achieved a position on the global music stage that, at the time of their forming, would have been unthinkable. BBC ALBA’s compelling documentary ‘Capercaillie@30’ takes viewers on the road, accompanies the band to a selection of their live international gigs and offering a unique glimpse of life on tour. The programme sets out to tell two remarkable, parallel stories. 2013 sees Capercallie set out on their 30th year together, a year that was to be full of memorable moments. We follow this year in the intimate company of the band, who paint a candid picture of their life's work as we chart the career and continued success of one of Scotland’s most respected musical outfits. Alongside this main narrative, the film interweaves the story of our cultural and musical landscape, from a time of obscurity and decline, up to the present day when, as a nation, we have a renewed confidence and pride in our music and culture. ‘Capercaillie@30’ tells of their growth and not insignificant achievements…To date they have sold over a million albums world wide, they were the first to achieve a Gaelic song in the UK Top 40, their music was the soundtrack to Hollywood blockbuster Rob Roy and they have performed in over thirty countries including Iraq, Macedonia and the Sudan. A rich archive of tv and film work illustrates the developing sound of the band, who were never afraid to reinvent their style in order to remain at the forefront of the genre. Throughout the programme we will hear from musical legends including Phil Cunningham MBE, Donal Lunny, Allan MacDonald and Mary Ann Kennedy. Capercaillie is one of only a few bands, from any genre, who can claim an unbroken 30 year relationship. Their music has been taken into the hearts of the European audience and blazed a trail for others to follow.
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‘Capercaillie@30’ was produced by Bees Nees Media for BBC ALBA and was first broadcast on Christmas Eve 2013.
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Don't Sign up for War : 4th Annual Alistair Hulett Memorial Concert Glasgow : 19 January @ Celtic Connections www.alistairhulett.com/the-alistair-hulett-memorial-trust/ The Alistair Hulett Memorial Trust is delighted to announce Don't Sign up for War: The 4th Annual Alistair Hulett Memorial Concert at Celtic Connections, which will take place on 19 January in the beautiful setting of St Andrews in the Square. The line-up includes renowned Glasgow poet Tom Leonard and Roy Bailey, one of the UK's most revered and redoubtable political singers and songwriters, keeper of the flame for folk music's role as a voice of resistance. Also on the bill is Scotland's Ewan McLennan, a richly gifted heir to this tradition, having won the 2013 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award, and 2011 BBC Radio2 Horizon Award. Other special guests are still to be announced. The previous three concerts all sold out, as did the Trust’s recent Tribute to Victor Jara Concert in September, part of the Chile 40 Years On commemorations, which was headlined by Trust patron Peggy Seeger. The Alistair Hulett Memorial Trust is a non-profit association established in the United Kingdom after the untimely death in 2010 of singer, songwriter, political activist and social justice advocate, Alistair Hulett. In addition to promoting Alistair’s legacy the trust aims to develop new traditional songwriting, including multicultural songs, as well as promoting diversity, equality and harmony through music. AHMT is based in UK, with a sister trust – AHMF - in Australia, where Alistair established a strong following and a second home. One of the key strands of the Trust’s work is the annual Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award, which was won in 2013 by Ewan McLennan with Joe Glenton. The competition is open to songwriters and musicians anywhere in the UK, and focuses on songs promoting equality and social justice. Last year’s competition attracted over 20 entries. The deadline for submission of songs for the 2014 competition is 30 October.
Recent grant recipients include musicians David Featherstone and Alasdair Roberts (recording tracks for inclusion on the newly released CD The Janey Buchan Political Song Collection (University of Glasgow)) and David Rovics (for petrol money to play at Occupy Wall Street encampments). Other activities funded include community projects, PA hire and a student oral history project – Survivors of Violence. The AHMT is funded by public donations, concerts, and merchandising – with a wide range of CDs, Tshirts and other items available through their website. They recently launched Justice for Victor Jara, a new 7 track CD of Chile related songs. The songs are from Peggy Seeger, Christy Moore, Adam McNaughtan, Carlos Arredondo, Rory McLeod and Dave Featherstone, all of whom, together with their record companies and music publishers, generously gave permission to use the materials; the CD also includes Alistair’s own Victor Jara of Chile. GIGnotes: Don't Sign up for War, 19 January, 7.30pm 4th Annual Alistair Hulett Memorial Concert at Celtic Connections. £14 (+ booking fee) St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, Glasgow G1 5PP Tickets: www.celticconnections.com
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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE
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Peter Gregson
This is a MUSIC NEWS Scotland series profiling Scottish Music Centre members
"The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"
Born in Edinburgh in 1987, Peter Gregson is a cellist and composer working at the forefont of the new music scene (The New Yorker) . He has performed widely in Europe and the USA, at venues ranging from Kings Place, London to The Queen's Hall in Edinburgh; from Twitter in San Francisco to Le Poisson Rouge, New York. He collaborates regularly with world leading technologists, most recently including Microsoft Labs, UnitedVisualArtists and the MIT Media Lab, and has premiered more than 30 works for solo cello by composers including Steve Reich, Gabriel Prokofiev, Tod Machover, Max Richter, Joby Talbot and many more. Peter has been commissioned to compose the music for The Listening
Room, a part of the BBC/Arts Council England's The Space, in collaboration with The Britten Sinfonia. His debut album, Terminal, was commissioned by Bowers&Wilkins, and followed by a limited edition vinyl of new works by Max Richter and Johann Johannsson. Cello Multitracks written for Peter by Gabriel Prokofiev, is being released in 2012 on the Nonclassical label. Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, and during 2011/12 is the Artistic Advisor to the Innovation Forum at The New England Conservatory, Boston.
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www.scottishmusiccentre.com : https://twitter.com/scottishmusic : www.facebook.com/scottishmusiccentre The Scottish Music Centre currently supports in excess of 100 composer, group/small business and corporate members. Offering a wealth of advantages, initiatives include the bi-monthly Composers' Digest and Exposed Melodies podcast series, annual Composition Marathon, regular networking events and notification of valuable opportunities, extensive publicity and increased correspondence with national companies, chamber ensembles, soloists and festivals.
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New Traineeships Scheme Launched Organisations across Scotland are invited to apply for funding to host a Traineeship. £10,000 is available to employ a person aged 20yrs – 30yrs to work full time in a paid new post, for one year. It's the intention that these opportunities will offer specific support and clear roles that will enhance Trainees’ employability and it's anticipated that up to 15 Traineeships will be supported through the new scheme. Once the host organisations are confirmed, all Traineeships will be advertised on Creative Scotland’s 'Opportunities' site - http://opportunities. creativescotland.com/ Leonie Bell, Acting Director of Creative Development, Creative Scotland, said: “The new Traineeships scheme aims to help people improve their skills and professional experience and enable them to take the next steps in their chosen profession. At the same time host organisations can benefit from the fresh ideas and enthusiasm. I encourage organisations to apply to host a Trainee.” The deadline for organisations to apply is 5pm, Monday 20 January. For further details about applying to host a Trainee visit the Creative Scotland website - www.creativescotland.com
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One of the brightest rising stars on today’s world-renowned Scottish folk scene, 23-year-old Adam Holmes is a singer and songwriter of rare and timeless potency, drawing on influences from either side of the Atlantic. Holmes’s eagerly-awaited debut album Heirs and Graces was produced by the legendary John Wood, whose signature balance of space, perspective, clarity and warmth - as heard on seminal recordings by John Martyn, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention and many more – supplies the perfect complement to Holmes’s stripped-down yet richly sensuous sound. Digitally released in September 2013, Heirs and Graces reached No. 12 in the iTunes chart, and saw Holmes nominated as Up and Coming Artist of the Year in the 2013 Scots Trad Music Awards. He launches the CD version with a show at Glasgow’s illustrious Celtic Connections festival on 17 January, backed by his regular live band The Embers. After starting out on fiddle, Edinburgh-born Holmes switched to guitar at 14, and began writing songs a year or so later. Heirs and Graces’ gorgeously rueful I Can’t Be Right was the first he ever completed. Leaving school at 15, he worked on building sites and as an outdoor activities instructor before deciding, on his 20th birthday, to pursue music full-time. Having already been a finalist in the 2009 Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition, he also reached the finals of the following year’s UK-wide BBC Young Folk Award. He was then recruited by young traditional firebrands Rura, who themselves won Up and Coming Act of the Year at the 2011 Scots Trad Music Awards - a status affirmed by their subsequent nomination for the Radio 2 Folk Awards Horizon prize 2013. All the while, Holmes was crafting and burnishing the songs now featured on Heirs and Graces, at gigs ranging from tiny folk clubs to major festival stages, including Cambridge Folk Festival and the Hebridean Celtic Festival. His sound draws at least as heavily on Americana as on Scottish influences - though with lyrics and vocals very much shaped by his own accent. Other concerns explored on Heirs and Graces include confronting mortality (the haunting, heart-stricken Oh My God), the bitterness of disillusionment (the intimately understated, starkly clear-eyed Shadows) and the rocky road to acceptance (modern-day spiritual Aviemore, featuring guest singer Hannah Beaton’s piquant harmony vocals). Among the album’s rich crop of love-songs are its deliciously mellow, gladsome opener, Monday Morning, the incantatory, nakedly heartfelt Common Ground, adorned with dreamy swirls of Alan Train’s pedal steel, and a vividly-recalled paean to a fleeting but intense encounter, Fire in the Sun. Singer/guitarist Kris Drever, of Lau, is another notable guest, Front and centre, though, is Holmes’ uniquely distinctive, seductively compelling
voice - both fervently tender and huskily careworn. Allied with the equally startling maturity of his songcraft, it makes Heirs and Graces an album which, while standing on the shoulders of giants, is unmistakably Holmes’s own, quietly triumphant achievement.
Red Sands : Debut Album : 'Red Sands' release date - out now : www.facebook.com/theredsands From dreamy West Coast psych to fuzzy acid-folk and prog, Glasgow’s Red Sands wear their musical hearts firmly on their sleeves. Their stunning self-titled debut album has already received some advance radio exposure from BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, described by Mark Radcliffe as “shimmering and lovely” and being heartily recommend Lauren Laverne. 2013 was a year that eat up all manner of new psych and progressive acts that adhered to the past yet impressed the masses – see: Allah Las on The Andrew Marr Show and the YouTube video of a US school choir performing Tame Impala's ‘Looks Like We Can Only Go Backwards’ for proof. Will things continue to challenge the norm? We think so. Red Sands will sit certainly please fans of Midlake, The Merrylees, The See See and label mates The Wicked Whispers. In fact, for anyone who misses Fleet Foxes gentle blend of vocal harmonies Red Sands may well be exactly what they’re looking for as they too also continue to bring the best from the past to today.
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download BILLY LIAR All I've Got
ep : cd / download Release Date: Out Now Billy's reflections on modern life combined with his machine-gun strumming are urgent, immediate, lifeaffirming and delivered with more charm than your average 'acoustic punk poet'. You're gonna get the honest truth from this Liar. Listen/Watch: www.officialbillyliar.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyobhcCJdm0 Available from: www.officialbillyliar.bandcamp.com www.billyliarmusic.com www.facebook.com/official.billy.liar ------------------------------------------------
TURNING PLATES Falling Lives
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KATE DANIELS
VARIOUS ARTISTS (Dogs Got A Bone Records) Capitalised: Tall Tales & Low Lives of Edinburgh Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Atmospherics
A ten track compilation album featuring a blend of Edinburgh`s old guard and the fresh faced newcomers Album : cd / download to the capital`s music scene. There`s new and Release Date: Out Now exclusive tracks from Frantic Chant, Epsilon One and Jimmy Miller while The Green Tambourine Band and Atmospherics is the new album from jazz singer Kate Daniels. In a style she calls Jazz Noir , Kate evokes Julie The Jackals contribute re-worked versions of recent releases. London and the cellar bars of the 1950's. With distinguished musicians including John Etheridge, Tony Coe, Alec Dankworth and John Horler, Kate has created Listen: http://dgab.bandcamp.com/album/capitalised-tall-talesarrangements of classic songs, inspired by the low-lives-of-edinburgh haunting imagery of post-war film noir.
single : video download Release Date: 12 December
Listen/Watch: www.katedanielsjazz.co.uk/#!/music
Available from: http://dgab.bandcamp.com/album/capitalised-tall-taleslow-lives-of-edinburgh
Turning plates release a teaser of their hotly anticipated début album ‘The Shouting Cave’. Falling lives features an exciting video promo featuring two professional dancers in a dark tale of love in the digital game.
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ADAM HOLMES
TWELFTH DAY
Heirs and Graces
Album : cd / download Release Date: Available for download now and on limited pre-release CD's from Coda, Edinburgh with full national CD launch on the 17th of January The brightest rising star on today’s folk scene, Adam Holmes is a singer/songwriter of rare and timeless potency, combining John Martyn's strum and sting with a slice of Paolo Nutini soul. Heirs and Graces is his breathtaking debut album, produced by the legendary John Wood (John Martyn, Nick Drake). Listen/Watch: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heirs-andgraces/id710497070 Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/heirs-andgraces/id710497070 Pre-launch copies of the CD are available instore and on mail order from Coda, Edinburgh www.codamusic.co.uk From the 17 January CD's will then be available from both Amazon and from Coda. https://twitter.com/AdamHolmesBand www.adamholmesandtheembers.com
Speak From The Start ep : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
"Speak From The Start is an EP of cover songs Twelfth Day were inspired to create after BBC Radio Manchester asked them to cover You’re The One For Me Fatty by Morrissey as part of their 40th birthday celebrations. Twelfth Day folk up songs by Twin Atlantic, Passion Pit, Blondie and Kanye West, as well as the Morrissey classic." Listen/Watch: https://twelfthday.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/twelfthday
THE MEDIA WHORES
Pornophonica
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now As described by reviewers: "Pure sonic gold dust" Herald / "More bite than a junkyard dog" New Hellfire Club / "Close your eyes and think of The Libertines when Mick Jones was involved with them and you would be skulking in the right alley doing the wrong deal.” - Itsaxxxxthing / "The Media Whores deserve all good fortune which comes their way for pouring their hearts and guts into something as stunning as Pornophonica" - Fusion Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/#themediawhores www.reverbnation.com/themediawhores
Available from: https://twelfthday.bandcamp.com/
Available from: National release via 'Proper Music Group' available in major record shops such as HMV and indie shops such as Lovemusic, Glasgow and Europa, Stirling. Amazon, itunes and ebay music shops
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PAUL ANDERSON Land of the Standing Stones
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SIENNA
Paul Anderson, from the heart of rural Aberdeenshire, is one of Scotland’s most respected traditional musicians. Land of the Standing Stones is really a love letter to Paul’s native Aberdeenshire as all but a couple of the 51 tunes on the album are inspired by the people, landscape and history of the North-East of Scotland. The music on the album has all been composed by Paul himself and at 70 minutes in length, it’s a considerable achievement. The music, though rooted in the traditional Scots fiddle idiom, is also contemporary in style. He has been ably supported in this by a superb group of musicians, which includes Shona Donaldson (Scots singer of the year 2009), Swedish citern genius Ale Carr, Ali Napier (Dougie MacLean band) and Scottish acting star Kevin McKidd on guitar and vocals.
ep : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
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DANTE Wake
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now Dante's 'Wake' showcases the songwriting talents of Seán McLaughlin (a member of Idlewild’s Rod Jones' solo project, The Birthday Suit), the band have captured a modern folk sound that epitomises the Scottish indie scene's uncanny ability to blend contemporary innovation with more traditional values.
Formed in Kinross, Scotland in 2012 Sienna have already received great plaudits in the Scottish media and absolutely wowed crowds at ‘T in the Park’, Not bad for a group all under 21. Their party vibe, powerful Listen: harmonies and energetic songwriting along with captivating lead vocals and guitar from frontman Danny https://soundcloud.com/wearedante McAtear, make them a must see new band. Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/wake/id730360861 Listen: https://soundcloud.com/siennamusicuk/sets/give-mewww.dantemusic.com your-love/ www.facebook.com/wearedante http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWqVcWrDuMI https://twitter.com/wearedante Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/give-me-your-love- -----------------------------------------------single/id726171729 https://play.spotify.com/ album/5aWIunhiV4khsZ7gZ4GcLJ www.siennabandmusic.com www.facebook.com/SiennaBandMusic https://twitter.com/SiennaUK
MICK WEST & MULDOON'S PICNIC A Scots Chorus Album : cd / download
ROWAN ROSS
TERRY McDERMOTT
FRASER FIFIELD
Second Fiddle
Lose this Feeling
Album / ep / single? : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Esotero
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now This debut album, Second Fiddle, is a collection of melodic songs and instrumentals from Scottish singer/songwriter Rowan Ross. The tracks were written at various points in his life. His songs show a great deal of clarity and depth. The title "Second Fiddle" came from one of the songs on the album, and is also a reference to the two violins he used in the recordings : one dark in colour and tone, and the other light. Rowan is joined by a host of musicians on this album, including Alyn Cosker, Angus Lyon, Gillian Fleetwood, Konrad Wiszniewski, Louis Abbot, Maeve MacKinnon, Rick Standley, Rosie Townhill and Sam West.
"The Voice" Season 3 runner-up Terry McDermott and his band the Bonfires have returned with another stunning, sweeping Britrock ballad, co-written with Todd Burman of Australia's Juke Kartel. (Todd also worked on Terry's first post-"Voice" single, "Pictures," which went to number one on the iTunes rock chart.) And judging by the new video for the track, Terry hasn't lost the feeling at all, perfectly suits the dreamy song...and yes, it does rock. (Lyndsey Parker / Rolling Stone)
Listen/Watch: www.rowanross.com/Rowan_Ross/video.html www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Zmg0a1mrw Available from: www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com iTunes / Amazon MP3 www.birnamcdshop.com www.rowanross.com www.facebook.com/rowanrossmusic
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Esotero is the 5th release by multiinstrumentalist composer, Fraser Fifield. Recorded as a live studio session in summer 2013, it features Fraser with award winning guitarist and long term collaborator Graeme Stephen. Seamless live electronics place atmospheric texture around their original melodies and improvisations. A unique sound. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/fraserfifield https://fraserfifield.bandcamp.com http://www.youtube.com/tanarrecords
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download Release Date: Out Now
Do What You Love
Denny's Who Knows Where the Time Goes and Tom Wait's The Briar and the Rose to the thought-provoking Album : cd / download A Scots Chorus is a joint venture between veteran Scots Release Date: Out Now lyrics of Weeping and the deceptively jaunty sound of singer Mick West and the fantastic a cappella group Je ne veux pas travailler, Coreen’s voice soars above Muldoon's Picnic. In mid 2012, West and Muldoon's the beautiful instrumental melodies and tight-knit Do What You Love is the new album from Scottish started exploring the different harmonic possibilities of singer/songwriter Colin Mackay and follows on from his harmonies – there is something for everyone on this a body of the most interesting and representative Scots two previous albums, Handle With Care and Whiskey CD, including lovely interpretations of such classics as chorus songs they could find and, having decided that Morning. The album was recorded State-side, features a the Dylan's To Make You Feel My Love, Piaf’s La vie en some of these songs would benefit from instrumental rose, and Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac’s Songbird, host of musicians, and was produced and engineered arrangements too, asked well known arrangers Frank but also the more rhythmic South African Weeping, the by Bil Vorndick. McLaughlin and Stewart Hardy to arrange, manage and Portuguese Manha de carnival and the lovely French La perform on the project. It is hoped that the CD and mer. Listen: booklet will not only be enjoyable in their own right, but www.colinmackaymusic.com also provide a portal for those who wish to explore the Listen: great Scots song repertoire further, and be a motivation Available from: www.coreenscott.co.uk/listen-to-coreen and inspiration for all singers and musicians to take this www.Amazon.co.uk materiel and develop to use it to make their own music. www.Amazon.com Available from: www.Amazon.co.uk iTunes Listen: www.Amazon.com www.birnamcdshop.com www.last.fm/music/Muldoon%27s+Picnic iTunes www.birnamcdshop.com www.colinmackaymusic.com Available from: www.Amazon.co.uk www.coreenscott.co.uk -----------------------------------------------www.Amazon.com https://twitter.com/coreen_scott www.facebook.com/pages/Coreen-Scott-Singer/204670006234642 iTunes www.birnamcdshop.com ------------------------------------------------
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COLIN MacKAY
Beyond The Sea Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
CEILIDHCATU NordEste /NorthEast
'Beyond The Sea is the new album from Scottish singer Album : cd / download Coreen Scott. Singing in French, English and Release Date: Out Now Portuguese, the album is a collection of songs from around the world. From the haunting melodies of Sandy A Brazilian percussionist, Allysson Velez travels to
HEIDI TALBOT
BEARPIT BROTHERS
ROMAN NOSE
Button Up
Bearpit Brothers
Long Live Our Friend The Revolver!
single : download Release Date: 1 December
ep : cd / download Release Date: 23 November
The new single from Irish folk singer Heidi Talbot’s latest album ‘Angels Without Wings’, is a beautiful modern day folk song. Co written and sung with King Creosote, AKA Kenny Anderson, ‘Button Up’ was created after the pair discovered a mutual admiration: “He was asked to pick his fantasy band for The Independent and he picked me and Morten Harket from A-ha on joint lead vocals,” Heidi laughs. She conceived the melody for Button Up with Anderson in mind, and he sent back his own lyrics. The result is a brooding urgent love song. Heidi is touring the UK in November ande December with multi instrumentalist/Producer John McCusker and Irish Guitarist and singer John Doyle.
Bearpit Brothers formed from roots musician Jim Byrne and members of the Creeping Charlies; Robert Ruthven and Larry Alexander. Influenced by 50′s and 60′s sounds; think Richard Hawley, Roy Orbison, early Beatles, The Mavericks. "exquisite guitar duelings with twang and reverb battling away." Blabber 'n' Smoke.
Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/heiditalbotofficial https://soundcloud.com/proper-musicdistribution/heidi-talbot-button-up-radio/s-9EEhq
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Available from: iTunes, Amazon, www.cdbaby.com (among others) and www.bearpitbrothers.co.uk Plus from Scottish independent music shops: Big Sparra Vinyl and Love Music Glasgow
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Roman Nose are a collective trio who write, and produce their own brand of dark, menacing electronic music. Mixing visuals, laptops and live percussion in their high pressure multi- sensory shows, they also combine bespoke masks and customized denim clad biker chic boasting a striking visual presence. Listen:
http://romannose.bandcamp.com/album/long-live-our-friend-the-revolver
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download Huntly, Scotland. There he is touched by the very first contact with the Scottish Ceilidh and impressed by the common musical language of the north east of Scotland and the north east of Brazil. Here he worked with a special selection of local Scottish musicians and a musician from West Africa, who has settled in the area, to transform an encounter into a musical flow of exchanging gifts and virtues. This album, NordEste/ NorthEast, documents that exchange of Scottish and Brazillian music, which also inaugurates a new word, Ceilidhcatu, merging the words Ceilidh (a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing music and dancing) and Maracatu (a performance genre found in Pernambuco state, in northeastern Brazil), from which the musicians have taken their name. Listen:
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GAVIN SUTHERLAND Tango at the Lost Café Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Tango at the Lost Café is the new album from singer/ songwriter Gavin Sutherland, featuring special guests including his old Sutherland Brothers and Quiver partners, Iain Sutherland, Tim Renwick and Willie Wilson. "A rough sketch of 'Tango At The Lost Café' appeared in my head as I drove home under a starry sky and, by the time I'd got in and put the kettle on, I kind of knew where I was going. Olé!" - Gavin Sutherland. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/gavin-sutherland Available from: www.Amazon.co.uk www.Amazon.com iTunes www.birnamcdshop.com
Release Date: Out Now Fullsceilidh Spelemannslag are an 11-piece, Shetlandbased instrumental group. Their fiddle driven music, backed by a hard hitting rhythm section, is drawn from their Shetland traditions, alongside Nordic and Celtic influences. 500 Sessions is the group's new album and features a wonderful mix of traditional tunes and new compositions with the isles' rich heritage in mind.
500 Sessions
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STEPHEN LEE 4 Orchestral Pieces Album : cd Release Date: Out Now
4 Orchestral Pieces is a body of work composed by Stephen Lee. Influences reflected in it include the rich, dark imagery of the art of Douglas Gordon and of Caravaggio, the melancholic vision and 'eternal solitude' of the poetry of James Thomson/Charles Baudelaire and the range and poignancy of the musicianship of Billy MacKenzie. Of the tracks, Before the Autumn Came (2 movements) was directly inspired by a Billy MacKenzie vocal melody. Listen: www.last.fm/music/Stephen+Lee+(Piano) Available from: www.Amazon.co.uk www.Amazon.com iTunes www.birnamcdshop.com
DEREK TRIPP
FULLSCEILIDH SPELEMANNSLAG
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haunting and mystical ballad of a journey with God. There is a good mix of love songs, rock anthems, the slightly eclectic, the prophetic and the theatrical.
Glimpses
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now Derek Tripp is a Chirstian songwriter, guitarist and singer, currently based in Aberdeen, Scotland, who has performed his music far and wide across the world. Glimpses is the title of Derek's second album. The name is taken from the title track Glimpses of Glory, a
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TOM McCONNELL ep : download Release Date: Out Now Former guitarist of Seattle-based Citizens Tom McConnell released his debut solo EP after collecting makeshift studio recordings over four years. The Irishborn folk-soulster has been praised by Acoustic Edinburgh for his “infectious, masterful songwriting” and leading single ‘Flags’ was described by BBC Introducing as ‘Bizarre, left field, ambient...definitely one to watch.” Listen: http://tommcconnell.bandcamp.com/ Available from: http://tommcconnell.bandcamp.com/ [Available for download from this link] www.facebook.com/tom.mcconnell.music https://twitter.com/TMcConnellmusic ------------------------------------------------
ROVING CROWS Deliberate Distractions Album : cd Release Date: Out Now
Deliberate Distractions is the Crows 3rd album release, recorded and produced by The Roving Crows and Nick Brine at Rockfield Studios. A creative jump from their 2nd album Bacchanalia, this is a collection of original songs encompassing their diverse sound. Listen: www.rovingcrows.com http://soundcloud.com/therovingcrows Available from: www.rovingcrows.com/shop.html www.facebook.com/therovingcrows www.rovingcrows.com
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THE DEADLY WINTERS Away Boys, Away Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Bandcamp - http://thedeadlywinters.bandcamp.com/ Amazing Tunes - http://deadlywinters.amazingtunes. com/ + Amazon Digital, Google Play www.thedeadlywinters.com www.facebook.com/deadlywinters www.twitter.com/deadlywinters ------------------------------------------------
Recorded live over one weekend at Gargleblast Studios, Hamilton (Scotland) with Producer Andy Miller, the album follows the historical journey of an unnamed hero through childhood dreams of becoming a pirate on Fragile the high seas, to first loves, the horror of war and the Album : cd / download hope of one day making the long journey home. The Release Date: Out Now result is something that will lift the soul yet break the heart of anyone who enjoys a ripping good story. "...the singers voice is acutely soulful and perfectly edged to fit a variety of sounds and genres with Listen: comfort, and this is throughout each and every track as The album will be released on Monday 7 October 2013. the songs do sweep though blues, soft rock, soul, and From Monday 23 September, and for a limited time pop quite easily as the album goes on. I personally only, you will be able to stream the album on think that the way he puts both lyric, and music Bandcamp and Amazing Tunes. together, is nothing short of a masterclass in songwriting." Jamie Mcdermid - New Hellfire Club Bandcamp - http://thedeadlywinters.bandcamp.com/ Glasgow Amazing Tunes - http://deadlywinters.amazingtunes. com/ Listen: YouTube Preview Video - http://www.youtube.com/ http://blackandwhiteboy.bandcamp.com/album/fragile deadlywinters Available from: Available from: http://blackandwhiteboy.bandcamp.com/album/fragile iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/the-deadly- http://acrerecords.com/fr_shop.cfm winters/id428156644
BLACK AND WHITE BOY
LORNA REID
THIS SILENT FOREST
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ED MUIRHEAD Simple Life
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now Ed sings ballads and new-fashioned folk songs: with a voice that is "rich, distinct and full of feeling and warmth", his passion shows through. Somewhere between Ray Charles and Michael Marra, he combines blues piano riffs and old-fashioned songwriting. Listen: www.edmuirhead.co.uk www.edmuirhead.bandcamp.com Available from: Tattie Records - www.tattierecords.com - TATTCD04 www.facebook.com/EdSings www.twitter.com/Ed_Sings ------------------------------------------------
BREABACH
Ùrlar Falling Like Dew
Indivision
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
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‘Falling Like Dew’ by vocalist & songwriter Lorna Reid, is rooted in jazz crossing genres from sultry tango beats of Doggone Good, rocking chorus of Time, haunting lament Girl In the Coat to a country feel on Too Busy. An original ‘collection from the heart’ taking notes from Ella Fitzgerald to Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits and Diana Krall.
This Silent Forest are a four-piece from Glasgow, Scotland. Purveyors of Power Indie taking influence from a shared appreciation of The National, Manchester Orchestra, Idlewild and We Were Promised Jetpacks. The band release their debut album 'Indivision' on 30 September, launching at Glasgow’s Nice n Sleazy and followed with a UK wide tour. 'Indivision' contains previously unreleased tracks and marks a progression in song writing style and attitude from This Silent Forest giving it a dynamic and at times aggressive feel. Recorded in Glasgow at 45-a-side Studios & LoFi Studios with Sam McIntosh, with final mix & mastering duties handled by Chris Gordon.
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/lorna-reid http://youtu.be/GvkMj0YBPbU Available from: http://lornareid.bandzoogle.com/ Physical distribution tba www.lornareid.com https://twitter.com/LornaReidJazz
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Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
In June of 2013 the band toured Scotland and visited each of their 5 hometowns for a very special night of music. During the visits, the band was able to meet with local tradition bearers, friends and family to source songs and melodies for this release. Ùrlar is centred firmly around community and is undoubtedly the bands most diverse undertaking which has gained further inspiration and direction under the production of multi-instrumentalist and award-winning singer Kris Drever (Lau) Listen: http://breabach.bandcamp.com http://www.soundcloud.com/breabach Available from: http://breabach.bandcamp.com http://www.breabach.com iTunes, Amazon and all good record stores (Proper Distribution & Highlander Distribution) www.breabach.com https://twitter.com/breabach www.facebook.com/Breabach
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download GERRY JABLONSKI and THE ELECTRIC BAND Twist of Fate
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BARBARA DICKSON
Gerry Jablonski and The Electric Band have long been one of the most successful acts to come out of Aberdeen. Their first two albums on Fat Hippy Records have sold to classic blues rock fans all over the world and both albums have had to be re-pressed. Their stunning third album recorded while their drummer Dave Innes was fighting cancer shows real passion and pain and it takes the band to a new level. Listen: www.youtube.com/user/GerryJablonskiBand Available from: www.gerryjablonskiband.com/store.html www.gerryjablonskiband.com https://twitter.com/GJEB
To Each & Everyone The Songs of Gerry Rafferty Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Barbara Dickson's new album is a collection of 'The Songs of Gerry Rafferty'. A tribute to someone she admired and was proud to call a friend. Barbara Dickson is an international recording artist with several hits to her credit and an actress with many stage successes. She tours throughout the UK in major venues to packed houses and will embark on her next tour in October. Barbara was both a friend of Gerry and a great admirer of his songs, which comes across in this tribute album. It is again produced by the amazing multiinstrumentalist Troy Donockley. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/barbaradickson
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ROSS AINSLIE
Available from: www.barbaradickson.net/shop (on release) Pre-order: http://amzn.to/1dwQf5B
Wide Open
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now Nominated as 'Musician of the Year' at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Ross is one of the most sought after musicians in the Scottish music scene today; performing with Salsa Celtica, Dougie MacLean and The Treacherous Orchestra. 'Wide Open' is a snap shot of Ross's influences and is a diverse collection of musical styles that have inspired him. The nine tracks feature his talents as master piper and whistle player as well as his skills on cittern and mandolin - he is joined by a wonderful line-up of musicians. 'Wide Open' is dedicated to his teacher and mentor the late Gordon Duncan. Listen: http://rossainslie.bandcamp.com/album/wide-open Available from: www.rossainslie.com/shop
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GIFTED KINGS Lose What Makes You Album : cd Release Date: Out Now
Glasgow's Gifted Kings are set to release their their debut album, recorded under the same roof as legendary Oasis and Queen albums. The band is made up of two sets of brothers: Derek Murray (guitar/ vocals), Andy Murray (lead guitar), Gary Smith (drums), Paul Smith (bass). On “Lose What Makes You” Gifted Kings teamed up with top producer Nick Brine (Oasis, The Darkness, Bruce Springsteen) and mastering wizard
Pete Maher (U2,Depeche Mode). Their music has been used in several shows on Channel 4, S4C, ITV1, Sky Sports. Ripcurl and O’Neill Sports have adopted Gifted Kings' music in advertising campaigns targeting the USA, Australia and Asia. Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn7jjJ2dKJk Soundcloud: http://snd.sc/XJ7erI Available from: www.giftedkings.com https://twitter.com/giftedkingsband
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THE LITTLE KICKS Put Your Love In Front Of Me Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
The Little Kicks are a 4 piece band with a reputation for a great live show and are known for their distinctly catchy upbeat indie pop songs. They have shared stages with the likes of Foals, The Vaccines, Frightened Rabbit, Glasvegas, Maximo Park, Mystery Jets, Errors, The Kooks, Editors, The Macabees and many more. Their debut album “Boxing Clever” was released to critical acclaim and their second album “The Little Kicks” received favourable reviews in the NME (7/10) who said the band “produced a nice line in brittle funk alongside pocket epics they should be proud of”. IsThisMusic awarded the album 4****/ 5 and The Scotsman named The Little Kicks as a band of the year for 2011/2012 and The Sun newspaper included the band in a feature of Top 10 for 2012. Listen: https://soundcloud.com/the-little-kicks http://thelittlekicks.bandcamp.com/ Available from: www.thelittlekicks.bigcartel.com/category/cds http://www.thelittlekicks.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/TheLittleKicks www.facebook.com/pages/The-LittleKicks/118594241569127 ------------------------------------------------
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We encourage you to support independent record shops in Scotland : A selection of popular ones are below. If you run or have a favourite shop not listed please let us know and we'll happily include it. Because this is linked to our 'new release' section we are only listing genuine high street retail shops who sell physical copies of new cds/records 'friendly face to friendly face' with their customers! Email your record shop details to be included below to: carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Avalanche (Edinburgh) Grassmarket EH1 2HY : www.avalancherecords.co.uk Apollo Music (Paisley) Causeyside Street PA1 1YH : www.apollomusic.uk.com Barnstorm (Dumfries) Queensberry Street DG1 1BU : 01387 267894 Coda (Edinburgh) [trad/folk specialist] Bank Street EH1 2LN : www.codamusic.co.uk Concorde (Perth) Scott Street PH1 5EJ : www.concordemusic.com Europa (Stirling) Friars Street FK8 1HA : www.europamusic.co.uk Imperial (Inverness) Market Hall IV1 1PJ : www.imperial-music.com Love Music (Glasgow) Dundas Street G1 2AQ : www.lovemusicglasgow.com McAlister Matheson (Edinburgh) [classical] Grindlay St EH3 9AT : www.mmmusic.co.uk Monorail (Glasgow) King Street G1 5RB : www.monocafebar.com/index.php?pid=84 Ripping Records (Edinburgh) South Bridge EH1 1HN : www.rippingrecords.com
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DECEMBER Edinburgh's Hogmanay Edinburgh December 31 Four fabulous days and nights of amazing events kick off the world's greatest New Year party. With the traditional torchlit procession, street performers, fireworks, concerts, ceilidh, the big Hogmanay party itself and a New Year's Day run to blow the cobwebs away Edinburgh's buzzing. Come along and experience the magic for yourself. www.edinburghshogmanay.org
Stirlings Hogmanay Stirling Castle December 31 Stirling's Hogmanay Concert on Stirling Castle's Esplanade, it's the big outdoor concert with headline bands, huge crowds, countdown to midnight and one of the very best fireworks displays in the country. Tickets on general sale for the Hogmanay concert at £25
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Glasgow. Celtic Connections 2014 will also use the brand new SSE Hydro, Scotland’s biggest ever music venue. Tickets are on sale now.
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The 2014 Niel Gow Festival will be held in the beautiful Perthshire Big Burns Supper is Dumfries’ village of Dunkeld & Birnam, home Scotland's biggest FREE Hogmanay newest multi-disciplinary festival of of Niel Gow. The annual festival was contemporary performing arts, party from 8pm at Northern established in 2004 to celebrate the providing an annual platform for the Meeting Park Arena, Ardross Street, life and music of Perthshire's fiddle Inverness. 10,000 Highlanders and most innovative music, theatre, legend. It is envisaged that through visual arts, dance, live art, film, visitors from all around the world time the festival and other activities gather to party their way into 2014. cabaret and children’s events. The will gather enough funds to erect a Hosted by Comedian Craig Hill, this festival will take place from the fitting memorial to Niel Gow in 25th until the 27th January 2013. year's show will feature The Red Dunkeld & Birnam. Niel Gow (not Hot Chilli Pipers with special guests Go to www.bigburnssupper.com to Neil Gow) was born in Strathbraan find out more about the festival. Skerryvore and Dorec-a-belle. on 22nd March 1727 and grew up in Gates will open at 20:30 and watch World's Biggest Night Burns the village of Inver, by Dunkeld. Celebration. out for a huge surprise around Inverness Castle at 20:14 to mark www.niel-gow.co.uk www.bigburnssupper.com the countdown to Homecoming Scotland 2014. (You really need to Northern Nashville ensure your cameras are working!) www.invernessfestivals.com
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