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Born To Be Wide to discuss being a 'Producer' at seminar Born To Be Wide returns to Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on Thursday 2 March with a panel focusing on the role of the producer. Confirmed speakers include Dave Eringa, best known for his work with the Manic Street Preachers, manager Claire Southwick and Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones, who co-owns Leith’s Post Electric studio. They will be joined by John McLaughlin, who produced artists including Westlife, Busted and 5ive. The discussion will look at a variety of themes including the relationship between producers and artists, the impact of low-cost technology and why it is one of the most male-dominated areas of the music business. “Producers have an essential role to play in shaping an act’s musical direction and this panel will explore the different approaches,” says Born To Be Wide founder, Olaf Furniss. In addition to the topics outlined, the evening will also cover the different career paths into production, including the rise of university and college courses. Prior to the panel, the latest details for the 'Wide Days' convention programme will be unveiled. The discussion will be followed by socialising to playlists selected by the speakers. Born To Be Wide started life in 2004 as an informal social night to bring together those involved in the Scottish music scene, and soon began attracting interest throughout the UK. Since April 2008 the company has hosted networking evenings, which begin with a discussion panel featuring key figures from the music industry.
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Charlie Stewart wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Talented fiddle player Charlie Stewart was named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2017 after a rousing winning performance at Glasgow’s City Halls. Judges were unanimous in awarding the 21 year-old the title, now seen as the premier accolade for young musicians in their field. Each of the six finalists gave a stirring performance, broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland as part of Celtic Connections. But Charlie, of Glenfarg, Perthshire, had the edge during an evening of superb entertainment. Jeff Zycinski, Head of Radio at BBC Scotland, says: “Charlie is exactly the type of performer we wanted to shine the spotlight on when we launched the search for this year’s winner. His stunning performance was both moving and spirited and really captivated the audience. "Every year, the judging process becomes more difficult with musicians of such a high calibre coming through the ranks. Our six finalists were magnificent, each one stamping their set with true individuality and flair. It was an extremely difficult choice, but Charlie stood out on the night. He will really help to inspire and encourage the next generation of young artists to keep traditional music alive.” Charlie first picked up the fiddle aged nine. He is now working towards a BMus (Jazz), studying Jazz bass with Mario Caribe and fiddle with Marie Feilding at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Currently playing with two bands, Dosca and Levack, Stewart, Irving, he has performed all over Europe. In 2016 he reached the semi-finals of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards playing with harpist Becky Hill, and has also won the Danny Kyle award with playing partner Ross Miller.
Charlie Stewart receiving the trophy from Jeff Zycinski, Head of Radio, BBC Scotland
"Charlie is exactly the type of performer we wanted to shine the spotlight on when we launched the search for this year’s winner" Jeff Zycinski, Head of Radio at BBC Scotland Charlie says: “I'm amazed and so pleased to win. Everyone performed fantastically well in the finals. To be singled out as winner is such an honour. The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year is such a wellrespected competition. I'm really excited about the doors it will open.”
Charlie wins a recording session with BBC Scotland and one-year membership to the Musicians Union. All finalists get a one-year membership to the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (TMSA) plus the opportunity to take part in the TMSA’s annual Young Trad Tour. Previous winners of the award who have used their victory as a major springboard to a professional career in music include last year’s winner, concertina virtuoso Mohsen Amini, singer Robyn Stapleton who won in 2014, and talented 2004 winner, multi-instrumentalist Anna Massie. Organised by BBC Radio Scotland, the Young Traditional Musician of The Year competition has been running since 2001, increasing the profile of Scottish traditional music and recognising rising talent in the genre.
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Musicians Can Win £500 & Top Tuition With Hands Up For Trad Entries can be submitted at ..... https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotlandsings/nos-ur/ Hands Up for Trad exists to promote Scottish traditional music through education, information and advocacy to artists, audiences and participants throughout Scotland and beyond. Hands Up for Trad are supported by Creative Scotland, the development body for the arts and creative industries in Scotland.
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Event Founder and Hands Up for Trad Creative Director, Simon Thoumire, said: “We have a wealth of incredibly talented musicians in Scotland and we’re really excited to be working with Creative Scotland to see what bright new stars Nòs Ùr unveils. To be in with the chance of winning £500 and on-onone songwriting tuition with an industry professional, make sure you enter via the Hands Up for Trad website – good luck!" Siobhan Anderson, Music Officer, Creative Scotland, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for young song-writers in Scotland to contribute new additions to both the Scots and Gaelic song repertoires. The Scottish music scene is bursting with talented young performers and composers which the results of this competition will undoubtedly showcase.” Hands Up for Trad was formed in 2002 and exists to increase the profile and visibility of Scottish Traditional Music through Information, Education and Advocacy. Hands Up for Trad’s primary aim is to promote excellence and support developing talent within Scottish traditional music through our five key projects
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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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Shortlisted members at the 'Scottish Awards for New Music' "The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"
The inaugural 'Scottish Awards for New Music' takes place at an awards ceremony at the Drygate Brewery in Glasgow on 8 March. Scottish Music Centre members who are shortlisted include:
Claire McCue
CLAIRE MCCUE - her piece Flicker! is shortlisted for the Dorico Award for Small/ medium Scale Work sponsored by Steinberg. Claire McCue completed a Masters in composition, studying with Rory Boyle, at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, thanks to a generous scholarship, and graduated in 2011 with distinction, and several prizes. Her music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and performed across the UK, as well as internationally. In 2015 she, again, won the Cottier’s Chamber Music Festival composition competition, resulting in several performances by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra chamber ensemble and last year her string quartet was shortlisted by the British panel for Sounds of Tomorrow ISCM World Music Days 2016 as part of Tongyeong International Music Festival.
shortlisted for Recorded New Work. Jennifer read Music at the University of Edinburgh and continued her research there, gaining an MPhil in Composition. Jennifer is currently the Scotland Coordinator for Music for Youth. She has served as a Director of Drake Music Scotland and is the Chief Executive of Hebrides Ensemble.
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JOHN MCLEOD - within the Community / Education Project for his work Songs from Above and Below. John is one of Scotland’s foremost composers and amongst the UK’s busiest and most prolific. He studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Sir Lennox Berkeley but later came under the influence of Lutoslawski who became his mentor. John has won many awards for his work including the Guinness Prize. In June 2016 he was appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. His works have been commissioned, performed and recorded by leading orchestras including the Philharmonia, Hallé, BBC SSO, RSNO, SCO, NYOS as well as orchestras in Poland, Germany and the USA and by many ensembles and international soloists.
HENRY MACPHERSON - work Ūhte is shortlisted in the Recorded New Work category. Henry is a composer/performer currently living and working in Glasgow. With a background in music, theatre, and visual art, Henry creates work coloured by a holistic world-view, producing auditory and cross-disciplinary pieces with a wide range of collaborators and artistic partners. Since Henry MacPherson 2013, he has been studying Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in ALASDAIR NICOLSON - his work The Iris Glasgow, under the tutelage of Professor Rory Boyle. Murders is also shortlisted for the Dorico Award Alasdair Nicolson for Small/medium Scale Work sponsored by See the full shortlist with artist profiles @ Steinberg. Alasdair was born in Inverness, www.newmusicscotland.co.uk/awards2017 Scotland in 1961 and brought up on the Isle of The first 'Scottish Awards for New Music', supported by Creative Scotland Skye and the Black Isle. His first musical and the Musicians' Union, take place at the Drygate Brewery, Glasgow, at experiences were in traditional folk music 8pm on Wednesday 8 March. Tickets are £25 and you can book @ before going on to study at Edinburgh University as an undergraduate, later returning www.newmusicscotland.co.uk/awards2017 as Shaw McFie Lang Fellow. An award-winning There were over a hundred and eighty nominations for the awards composer, he came to prominence after submitted by artists, audience members and the general public, winning the IBM Composers’ Prize in the early reinforcing the depth and breadth of new music activity in Scotland. 1990s and is now regarded as one of Nominations ranged from amateur musicians and emerging artists, to Martin Suckling Scotland’s most important new compositional major organisations and household names and covered a wide-range of voices alongside his contemporary James new music. MacMillan. His music has its roots in old The Scottish Awards for New Music have been created by New Music Scottish music and has been praised for its clarity, invention and Scotland with financial support from Creative Scotland, the Musicians' emotional depth. Union, Steinberg, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, PRS for Music and MARTIN SUCKLING - Piano Concerto features in the Large Scale Work Help Musicians UK, to celebrate and champion the highest standards and category sponsored by PRS for Music. Martin was born in Glasgow in achievements of Scotland’s composers, musicians, sound artists and 1981. He studied music at Clare College Cambridge and King’s College ensembles. They are intended to highlight and showcase the innovative, London. He was a Paul Mellon Fellow at Yale University from 2003-5, experimental and ground-breaking work taking place in Scotland, as well undertook doctoral research at the Royal Academy of Music, and as the depth and breadth of the country’s contemporary music scene. subsequently became a Stipendiary Lecturer in Music at Somerville New Music Scotland is a network of composers, performers, College, Oxford. He lives in Manchester and is currently Lecturer in programmers, producers, educators, funders and audience. NMS Composition at the University of York. In 2011 the critically acclaimed Candlebird, a substantial new piece for baritone and ensemble, based on facilitates the creation, production and promotion of experimental, innovative and imaginative new music. texts by Don Paterson, was premiered by the London Sinfonietta, who subsequently released a recording of the work on their own label. In the www.newmusicscotland.co.uk same year storm, rose, tiger was premiered by the Scottish Chamber https://twitter.com/scotnewmus Orchestra under Robin Ticciati at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall in October. HEBRIDES ENSEMBLE - through member Jennifer Martin, are
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Scottish Music Industry Association: SMIA Creative Conversations: Stuart Cosgrove SMIA Workshops: Podcasting with Halina Rifai Join the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) at 6.30pm on Wednesday 1 March for the second in their series of Creative Conversations, this time with writer, broadcaster and one time music journalist Stuart Cosgrove.
Year in the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards, In 2012 he won numerous awards including a BAFTA and Royal Television Society award for Channel 4's coverage of the London Paralympics 2012, Paralympics including. He was also given a BAFTA Scotland Award for Special Achievement and Industry Excellence in television.
Taking place at Hard Rock Cafe, 179 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Stuart will be in conversation with SMIA Chair Dougal Perman, discussing his journey through music journalism (including his time as Media Editor at the NME and The Face during the 1980s), with reflections on the state of music media today, and opportunities posed by it.
#SMIAWorkshops are a new series of monthly workshops we're running throughout 2017, focusing on skills development for music professionals in Scotland. The next SMIA workshop is on Tuesday 7 March at 9am in the Screening Room at societyM's, Screening Room at 60 Renfrew Street, Glasgow.
Stuart presents BBC Scotland's popular radio show 'Off the Ball' and lives in Glasgow and London. He recently left Channel 4 after a career spanning twenty years to focus full time on his first love - writing. Event page @
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Networking drinks will follow, with the opportunity to speak to Stuart, Dougal and some others from the SMIA team. This event is free entry and non-ticketed.
The workshop with Podcart's Halina Rifai will look at different means to record podcasts including for those on a budget, what equipment is right for you and a look at editing. How to service to different platforms Stuart Cosgrove is from Perth and is a writer such as iTunes, what platforms are right for and broadcaster. He is the author of 'Detroit your podcast including hosting platforms. 67: The Year that Changed Soul' recently Also looking at what makes a good podcast. nominated as Best Music Book of 2016 If you are using music then we will look at 'Young Soul Rebels: a Personal History of some of the guidelines surrounding this Northern Soul' and the forthcoming 'Memphis including PRS licensing. 68.' He was a staff writer with the black music paper Echoes, Media Editor of the NME Since 2009, Halina has run Podcart, a music and a television executive with the UK blog/podcast with a strong focus on broadcaster Channel 4. emerging Scottish artists, as well as acts from around the world. This year she began A graduate of Hull University, he completed a running Bloc+Music, a not-for-profit PhD. in modern American theatre history and Glasgow-based label that is part of Glasgow won a UK Academy Award for his postindependent venue Bloc+. Halina is also a doctoral essay 'The Zoot Suit and Style member of female collective TYCI, who Warfare'. He has since studied at Wharton publish a fanzine and regularly hosts music Business School, University of Pennsylvania events. This year she has joined A Badge Of and the John Kennedy School of Government Friendship as the regional PR for Scotland. at Harvard University. Each of SMIA's workshops are free entry for Stuart is an Honorary Fellow of John Moores SMIA members and ÂŁ30 (inc. VAT) for University Liverpool and an Honorary General Admission - tickets @ Professor of Stirling University, and Honorary http://bit.ly/smiaworkshop7mar Doctor of Arts at Abertay University in his native Scotland. In 2005 he was named Broadcaster of the
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The Famous Spiegeltent The fight is on to keep Famous Spiegeltent in Edinburgh's St Andrew's Square during the 'Festival' as businesses including Standard Life and Royal Bank of Scotland block permission R.I.P. Edinburgh’s own 'The Famous Spiegeltent' to be evicted from St Andrew Square after 33 years at Edinburgh Festivals!
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Big Business is on the verge of killing off the 97-year old Edinburgh icon.
2016 was a standout year after three years’ investment of energy and finance to create and establish her beautiful new garden home in St Andrew Square. In her long love affair with Edinburgh, The Famous Spiegeltent has featured at the Edinburgh International Book There's no explanation with elitists Festival, the Edinburgh International Standard Life, the Royal Bank of Scotland and other private owners, Festival, the Edinburgh International represented by private management Jazz and Blues Festival, as well as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, company Essential Edinburgh, becoming synonymous with terminating festival activity for the public in St Andrew Square - despite Edinburgh’s evolution as the world’s premiere festival city. renovations in 2008 at a reported cost of £2.6 million from the public Inspired by Edinburgh, The Famous purse. Spiegeltent was the first ever Performing artists, festival-goers, tourists and locals alike are set to lose a premier inner-city festival venue; Edinburgh's New Town loses a key source of festival footfall and associated revenue, including 50,000 ticket sales leaving the heart of the district and heading elsewhere. Apart from comedy and theatre the music community will lose a high profile venue that promoted many Scottish acts and is a home to the Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival with local and international artists.
spiegeltent to travel the world to appear at arts festivals and events, pioneering the concept of spiegeltents as international arts festival performance venues, and becoming the industry gold standard: Sydney, Auckland, Adelaide, Melbourne, Dublin, New York, San Francisco, Paris, London, Brighton, Montreal, Cape Town.
The Famous Spiegeltent has been the home of Scottish music for 21 years, showcasing established and emerging Scottish artists to the world festival market, as well as promoting Scottish music internationally with many Scots If this actually happens then the finding themselves on the familiar The Famous Spiegeltent will be stage of The Famous Spiegeltent in homeless on the 70th different destinations across the anniversary of the Edinburgh world. Festival! The Edinburgh International Jazz The first ever spiegeltent into the and Blues Festival increased ticket UK, in 1983 The Famous Spiegeltent sales by 33% in the past two years arrived at the inaugural Edinburgh due to programming in The Famous International Book Festival in Spiegeltent at St Andrew Square. Charlotte Square, courtesy of sponsorship by brewers Scottish and St Andrew Square was renovated in 2008 at a reported cost of £2.6 Newcastle. million from the public purse, with It was also the first ever spiegeltent the intention of opening up the at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, formerly gated garden to the public since 1996 The Famous Spiegeltent as a new public facility in the centre has graced various locations across of the city. It has been a perfect the city: upon the Princes Mall inner-city location for The Famous rooftop plaza; tucked in next to the Spiegeltent, pivotal to spreading the Sir Walter Scott Monument; diversity of the festival across the establishing a brand new festival city and restoring some balance hub for eight years in George following the Southside’s domination Square Gardens; bringing the of the Fringe in recent years. festival back to the New Town with the innovative The Famous Spiegel The St Andrew Square project Terrace in George Street; and, since offered employment opportunities for over 500 staff and contractors, 2014, as the jewel in the crown of hundreds of suppliers and more the highly successful St Andrew than 1000 artists. The Famous Square site.
The Famous Spiegeltent in St Andrew Square in 2016 :: photo by Thierry Franco
Spiegeltent’s iconic vintage housestyle was incarnated by a select team of dedicated and professional festival workers, joined by young Edinburgh locals who received on-the-job industry training. All employment opportunities will now disappear because of this ill-considered and unilateral decision by Standard Life and other big business owners of St Andrew Square. Despite reports to the contrary, the past three years’ summer festival activity retained the majority of St Andrew Square as a public facility. The Famous Spiegeltent and its festival site occupied less than half of the Square, with the rest of the Square remaining fully accessible and open as a garden of relaxation and also as a public thoroughfare in its regular opening hours. All public paths, including through the festival site itself, continued to provide unimpeded access.
and the St Andrew Square festival project have brought to the New Town over the past three years is quite simply astounding and bears closer investigation. Throughout this fiasco of The Famous Spiegeltent being turfed out of St Andrew Square by corporate interests, there has been no explanation from the Edinburgh City Council, Essential Edinbrugh or the big business owners themselves as to why St Andrew Square cannot be used for summer festival activity in 2017 – other than a rumour that Standard Life itself may be interested in the future in purchasing The Famous Spiegeltent!
Final word that The Famous Spiegeltent is no longer welcome in St Andrew Square was only received this month and despite intensive lobbying to the Edinburgh City Council and Essential Edinburgh, no viable alternative site has yet been confirmed. Consequently, major There were no public complaints in programming has already been forced to register with alternative 2016 about the St Andrew Square summer festival spiegeltent project venues, major international artists are no longer available, Fringe that was hailed as the best, most deadlines have passed, and aesthetic and sophisticated availability of contractors, staff, temporary site in the Fringe-byequipment and infrastructure is Fringe directors; the Square was severely compromised – after 33 returned to its pristine condition years, and in the 70th anniversary within three weeks of the Fringe of the Edinburgh Festivals, it looks close. The seemingly casual and mean-spirited dismissal by Standard like time has finally run out for Edinburgh’s Grand Old Dame. Life, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and other private owners, of the www.spiegeltent.net artistic, economic and community https://twitter.com/FamousSpiegel value that The Famous Spiegeltent www.facebook.com/TheFamousSpiegeltent
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City of Glasgow College students host enterprise project skills gig Chris Mac+ St. Providence + The Rain Experiment HNC students from Scotland’s largest college, City of Glasgow College, are set to rock one of Glasgow most popular venues with a night of music by Scottish musicians.
part of an enterprise project alongside Bridge2Business which is an organisation that helps students develop their Entrepreneurial skills Group spokesman Stephen Reside said: “Being Radio students we automatically have in interest in live music and to be given the opportunity to put on our gig is just as exciting as it is challenging. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed developing new skills that without the project we
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The event called 'City Radio Presents' will take place at Nice N Sleazys on Sauchiehall Street, on 28 February as part of the Creative City Festival which runs from 27 February to 17 March. The HNC Radio students are hosting the gig as It’s not only Chris who is excited, Senior Media Lecturer at City of Glasgow College John Clarke spoke about the benefits the students will gain from the gig: "Organising and publicising their own music event will provide our HNC Radio students with a range of skills that will benefit them in their future careers. We’re looking forward to would not have picked up, as we mostly stick to launching Creative City for the third consecutive year and would welcome City of Glasgow College Presenting, Interviewing and Producing, so it’s students, staff and members of the public to all been refreshing. We are particularly excited about being on the Second day as it gives us the come along.” opportunity to set the tone for the festival”. GIGnotes ..... Tuesday 28 February @ Nice Performers at the event will be Chris Mac, St. N Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. 8Providence and The Rain Experiment. 11pm. Doors- 8.00pm-11.00pm. With The Rain Experiment + St. Providence + Chris Mac. Chris Mac had this to say about his Tickets are £7 on the door or £5 in advance involvement in the gig: online @ “All in all, I'm getting really excited about the https://fixr-app.com/event/12962 sleazys gig on the 28th, I'm heading into the https://twitter.com/crp_feb28th studio after I'm done working on some session www.facebook.com/events/1190166157699175/ work to prepare for the gig.”
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TOMMY SMITH YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA :: album :: 'Effervescence' release date - out now @ https://snjo.co.uk/snjo-shop/
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra (TSYJO) pops all the corks in a magnumsized case of fizzing jazz with Effervescence; a brand new CD out now on Spartacus Records. This electrifying recording is based on vintages established by Woody Herman, Jerome Kern, Chick Corea, Benny Golson and Dizzy Gillespie, and it comes laced with sparkling, fresh ingredients from newcomer Sean Gibbs, and respected arrangers Florian Ross and Christian Jacob.
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Effervescence is the third album from a young jazz orchestra that has grown considerably in strength, depth and ambition, and this studio recording naturally bubbles with their trademark energy and enthusiasm. Yet there is also selfassurance and audacity in the way that solos are taken by so many of these assertive young players.
There are strong measures of bravado, bite and kick under Tommy Smith's sure direction, but It's been fourteen years since the inception of TSYJO, and in that time the orchestra has been a there are also infusions of eloquent expression, warmth, intimacy and feeling. All of these platform for some of the most exciting young jazz musicians in the UK. The present ensemble strengths combine to striking effect on Tam O' Shanter, an imaginative new composition from includes multiple award-winners and critically the pen of trumpeter/composer Sean Gibbs. acclaimed individuals who have already won recognition and approval from fans, Elsewhere, the arranging skills of Ross and Jacob commentators and peers alike. map the way through the minds of Corea, Davis
and Kern, and point into spaces where instrumentalists may roam at leisure. These directions take the musicians into zones where the spirits of ancient Egypt and the icons of the jazz age dwell together on tunes like Davis’ Nefertiti and Corea's Bud Powell. It seems fitting too that Gillespie’s Things to Come should feature here, for TSYJO are all about tomorrow. Dizzy’s headlong rush into the future of jazz perhaps anticipated the interpretive embrace of successive generations, so ably personified by the players on this album. The versatility of this young orchestra is also underscored by the inclusion of the droll, almost casual genius of Corea’s Humpty Dumpty and Kern’s evergreen melody The Way You Look Tonight. Add a smart dash of style with Benny Golson’s Blues March, and the sweet tang of Woody Herman's Apple Honey and you have the recipe for making great jazz. The TSYJO represents much more than the future aspirations of Scottish jazz. The music on Effervescence demonstrates that jazz is an art form that is passed through hands from one generation to another. It may be distilled, matured or replenished on the way, but its resilience is proven in the performances on this CD.
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JENNY STURGEON :: album :: 'The Wren and The Salt Air' release date - out now @ https://jennysturgeon.bandcamp.com/ ‘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.
‘The Wren And The Salt Air’, commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), comprises four new pieces of music inspired by the wildlife and human history of the archipelago. It is a spellbinding collection that effectively captures the unique atmosphere of St Kilda, Britain’s most remote island group. In this EP Jenny explores the connections between birds and music, and woven into the tracks are her field recordings of the birds of St Kilda, as well as those of composer, author and ornithologist Magnus Robb (‘The Sound Approach’). Susan Bain, the St Kilda Site Manager for NTS, says of the project “The St Kildans drew inspiration from the landscape and wildlife around them in order to compose songs and melodies and I’m delighted that Jenny has continued this tradition. As a World Heritage Site St Kilda has value to all of humanity and music can connect and inspire peoples across the globe regardless of language or culture.”
captured the interest of people across the globe. It was as recently as 1930 that the last native St Kildans left the archipelago. Today, three organisations NTS, Scottish Natural Heritage and the MoD - work in partnership to further a continuing programme of conservation and research on the islands.
The opening title track, ‘The Wren And The Salt Air’, captures the imagery of Jenny’s songwriting and references a walk around Village Bay, the main settlement of crofts, black houses and cleats, abandoned by the native St Kildans in ‘The Wren And The Salt Air’ features Jenny 1930 when the islands were evacuated. A field (vocals, shruti box, guitar), Jonny Hardie (fiddle, recording of the unique St Kilda Wren provides a vocals), Pete MacCallum (guitar, vocals) and the base for this track, upon which Jenny weaves distinctive calls of the St Kilda Wren, Leach’s lyrics and melody. Storm-Petrel and Black-Legged Kittiwake. This, 10% of profits from the sale of this the third studio recording from Jenny, was EP goes to support conservation recorded over two days at Studio 1604 in work on St Kilda Aberdeenshire.
Jenny Sturgeon :: photo by Bryan Watson
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MAIRI CAMPBELL :: Scottish tour :: 'Pulse' Full Scottish tour starting in March - dates @ https://mairicampbell.scot/gigs/
Musician Mairi Campbell is touring her critically acclaimed one-woman theatre show Mairi Campbell: Pulse around Scotland from March. The tour, which sees Campbell play everywhere from Inverness to Dumfries, follows her show’s month-long successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016. Critics and audiences alike gave the show fantastic
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first time such as New Deer and Campbell kicks off her tour at the Atlantic Tullynessle in Islands Centre in Luing on 10th March, followed Aberdeenshire. by Eden Court Theatre in Inverness on 16th My greatMarch, and The Barn in Banchory on 17th March. grandfather John She has strong connections with many of the Anderson came places she will be visiting, and is excited to be from Rhynie up visiting others for the first time. there. She said: “I know the story of Pulse resonates “I hope folk will far and wide, so that’s why I’m so happy to be venture out to give us a good reception and touring to all kind of venues, such as the Atlantic support not just me but the wider arts scene in Islands Centre in Luing, a beautiful venue with Scotland.” extraordinary views from the stage out to the sea. Campbell will also play one show in her hometown of Edinburgh at the Scottish “Then there’s Benderloch in Argyll, where my Storytelling Centre on 30th March. grandfather Duncan Campbell was from. I’m also looking forward to visiting some places for the Co-devised and directed by Kath Burlinson, Pulse is Campbell’s story of her musical homecoming, a journey of the heart and quest to find her pulse. Apprenticed into the professional orchestral world, her frustration hits boiling point and she breaks away from the stifling autocracy. Pulse charts her passionate and, sometimes, painful journey of discovery to love and danger in Mexico, step-dancing in Cape Breton, and beyond. With the help of mentors and guides, Campbell charts a path back to her pulse through Scotland’s indigenous music and ‘comes home’. The show resonates strongly with these times, in Scotland, socially, culturally and politically. We too are finding our feet, our inner strength and our pulse.
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ECHO ARCADIA :: album :: 'Visions of Symmetry' release date - 3 March @ http://echoarcadia.com/music/
Echo Arcadia are six piece Indie band from Edinburgh, Scotland who strive to "make music that will break your heart while your foot taps along." Guitars underpinned by thumping drums, thick bass lines and keys with violins that would break a stone heart, all bearing the weight of heartfelt vocals.
This isn't conventional Pop music, but Echo Arcadia aren't a conventional band. "There’s no box we fit in" explains vocalist and guitarist Leigh, "unless its dodecahedral with a section for Schrodinger’s cat". Visions of Symmetry is clearly a fusion of diverse influences as eighties Pop blends seamlessly into alt folk. Leigh's smooth and beautifully toned vocals are complimented perfectly by Kate's harmonies and every song is characterised by infectious melody, exemplary musicianship and intensely personal lyrics. Leigh says "Visions of symmetry is a journey through a dark time in my life. It deals with loss, depression and the hope that comes with fighting through at the other side. It was described by our long term producer as a more mature and thoughtful album than our previous records, marking our growth in the music we're making. It's cinematic but personal, multi layered like an onion but it probably won't make you cry... it will go well with hotdogs though." Music Musings and Such: “Echo Arcadia are perfectly capable of delivery a two-tonne missile to the guts: they are practically peerless when it comes to providing everyday soundtracks with that extra drop of beauty. Visions of Symmetry is an album that does what it sets out to do: grabs the listener and draws them into something personal, immersive and universal: a mass of contradictions that will not confuse- only inspire and amaze.“ GIGnotes ..... 11th March - Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh
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TOP FLOOR TAIVERS :: album :: 'A Delicate Game' release date - out now @ www.topfloortaivers.com/shop/ Featuring members from Scotland, Ireland and England, Top Floor Taivers are a rapidly up-and-coming line-up comprising singer Claire Hastings (2015’s BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year), pianist Tina Jordan Rees, fiddler Gráinne Brady and Heather Downie on clàrsach. They have performed at many festivals and venues across the UK and Ireland, and have had their music featured on TV and radio.
stunning take on 1952 Vincent Black Lightning from the pen of Richard Thompson, Findlay Napier’s Princess Rosanna, Leonard Cohen’s Everybody Knows and the timeless Ramblin’ Rover by the inspirational Andy M Stewart. Final track entitled 10 Little Men has lyrics by Clare Hastings, her take on an old nursery rhyme and creates a new sound for the band.
“These four are incredibly talented, certainly worthy of a lot more exposure.”
Since forming in 2013 the band have performed across Scotland and Ireland, with highlights including BBC Music Day, Stonehaven Folk Festival, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party, and Celtic Connections amongst others. In 2017 they will be touring their new album and will be performing a tour of Germany in 2018.
Their debut album; 'A Delicate Game' interweaves traditional Folk Radio UK Scottish, contemporary and original songs and tunes, influenced by their respective home nations and pushing the boundaries of folk.
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The album also includes covers including a
KAELA ROWAN :: March tour :: 'The Fruited Thorn' Full Scottish tour in March - dates @ www.kaelarowan.net/tour/ Acclaimed Scottish singer Kaela Rowan released The Fruited Thorn, her second solo album in August 2016. Gaining excellent reviews including a 5* rating in fRoots, the album is a collection of traditional Scottish and Irish ballads sung in Gaelic, Scots and English - and Kaela is about to start a tour throughout Scotland.
Karen Matheson, The Mike McGoldrick Band, Nusa, Anna Murray, The Loveboat Big Band, The Bevvy Sisters and many more. Most recently she joined Shooglenifty for their acclaimed seventh album The Untied Knot, bringing a dynamic new element to the band's sound. She toured extensively with the Shoogles throughout 2015, and will record with the band again in 2017 in India.
bring in the new year, a real honour and such an amazing atmosphere"
"Every one of my trips to Rajasthan [Kaela has performed at Kaela's career highlights (so far) ... Jodhpur Riff Festival four "Singing with the great Dick Gaughan was times] has been amazing, from our first definitely a real highlight, seeing as I ate, slept performance in 2012, a dawn concert on a dais The four hauntingly beautiful Gaelic ballads on and breathed his A Handful of Earth album in my overlooking the city of Jodphur, from darkness to the album were impressive enough to earn Kaela early singing days" sunrise, with the city slowly waking below, to a nomination for “Gaelic Singer of the Year“ at Shooglenifty's collaborative main stage concerts "Performing on the main stage at the Woodford the Scots Trad Music Awards in December 2016 with the local manganiyar musicians (They are Festival in Australia just before the bells on famous for their classical folk music. They are Kaela Rowan is best known as lead singer with Hogmanay 2014/15 was incredible. The venue is the groups of hereditary professional musicians, the influential Scottish band Mouth Music. She a huge natural amphitheatre in the middle of the whose music has been supported by wealthy recorded four albums with the band and toured Queensland rainforest, and I sang a Gaelic air landlords and aristocrats for generations) in globally with them in the 1990s. whilst Bunna Lawrie, an Australian Aboriginal 2014 and 2015. singer and musician, performed an ancient fire Much in demand for her beautiful voice, she has ritual in front of a crowd of 40,000 people to "Our first rehearsal with the Rajasthanis was recorded and performed with Eliza Carthy Band, unforgettable, as when those guys sing or play, they do so with incredible passion, and it's a really powerful, almost overwhelming experience to be sitting in the midst of them in while they're in full swing” "Looking back to my younger days, just being in a session with the great Glenuig musicians Iain and Allan Macdonald was a pretty special experience" "Having been a huge fan of his since my Glenuig days, a total life highlight was meeting James Taylor, and spending a couple of hours blethering with him in a van enroute to Edinburgh Airport. To my delight we got stuck in a traffic jam and I had the opportunity to sing some puirt into his left ear"
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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.
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EUGENE TWIST
RAB NOAKES NORRIE McCULLOCH
The Stuntman
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With a lyrical arena boasting whistleblowers, extraterrestrials and self-cannibalisation, Eugene Twist's highly anticipated second album arrives with one mission: to let the storyteller run riot inside the song. From spat-out surrealism to politicised anthems and mystical ballads, 'The Stuntman' is the latest from the unbounded imagination of Eugene Twist. Listen/Watch: https://eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/yooteeyoob https://spoti.fi/2iut838 Available from: http://bit.ly/et-album http://apple.co/2iYEoWy www.eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.eugenetwist.co.uk www.facebook.com/eugenetwistmusic www.twitter.com/EugeneTwist
The Treatment Tapes 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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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. Listen/Watch: www.rabnoakes.com/shop Available from: www.rabnoakes.com and all good online and high street stores www.rabnoakes.com https://twitter.com/rabnoakes
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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.
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VERSE METRICS PYRO
Out Of The Blue 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 Available from: iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Deezer etc. CD @ www.dannymortimer.co.uk www.dannymortimer.co.uk https://twitter.com/d_mortimermusic www.facebook.com/dannymortimermusic
Money
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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
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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
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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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GILCHRIST PETE COUTTS
Guillotine
Soul Preacher
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
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
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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
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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
PAUL ARMOUR
www.grahammackenziemusic.com https://twitter.com/Grahamfiddle www.facebook.com/grahammackenziemusic
HEATHER DICKSON FAT-SUIT
The Poets & The Beats 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…”
Harley Honey Atlas
album cd / download / stream Release Date: 3 October
Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com www.youtube.com
"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."
Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com
Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/pg/fatsuit/videos/
www.paularmour.co.uk https://twitter.com/paul497191 www.facebook.com/paul.armour.31
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
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
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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
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.
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
ALEX TRONIC v LEITH BASS TEAM
Fine ’n’ Rosy
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
https://soundcloud.com/stillhound/time-enough-for-love-2
http://stillhound.bandcamp.com/ Available from:
http://stillhound.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/stillhound www.facebook.com/stillhound/
IMAGINARY CLAIRE M SINGER CREATURES
Solas
album cd / vinyl / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: http://apple.co/2dO3pST
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
LIZA MULHOLLAND
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.
single download Release Date: Out Now
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
Album cd / download The Butterfly’s Dream Release Album Date: Out Now cd / download Claire MDate: Singer is Now a composer, producer and Release Out
performer of both acoustic and electronic Imaginary is a virtual a studio music. SheCreatures has performed herband, music project formed by the everywhere from thecollaboration Roundhouseofinlyricist 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: spans 14 years of her work. Released on www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures 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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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
album stream / download Release Date: Out Now
Available from: iTunes / Spotify www.facebook.com/theviviansofficial
ALTINAK IMAGINARY STARLESS CREATURES
Long Way Home EP download Release Date: Out Now
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/
https://twitter.com/alastairdfc
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: https://baronsalmon.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/baronsalmon www.facebook.com/baronsalmon
IMAGINARY KAELA ROWAN CREATURES
The Fruited Thorn Starless
Album - cd / vinyl / download Release Date: Out Now Dream The Butterfly’s Album Starless is the lushly orchestrated brainchild of cd / download Paul McGeechan, keyboard player of Love & Releasefrom Date: Out Now Money Glasgow. It’s an epic and unique
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
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 saidKeith “you search musicians include guitar ace More, and you find soul and harmonica legendyour Fraser Speirs andyou ex- put Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. that into the singing.” The Fruited Thorn is a collection of folk ballads, Listen/Watch: ancient and modern, in Scots, English www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures and Gaelic. Available from: Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw Listen/Watch: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK https://kaelarowan.bandcamp.com www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://amzn.to/1heO9qD Available from: also coming soon on itunes iTunes/Amazon/record shops+ spotify
Facebook: www.kaelarowan.net www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 https://twitter.com/kaelarowanband
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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/
www.facebook.com/Angela-Paterson-1079279085416991/
HUGH KELLY
ALASTAIR SAVAGE CHAMBERLAIN & HAYWOOD
Give Me All Your Love 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
Alone With History First Impression Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
With a fresh take on world music the duo take their instruments on an international tour - enjoy the sultry sounds of the Tango, the rhythmic drive of the Balkans, with riproaring tunes from Russia and Scotland. Virtuoso playing and fresh musical ideas, Paul and Michael explore the potential of their instruments in a way that is exciting and engaging. The result is a vibrant, intriguing and occasionally explosive mix of music that crosses cultural boundaries. Listen/Watch:
https://soundcloud.com/paul-chamberlain-2/sets/chamberlain-haywood
Available from: www.amazon.co.uk iTunes, Amazon MP3, www.chamberlain-haywood.com Google Play, in stores through Highlander Distribution www.chamberlain-haywood.com https://twitter.com/_Accordionist_ www.facebook.com/chamberlainhaywood
Album - cd / download Release Date: 23 May
'Alone With History is Alastair Savage's 4th album release and his first completely unaccompanied fiddle recording. Recorded in the historic surroundings of Crathie Kirk in Royal Deeside, the album features 18th Century melodies by Niel and Nathaniel Gow alongside music by 19th Century master James Scott Skinner. The recording also includes a tribute to Rabbie Burns alongside Savage's own unique compositions dedicated to the great Scots fiddle composers of the past.' Listen/Watch: www.alastairsavage.co.uk/music.htm www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0GUT5uL4BQ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVXSChKEeUI Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com / www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com / www.alastairsavage.co.uk iTunes, Google Play, Amazon MP3, Scottish Music Information Centre, shops via Highlander Distribution www.alastairsavage.co.uk
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download RACHEL ALICE JOHNSON
ALLAN MACDONALD & NEIL JOHNSTONE
Safe Island
The Bruce 700
single download Release Date: 27 May
Album - cd - Release Date: Out Now
Rachel Alice Johnson returns with her third single. Since being selected for Creative Scotland’s ‘Verden Studios Demo Project 15’, Rachel has been steadily winning over critics with her contagiously catchy melodies, with her next single ‘Safe Island’ set for release on 27 May. Listen/Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfieiiDuOU Available from: http://apple.co/1V6vYcq www.twitter.com/rachyjohnson www.facebook.com/RachelAliceJohnsonArts
This CD is the culmination of a much earlier celebration, in music and song, of ‘The Wallace’ in 2005, by way of a commission from Alasdair Campbell who was then with The Tolbooth Music and Arts venue in Stirling. This was followed by another commission by Carolyn Paterson in 2014 to celebrate another icon of history of whom we know a good bit more than the former, Robert de Brus of Norman French stock, the 14th C warlord who became King, regaining Scotland’s place as an Independent nation. This orchestrated progression of music ranges from an arrangement of a classic traditional pibroch theme, in its most appropriate animated and rhythmic presentation, to specially composed and arranged pieces. Melodies are presented on a range of pipes in several different keys, overlaid and blended with percussion, clarsach, cello, soprano saxophone, violin, whistle and vocals. Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk / www.amazon.com www.birnamcdshop.com
EUAN DRYSDALE Songs from the Boarwood Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Songs From The Boarwood is Euan Drysdale’s second CD release. It is a collection of heartfelt and uplifting songs inspired by reminiscences on growing up in a Scottish town.The 10 songs on Songs From The Boarwood are all original Drysdale compositions. They are a seamless mix of folk, blues and ballads. The three musicians work sensitively together to create a tasteful acoustic sound that is the perfect sound-world for such evocative, lyrical and beautiful songs. Listen/Watch: www.euandrysdale.co.uk Available from: www.euandrysdale.co.uk iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play www.euandrysdale.co.uk
www.facebook.com/Euan-Drysdale-254923697865597
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Pitlochry comes alive over the festival weekend. Acts like Hunter & the Bear, King of Birds and The Dunwells bring there music as the intense atmosphere fills created Highland Perthshire. Run over Friday and Saturday the event is filled with top acts and often there are pop up surprise sessions in addition to the official line up at the 2 venues - McKays Hotel and Pitlochry Town Hall. Once again we are delighted to be supporting Parkinson's UK as our chosen charity of the year
Groove CairnGorm Cairngorms 25-25 February 2017
Launched last year as the UK’s first resort based snowsports festival, Groove Cairngorm combined winter snowsports, www.marchintopitlochry.co.uk along with a selection of DJs and acoustic acts performing over two stages up the mountain, followed by an Apres-ski party until the early hours at Badaguish Outdoor Centre featuring acts including Grandmaster TradFest Edinburgh Flash, Hot Chip and Radio 1’s Monki amongst many others.
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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
Orkney Folk Festival |
Orkney 25-28 May 2017
One of Scotland’s longest-running folk festivals, celebrating its 35th outing in Edinburgh www.facebook.com/groovecairngorm 2017, the Orkney Folk Festival is one of the 26 Apr – 7 May 2017 most prolific events in the Scottish and UK folk calendars, and one of the highlights of Experience Scotland Live with a seasonal Orkney’s diary of community events. An feast of living traditions and local cultures. entirely voluntary run event, the festival Encounter music, storytelling, dance, craft, Lochwinnoch Arts Festival song and folk drama at venues – indoor and annually attracts artists from all corners of the folk world - from leading international Lochwinnoch outdoor – across Edinburgh and the names to up and coming fresh faces - to 15-26 March 2017 Lothians. Rooted in the past yet resonating Stromness, in Orkney’s West Mainland, for in the present, TradFest showcases dynamic four days of concerts, ceilidhs, clubs, The 16th annual Festival of Music, Drama, engagement with Scotland’s History and sessions, talks and craic. Artists and Literature, Creative & Visual Arts in Heritage as well as providing a platform for audiences are welcomed by and into Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire takes place up and coming talent in the world of Trad. Orkney’s own thriving folk scene, with across a range of local venues. There are a Look out for the Battle of the Folk Band Orcadian artists providing around two thirds number of our favourite performers and event as part of the finale performances this of the festival programme. Line-up artists returning in 2017 including Karine year! announced across December-March, with Polwart, Eirlys Myfanwy Davies, Flute tickets on sale in April, around six weeks Phonics, Govan Gaelic Choir, Calder Drama, www.tracscotland.org/tradfest ahead of the event. This is relatively close Glasgow Theatre Guild, the Rose Room and to the festival itself, as the festival consists many more! We have some exciting new of around 35 individually programmed and acts and performances including Fara - four ticketed events, rather than offering all-inexciting Orkney musicians, Tony Roper, the one day or weekend tickets. Artists visiting Glasgow Caledonian Fiddle Orchestra and Southside Fringe the festival perform on several occasions, many more!. Visit our website for more info: Glasgow though, offering a number of chances to 12-18 May 2017 catch them over the weekend. http://lochwinnochartsfestival.co.uk/
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With their festival programme running from www.orkneyfolkfestival.com the 12th-28th of May 2017, Southside Fringe is now gearing up for its 5th year. Pitlochry 24-25 March Online event applications launch on the 30th of November, you can register your event March into Pitlochry began taking shape in 2015 via www.southsidefringe.com . Building on Oban Live when a small band of music lovers in the came the success of 2016 with 50 venues hosting Oban together with a thought to put on a music event more than 200 events, Southside Fringe are
March into Pitlochry
JUNE
to see out the winter and welcome in the spring.
2-3 June 2017
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''Belladrum - quite simply, it’s what everyday life should be like, if only everyday life didn't get in the way.'' - Clare Hebridean Celtic Festival Damdoaran, eFestivals. Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful Hebrides Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, 19-22 July near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation Fantastic four-day festival set against the for its eclectic line-ups, its offbeat nonrich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, musical entertainments and its all-ages featuring top quality music from around the approach. Celtic nations and beyond. Stornoway and www.obanlive.com throughout Lewis and Harris. The cream of www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk international folk and Celtic music have Riverside Rock heaped praise on HebCeltl as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting its biggest Jedburgh 17 June number of live performances ever. Awardwinning artists who took part in this year's Electric Fields Riverside Rock is a musical extravaganza with Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge something for everyone young and old and success after bosses laid on new venues and Drumlanrig Castle designed primarily to help raise cash for our returned to its roots for the showpiece 1-2 September 2017 chosen charity and other organisations around event. the Scottish Borders. Live music from bands, Nestling in the beautiful surroundings of Showaddywaddy, Pilot, The Beatles Revolution, www.hebceltfest.com Drumlanrig Castle, south west Scotland. Scooty and the Skyhooks, Scocha, The Stare, We’ve been working really hard to top last DarkHorse and DJ Greg Anderson. year and we’re pretty excited about this Children’s Entertainment includes, Laser Quest, ButeFest Inflatables of all sorts, Climbing Walls, Wrecking summer, as well as having some brand new The Isle of Bute Ball, Kids Fun Fair Rides and much more. Kids developments. One of the most exciting entertainment is free for under 18’s from 12pm 28-30 July 2017 music festivals in Scotland returns in 2016, till 6pm. You’ll not find a better value family over two days in the stunning grounds of festival anywhere in Scotland, Riverside Rock is A three day festival of music, food and fun. Drumlanrig Castle! the place to be. This accessible and hugely friendly family festival all takes places a mere thirty-five www.facebook.com/ www.riversiderock.co.uk miles as the crow flies from Glasgow. electricfieldsfestival Butefest has endeavoured to compile a richly varied and superb line-up that Solus Party in the Park includes both the contemporary and the The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire classic of the music world and runs that Bathgate, West Lothian 23-25 June 2017 gamut from rock to roots and folk to dance. 3 September "We are delighted to announce that Trail West, Mànran and Tide Lines will join us in Oban as not only are they great friends but they are three of the most exciting acts on the Scottish scene today - all bringing their own brand and fusion of west coast music. We still have three more acts to announce as well as some other special guests so watch this space for more exciting announcements.” Daniel Gillespie Artistic Director for Oban Live.
SEPTEMBER
Solas Festival is an allage arts festival held in Perthshire from 17 to 19 June, with hiphop, electro loops and some of the finest folk and roots music you’ll find in a Scottish field: a rich mix of traditions, talents and tastes. Expect an unusual mix of art, music, theatre, comedy, debate and soulsearching. The programme also makes space for challenging debate with activists, writers and thinkers from across the political, cultural and religious spectrum. Solas Festival offers a creative and entertaining programme for festival-goers of all ages in a safe environment. www.solasfestival.co.uk
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AUGUST Tartan Heart ‘Belladrum’ Festival Beauly 3-5 August 2017
Now in its 7th year ‘Party in the Park’ music festival and family fun day is a great day out for music lovers with families, held in Bathgate’s Kirkton Park. There is a main stage and acoustic stage with music on both throughout the day from 11am to 6pm with free entry and no ticket required. A real mix of music from local bands and artists to those further afield. This is no ticket required and no entry fee and as this is geared towards familys there is a strict no alcohol policy.
Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages wackiest festival of music and performing www.facebook.com/partyinthepark arts. Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting with all the crazy variety that makes it Scotland’s premier boutique festival.
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