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Wide Days Expands Programme Artist applications @ www.widedays.com/apply-to-play - close midnight 8 Feb Wide Days is set to celebrate its tenth edition with an expanded programme including more networking opportunities, pre-event activities and the addition of a significantly expanded live offering which will see three Scottish festivals each curate a venue. Delegates arriving in Edinburgh on Thursday 11 April will have the option to take part in a guided tour of the city followed by pre-event entertainment. The Friday will continue with the conference at Teviot Row House, followed by a showcase featuring a selection of Scotland’s most promising acts.
Organisers of some of Europe’s leading showcase festivals will be invited to Wide Days 2019, which has also agreed artist exchanges with key Welsh event, Focus Wales. Artists based in Scotland across all genres are invited to apply for the showcase slots and a special seminar will take place in Glasgow on 14 January elaborating on the criteria. This will be hosted in conjunction with PRS Foundation. Additional event partners confirmed to date include PPL, the Association of Independent Music (AIM), the University of the Highlands & Islands and the Scottish Music Industry Association.
Joe Frankland, Senior Grants & Programmes Manager, PRS Foundation, said: “We are delighted to once again support Saturday 13 April will see the addition of a range the Wide Days Showcase programme through of optional activities, an event catering for the our Open Fund for Organisations. As 2018’s performing artists and a significant boost to the event proved, Wide Days’ track record for live programme. This will provide delegates and unearthing talent and offering meaningful public alike with an opportunity to get a flavour support to emerging Scottish artists and bands is of the participating festivals – to be announced outstanding. The platform is vital for national next month - which will also include a selection and international career progression and we look of exciting acts from outside Scotland. forward to seeing this year’s line-up.”
opportunities for artists and industry practitioners in Scotland and beyond, and the SMIA is delighted to again be supporting the convention in 2019, continuing our long-term partnership. The convention goes from strength to strength each year, and we’re very much looking forward to this year’s programme of panels and artist showcases.”
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“Over the past two years there has been a huge Robert Kilpatrick, General Manager, www.widedays.com rise in interest in Wide Days from the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), www.twitter.com/widedays international music community and our said: “Wide Days continues to provide fantastic www.facebook.com/widedays colleagues in the rest of the UK,” explains the event’s founder, Olaf Furniss. “The expanded programme is a great way to highlight what is happening in Scotland, while at the same developing opportunities internationally for our artists, festivals and music businesses.” Since its inception in 2010, Wide Days has included a strong focus on hospitality, which in 2014 led to it being crowned Best Networking Event at the Yearly Music Convention Awards. In addition to the coach tour (which is guided by Furniss) and whisky tasting, delegates will also have the option of taking part in a guided walk round Edinburgh’s Old Town or being taken to a selection of record shops to coincide with Record Store Day. This year’s conference will include a focus on music publishing, a continuation of a workshop strand hosted by music business education programme CMU:DIY, a special session hosted by PPL and perennial favourite, the feedback panel A&R You Brave Enough? In addition, music journalists and PRs will be invited to constructively criticise (or vent at) each other in Ten Things I Hate About You, while sessions still to be announced will include an increased international focus. “Wide Days has always had an open, welcoming outlook and we want to send a clear message to the international music community that Scotland wants to continue working with you,” adds Furniss.
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Edinburgh With Scotland's Top Award-Winning Folk Artists To Appear In Spring Programme A new live music club dedicated to presenting the very best in folk, trad and roots-based music opens its doors for the first time in Edinburgh on Tuesday 5 February, with the first act being the superb Edinburgh duo The Jellyman's Daughter. Going under the name RootsBase, the weekly gigs will take place every Tuesday at the Gilded Balloon Basement, located in the Rose Theatre at the west end of Rose Street.
The Year). Other notable artists include Seonaid Aitken, Ryan Young and Adam Sutherland. Fastrising folk groups like Inyal, HEISK and Westward The Light will also be putting in an appearance. While the organisation is well known for producing comedy and theatre, Gilded Balloon are confident the former Charlotte Baptist Chapel in the west end corner of Rose Street will become a regular draw for fans of all things folkmusic related. Overseen by Gilded Balloon Artistic Director, Katy Koren, the reason for expanding the company's activities into folk and roots-based music, she says, is to put the cream of Scottish folk music in the spotlight, in the heart of Edinburgh.
Katy said: "We are incredibly excited to be expanding our music programme at the Basement. As a local Edinburgh company, Gilded Balloon are passionate about showcasing the Over 20 Scottish-based artists are due to appear greatest artists that this city, and Scotland, has to offer. It's important to the team here at in the Spring programme, running from the 5 Gilded Balloon to have as diverse a programme February to the 25 June. Many of those include as we possibly can, encouraging fans of all award-winning artists such as Rachel Newton (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Musician Of The Year different kinds of entertainment to come down to the new venue and see what we're about. 2017), Hannah Rarity (BBC Radio Scotland Scottish traditional music couldn't be more Young Traditional Musician Of The Year 2018), healthier and more vibrant just now, and we're and Iona Fyfe (2018 MG ALBA Scots Singer Of thrilled to open The Basement's doors to some of
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Lau's sound in 2019 is perhaps closer to late period Beatles than the traditional tunes of their 2007 debut. And yet this new album’s closing track ‘Riad’ marks a full circle, stripping the lineup back to bare acoustic instruments.
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XpoNorth on the Road Brings Creative Connections and Powerful Professionals to Inverness XpoNorth on the Road is part of the year-round programme of support for creative businesses in the Highlands and Islands. XpoNorth offers an exceptional experience for attendees, regardless of what stage you're at in your creative journey. The next XpoNorth on the Road event will take place at Ironworks Venue in Inverness on Wednesday 13 February. Covering a broad range of themes, the event also offers a great opportunity to connect the creative community, meet a cross-reach of leading professionals and find out how XpoNorth can best support your business. The event is completely free to attend.
RAB NOAKES In 2017 Rab performed a highly-acclaimed concert, with his ‘70/50 in 2017’ band of musicians at Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket, as part of Celtic Connections. That concert, its songs and its players form the backbone of this record.
'XpoNorth on the Road' schedule on 13 February ..... One of the hardest things a maker has to experience is getting feedback on their work. It is something we want to fuel our creative development, but all too often are very nervous about receiving. With a view to making this easier to experience Applied Arts Scotland facilitates a supportive method of giving and receiving valuable and helpful feedback on your and others creative work. Sessions are for makers, craftspeople and designers in the Highlands and Islands who seek meaningful and constructive feedback from their peers on finished or work in progress to support their progression, whether creatively, professionally or for business. “I’d definitely recommend taking part in a Critical Feedback workshop. Really valuable. No matter how experienced you are in your field I imagine it would
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Please note, as spaces on this session are limited, those interested in participating must email hello@appliedartsscotland.org with the subject heading ‘Critical Feedback.’ 6pm - 6:30pm: XpoNorth Unpacked XpoNorth and the HIE Creative Industries Team will offer an overview of the new sector support services available to creative businesses across the Highlands and Islands as well as the recently launched XpoNorth Digital Programme. There will also be a spotlight on the conference element of XpoNorth, a discussion on the benefits of attending and showcasing at this important platform, and a preview of some of the key themes and speakers confirmed to participate in this year’s festival (3rd - 4th July). 6:30pm - 7:15pm: Crowdfunding Creativity Crowdfunding is an increasingly popular source of funding for many individuals and organisations and is a process which can deliver much more than money. In this session leading crowdfunding consultant, Tim Wright, from twintangibles, will draw on practical examples and theories around the crowd economy to demystify the process and offer participants a broader understanding of crowdfunding, discuss how to design and promote your campaign, avoid common pitfalls, look at which platforms best suit your project and overview the value and skills needed to succeed.
Head of Creative Industries at Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Iain Hamilton, said: “These sessions offer a fantastic platform for creatives working across all areas to meet, exchange ideas and connect with leading industry networks. We try and create an environment where individuals and businesses can access content that is engaging, informative and highly valuable - as well as offer an opportunity to meet us and the XpoNorth team to discuss the various programmes we run, how to access them and 7:15pm - 8:15pm: EmuBands Present: ensure our services are tailored as effectively as Maximising Your Potential on Spotify possible around their needs.'
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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE ......... NEWS ..... "The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"
Trad Trail Tour for Celtic Connections 2019 by Glasgow Music City Tours In between raiding the mince pies and making inroads on the whisky Scottish Music Centre member Glasgow Music City Tours spent much of the festive period polishing the stories for their Trad Trail Walking Tour for Celtic Connections 2019. The tours have sold out for the past 3 years so if you’d like to get your hands on them before they do, book now!
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From Burns to the bards of the shipyards, unusual rider requests, skirls and skirmishes, the two-hour tour traces the story of Glasgow’s folk and roots scene including legendary sessions in longstanding bars to today’s Celtic Connections headliners. Taking place from 18 January to 2 February you can walk some of Glasgow’s oldest streets, while their expert guides share tales of the songwriters and storytellers who have shaped the city’s vibrant folk culture. No-one expects to top up their tan in January in Glasgow so the tours have been designed to take in plenty of indoor stops. The tour begins at the Scottish Music Centre on Candelriggs - a resource for both the public and professional musicians, the SMC is a treasure trove and home to a huge archive of Scottish music material. The brilliant team there have collated some Scottish music artefacts relating to Celtic Connections, and you'll hear them tell the tales behind them, along with a welcome dram from our sponsors, Tomatin, before setting out on tour.
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In between tales of Humblebums, outlaw bikers and jeely pieces the tour guides will show you the brilliant newsletters from the Scotia Folk Club in the 70s, brought along by a guest, Joan Brown, on the
very first Glasgow Music City Tour. Joan has very kindly loaned them to allow everyone to scan them. The tour will feature several indoor stops and the opportunity to warm your hands with a cup of coffee, or something stronger. Please note, this tour has one venue which is not wheelchair accessible. Refreshment time, but the stories don't stop! :: photo by Jannica Honey
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"The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"
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Exciting Free Opportunity For Young String Players
FREE initiative for young musicians who play violin, viola, cello or double bass and have reached Grade 6+
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and St Mary’s Music School are delighted to announce a new partnership programme for young string players in and around Edinburgh. SCO String Academy in partnership with St Mary’s Music School is a FREE initiative for young musicians who play violin, viola, cello or double bass and have reached Grade 6+. Young musicians from all walks of life will work alongside SCO musicians to develop their technique, musicianship and orchestral playing. In addition to the enhanced psychological wellbeing that group musicmaking confers, participants will benefit by developing key life skills such as social confidence, teamwork, communication skills, and a sense of accomplishment. Kenneth Taylor, Director of St Mary’s Music School is delighted by the partnership: “This is a wonderful opportunity for young people who have already worked really hard to learn the fundamentals of playing a string instrument, and who look for opportunities to progress to the next level. There are so many young people excited about music and eager to play more, and they will really benefit from the coaching SCO musicians provide”.
successful learning, develop confidence, and give participants the opportunity to contribute to high-quality ensemble performance.”
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Alabama 3, The Troggs and The Complete Stone Roses added to Big Burns Supper 2019 celebration in Dumfries Alabama 3, The Troggs, The Complete Stone Roses and Mànran are among the internationally-renowned acts that have been added to the line-up for the Big Burns Supper 2019 festival in Dumfries. The biggest contemporary celebration of Scotland’s national poet has announced its second wave of artists, making up the bill for the Sunday Session festival finalé. Big Burns Festival 2019 runs from 24 January 3 February with more than 111 events set to entertain thousands of visitors to the historic town. Now in its eighth year, the Sunday Session is one of the most popular events at Big Burns Supper, and is a unique festival within a festival event that runs all day and night, taking place in the famous Spiegeltent. Genre-hopping London rock band Alabama 3 are set to headline the event, and their heady mix of bittersweet laments, whisky-drenched rhythms and Delta slide guitar will be the perfect way to round out 11 days of festivities. The touring collective, who have a live line-up that can reach 10 or more members, have been melding punk, rock, blues, country and electro pop since the mid-90s, and have become known for their larger than life on-stage personas.
sax and Sarah Fisher (Eurythmics) on keyboards to perform unforgettable songs from the iconic film Breaking Glass, which recently celebrated its 35th anniversary.
bill for the Sunday Session we know that anyone who has any energy left after our 11 days of amazing events will be able to dance into the small hours. The new acts we’re announcing today complete a programme that promises to create an amazing winter festival experience in honour of Burns.”
These acts join a whole host of renowned musical performers, such as Scottish star KT Tunstall, indie rock icon Frank Turner, contemporary folk outfit The Peatbog Faeries, “As well as all the music and comedy stars funk and soul DJ legend Craig Charles, who have heading to Dumfries we’ve got lots more great already been announced to appear. surprises for everyone to enjoy including One of the UK's best-known tribute acts, The performances by community projects and local The wide-ranging programme also includes Complete Stone Roses, recall the 'Madchester' bands. It will be a winter festival and Burns comedians, including familiar TV faces Ed Byrne icons at their explosive best – they have even Supper like no other,” he added. and Hardeep Singh Kohli, as well as celebrity been joined on stage by the original band's hosts, cabaret performances, family shows, an Big Burns Festival 2019 is the eighth edition of bassist, Mani, and performed alongside New interactive arcade game, and a packed Fringe the event, created in 2012 as a coming together Order's Peter Hook, Bez from the Happy Mondays and Tom Hingley from Inspiral Carpets. theatre programme every Friday and Saturday of of people and culture and, of course, celebrating the festival. the life and poetry of the bard Robert Burns. Celtic rock superstars Mànran wrap up their Scottish winter tour with their appearance at Big Larry Love, of Alabama 3, said: “We're really Big Burns Supper Festival is a non-profit event, looking forward to coming to Dumfries and produced by local charity Elektronika and has Burns Supper, and there are also appearances joining in the Big Burns celebrations. We'll make received support through Scotland’s Winter by hometown six-piece metal favourites sure the Sunday Session is a fitting finale to the Festivals. Turbyne, Canadian band Vishtèn with a fiery festival so make sure you still have plenty of blend of traditional French songs and original The Festival runs from 24 January – energy left and save the last dance for us.” instrumentals, and promising Welsh folk 3 February and tickets are available revivalists Calan, who complete the line-up. Executive Producer, Graham Main said: “Our Sunday Session line up will help ensure that the to book via www.bigburnssupper.com Elsewhere in the impressive Big Burns Supper 2019 festival ends on a high with some 2019 programme, award-winning singeror by calling 01381 271 820. incredible bands set to ensure we have an songwriter Hazel O'Connor also pays a visit. unforgettable night in the Spiegeltent to close www.bigburnssupper.com the Big Burns Supper. Her appearance on the first Sunday of the www.twitter.com/BigBurnsSupper festival, January 27th, sees her joined by Clare “With the likes of Alabama 3 and the Troggs on www.facebook.com/BigBurnsSupper Hirst (Bellestars, Communards, David Bowie) on The Troggs celebrate more than 50 years of British rock history with their performance. They'll be running through their chart-topping hits and memorable anthems, such as Wild Thing and Love Is All Around.
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Nicola Benedetti and Scotland’s National Orchestra spent the New Year in China The nation’s best-loved soloist and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra took their Hogmanay and New Year celebrations to the world’s most populous country. Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti and the RSNO celebrated Hogmanay and New Year together when they undertook their first joint tour of China in December. Led by the RSNO’s new Music Director Thomas Søndergård, the Orchestra and Benedetti performed six concerts in six cities across the China, with the final concert of the tour appearing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. In addition to Nicola Benedetti performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No1 the gala programmes mixed that of the traditional Viennese New Year concerts with Scottishinfluenced compositions, including Debussy’s Marche ecossaise, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances, and Peter Maxwell-Davies’ An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise. The works of two Chinese composers
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also appear in three of the concerts, Yuankai Bao (Happy Sunrise, Dialogue on Flowers) and that of Xiaogang Ye (The Silence of Mount Minshan). The RSNO performed the works of Xiaogang Ye as part of its China Story concert at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in 2017. The 2018:19 China Tour started at the Guangxi Culture and Arts Centre, Nanning and continue to Zhuhai Huafa CPAA Grand Theatre, Guangzhou, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Shenzhen, Linyi Grand Theatre, Linyi, Shandong Grand Theatre, Jinan and it culminated at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on 5 January. This is only the second tour to China the RSNO has undertaken in its 127-year history and the first with regular soloist Nicola Benedetti, who has joined the Orchestra on its last two international tours, across Europe last May and the USA in 2017.
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RSNO Music Director Thomas Søndergård: “This will be my first international foray as Music Director of the Orchestra and I’m very much looking forward to playing my part in these gala celebrations. I have heard great things about the levels of commitment this wonderful orchestra gives when representing its country abroad. And to have Nicola Benedetti with us for this tour is
an absolute delight. I have had the pleasure of working with her before. It goes without saying that she has a tremendous talent, but she is also such a great ambassador for our industry and for Scotland.” Violinist Nicola Benedetti: “I am so looking forward to visiting China over the New Year with Thomas Sǿndegård and my friends at the RSNO whom I have known and performed with for many years. I always relish our music-making and can’t wait to play Bruch’s Violin Concerto for the enthusiastic and engaged Chinese audiences.”
GIGnotes ..... Nicola Benedetti returns to the RSNO and Thomas Søndergård in February 2019 to perform the Scottish premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Concerto in D, to audiences at the Caird Hall, Dundee (Thursday 7 February), the Usher Hall, Edinburgh (Friday 8 February) and at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Saturday 9 February). The work was written especially for Benedetti, who played the World Premiere of the concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2015. Tickets @ www.rsno.org.uk
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The magical worlds of music and cinema collide at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall this Spring Music from some of Hollywood’s most-loved films is to be performed at the Usher Hall by Scotland’s national orchestra, along with a live orchestral screening of family 80s classic, The Goonies. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has three concerts in Spring 2019 celebrating some of finest music for film ever made. On 25 January, conductor Anthony Weeden and presenter Tom Redmond captain the orchestra on a fantastic journey through the most thrilling film music inspired by science fiction. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Avatar to Alien and of course Star Wars and Star Trek, it’s an adventure beyond time and space. So beam aboard, as we boldly go where no concert has Camera, which presents some of the earliest gone before! surviving film from India, as well as enchanting travelogues, intimate home movies and On Friday 15 March, Usher Hall becomes newsreels from British, French and Indian Platform 9¾, and the RSNO is the Hogwarts Express – so climb aboard, because with a wave filmmakers, drawn exclusively from the BFI National Archive’s early film collection. of the wand from maestro Richard Kaufman, we’re off to the wondrous world of Harry No one writes a movie theme like John Potter! Hear your favourite music from the Williams; no wonder he’s the world’s most films – from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s popular film composer. And no cinema in the Stone right through to The Deathly Hallows – world comes close to how good this music brought thrillingly to life by the musical wizardry sounds when it’s played live in concert by the full of the RSNO. Muggles are welcome too! RSNO. Join Hollywood maestro Richard Kaufman On 30 March immerse yourself in an atmospheric Indian soundscape as sarod star Soumik Datta and City of London Sinfonia perform a double bill of music for Indian film. Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray’s cult and offbeat film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne will be projected on a large screen with a reimagined live cinematic score ‘King of Ghosts’ that features the haunting sounds of Soumik's sarod, Cormac Byrne’s Irish folk rhythms and City of London Sinfonia. The film, which follows the magical journey of Goopy and Bagha who are granted three wishes by the benevolent yet terrifying King of Ghosts, will take you on a breath-taking and magical journey across rural India - a vintage superhero film at its best. The second film is Around India with a Movie
and cellist Johannes Moser on 26 April for hit after hit after hit, from Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park and E.T. to Raiders of the Lost Ark and Memoirs of a Geisha – all in glorious 3D sound!
treasure map, leading them through a perilous chase with a criminal family who are also seeking the treasure. Composed by Dave Grusin, an Academy Award and ten-time GRAMMY Award winner, the score to The Goonies is as daring as its young protagonists, introducing electronic elements as well as orchestral, and heightens the drama right from the memorable opening scene’s wonderfully bouncy ‘Fratelli Chase’. For fans of strings and screen, there really is nowhere else to be this Spring than Scotland’s only 5* concert venue – The Usher Hall.
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BUFFALO BLOOD :: album - 'Buffalo Blood' release date :: 15 February @ www.eelpierecords.com
World premiere performance at Celtic Connections - 25 January Comanche Moon). There's a vital universality to the music, underpinned with the belief that art is the most powerful thing that we have to connect us. The musicians are all established, and highly respected in their field ..... travelled Scottish troubadour Dean Owens is recognised as one of the country’s finest singer songwriters (with fans including author Irvine Welsh ("Scotland's most engaging and haunting singer songwriter") and BBC’s Bob Harris). In 2017 he became the first Scottish musician to officially showcase at Nashville’s Americanafest. The title song from his recent highly acclaimed Southern Wind album (his 7th solo release, produced by Neilson) - is shortlisted for UK Song of the Year Award (AMA-UK, 2019). Neilson Hubbard and Joshua Britt (collectively known as Neighborhoods Apart Productions) have won awards for their music video work, and have most recently collaborated with John Prine and Jason Isbell, as well as being talented musicians in their own right. Their recent work as The Orphan Brigade takes a similar starting point to Buffalo Blood, in transporting musicians to evocative locations and recording (as audio and video) what transpires. Buffalo Blood :: photo by Jim DeMain
Buffalo Blood is an international collaboration with Scotland's Dean Owens, from Leith,and three US musicians – Grammy nominee Neilson Hubbard, Joshua Britt and Audrey Spillman plus sound engineer/ photographer Jim DeMain;all of whom had worked together previously on various projects.
and around Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu (known to many as the setting for much of the hit TV series Breaking Bad). The songs and music of Buffalo Blood are the musicians' response to the area where it was recorded: of living and working in the place, with the heat, the dust, the stark, spectacular beauty of the canyons and red rocks, thinking about the people, especially the Native Americans, who lived there before, while listening to the sounds of the wind, the birds and the animals (much of which finds its way on to the recordings, which were all made live, outdoors).
The music draws on a wide range of influences, including Scottish and Southern states folk roots and Americana, resulting in a recording which includes chants and a whistling instrumental as well as stories – some based on real people and Collectively they were inspired to decamp from events, some fictional. Fighting over the value of their cosy studio spaces in Nashville TN and one life over another, or one way of living over Leith, following the Trail of Tears over 1300 another, defines our past and probably our miles to spend 2 weeks living and recording way future, with consequences on every side when out in the desert, to create the music - songs of the human spirit is crushed. Nevertheless it’s displacement, immigration, refugees and the possible to retain a belief in that spirit, and power of the human spirit - for Buffalo Blood. celebrate the power of optimism and Buffalo Blood, the album, was born in the heart determination (I’m Alive and Vanishing World of the New Mexico desert, recorded on location counterbalancing the poignancy of Daughter of at the stunning La Plaza Blanca, Echo Canyon, the Sun and White River and the anger of Buffalo Blood in Abiquiu for filming :: photo by Jim DeMain
As a producer Neilson has worked with a wide range of inspirational musicians, including Gretchen Peters, Rod Picott and Mary Gauthier, whose Rifles and Rosary Beads is nominated for Best Folk Album, 2019 Grammy Awards. The world premiere live performance of Buffalo Blood (including location film footage), and album launch, is at Celtic Connections, Glasgow – the UK’s premier roots music festival - on 25 Jan 2019. Eel Pie Records is delighted that Buffalo Blood will be its debut release. Like Buffalo Blood, the name may be new, but the individuals behind it have wide experience in the recording scene. Founder Phil Penman has a long history in the music business including with BMG and his own label Drumfire. Buffalo Blood is released on Eel Pie Records on 15 February, as a double album, red vinyl with gatefold sleeve (UK) and digitally (worldwide) on the usual platforms.
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TAMZENE :: single - 'Last Song' release date :: out now @ www.tamzene.com
‘The song curls around itself in a neat display of sheer potential’: Clash TAMZENE follows up the recent release of ‘Count Your Days’ with her new single ‘Last Song’, which was released in December.
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picking up guitar and embarked on writing her own material. Immersed in Soul and R&B from an early age, her initial influences came from hearing the Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone songs played around her home- before progressing to contemporary artists like Birdy, Solange, James Bay, Paloma Faith and Alicia Keys.
Seamlessly entwining her modern soul influences with a more distinctive and direct pop edge, the track sees the young artist further extending her range with her most powerful offering to date. Having spent the early part of the year collaborating with a host of producers and writers, TAMZENE is enjoying a strong end to 2018 having recently supported Morgan James on her UK tour and seen ‘Count Your Days’ selected as track of the week on BBC Scotland’s Janice Forsyth Show. She was also picked by Festival Republic and the PRS Foundation to participate in the pioneering Rebalance Programme, the output of which will be released next year.
Spotted busking on the streets of Inverness by bookers from Scotland’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival- TAMZENE’s debut year saw her perform at a host of UK festivals as well as dates across mainland Europe and the US- including a stand out performance at leading industry conference MUSEXPO in Los Angeles. 2018 has saw her continue to develop her live profile with performances at Live at Leeds, TRNSMT, Sunday Sessions Scotland, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Hampton Court Palace Festival and many more.
The young writer and multi-multi-instrumentalist from the coastal town of Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands burst onto the scene last year with her stunning first single, ‘Lullaby’, a track which garnered airplay across a range of radio networks and picked up support from a host of national and international media channels. Having started learning violin aged eight, at 14 she further extended her musical dexterity by
The track is accompanied by the beautiful B-side, ‘Same Place’.
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GARY INNES feat. Karen Matheson :: single - 'Swan Song' release date :: 18 January @ www.garyinnes.com/merchandise/
‘Swan Song’ is the new single from award-winning musician Gary Innes, due to be released digitally on Friday 18 January. Featuring vocals by the inimitable Karen Matheson, of Capercaillie fame, the new single is an ode to a number of Gary’s friends who sadly have passed away before they were ready to go.
the end of their lives and during these times we spoke at great length about the passing of time and how they were struggling with the thought of being taken before they were ready to go. They asked me to play their swan song for them at their respective funerals and this is where the idea for this single came from. It’s incredibly close to my heart and having Karen’s vocals on it has really given it the depth I was looking for. It was an honour to know and learn from these individuals and I hope I did their swan song the justice it deserves.”
follow-up to Gary’s 2017 album ERA that was released to critical acclaim, with Tim Carroll writing “Era is more than one man’s reflection, it’s a view into the world of a master at work.” ‘Swan Song’ features Karen Matheson (vocals), Gary Innes (Accordion), Ali Hutton (Guitar) Angus Lyon (Piano), Ewen Henderson (Fiddle), Steve Byrnes (Bouzouki) and James Lindsay (Double Bass).
‘Swan Song’ is a preview to Gary’s upcoming album 'Imminent' that will be officially released Highland born accordionist and 2017’s MG Alba Gary said: “I had the privilege of getting to on Friday 15 February. An album packed full of Scots Trad Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ spend time with some very close friends towards self-penned tunes and songs, Imminent is a winner, Gary was born in the village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland and is one of the founding members of award-winning Scottish supergroup Mànran. Gary is also the presenter of BBC Radio Scotland’s longest running music programme, Take the Floor. A preview performance of 'Imminent' will take place at Celtic Connections on Saturday 19 January, with Karen Matheson, Kim Carnie, Ali Hutton, Ewen Henderson, Hamish Napier, Steve Byrnes and Conal McDonagh. Tickets @ http://bit.ly/GaryInnesCCJan19
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download SHOOGLENIFTY and DHUN DHORA Written in Water
THE SEA ATLAS
THE FIRRENES
Goodbye
Door Too Wide
EP - download / stream / Release Date: Out Now
album - cd / download / stream Release Date: 9 November
The ‘Goodbye' EP is my new release, written in my cabin in the Outer Hebrides. The EP is sort of about isolation and being alone. It wasn't an intentional thing to write about, but “A constant source of surprise and delight” – Living Tradition. The result of last October's ten day recording just came about when I got back to the island after touring and started working on the next release after my ‘Dreams’ EP. session in the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Written in The tracks are a mixture of growing up and figuring out Water is the culmination of four years of collaboration where I am in life, of failed relationships, accepting things, between Scotland’s Shooglenifty and Rajasthan’s Dhun and having an open-mind on the direction I'm heading in Dhora. Dedicated to late members of both bands, next. The sound is a mixture of the islands, grand rock moments, quiet moments, all mixed in with an ambience and Angus R Grant and Roshan Khan Manganiyar, it is a comfort you only get from being comfortable at home. celebrates the meeting of musical minds. Their origins
may be far apart geographically, but creatively they're amazingly contiguous. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/shoogles/jog-yer-bones Available from: www.shooglenifty.com Live dates: www.shooglenifty.com/gigs/ www.shooglenifty.com www.twitter.com/shooglegigs www.facebook.com/shooglenifty.scotland
Listen/Watch: https://open.spotify.com/album/37F2Nsx3FV70dcEvllBqni https://youtu.be/Vu5LhFmRqxo https://youtu.be/sUwHCBuDlcA Available from: From digital download and on all good streaming sites https://open.spotify.com/album/37F2Nsx3FV70dcEvllBqni Live dates: TBA www.facebook.com/the.sea.atlas www.twitter.com/theseaatlas
EVELYN LAURIE
album cd / vinyl / download / stream Release Date: 9 November The album draws on a broad range of influences, encompassing 70s rock, R&B, burlesque, art rock, blues and classical. The songs are all original compositions, seven by Jules Reed (a.k.a. Julian Wagstaff), three by Walt Cumming, and one by Greg Sanderson, formerly of Edinburgh band Five Day Hemingway. The subject matter ranges from the deeply personal to the highly political, but is always prescient, immediate, considered and aware. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIeDzj4TeY Available from: www.TheFirrenes.com, amazon, iTunes, Apple Music, CD Baby, Spotify Live dates: www.julianwagstaff.com/thefirrenes/#about www.TheFirrenes.com www.twitter.com/thefirrenes www.facebook.com/thefirrenes/
THE EVES ANDREW J. NEWALL
A Little Bit of Me
Tides
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“A little bit of me” is the debut album of Evelyn Laurie. As she says: it’s taken her a while! Beautifully delivered in Evelyn’s distinctive, light and multi-textured voice and superbly supported by some of the country’s finest jazz musicians, the well-chosen collection of songs will please your ears and stir your emotions - in a good way! Evelyn’s love of music spans many genres. This album reflects her eclectic taste and includes some of her own songs - inspired by 1960’s spy themes and Carmina Burana alongside jazz standards plus her own interpretations of Sandy Denny’s folk classic, “Who knows where the time goes” and the ever popular country hit, “Wichita lineman”. Listen/Watch: www.evelynlaurie.com/music Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com/product/evelyn-laurie/ Live dates: www.evelynlaurie.com/music www.evelynlaurie.com www.twitter.com/redEvelyn www.facebook.com/EvelynLaurieMusic
single - download / stream Release Date: 19 October
Reflections from an Airport album cd Release Date: Out Now
Reflections from an Airport is a must-buy album. It’s an album for busy people who have earned the right to take a moment to stop and let the world drift by. It’s for people who deserve ‘me time’. So indulge and treat yourself to some time away from the pressures that life may throw at you. The album has songs that will make you smile, make you laugh, make you cry and make you think. Drawn from life’s experiences, each song tells a story and paints a picture we can all relate too. It touches on basic human truths we all share in common... like love won and lost in all its guises. Andy writes songs for adults. His songs are for people who have lived a full life. For people who can relate to the highs and lows of daily living and know it’s not all ‘happy ever after but the ride can be fun.’ Listen to the songs and discover this for yourself. Listen/Watch: https://open.spotify.com Available from:
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New Scottish Female Pop duo The Eves – Caroline Gilmour and Marissa Keltie, release their debut single ‘Tides’ on 19th October 2018. Caroline's love of Pop music combined with Marissa’s passion for harmony creates a songwriting partnership full of catchy melodies and memorable hooks. The result is a nod towards acts such as The Pierces, First Aid Kit and Florence & The Machine. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/the-eves-667719698/ tides/s-Wvm81 Available from: iTunes, Spotify and all main digital download sites. Online store on our official website www. theeves.co.uk from 19 October. Live dates: No live UK dates as yet but 2 house concerts in Copenhagen on 17th and 20th October. www.theeves.co.uk/upcoming-gigs/ www.theeves.co.uk www.twitter.com/theevesmusic www.facebook.com/theevesmusic
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download THE TROPICANAS
TANNAHILL WEAVERS
A Lovely Coincidence
Òrach
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album / cd Release Date: 31 August
The Tannahill Weavers are celebrating their Golden Anniversary with the release of their eighteenth album, The Tropicanas are a Dreamslop band for Livingston, ÒRACH (“golden” in Gaelic) out 31 August on Compass Scotland who are longing to be shot of into outer space. Records. With ÒRACH (The Golden Anniversary Album), Equal parts of Psychedelia and dream pop with a side the current line-up of Roy Gullane, Phil Smillie, John order of underwater tropical surf vibes. Martin and Lorne MacDougall, have brought together colleagues and members past and present to record an Listen/Watch: album of all new material – traditional and www.thetropicanas.bandcamp.com contemporary songs and sets of tunes in the Tannie’s www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhf0F9JqSNQ distinctive style. The physical album contains photos as well as a glossary to understand the traditional songs Available from: and extensive liner notes for each song detailing its Available to download and stream on 13 October, origin and performers. currently available to listen\download the title track ‘A Listen/Watch: lovely coincidence’ www.tannahillweavers.com/listenandwatch.htm www.thetropicanas.bandcamp.com Live dates: Release show on the 13 October at the Leith Depot, www.facebook.com/events/1087929201362421/ www.facebook.com/TheTropicanas www.twitter.com/TheTropicanas
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JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE JBiA II
album cd / download / stream (vinyl in 2019) Release Date: 15 September Eleven tracks of full fat, calorie-laden, whipped up funk 'n' soul - James Brown Is Annie's new album sees the Edinburgh-based sextet hook up with producer, Average White Band legend, Hamish Stuart. Imagine AWB tearing down the A9 in a Ford Torino with James Brown strapped to the roofrack, Steely Dan blasting from the car stereo. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/jbia www.jbia.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com Available from: www.jbia.co.uk www.jbia.bandcamp.com CODA Music, Edinburgh Live dates: www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness www.jbia.co.uk www.twitter.com/JBisAnnie www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness
DEAN OWENS EDDI READER
Battle of Kings
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‘Battle of Kings’ is the mighty new album from Celtic Rock band, Soar Patrol. It focuses on Scotland’s wars of independence during the reign of Robert the Bruce from 1306-1329 fighting against the English kings, Edward I and later, Edward II. Soar Patrol have written and produced a rousing album that rocks its way through history with driving triple drums, electric guitars and bagpipes. Listen/Watch: www.smarturl.it/BattleOfKings www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T47-Y6UUV8 Available from: www.smarturl.it/BattleOfKings Live dates: http://smarturl.it/BattleOfKings www.saorpatrol.com www.twitter.com/saorpatrol www.facebook.com/saorpatrol
Southern Wind Cavalier
album cd / download / stream Release Date: 29 September Eddi Reader has announced her brand new studio album ‘Cavalier’ will be released worldwide on 28 September by Reveal Records. Featuring sixteen songs, including recently performed live favourites Wonderful, My Favourite Dress, Starlight, Meg O’ The Glen and Maiden’s Lament the new album was recorded and produced in Glasgow by Eddi Reader and John Douglas. Cavalier is a new creative peak in an already prestigious career, just under an hour of new music, incorporating both contemporary and traditional songs.
album cd / download Release Date: 16 February Southern Wind is the new album (his seventh solo) from the man Irvine Welsh describes as “Scotland’s most engaging and haunting singer songwriter”. Recorded in Nashville, with producer Neilson Hubbard, and a host of superb musicians, including award-winning guitarist Will Kimbrough. It has a distinctive swampy, southern rock, soulful groove, but it's also deeply rooted in Dean’s home country. Celtic spirit, country soul. Listen/Watch: https://youtu.be/fzJo0yQIEUs
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download GEORGE DUFF
BEINN LEE
The Collier Laddie
Osgarra
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The debut album by Beinn Lee, OSGARRA, is a product of five years of playing, writing and arranging music, as George Duff is widely regarded as one of well as bringing together a strong traditional sense of Scotland’s finest singers and interpreters of tune with modern backing to create a new and fresh traditional Scots songs. After a lifetime’s singing, sound to West Coast traditional music. OSGARRA this is his debut solo recording. This is old style showcases a selection of tunes and songs written and Scottish singing, beautifully performed, and as arranged by the band in both Gaelic and English alongside tunes from some of Scotland’s foremost profound as the mine shafts sunk into the coalblack spaces which deeply influence the singing of contemporary composers of traditional music, giving a musical landscape from reflective songs to driving George Duff, “The Collier Laddie” himself. dance beats. Formed in 2013, Beinn Lee are rooted in the West Coast style of traditional music. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFQiQAKt_EQ www.facebook.com/thecollierladdie/
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JOHN GRAHAM & JIM JACK Sae Will We Yet album / cd / Release Date: out now
John Graham and Jim Jack’s debut album features an eclectic mix of many of the favourite songs from their live act with contributions from some of the most talented contemporary songwriters from Scotland and further afield. Graeme Miles’ haunting ‘Eldorado’ hints at a life of missed opportunities while Iain Ingram’s ‘Calton Rose’ and ‘Braes o’ Appin’ are love songs in the Scottish tradition and Steven Clark’s ‘Coming Home’ talks of the plight of the many refugees cast adrift in the world today. Jim King’s ‘West Coast Days’ and ‘Home To The Kyles’ from the pen of Duncan McCrone and Celly Paterson evoke memories of summer days on the Clyde Coast. From earlier days of the folk revival come Ewan MacColl’s ‘Manchester Rambler’ and Matt McGinn’s enigmatic ‘Magic Shadow Show’. John and Jim’s love of Americana is also represented in the rollicking ‘Truck Driving Man’. John and Jim’s act recalls much of the spirit of the folk clubs in the 60s and 70s with plenty of chorus singing and a fair measure of humour thrown in. Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.facebook.com/folkandfiddle
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New Tomorrow
Bare Knuckle
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album / cd Release Date: 1 December Chris Stout & Catriona McKay are delighted to announce the release of their long awaited duo album ‘Bare Knuckle’. The music is almost entirely self penned especially for this recording. It’s a fresh new sound for this duo who have now been performing and recording all over the world for 20 years. Having recorded several albums in collaboration with other artists in recent years, it is actually a staggering 7 years since this awe inspiring pair released their last duo album. The critically acclaimed White Nights. ‘We are so proud of this new album ‘Bare Knuckle. Its a huge development for us and we can’t wait to perform it live!’ Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/pg/mckaystout/videos Available from: Coda Music, Edinburgh www.chrisstout.bandzoogle.com/store
The Live EP
EP download / stream Release Date: out now Four live tracks trailing Dave Arcari’s forthcoming Live at Memorial Hall album which is released on 1 September on double 180g coloured vinyl, special edition digipak CD and download/ streaming formats. These tracks do not feature on the vinyl or CD format releases and are exclusive to this digital EP. Listen/Watch: One Side Blind: https://youtu.be/z_QO0F_Dnw0 Stagolee: https://youtu.be/z_QO0F_Dnw0
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https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-live-ep/id1231315633
www.davearcari.com www.twitter.com/davearcari www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic
New Tomorrow is the new studio album by leading singer–songwriter Dougie MacLean; written, recorded and produced with his son Jamie MacLean. It combines a few songs which have already proved popular at his recent concerts along with a selection of brand new songs. The album is beautifully curated and includes the title track New Tomorrow, one of his most popular concert songs The Shadow of the Mountain and Wild and Windy Night, which features choruses recorded at Woodford Festival in Australia and at MacLean’s own much-loved Perthshire Amber Festival. Listen/Watch: www.dougiemaclean.com Available from: www.dougiemaclean.com/index.php/shop Live dates: www.dougiemaclean.com/index.php/tour-dates www.dougiemaclean.com
www.facebook.com/Dougie-MacLean-158324834220405/
www.twitter.com/DougieMaclean
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download JAMIE MACDONALD & CHRISTIAN GAMAUF The Pipe Slang
JON BUDWORTH Jon Budworth is a singer/songwriter originally from Lancashire but now very much an honorary Yorkshireman living in the bustling market town of Otley. Jon is a relative late-comer to the wonderful world of folk and acoustic music, having spent many years cast adrift in the dark and seedy underbelly of rock’n’roll. Jon changed musical direction in 2010 after happening upon a Youtube video of Richard Thompson playing his beautiful and evocative song Beeswing. There has been no looking back ever since! Jon cites his influences, amongst others, as John Renbourn, Nic Jones and, of course, Richard Thompson.
Listen/Watch: www.linskenscotland.scot/video/
The musical partnership of the Scottish pipes and fiddle is one that is quintessentially and historically Hebridean. Jamie MacDonald and Christian Gamauf have taken this format and incorporated influences from places such as Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia and Asturias in the north of Spain, putting their own stamp on the music. Jamie and Christian met while living and studying on the Isles of Uist and began playing together at local concerts and events. After travelling to Asturias on a musical and cultural exchange project, along with performances at Ceòl on the Croft, Celtic Connections and Celtic Colours Festivals, the duo started working on their debut album, The Pipe Slang. The album features the traditional music of the Hebrides and includes songs from the Isle of Tiree as well as self-penned material and tunes from further afield.
Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com
Listen/Watch: www.pipeslang.bandcamp.com/album/the-pipe-slang
Live dates: www.linskenscotland.scot/gigs/
Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com
www.linskenscotland.co.uk
www.pipeslang.com www.facebook.com/pipeslang
LINSEY AITKEN & KEN CAMPBELL Shore To Shore album / cd / Release Date: out now
This is our second CD as a duo, with a mixture of new songs and instrumentals, many focussing on our Scottish connections around the world, each with a story, and most of all about people and histories of the past and present. Fortunately, people seem to really like what we do, and ask what kind of music we perform. The answer is not one genre or another, but a blending of everyone and everything we have met along the way. A coming together of both our musical journeys, combined into one together, with elements of our respective musical backgrounds in Celtic, Classical, Traditional, Contemporary Music and all else. But most of all our music is about people, and all those who have influenced us and inspired us along the way.
www.facebook.com/Linsey-Aitken-Ken-Campbell-304354709639479/
album / cd / Release Date: out now
We All Share The Same Sky album / cd Release Date: out now
Listen/Watch: www.jonbudworth.co.uk/videos Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com Live dates: www.jonbudworth.co.uk/live www.jonbudworth.co.uk www.twitter.com/jonbudworth www.facebook.com/jonbudworthmusic
LOU McLEAN
ULTRAS ALEX TRONIC featuring SHUNA LOVELLE
Good Morning Easter Road
Ultras
EP cd / download / stream Release Date: 9 June
album vinyl / download / stream Release Date: out now With 6 producers and 9 musicians across 12 tracks, ULTRAS is the brainchild of songwriter Gav Prentice, formerly of euphoric pop duo Over the Wall. Describing the project as "violent pop for the patronised", ULTRAS combines elements of rock, electronica, folk, and hip-hop, the collaborative nature of the album inspired by the latter genre's sonically chopped-up mixtape culture. Listen/Watch: http://ULTRASband.com as a hub for all of the various sites you can listen. Available from: https://hellothor.bandcamp.com/album/ultras Also available in LP Records and Love Music in Glasgow and VoxBox Music in Edinburgh and to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal et al. Live dates: http://ULTRASband.com http://ULTRASband.com www.facebook.com/ULTRASband https://twitter.com/ULTRASband
Brave About It EP download Release Date: 10 July
Brave About It is the new ep from Alex Tronic which features Shuna Lovelle. It is currently on rotation on Chill FM with radio support from DJs such as Jamie Porteous at Ibiza Global and Jim Gellatly at Amazing Radio
‘Good Morning Easter Road’ is the 2nd EP from Scottish musician Lou Mclean. This record is a peek into Mclean’s life, expressed through witty storytelling in her inimitable riot grrrl pop style. "a gem of the Scottish underground scene" Tenement TV * * * * - The Skinny Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/loumcleanmusic/ https://loumcleanmusic.bandcamp.com/releases https://m.soundcloud.com/lou-mclou www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nAwTQeml_4
Listen/Watch: www.alextronicrecords.co.uk
Available from: https://loumcleanmusic.bandcamp.com/releases The Scottish Design Exchange Tempo Tea Bar, Edinburgh ITunes, Deezer, Amazon
Available from: www.alextronicrecords.co.uk
Live dates: www.facebook.com/pg/loumcleanmusic
Live dates: Ibiza Dj Sets in September
www.facebook.com/loumcleanmusic https://twitter.com/LouMcleanMusic https://loumcleanmusic.bandcamp.com/
www.alextronic.co.uk www.twitter.com/AlexTroniclabel www.soundcloud.com/alex-tronic-records
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download THE FIRRENES
GUN
PONS AELIUS
Time and Place/Destitution Row
Favourite Pleasures
Captain Glen's Comfort
single (Double A Side) cd / 10" vinyl Release Date: Out Now
Recorded at Chamber Studio in Edinburgh, this twotrack single captures the songs 'Time and Place' and 'Destitution Row' in new arrangements written especially for this release. The first cut has an earlyseventies, American rock feel and speaks of a special and unique moment in life, while the second number incorporates a horn section and choral backing, reflecting on aspects of life in today's UK. Listen/Watch: www.julianwagstaff.com/thefirrenes/ Available from: iTunes + Spotify www.TheFirrenes.com
album - cd / vinyl / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
album / cd / Release Date: Out Now
Captain Glen’s Comfort is the much awaited debut album from one of the folk scene’s fastest rising bands, GUN’s seventh studio album, ‘Favourite Pleasures‘ – out Pons Aelius. Due out on September the 8th, the album on September 15th – stands proudly alongside the very showcases the sextet’s expansive sound and unique best of their work. The band will be showcasing tracks approach to the traditional music of Britain and beyond; from the album in 3 live dates in December. Informed from fiery bagpipe jigs to tender mandolin fronted by a back-to-basics approach tempered by an innate soundscapes, and everything in between. Since winning sense for melody, the record was made in the band’s a prestigious Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award in own Morse Code studios in Paisley. It’s an album that their early days, Pons Aelius have spent the last two dances on a knife-edge, one that can turn on a single years tirelessly honing their sound on stages both at note from the raw pain of emotions hitting the rocks, to home and abroad, quickly earning themselves a an unbridled celebration of hedonism. reputation as one of the most exciting new names on the circuit. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/gunofficialuk Listen/Watch: www.ponsaeliusmusic.com/videos Available from: Available from: https://gun.tmstor.es/ www.birnamcdshop.com
Live dates: www.julianwagstaff.com/thefirrenes/
Live dates: www.gunofficial.co.uk/tour-dates/
www.TheFirrenes.com www.facebook.com/thefirrenes www.twitter.com/thefirrenes
www.gunofficial.co.uk https://twitter.com/gunofficialuk www.facebook.com/gunOfficialUK
Live dates: www.ponsaeliusmusic.com/gigs www.ponsaeliusmusic.com www.facebook.com/ponsaeliusmusic https://twitter.com/ponsaeliusmusic
TRIPWIRE DC
EUGENE TWIST NORRIE McCULLOCH
Dark Alley
The Stuntman
album download / stream Release Date: out now
With a lyrical arena boasting whistleblowers, extraterrestrials and self-cannibalisation, Eugene Twist's highly anticipated second album arrives with one mission: to let the storyteller run riot inside the song. From spat-out surrealism to politicised anthems and mystical ballads, 'The Stuntman' is the latest from the unbounded imagination of Eugene Twist. Listen/Watch: https://eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/yooteeyoob https://spoti.fi/2iut838 Available from: http://bit.ly/et-album http://apple.co/2iYEoWy www.eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.eugenetwist.co.uk www.facebook.com/eugenetwistmusic www.twitter.com/EugeneTwist
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
www. facebook.com/norriemccullochmusic
www. twitter.com/NorrieMcCulloch
album cd / download / stream Release Date: 1 June
The Tripwire DC sound is a colourful blend of Punky/Reggae & Rock with a bit of Ska lobbed in. Energetic male and female vocals are complimented with blistering guitar and a driving rhythm section. Reggae nods are nodded towards mid-70’s London, punk to ‘77 & rock horns are lifted skywards to the Rainbow. Listen/Watch: spotify @ http://spoti.fi/2rSRGr6 www.soundcloud.com/user-972139164 Available from: iTunes Google Play @ http://bit.ly/2rjb8OW Amazon @ http://amzn.to/2rj5oEQ Live dates: www.tripwiredc.co.uk/gigs www.tripwiredc.co.uk www.facebook.com/TRIPWIREDC
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download BOB LESLIE
PAUL ANDERSON
AULD NEW HEIDS
Land and Sea
The High Summit
AULD NEW HEIDS - Volume 1
After many years as a well-known face on the band circuit, Bob Leslie’s re-invention of himself as an acoustic performer resulted in two well-received Americana CDs - In a Different World (2010) and Fat Cat (2011) - and a re-launch onto the folk circuit. There, his highly-crafted songs - some serious, some very funny indeed - had audiences showing lively appreciation. However, more and more, Bob found himself drawn to the challenge of writing in a more traditional Scottish vein - a medium, as it turned out, ideal for a musical storyteller.
Paul Anderson from Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire is one of Scotland’s finest traditional fiddle players and The High Summit is his third album of self penned music and song. Like The Singing Land and Land of the Standing Stones before it, The High Summit celebrates the history, landscape and people of Paul’s beautiful North-East homeland. Joining Paul on The High Summit are a group of exceptional artists, highly respected in their own right and adding their own touch of magic to the album. Shona Donaldson on vocals (Scots Singer of the Year 2009 and first female winner of the Bothy Ballad Champion of Champions), Tony McManus on guitar (worldrenowned Scottish guitarist now based in Canada), Malcolm Jones on guitar and accordion (Runrig), Ale Carr on Cittern (Dreamer’s Circus), Ali Napier on keyboards (Miami Vince and former member of the Dougie MacLean Band) and James Gorgon on percussion (Albany show band and The Cutting Edge).
album / cd Release Date: Release Date: Out Now
Land and Sea is the result: twelve narrative songs, their subjects ranging from the Highland Clearances to a Stromness witch who told Walter Scott a few tales. Bob is accompanied by some of the brightest talents on the Scottish folk scene. Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.bobleslie.scot
album / cd / Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: https://youtu.be/WXXTHyWfZwo Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com
album cd Release Date: Out Now
This album embraces all that was great about the golden days of the scottish folk scene in the 1960s/70s. It is a catalogue of some of the best and most popular songs of the time written by folk legends such as Ewan MacColl, Alex Campbell, Hamish Henderson, Matt McGinn, Archie Fisher, Jim McLean and Mary Brookesbank. Also Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott have a song each on the album. A quartet of four of Scotland’s most experienced performers brings together the vocal talents of brothers IAN and FRASER BRUCE along with the exceptional musical skills of PETE CLARK on fiddle and GREGOR LOWREY on accordion. It has to be said that IAN BRUCE is pretty efficient on guitar, to complete the instrumental section. Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com
www.paulandersonscottishfiddler.com www.twitter.com/PaulAnd79837722 www.facebook.com/paulandersonscottishfiddler www.fraserbruce.co.uk/auld-hat-new-heids
PYRO
RAB NOAKES JENNY STURGEON
Forget The Silver Lining EP cd / download / stream Release Date: 28 April
Debut EP from PYRO featuring their 1st and 2nd single Money and Green and their latest single Sandpaper Throat. This EP shows the diversity of PYRO’s songs from the massive Green to the more melodic Sandpaper Throat Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/pyromusicband http://bit.ly/2riQjTc Available from: iTunes, spotify etc…. Live dates: Friday 19 May – Stramash Edinburgh – Yellow Movement Friday – Free entry – over 18s Friday 16 June – Sneaky Petes Edinburgh – 7pm - £6 entry – Over 14s www.officialpyro.com www.facebook.com/pyromusicband www.twitter.com/pyromusicband
The Treatment Tapes The Wren and The Salt Air album cd / download / stream Release Date: 17 February
‘The Wren And The Salt Air’ is a collection of songs and tunes by acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter Jenny Sturgeon. It was written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda becoming a World Heritage Site for its natural features. 'Musically superb, absolutely fascinating and utterly charming' Shire Folk. Listen/Watch: https://jennysturgeon.bandcamp.com
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
hwww.youtube.com/watch?v=pUOm9_Gd0zI
Available from: www.rabnoakes.com and all good online and high street stores
Available from: https://jennysturgeon.bandcamp.com
www.rabnoakes.com https://twitter.com/rabnoakes
https://soundcloud.com/jenny-sturgeon/the-wren-and-the-salt-air
www.jennysturgeonmusic.com https://twitter.com/Jenny_Sturgeon www.facebook.com/jennysturgeonmusic
www.facebook.com/Rab-Noakes-Music-189260891282881
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download ANDREW TAYLOR
ADRIANA SPINA
From the Outside Looking In
Let Out The Dark
album - cd / download / stream / Released: Out Now This is the first solo recording from the front man, songwriter and producer of Scottish alt.country, powerpop band, Dropkick. These songs were written at various points in the last 15 years and draw upon a variety of influences, mixing pop, alternative rock and Americana. The album was recorded in Dropkick’s Edinburgh studio with all instruments and vocals being performed and recorded by Andrew. Listen/Watch: https://dropkickmusic.bandcamp.com/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_f58_l7S3k www.rockindiana.com Available from: https://dropkickmusic.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-outside-looking-in
All usual download and streaming sites (amazon / Spotify / apple music / itunes / deezer etc…)
Live dates: Short acoustic set at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, near Inverness 5 Aug + possible Spanish dates later www.dropkickmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic https://twitter.com/dropkickmusic
album cd / vinyl / download Release Date: Release Date: Out Now
WE CAME FROM WOLVES The Peak Beneath the Sea
single / stream Release Date: Out Now via Struck Dum Records.
We Came From Wolves latest single The Peak Beneath The Sea is a bold, emotive alt rock track that sees the Adriana Spina’s second album, released almost six years Scottish four-piece bare their heart on their sleeves. after her first, is more raw and guitar-driven that its The track is due for release on 5th May 2017 via Struck predecessor. Let Out The Dark features Ross Dum Records. The band’s previous single, Places McFarlane (Texas, The Proclaimers) on drums, and Unfamiliar, addressed mental health issues such as comprises of ten songs which touch on themes from depression and anxiety, which some of the band have lost love and infidelity to atheism and the refugee crisis. experienced. However, The Peak Beneath The Sea turns a corner as the band look towards the future, Listen/Watch: finding a away to live with these issues. www.adrianaspina.com/music Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/adspina Links from 5 May www.adrianaspina.bandcamp.com Available from: Available from: www.wecamefromwolves.bandcamp.com www.adrianaspina.com/shop www.struckdumrecords.bandcamp.com www.adrianaspina.bandcamp.com & iTunes/Spotify etc Also available via iTunes and all other popular download Live dates: sites from 24 March http://wecamefromwolves.co.uk/ www.adrianaspina.com www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves www.facebook.com/adrianaspinamusic https://twitter.com/WCFWmusic www.twitter.com/adrianamusic www.youtube.com/wcfwtv
DANNY MORTIMER
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
single download / stream Release Date: Out Now
Debut video single from Alternative Rock duo PYRO. These 17 year old lads from Bathgate produce a wall of sound that you would expect from a 5 piece band. Connor leads on vocals from behind the drums while Cameron uses one guitar and few friends he calls pedals. A blend of Royal Blood and Foo Fighters. Listen/Watch: YouTube: http://bit.ly/2hBB8My https://soundcloud.com/pyromusicband Available from: itunes Spotify cdBaby apple music www.facebook.com/pyromusicband https://twitter.com/pyromusicband Email: emailpyromusic@gmail.com
We’ll Be Listening and Remembering Until We’re Old and Unsteady EP vinyl / download / stream Release Date: 2 December
'We’ll Be Listening and Remembering Until We’re Old and Unsteady’ is the third EP from Glasgow’s Verse Metrics, a groove-driven 4 piece band with a knack for writing twisty, turny alternative rock songs. Expect post-rock instrumentation with nontraditional song structures; and math-rock subtleties as a bed for Bob Dick’s introspective and often cryptic lyrics. Listen/Watch: http://soundcloud.com/versemetrics http://versemetrics.bandcamp.com http://youtube.com/versemetrics Available from: Vinyl - http://bit.ly/metricsvinyl Download - http://bit.ly/listeningdl iTunes - http://apple.co/2i59smR www.versemetrics.com www.facebook.com/versemetrics http://twitter.com/versemetrics
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download EVERING
LISA KOWALSKI
THULA BORAH
Beyond Oceans
Free Spirits
Near Life Experience
EP (+single 'Driftwood' / download / stream EP Release Date: Release Date: Out Now cd / download Beyond Oceans is the second EP release from Evering, Release Date: Release Date: Out Now out on the 21st April 2017. This collection of four songs grew out of the reality of being adrift in the aftermath Debut EP by 17 year old singer songwriter of the exit from a relationship. The EP songs, title and from Paisley funded by Paisley 2021 City of cover art all capture a theme similar to the mindset held Culture bid and including four specially at that time: Keep making a concious effort to avoid dwelling on the bad bits and instead, persevere, point selected songs which reflect Lisa's personal yourself in a good direction and keep going until you and musical journey to date. Lyrics and get to where you want to be. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/everingmusic https://www.youtube.com/user/Everingmusic https://evering.bandcamp.com single @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCUILVVs9fc Available from: https://evering.bandcamp.com
melodies to express feelings, responses and reactions to people and places encountered. Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/pg/lisakowalskimusic/videos/
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Putting down a marker for all rock bands in 2017, Thula Borah have produced one of the best records you're likely to hear all year, creating a sound that defies any one genre; switching seamlessly from post-rock, posthardcore and dream-pop to grunge, indie-rock and emo. Indeed, Thula Borah have taken post-hardcore sensibilities and fuzzed out, meaty riffs and amalgamated them with catchy hooks that demand your attention. Listen/Watch: https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com
Live Dates: www.everingmusic.com/live
Available from: Available on Spotify, I tunes and all major platforms. CDs from Feel the Groove Records Paisley, New Hellfire Available from: https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com Club Glasgow
www.everingmusic.com www.facebook.com/everingmusic https://twitter.com/everingmusic
https://twitter.com/lkowalskimusic www.facebook.com/lisakowalskimusic/
www.thulaborah.com https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com
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Happy New Year!!
Orkney 23-26 May
One of Scotland’s longest-running folk festivals, celebrating its 37th outing in Celtic Connections 2019, the Orkney Folk Festival is one of Glasgow the most prolific events in the Scottish 17 January - 3 February and UK folk calendars, and one of the From Thursday 17 January to Sunday 3 highlights of Orkney’s diary of community events. An entirely voluntary February 2019, musicians from across run event, the festival annually attracts the globe will take part in over 300 artists from all corners of the folk events in venues throughout Glasgow world - from leading international names for the largest winter music festival of its kind and the UK's premier celebration to up and coming fresh faces - to Stromness, in Orkney’s West Mainland, of Celtic music. The 18 days of entertainment will brighten up the dark, for four days of concerts, ceilidhs, clubs, sessions, talks and craic. Artists and wet January nights with a mixture of audiences are welcomed by and into concerts that include a host of one-off Orkney’s own thriving folk scene, with musical collaborations alongside talks, Orcadian artists providing around two workshops, film screenings, theatre thirds of the festival programme. Lineproductions, ceilidhs, exhibitions, free up announced across December-March, events and late-night sessions. with tickets on sale in April, around six weeks ahead of the event. www.celticconnections.com
line-up will also be officially announced in spectacular fashion as part of this celebratory night and remaining tickets will also be released on general sale. www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
HebCelt Hebrides 18-20 July
Advance weekend tickets for next year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival, to be held from 18-20 July 2019, are available from the festival website. Day tickets and those for opening shows, late night activities and community events in Lewis and Harris go on sale next year when the full festival programme is finalised. www.hebceltfest.com
SEPTEMBER Party in the Park
www.orkneyfolkfestival.com
Dumfries 24 January - 3 February
Bathgate, West Lothian 1 September
JUNE
Festival organisers launched the Big Burns Supper 2019 festival programme with a warm invitation to audiences old and new from near and far to join them alongside a host of top Scottish and international artists for the biggest contemporary celebration of Scotland’s national poet in town he called home, Dumfries. Big Burns Festival 2019 runs from 24 January - 3 February with over 111 events transforming the historic town with a blistering cultural celebration and a warm welcome for all.
Oban Live
Celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary in 2019 Bathgate's 'Party in the Park' is a yearly family focused music festival with two music stages, childrens rides, free face painting, food, stalls, and lots of fun it's held in the town's Kirkton Park. There is a main stage and acoustic stage with music on both throughout the day with free entry and no ticket required. A real mix of music from local bands and artists to those further afield. There is no ticket required and no entry fee and as this is geared towards families there is a strict no alcohol policy.
Big Burns Supper
www.bigburnssupper.com
Oban 7-8 June 2019 Early bird tickets for Oban Live 2019, Argyll’s biggest outdoor music concert, are to go on sale on Saturday November 10, the event team has announced. The event, started in 2016 by one of Scotland’s finest musical exports Skerryvore, takes place on June 7 and 8 next year at Mossfield Stadium in Oban, Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. www.obanlive.com
JULY
MAY Shetland Folk Festival Shetland 3-5 May
The Festival as the UK's most northerly folk festival is regarded a prestigious event for performers, locals and visitors alike. Organised by a voluntary committee (and run by an even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the isles, consisting of some of the best International, British and Shetland music that the world has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of local musicians that our remote isles have to offer. www.shetlandfolkfestival.com
Tiree Music Festival Tiree 12–14 July
TMF is celebrating the fastest ever ticket sales for the annual festival, with 750 early bird tickets selling out in just 52 minutes and all Glamping and Campervan tickets selling out in just 10 minutes, an unprecedented record for the festival that will help mark its 10th edition. 2019 will see the 2000 capacity festival celebrate its 10th birthday and a special year of celebrations will mark the decade, beginning in January with TIREE: A Toast to 10 Years of Tiree Music Festival show at Celtic Connections. This one-off night will be hosted by Tiree natives Skerryvore and Trail West at Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket where a number of very special guests alongside brand-new collaborations from musicians who have played the TMF stages over the last 10 years. TMF10’s
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NOVEMBER Perthshire Amber -
The Dougie MacLean Festival Perthshire 1-3 November
The Perthshire Amber Festival brings together many musicians and entertainers from different parts of the world who have been involved with Dougie MacLean over the years. This unique festival shares Dougie’s inspiring music, celebrates the history and culture of Perthshire in the heart of Scotland and showcases the beautiful scenery. It’s a vibrant, welcoming festival with music at its core in beautiful autumnal Perthshire. The Festival Hub is Amber Central (The Royal Hotel, Dunkeld). With concerts from castle to concert hall plus Cabaret Amber, Open Mic + acoustic sessions. Contact 01350 724261 for latest or email admin@butterstone.com www.perthshireamber.com
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