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Electric Honey Records students to host Magners Summer Nights gig Magners Irish Cider and Regular Music are proud to announce collaboration with Glasgow Kelvin College/Electric Honey Records which will see the students from the college programme and deliver an additional gig at the Magners Summer Nights Festival at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Bandstand on Sunday 9 August. As a commitment to support the education of the next generation of Scottish event and music business talent, Magners Irish Cider and Regular are allowing Electric Honey Records to present a very special concert featuring live performances from an exceptional line-up including seven of the best and most interesting new artists around featuring WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS, FATHERSON, YOUNG AVIATORS, WOODENBOX, FINN LEMARINEL, HARRY & THE HENDERSONS AND MAYOR STUBBS. The afternoon evening show will be compèred by BBC Scotland’s Vic Galloway. The event is being run by the students themselves… both the event management and music business course students from Glasgow Kelvin College. From the world famous student run record label - Electric Honey Records - that brought you Belle And Sebastian, Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris And Snow Patrol.
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Electric Honey is an in-house record label founded in 1992 by Ken McCluskey of “The Bluebells”. The label supports artists trying to make it in the music business. Uncut Magazine once stated that the label was the “most successful student run label in the world” – highlighting how exceptional the label is! Paul Condron, Marketing Director for Magners said: “This year’s events are already well on track to be a huge success, so it’s the perfect opportunity to showcase some of Scotland’s hottest new acts. Electric Honey has been a driving force in discovering new musical talent and we are excited to be working with them to bring great new music to Magners Summer Nights.”
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Great Stories, Great Music - PianoPiano @ Made in Scotland ..... dedicated to iconic women who changed the world PianoPiano are redefining the classical music scene with this ground-breaking show as part of Made In Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Original music dedicated to the lives and achievements of nine pioneering women from throughout history who changed the world [from first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova to Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn, aviator Amelia Earhart and Nobel Prize recipient Marie Curie]. Composed and performed on two grand pianos by the award-winning duo of Karen MacIver and Hilary Brooks, the shows unique blend of thrilling new music, improvisation and enlightening anecdotes has captivated audiences and critics since being nominated for a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2014. PianoPiano is: HILARY BROOKS a multi-award winning Music Director & Arranger. Her recent Critics Awards for best music and sound include Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ (2011) and Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’ (2013). Recent commissions include music for SCOTLAND 2015 – BBC Scotland’s flagship current affairs programme and theatre productions ‘The Libertine’ (Citizens Theatre) and ’Dare To Care’ (Stellar Quines). And KAREN MACIVER was the recipient of an Arts and Business award for Best Festival Production 2014 for Glasgow Commonwealth Games in association with the Citizens Theatre and a British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors Award in 2010. Her acclaimed work ‘Flame’ was written for the Olympic Torch Relay and underscored the film of its journey to the London 2012 Games. Piano Piano’s debut CD and unique live performance is titled ‘dedicated...’ and was inspired by 9 pioneering and iconic woman, namely: Amelia Earhart, Augusta Ada Byron, Valentina Tereshkova, Emily Wilding Davison, Marie Curie, Cyd Charisse, Josephine Baker, Katharine Hepburn and Eve Made In Scotland is a curated showcase of high quality performance from Scotland at the World’s largest arts festival, made possible by support from the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. It is a partnership between the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the Federation of Scottish Theatre, the Scottish Music Centre and Creative Scotland. GIGnotes: PIANOPIANO LIVE @ Made in Scotland: Saturday 22 August at 3.30pm Sunday 23 August at 11.00am & 2.00pm Venue 207a, The City of Edinburgh Music School, 29 East Fettes Avenue, EH4 1EG Tickets @ http://PianoPiano.Eventbrite.co.uk Fringe Box Office, 180 High St, Edinburgh, EH1 1QS or 0131 226 0000
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Strange Behaviours HOT music nights return to Stirling Tolbooth with Stanley Odd
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Psychedelic’ Apache Sun have their debut EP released on infamous student run record label Electric Honey. Brothers Kris & Pete from Aberdeen have encapsulated all that is great about psychedelic, garage, rock and pop music
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Stirling Tolbooth’s monthly new music night ‘Strange Behaviours’ returns on 18 September, pairing up with the Stirling Fringe to present one of the biggest names in Scottish hip-hop, alongside some of the brightest rising stars in the genre. The evening sees Stanley Odd play with support from Ciaran Mac and Polaroid People.
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Spearheading the organic groundswell of Scottish hiphop in recent years, Stanley Odd have grown to a towering force in the genre. Touring as a full live band lead by emcee Solareye a.k.a. Dave Hook’s assertive and humorous rhymes, the band have become festival stalwarts and renowned crowdpleasers country-wide.
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Music Development Officer at the Tolbooth, Kenny Bates: “Our first season of ‘Strange Behaviours’ events last winter and the inaugural ‘Strange Behaviours Festival’ in November 2014 brought in some of the best names in new Scottish indie/alternative music. It’s been a real buzz bringing through artists like Honeyblood, Jonnie Common, Hector Bizerk, PAWS, and Phantom Band, so I’m really excited that season 2 is kicking off with such a strong lineup, and as part of a special partnership with the Stirling Fringe Festival. A night of true entertainment, if you like music that can engage your brain and your feet at the same time, you won't forgive yourself missing this one.” Barry McDonald, Stirling Fringe Festival Director: “We’re thrilled that Stanley Odd will feature on the opening night of the 2015 festival. They’re a fantastic live act and will undoubtedly be one of the most popular acts at this year’s Fringe. We’re also delighted to be working with the Tolbooth on the return of the superb Strange Behaviours.” Tickets are available from Box Office on 01786 274 000 or via the Tolbooth website below.
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Dark Green Tree consists of Ross Cockburn, Jay Brown, and Cera Impala who on a 5 year journey via Edinburgh, Cambridge and Heriot Toun Studio have brought their music together to create this superbly crafted album
Speaking openly and concisely about socio-political issues and values, with interjections of humour, anger and outrage, Solareye’s verses simmer with an almost electric atmosphere, helping vocalise very real current issues in an appealing ‘every-man’ voice. Surrounded by a sublime band of musicians, the songs pull on electronic, indie, blues and pop
influences, which can take you dancing, get your head bopping, make you think. In support are rising talent in the Scottish hip-hop sphere, Ciaran Mac, and the brilliant Polaroid People, blending rock, funk and hip-hop to electrifying effect.
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Musicians' Union endorses Burnham and Flint in Labour leadership contests The Musicians' Union (MU) has announced that they've decided to endorse Andy Burnham for Labour Party leader and Caroline Flint for deputy.
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"David Cameron has launched a campaign of demonisation against the unions. I will oppose this unjustified attack on the MU General Secretary John Smith said: legitimate role of trade unions to protect 'I am delighted to announce that the MU's Executive Committee has decided to endorse people in a fragmented and casualised Andy Burnham and Caroline Flint for Labour workplace." Party leader and deputy leader respectively. Welcoming the endorsement, Caroline 'Both candidates have shown a great deal of Flint said: "I've been a proud trade unionist for over 30 interest in music and the arts and have years, so I'm delighted that the Musicians' supported the MU in its parliamentary work Union are backing me to be Labour's next throughout the years. The MU was particularly grateful to Andy Burnham for his Deputy Leader. support for the extension of the term of "I want the Labour Party to reconnect with copyright when he was Secretary of State. working people and trade unions are a huge This will make a tangible difference to the grassroots movement. I look forward to take home pay of a lot of our members and I working with the Musicians' Union to rebuild believe that Andy would be a Labour Party our party and reach out to Labour's lost leader who valued music and the arts.' voters in the coming years." Andy Burnham MP, Labour leadership The British Musicians' Union was established candidate, said: in 1893 and represents over 30,000 "I'm honoured to receive the union's support musicians working in all sectors and genres and will do everything I can to represent its of music. As well as negotiating on behalf of members in this contest and make them its members with all the major employers in proud as leader of the Labour Party. Our the industry, the MU offers a range of music industry is not only important to the services tailored for the self-employed by UK economy, it's an important part of our providing assistance for professional and national identity. People around the world – student musicians of all ages. young and old – are inspired by British The MU in Scotland has offices at Woodside music. Terrace in Glasgow and you can contact "I applaud the MU’s campaigning on Low them on 0141 341 2960 or email: Pay / No Pay. When I was Secretary of State glasgow@theMU.org for Culture, Media and Sport, I led on copyright extension; I know that more still www.musiciansunion.org.uk needs to be done to address illegal https://twitter.com/WeAreTheMU
Help Musicians UK launch ' Career Development Bursaries' A new scheme has been set up by Help Musicians UK to fund exceptional career development opportunities for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, songwriters or small groups aged between 21 and 30. Grants will range from £500 to £2,000 and the first deadline for applications is 18 September. The bursaries are aimed at helping young professional musicians access exceptional career development opportunities in the UK and internationally. Applicants could be an instrumentalist, singer, conductor, composer, songwriter or a small group, working in any musical genre. Primarily based in the UK, applicants must be aged between 21-30 years or have completed their recent stage of formal music education in the last five years. Tim Foxon, our Talent Programme Manager, says: “We want to invest in talented emerging artists who are performing or creating great music and are already making an impact in their field. This is the latest in a series of new initiatives which will enable our Talent Programme to support more musicians in a targeted and effective way.” Successful applicants can use the grants for activities such as participation in masterclasses, short courses, mentoring or intensive coaching. Visit www.helpmusicians.org.uk for full information about the scheme including the online application form and guidelines - direct link @ http://bit.ly/1IkJyTT Help Musicians UK is the leading UK charity for professional musicians of all genres, from starting out through to retirement. They help at times of crisis, but also at times of opportunity, giving people the extra support they need at a crucial stage that could make or break their career. Help Musicians UK is the working name of the Musicians Benevolent Fund
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These boots are made for walking ........... around Glasgow's musical culture Glasgow Music City Tours is a new tourism company, which is offering, guided walks of the city’s music venues, past and present. Launched to the public this month, the tour schedule will begin with four bespoke tours of the Merchant City. Part of the Merchant City Festival, all four events will culminate with a unique show from a different musical artist in Mono Café Bar, the dates are Sunday 26th, Thursday 30th, Friday 31st July and Sunday 2nd August. The company is owned and run by Fiona Shepherd, Alison Stroak and Jonathan Trew. All three have extensive experience of music journalism or publishing in Scotland and see the tours as a unique opportunity to promote Glasgow's vibrant music scene and its fascinating heritage as a music city. The company's knowledgeable tour guides are musicians, DJs and writers who are well placed to bring alive the stories of the legendary performers who have stayed, played and made music in the UK's only
UNESCO City of Music. From August, the company will run two weekly tours, each lasting approximately 1.5-2 hours: Glasgow's Music Mile tells the tale of city centre venues from the Concert Hall to King Tut's, via the former site of the Apollo. The tour ends at King Tut's where guests will have the opportunity to take selfies on the stage. This takes place on Saturday afternoons. Merchant City Music: Past and Present explores the iconic venues of the Merchant City and East End from Britannia Panopticon Music Hall to Barrowland Ballroom. Takes place on Friday afternoons. 'Glasgow is a music city through and through,' said Jonathan Trew, director of Glasgow Music City Tours. 'The city hosts an average of 130 different music events every week and Glasgow's audiences and venues are famous for their passion and atmosphere. 'Whether you remember seeing David Bowie at The Apollo, Paolo Nutini at King Tut's or are looking forward to Texas at The Hydro, Glasgow Music City Tours offers an entertaining exploration of the places, people and performances, which have shaped the city's musical landscape.'
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The Fallen Angels Club bring Della Mae to Glasgow The multi-talented all female Boston bluegrass band, Della Mae are heading for a date at Glasgow’s Oran Mor in July. Their 2013 breakthrough album, The World Oft Can Be, was a Grammy nomination, no less, and this helped establish the five-strong group’s credentials in the music business. With songs steeped in tradition yet clearly rooted in a contemporary world, Della Mae play with the verve and confidence to be expected from musicians at the top of their game. Their musical approach is to mix great vocals and harmonies with highly skilled musicianship. The band recently spent six weeks touring Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as cultural ambassadors for a US State Department programme, called American Music Abroad. They have a great collection of songs so this midsummer show is certainly set to be a hot one. Supporting Della Mae is Meaghan Blanchard who grew up in the rolling hills of Canada's beautiful Prince Edward Island. Meaghan recorded “Changing Things”, her first collection of songs at the age of 18 which garnered notable success across Canada receiving 4 MusicPEI awards and 2 ECMA nods. Meaghan’s second recording in “Chasin’ Lonely Again” was named Country Recording of the Year at the ECMA awards in Charlottetown, PEI. GIGnotes: Della Mae plus Meagan Blanchard, Wednesday 29 July at Oran Mor, Byers Road, Glasgow. Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 or behind the bar in Oran Mor www.facebook.com/heyheydellamae www.facebook.com/MeaghanBlanchard www.fallenangelsclub.com
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Edinburgh's Lorna Reid and London's David Sinclair Four hook up in Edinburgh with the scent of the Scottish Borders in their music London rock & roll group David Sinclair Four and Edinburgh jazz singer Lorna Reid join forces for a special show to launch their new single “Coming out of the Rain”, which is released on 31 July. Released on IRL, the London label renowned for its celtic connections, “Coming out of the Rain” is a bittersweet harmony duet located at the emotional crossroads between love and loss and the cultural intersection between rock and country – a London bar-room ballad transported to a windswept stretch of the Scottish Borders. Written by David and Lorna during a week of sessions in Shennanton, a remote corner of the Southern Uplands, the song was recorded in Brixton, London with R&B producer Livingstone Brown. The song is a standout track on the acclaimed new album 4 by David Sinclair Four, which the band launched earlier this year with a sold-out media event at the Borderline in London. Lorna’s guest performance was a highlight of that show. Now the band is travelling north for another emotional reunion with Lorna and all their Scottish friends at the Voodoo Rooms. Lorna has twice been nominated for Best Jazz Vocalist in the Scottish Jazz Awards and recently performed at the Queens Hall, Edinburgh. She has appeared at sold out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, where she returns this summer. Her guest role in the David Sinclair Four adds an exciting new string to her bow and lends a fresh dynamic to this road-hardened group who have worked with Paul Jones, Maxi Priest, Robin Trower and many others. GIGnotes: David Sinclair Four with Lorna Reid & guests on Wednesday 29 July at 7.30pm in Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms. Buy tickets @ www.irl.bigcartel.com/product/david-sinclair-four-cd-tshirt-and-ticket-bundle
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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE
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Alasdair Spratt
This is a MUSIC NEWS Scotland series profiling Scottish Music Centre members
"The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"
Alasdair Spratt was born in Glasgow in 1981. His musical training began as a chorister at the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, and continued at St. Mary's Music School, Edinburgh, where he studied composition, piano, violin and flute. In 1998 he won an Entrance Award to study composition at the Royal Northern College of Music under Anthony Gilbert and subsequently David Horne, winning the Rosthchild Scholarship in his first year and the Mrs Leo Grindon Prize in his third, before going on to graduate with firstclass honours and receiving the Principal's Prize. Alasdair's works range from solo and chamber music pieces through to a piano concerto. His music has been performed by such as Ensemble Bash, the Fidelio Trio, the Goldberg Ensemble, the Hebrides Ensemble, the National Youth String Orchestra of Scotland, the Paragon Ensemble, Psappha and SYMPOSiA, and in festivals such as the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano in Italy, the Edinburgh Festival, Sound in Aberdeen, and Musica Nova and Plug in Glasgow, to great critical acclaim. His choral works have been sung in cathedrals around Britain. Alasdair has also enjoyed collaborations with film-makers.
Alongside teaching, Alasdair has co-written and presented a large-scale project based around Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale, teaching in three Manchester primary schools. This ultimately resulted in the schools working together and performing their own miniature music-theatre works to each other, with great interest from the local media and local education authorities. He has been commissioned to write pieces for the younger listener, and for special needs students. Alasdair continues his educational
'Alasdair has been commissioned to write pieces for the younger listener, and for special needs students'
Royal Festival Hall played by the Zephyr Ensemble. He is one of the founding members of the Glasgow-based contemporary music group Ensemble Thing. In 2004, with the aid of a Ralph VaughanWilliams Scholarship and an extended Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Scholarship, Alasdair completed his MMus at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama studying with John Maxwell Geddes. He completed his Doctorate in 2008 at the National Centre for Research in the Performing Arts, through the RSAMD and University of St. Andrews, studying with Gordon McPherson in Glasgow, and Martijn Padding at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. Alasdair is privileged to have received further scholarship from the RSAMD Trust, The Robertson Scholarship Trust, The McGlashan Charitable Trust, The Hope Scott Trust, and the Colonel MacLean Trust Scheme 1980, Logan and Johnston School Scheme 1988, and was honoured to be the recipient of a Dewar Arts Award in August 2007.
As well as writing music, Alasdair works on a work through his role as a pianist in ballet freelance basis as an editor, engraver and schools, and giving workshops on aspects of music and improvisation in the context of dance. copyist. Some projects in this area have included working with Rage Music production, Alasdair attended the Britten-Pears Young Artist compiling suites of music from the BBC Programme in 2004, working with players from television series A History of Scotland for use in the London Sinfonietta, Sound Intermedia, and various concert settings. Alasdair has also Louis Andriessen. Alasdair has benefited from worked with Taigh na Teud Publishing (Skye) in lessons and masterclasses with those such as compiling initial volumes of music for the Michael Finnissy, Elena Firsova, Rolf Hind, Scottish Traditional Music Graded Exams. Simon Holt and James MacMillan. Alasdair is Alasdair also specialises in music theory, privileged to have received compositional working within the Syllabus Department at the guidance from Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Alasdair won the prestigious Philharmonia Prize for composition in 2004, after a première at the www.alasdairspratt.co.uk
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Opportunities to develop your qualifications at Edinburgh's Academy of Music & Sound The Academy of Music and Sound in Edinburgh have a range of opportunities to help musicians develop
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MAIRI ORR : album : 'Jenny Does Burn' release date - out now : www.mairiorr.com
Stories passed down and those untold, tales of treachery and witchcraft, voices from the past and present, fact and fiction intertwined. Offering a collection of 12 original tracks, ‘Jenny Does Burn’ is the debut album from Scottish singer songwriter Mairi Orr. Following her 2012 EP release ‘The Gathering Crows’, the new album was funded through Creative Scotland and Mairi’s own successful crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter which exceeded it’s financial target. Exploring historical and contemporary themes from Scotland, the album celebrates the vibrant musical connection between Scottish and American folk traditions, bringing these up to date with an alternative folk style laced with Americana and bluegrass. As a songwriter, Mairi often draws on her own west highland roots and personal experiences, crafting lyrics to create a tangible sense of character and place, and as a singer, defines these with empathetic vocals. Delving into Scotland’s past with potency and intrigue, opening track ‘The drover’ is the tale of a deadly encounter between a ruthless young reiver and a wily old drover where the
single track guitar to an emphatic full band finish; the lullabyesque ‘Just a fallow year’ tackles the unheard grief of childlessness; ‘Don’t you wed another man, Maggie’ fires on all bluegrass cylinders with it’s theme of jilted lover, whilst ‘I’m not a gamblin’ man’ contrasts in delivery with it’s laid back, old-time swing arrangement and an upbeat ‘On the shore’ celebrates home – in essence Mairi’s roots – with feel-good multilayered vocals. Produced, recorded and mixed at MWAH Heriot Toun Studio by Mattie Foulds (Karine Polwart, Lau, Bella Hardy, Shooglenifty, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton), Mairi is joined by some of atmosphere broods and lifts to take the listener Scotland’s finest musicians on the acoustic scene on an epic journey of a long since gone way of today. At the forefront of the album’s musical life; title track ‘Jenny does burn’ delivers a arrangements is acclaimed musician Steven quirky musical arrangement and lyrically Polwart (Karine Polwart Trio, Inge Thomson) who superstitious retelling of the last ‘witch’ to be plays all guitars on the recording. Accompanying burned in Scotland; Mairi’s own highland him are producer Mattie Foulds on drums and ancestor is the ‘The Piper of Peanmeanach’, percussion, Iain ‘Nico’ Bruce (Jack Bruce, Blue lamenting his home in a depiction of regret on Rose Code, Dean Owens) on double bass, Fraser his last military journey to the Boer War and Fifield (Salsa Celtica, Capercaillie) on low ‘Summer on the Clyde (1914)’ joins the legion of whistle, Dave Currie (North Atlantic Trio) on Great War stories told through the voice of a dobro, Danny Hart (Blueflint) on fiddle, young officer, in another family connection, bluegrass banjo and mandolin and Mark Woods recalling a sailing trip enjoyed shortly before war on clawhammer banjo. was declared. Modern day issues are not left unsung. ‘Letting it www.mairiorr.com www.facebook.com/mairiorrmusic go’ offers philosophical reflection on a dying relationship by taking an emotive journey via https://twitter.com/MairiOrrMusic
DAVID ALTAIR : album : 'Movies' release date - out now : http://davidaltair.bandcamp.com/album/movies
David Altair has just released his fourth album ‘Movies’ the album this album has a more progressive and ambient feel to it compared to David's previous albums. The album artwork is by James Abell and fonts by Douglas Mackay. David has also just released an album from the archives which he wrote under the name of ‘Chameleon Jersey’. ‘My Own Actual Brain’ is also now available from his Bandcamp site. David is Scottish ambient, electronica, psychedelic, experimental producer and multiinstrumentalist, who works with soundscape, spoken word, live instruments and synthesizers. He has been producing music for a number of projects now since 2001, and featured on Tom Robinson’s BBC6 radio show and also featured in the line up for Tigerfest 2008
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download APACHE SUN
FOXBEEF
MEMORY MAN
Apache Sun
Shattered Echoes
In Praha
‘Newly minted psychedelic’ band from Glasgow have their debut self-titled EP released on infamous student run record label Electric Honey. Brothers Kris and Pete have encapsulated all that is great about psychedelic, garage, rock and pop music into this record. A perfectly balanced EP.
Foxbeef: Powerful, melodic, hard rock with grunge sensibilities. Foxbeef released their début album Shattered Echoes on the 27 June, 2015. The drums were recorded at TPot Studios in Kinross with Robin Wynn Evans, whose credits include The Manic Street Preachers & The View. The band took on the responsibility to record and produce the rest of the album themselves, working as hard as they could over the course of a year to get the album to a place that reflected the bands personality and energy.
Paul Mellon (Guitars): This is our second single of our debut EP which we aim to release this autumn. In Praha is a song about 2 people falling in love in Prague. The main riff was inspired by Here Comes Your Man by Pixies and the solo is my own very poor imitation of / homage to Nels Cline's solo in Impossible Germany by Wilco. Some have called it catchy.
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/apachesun https://www.youtube.com Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/ Love Music (Glasgow) Monorail (Glasgow) www.apachesunband.com www.facebook.com/apachesunband https://twitter.com/ApacheSunBand
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
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JENNY LASCELLES
single download Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/memorymanmusic https://memorymanmusic.bandcamp.com/ Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb https://memorymanmusic.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/memorymanmusic https://twitter.com/MemoryManBand
DAVID ALTAIR SUMMERLAND
Fairy Lights
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Jenny Lascelles is a singer, songwriter, pianist and occasional ukulele enthusiast from Newcastle Upon Tyne. Fairy Lights is her first album, a result of both eager anticipation from audiences and a keenness to set down some of her music in sold form. The album is a reflective look at the way in which little, personal moments can portray the wider world. The album uses a variety of influences, whilst also maintaining a lyrical and stylistic thread throughout. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/jennylascelles Available from: www.bandcamp.com iTunes, Amazon MP3, RaRa, Spotify, eMusic, Google Play http://jennylascelles.com https://twitter.com/jennylascelles www.facebook.com/jennylascellesmusic
Movies Summerland
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Summerland are a hard-gigging band that are delighting ever larger live audiences with their songs of love and loss, longing and rejection. Sophie Armstrong, a shepherdess working in the wilds of Northumberland by day, has an extraordinary voice that soars, yet offers vulnerability and clarity too. At her side stands Gary Shearer, a guitarist of impressive ability whose musical tastes know no bounds. Together they’ve crafted a set list of original, heartfelt songs. This is music that is both contemporary and timeless. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/summerland-1 Available from: iTunes and Amazon http://summerland-duo.co.uk/shop The Music Shop + Berrydins Bookshop, Berwick http://summerland-duo.co.uk www.facebook.com/SummerlandUK https://twitter.com/summerlanduk
Album download Release Date: Out Now
David Altair releases his fourth album entitled ‘Movies’. This album is more beat driven than his last mainly instrumental albums. The album has an ambient and progressive feel to it drawing on inspiration from Boards of Canada. David has released the album for download on Bandcamp. The cover art is by James Abell with fonts by Douglas Mackay. Listen/Watch: https://davidaltair.bandcamp.com/album/movies www.youtube.com/user/TheDavidaltair/videos Available from: https://davidaltair.bandcamp.com/album/movies https://davidaltair.bandcamp.com
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download ALISTAIR OGILVY
STEVE GARRETT
IAIN MORRISON
July Moon
Even Song
EAS
July Moon is the second studio album from singersongwriter Alistair Ogilvy - a strong collection of selfpenned material released on his own label and recorded at CHEM19 studios. Alistair was determined to push some genre boundaries while focusing on varying themes of love and loss, poetry and nostalgia. Louis Abbott from Admiral Fallow produced the album and it also features Karen Mathieson from Capercaillie on guest vocals. This new release is sure to gain him new admirers and open up exciting opportunities.
Electric guitarist, re-imagining jazz, folk, rock and choral music. Born in London, Steve Garrett has lived and traveled across the UK, Antartica, Canada and California, and now calls Scotland home. His music springs from a lifetime of influences from diverse sources and performances. Even Song include songs of loss, longing, inspiration by landscape, resolution and hope. The reflective mood mirrors the fading light at the end of the day. Composers range from the 16th Century through folk and the 1980s to contemporary European jazz, with some original compositions. Arrangements bring out the full resonance of the guitar, sometimes backed by loops recorded in real time.
It is never easy for a son to follow in the footsteps of a famous father, so Iain Jnr chose not to. He gave up the world of solo piping and went on his own musical journey. But what he was taught in his formative years is deep within him and this album is a definite attempt at some kind of filtering of the music of his hinterland. There is also a story present, sometimes a rocky one, of a father and son's relationship formed through a rich tradition and an art form that is deeply important to their culture and to both of them personally. There is a mixture of all these elements in this album and Iain Morrison is an artist who is following his own path, wherever that may take him.
Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/alyogi
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Album cd / download Launch Date: 8 July
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Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
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ROBBIE FLANAGAN
Album cd / download / vinyl? Release Date: 31 July
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MAIRI ORR SYLVIE McFARLANE
Remember To Forget Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Remember To Forget is my second release, which I feel reflects the ups and downs I have been through since my last release A Place for Sorrow. With this record I had a different perspective with writing and recording and I hope you enjoy listening it to as much as I enjoyed putting it all together. Thank you for your continued support; it is forever and always appreciated. Much love, Rob xx Listen/Watch: https://m.soundcloud.com/robbie-flanagan https://robbieflanagan.bandcamp.com http://ganbei-records.bandcamp.com/music https://m.facebook.com/robbieflanaganmusic Available from: http://ganbei-records.bandcamp.com/music https://itunes.apple.com/gb www.amazon.co.uk https://robbieflanagan.bandcamp.com https://twitter.com/r_flanaganmusic www.facebook.com/robbieflanaganmusic
Jenny Does Burn Moving Pictures EP download Release Date: 15 June
Sylvie is a Scottish singer-songwriter & her songwriting reflects her Scottish roots and life near Glasgow. Her music has been described as "pop meets folk in a bar for the broken hearted". Over the last year she & her guitarist David, both Danny Award Winners at Celtic Connections have cowritten some of their best works & an EP of 4 songs called "Moving Pictures" will be released on the 15th June with 2 more EP's being released this year with an album in January 2016. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/sylvie-mcfarlane www.reverbnation.com/SylvieMcFarlane www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpWvn16QLt8 Available from: iTunes, Googleplay & Amazon www.sylviemcfarlane.com https://twitter.com/SylvieMcFarlane www.facebook.com/SylvieMcFarlane
Album cd / download Release Date: 29 June
‘Jenny Does Burn’ is a collection of 12 original tracks and the debut album from Scottish singer songwriter Mairi Orr. Produced by Mattie Foulds, this alternative folk / Americana album features musicians Steven Polwart, Nico Bruce, Fraser Fifield, Dave Currie, Danny Hart and Mark Woods. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/mairiorr Available from: Amazon, iTunes www.birnamcdshop.com www.mairiorr.com www.facebook.com/mairiorrmusic https://twitter.com/MairiOrrMusic
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download TIM DALLING Eve's Bonie Squad Album cd Release Date: Out Now
Tim is a song-writer and performer who has been described as a cross between Ivor Cutler and Randy Newman. And now that The New Rope String Band is calling it a day Tim is ready for a new solo career. This album is a collection of songs that celebrate a joyful and urgent humanity recorder with guitarist Ian Carr and bassist Neil Harland. Audiences are once again warming to a man with a very special gift who entertains with a passion, superlative musicianship - and humour. Listen/Watch: https://youtu.be/p1zj3wzqLXk Available from: www.timdalling.co.uk/boniesquad.html
JAMES EDWYN & THE BORROWED BAND The Tower
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Homecoming
Debut Album cd (later) / download Release Date: Out Now
Skyline are a Scottish band from Edinburgh looking to revolutionize the musical boundaries that lie in place today. We are searching for the balance between electronic music and live music to change musical opinions. We adopt melodic undertones to inflict emotion but will always embrace elements of contemporary music.
Glasgow sextet James Edwyn & The Borrowed Band were formed in 2013 and soon established a cult following that set up a ripple effect carrying their name far and wide. Their music is a mix of alt country and folky rock roots orientated Americana. They showcased at the 2014 Celtic Connections and realised they had enough material to start putting their debut album 'The Tower' together. Recorded in Scotland an additional session was recorded at Smecky studios in Prague where the strings for the track 'The Last Waltz' were played by the world renowned Prague Philharmonic Listen/Watch: Orchestra. Roddy Hart also guest vocals on the track.
http://skylinescotland.bandcamp.com/album/homecoming
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SKYLINE
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GEORGIA GORDON
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THE CATHODE RAY MIR
Prettiest Criminal EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Georgia Gordon's 'Prettiest Criminal' EP is the latest release from this 20 year old Scot. Tracks released in 2014 caught the media's attention 'bound for bigger and better things' - The Scotsman 'damn, this is good - must get more from her' Crack in the Road. This latest EP brings an intimacy to her voice with lyrics taking it to the next level. Her distinctive and huskily mature sound is pitched somewhere between blues and early RnB with a slight hint of KT Tunstall and Alabama Shakes. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/georgiagordonmusic Available from: http://symbiode.tictail.com
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Infinite Variety Truth Be Told
Album cd / download / stream Release Date: Out Now
Resisting obvious labelling MIR pay homage to their influences without ever drifting into cliché and from this genre surfing road trip craft a cohesive accessible album that is littered with pleasant surprises. Lyrically astute they do intimate and subtle and they let rip in equal measure and, have a massive personality on and off stage - Roddy McKenzie / Inverness Gigs Listen/Watch:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCZeMlkJlX1k0PcSJs3Lkr5w https://play.spotify.com/album/6cI6y40cqg99KUlRzonro8
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Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
“Originally based on a loose concept of merging post-punk New York with postpunk Manchester, The Cathode Ray swiftly added sixties garage, soundtracks, glam, northern soul, disco and psyche to their sound-palette for their eponymous 2012 debut album - fully blossoming with added electro, shoegaze and prog for this year’s Infinite Variety.” Listen/Watch:
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download URVANOVIC
RACHEL SERMANNI
DON'T SHOOT
Amateurs
Tied to the Moon
The Wonderkid
The debut album from Edinburgh’s orchestral noise-pop collective, 'Amateurs’ is a spectacular amalgamation of live and programmable instrumentation that creates an overwhelmingly powerful sound. “Pure, simplistic and beautiful” - Artrocker "It’s the kind of music that makes me want to type all day in an attempt to describe its beauty” - The 405 “Urvanovic have managed to create a sound that is both complex and enchanting” The Vinyl District
Tied To The Moon was conceived in an apartment above a pottery studio deep in the sticks of Nova Scotia where Rachel had four days of complete stillness with no means to communicate with the outside world - during silent afternoons of coffee and pistachios, Rachel would sit, in total solitude; writing; reading; playing music. In the space of these four days she unintentionally wrote six songs - four that would later become the core of Tied To The Moon: ‘Tractor’, ‘This Love’, ‘Banks Are Broken’ and ‘Old Lady's Lament’.
"This EP should come with a warning, one listen to this and you'll be hooked" - Michael Chapman Chordblossom. “For a band who are both relatively new and irritatingly young, it’s impressive this track (Panic) is very much the finished product. Catchy, welcoming and flawlessly presented, they’re ready for a big step forward.”- BBC Across The Line. Don't Shoot entered Glasgow's 'Soundwave Music Competition' and after storming through the heats, they played the final at Glasgow's O2 ABC on the 10th of January 2015 and were announced winners that very night.
Album : download / vinyl Release Date: 15 June
Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89F8EC0EC604D929 https://urvanovic.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/urvanovic Available from: Love Music, Glasgow Vox Box, Edinburgh https://urvanovic.bandcamp.com/album/amateurs http://urvanovic.com/ www.facebook.com/Urvanovic https://twitter.com/Urvanovic
Album : cd / download / vinyl Release Date: 10 July
Listen/Watch: New single Tractor @ https://soundcloud.com/monrecordings-1/tractor Available from: Preorder @ www.rachelsermanni.net or your local record store www.rachelsermanni.net www.facebook.com/RachelSermanni https://twitter.com/rachelsermanni www.youtube.com/user/RachelSermanni
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EMERALD SUNDAY
The Untied Knot
Shooglenifty’s seventh studio album, and the first to feature a collection of songs. The breathtaking ‘puirt a beul’ (mouth music) of Gaelic vocalist Kaela Rowan brings a captivating and energising new element to the band’s sound, and further confounds any attempt to categorise them. Listen/Watch: https://shooglenifty.bandcamp.com Available from: https://shooglenifty.bandcamp.com www.shooglenifty.com https://twitter.com/shooglegigs www.facebook.com/shooglenifty.scotland
Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/broken-road-records Available from: www.itunes.com www.amazon.com www.googleplay.com www.brokenroadrecords.com
SHOOGLENIFTY
Album cd / download Release Date: 6 July
EP / Download Release Date: 18 May
DEAN OWENS IMAGINARY CREATURES
Into the Sea Revolution
Album download (cd in July) Release Date: Out Now
Finally, it's arrived! "The follow up we've all been waiting for, the result being one incredibly cohesive album that doesn't put a foot wrong – welcome to the Revolution". - Andy Gee, The Sound. Includes the singles 'Los Angeles' , 'When the River Runs Red' and brand new single 'The Only One'.
Album cd / download The Butterfly’s Release Album Date: Out Now
Dream
cd / download
Scottish troubadour Dean Owens’ 6th Release Date: Out Now solo album was recorded in Nashville, Imaginary Creatures is a virtual band, awith studio produced by Neilson Hubbard, project formed by the collaboration of lyricist guest US musicians including Will and songwriter David Scott and producer and Kimbrough, Kim Richey and The Suzy multi-instrumentalist Iain McKinna. Butterfly’s Dream is their debut album. Guest Bogguss complementing his searingly musicians include guitar ace Keith More, soulful voice. The former Felson’s harmonica legend Fraser Speirs and exunique blend of Celtic Americana is Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. grounded in the idea of “home” while Listen/Watch: keeping a wandering eye on the www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures road.
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download SPRING BREAK
MATTHEW WHITESIDE
SPOOT HAWK
Departure Lounge
Composer - Matthew Whiteside, featured musicians/ensembles: Red Note Ensemble, The Robinson Panoramic Quartet, Aurea Quartet, Emma Lloyd, Joanna Nicholson, Abby Hayward
The Good Haul
ep download Release Date: Out Now
Vaguely outrageous, psychedelic 3 piece hip-hop folk funk outfit, hand crafting screwball anthems deep in the Highlands of Scotland. Amalgamating a wealth of experience in vocal performance and musicianship, whilst fusing the hip hop languages of scratching, beat-boxing and lucid lyricism with the foibles of apathy and the implied abuse of aquatic life. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/spring-break Available from: Google Play - http://bit.ly/1bXGSxh iTunes - http://apple.co/1O8hUfw www.facebook.com/springbreakscotland https://twitter.com/springbreakscot
Dichroic Light
Album : cd / download Release Date: 4 May
Album cd / download Release Date: 1 May
A Good Haul is the debut album from Spoot Dichroic Light is an evocative electro-acoustic album Hawk, who formed in the summer of 2013 on that combines interactive electronics and the classical the Shetland Islands. The album documents instrumentation of strings, wind and piano to create a the band’s first year together. The album very personal body of work reflecting Matthew’s passion for electronics and sonic experience. Matthew Whiteside opens with the catchy and memorable Hot Love (Straight After Midnight). With its darker is an electronic alchemist who combines his many musical influences to create an electro-acoustic moments and the odd spattering of humour, soundworld. the album is sure to satisfy a wide range of listeners. Brace yourself for a high-octane Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/matthew-whiteside/sets/dichroic-light-album musical experience. Available from: iTunes link below .....
Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/ewan-nowak
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Available from: High Level Music (Shetland) Mareel (Shetland), Downloads from iTunes
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BELLA AND THE BEAR
WE CAME FROM WOLVES
THE OK SOCIAL CLUB
Once Upon a Time
We Came From Wolves Album cd / download Release Date: 1 June
Saraseto Records proudly present the debut, selftitled album from We Came From Wolves. 'Everything you could want from emotional Scottish Rock' (Rock Sound Magazine) Listen/Watch:
https://soundcloud.com/wecamefromwolvesmusic
Available from: www.sarasetorecords.com iTunes and Love Music Glasgow www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves https://twitter.com/wcfwmusic/ https://instagram.com/wecamefromwolves/
Baby Eat Your Heart Out
Album cd / download Release Date: 1 June
The OK Social Club are back with their 2nd studio album Baby Eat Your Heart Out. The follow up to their 2013 debut Nothing in Common is already being heralded as bolder, deeper and more ambitious than their debut. "We're very proud of this record and can't wait for everybody to hear it" - Raff Eragona, The band's songwriter and frontman. "Already a strong contender for the year's best indie album" - Jamsphere Listen/Watch: http://youtu.be/eHtl02LsLGw + soundcloud Available from: https://itun.es/gb/aOAx6 (And other online stores) CD's @ http://theoksc.bigcartel.com/category/albums www.facebook.com/ theoksocialclubofficial www.twitter.com/theoksocialclub
ep cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Bella and the Bear are a Scottish duo formed in 2014. A traditional acoustic sound is restored with rhythmic and percussive guitar playing, blending two-part harmony and a flair for storytelling through song. Once Upon a Time is the opening chapter and an opportunity to share the music the duo are beginning to create together. Listen/Watch: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/once-upon-a-time-ep/id979217143
https://open.spotify.com/album/7yNehDIVMYcJHzxvIUy0JJ
https://soundcloud.com/bella-and-the-bear Available from: http://bellaandthebear.bigcartel.com/ Big Sparra Vinyl in Ayr https://www.facebook.com/bigsparra www.facebook.com/bellaandthebear https://twitter.com/bellaandthebear
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download BECCI WALLACE
SUSAN GRACE BATES
SOPHIE ROGERS
Fragmentality
Skorsa: The Riddle of the Earth
Two Sides
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Album : cd / download Release Date: 1 May
Fragmentality is the eagerly-awaited debut album from Becci Wallace. The album showcases an artful blend of genres, blurring the boundaries between folk, pop, trip hop, jazz and blues. The album follows the journey of an escapist, yearning for beauty from the unknown, the untravelled, and inevitably the route back to where she started.
Eagerly awaited debut album, produced by the legendary John McSherry (At First Light, Lunasa, Tamalin) and Donal O’Connor (At First Light), it contains an eclectic mix of tunes and songs. There is a fine collection of musicians performing on the album including John McSherry, Donal O’Connor, Ross Martin (Daimh), David Foley (Rura) and Pauline Scanlon (Lumiere). Tunes from Ireland and Scotland (both traditional and contemporary), self-penned tunes, as well as songs and tunes that Susan collected on her travels in Sweden, can be expected.
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Album : cd / download : Release Date: 4 May The debut album 'Two Sides' from flame haired songstress Sophie Rogers is released this Spring. All music and lyrics were written by Rogers and skillfully co-produced by Gordy Goudie (Echo & The Bunnymen, Simple Minds) at The Soul Kitchen. Working closely with her band to develop her Celtic- soul & Country folk image and sound even further towards the album launches and tour, Sophie is lining up some unique venues to showcase her music. Album launch: Edinburgh, 14 May @ Sneaky Pete's + Glasgow, 15 May @ Broadcast Listen/Watch: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/sophie-rogers
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JULY Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival Edinburgh 17-26 July Come in and relax… for ten days, the Jazz & Blues Festival musical talent in all shapes and sizes Whether you’re a Festival regular or firsttimer, this year’s programme offers styles for all tastes – from bop to boogie-woogie to bluesrock; from samba to swing to soul. Jazz legends and international acts line up with homegrown talent and rising stars. Check out your favourite acts, of course, but we encourage you to get in the spirit of the Festival and try something new – you’re likely to discover a hidden gem! Experimental guitarists, funky swing bands, soulful singers shine from every corner of the line-up. www.edinburghjazzfestival.com www.facebook.com/elphinfest
The Wickerman Festival Dumfries & Galloway 24-25 July The Wickerman Festival prides itself on offering music lovers a diverse mix of iconic acts and emerging talent and this year’s line-up will be no exception. Scotland's alternative music festival in Dumfries & Galloway offers a unique and eclectic celebration of cult musical genres and cult cinema with a relaxed, laidback family-friendly atmosphere, aimed at the more discerning contemporary music fan. All the action climaxes with the burning of a giant traditional willow and straw effigy. www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
Cross The Tracks
Scotland, runs a weekend of concerts, pub folk nights and sessions. Special guests this year are www.merchantcityfestival.com the brilliant Jez Lowe and his band, the Bad Pennies. Plus sessions and songwriting Prestfest competition. Prestwick 31 July - 2 August www.ugiefolk.co.uk
Aberdeen International Youth Festival Aberdeen 24 July - 1 August
PRESTFEST the Prestwick Community Music Festival is run by enlisting financial support from local pubs, cafes, restaurants,,hotels,shops and other business services throughout the town. All types of music at various venues throughout the town.
Over the years AIYF has hosted more than 27,500 young people from around the globe, making it one of the biggest and most successful gatherings of youth talent held anywhere in the world. AIYF now produces over 80 performances in 9 days of top class entertainment across 50 venues in the North-east of Scotland. It's not all about the big shows though, as AIYF offers some of the most intimate classical and chamber music performances through its series ‘Up Close and Musical'. and also delivers an ‘Extended Festival' programme of events, where our artists take their shows out to communities both in Aberdeen and further afield. AIYF also offers inclusive, participatory summer courses such as the ‘Dance Lab' and ‘Traditional Music School', where up and coming artists can learn from professional artists.
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Southern Fried
PKD Festival
Perth 31 July - 2 August
Dalgety Bay 25 July
Speyfest Moray 31 July - 2 August The best in traditional and contemporary Celtic music - As Scottish Music Festivals go Speyfest is a real Gem. The small town folk festival with big ideas! Three days of Concerts, Ceilidhs and Stomps, with some of the biggest names from the world of traditional and contemporary Celtic music and all in the beautiful village of Fochabers on the banks of the River Spey. It just can't get any better than that! Or can it? www.speyfest.com
Southern Fried covers a wide range of musical styles including country, blues, bluegrass, gospel, soul, songwriters, alt.country and more. Plus authentic southern and soul food, free gigs, latenight performances and workshops. - See more at: http://www.horsecross.co.uk/southernfried-festival/#sthash.IVJKoHFq.dpuf
The venue has changed to The Dalgety Bay Sports centre. The bigger venue allows for several additions for PKD 2015. These will include fairground rides such as Dodgems, waltzers, tea cups for the kids and more. It will also see the addition of a second stage allowing for more bands and less time between band www.southernfriedfestival.co.uk changeovers. There will be more bike exhibitors than ever before and the number of community stalls will be more than doubled. This year event also sees a change of charity partner. All money raised from the event will be going to Kingdom Kids, a children’s charity run Pittenweem Arts Festival by Kingdom FM benefitting sick and underprivileged kids in Fife and Poppy Scotland. Fife 1-9 August www.pkdfestival.com The festival was founded in 1982 and since then has grown into one of Scotland's most popular Merchant City Festival and unique arts events. Each year, 80 or so exhibitions are housed in ingenious exhibition 25 July - 2 August spaces created from artists' studios, garages, Glasgow courtyards and gardens. Come along, stroll There will be nine days filled with free events in around the village, see the artworks for sale and Glasgow's cultural quarter including street arts, meet the artists. Cabaret music evenings dance, live music, markets, fashion and design, throughout the festival. comedy, family events, tours, heritage walks, www.pittenweemartsfestival.co.uk talks, food and drink and much more. "The Merchant City Festival has always been a vibrant, eclectic and exciting celebration which Tartan Heart played a vital role in bringing the city to life during the Commonwealth Games. As we ‘Belladrum’ Festival celebrate the first anniversary of the best ever Beauly Commonwealth Games, the Merchant City 6-8 August Festival will be nine days of ambitious, diverse, exciting and fun cultural events which Glasgow Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages has earned an international reputation for delivering. We are looking forward to delivering wackiest festival of music and performing arts. Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting with an outstanding festival and welcoming tens of all the crazy variety that makes it Scotland’s thousands of people to the streets, hubs and premier boutique festival. ''Belladrum - quite venues across the Merchant City."
AUGUST
Edinburgh 24-25 July Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival presents the Cross The Tracks programme, which transforms into a two-night mini-festival in the creative hub Summerhall, which will feature an eclectic mix of Hip-Hop, House, Electronica, Soul and Funk. The line-up has been curated by Edinburgh based DJ and promoter, Chris Knight from Astrojazz. www.edinburghjazzfestival.com
Rewind Scotland 24-26 July Perth Featuring fantastic performances from a massive line-up of iconic artists and plenty of other festival fun including camping, funfairs, silent disco, street entertainers, fireworks and much more... www.rewindfestival.com
Ugie Folk Festival Peterhead 24-26 July Ugie Folk Club, based in the north east of
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Doune The Rabbit Hole Cardross, nr Stirling 21-23 August A small family-friendly festival with a twist! Doune The Rabbit Hole presents music, comedy, art, spoken word, drama, puppetry and much more! Events across Scotland throughout the year culminating in a 3 day multi arts festival... it's time to go Doune The Rabbit Hole!! We make people happy through music, art, cake and loads of other stuff! After we've done that we teach people who wouldn't ordinarily be able to how to do creative things, like play instruments, write poetry and paint.
MugStock: A Festival of Music and Merriment will Campbeltown in beautiful Kintyre is the setting for this weekend-long display of new, emerging take place just north of Glasgow in Mugdock and established musical talent. Indoor and Country Park outdoor venues host a range of concerts, sessions, ceilidhs, choirs, pipe and brass bands www.facebook.com/Mugstock and modern and Highland dancing. With openair and children's events. Whether you are Edinburgh looking for a fun weekend away, a workshop to www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk improve your musical talent, to find out more International Festival about your heritage or just an entertaining night Rockerbie Music Festival Edinburgh out you will find it at the Mull of Kintyre Music 7-31 August Festival. Lockerbie 22 August Three exhilarating weeks of the very best in www.mokfest.com classical music, theatre, opera and dance. Two stages, all kinds of music, fairground rides, Edinburgh is the world's Festival City. With 4 and drinks. Great day of music to suit all Glasgow Summer Sessions food million attendances, one third of the world's tastes and ages. Get a discount on your ticket countries represented on its streets and stages, Glasgow when you buy early it’s where people come together from across the 20 August globe to share their passion for arts, culture and www.facebook.com/rockerbie ideas. It's also where countless talented stars Global star Calvin Harris has been announced as and performers have begun or developed their the first headline act of Glasgow Summer Stowed Out Festival careers. With 12 Festivals throughout the year, Sessions 2015, as Scotland’s only outdoor city there’s an endless array of events, performances music festival returns to Bellahouston Park this Stow and experiences to enjoy. August. Last year’s Summer Sessions saw US 28-29 August superstars, The Killers, and DJs David Guetta www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk and Steve Angello perform to over 100,000 'Stowed Out' is run by SoundOut, a not for profit people at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park across organisation formed in 2009 by an eclectic group three dates. The events attracted thousands of of musicians and music fans in the village of Party at The Palace visitors to the city and provided a massive boost Stow in the Scottish Borders. Over the years Linlithgow to the local economy. Sound Out has grown and now hosts a range 8-9 August vibrant music and arts events where there is www.glasgowsummersessions.com always a strong emphasis on encouraging and Party at The Palace returns for a second supporting young or first time performers to get celebration. In August 2014 Scottish music stars up and have a go. Friday joint headliners Dick RNLI Park Fest performed against the magnificent backdrop of Gaughan and Old Blind Dogs plus Saturday Linlithgow Palace & the Peel, showcasing some Stranraer Headliners Model Aeroplanes of the nation's finest music. Scots rock 21-22 August favourites Simple Minds and Deacon Blue www.facebook.com/stowedoutfestival headlined the 2-day event which also featured Stranraer will once again roll out the maritime performances from Hue and Cry, Horse, The carpet to welcome attendees to the RNLI Park Summer Isles Festival Silencers, Attic Lights, The Bluebells and many Fest on the 21 and 22 August. Heading up the more. Watch our website for 2015 Party at the two-day billing are S CLUB’s, Jo O’Meara, Achiltibuie, Ross-shire Palace news! Bradley McIntosh and Tina Barrett. However 28-29 August Park Fest is not all about established acts, the www.partyatthepalace.co.uk Friday night is given over to young musicians Pioneered by local musician Mairearad Green, who are cutting their festival teeth in the YOUNG with fantastic music and the most beautiful GUNS NIGHT - local newbies will be rubbing festival setting in Achiltibuie, which is under an Piping Live! shoulders with young performers from around hour from Ullapool. Glasgow the country. 10-16 August www.summerislesfestival.com www.lifeboatparkfest.co.uk Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival Go-Rock Fest is the biggest festival of its kind in the world and Innerleithen Music Festival the week-long celebrations will see over 200 Gourock events take place in various venues across the Scottish Borders 29 August city from August 10 – 16. In exciting news for 21-23 August 2015, the festival will return to George Square Go-Rock is a small multi-venue festival aiming to after a two year absence from the space. A hugely enjoyable weekend of traditional music showcase some of the great unsigned and Musicians will perform in the square daily and in this small Borders town, beautifully situated independent acts in Scotland. Just a short train the festival will bring the best pipers and amongst rolling hills by the River Tweed. ride from Glasgow, the pretty coastal town of musicians into the heart of the city. As well as Memorable concerts feature some of the biggest Gourock with its intimate venues and stunning the annual Pipe Idol competition and names in Celtic music alongside the best of the views is the perfect location for our wee festival. International Quartets competition there will also local talent and the weekend is rounded off with With genres ranging from solo acoustic and folk be special concerts on the Thursday and Friday a concert presenting wonderful singers of through to opera, rock and metal, you're night of the festival, featuring unique and never traditional song. Complementing the concerts guaranteed to find something you enjoy. Goseen-before collaborations between musicians are an open stage, a singaround and the Rock is part of Music on the Brain. from Piping Live! and abroad. The festival will legendary informal music sessions in local also celebrate Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink hostelries and the Union Club. www.facebook.com/gorock.music with a new ‘Pipers Market’ in George Square, showcasing the very best of fresh, local, Scottish www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org
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Edinburgh Mela
backdrop of the mythical Holy Island - you will discover one of the country’s best-kept secret festival locations. From Friday through to Sunday, the festival will play host to an incredible variety of both local and world renowned musicians and DJs who will be performing an eclectic mix of indie, funk, rock and folk. Set in a series of marquees, you will be close to the music and heart of the festival. Each marquee will have its own headliner and we recommend you come in good time to see your favourite acts as each marquee has limit of revellers that can be fit in. www.lindisfarnefestival.com
Edinburgh / Leith Links 29-30 August Welcome to the Edinburgh Mela! For over twenty years we’ve been bringing outstanding world music and gorgeous international dance to Scotland’s capital city, in a joyous carnival of colour, rhythm, community celebration…and delicious food. www.edinburgh-mela.co.uk
SEPTEMBER Nairn Book and Arts Festival Nairn 1-6 September A unique celebration of literature, drama, music and art in the Highlands of Scotland. There will be music for all tastes.
Live @ Troon Ayrshire 4-6 September Since it was launched in 2010 Live@Troon has been providing a great September weekend of live entertainment for residents of, and visitors to, the Ayrshire coastal town. Over the first five years the weekend has brought some great musical and comedic talent to Troon with sell out gigs for acts such as The Wanted, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, The Saw Doctors, The Colour Ham and Eddi Reader. It has introduced local audiences to some great unsigned Scottish talent such as Kassidy, Have Mercy Las Vegas, Vukovi and a list as long as your arm. 2015 promises more of the same and we hope a little bit extra with more venues, more musical tastes and more live music than ever before! www.liveattroon.com
Blas Festival Highlands 4-12 September
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Bathgate Music Festival
Rock and Folk festival in Dundee and year after year to follow. www.facebook.com/dundeeceltfest
Loopallu Ullapool 25-26 September Loopallu takes place in the tiny remote North West coast fishing village of Ullapool and doubles the population of the village for the weekend. As well as the usual eclectic line up of acts appearing at the festival big top and the fringe events after hours in the villages pubs, the festival will be welcoming the return of the Literally Literary tent in association with Ullapool Book Festival. All this, as well as the usual warm Ullapool welcome. www.loopallu.co.uk
Isle of Jura Music Festival Jura 25-27 September The Isle of Jura Musical Festival is a wellestablished favourite for lovers of the traditional music scene, enjoy a weekend packed with fantastic performances, stimulating workshops, spontaneous sessions and great craic. To guarantee you don’t miss out, you can prepurchase your tickets online now. www.juramusicfestival.com
Dunbar Traditional Music Festival Dunbar 25-27 September
Blas Festival is the Highlands' premier Gaelic and The Dunbar Traditional Music Festival continues traditional music festival. Blas takes place in Bathgate to flourish since it began in 1988. Set in the venues across the Highlands and includes an 3-6 September historic seaside town of Dunbar, the Festival is eclectic line-up of local, national and committed to showcasing local and young talent international artistes. The programme features a range of musical alongside well established and internationally styles, profiles local music making, involve known artists. Song, music, pipes & drums, www.blas-festival.com people of all ages, promotes a high quality children's workshop, informal tunes and professional programme and provides music sessions, concerts, ceilidhs and open air education opportunities for young people. Best of the West Festival performances are the traditional hallmarks of the annual September event. The Festival caters for Inveraray www.facebook.com/BathgateMusicFestival 12-13 September a wide range of musical tastes. Initially the focus was on traditional Scottish and Irish music but in recent years this has broadened to include Best of the West Festival an 'end of season' 100 Bands On The Border jazz, blues, Appalachian, country, bluegrass and showcase held annually in the grounds of Galashiels skiffle. Inveraray Castle in Argyll. This family weekend 4-6 September includes two days of music and song with www.dunbarmusicfestival.co.uk performances in both English and Gaelic. The 100 Bands On The Border will be a music festival festival has a strong focus on local young talent held in venues and stages in Galashiels town as well as the best of the established centre. The idea behind this is to bring the best performers. As well as a great line-up of music, up and coming new bands and musicians from food and drink it's also important to us to all over the UK to the Scottish Borders to provide a wide range of activities for all ages. showcase their talents. Contact Bill Jeffrey The Spree william.jeffrey1@btopenworld.com www.bowfest.co.uk Paisley weblink below .... 9-17 October www.facebook.com/pages/JMP3-Jeffrey-Music-Promotions/745042952180452
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Dundee Celt Fest
Lindisfarne Festival Holy Island 4-6 September The Lindisfarne Festival will come to life on September 4, 2015, giving you the opportunity to experience a weekend like no other. Located at Beal Farm on the truly breath-taking Northumberland coastline, with a spectacular
Dundee 18-20 September 2015 will be the first Dundee Celt Fest, a weekend music festival featuring the best of celtic rock and folk music. Dundee has contributed greatly over the years to celtic rock and folk music, It was only a matter of time before a celtic/folk festival in Dundee surfaced. September 2015 will see the very first Celtic
Paisley's national festival of music, comedy and arts, now in it third year - taking place at various venues in the town centre . The Spiegeltent will be back in County Square to host the bulk of the action but there will be a few big-name shows in the Abbey as well as stuff happening at Paisley Arts Centre and elsewhere. www.thespree.co.uk
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