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Scottish Album Of Year Longlist The coveted Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award has unveiled its 2015 longlist. Produced by The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), and now in its fourth year, The SAY Award has grown to become the most prestigious music prize in Scotland. This year’s longlist features a combination of the hottest new talent in Scotland and some of the country’s best loved musical acts. From rock and techno to soul, folk and electro-pop, the list spans a dazzling spectrum of genres, showcasing the wealth of Scottish talent in all its influential, inspiring and idiosyncratic glory. Until 24 May fans will be able to stream one of the 20 nominated albums each weekday at www.sayaward.com, listeners can catch up on each week’s five featured albums over the weekend. The promotion concludes with a 72 hour public vote starting on Monday 25 May. The album with the most public votes will secure an automatic place on The SAY Award Shortlist of 10; with the other nine titles chosen by an independent panel of judges.
SAY AWARD LONGLIST ..... Belle and Sebastian (Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance) Blue Rose Code (The Ballads of Peckham Rye) Errors (Lease of Life) Fatherson (I Am An Island) Happy Meals (Apéro) Honeyblood (Honeyblood) Idlewild (Everything Ever Written) Kathryn Joseph (Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I’ve Spilled) King Creosote (From Scotland With Love) Mike Vass (In The Wake of Neil Gunn) Mogwai (Rave Tapes) Paolo Nutini (Caustic Love) PAWS (Youth Culture Forever) Slam (Reverse Proceed) The Amazing Snakeheads (Amphetamine Ballads) The Phantom Band (Strange Friend) The Twilight Sad (Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave) Treacherous Orchestra (Grind) Withered Hand (New Gods) Young Fathers (DEAD)
The SAY Award shortlist will be announced at a reception at the CCA in Glasgow on Thursday 28 May which is open to the public. The winner of The Scottish Album of the Year will be unveiled on Wednesday 17 June at a ceremony in the O2 ABC Glasgow. Hosted by Vic Galloway and Janice Forsyth, the ceremony is attended by the best of Scotland’s musical and creative talent. Stewart Henderson, chair of The Scottish Music Industry Association said: “With another great longlist to promote The SAY Award is really coming into its own as one of the most unique and progressive music prizes in the UK. By encouraging the public to listen to all twenty albums and hopefully discover something new and exciting in the process, The SAY Award highlights Scotland’s extraordinary musical output and reinforces how important it is that we value our artists’ work and support them at retail. ”
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The Story of Sandy Bells Edinburgh’s World Famous Folk Bar www.sandybellsedinburgh.co.uk Buy a copy in Sandy Bells or online @ www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Sandy-Bells-Gillian-Ferguson/dp/1784621005 music in our capital city.
We brought news of the launch of this fantastic book to you back in September, but with Edinburgh bulging at the seams for TradFest this week we reckoned it was time to highlight it again! Expertly researched and written by Gillian Ferguson 'The Story of Sandy Bells' brings to your favourite chair the atmosphere, sounds and smells of this incredible little bar - a bar that's punched well above its physical size for the last 75 years in the history and development of folk
The bar's gradual development into a musical haven really began during the 1940's when Oddfellows Hall across the road ran folk performances from the Edinburgh's Peoples' Festival. In need of sustenance performers crowded into Sandy Bells bringing with them their songs and music, with impromptu sessions before and after their festival slots. This diverse range of drinkers were added to by students from the nearby Medical School turning the pub into a melting pot of academics, writers, poets, artists, intellectuals, gaelic speakers, story tellers, singers and musicians. In the 50's Hamish Henderson even managed to turn a regular drinking group of hard core bikers into a skiffle band!
a petition to stop the Scottish and Newcastle Brewery forcing the bar to install a one-armedbandit, the brewery tried again in 1982 but customers uplifted it and placed it in the street! In 2005 Sandy Bells beat 100 other bars in Scotland to receive the McEwans' Sessions 'Venue of the Year' award. Bar licensee Charlie Woolley retired in 2007 after 20 years and he must take a lot of credit for revitalising music sessions and nurturing Sandy Bells during what at times had been a difficult time for 'local boozers' during those decades.
Steven Hannah took over in 2011 and has sympathetically upgraded the bar, which now boasts a very extensive range of whiskies and draught beers - you can even get coffee and simple food! But the renovations have only There's not many names in the international folk improved the facilities whilst retaining the 140world who have not 'done a turn' in Sandy Bells year-old character of the building. The most over the years, with a few notable ones being recent addition is a piano to help support a 7 day Martyn Bennett, Dougie MacLean, Kris Drever, a week music scene. Rab Noakes, Jean Redpath, Archie Fisher, Matt We've only scrapped the surface here of Gillian's McGinn, Gerry Rafferty, Bert Jansch, Mike wonderful journey through the generations of an Whellans Aly Bain, Pete Seegar, Barbara Edinburgh institution, you can buy a copy with a Dickson, Silly Wizard and Billy Connolly. click of the mouse on the link above but better Other snippets from the proud history of Sandy Bells is that they produced their own folk newspaper 'The Broadsheet' that continued for 9 years and 250 editions until 1982, and the Edinburgh Folk Club was founded by its editors in 1973. In 1975 two hundred customers signed
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Inter-Island Music Project Takes Off With Loganair Normally musicians go on the road to promote their new work. But for three islandbased musicians who are involved in a unique collaboration, going on tour means taking to the air.
and include other art forms such as film or craft in the future. We are very grateful to Loganair for helping us in what we have achieved so far this summer.” The collaborative spirit has also extended to the creation of a closer working relationship between the arts centres in Lewis and Shetland. Bryan Peterson of Shetland Arts said: “Between Islands is an exciting new project that will unite the Scottish island groups through creative collaborations with some of the finest artists from each area."
Phil Preston, chief operating officer at Loganair, said: “It’s fantastic to once again lend a hand to our friends over at HebCelt. The festival is marking an important milestone, celebrating its 20th anniversary, and the inter-island project is an excellent way to The project - featuring Kris Drever, from Orkney; recognise this achievement. The islands play an Arthur Nicholson, from Shetland; and Willie Campbell, important part in Loganair’s network, so we were from Lewis - will produce a collection of songs fusing humbled to be asked to offer some support to diverse styles from three distinct backgrounds. HebCelt and an Lanntair. The result will be heard for the first time in public this Loganair, a long-time supporter of HebCelt, is summer when it is premiered at the Hebridean Celtic providing further assistance this year by sponsoring Festival in Lewis, which is marking its 20th flights to and from the festival for the Karen anniversary. It will then go on tour to Orkney and Matheson Band, which includes her husband and Shetland, with the help of sponsorship by Loganair, fellow founder member of Capercaillie, Donald Shaw. which flies regularly to the islands. HebCelt director Caroline Maclennan added: The project was devised by an Lanntair, the arts “Loganair has been an extremely supportive sponsor centre in Stornoway, which will stage the premiere of HebCelt over a number of years and we are very during its 30th anniversary this year. grateful for its help again this year.” Between Islands can be seen in an Lanntair, on HebCelt, which runs from 15-18 July, has been Wednesday 15 July and in Stromness Town Hall on selected as one of the Top 10 UK Summer Festivals Friday 17 and the Mareel entertainment centre in by the influential magazine Songlines this year for the Lerwick on Saturday 18 July. The tour is sponsored by fifth year in succession. It has an international Loganair, Mareel and an Lanntair. programme of artists including Idlewild, Afro Celt The ‘Between Islands’ project, featuring three singersongwriters from the Northern and Western Isles, will be taken to outlying audiences this year with the help of Flybe franchise partner Loganair.
Alex MacDonald, Head of Performing Arts at an Lanntair, hopes it will be the first of many collaborations: “Between Islands is all about celebrating the wealth of talent the islands have collectively; an exploration of our ties rather than our differences. It seemed to me that we could make something very special happen by pairing the right people and I think we have struck gold with this first project. So much so that we plan to extend the idea
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The Shoogles go back to their roots for their 25th Anniversary No body can put an exact date to the day that Shooglenifty was born. The year, however, is not in doubt. In 1990 Angus R Grant, a rebellious highland fiddler, Malcolm Crosbie, a guitarist who got his start in a semi-glam New Wave combo, and James Mackintosh, a drummer with groove going spare went busking in Spain.
The trio experimented with the traditional tunes Angus had known since knee-high to a fiddle stand, and twisted them into the germ of something new and exciting. When they returned to Edinburgh they added banjo, bass and mandolin to the mix and that germ began to grow. The band rehearsed like mad, and played in pubs around the city until Martin Coull, the manager of the newest club in town, La Belle Angele asked them if they’d like to play his joint. “The first gig at La Belle was six punters and an electric bar fire,” remembers Malcolm. “It was the middle of winter and we just huddled round the centre of the floor.” It was perhaps an inauspicious start, but having great faith in the band, Martin turned this one off gig into a residency, the Shoogles built their audience, and by the end of the year it was an essential weekly event for progressive folkies and energetic dance fans alike. Check out the poster above, a remnant from that time, by original Shoogle bass player Conrad Ivitsky Molleson. It would not be unfair to say that the Shoogle sound evolved in La Belle, and many of the band’s early fans have fond memories of that time. The residency led to the band’s first album, Venus in Tweeds, and the launching of the Shoogles onto the international scene. Since then Shooglenifty has entertained audiences from a few hundred in highland village halls to tens of thousands in festival fields. Back home in Edinburgh La Belle Angele became one of the city’s hippest haunts, but sadly burned to the ground in the fire of 2002. Fast forward to 2015, and La Belle Angele lives again in its original location of Hasties Close, just off the Cowgate, (after a very long wait it finally reopened in November 2014). Shooglenifty is celebrating 25 years and where better to have
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the biggest, banging party to celebrate that milestone, but the club that launched them on their way. The Untied Knot – the latest in an illustrious cover art career for John Byrne John Byrne has quietly become a national treasure of the past couple of decades. Arguably Scotland’s greatest living artist: he recently had a major retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery and several of his portraits are included in the gallery’s permanent collection. He is also well known as a writer of plays, films, and TV series (Tutti Frutti anyone?). One of his best known works, The Slab Boys, has just completed a sell-out revival at Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre. Given such a stellar career you might wonder how we persuaded him to design the cover of Shooglenifty’s new album. It’s a simple story, the band bumped into him at a gig and, as a fan, he offered his services. Despite James losing his number not once but twice, the brief was (finally) despatched and the great man duly delivered (some months before the band as it turns out). Getting Byrne to design the cover for The Untied Knot saw him continue a long love affair with music. In the 1960s and 70s he designed covers for folk luminaries Stealer’s Wheel, Gerry Rafferty, Billy Connolly, and Donovan. A less well-known commission was received from The Beatles in 1968, for the album that was to become The White Album. Byrne’s design wasn’t used, but reappeared in 1980 as the cover for The Beatles’ Ballads compilation.
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Dougie Descends On Skerryvore: Decade Gig
Says Daniel Gillespie, founding member Internationally of Skerryvore and accordion player: is one of the most respected acclaimed musician, “Dougie musicians across the globe and has an career that has spanned across Dougie MacLean will enviable many decades. We get a fantastic response from fans when covering ‘Caledonia’ so can’t set Oban’s wait to be finally sharing a stage with the man himself and giving those attending a Mossfield Stadium real treat.” alight as the “We’re really overwhelmed by the support we’ve had from fans attending the gig - from ‘Caledonia’ singer the original ticket allocation selling out in under 30 minutes and doubling the capacity, joins Skerryvore in to those traveling from across the globe to help us celebrate – we can’t thank people marking their 10th enough!” Adds Dougie MacLean: "It's brilliant to be anniversary with part of Skerryvore's 10th anniversary gig, I've played festivals with the band but we've the gig of the never shared a stage so it will be a completely unique performance. The line-up decade. is cracking and those attending are in for an
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Live classical music experience for Scotland’s under-twos Scotland’s little ones under 24 months will have the opportunity to engage with a tailor-made live theatre and classical music experience in venues across the country this month. photo by : Solen Collet
Starcatchers, an organisation which specialises in performances and creativity for babies, toddlers and young children, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) have devised a new classical music experience for babies under 24 months. Co-created by Starcatchers Associate Artist Hazel Darwin-Edwards and Musician and Composer Abigail Sinar, Hup combines live classical music, with a heart warming storyline in a performance for babies, toddlers and their carers.
away from traditional ways of enjoying both theatre and classical music.
live theatre, music and creativity and we are committed to it being a positive one.”
“From the moment we walked in there was a sense of calm. We loved how the children could get close to the musicians and feel the connection with the music.” Nursery practitioner
RSNO Director of Learning and Engagement Jenn Adams: “In October 2012 the RSNO launched its initiative to provide every child born in Scotland with a recording of music, Astar, to help them learn, rest and play. This was the first step The concept for Hup was inspired by in our goal to engage with the very the delivery of the Arts and youngest of audiences. Business Scotland People AwardFurthermore, we have been winning Nickum residency project, committed to provide increased piloted by Starcatchers and the access to our musicians for young In this new theatrical performance a RSNO in 2013/14 and supported by audience members and their TOTAL E&P UK Limited and Vibrant trio of musicians will perform an families and guardians, and since Aberdeen. original score composed by Abigail last year have partnered with Sinar, intertwined with a non-verbal During the Nickum project, Hazel experts in the field, Starcatchers, to narrative presented by Hazel and Abigail worked in two childcare devise a tailor-made programme for Darwin-Edwards, which will take the settings in Aberdeen for six months, those aged between 0-24 months, audience on a journey in pursuit of with babies aged 0-24 months. Hup. Piloted in Aberdeen in March the story’s lead character, a very last year, we are delighted to be Through this process they inquisitive raccoon. simultaneously developed a classical announcing the roll-out of Hup to many areas across Scotland. We are score and a new play for babies. The setting for the music-led story looking forward to welcoming our The original work toured nurseries is a forest (designed by Theatre eager young music-lovers to one of in Aberdeen in 2013/14. Designer Karen Tennent) with the our performances over the coming audience seated on set, drawing With funding secured from Creative months.” them into the story and breaking Scotland in 2014, the original work was developed, with fresh input www.rsno.org.uk from established director Xana https://twitter.com/RSNO www.facebook.com/royalscottishnationalorchestra Marwick and learning taken from the initial mini-tour. The original music, composed by Abigail Sinar and recorded by the RSNO, will be given to audience members as a free memento. Starcatchers’ Chief Executive Rhona Matheson said: “Starcatchers’ work is focused on producing high quality arts experiences for the very young. Research proves that engaging in creative activity such as drama and music in the first few years of life helps significantly in a child’s mental and social development, so we are delighted to be working with the RSNO on this unique project. This could be a baby’s first experience of
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Benzie back where it all began to launch debut album He became a star student at one of America’s most prestigious music schools but Alan Benzie will never forget the lessons he learned at the piano in the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh when he launched his debut album on 29 April. He also plays the Blue Lamp in Aberdeen on Thursday, 7 May. The twenty-five-year-old from Glasgow was a pupil at St Mary’s music school in Edinburgh, where he originally studied violin, when the owner of the Jazz Bar, Bill Kyle, used to phone him, sometimes at the last minute, to come over and play with some of the best musicians on the touring circuit. “I remember once getting a call just after I’d gone to bed,” says Benzie. “It was Bill, phoning to say that the pianist he’d booked hadn’t turned up and asking if I could deputise. So I got up, had a quick shower, got dressed, dashed over to Chambers Street, and played the gig.” His experiences at the venue were not always quite so impromptu. As a teenager who had shown considerable promise, he had been asked to play the Saturday afternoon slot regularly and he would later go on to play residencies at the club with musicians including the Russian trumpeter Valery Ponomarev and American vibes player Joe Locke. Once he arrived at Berklee, after winning the inaugural Young Scottish
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Jazz Musician of the Year competition in 2007, Benzie played with other notable musicians including saxophonists Jerry Bergonzi and Joshua Redman. He also won the college’s Jazz Performance Award in 2008, the Alex Ulanowski Award for outstanding composition in 2009 and 2010, and the Billboard Magazine Endowed Scholarship, which is given to the year’s outstanding student, in 2010. Such achievements couldn’t have been further from Benzie’s mind when he began studying violin at St Mary’s. He enjoyed playing the instrument and sat in on the school’s monthly jazz classes but when he heard Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson, whose trio EST enjoyed huge worldwide popularity in the early 2000s, he decided he had to become a pianist. Svensson, who died in a diving accident aged forty-four in 2008, became a mentor to Benzie as the pair had long conversations about music on EST’s frequent visits to Scotland. Now Benzie is leading his own trio, featuring Edinburgh-born, Londonbased Andrew Robb (bass) and Hungarian drummer Marton Juhasz, and releases his first album, Traveller’s Tales, this month. It features music inspired by his own travels. “I’ve been lucky enough to spend time in different places and this has had a big impact on the way I look at the world and how I write music. I also love a good yarn,” he says. “All of the tunes on the album have a story behind them, some of longer ones being like diary entries and the shorter ones more like capturing an image.” He doesn’t have a tune about running over to Chambers Street in response to an urgent phone call, he says, but he is looking forward to being back on the stage where his own story began.
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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE
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Cameron Sinclair
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"
Cameron Sinclair was born in Edinburgh and studied at Napier University, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the University of Sussex.
His compositions include The Secret of the Universe, commissioned by Harlow Chorus with funds from the PRS Foundation for Music, which won a British Composer Award in 2004; La Città Invisibile, combining a classical chamber orchestra and four world-music groups, commissioned for the opening of the Turin Biennial; To Infinity and Beyond, commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, given subsequent performances by the Philharmonia and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and scheduled to appear at the Austin Festival, Texas; La Memoria dell'Acqua and Concert01 for Cittadellarte, Italy, performed by the Camerata Ducale; The Fly, commissioned by New Noise for their début at the Purcell Room, performed on tour and recorded for their recently released CD; We Are Stars, Alleluia and De Angelis commissioned by Singscape; Time Gentlemen, Please, commissioned by the Derry Festival for Ensemble Bash; Losing My Head, commissioned for Joanna MacGregor by the Isleworth Festival; Making Waves, commissioned by the Medical Research Council for the Creating Sparks Festival; Mbira, a cocommission from the Farnham Festival and Philharmonia.
"Sinclair's music is brim full with energy and drama. Pulsating rhythms are his trademark and the first movement of Syzygy (it means a pair of connected or correlated things) quite literally had them dancing in the aisles." (Laurence Sach) have been exhibited in galleries throughout Europe. He has also directed collaborations between the Tate Gallery and the Royal National Theatre and written music for film. As a performer he has conducted at the BBC Proms, working with Nitin Sawhney, Joanna MacGregor and Ensemble Bash - a collaboration he subsequently conducted for the album Neural Circuits. He works regularly with the Philharmonia and Glyndebourne and his education work includes projects for the Philharmonia, OSJ, EPOC and Royal College of Music. He is Composer in Association with Singscape and is writing a music-theatre work for them in collaboration with experimental theatre company Complicite. He is currently working on a large-scale choral and orchestral work, for Harlow Chorus and Britten Sinfonia and a new orchestral work for a European tour when he will conduct the Camerata Ducale.
In 2001 he was nominated for an International Fellowship by the Arts Council, England for a four-month residency at Cittadellarte, Italy, an institution set up by Michelangelo Pistoletto dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration. His work with visual artists includes Composition of Impulses, with sculptor Alexandra Julyan, which was exhibited at Wapping Power Station as part of the SPNM's 60th anniversary celebrations and Corridors of Power, a multi-media and performance installation, which was premièred at the International Music Festival in 1998 and awarded the SPNM's Butterworth Prize for new work. He is a director of Vietato L'Accesso, a www.cameronsinclair.co.uk/index.htm festival in Biella, Italy with exhibitions, events www.scottishmusiccentre.com/cameron_sinclair/ and concerts devised in collaboration with artists from Cittadellarte. Other installations
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EVERING : debut EP : 'Running Circles' release date - 18 May : www.everingmusic.com
Introducing London based, Scots folk singer songwriters Chris Yendell and Dawn Coulshed, who together are Evering. Dawn and Chris first met on the Edinburgh music scene in 2013, but it wasn't until
the following year that their paths crossed again, this time in London. The inheritance of an old piano sparked their first collaboration and the beginning. Chris has a raw yet uncompromisingly
welcoming sound that showcases his strong vocals and full sounding acoustic guitar riffs. He has supported the likes of Two Door Cinema Club with a previous band and has a wide range of influences ranging from Ben Howard through to Led Zeppelin. Dawn trained as a classical pianist in Edinburgh before moving to London to pursue her career as a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Growing up around the traditional music of the Highlands, Dawn was also influenced by the music of Jeff Buckley and Elbow. Her graceful yet rich piano work and truly stunning vocals really stand up behind the sound that Evering have created. The now London based band thrive on delivering strong harmonies laid over powerful yet warm tones, which are governed by intertwined melodious piano This comes across strongly in their forthcoming debut EP, Running Circles due for release on 18 May. The combination of Chris and Dawn’s wideranging influences shines through in Evering's material, which is immediately engaging and memorable.
www.everingmusic.com https://soundcloud.com/everingmusic www.facebook.com/everingmusic https://twitter.com/Everingmusic
BLOC+ ENSEMBLE
: album : 'Vol.2 Part 5 '
release date - out now : https://bloc.bandcamp.com/album/ensemble-vol-2-part-5
Bar Bloc has that was born from within the noisy, aromatic depths of BLOC+, the DIY venue and released the fifth independent restaurant/bar in Glasgow. They aim to bring you the best of DIY music from and final compilation Scotland and beyond in an open, transparent and ethical way. album, released via The fifth and final compilation in the Volume 2 run of releases, sees the label and venue their Bloc+Music showcase a plethora of impressive names making their name on the Scottish label, and available currently music scene. Featuring the likes of Fat Goth, Fruit and Shambles In A Husk, Bloc to download now on United continue to be leaders in their field of pioneering some of the most interesting, up and coming the Bandcamp link bands and artists north of the border. Last year Bloc was nominated for an Unsung above.
Bloc+Music is the home of the small record label creative sector in Scotland in general with the backing of DIY label StruggleTown as well as Hay Man!, TYCI, who collaborated on the fourth compilation album, and Ment1 He1th, all of which carry the work of young Scottish artists and authors who have been instrumental in highlighting political and social issues to the wider Scottish community.
A stream of the compilation premiered on Clash, and you can also stream the album in full from the Bloc+Music BandCamp page.
http://blocmusic.org/
https://twitter.com/blocglasgow www.facebook.com/blocmusicglasgow
Hero Award at the Scottish License Trade Awards due to its initiatives to help the wider musical community in Scotland as well as deserving social causes. Indeed, Bloc have helped local bands by subsidising a touring van which is loaned to musicians at cost price (non-profit) enabling bands to tour and perform their art on a financially sustainable basis. As well as this, their label Bloc+Music is run on a non-profit basis to allow Scottish musicians to release their music without having to kowtow to the practices and pressures of major labels. This has seen the likes of So Many Animal Calls, Campfires In Winter and Felix Champion thrive and allowed them to progress their musical career at their own pace and in their own image. Bloc’s DIY ethic is worn firmly on their chest and has aided not just the music community but the
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download DON'T SHOOT
SPRING BREAK
MATTHEW WHITESIDE
The Wonderkid
Departure Lounge
Composer - Matthew Whiteside, featured musicians/ensembles: Red Note Ensemble, The Robinson Panoramic Quartet, Aurea Quartet, Emma Lloyd, Joanna Nicholson, Abby Hayward
EP / Download Release Date: 18 May
"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. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/broken-road-records Available from: www.itunes.com www.amazon.com www.googleplay.com www.brokenroadrecords.com www.facebook.com/dontshootband www.dontshootband.co.uk https://twitter.com/DontShoot1 www.brokenroadrecords.com
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 Dichroic Light is an evocative electro-acoustic album that combines interactive electronics and the classical instrumentation of strings, wind and piano to create a very personal body of work reflecting Matthew’s passion for electronics and sonic experience. Matthew Whiteside is an electronic alchemist who combines his many musical influences to create an electro-acoustic soundworld. Listen/Watch:
https://soundcloud.com/matthew-whiteside/sets/dichroic-light-album
Available from: iTunes link below .....
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/matthew-whiteside-dichroic/id990051985
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00WR096DI + Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk www.twitter.com/mwhiteside www.facebook.com/mwhitesidecomp
ERIN BENNETT
ED MUIRHEAD RURA
ReFlowered
Day Job
Album cd / download Release Date: 1 May
Despite The Dark
With a collection of original blues tracks, Ed takes a fresh look at life, love, work and walking the dog... This summer he gives up his day job to study music therapy, so the album title is particularly relevant. Taking a leap forward from Simple Life (2013), adding a brass section, harmonica, drums & more (The Banter) - Day Job has roots and blues with an EastCoast-of-Scotland twist.
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: https://edmuirhead.bandcamp.com/album/dayjob
Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/rura www.youtube.com/ruramusic Bandcamp
Available from: http://tattierecords.com/dayjob http://edmuirhead.co.uk https://twitter.com/Ed_Sings www.facebook.com/EdSings
One of the most exciting folk-based bands to emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA returns with their hotly-anticipated second album, Despite the Dark. Rugged and hard-hitting, yet intricately disciplined, instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic songs, in a masterpiece release from the Glasgow and Edinburgh-based fivepiece
Available from: www.rura.co.uk/shop online download platforms (iTunes etc.) Coda Music (Edinburgh) Europa Music (Stirling) www.rura.co.uk www.facebook.com/ruramusic www.twitter.com/ruraband
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Erin Bennett is a power-pop/rock singer songwriter based in Edinburgh, UK. ReFlowered is her debut album made up of 13 original, insanely catchy tracks featuring driving drum & bass, infectious synths wrapped in classic strat guitar. Topped with caramel vocals the songs are bound to appeal to listeners of all genres. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/erinbennettmusic www.youtube.com/syrenband Available from: iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Mp3, Spotify www.erinbennettmusic.com www.sapphicrecords.com www.erinbennettmusic.com www.facebook.com/erinbennettmusic www.twitter.com/ebennettmusic www.sapphicrecords.com
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download SPOOT HAWK
BECCI WALLACE
SUSAN GRACE BATES
The Good Haul
Fragmentality
Skorsa: The Riddle of the Earth
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.
Listen/Watch:
Listen/Watch: Soundcloud - coming soon!
Available from: www.amazingtunes.com/becciwallace www.becciwallace.net (TBC) iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify
Available from: Amazon www.CDbaby.com www.susangracebates.com At live shows
Album cd / download Release Date: 1 May
A Good Haul is the debut album from Spoot Hawk, who formed in the summer of 2013 on the Shetland Islands. The album documents the band’s first year together. The album opens with the catchy and memorable Hot Love (Straight After Midnight). With its darker moments and the odd spattering of humour, the album is sure to satisfy a wide range of listeners. Brace yourself for a high-octane musical experience. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/ewan-nowak Available from: High Level Music (Shetland) Mareel (Shetland), Downloads from iTunes www.facebook.com/SpootHawk
Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now
www.youtube.com/channel/UC0zZhI_1bbj0xF5F9zpRcjw
www.becciwallace.net https://twitter.com/toidfish www.facebook.com/becciwallacemusic
Album : cd / download Release Date: 1 May
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MINOR DELILAH
JOSEPHINE SILLARS STEPHANIE MANNS
Sleep Dream Forget
Ripped From The Wire Spine ep download Release Date: Out Now
"The EP captures Josephine’s quirky style beautifully; a refreshing debut that makes her stand out from the crowd, certainly in these Northern plains anyway. Her music has a direct approach with the lyrics taking centre stage, wrapped in her accomplished almost Ben Folds style with a nod to Regina Spektor (who she has stated as being an influence). Tracks like You (Are Not The Reason), is a crushingly simple yet charming address to a former flame. If she can continue to go from strength to strength she is capable of delivering greatness. " - Jamie McDonald, Netsounds Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/josephine-sillars Available from: iTunes - link below
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/josephine-sillars/id929622306
www.josephinesillars.com https://twitter.com/JosephineHere
www.facebook.com/pages/Josephine-Sillars-singersongwriter/243260802371468
Fool Like Me
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Following her debut album Come Closer (2014) that reached Number 10 in the iTunes UK Country charts upon release and was voted Number 9 of top releases from 2014, Fool Like Me is the eagerly anticipated second album from Glasgow's Americana singer-songwriter, Stephanie Manns. 10 Americana-infused tracks from upbeat to lilting ballads, from Folk to Country to Pop, with the familiar brand of intimate lyrics and catchy hooks and beautiful vocal performances throughout. Listen/Watch: www.YouTube.com/stephaniemannsmusic www.soundcloud.com/stephaniemanns www.amazingtunes.com/stephaniemanns Available from: https://itun.es/gb/rDVh5 www.stephaniemanns.com/shop www.stephaniemanns.com https://twitter.com/StephanieManns
www.facebook.com/stephaniemannsmusic
Album Download Release Date: Out Now
Having recently eschewed traditional ‘live music venues’ by taking their music directly to the streets around Glasgow, ‘Sleep Dream Forget’ is the debut album from Lanarkshire quartet Minor Delilah. Written, recorded and produced by the band themselves this is an album intended to show they are more than a bunch of buskers. You should give it a listen. Listen/Watch: Album can be streamed on Spotify - just type band / album name into search Available from: iTunes: https://itun.es/gb/v9mk4 www.facebook.com/minordelilah https://twitter.com/Minor_Delilah
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download SOPHIE ROGERS
QUANTANA
ROBYN STAPLETON
Two Sides
Restricted
Fickle Fortune
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
https://play.spotify.com/artist/0cRPFrLYXNtzm6xZZ4Wp2S
https://soundcloud.com/sophierogers www.youtube.com/user/SophieRogers1
Available from: iTunes, Spotify, Deezer & Physical from BigCartel: http://sophierogersmusic.bigcartel.com/ http://sophierogersmusic.wix.com/main www.facebook.com/sophierogersmusic https://twitter.com/__SophieRogers https://about.me/sophierogers
EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Album / cd / download Release Date: 1 June
'Filckle Fortune' is the much anticipated debut album from Robyn Stapleton. Since winning the title of BBC Restricted is the second EP from Shetland metal Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician in 2014, heads Quantana. The band draw influence from she has had an incredible year, with stand out live many big names within the heavy metal and hard performances, including BBC's Proms in the Park. The rock scenes, such as Killswitch Engage, Five Finger album features songs of Robyn's Scottish and Irish Death Punch and Alter Bridge. Powerful, fistheritage, in the Scots, English and Gaelic language: stories of twists of fate and changing fortune. With an pumping vocals complimented with melodic exceptional vocal quality, Robyn interprets some of harmonies and intricate riffs accompanying one Ireland and Scotland’s finest folk songs, from lively and another, all held together with a fat-bodied bass spirited arrangements to sensitively accompanied and drums that will feel like a kick in the gut. ballads and unaccompanied laments. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/quantana www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9eFmRqzZ-M
Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/c/RobynStapleton https://soundcloud.com/robyn-stapleton
Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk // www.amazon.com Downloads from iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify Direct from the band
Available from: Independent music shops www.robynstapleton.com iTunes and amazon
www.facebook.com/quantana2012
www.robynstapleton.com https://twitter.com/RobynStapleton www.facebook.com/pages/Robyn-Stapleton
LET LOVE RULE
DEAN OWENS MICHAEL CASSIDY
EP 1
Valentine’s Day in New York Single Download Release Date: Out Now (Album 27 April)
Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and established singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. 2015 promises to be a great year with a single 'Valentine’s Day in New York' from his forthcoming Nashville-recorded album 'Into the Sea' to be released on 14 February with the album coming out in late Spring. Listen/Watch: www.deanowens.com/index.php/video www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlcYJZ6ppwA Available from: www.deanowens.com/index.php/shop https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/dean-owens/ id129699796 www.deanowens.com www.twitter.com/deanowens1 www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic
EP CD / download Release Date: Out Now
My Electric Heart Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
New album from Michael Cassidy featuring the singles "Evrybody's Scared, Battleships and 15 Years. "It’s only February but if this doesn’t go onto become one of the albums of the year then there is no justice. It’s a wee cracker of an album." Netsounds Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/michaelcassidymusic/ videos Available from: Download @ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/my-electricheart/id958553620 Physical copies available from https://michaelcassidy.bandcamp.com https://twitter.com/MCassidyuk www.facebook.com/michaelcassidymusic
EP I is the debut release from Edinburgh based alt rock quartet Let Love Rule. The band launched their EP to a packed Mash House in Edinburgh under a psychedelic UV theme in November. Since then they have had considerable airplay including the likes of BBC Radio Scotland's Roddy Hart. Listen/Watch: https://letloverule.bandcamp.com/album/ep-I https://soundcloud.com/letloverulemusic/sets/ ep-i-1 Available from: All major digital outlets (Bandcamp is preference). Also from New Hellfire Music store Glasgow www.newhellfireclub.co.uk https://twitter.com/LLRofficial https://letloverule.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/letloverulemusic
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download LORNA REID
SeaOfCrowns
EMPIRE BY DAY
My Hotel Wrecking Days Are Over
We'll All Learn
Mirrors + B Side 'Young'
single download Release Date: Out Now
'My Hotel Wrecking Days Are Over' in the name of art, I have created an imaginary world where I no longer trash hotel rooms and live a rock 'n' roll life style. Don't worry, it's only a song Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=se5wY6D3kz0
https://soundcloud.com/smart-indie/my-hotel-wrecking-days-sample
Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/my-hotel-wreckingdays-are/id975679512 www.smartindie.co.uk/lorna-reid/
www.facebook.com/pages/Lorna-Reid/145885585477690
https://twitter.com/smartindiemusic https://twitter.com/LornaReidJazz
single cd / download Release Date: Out Now
single - cd / download Release Date: 23 March
'Mirrors' is the debut single of Edinburgh Indie-pop band Empire By Day. The song takes the shape of an This is an alternative rock listen and band that can upbeat, indie classic, complete with intricate guitar lines truly fill your need for ‘thriving and striving’ rock n’ and soaring vocal harmonies. The single's B-Side, roll." If you like sweet riffs, catchy choruses, 'Young', moves in the opposite direction, as a far fantastic drumming and fantastic musicianship slower, poignant moment closer to the style of Foals. then this is for you. We'll All Learn delivers a taste Physical copies of the single will be released on 1 April, of the energy and talent of SeaOfCrowns and accompanied by a headline slot at Edinburgh's Electric Circus. Once the launch has taken place, the plan plan captures their energetic live feel. to tour the single around Scotland's many cities, to continue spreading the word about 'Mirrors'. Listen/Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch? Listen/Watch: v=k2D1crXd6vg&spfreload=10 https://empirebyday.bandcamp.com Available from:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/well-all-learn-single/id963849885
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TLJYOAI physical copies from www.seaofcrowns.co.uk www.facebook.com/seaofcrowns www.twitter.com/seaofcrowns www.seaofcrowns.co.uk
DAVID KNOWLES
DANIEL MUTCH
https://soundcloud.com/empire-by-day
www.youtube.com/channel/UCyW6VaSf0iN94W9-eKtvN2Q
Available from: mainly iTunes, Amazon Music and Spotify, as well as Bandcamp, Youtube and Soundcloud, which can be found through our Facebook page - also be selling the single as a physical CD copy. www.facebook.com/empirebyday https://twitter.com/empire_by_day
STANLEY ODD IMAGINARY CREATURES
The Alchemist
EP / download Release Date: Out Now David Knowles is a distinctive vocalist and songwriter based in Edinburgh, with a growing international social media following. Lyrically, David draws inspiration from classic writers including William Blake, Oscar Wilde, Jack Kerouac and Hunter Thompson. Years spent travelling the world (including Latin America, Asia and Europe) have provided a rich vein of inspiration for his songwriting and familiarity with a range of exotic instruments including the Didjeridoo, African Djembe drum and far eastern Dulcimer. With a depth and range that bely his relatively tender years, David’s voice has drawn favourable comparisons to such iconic performers as Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Grammy award-winning country singer Ray Lamontagne. With a busy schedule of live performances already planned, 2015 promises to be a big year for David Knowles including the launch of debut album “Footsteps” on 9 March. Listen/Watch: http://youtu.be/uanV1z7pLCQ Available from: http://davidknowles.biz/music
A Thing Brand New Remedy & Therapy EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now
The content of Remedy & Therapy is of two topics; love and breaking my ankle. I play football for fun and with all the time sitting around, I was happy to write about the process of healing. Full of truth, and no hiding places lyrically, I’m happy with this EP and look forward to the next one! Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/dmutch_91 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIpT0n-J5c
http://Facebook.com/davidknowleshowlinatthemoon
Available from: CD available from ii Music Aberdeen store and from Daniel at gigs Plus from iTunes, Amazon some links below
http://twitter.com/david_knowles_m
http://open.spotify.com/album/2oWGtglnamZDYyVycV9ww8
http://davidknowles.biz
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/remedy-therapy-ep/id925517030 https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Daniel_Mutch_Remedy_Therapy?id=Bd4c7lu7vlsmkswj6ewokftgn3u
www.facebook.com/danielmutchmusic https://twitter.com/danielmutch19
Album cd / download The Butterfly’s Release Date: Out Now Dream Album cd / download From social commentary to stories of a Release Date: Out Now ‘A Thing Brand New’ more personal nature,
is a collection of songs – the music Imaginary Creatures is a virtual band, a studio reflecting the words and words set to the project formed by the collaboration of lyricist music. This album Stanley at their and songwriter DavidisScott and Odd producer and most organic, evolved comfortable in multi-instrumentalist Iainand McKinna. The the awkwardness their ownalbum. skins.Guest Butterfly’s Dream isof their debut
musicians include guitar ace Keith More, Listen/Watch: harmonica legend Fraser Speirs and exhttps://soundcloud.com/stanleyodd/sets/stanleyLindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. odd-a-thing-brand-new-1 Listen/Watch: Available from: www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures www.musicglue.com/stanleyodd All digital stores Available from:+ streaming services HMV, Fopp, Various independent record stores Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw including CODA (Edinburgh), VoxBox www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK (Edinburgh) Love Music (Glasgow) www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://amzn.to/1heO9qD www.stanleyodd.com also coming soon on itunes + spotify www.facebook.com/stanleyodd www.twitter.com/stanleyodd Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 www.youtube.com/stanleyodd
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download BEST GIRL ATHLETE
BARLUATH
THE HOLY GHOSTS
Carve Every Word
At Dawn of Day
End Of The World And Other Multifarious Destinations
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Best Girl Athlete, AKA Katie Buchan, is set to release her debut album Carve Every Word on March 2nd 2015. Despite her tender years, at just 15 years old, Katie has created an emotionally charged and accomplished debut album imposing herself on the industry as a serious talent. Listen/Watch:
https://soundcloud.com/abadgeoffriendship/best-girl-athlete-talk https://soundcloud.com/abadgeoffriendship/best-girl-athlete-hes-calling
https://soundcloud.com/best-girl-athlete
Available from: iTunes, Amazon, Fit Like Records offical site: https://fitlikerecords.bandcamp.com/music www.facebook.com/BestGirlAthlete https://twitter.com/BestGirlAthlete
Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Barluath (pronounced Bar-lhu-ah) is a diverse and innovative Glasgow-based folk band formed in early 2010. The band embraces both the traditional and contemporary music of Scotland, Ireland and America including Scots, Gaelic and English song in addition to a strong instrumental line-up featuring fiddle, whistles, guitar, highland and border bagpipes, bouzouki, guitar, piano and keyboards. At Dawn of Day is their second album. Listen/Watch: www.barluath.com Streaming from Spotify. Available from: www.barluath.com www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk // www.amazon.com Downloads from iTunes, Amazon MP3. www.barluath.com https://twitter.com/barluath www.facebook.com/Barluath
DANIEL MEADE
EP Download / 10" vinyl Release Date: 16 March
Scotland's most exciting country rock & roll band follow up their sensational debut album with a captivating EP, broadening their horizons from the 'Exile' era Stones and Flying Burrito Brothers to include a more soulful, 70s FM rock radio sound, while maintaining the country rock & roll rhythm that runs through their veins. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/theholyghosts Available from: http://tinyurl.com/THGEP3 www.theholyghosts.co.uk www.facebook.com/theholyghosts www.twitter.com/theholyghosts
SKERRYVORE JELLYMAN'S DAUGHTER
Keep Right Away Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
The brand new album from Glasgow's Daniel Meade, recorded in Nashville with members of old Crow Medicine Show & friends, this record is the real deal and perfect for an up to date fix of real country music. Listen/Watch: www.danielmeade.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/daniel-meade Available from: Available on CD through Facebook and at live shows. Available for download from iTunes @ http://bit.ly/1ume0kG plus - Amazon, Bandcamp etc www.facebook.com/danielmeademusic www.twitter.com/dmeademusic
The Jelly Man's Daughter Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
The debut album from The Jellyman's Daughter - the sweet vocal harmonies and unique cello/guitar playing of the Edinburgh duo are joined by double bass, banjo, fiddle and mandolin on certain songs, bringing a fresh and innovative sound. In Americana UK's words... "Emily and Graham combine exquisite vocal harmonies and instrumental virtuosity, with Graham's rhythmic, percussive and improvisational cello playing giving their music a unique appeal" Listen/Watch: https://thejellymansdaughter.bandcamp.com/ album/the-jellymans-daughter | http://www. youtube.com/user/jellymansdaughter Available from: https://thejellymansdaughter.bandcamp.com/ Coda Music, Edinburgh www.thejellymansdaughter.com www.facebook.com/jmdmusic www.twitter.com/jellymansmusic
Chasing The Sun Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now
INSPIRED by sun-filled summers spent on Tiree that were the springboard for the band forming, ‘Chasing the Sun’ is the fifth and arguably most mature sounding album yet from multi award winning Skerryvore. From the assured determination of ‘Can You Hear Us?’ and steadfast self-belief of ‘Here I Am’, to the life-isshort urgency of ‘We Can Run’ and wistful reflection of ‘You Were My Friend’, this is an album with all the hallmarks of a band that has lived, learned and played music together for close to 10 years now. Listen/Watch: http://skerryvore.com/videos/ Available from: http://store.skerryvore.com/ www.skerryvore.com www.facebook.com/skerryfans https://twitter.com/SKERRYVORE
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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download FEDERATION OF THE DISCO PIMP
FARA
SHONA BROWN
Fara
Haar / Solas
Fara brings together five emerging musicians at the forefront of today’s young Scottish folk scene, Jennifer Austin, Louise Bichan, Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie and Catriona Price’s four fiddles and a piano, to produce a fiery sound rooted strongly in their upbringing among the music of Orkney.
Shona Brown creates soundscapes with flute, voice and electronics. She builds her original songs and instrumentals by layering haunting flute melodies, ethereal vocal harmonies and ambient electronic sounds. This is the third instalment from Shona’s 10in10 project, through which she will release 10 recordings in 10 months, on the 10th of every month.
EP (7 tracks) cd / download Release Date: Out Now
Inamorata
Album cd / download / vinyl Release Date: Out Now
Providing unstoppable grooves since 2010, Federation of the Disco Pimp are Scotland’s premier exponent of modern funk. Combining elements of Old-School Funk, Disco, Psychedelic and Jazz, this 7-piece band of Scots are legendary for their endless energy and blistering live sets. New record 'Inamorata' was recorded & produced at Studio G 5000, Brooklyn NY by Joel Hamilton (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Justin Timberlake) Listen/Watch: & special guest artists - Eric Krasno (Soulive/Lettuce), www.soundcloud.com/faragirls Aaron Livingston (Sonlittle), Dave Guy (The Roots/ Daptones), Sasha Dobson (Nora Jones / Puss n Boots) Available from: & more. www.faramusic.bandcamp.com Listen/Watch: http://fotdp.bandcamp.com/album/inamorata website/facebook/twitter Available from: http://www.fotdp.com/store/ www.fotdp.com www.facebook.com/federationofthediscopimp
www.faramusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/FaraOrkney http://twitter.com/faraorkney
Double single Download Release Date: Out Now
Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/shonabrown https://shonabrown.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HV2L61B9SQ Available from: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/ShonaBrown
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/shona-brown/id447707828
www.shonabrown.com https://twitter.com/shona_brown www.facebook.com/shonabrownmusic
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Because this is linked to our 'new release' section we are only listing genuine high street retail shops who sell physical copies of new cds/records 'friendly face to friendly face' with their customers! Email your record shop details to be included below to: carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Avalanche (Edinburgh) Grassmarket EH1 2HY : www.avalancherecords.co.uk Apollo Music (Paisley) Causeyside Street PA1 1YH : www.apollomusic.uk.com Barnstorm (Dumfries) Queensberry Street DG1 1BU : 01387 267894 Big Sparra Vinyl (Ayr) New Bridge Street : www.facebook.com/bigsparra Coda (Edinburgh) [trad/folk specialist] Bank Street EH1 2LN : www.codamusic.co.uk Concorde (Perth) Scott Street PH1 5EJ : www.concordemusic.com Europa (Stirling) Friars Street FK8 1HA : www.europamusic.co.uk Imperial (Inverness) Market Hall IV1 1PJ : www.imperial-music.com Love Music (Glasgow) Dundas Street G1 2AQ : www.lovemusicglasgow.com McAlister Matheson (Edinburgh) [classical] Grindlay St EH3 9AT : www.mmmusic.co.uk Monorail (Glasgow) King Street G1 5RB : www.monocafebar.com/index.php?pid=84 Ripping Records (Edinburgh) South Bridge EH1 1HN : www.rippingrecords.com
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www.musiconthebrain.org * Go-Rock is a small multi-venue festival held in Gourock aiming to showcase some of the great unsigned and independent acts in Scotland *
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MAY 35th Shetland Folk Festival Shetland 30 April -3 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
Thornhill Music Festival Dumfriesshire 1-3 May Now in its 3rd year Thornhill Music Festival brings a rich and diverse programme of music to the village including acclaimed Blues artist Aynsley Lister. The weekend boasts a cross section of music from Country Rock and Blues, Ska, Rock, Indie, Blues funk, Eclectic Americana as well as singer songwriters. The festival also organises a "Rockschool" event for 11-16 year olds. www.lewishamiltonmusic.co.uk/events www.facebook.com/pages/Thornhill-Music-Festival/487819717906138
fb: www.facebook.com/gorock.music tell all of your friends and help to make this the new black. Bogbain Farm is based just outside biggest Girven Festival ever! There will be plenty Inverness and was crowned the “Best Unusual of room and plenty of music for all to enjoy. Venue” at the 2012 Scottish Event Awards. Brew at the Bog is just the latest in festivals Bogbain www.girvanfolkfestival.co.uk is hosting and the fabulous surroundings of this old farm will ensure Brew at the Bog 2015 will go down in history.
Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival Oban 1-3 May
The Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival has developed into one of Scotland’s major cultural festivals, and takes place annually in Oban, Scotland. The event has developed to include new special events and competitions, and the festival now offers over 1100 participants 125 competition classes in ten disciplines including piping, accordion, fiddle, clarsach, piano, recorder, singing, highland dancing and choreography. www.obanfestival.org
Isle of Bute Jazz Festival Isle of Bute 1-4 May 2015
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Burns an' a' That! Ayr 2-3 May The Burns an' a' that! Festival is an annual tribute to Scotland's internationally acclaimed poet Robert Burns. A new venue for 2015 at Rozelle Park, Ayr, more information coming soon! www.burnsfestival.com
Moniave Folk Festival Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, 8-10 May The Moniave Folk Festival has something for everyone, Great music, Piping competitions, Open stages, children’s events and concerts. Workshops. Come along for a wonderful family weekend.
The 28th Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown spectacularly from its small beginnings to become one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. Top-class UK and international names www.moniaivefolkfestival.co.uk feature in a programme of traditional jazz music in one of Scotland's prettiest and friendliest Psychedelic Forest Disco seaside resorts. Kelburn www.butejazz.com 9 May
Brew at the Bog
Kelburn’s infamous season-opener – the wild and groovy feast for all the senses that is The Inverness Girvan Folk Festival Psychedelic Forest Disco – returns on Saturday 2 May 2015 9th May. Once again we will feature a top line-up Girvan of acts across 2 soundsystems alongside 1-3 May Super earlybird tickets have already sold out! innumerable hidden treats and surprises, quality Next batch of tickets go on sale in October! beer, cider and cocktails, camping and of course Concerts - Sessions - Open Stage Brew at the Bog is BrewDog and Bogbain Farm’s your favourite woodland shenanigans! Competitions - Workshops - Children's Events gift to the world: a festival full of new music and Camp Site : Girvan Folk Festival started in 1975, new beer. BrewDog are the leaders of the craft www.kelburngardenparty.com/other-events/ a time when folk music in Scotland was beer revolution and they are about breaking increasingly exploring its own roots. Concert rules, taking risks, upsetting trends, unsettling venues, competitions, ceilidh dance childrens institutions but first and foremost, great tasting Banchory Festival events, sessions for tunes and songs, Open beers. As one newspaper put it, BrewDog is the Stage, workshops,secure campsite. So please
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Banchory 9 May
A celebration of Scottish traditional music hosted by the Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society, www.springthyme.co.uk/fifesing with the emphasis on fiddle music in all its forms. www.banchoryfiddlers.co.uk
Skye Accordion & Fiddle Festival Skye 21-23 May
Scribblers Picnic Stirling 10 May
The annual Isle of Skye Accordion and Fiddle Festival just goes from strength to strength. The The Scribbler’s Picnic is a charity that was set up festival has built up a superb reputation for the in 2001 to raise money for five cancer charities – quality and quantity of music, fine venues and CHAS, Strathcarron Hospice, Maggie’s Centre, hospitality and most of all a friendly and happy Marie Curie Cancer Care and Macmillan Cancer family atmosphere where old friendships are Care. This outdoor event is held at the Stirling rekindled and new friendships formed through Rugby Club with each year getting better and the mutual love of the music. better. Four stages of music and a charity fete make it a fun day for all the family. The unique www.skyemusic.co.uk/festival.asp music event, which is run entirely by volunteers, will feature hundreds of musicians covering a Orkney Folk Festival broad array of music across the day in the Orkney grounds of Stirling Rugby Club. It run's under 21-24 May the tagline 'Musicians Helping the Fight Against Cancer' and is run in association with Stirling and Bridge of Allan Round Table. Thousands are Here we are folks – Orkney Folk Festival number 33! Once again we have some big names coming expected to flock to Bridgehaugh for the event north to join in the fun in May, and from the which runs from 12noon to 8pm. ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have brought together a broad mix of artists that we www.scribblerspicnic.co.uk hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our Imaginate local traditions and musicians – both established Edinburgh and emerging – will be centre stage alongside 11-17 May those visiting the festival. Scotland's international festival of performing arts for children and young people www.imaginate.org.uk/festival/
FifeSing Collessie, Fife 15-17 May
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Knockengorroch World Ceilidh Kirkcudbright 21-24 May
If you prefer a bigger festival in a smaller pot you are a Knockengorrocher! Join us beside the This unique event brings together some of Scotland's finest exponents of traditional singing glittering Water of Deugh beneath the broad
shoulders of southwest Scotland's great mountain peaks to celebrate some of the finest music from the Celtic diaspora and everywhere in-between. The World Ceilidh melds together the most ancient roots music with the latest cutting edge sounds. This first truly backwoods upland music fest in Scotland hosts some of the best musicians and performers from across the world. All are invited to journey over hill and dale by rock and stream to our natural greenfield auditorium and to our upland stage to experience the biggest little festival this side of anywhere! www.knockengorroch.org.uk
Perth Festival of the Arts Perth 21-31 May Perth Festival is one of the highlights in Scotland's cultural calendar now in its 44th year with classical music, opera, jazz, rock, folk and visual art staged mainly in Perth Concert Hall. The Box Office opens on 30th March. Festival Friends can book from 23rd March only £10 to join. We are delighted to announce that The Proclaimers will headline the Festival on Saturday 23 May. www.perthfestival.co.uk
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival Dumfries and Galloway 21-31 May Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. The founding aim was to bring international performers of the highest quality to a region containing many scattered rural communities since then this region has produced some of its own talent of international standing and we’re proud to also be able to present these artistes from time to time. We offer a wide range of events: music – including classical, jazz and folk, dance, theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. www.dgartsfestival.org.uk
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