MNS GIGguide (Dec23-8)
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Here's the latest MNS GIGguide from the MUSIC NEWS Scotland team, which includes our guide to music on Scottish TV and radio in the coming week.
Email your gigs for next week’s guide to: robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com
GIGguide advertising - If you're an unsigned band and would like your flyer/poster included in the GIGguide, it is only £50 for 8 weeks exposure in our three digital titles which roll out weekly. Email: carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com for more info.
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland<br />
listings from 8 December 2023<br />
guide<br />
Lucy-Anne Daniels (pictured)<br />
performs with the Scottish National Jazz<br />
Orchestra on their 'In an Ellington Mood' mini<br />
tour - read more in our<br />
<strong>MNS</strong> GIGspotlight on page 15<br />
www.snjo.co.uk<br />
www.instagram.com/_l.a.o.d_<br />
:: photo by Shawn Pearce Photography<br />
Our <strong>MNS</strong> GIGfocus on<br />
page 17 looks at the youth<br />
music initiative Hit The<br />
Road as it takes another<br />
four young musicians on tour<br />
..... includes music listings for Scottish TV and Radio<br />
http://bit.ly/issuu-googleplay<br />
www.musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com
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pages ...<br />
Scottish music<br />
on TV & RADIO<br />
page 2-5<br />
Streaming<br />
page 5<br />
Scots<br />
in America<br />
page 7<br />
Scots<br />
in London<br />
page 7<br />
Edinburgh<br />
+ Lothians<br />
pages 7-11<br />
Glasgow area<br />
mid west coast<br />
pages 11-17<br />
Dundee<br />
Perth, Fife<br />
Stirling<br />
Falkirk<br />
page 19-20<br />
Aberdeen<br />
+ North East<br />
page 20<br />
Highlands<br />
+ Islands<br />
page 20-22<br />
Ayrshire<br />
Dumfriesshire<br />
South West<br />
page 23<br />
Scottish<br />
Borders + over<br />
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Music on<br />
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Celtic Music Radio<br />
Music all day every day from Glasgow<br />
promoting Celtic and roots music of all<br />
genres - at 95FM or online @<br />
www.celticmusicradio.net<br />
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LP Radio<br />
Independent Alternative digital radio,<br />
broadcasting live from the upstairs of LP<br />
Records in Glasgow, listen online @<br />
www.lpradio.co.uk/listen<br />
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FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER<br />
https://twitter.com/MusicNewsScot<br />
https://twitter.com/MusicNewsScot<br />
The Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. Nicola Meighan tunes into the best of<br />
Scottish arts, entertainment and music.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Grant Stott's Vinyl Collective :: 6pm on BBC<br />
Radio Scotland. Celebrating the vinyl revival with<br />
classic records and new releases.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
BBC Introducing in Scotland :: 8pm on BBC<br />
Radio Scotland. The best unsigned, undiscovered<br />
and under-the-radar music Scotland has to offer.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Na Trads 2023 :: 8.55pm on BBC ALBA. Catchup<br />
on The MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards,<br />
that are back to celebrate the wealth of musical<br />
talent in the Scottish traditional music scene from<br />
Dundee’s Caird Hall. The all-star lineup includes<br />
incredible live performances from Peatbog<br />
Faeries, Mànran, Duncan Chisholm, Karine<br />
Polwart & Dave Milligan and Amy Laurenson. As<br />
well as a platform for some fantastic<br />
performances, Na Trads is coupled with the<br />
emotion and excitement that comes with an<br />
award ceremony. Hosts for the evening -<br />
broadcasters Mary Ann Kennedy and Alistair<br />
Heather - are on stage to guide audiences<br />
through the drama and fun as they honour the<br />
heroes of the traditional music scene. Celebrating<br />
its 21st edition, the awards have grown to reflect<br />
the flourishing traditional music scene in<br />
Scotland. Following weeks of anticipation and a<br />
public vote, the evening celebrates those who<br />
have influenced the traditional music scene this<br />
year. There will be a total of 22 award categories<br />
celebrated throughout the evening, with<br />
nominees representing the past, present and<br />
future of Scotland’s traditional music scene. A<br />
number of other special awards are awarded on<br />
the night, selected by a panel of esteemed<br />
industry judges to recognise individuals who have<br />
made a lasting impact on trad music. A raft of<br />
industry awards are also up for grabs which<br />
recognise individuals and organisations which<br />
support the creative pipeline of the sector. These<br />
include categories to honour graphic designers,<br />
video producers, stage technicians and others.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
Ashley Storrie :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland.<br />
New and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly,<br />
pop and indie from around the world.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Belladrum :: 11.15pm on BBC ALBA. Belladrum<br />
2019 highlights with SKERRYVORE, REZILLOS,<br />
KEIR GIBSON and TORRIDON.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER<br />
Take The Floor :: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland.<br />
For the very best in traditional music and song<br />
join Gary Innes.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Piping Sounds :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland.<br />
Michael Steele presents the best in pipe music<br />
from Scotland and around the world.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Cuirm @ Celtic :: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Concert<br />
celebrating the 30th year of Celtic Connections,<br />
presented by Ellen MacDonald.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
Billy Sloan :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Hot<br />
releases plus rock and pop music from Scotland<br />
and around the world.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Belladrum :: 00.30am on BBC ALBA. Belladrum<br />
highlights with SIOBHAN MILLER on the<br />
Garden Stage in 2022.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER<br />
http://musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com/<br />
http://musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com/<br />
Jim Gellatly: 2pm on Amazing Radio. The voice<br />
of New Music in Scotland, with over 30 years<br />
unearthing talent, presents a weekly showcase<br />
on Amazing Radio. Jim's show has no boundaries<br />
in terms of genre and he always finds space for<br />
acts outside of Scotland.<br />
www.amazingradio.com/onair<br />
Mike Ritchie On Sunday: 4-6pm on Celtic<br />
Music Radio 95FM + DAB. Mike Ritchie is<br />
presenter/producer of The Mike Ritchie On<br />
Sunday Show and now a Two-time winner of the<br />
Best Radio Show 2020 and 2017 in a readers’<br />
poll conducted by the influential music website<br />
Americana UK. He loves music in the Americana,<br />
www.musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com
<strong>MNS</strong> <strong>GIGguide</strong> - a MUSIC NEWS Scotland supplement<br />
page 3: music on scotland's tv + radio this week<br />
alt.country, roots, bluegrass, rock, singer/<br />
songwriter fields: so there is no shortage of<br />
great tracks for his show, which is a mix of<br />
music, news, reviews and him blethering<br />
(says Mike) about gigs, albums and artists<br />
in general.<br />
www.celticmusicradio.net<br />
Your Requests with Gary Innes :: 5pm<br />
on BBC Radio Scotland. Join Gary as he<br />
shares your special messages and<br />
dedications and plays your favourite<br />
Scottish music requests.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Classical Now :: 7pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. Jamie MacDougall shares a<br />
concert by the BBC Scottish Symphony<br />
Orchestra at Paisley Abbey celebrating the<br />
work of Professor George McPhee.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Hoolie in the Hydro :: 9pm on BBC ALBA.<br />
A 90 minute special on last night's Hoolie<br />
in the Hydro, one of the biggest nights of<br />
Trad music ever, held in Scotland's biggest<br />
village hall - and now you can relive the<br />
magic!! Scotland’s biggest night of<br />
traditional music, Hoolie 2023, celebrates<br />
RUNRIG’s 50 years of musical legend. The<br />
musical celebration includes Scottish<br />
supergroup MÀNRAN, Celtic rockers<br />
WOLFSTONE, festival favourites TRAIL<br />
WEST plus an array of special guests.<br />
Presented by Julie Fowlis and Coinneach<br />
Macleod (The Hebridean Baker).<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
RUNRIG - The Last Dance :: 10.30pm on<br />
BBC ALBA. In front of 50,000 fans, rock<br />
band Runrig's 2018 poignant farewell<br />
concert.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. End the day in the company of the<br />
songwriting masters of country, folk, blues<br />
and soul.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
MONDAY 11 DECEMBER<br />
The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC<br />
Radio Scotland. Paul English tunes into the<br />
best of Scottish arts, entertainment and<br />
music.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm<br />
on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the<br />
essential music chosen by listeners.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Vic Galloway :: 8pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. Scottish jazz collective CORTO<br />
ALTO are in session.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. End the day in the company of the<br />
songwriting masters of country, folk, blues<br />
and soul.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER<br />
The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC<br />
Radio Scotland. Nicola Meighan tunes into<br />
the best of Scottish arts, entertainment and<br />
music.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm<br />
on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the<br />
essential music chosen by listeners.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Another Country with Ricky Ross :: 8pm<br />
on BBC Radio Scotland. Showcasing new<br />
and classic Country and Americana music.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Roddy Hart :: 10.30pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. An inviting mix of new music and<br />
back-catalogue selections.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER<br />
The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC<br />
Radio Scotland. Michelle McManus tunes<br />
into the best of Scottish arts, entertainment<br />
and music.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm<br />
on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the<br />
essential music chosen by listeners.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
The Quay Sessions :: 8pm on BBC Radio<br />
www.scottishmusiccentre.com<br />
www.scottishmusiccentre.com www.facebook.com/scottishmusiccentre www.twitter.com/scottishmusic<br />
Email your gig dates to robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com
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music music news news scotland scotland<br />
www.hittheroad.org.uk<br />
info@hittheroad.org.uk<br />
twiter @ www.twitter.com/HitTheRoadTours<br />
fb @ www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland<br />
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page 5: music on scotland's tv + radio this week :: streaming :: america :: london<br />
Scotland. Roddy Hart opens the doors to<br />
his weekly music club with interviews,<br />
sessions and new and classic tracks.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Vic Galloway :: 10pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. Vic's Triple A is a psychedelic<br />
concept album from SMALL FACES.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Na Trads: An Tobar :: 10pm on BBC<br />
ALBA. Robert Robertson selects music from<br />
the Trad Awards archives.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER<br />
The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC<br />
Radio Scotland. Michelle McManus tunes<br />
into the best of Scottish arts, entertainment<br />
and music.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm<br />
on BBC Radio Scotland. Bryan with the<br />
essential music chosen by listeners.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Travelling Folk :: 8pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. Anna Massie with the best folk<br />
and roots music from around the world.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Natasha Raskin Sharp :: 10pm on BBC<br />
Radio Scotland. From 50s rockabilly to<br />
country to jazz to the latest indie sounds,<br />
Natasha has it all.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Tom Russell Rock Show :: 10-Midnight<br />
on Celtic Music Radio 95FM + DAB. Tom<br />
Russell is rightly known as “The Godfather<br />
of Rock”. From Radio Clyde (1981 – 2006)<br />
where he hosted the long running Friday<br />
Night Rock Show, interviewing many of the<br />
greats Ozzy, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden,<br />
Metallica to name a few. Then (2007 to<br />
2014) hosting shows on Rock Radio 96.3<br />
which broadcast in the Glasgow and Central<br />
Scotland area..<br />
www.celticmusicradio.net<br />
Na Trads: An Tobar :: 11.30pm on BBC<br />
ALBA. Robert Robertson selects music from<br />
the Trad Awards archives.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER<br />
The Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. Paul English tunes into the best<br />
of Scottish arts, entertainment and music.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Grant Stott's Vinyl Collective :: 6pm on<br />
BBC Radio Scotland. Celebrating the vinyl<br />
revival with classic records and new<br />
releases.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
BBC Introducing in Scotland :: 8pm on<br />
BBC Radio Scotland. The best unsigned,<br />
undiscovered and under-the-radar music<br />
Scotland has to offer.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
Cuirm Ciuil :: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Gaelic<br />
music programme.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
RUNRIG - The Last Dance :: 10.30pm on<br />
BBC ALBA. In front of 50,000 fans, rock<br />
band Runrig's 2018 poignant farewell<br />
concert.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
Belladrum :: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA.<br />
Belladrum 2019 highlights with<br />
HAWKWIND, JOHNNY MARR and PEAT<br />
& DIESEL.<br />
www.bbcalba.co.uk<br />
Ashley Storrie :: 10pm on BBC Radio<br />
Scotland. New and classic Scottish music,<br />
soul rockabilly, pop and indie from around<br />
the world.<br />
www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland<br />
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!!!!!!!<br />
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Streaming<br />
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PLEASE CHECK ARTISTS SOCIAL MEDIA<br />
FOR LATEST ON LIVESTREAMS<br />
!!!!!!!<br />
EVERY MONDAY<br />
DAVE ARCARI :: Live every Monday at<br />
8pm. Join Dave Arcari's 'Wildcats' group<br />
for live chat and music led by Dave from his<br />
home beside Loch Lomond.<br />
www.facebook.com/groups/<br />
davearcariswildcats<br />
www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic<br />
EVERY FRIDAY<br />
Live at Five :: Live every Friday at 5pm on<br />
facebook. Live from MacGregor's Bar in<br />
Inverness. Great music and banter with new<br />
guests every week, led by Blazin' Fiddles<br />
own Bruce MacGregor.<br />
www.facebook.com/MacGregorsBars<br />
FISH on Friday :: Live most Fridays at<br />
www.soundhouse.org.uk<br />
twitter @ www.twitter.com/SoundhouseOrg<br />
facebook @ www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg<br />
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www.glasgowconcerthalls.com<br />
www.snjo.co.uk<br />
www.snjo.co.uk<br />
www.thequeenshall.net<br />
tweet @ www.twitter.com/SNJO2<br />
facebook @ www.facebook.com/theSNJO<br />
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page 7: london :: scotland - edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian<br />
6pm on Facebook, Twitter X and YouTube.<br />
Live from FISH's home in Haddington, Two<br />
hours of superb chat and music and updates<br />
on his move to the Outer Hebrides!<br />
www.facebook.com/MacGregorsBars<br />
MOST SATURDAYS<br />
Dougie MacLean Live :: Live most<br />
Saturday evenings at 9pm on Facebook,<br />
YouTube and Vimeo. Famed for his<br />
'Caledonia' & ‘The Gael’ Dougie is Scotland’s<br />
magical singer-songwriter & performer.<br />
Catch-up on previous sessions via YouTube<br />
link below.<br />
www.youtube.com/@butterstonestudios/streams<br />
Scots in<br />
AMERICA<br />
Reaching our Scottish expat<br />
readership in America<br />
Send us all your USA<br />
gig and tour details<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com<br />
16 DECEMBER<br />
MEGAN BLACK :: San Francisco for<br />
SofarSounds. Award winning musician,<br />
vocalist, songwriter, and performer 70’s<br />
blues rock meets queer feminist pop.<br />
Tickets @<br />
www.sofarsounds.com/events/52315<br />
www.facebook.com/meganblackmusic<br />
Scots in<br />
LONDON<br />
HELPING SCOTTISH BASED<br />
MUSICIANS PROMOTE<br />
LONDON GIGS<br />
Send us all your gig<br />
dates for London!<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com<br />
16+17 FEBRUARY<br />
ORKNEY FOLK FESTIVAL in London! ::<br />
At Kings Place. A mini Orkney Folk Festival<br />
weekend will take place in London, over<br />
February 16 and 17! As part of the Scotland<br />
Unwrapped series, running throughout 2024<br />
at Kings Place, we are thrilled to be<br />
presenting six shows - featuring KRIS<br />
DREVER, SALTFISHFORTY, FARA,<br />
GNOSS, THE CHAIR and the almighty<br />
ORKNEY GATHERING! There'll also be<br />
workshops including an Orkney Choir,<br />
fiddle, accordion and Orcadian tunes, and it<br />
couldn't be an Orkney Folk Festival without<br />
a few sessions too. Tickets for the concerts<br />
@<br />
www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/orkneyfolk-festival/<br />
www.facebook.com/orkneyfolkfestival<br />
SCOTLAND<br />
EDINBURGH<br />
West + Mid + East<br />
Lothian<br />
Send us all your gig dates for<br />
Edinburgh and Lothians area.<br />
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Update from Brunton Theatre Trust –<br />
shows are not cancelled:<br />
tickets @ https://philcunningham.com/live-shows/<br />
facebook @ www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook<br />
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page 8: edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian<br />
Brunton Theatre Trust is bouncing back<br />
thanks to the support of performers,<br />
audiences, East Lothian Council and local<br />
partners. The Trust was hit by devastating<br />
news that its performance spaces had to<br />
shut with immediate effect for structural<br />
surveys. However, the programme of events<br />
has NOT been cancelled. The Trust are<br />
working hard to source and set up<br />
alternative venues for events, within<br />
Musselburgh and close by.<br />
www.facebook.com/thebruntonmusselburgh<br />
8 DECEMBER<br />
Cold Turkey's Festive Frolic :: At<br />
Summerhall Hall, Edinburgh. Cold Turkey is<br />
a scrumptious festive buffet of music,<br />
spoken word and arty weirdness, featuring<br />
Hollie McNish, Michael Pedersen, and<br />
Withered Hand. This is the mouth-watering<br />
sixth serving, and 2023’s special guest is<br />
the Welsh wonder, Charlotte Church. We’ll<br />
also be joined by co-host and opener<br />
Gemma Cairney.<br />
www.facebook.com/summerhalledinburgh<br />
9 DECEMBER<br />
THE AMAZONS :: At Queen's Hall,<br />
Edinburgh. With sold out shows across the<br />
globe and two top-10 UK albums under their<br />
belts, The Amazons claimed their highest<br />
ever chart position with their third album<br />
'How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?' in<br />
September 2022. Since their inception in<br />
2014 and release of their debut album in<br />
2017, the Reading-based trio have<br />
continued to prove that they are one of the<br />
most exciting bands that this country has<br />
produced.<br />
www.facebook.com/queenshall<br />
10 DECEMBER<br />
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ<br />
ORCHESTRA (SNJO) - In An Ellington<br />
Mood :: At The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk<br />
St. Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Featuring special<br />
guest vocalist Lucy-Anne Daniels, 'In an<br />
Ellington Mood' presents exhilarating<br />
orchestral jazz. The SNJO is considered by<br />
many to be one of Europe’s foremost<br />
contemporary big bands. Founder/Director<br />
Tommy Smith established the SNJO in 1995<br />
as a not-for-profit organisation with a<br />
crystal clear artistic vision and core values<br />
of versatility, discipline and expression. The<br />
SNJO is dedicated to promoting jazz as a<br />
pre-eminent art form through performances,<br />
original compositions, recordings, and<br />
educational outreach programmes. This<br />
commitment extends to the task of<br />
developing promising young jazz musicians<br />
through the ranks of The Tommy Smith<br />
Youth Jazz Orchestra.<br />
www.facebook.com/theSNJO<br />
11 DECEMBER<br />
Soundhouse presents ..... ALICIA<br />
EDELWEISS :: At Traverse Theatre Bar,<br />
Edinburgh. 8-10.30pm. Following a<br />
barnstorming performance at Edinburgh<br />
Tradfest in April we’re delighted to welcome<br />
Alicia Edelweiss back to the Traverse. She is<br />
an Austro-British singer-songwriter, multiinstrumentalist,<br />
actress and visual artist<br />
based in Vienna. She started her musical<br />
career as a teenage street musician, hitchhiking<br />
all over Europe for two years. On her<br />
quest for freedom and travelling without any<br />
money, she pretty soon discovered her<br />
passion and talent for music – back then<br />
solely armed with a guitar.<br />
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14 DECEMBER<br />
ALEXIS FFRENCH :: At Queen's Hall,<br />
Edinburgh. One of today’s most popular<br />
classical musicians; pianist, composer &<br />
producer Alexis Ffrench is indisputably one<br />
of the world’s most talented musical minds.<br />
With over half a billion streams and close to<br />
3 million monthly listeners, his pioneering<br />
‘Classical Soul’ sound taps into the vast<br />
musical galaxy - from Bach and Debussy to<br />
Hollywood, gospel and beyond - resulting in<br />
a musical world that is evocative,<br />
emotionally charged, and speaks directly to<br />
the soul.<br />
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16 DECEMBER<br />
CALLUM BEATTIE :: At Queen's Hall,<br />
Edinburgh. Callum has been hard at music<br />
for almost half his life, making his own<br />
chances, taking chances and, for sure, being<br />
a chancer. The Edinburgh-born singersongwriter<br />
has progressed from bad gigs in<br />
pubs, to where he is now: a singersongwriter<br />
with a punchy, rousing, emotive<br />
and gloriously catchy debut album that<br />
scored a No.1 in The Official Scottish Albums<br />
Chart. After residing in London and Berlin<br />
for a few years, Callum has decided to move<br />
back to Scotland. His new material is a<br />
collection of songs clawed from the raw stuff<br />
of existence, nostalgic patriotism and<br />
bleeding love.<br />
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HUMBUG! :: At Summerhall Hall,<br />
Edinburgh. You know that we love having a<br />
Lost Map Xmas party, every year. Dust off<br />
the Eigg-nog, baby - HUMBUG! is back. For<br />
2023 we’re putting on our all-day knees up<br />
across TWO SHOWS at Summerhall. The<br />
afternoon show is “all ages”, so you can<br />
bring the whole fam! Under 12s are free!<br />
The line-up is a secret for the time being,<br />
but will be different for both shows … and<br />
we promise it will be v. special indeed.<br />
SHOW 1: 1.30pm til 5.30pm. SHOW 2: 7pm<br />
til 1am.<br />
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17 DECEMBER<br />
CHINA CRISIS :: At Queen's Hall,<br />
Edinburgh. Join China Crisis in celebrating<br />
the 40th Anniversary of their breakthrough<br />
album 'Working With Fire and Steel' as they<br />
perform the album for you live in its<br />
entirety, featuring songs such as the hits<br />
“Wishful Thinking” and “Tragedy and<br />
Mystery”, and the hauntingly beautiful “Here<br />
Come a Raincloud”.<br />
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18 DECEMBER<br />
Soundhouse presents ..... DEAN OWENS<br />
& THE SINNERS :: At Traverse Theatre<br />
Bar, Edinburgh. 8-10.30pm. Join Leith’s<br />
favourite son Dean Owens for the now<br />
traditional pre Christmas Soundhouse show<br />
at the Traverse. A night of unfestive songs<br />
and banter with Dean and his band of<br />
Sinners (and maybe a special guest or 2).<br />
Let the award-winning Scottish troubadour<br />
transport you to a sepia stained downtown<br />
cantina with songs from his stunning back<br />
catalogue including his recent Sinner’s<br />
Shrine and El Tiradito albums (recorded<br />
with musicians from Calexico) – a unique<br />
blend of Scottish roots and Americana, with<br />
added desert noir.<br />
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20 DECEMBER<br />
BLUES CHRISTMAS :: At La Belle Angele,<br />
Edinburgh. Come along and hear all of your<br />
favourite festive, blues, r’n’b, and rock’n’roll<br />
songs performed by a host of the best<br />
musicians in town! For those of you who<br />
may be unaware, Blue Christmas is an<br />
event curated by myself (Jed Potts), with<br />
the help of some of my very talented pals,<br />
and the lovely folks at Edinburgh Blues<br />
Club. It was first held in 2016 and has since<br />
become a must-see event in Edinburgh’s<br />
festive calendar. All proceeds from Blue<br />
Xmas go to charity, and I’ll be announcing<br />
more details regarding this and also this<br />
year’s performers in the lead-up to the<br />
event.<br />
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21 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At The Queen's Hall,<br />
Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel<br />
tank with Phil Cunningham and friends as<br />
they return to Stirling with their much loved<br />
Christmas Songbook for 2023. Join some of<br />
the finest musicians on the Scottish folk<br />
scene; Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader,<br />
Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris<br />
Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the<br />
Songbook Brass Ensemble. A simply<br />
unmissable night full of outstanding music,<br />
charm, humour and festive spirit. It's the<br />
most magical night of the year.<br />
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22 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At The Queen's Hall,<br />
Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel<br />
tank with Phil Cunningham and friends as<br />
they return to Stirling with their much loved<br />
Christmas Songbook for 2023. Join some of<br />
the finest musicians on the Scottish folk<br />
scene; Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader,<br />
Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris<br />
Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the<br />
Songbook Brass Ensemble. A simply<br />
unmissable night full of outstanding music,<br />
charm, humour and festive spirit. It's the<br />
most magical night of the year.<br />
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29 DECEMBER<br />
SKERRYVORE :: At O2 Academy,<br />
Edinburgh. From their traditional Tiree roots<br />
Skerryvore have developed both in size and<br />
sound to create a unique fusion of their<br />
traditional music and songs with the urban<br />
sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s<br />
ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and<br />
rhythms with a range of other genres is a<br />
trademark of their distinctive, high energy<br />
sound.<br />
www.skerryvore.com/tour/<br />
3 MARCH<br />
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ<br />
ORCHESTRA (SNJO) - Nu-Age Sounds ::<br />
At The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk St.<br />
Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Welcome to the current<br />
sound of Scotland brought to you by eight<br />
of Scottish jazz’s top creative young minds<br />
via the SNJO. The SNJO is considered by<br />
many to be one of Europe’s foremost<br />
contemporary big bands. Founder/Director<br />
Tommy Smith established the SNJO in 1995<br />
as a not-for-profit organisation with a<br />
crystal clear artistic vision and core values<br />
of versatility, discipline and expression. The<br />
SNJO is dedicated to promoting jazz as a<br />
pre-eminent art form through<br />
performances, original compositions,<br />
recordings, and educational outreach<br />
programmes. This commitment extends to<br />
the task of developing promising young jazz<br />
musicians through the ranks of The Tommy<br />
Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra.<br />
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3 MAY<br />
SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA<br />
& RSNO - Rhapsody In Blue :: At Usher<br />
Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Big<br />
cities, big tunes – and you’d better believe<br />
it’s going to swing! The Scottish National<br />
Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) is considered by<br />
many to be one of Europe’s foremost<br />
contemporary big bands. Founder/Director<br />
Tommy Smith established the SNJO in 1995<br />
as a not-for-profit organisation with a<br />
crystal clear artistic vision and core values<br />
of versatility, discipline and expression. The<br />
SNJO is dedicated to promoting jazz as a<br />
pre-eminent art form through<br />
performances, original compositions,<br />
recordings, and educational outreach<br />
programmes. This commitment extends to<br />
the task of developing promising young jazz<br />
musicians through the ranks of The Tommy<br />
Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra.<br />
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8 DECEMBER<br />
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ<br />
ORCHESTRA (SNJO) - In An Ellington<br />
Mood :: At Royal Concert Hall (New<br />
Auditorium), Killermont Street, Glasgow.<br />
7.30pm. Featuring special guest vocalist<br />
Lucy-Anne Daniels, 'In an Ellington Mood'<br />
presents exhilarating orchestral jazz. The<br />
SNJO is considered by many to be one of<br />
Europe’s foremost contemporary big<br />
bands. Founder/Director Tommy Smith<br />
established the SNJO in 1995 as a notfor-profit<br />
organisation with a crystal clear<br />
artistic vision and core values of<br />
versatility, discipline and expression. The<br />
SNJO is dedicated to promoting jazz as a<br />
pre-eminent art form through<br />
performances, original compositions,<br />
recordings, and educational outreach<br />
programmes. This commitment extends<br />
to the task of developing promising<br />
young jazz musicians through the ranks<br />
of The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz<br />
Orchestra.<br />
www.facebook.com/theSNJO<br />
9 DECEMBER<br />
Hoolie in the Hydro 2023 :: At The<br />
Ovo Hydro, Glasgow. Scotland’s biggest<br />
night of traditional music, Hoolie in the<br />
Hydro, will return to Glasgow this<br />
December following the success of last<br />
year’s inaugural event. With a special<br />
celebration of Runrig’s 50 years of<br />
musical legend, this world-renowned<br />
event will once again attempt to make<br />
history as the single biggest night of<br />
traditional music to have ever taken<br />
place in Scotland. Due to fan demand<br />
and overwhelmingly positive feedback<br />
from the world-first event last year,<br />
Hoolie in the Hydro will return to The<br />
Ovo Hydro in Glasgow, with an all-star<br />
line-up featuring some of the top names<br />
on the Scottish music scene. Organised<br />
by Gary Innes, the line-up for the<br />
musical celebration includes Scottish<br />
supergroup Mànran, Celtic rockers<br />
Wolfstone, festival favourite Trail West,<br />
and social media singing sensation Nati<br />
Dreddd, plus a special collaboration that<br />
will celebrate 50 Years of Runrig,<br />
featuring an array of special guests.<br />
Tickets @<br />
www.sec.co.uk/events/detail/hoolie-inthe-hydro-2023<br />
Hit The Road presents ..... HOLLY J +<br />
SIN-É + ISLA SCOTT + DEVIN<br />
CASSON :: At Websters Theatre and<br />
Bar, Glasgow. 7pm. Glasgow's Holly J will<br />
perform a headline hometown gig at<br />
Websters Theatre. Making a name for<br />
herself in the up-and-coming R&B scene,<br />
Holly J is an 18-year-old singersongwriter<br />
born and based in Glasgow,<br />
UK. Her signature sound — powerful yet<br />
delicate, refined yet experimental —<br />
blends modern R&B and pop influences<br />
with an era-defying warmth. Glasgow<br />
audiences will have the chance to enjoy<br />
a special live show from her and discover<br />
the music of three other emerging<br />
Scottish talents in what is set to be a<br />
fantastic night of music. Alt-pop act<br />
Devin Casson will showcase her melodic<br />
guitar driven songs, Indie-folk act Sin-é<br />
will showcase her thought-provoking<br />
sound, and Isle of Harris’ Isla Scott will<br />
share her contemporary take on trad.<br />
www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland<br />
17 DECEMBER<br />
DEAN OWENS and THE SINNERS :: At<br />
Glad Cafe, Glasgow. Let award-winning<br />
troubadour Dean Owens and his Sinners<br />
transport you to a sepia-tinged Tucson<br />
cantina with songs from his stunning<br />
Sinner's Shrine album (recorded with<br />
musicians from Calexico), and a romp<br />
through his extensive back catalogue. A<br />
unique blend of Scottish roots and<br />
Americana, with fun and melancholy<br />
intertwined. The Sinners band make a<br />
glorious, desert noir and brass-infused<br />
sound, with Craig Ross (electric guitar),<br />
Adam McMillan (bass) and featuring (as a<br />
wee festive bonus) The Meerkat Horns -<br />
Philip Cardwell and Charles Dearness on<br />
trumpets, with Dean's searingly soulful<br />
voice upfront. The magical panoramic<br />
sweep of US deserts, infused with grit<br />
and dust from Scotland's post industrial<br />
heartlands.<br />
www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic<br />
19 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At Royal Concert Hall,<br />
Glasgow. 7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel<br />
tank with Phil Cunningham and friends as<br />
they return to Stirling with their much<br />
loved Christmas Songbook for 2023. Join<br />
some of the finest musicians on the<br />
Scottish folk scene; Phil Cunningham,<br />
Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John<br />
McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin<br />
McGuire and the Songbook Brass<br />
Ensemble. A simply unmissable night full<br />
of outstanding music, charm, humour<br />
and festive spirit. It's the most magical<br />
night of the year.<br />
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23 JANUARY<br />
The Fallen Angels Club presents .....<br />
GOOD LOVELIES :: At Glasgow Royal<br />
Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow.<br />
7.30pm, 8pm start. Good Lovelies is a<br />
Juno Award-winning ensemble<br />
comprising Ontario, Canada natives Kerri<br />
Ough, Sue Passmore, and Caroline Marie<br />
Brooks. For the last 17 years, the trio<br />
have consistently delivered disarming,<br />
compelling folk/country tracks<br />
characterised by sweet and seamless<br />
vocal harmonies and honest, heartfelt<br />
lyrics. The release of their fifth full-length<br />
studio release, We Will Never Be the<br />
Same, sees them add to their already<br />
popular concert repertoire. The album is<br />
a return to a more elemental, acousticbased<br />
musical platform and an<br />
immersive, emotional experience crafted<br />
by three supremely gifted songwriters<br />
bringing their own real-life stories to the<br />
fore.<br />
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GIGspotlight .....<br />
SNJO concerts to present the<br />
authentic Ellington with song<br />
'In an Ellington Mood' with Lucy-Anne Daniels<br />
GIGnotes :: The SNJO with Lucy-Anne Daniels will play Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on<br />
Friday 8th December, the Laidlaw Centre, St Andrews on Saturday 9th and Queen’s Hall,<br />
Edinburgh on Sunday 11th. Full details @ www.snjo.co.uk/whats-on/in-an-ellington-mood<br />
The Scottish National<br />
Jazz Orchestra tours<br />
a new programme of<br />
jazz master Duke<br />
Ellington’s music, In an<br />
Ellington Mood to<br />
Glasgow, St Andrews<br />
and Edinburgh from 8-<br />
10 December.<br />
The music of Ellington and his co-writer, Billy<br />
Strayhorn has become one of the SNJO’s specialisms<br />
and has earned the ensemble recognition<br />
internationally for faithful interpretations such as its<br />
enthusiastically received in-concert recording from<br />
2012, In the Spirit of Duke.<br />
In a break from the orchestra’s previous Ellington<br />
concerts, this latest celebration of Ellington’s genius<br />
will see the orchestra joined for part of each concert<br />
by the exceptional young vocalist Lucy-Anne Daniels.<br />
Still in her early twenties, Leeds-born Daniels has<br />
already appeared at prestigious jazz venues<br />
including Ronnie Scott’s in London and Dizzy’s Jazz<br />
Club in New York and her background in gospel<br />
music is a particularly apt asset for singing<br />
Ellington's songs.<br />
“Duke Ellington has been a key figure in jazz for<br />
almost a hundred years,” says SNJO musical<br />
director, saxophonist Tommy Smith. “His music<br />
has been an inspiration across numerous eras, from<br />
providing the rhythm for dancers in the 1920s and<br />
popularising jazz during the swing era to playing<br />
with the then younger generation including Charles<br />
Mingus and John Coltrane in the 1960s and beyond.<br />
He continues to challenge and reward the young<br />
musicians who are emerging today.”<br />
To deliver the authentic Ellington experience for its<br />
audience, the SNJO will again apply meticulous<br />
attention to period detail. This includes recreating<br />
the Ellington Orchestra stage set-up, showing the<br />
same sartorial elegance, using specially sourced<br />
period brass mutes and playing musical scores<br />
specially transcribed from Ellington concerts.<br />
“We want to involve people in as close as possible to<br />
a genuine Ellington performance,” says Smith.<br />
“There are obvious differences in personnel, of<br />
course, but the intention is to make the music come<br />
alive similar to the way it blossomed whenever the<br />
Duke Ellington Orchestra rolled into town.”<br />
The SNJO with Lucy-Anne Daniels will play Glasgow<br />
Royal Concert Hall on Friday 8 December, the<br />
Laidlaw Centre, St Andrews on Saturday 9th and<br />
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on Sunday 11th.<br />
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) is<br />
considered by many to be one of Europe’s foremost<br />
contemporary big bands.<br />
Founder/Director Tommy Smith established the<br />
SNJO in 1995 as a not-for-profit organisation with a<br />
crystal clear artistic vision and core values of<br />
versatility, discipline and expression.<br />
The SNJO is dedicated to promoting jazz as a preeminent<br />
art form through performances, original<br />
compositions, recordings, and educational outreach<br />
programmes. This commitment extends to the task<br />
of developing promising young jazz musicians<br />
through the ranks of The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz<br />
Orchestra.<br />
It should therefore come as no surprise that many of<br />
the leading lights in world jazz have enthusiastically<br />
shared the stage with the SNJO. People like Jazzmeia<br />
Horn, Cleo Laine, Jacqui Dankworth, John Scofield,<br />
Gary Burton, Bobby Watson, Dave Liebman, Joe<br />
Lovano, Bill Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Joe Temperley,<br />
Tam White, Carol Kidd, Norma Winstone, Gary<br />
Novak, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Keith Tippett, Niall<br />
Greig Fulton, Tam Dean Burn, Benny Golson,<br />
Rebecca Kilgore, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers,<br />
Branford Marsalis, Joe Locke, Jim Mullen, Mike<br />
Maineri, Maria Schneider, Bobby Wellins, Martin<br />
Taylor, Laura Jurd, Giuliana Soscia, Paolo Fresu, Eddi<br />
Reader, Keith Tippett, Courtney Pine, Mike Walker,<br />
Ingrid Jensen, Arild Andersen, Peter Erskine, Kurt<br />
Elling, Makoto Ozone and Randy Brecker have all<br />
joined the orchestra to explore virtually every room<br />
in the house of the jazz.<br />
The SNJO repertoire has included re-imaginings of<br />
works by the great, the good and the gigantic,<br />
including Weather Report, Herman, Rich, Carter,<br />
Strayhorn, Goodman, Kenton, Basie, Gillespie,<br />
Mingus, Jaco, Corea, Monk, Metheny, Shorter, Miles<br />
and Coltrane. They have also recorded vivid<br />
interpretations of Mozart, Prokofiev, Piazzolla,<br />
Gershwin and Ellington to rave reviews, alongside a<br />
remarkable re-reading of Miles Ahead, an ECM-tinted<br />
set on Celebration and Tommy Smith’s suites, World<br />
of the Gods, Torah, and Beauty & the Beast. The<br />
SNJO has built a growing library of original<br />
compositions underpinned by a deep understanding<br />
and appreciation of improvisation.<br />
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24 JANUARY<br />
The Fallen Angels Club presents .....<br />
SARAH JANE SCOUTEN plus support ::<br />
At The Glad Cafe, Glasgow. Sarah Jane<br />
Scouten is a Canadian folk and Americana<br />
songwriter. Her songs pay their respects to<br />
60s and 70s country songwriters Willie<br />
Nelson, John Prine, Bobby Gentry and<br />
weave in British folk revival elements with a<br />
continuous thread leading back to her roots<br />
in bluegrass and old time music. After a<br />
transformative four years, training as a<br />
herbalist in the hills of southwest Scotland,<br />
Sarah Jane is releasing her fifth album<br />
Turned to Gold (Light Organ Records).<br />
Sarah Jane offers a new depth and solidity<br />
as a songwriter. With producer Johnny<br />
Payne’s (The Shilohs) gift for modern<br />
vintage arrangement, this is destined to be<br />
your next favourite road trip album.<br />
www.fallenangelsclub.com<br />
25 JANUARY<br />
The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE<br />
BLACK FEATHERS plus support :: At The<br />
Glad Cafe Glasgow. Harmonious and<br />
heartfelt, The Black Feathers is acoustic folk<br />
meets Americana at its finest. Made up of<br />
husband and wife duo Ray Hughes and Sian<br />
Chandler, the pair took their first steps as a<br />
musical twosome in 2012 — and they<br />
haven’t looked back since. Having already<br />
built up a loyal following in the UK,<br />
supporting the likes of Ray Davies and Eddi<br />
Reader, they’ve spread their wings to the<br />
US with sold-out shows and festival<br />
appearances. With a palpable on-stage<br />
chemistry and joyous, sunny dispositions,<br />
The Black Feathers draw you in by loving<br />
what they play and playing what they love.<br />
Chandler’s soaring, melodious voice offers<br />
the perfect counterpoint to Hughes’ rich<br />
vocals and riveting guitar riffs. No wonder<br />
Whispering Bob Harris called them<br />
“absolutely wonderful”.<br />
www.fallenangelsclub.com<br />
28 JANUARY<br />
The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE<br />
WYNNTOWN MARSHALS plus support ::<br />
At The Glad Cafe Glasgow. Dubbed “the flag<br />
bearers for Americana in the UK,” The<br />
Wynntown Marshals might hail from<br />
Edinburgh, but they’re channelling Nashville<br />
on a deeply spiritual level. Citing the likes of<br />
Wilco, Neil Young, Ryan Adams, and Drive-<br />
By Truckers as inspiration, the Marshals<br />
have been together since 2007 and were<br />
proclaimed “Europe’s best Americana band”<br />
in 2010. Their latest release, 2022’s Big<br />
Ideas, sees them hold firmly to that title.<br />
This is a band at the peak of their powers,<br />
equally at home playing jangly, radio-ready<br />
power pop as they are rugged, rootsy rock.<br />
www.fallenangelsclub.com<br />
16 FEBRUARY<br />
The Fallen Angels Club presents .....<br />
OUR MAN IN THE FIELD plus support ::<br />
At The Glad Cafe Glasgow. Saltburn’s finest<br />
songsmith Alex Ellis (Our Man In The Field)<br />
launches his new album “Gold On The<br />
Horizon” on Decor Records at The Glad Cafe.<br />
With his full band that includes Henry Senior<br />
(pedal steel, dobro), Greg Bishop (drums,<br />
harmonies), Raul Biancardi (synth) and Luke<br />
Ydstie (bass) they’ll be playing a winning<br />
combination of indie-folk and Americana<br />
with significant soulful country vibes akin to<br />
the likes of Ray LaMontagne, Damien Rice<br />
and Lambchop. OMITF move up to a new<br />
level with ‘Gold On The Horizon’ & songs<br />
that range from the raw and barren ‘Come<br />
Back To Me’ – which showcases Ellis’ soulful<br />
vocal harmonies and a sparse arrangement<br />
of acoustic guitar and pedal steel – to the<br />
spacious mirror ball slow-dance of ‘Go Easy’,<br />
and the full, desert noir feel that runs<br />
throughout the album.<br />
www.fallenangelsclub.com<br />
23 FEBRUARY<br />
THE HEDRONS :: At Room 2, Glasgow. The<br />
Hedrons release Tired of Taking - a brand<br />
new album 16 years on from their debut.<br />
The four-piece rock band formed in Glasgow<br />
in 2005 and found success with the release<br />
of One More Won't Kill Us prompting them<br />
to tour the world, even playing alongside<br />
acts like Sex Pistols and the Rolling Stones.<br />
The release of the album will be celebrated<br />
with a headline show at Room 2 in Glasgow.<br />
www.thehedrons.com<br />
2 MARCH<br />
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ<br />
ORCHESTRA (SNJO) - Nu-Age Sounds ::<br />
At Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, Glasgow.<br />
7.30pm. Welcome to the current sound of<br />
Scotland brought to you by eight of Scottish<br />
jazz’s top creative young minds via the<br />
SNJO. The SNJO is considered by many to<br />
be one of Europe’s foremost contemporary<br />
big bands. Founder/Director Tommy Smith<br />
established the SNJO in 1995 as a not-forprofit<br />
organisation with a crystal clear<br />
artistic vision and core values of versatility,<br />
discipline and expression. The SNJO is<br />
dedicated to promoting jazz as a preeminent<br />
art form through performances,<br />
original compositions, recordings, and<br />
educational outreach programmes. This<br />
commitment extends to the task of<br />
developing promising young jazz musicians<br />
through the ranks of The Tommy Smith<br />
Youth Jazz Orchestra.<br />
www.facebook.com/theSNJO<br />
4 MAY<br />
SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA<br />
& RSNO - Rhapsody In Blue :: At<br />
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall<br />
St, Glasgow G2 3NY. 7.30pm. Big cities, big<br />
tunes – and you’d better believe it’s going to<br />
swing! The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra<br />
(SNJO) is considered by many to be one of<br />
Europe’s foremost contemporary big bands.<br />
Founder/Director Tommy Smith established<br />
the SNJO in 1995 as a not-for-profit<br />
organisation with a crystal clear artistic<br />
vision and core values of versatility,<br />
discipline and expression. The SNJO is<br />
dedicated to promoting jazz as a preeminent<br />
art form through performances,<br />
original compositions, recordings, and<br />
educational outreach programmes. This<br />
commitment extends to the task of<br />
developing promising young jazz musicians<br />
through the ranks of The Tommy Smith<br />
Youth Jazz Orchestra.<br />
www.facebook.com/theSNJO<br />
fb @ www.facebook.com/summerhalledinburgh<br />
tweet @ www.twitter.com/Summerhallery<br />
Email your gig dates to robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com
GIGspotlight .....<br />
Youth music initiative Hit The Road is<br />
on 'Tour 4' of 2023 from 7-10 December<br />
GIGnotes: December: 7th @ Talla Na Mara, Isle of Harris / 8th Assai Records, Dundee / 9th<br />
Websters Theatre, Glasgow / 10th MacArts, Galashiels. Tickets via eventbrite @ www.hittheroad.org.uk<br />
Young talented musicians Isla Scott, Siné,<br />
Holly J & Devin Casson tour Scotland<br />
with the Hit The Road youth music<br />
project this week, visiting Isle of Harris,<br />
Dundee, Glasgow and Galashiels.<br />
Since its inception in 2013, Hit The Road has been instrumental in<br />
aiding the journeys of aspiring young musicians across the country,<br />
offering a platform for growth, networking and artistic expression.<br />
The project has been a catalyst for countless success stories in the<br />
Scottish music scene, having supported over 300 musicians across<br />
120 live performances and delivered hundreds of industry sessions.<br />
As well as giving young musicians the chance to tour across Scotland<br />
and perform headline shows in their hometowns, the incredible<br />
initiative, run by the Scottish Music Centre, provides access to a<br />
series of workshops led by seasoned industry professionals. These<br />
workshops cover a wide spectrum of topics, from live sound<br />
engineering to stage production, equipping young artists with<br />
essential knowledge and skills to take forward into future careers.<br />
All Hit The Road gigs held throughout the touring season are hosted<br />
in safe venues across Scotland which are suitable for ages 14+.<br />
Ticket sales for this tour have been the best yet for the initiative with<br />
MacArts selling out their original allocation and moving the concert to<br />
their larger performance space!<br />
Hit The Road Project Manager Michael Cassidy said: “We’re so<br />
excited to be bringing Hit the Road to Harris, Dundee, Glasgow and<br />
Galashiels. The standard of talent amongst everyone who applied this<br />
year was exceptionally high so it was a tough choice but we couldn’t<br />
be happier with our line up for this December tour.<br />
“We hope everyone involved has a great experience touring with Hit<br />
the Road and that it gives them a real insight into the world of<br />
professional music as well as the chance to perform across Scotland<br />
and showcase their music to different audiences. It would be<br />
fantastic to see a full houses to support our amazing performers!”<br />
Hit The Road is a transformative youth music touring project that<br />
empowers young musicians aged 14-19 by offering them the chance<br />
to tour their music, gain industry insights, and connect with not only<br />
new young audiences but also industry professionals who can shape<br />
their musical journey. Since its inception in 2013, the project has<br />
been a catalyst for countless success stories in the Scottish music<br />
scene.<br />
The project is managed by the Scottish Music Centre and is funded<br />
by Youth Music Initiative via Creative Scotland and the PRS<br />
Foundation.<br />
www.hittheroad.org.uk<br />
www.twitter.com/HitTheRoadTours<br />
www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland<br />
Isla Scott ::<br />
Harris musician Isla Scott will perform a<br />
headline hometown gig at Talla Na Mara<br />
on Thursday 7 December. Isla is a<br />
talented force in the trad music scene.<br />
At 17 years old, the singer-songwriter<br />
has accomplished a distinctive musical<br />
identity that blends the rich heritage of<br />
traditional Gaelic song with a mix of<br />
indie, pop, and folk influences. She<br />
brings a modern perspective to the ageold<br />
melodies of her island roots.<br />
Sin-é ::<br />
Dundee musician Sin-é will<br />
perform a headline<br />
hometown gig at Assai<br />
Records on Friday 8<br />
December. Heavily inspired<br />
by the lonely sounds of indie<br />
folk artists such as Justin<br />
Vernon, Haley Heynderickx<br />
and Adrianne Lenker,<br />
Scottish artist Sin-é wanders<br />
through themes of self-loss,<br />
religious ideology and anger,<br />
using low production as a means to create a raw melancholic<br />
Holly J ::<br />
Glasgow musician Holly J will perform a<br />
headline hometown gig at Websters<br />
Theatre on Saturday 9 December.<br />
Quickly making a name for herself in<br />
the up-and-coming R&B scene, Holly J is<br />
an 18-year-old singer-songwriter born<br />
and based in Glasgow, UK. Her<br />
signature sound — powerful yet<br />
delicate, refined yet experimental —<br />
blends modern R&B and pop influences<br />
with an era-defying warmth.<br />
Devin Casson ::<br />
Galashiels musician Devin Casson will<br />
perform a headline hometown gig at<br />
MacArts on Sunday 10 December. With<br />
her own brand of alt-pop, Devin Casson<br />
has hit the Borders and Northumberland<br />
live music scene with dynamic sets of self<br />
penned originals and sympathetically<br />
reworked covers. Having played support<br />
to various local and touring musicians<br />
including Horse McDonald, Devin is<br />
making her mark with her melodic guitar<br />
driven songs.<br />
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page 19: fife + central + perthshire + tayside<br />
FIFE / CENTRAL /<br />
PERTHSHIRE / TAYSIDE<br />
Send us all your gig dates for<br />
Tayside, Perthshire,<br />
Fife and Central areas<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
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8 DECEMBER<br />
Hit The Road presents ..... SIN-É + ISLA<br />
SCOTT + DEVIN CASSON + HOLLY J ::<br />
At Assai Records, Dundee. 7pm. Indie-folk<br />
act Sin-é will perform a headline hometown<br />
gig at Dundee's Assai Records. Heavily<br />
inspired by the lonely sounds of indie folk<br />
artists such as Justin Vernon, Haley<br />
Heynderickx and Adrianne Lenker, Scottish<br />
artist Sin-é wanders through themes of selfloss,<br />
religious ideology and anger, using low<br />
production as a means to create a raw<br />
melancholic soundscape. Dundee audiences<br />
will also have the chance to discover the<br />
music of three other emerging Scottish<br />
talents in what is set to be a fantastic night<br />
of music. Alt-pop act Devin Casson will<br />
showcase her melodic guitar driven songs,<br />
Holly J will share her modern R&B and pop<br />
influenced sounds and Isle of Harris’ Isla<br />
Scott will share her contemporary take on<br />
trad.<br />
www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland<br />
9 DECEMBER<br />
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ<br />
ORCHESTRA (SNJO) - In An Ellington<br />
Mood :: At Laidlaw Music Centre, Queen’s<br />
Terrace, St Andrews. KY16 9QF. 7.30pm.<br />
Featuring special guest vocalist Lucy-Anne<br />
Daniels, 'In an Ellington Mood' presents<br />
exhilarating orchestral jazz. The SNJO is<br />
considered by many to be one of Europe’s<br />
foremost contemporary big bands. Founder/<br />
Director Tommy Smith established the SNJO<br />
in 1995 as a not-for-profit organisation with<br />
a crystal clear artistic vision and core values<br />
of versatility, discipline and expression. The<br />
SNJO is dedicated to promoting jazz as a<br />
pre-eminent art form through<br />
performances, original compositions,<br />
recordings, and educational outreach<br />
programmes. This commitment extends to<br />
the task of developing promising young jazz<br />
musicians through the ranks of The Tommy<br />
Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra.<br />
www.facebook.com/theSNJO<br />
14 DECEMBER<br />
DEAN OWENS & THE SINNERS with<br />
special guest KIRSTEN ADAMSON :: At<br />
Tolbooth, Stirling. Let award-winning<br />
Scottish troubadour Dean Owens and his<br />
band transport you to a sepia stained<br />
downtown cantina with songs from his<br />
stunning new Sinner’s Shrine album<br />
(recorded with musicians from Calexico) –<br />
a unique blend of Scottish roots and<br />
Americana, with added desert noir. With<br />
special guest the award-winning singer/<br />
songwriter Kirsten Adamson, who opens the<br />
show.<br />
www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic<br />
15 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At The Albert Halls, Stirling.<br />
7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel tank with<br />
Phil Cunningham and friends as they return<br />
to Stirling with their much loved Christmas<br />
Songbook for 2023. Join some of the finest<br />
musicians on the Scottish folk scene; Phil<br />
Cunningham, Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson,<br />
John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin<br />
McGuire and the Songbook Brass Ensemble.<br />
A simply unmissable night full of<br />
outstanding music, charm, humour and<br />
festive spirit. It's the most magical night of<br />
the year.<br />
www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook<br />
16 DECEMBER<br />
SKERRYVORE and MÀNRAN :: At Forfar<br />
Reid Hall, Forfar. From their traditional Tiree<br />
roots Skerryvore have developed both in<br />
size and sound to create a unique fusion of<br />
their traditional music and songs with the<br />
urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The<br />
band’s ability to fuse traditional Scottish<br />
music and rhythms with a range of other<br />
genres is a trademark of their distinctive,<br />
high energy sound. Award-winning folk<br />
supergroup Mànran have announced the<br />
release of their new single Wild Mountain<br />
Thyme, the band’s unique take on the<br />
beloved Scottish folk song is set to raise<br />
money for charities helping the homeless in<br />
Scotland this Christmas. The band’s latest<br />
release comes as they get set for a run of<br />
live winter dates across Scotland, including<br />
performances at the MG ALBA Trad Awards<br />
in Dundee and Hoolie in the Hydro in<br />
Glasgow, organised by Mànran’s very own<br />
Gary Innes, as well as shows in Aberdeen,<br />
Strathpeffer, Kingussie and Skye.<br />
www.skerryvore.com/tour/<br />
www.manran.co.uk/live<br />
20 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At Perth Concert Hall, Perth.<br />
7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel tank with<br />
Phil Cunningham and friends as they return<br />
to Stirling with their much loved Christmas<br />
Songbook for 2023. Join some of the finest<br />
musicians on the Scottish folk scene; Phil<br />
Cunningham, Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson,<br />
John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin<br />
McGuire and the Songbook Brass Ensemble.<br />
A simply unmissable night full of<br />
outstanding music, charm, humour and<br />
festive spirit. It's the most magical night of<br />
the year.<br />
www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook<br />
28 DECEMBER<br />
SKERRYVORE and MÀNRAN :: At Albert<br />
Halls, Stirling. From their traditional Tiree<br />
roots Skerryvore have developed both in<br />
size and sound to create a unique fusion of<br />
their traditional music and songs with the<br />
urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The<br />
band’s ability to fuse traditional Scottish<br />
music and rhythms with a range of other<br />
genres is a trademark of their distinctive,<br />
high energy sound. Award-winning folk<br />
supergroup Mànran have announced the<br />
release of their new single Wild Mountain<br />
Thyme, the band’s unique take on the<br />
beloved Scottish folk song is set to raise<br />
money for charities helping the homeless in<br />
Scotland this Christmas. The band’s latest<br />
release comes as they get set for a run of<br />
live winter dates across Scotland, including<br />
performances at the MG ALBA Trad Awards<br />
in Dundee and Hoolie in the Hydro in<br />
Glasgow, organised by Mànran’s very own<br />
Gary Innes, as well as shows in Aberdeen,<br />
Strathpeffer, Kingussie and Skye.<br />
www.skerryvore.com/tour/<br />
www.manran.co.uk/live<br />
1 MARCH<br />
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ<br />
ORCHESTRA (SNJO) - Nu-Age Sounds ::<br />
At Dundee Rep, Tay Square, Dundee.<br />
7.30pm. Welcome to the current sound of<br />
Scotland brought to you by eight of Scottish<br />
jazz’s top creative young minds via the<br />
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page 20: aberdeen / north east / moray ::: highlands + west coast + islands<br />
SNJO. The SNJO is considered by many to<br />
be one of Europe’s foremost contemporary<br />
big bands. Founder/Director Tommy Smith<br />
established the SNJO in 1995 as a not-forprofit<br />
organisation with a crystal clear<br />
artistic vision and core values of versatility,<br />
discipline and expression. The SNJO is<br />
dedicated to promoting jazz as a preeminent<br />
art form through performances,<br />
original compositions, recordings, and<br />
educational outreach programmes. This<br />
commitment extends to the task of<br />
developing promising young jazz musicians<br />
through the ranks of The Tommy Smith<br />
Youth Jazz Orchestra.<br />
www.facebook.com/theSNJO<br />
ABERDEENSHIRE /<br />
NORTH EAST / MORAY<br />
Send us all your gig dates for<br />
Aberdeenshire and the<br />
north east area<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com<br />
17 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At Music Hall Aberdeen,<br />
Aberdeen. 7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel<br />
tank with Phil Cunningham and friends as<br />
they return to Stirling with their much loved<br />
Christmas Songbook for 2023. Join some of<br />
the finest musicians on the Scottish folk<br />
scene; Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader, Karen<br />
Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian<br />
Carr, Kevin McGuire and the Songbook<br />
Brass Ensemble. A simply unmissable night<br />
full of outstanding music, charm, humour<br />
and festive spirit. It's the most magical<br />
night of the year.<br />
www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook<br />
30 DECEMBER<br />
SKERRYVORE :: At Aberdeen Music Hall,<br />
Aberdeen. From their traditional Tiree roots<br />
Skerryvore have developed both in size and<br />
sound to create a unique fusion of their<br />
traditional music and songs with the urban<br />
sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s<br />
ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and<br />
rhythms with a range of other genres is a<br />
trademark of their distinctive, high energy<br />
sound.<br />
www.skerryvore.com/tour/<br />
HIGHLANDS +<br />
WEST COAST / ARGYLL<br />
Send us all your gig dates<br />
for the Highlands<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com<br />
8 DECEMBER<br />
SKERRYVORE :: At Inverness Leisure,<br />
Inverness. From their traditional Tiree roots<br />
Skerryvore have developed both in size and<br />
sound to create a unique fusion of their<br />
traditional music and songs with the urban<br />
sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s<br />
ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and<br />
rhythms with a range of other genres is a<br />
trademark of their distinctive, high energy<br />
sound.<br />
www.skerryvore.com/tour/<br />
HORSE (acoustic-y with strings) :: At<br />
Craignish Village Hall, Craignish. A Horse<br />
show is always a special one, but given that<br />
there’s a new album coming out and this<br />
year is also the 30th anniversary of 'God’s<br />
Home Movie' (her 2nd album), there’s much<br />
to celebrate.<br />
www.facebook.com/HorseMcDonald<br />
9 DECEMBER<br />
HORSE (acoustic-y with strings) :: At<br />
Community Arts Centre, Nairn. A Horse<br />
show is always a special one, but given that<br />
there’s a new album coming out and this<br />
year is also the 30th anniversary of 'God’s<br />
Home Movie' (her 2nd album), there’s much<br />
to celebrate.<br />
www.facebook.com/HorseMcDonald<br />
18 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At Eden Court Theatre,<br />
Inverness. 7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel<br />
tank with Phil Cunningham and friends as<br />
they return to Stirling with their much loved<br />
Christmas Songbook for 2023. Join some of<br />
the finest musicians on the Scottish folk<br />
scene; Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader, Karen<br />
Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian<br />
Carr, Kevin McGuire and the Songbook<br />
Brass Ensemble. A simply unmissable night<br />
full of outstanding music, charm, humour<br />
and festive spirit. It's the most magical<br />
night of the year.<br />
www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook<br />
29 DECEMBER<br />
MÀNRAN & PEATBOG FAIRIES :: At The<br />
Square, Strathpeffer. Award-winning folk<br />
supergroup Mànran have announced the<br />
release of their new single Wild Mountain<br />
Thyme, the band’s unique take on the<br />
beloved Scottish folk song is set to raise<br />
money for charities helping the homeless in<br />
Scotland this Christmas. The band’s latest<br />
release comes as they get set for a run of<br />
live winter dates across Scotland, including<br />
performances at the MG ALBA Trad Awards<br />
in Dundee and Hoolie in the Hydro in<br />
Glasgow, organised by Mànran’s very own<br />
Gary Innes, as well as shows in Aberdeen,<br />
Strathpeffer, Kingussie and Skye.<br />
www.manran.co.uk/live<br />
30 DECEMBER<br />
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tweet @ www.twitter.com/eddireader<br />
Email your gig dates to robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com
music news scotland page 21<br />
:: a <strong>MNS</strong> business profile feature<br />
The Radio Rooms :: Tweedmouth, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW :: www.facebook.com/theradiorooms :: www.radiorooms.co.uk :: info@radiorooms.co.uk<br />
:: The Radio Rooms is an independent grassroots venue and event space that<br />
was created in March 2019 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed - serving north Northumberland<br />
and the Scottish Borders we are the main platform for new and up and coming<br />
artists in the area, and strive to create a safe and inclusive space for everyone.<br />
Our recently renovated space is designed around a collection of vintage radios ranging from the 1920s onwards, and<br />
we place an emphasis on quality and local products throughout our bar and kitchen.<br />
The Radio Rooms host a variety of quality performances, gigs and events throughout the year and our space is also<br />
available for private events such as weddings, birthday parties and corporate events. We can help you plan, organise<br />
and host your perfect event - from weddings to lectures; birthdays to plays. Our knowledgeable team can help with<br />
decor, music, audio and lighting equipment, food and drink, entertainment; and any other detail to ensure a brilliant<br />
time is had by all.<br />
Here are some of our quality small business suppliers: Bari Tea (Alnwick), Fentimans (Hexham), Giacopazzi's (Eyemouth), Hepple Gin<br />
(Morpeth), Holy Island Gin (Holy Island), The Kelso Gin Company (Kelso), Left Field Kombucha (Eyemouth), Tempest (Galashiels).<br />
Our openings hours are 4pm to late, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - extended hours in the summer, please check the Event Listings<br />
on our website and Facebook page to see what is happening every week. For booked events we can open at any time you wish, just<br />
drop us an email if you have any questions! Email: info@radiorooms.co.uk<br />
www.radiorooms.co.uk // www.facebook.com/theradiorooms<br />
Upcoming Gigs @ Radio Rooms .....<br />
20 OCTOBER<br />
JOHN REED :: £10 on door. After a lifetime of international business travel, John has retired to Berwick upon Tweed to focus on making music in<br />
his Berevic home studio. A lifetime lover of music, John is both surprised and flattered to have been compared to some of his music heroes: Roy<br />
Harper and Ian Anderson being two of those. It seems there must be something in the Blackpool sea air. Unlike the other two, John was actually born<br />
and raised in the town. While comparisons are nice, John prefers his music to be taken on its own merits. Its powerful political content is occasionally<br />
hurled out with venom, but more often as an infusion for the more discerning listener to absorb, comprehend, and interpret as they wish. Although<br />
often unable to hear what others seem to hear in his songs John says: “That’s just the beauty of music. Artists create works for others to take<br />
ownership in their own way”.<br />
www.johnreedmusic.com/gigs/<br />
3 NOVEMBER<br />
DAVE ARCARI :: 8pm. £12.00+fee. Scotland's alt.blues troubadour Dave Arcari stops off on a series of UK dates promoting the vinyl release of his<br />
latest album Devil May Care. Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and<br />
have been showcased via seven internationally-acclaimed solo album releases. A finalist in the UK Blues Federation’s UK Blues Awards 2023, Arcari has<br />
had his music featured in numerous BBC TV programmes as well as popular USA series The Deadliest Catch. The ultimate validation for Arcari’s music<br />
and performance came in 2019 when National Reso-Phonic Guitars launched the ‘Dave Arcari signature model’ guitar. Arcari joins an elite and<br />
exclusive group of players who have signature models and is the first – and only – musician outside the USA to be honoured by the iconic instrument<br />
maker whose name is synonymous with the development of the blues genre.<br />
www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic<br />
10 NOVEMBER<br />
The Warehouse Announcement Presents ..... One Night Stand Live with THE WAREHOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT, PAVE THE JUNGLE and EASTER<br />
STREET + more! :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. We are delighted to let you all know that we will be blowing the<br />
roof off The Radio Rooms in Berwick upon Tweed on Friday the 10th November! We will be joined by an all star lineup of local music legends and we<br />
can’t wait to make some noise once again……..it’s been a while!<br />
www.facebook.com/warehouseannouncement<br />
The Radio Rooms is an<br />
independent grassroots venue,<br />
serving north Northumberland and<br />
the Scottish Borders
<strong>MNS</strong> <strong>GIGguide</strong> - a MUSIC NEWS Scotland supplement<br />
page 22: highlands + west coast + islands + orkney + shetland<br />
MÀNRAN :: At The Badenoch Centre,<br />
Kingussie. Award-winning folk supergroup<br />
Mànran have announced the release of their<br />
new single Wild Mountain Thyme, the band’s<br />
unique take on the beloved Scottish folk<br />
song is set to raise money for charities<br />
helping the homeless in Scotland this<br />
Christmas. The band’s latest release comes<br />
as they get set for a run of live winter dates<br />
across Scotland, including performances at<br />
the MG ALBA Trad Awards in Dundee and<br />
Hoolie in the Hydro in Glasgow, organised<br />
by Mànran’s very own Gary Innes, as well as<br />
shows in Aberdeen, Strathpeffer, Kingussie<br />
and Skye.<br />
www.manran.co.uk/live<br />
WEST COAST ISLANDS<br />
+ ORKNEY + SHETLAND<br />
Send us all your gig dates<br />
for all of the Scottish islands<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com<br />
Isle of Bute ….<br />
Transclyde Music is a group of like minded<br />
people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to<br />
promote live music on the island. For their<br />
latest gig news go to ….<br />
www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic<br />
1 DECEMBER<br />
HEIDI TALBOT & BOO HEWERDINE :: At<br />
Mareel, Shetland. Boo and Heidi have<br />
recorded and toured together extensively<br />
going all the way back to Heidi’s first solo<br />
tour of the UK in 2005. Born in Ireland,<br />
Heidi became a folk star in the USA as a<br />
member of the Irish American band Cherish<br />
the Ladies, and now lives in Edinburgh. Boo,<br />
one of England's most celebrated singersongwriters,<br />
now celebrates their longstanding<br />
musical relationship spanning over<br />
18 years.<br />
www.facebook.com/BooHewerdinemusic<br />
www.facebook.com/Heiditalbotofficial<br />
7 DECEMBER<br />
Hit The Road presents ..... ISLA SCOTT<br />
+ DEVIN CASSON + HOLLY J + SIN-É ::<br />
At Talla na Mara, Harris. 7pm. Harris trad<br />
musician Isla Scott will perform a headline<br />
hometown gig at Talla Na Mara. Isla Scott<br />
from the Isle of Harris is a talented force in<br />
the trad music scene. At 17 years old, the<br />
singer-songwriter has accomplished a<br />
distinctive musical identity that blends the<br />
rich heritage of traditional Gaelic song with<br />
a mix of indie, pop, and folk influences. She<br />
brings a modern perspective to the age-old<br />
melodies of her island roots. Hebrides<br />
audiences will also have the chance to<br />
discover the music of three other emerging<br />
Scottish talents in what is set to be a<br />
fantastic night of music. Galashiels Alt-pop<br />
act Devin Casson will showcase her melodic<br />
guitar driven songs, Glasgow's Holly J will<br />
share her modern R&B and pop influenced<br />
sounds and Indie-folk act Sin-é from<br />
Dundee will showcase her thoughtprovoking<br />
sound.<br />
www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland<br />
1 JANUARY<br />
MÀNRAN :: At Portree Community Centre,<br />
Portree. Award-winning folk supergroup<br />
Mànran have announced the release of their<br />
new single Wild Mountain Thyme, the band’s<br />
unique take on the beloved Scottish folk<br />
song is set to raise money for charities<br />
helping the homeless in Scotland this<br />
Christmas. The band’s latest release comes<br />
as they get set for a run of live winter dates<br />
across Scotland, including performances at<br />
the MG ALBA Trad Awards in Dundee and<br />
Hoolie in the Hydro in Glasgow, organised<br />
by Mànran’s very own Gary Innes, as well as<br />
shows in Aberdeen, Strathpeffer, Kingussie<br />
and Skye.<br />
www.manran.co.uk/live<br />
AYRSHIRE +<br />
DUMFRIESSHIRE<br />
+ Carlisle<br />
Send us all your gig dates<br />
for Dumfriesshire,<br />
South West and Cumbria areas<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com<br />
2 DECEMBER<br />
SKERRYVORE :: At Darvel Town Hall,<br />
Darvel. From their traditional Tiree roots<br />
Skerryvore have developed both in size and<br />
sound to create a unique fusion of their<br />
traditional music and songs with the urban<br />
sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s<br />
ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and<br />
rhythms with a range of other genres is a<br />
trademark of their distinctive, high energy<br />
sound.<br />
www.skerryvore.com/tour/<br />
14 DECEMBER<br />
PHIL CUNNINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS<br />
SONGBOOK :: At Easterbrook Hall,<br />
Dumfries. 7.30pm. Fill up your festive fuel<br />
tweet @ www.twitter.com/HelpMusiciansUK<br />
fb @ www.facebook.com/HelpMusiciansScotland<br />
Email your gig dates to robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com
<strong>MNS</strong> <strong>GIGguide</strong> - a MUSIC NEWS Scotland supplement<br />
page 23: ayrshire + dumfriesshire :: scottish borders :: + 1 hour over the border<br />
tank with Phil Cunningham and friends as<br />
they return to Stirling with their much loved<br />
Christmas Songbook for 2023. Join some of<br />
the finest musicians on the Scottish folk<br />
scene; Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader,<br />
Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris<br />
Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the<br />
Songbook Brass Ensemble. A simply<br />
unmissable night full of outstanding music,<br />
charm, humour and festive spirit. It's the<br />
most magical night of the year.<br />
www.facebook.com/philschristmassongbook<br />
SCOTTISH BORDERS<br />
+ Berwick -Upon-Tweed<br />
went from indie record label Chemikal<br />
Underground onto the major label Go! Beat<br />
and then; back again to Chemikal, touring<br />
the world and funnelling life's experiences<br />
into a unique concoction of music that<br />
explored beauty, sadness, intoxicants, sex,<br />
love, and death all rolled into one.<br />
www.facebook.com/MacArtsCentre/events<br />
8 DECEMBER<br />
GUN with support THE GODFATHERS ::<br />
At MacArts, Galashiels. Scottish Rock<br />
legends return to Galashiels!<br />
www.facebook.com/MacArtsCentre/events<br />
9 DECEMBER<br />
era-defying warmth. Isla Scott is a talented<br />
force in the trad music scene. At 17 years<br />
old, the singer-songwriter has a distinctive<br />
musical identity that blends the rich<br />
heritage of traditional Gaelic song with a<br />
mix of indie, pop, and folk influences. She<br />
brings a modern perspective to the age-old<br />
melodies of her island roots. Heavily<br />
inspired by the lonely sounds of indie folk<br />
artists such as Justin Vernon, Haley<br />
Heynderickx and Adrianne Lenker, Scottish<br />
artist Sin-é wanders through themes of selfloss,<br />
religious ideology and anger on tracks<br />
such as ‘this is alone’ which uses low<br />
production as a means to create a raw<br />
melancholic soundscape.<br />
www.facebook.com/hittheroadscotland<br />
Send us all your gig dates for<br />
Scottish Borders and<br />
Northumberland areas<br />
Email them to Robert -<br />
robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com<br />
2 DECEMBER<br />
TRUCKER DIABLO with support<br />
WILDFIRE :: At MacArts, Galashiels. Irish<br />
rock legends and all-round good guys<br />
Trucker Diablo return to MacArts! The one<br />
thing you do expect from Trucker is big<br />
riffs, big choruses and big performances.<br />
www.facebook.com/MacArtsCentre/events<br />
7 DECEMBER<br />
ARAB STRAP: Philophobia 25th<br />
Anniversary Show :: At MacArts,<br />
Galashiels. Arab Strap started out as an<br />
intimate project with home-recorded tapes;<br />
shared between friends, but after the<br />
unexpected success of their inimitable debut<br />
single; The First Big Weekend; they quickly<br />
found themselves, along with pals Mogwai,<br />
as some of the most exciting and cherished<br />
music coming out of Scotland. The band's<br />
first gig was recorded live for John Peel,<br />
who became an early devotee. The band<br />
TORRIDON :: At MacArts, Galashiels. Folk<br />
Rock Highlanders Torridon have built up a<br />
reputation for rocking venues and festivals<br />
throughout Scotland, including Belladrum’s<br />
Tartan Heart, The Gathering, Loopallu, Mull,<br />
Killin, EDF & Butefest Festivals.<br />
www.facebook.com/MacArtsCentre/events<br />
10 DECEMBER<br />
Hit The Road presents ..... DEVIN<br />
CASSON + HOLLY J + SIN-É + ISLA<br />
SCOTT :: At MacArts, Galashiels,<br />
Galashiels. 7pm. Tickets are FREE. As it is<br />
run up to Christmas and with cost of living<br />
still having a major impact on society, the<br />
shows are free however you need to get a<br />
ticket. With her own brand of alt/pop, Devin<br />
Casson has hit the Borders and<br />
Northumberland live music scene with<br />
dynamic sets of self penned originals and<br />
sympathetically reworked covers. Having<br />
played support to various local and touring<br />
musicians including Horse McDonald, Devin<br />
is certainly making her mark with her<br />
melodic guitar driven songs. Quickly making<br />
a name for herself in the up-and-coming<br />
R&B scene, Holly J is an 18-year-old singersongwriter<br />
born and based in Glasgow, UK.<br />
Her signature sound — powerful yet<br />
delicate, refined yet experimental — blends<br />
modern R&B and Pop influences with an<br />
15 DECEMBER<br />
SKERRYVORE :: At Hawick Town Hall,<br />
Hawick. From their traditional Tiree roots<br />
Skerryvore have developed both in size and<br />
sound to create a unique fusion of their<br />
traditional music and songs with the urban<br />
sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s<br />
ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and<br />
rhythms with a range of other genres is a<br />
trademark of their distinctive, high energy<br />
sound.<br />
www.skerryvore.com/tour/<br />
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www.krisdrever.bandcamp.com<br />
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tweet @ www.twitter.com/KrisDrever<br />
Email your gig dates to robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com
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