Sunday music programme highlights The Horndog Brass Band - 8 man drum’n brass street funk. An explosive mix of toe-tapping New Orleans grooves, blazing musicianship and all out good vibes. They are set to ignite the dance floor with infectious original tunes and some old favourites. Lion Spirit Music will bring love, sun and live music from the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, to the east coast of Scotland. They are a fusion of reggae, celtic and creole...music and creativity. There’s been a tradition in the Stag Inn, Falkland every Wednesday evening for talented musicians to gather for the Stag Sessions. We thought it was time that we shared their incredible sounds with the rest of the world. The Cairngorms Ceilidh Trail gives young people from across the Highlands the opportunity to perform in public, enhancing their performance skills through a sustained period where they are treated as professional musicians. Havana Swing are five guys playing music they love and enjoy communicating that to their audiences. “They rock any venue where they appear!” George Duncan, Jazz In Scotland. Like an unexpected shot of the good stuff, The Whisky River Boat Band will warm you up and you’ll still be feeling the buzz long into the night. Alan Reid (ex-Battlefield Band) is Scottish Folk Royalty and part of the 60s folk revival in the famous Battlefield Band. In 2011 he released ‘Recollection’,
an album of his own choice of songs from his career with Battlefield. With guitarist Rob Van Sante. Mairearad Green and Anna Massie Winner of the PRS Composer of the Year award at the 2009 MG Alba Scots Music Awards and renowned for her deft and lyrical accordion style, Mairearad is one of Scotland’s finest musical exports and can often be seen on stage with Anna Massie. Edinburgh pianist and singersongwriter Kim Edgar performs songs from her critically acclaimed albums, The Ornate Lie (2012) and Butterflies and Broken Glass (2008). Scotland’s “very own Tori Amos” (Sunday Herald) combines narratives of courageous honesty with darkly delicious melodies (Spiral Earth), crafting songs which are “a comfort blanket for the disillusioned soul” (Big Issue). Kite and the Crane singer-songwriter Hannah Kitchen sings songs about the beauty in ordinary life. Accompanied by Nicki Dunne on percussion and Emilia Hanna on backing vocals, they produce beautifully crafted indie-folk. Ilhan Barutcu with the Ask-i Trio. Ilhan is a Master of the art of the Ney (the reed flute) and a bearer of the sophisticated tradition of Sufi devotional music developed in Ottoman Turkey. He is joined by guitarist Peter Strandberg renowned for his passionate Flamenco style music and Adam Reid with an array of Middle Eastern percussion. (Playing Saturday and Sunday).
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