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Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 4 APRIL REEF: At Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh. Return of the West Country rockers fronted by Gary Stringer who first found fame in the mid 90s thanks to their song 'Naked' being used in a Sony Minidisc commercial.

Perhaps best known for their '96 top ten hit 'Place Your Hands', which was adopted by Chris Evans and is still played in indie and rock clubs across the country today, along with chart-topping second album 'Glow'. www.facebook.com/reefmusic

#nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk EVERING support from JELLYMAN'S DAUGHTER and ALEX MAXWELL: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh.

Evering are headlining ahead of their debut EP release in May and a full UK / Ireland tour later this year.

Evering thrive on delivering strong harmonies laid over powerful yet warm tones, which are governed by intertwined piano and guitar. The combination of Chris and Dawn’s wide ranging influences shines through in Evering's material, which is immediately engaging and superbly memorable. www.everingmusic.com 9 APRIL

Hit The Road presents ..... ACRYLIC / BEECHES / DIRT MONEY HANDLERS: At Mash House, Edinburgh. HIT THE ROAD is an exciting new project from the Scottish Music Centre, funded by the Youth Music Initiative. If you're between the age of 14-19, living in Scotland and want to take your music out into the world we can help you. Acts are taken through a process of training and rehearsing before its time to ANIMALS & FRIENDS with THE TROGGS – ‘LIVE’: HIT THE ROAD! At Haddington, Corn Exchange Tickets from ECFM, www.facebook.com/acrylicmusic Mikes Bikes and Ticket Scotland £20 7pm. Featuring www.facebook.com/Beechesmusic from the original Animals – JOHN STEEL & MICK www.facebook.com/dirtymoneyhandlers GALLAGHER (The Blockheads), Danny Handley www.hittheroad.org.uk (performed with Spencer Davis, Bobby Elliott, Ric Lee of Ten Years After) and Scott Whitley (Ric Lee of Ten 10 APRIL Years After) Two legendary bands, one great show!

'House of The Rising Sun', We Gotta Get Out of This Wide Days: At The Pleasance, Edinburgh - showcases Place' , 'Wild Thing', 'Love Is All Around'...and many also at The Electric Circus. (See 11 April as well). more!

Award-winning music convention, Wide Days, returns on 10-11 April with a new structure and an increased 5 APRIL focus on networking opportunities for professional delegates. For the first time, the event will take place BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the on Friday and Saturday, with the majority of panels, sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare presentations and talks hosted on day one at Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece Edinburgh’s Pleasance. Topics include the line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric development of festivals, an analysis of what it costs guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and to make an album and future models for the music beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk business. flavour. Album launch ‘Stories From Home’ . Voodoo The Pleasance will also host the first half of the free Rooms, 19a West Register St, Edinburgh. Tickets £10 showcase programme - which will be unveiled next adv. Time 7.30pm. Tel. 0131 556 7060 www. week - with the second part of the evening taking thevoodoorooms.com place at The Electric Circus. www.widedays.com 6 APRIL 11 APRIL Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. Para Handy: A Highland Voyage: At The Traverse Bar, Wide Days: (See 10 April for main details) AwardEdinburgh, 8pm, £10. Fresh from a sell-out two winning music convention, Wide Days, returns on 10nighter at Celtic Connections the Crew of the Puffer, 11 April with a new structure and an increased focus aka Allan MacDonald, Iain MacLeod and Russell Hunter on networking opportunities for professional on pipes, vocals, mandolin, accordion and piano, bring delegates. For the first time, the event will take place their acclaimed musical voyage to the Traverse Bar. on Friday and Saturday, with the majority of panels, www.soundhouse.org.uk presentations and talks hosted on day one at Edinburgh’s Pleasance. Having beaten competition 8 APRIL from several large international conferences to win Best Networking Event at 2014’s Yearly Music Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Convention Awards, the second day of Wide Days will Here with MINERVA SCIENTIFICA (as part of the provide a relaxed and entertaining environment for Edinburgh International Science Festival): Summerhall Professional ticket-holders and speakers. It begins in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music with a coach tour of Edinburgh, guided by Wide Days programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 founder Olaf Furniss, and will be followed by a capacity Dissection Room platforming local and barbecue, talk and low-exertion sports contest, which touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band includes darts, croquet and swingball.

Broken Records has been working alongside the multi www.widedays.com arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill 13 APRIL and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. 5.30-7pm.

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Edinburgh, 8pm, £10. Jyotsna Srikanth is Europe’s leading violinist from the Carnatic classical tradition. She is also an accomplished western classical musician who’s collaborated with acclaimed jazz, western classical and world music artists. www.soundhouse.org.uk 15 APRIL

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bacon rolls for the first 50 people in the queue then a hectic morning with vinyl fans hunting down the special RSD editions. Live music starts PAUL LAMB & THE KING SNAKES / BABY at 12.30. This year we have 3 bands over the ISSAC; Recent inductee into the UK Blues Hall weekend. Malinky, who are promoting their of Fame, Paul Lamb leads the best blues band in brand new album and Edinburgh band King Eider Britain. Edinburgh Blues Club, The Voodoo on the Saturday.

Rooms. 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. www.recordstoreday.co.uk Time 7pm – 11pm. Tickets £13 + sbf. www.codamusic.co.uk

DAVE ARCARI with SCOTT H BIRAM: At The Dreadnought, Bathgate. 7pm. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta Blues. www.davearcari.com

LEMONHAZE: At Bannermans, Edinburgh. New 4-track EP out in March. Lemonhaze are a Scottish Indie/Alternative/ 4 piece. The band have crafted a unique sound that is both intriguing and refreshing to hear. They have achieved this by focusing heavily on melody and and experimental use of instruments, 16 APRIL Lemonhaze draw influences from many bands from many era's. in particular, the finest indie/ LOUISE RUTKOWSKI; Former This Mortal Coil rock/jangle/britpop acts from the 80's, 90's and vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo 00's album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”. The Voodoo www.facebook.com/lemonhazeMUSIC Rooms, Edinburgh; Doors: 7.00pm, Performance https://twitter.com/Lemonhazeband Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £10 stbf, Tickets Scotland: http://goo.gl/O10naL LORNA REID QUINTET: At Queen’s Hall, www.facebook.com/LouiseRutkowski Edinburgh. Tickets £14. “Sultry jazz and blues in her slick vocal style” London Time Out. Features 17 APRIL top musicians, original material and beautiful songs by great writers. Styles cover jazz, blues Ndaje African Connections ….. SAMBA SENE and americana. & DIWAN with special guests: At The Mash www.thequeenshall.net House, Edinburgh. A joyous fusion of live music, www.lornareid.com DJ’s full-on dance beats, African, Reggae, Funk, Soul, Salsa and Ska. 11pm-3am.

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Record Store Day @ Coda Music: At The Advance tickets @ Mound, Edinburgh. Our busiest day of the year www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1192894 with 100’s of Ltd edition releases coming out on www.facebook.com/mashhouseedinburgh vinyl. The day starts off at Coda at 8.30am with

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19 APRIL Coda Music with RURA: At The Mound, Edinburgh. RURA will be playing at 12.30, their new album is out this weekend - ‘Despite the Dark’ and Malinky ‘Far Better Days’. They’ll be plenty of food and drink through the day! www.recordstoreday.co.uk www.codamusic.co.uk 20 APRIL Soundhouse at The Traverse presents …..

DR LEE'S PRESCRIPTION + RON BUTLIN: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh, 8pm, £10.

Musician and composer Dick Lee and poet Ron Butlin present The Games, a piece originally commissioned as part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. It’s a suite in seven sections, each section is introduced by a poem from Ron and the music reflects music from different areas of the Commonwealth. www.soundhouse.org.uk 23 APRIL DAVE ARCARI SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do

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pre-war Delta blues, Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. Advance tickets £8 stbf or £10 on the door from The Voodoo Rooms, Ripping Records. Buy online here. Over 18 only. www.davearcari.com Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with JAMES YORKSTON + PIP DYLAN + MATT NORRIS: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. 8pm-1am.

Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk 24 APRIL RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Edinburgh, The Mash House. One of the most exciting folkbased bands to emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA returns with their feverishlyanticipated 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 five-piece. www.RURA.co.uk 25 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. KRIS DREVER & BOO HEWERDINE: At The Pleasance Cabaret Bar Edinburgh. Tickets £14 from Tickets Scotland 0131 220 3234 or Ripping Records 0131 226 7010. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. The prolific and highly rated Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted talents for two special shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The duo are playing gigs together at the CCA in Glasgow on 24 April and 25 April the following evening at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar in the capital. Awardwinning singer, KRIS DREVER, one-third of the award-winning trio LAU, recently released “Mareel”, a five-track EP and it confirms his rightful place at the heart of today’s contemporary roots’ scene. Like Kris, BOO HEWERDINE has many admirers. He works hard and is justifiably celebrated for his work as a solo artist, band member and as a

collaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of Angels”. www.fallenangelsclub.com

Records + Tradfest): Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the 27 APRIL multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. band on each bill and the venue will remain JO LAWRY: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh, open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's 8pm, £10. Jo Lawry’s debut album I Want to Be and other events. 9pm-3am. Tickets: All shows Happy was named among the “Best CDs of the £10 Decade” by Downbeat Magazine. She has nothingeverhappenshere become known beyond jazz circles, however, for www.summerhall.co.uk her work with Sting – with whom she has been recording and touring since 2009. She was also BELLA HARDY: At The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. in the Oscar-winning doc, 20 Feet from 8pm. Tickets £14/£12. Tel. 0131 668 2019.

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Bella Hardy was BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner www.soundhouse.org.uk ‘Folk Singer of The Year’ 2014, and has just launched her new album ‘With The Dawn’ with a 28 APRIL major April tour to support the release. www.thequeenshall.net Soundhouse at The Traverse presents ….. www.bellahardy.com CAHALEN MORRISON + ELI WEST: At The Traverse Bar, Edinburgh, 8pm, Tickets: £10 4 MAY (advance) £12.50 (door). Cahalen Morrison + Eli West have been playing at our house since 2011 Soundhouse at TradFest presents ….. DEAN and every time they come they get better, and OWENS and the WHISKY HEARTS BAND + we get more and more people wanting to see CAHALEN MORRISON AND ELI WEST: At The them. So we are delighted to be able to put Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. Dean Owen's them on in a bigger venue and bring them to a Edinburgh album launch at Traverse, Edinburgh. wider audience. Fresh from selling out The Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s Mitchell theatre at this year’s Celtic Connections, most acclaimed and established singer Seattle’s finest new old time duo will stop by the songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, Pleasance Theatre on their way to the Shetland Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. Dean’s music Folk Festival. has been described as Celtic Americana with a www.soundhouse.org.uk rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith.

29 APRIL Cahalen Morrison + Eli West have been playing at our house since 2011 and every time they MAIRI CAMPBELL / KIM EDGAR & EMILY come they get better, and we get more and SMITH; Mairi Campbell, Kim Edgar & Emily more people wanting to see them. So we are Smith explore the presentation and voice of delighted to be able to put them on in a bigger women in traditional and contemporary Scots venue and bring them to a wider audience. song. Expect discussions and unique musical Fresh from selling out The Mitchell theatre at performances of work songs, lullabies, murder this year’s Celtic Connections, Seattle’s finest ballads, with some cross dressing and the new old time duo will stop by the Pleasance supernatural thrown in for good measure!

Theatre on their way to the Shetland Folk TRADFEST - Scottish Storytelling Centre 43-45 Festival.

High Street Edinburgh. Time 8pm, Tickets www.traverse.co.uk £10/8 - Box Office Opens 27th March. www.soundhouse.org.uk Box Office: 0131 556 9579 www.deanowens.com www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest 5 MAY 1 MAY ADAM HOLMES AND THE EMBERS: Adam Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Holmes and The Embers Presents... are hosting Happens Here with ROZI PLAIN + a night at The Mash House for TradFest EAGLEOWL + SUPERMOON (with Lost Map Edinburgh and Adam and the band will be

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playing a headline slot with three other amazing www.summerhall.co.uk artists to be confirmed. www.adamholmesandtheembers.com 9 MAY Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here - Teen Canteen Present "The Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Girl Effect" for Scottish Women's Aid with TEEN Happens Here with R.M. HUBBERT + CANTEEN, MACHINES IN HEAVEN, BROKEN LYPSYNC FOR A LULLABY + TISSO LAKE: RECORDS, SOLAREYE, EUGENE KELLY and Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular many more: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents live music programme Nothing Ever Happens a new regular live music programme Nothing Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Dissection Room platforming local and touring Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band has been working alongside the multi arts venue Broken Records has been working alongside the to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will multi arts venue to put together a great line up feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh and the venue will remain open until at least band on each bill and the venue will remain 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's 8pm-1am. Tickets: All shows £10 and other events. 7pm-1am. Tickets: All shows nothingeverhappenshere £10 www.summerhall.co.uk #nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk 7 MAY 10 MAY Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with RANDOLPH'S LEAP + Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever THE SON(S) + BOOK GROUP: Summerhall in Happens Here with KHARTOUM HEROES (ft Edinburgh presents a new regular live music King Creosote) + ADAM STAFFORD + C. programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its DUNCAN (with Tradfest): Summerhall in 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local Edinburgh presents a new regular live music and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its Edinburgh band Broken Records has been 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local working alongside the multi arts venue to put and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature Edinburgh band Broken Records has been at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the working alongside the multi arts venue to put venue will remain open until at least 1am with a together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature selection of DJ's and other events. 8pm-1am. at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the Tickets: All shows £10 venue will remain open until at least 1am with a #nothingeverhappenshere selection of DJ's and other events. 7pm-1am. www.summerhall.co.uk Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere 8 MAY www.summerhall.co.uk 6 MAY

Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with WITHERED HAND + WOODPIGEON + EYES OF OTHERS: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events.

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MATTHEW WHITESIDE: At Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh , 7pm, £6. Strings, Wires, Threads and Guts. The concert features the premiere of Matthew Whiteside’s new work for viola d’amore and live electronics, alongside the Scottish premier Prologue by Gerard Grisey and Ghosts by Ed Bennett. The concert will also be the album launch for Matthew’s new album, which will be available on the night. The album and concert have been made possible with the kind support of Creative Scotland. Tickets @ www.fruitmarket.co.uk www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk 13 MAY

BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour.

Edinburgh Folk Club at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar. Time 8pm. Tickets £9/£8/£6 Tel. 0131 650 2458 www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk 14 MAY Summerhall presents ….. Nothing Ever Happens Here with THE PHANTOM BAND + JONNIE COMMON + MAN OF MOON: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events.

8pm-1am. Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk 17 MAY One Night of Elvis: At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh.

Box office 0131 668 2019. There are Elvis Presley tribute artists and then there’s Lee Memphis King...... presenting the ultimate tribute to The King - celebrating the unrivalled career of this musical legend. This spectacular show begins with an authentic recreation of the 1968 comeback special, including the legendary ‘sit down’ section, progressing through to a rousing expo of Elvis’s years performing in Vegas. www.leememphisking.com 18 MAY ESTRELLA with ENUFF Z'NUFF and KORY CLARKE: At Bannermans Bar, 202 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1NQ - Estrella playing alongside US rock band Enuff Z'Nuff and Kory Clarke .

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H. FOXX + MC ALMOND MILK: Summerhall in Edinburgh presents a new regular live music programme Nothing Ever Happens Here... in its 450 capacity Dissection Room platforming local and touring bands. Jamie Sutherland of Edinburgh band Broken Records has been working alongside the multi arts venue to put together a great line up of acts. Gigs will feature at least one Edinburgh band on each bill and the venue will remain open until at least 1am with a selection of DJ's and other events. 8pm-1am.

Tickets: All shows £10 #nothingeverhappenshere www.summerhall.co.uk 28 MAY EDDI READER: At Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh www.eddireader.co.uk www.facebook.com/eddireader https://twitter.com/eddireader 3 JUNE The Fallen Angels Club presents CHUCK PROPHET & THE MISSION EXPRESS plus support, Californian rocker, Chuck Prophet hits Edinburgh. He was in majestic form in Glasgow at the tail end of last year, driving his way through latest release, Night Surfer. The former Green on Red bandsman has been producing records and performing enticing live shows for 20 years with no dip in quality. Chuck is one exciting performer, all his gigs are moments to savour. The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. Tickets £16.50 from Tickets Scotland 0131 220 3234 or Ripping Records 0131 226 7010. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. www.fallenangelsclub.com

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POCIÓN DE FE is a new seven-piece band brewing a spicy mix of Afrobeat, Caribbean BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by rhythms, Cuban salsa, and African mambo.

Original songs, with tight funky grooves and the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied irresistible horn licks, feature Spanish lyrics which blend the Afrobeat tradition of social and by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, political consciousness with Cuban-style fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and wordplay. The Glad Café, 1006A Pollokshaws drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. Star Road, Glasgow. www.facebook.com/pociondefe Folk Club at The Hold Club of The Admiral, Glasgow. Time 8pm. Tickets £10. Tel. 0141 563 21 APRIL 0454 www.starfolkclub.com KILL THE WAVES with AMATRART + URVANOVIC: At Bloc, 117 Bath Street, G2 2SZ. 10 APRIL Bloc+Music's new roster band Kill The Waves launch their highly anticipated debut album 'The THE BEVVY SISTERS; The Glad Cafe, 1006A One That Could Have Been' and copies of the Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. Doors: 7.00pm, album will be available for purchase physically.

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The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. MARK OLSON plus MONICA QUEEN: At The CCA 350 18 JUNE Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, Tickets £13 from The CCA 0141 352 4900. Jayhawks’ founder FROM THE JAM featuring BRUCE FOXTON & member, Mark Olson continues to create and RUSSELL HASTINGS: At Howden Park Centre, record and now showcases his latest solo West Lothian, Tickets: £22.50, Box Office: release. The singer-songwriter has been 01506 777666. From The Jam, featuring former responsible for some of the most blissful, genreThe Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and Russell defining Alternative Country and Americana ever Hastings, with their ‘That’s Entertainment’ recorded but on his first solo album for five Acoustic Tour. years, 'Good-bye Lizelle,' Olson strikes out in an www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk altogether different direction, resulting in songs www.fromthejam.com that prove both poetic and mystical. “Mark Olson is one of the most recognised and revered 12 SEPTEMBER figures in the Americana music genre so a show in Glasgow is a ‘must-see’,” said Kevin Morris of 14 APRIL DAVE ARCARI: SLIDE guitarist & songwriter The Fallen Angels Club, which is promoting the Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to The Fallen Angels Club in Association With event. Glasgow's very own Monica Queen will trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do The Star Folk Club presents AGS CONNOLLY open up the show. pre-war Delta blues Kirkliston Community plus JOHN MCMEEKIN: At The Admiral Bar, www.fallenangelsclub.com Centre, Queensferry Rd, Kirkliston.

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Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted track EP out in March. Lemonhaze are a Scottish Zervas & Pepper are set to bring their talents for two special shows in Glasgow and Indie/Alternative/ 4 piece. The band have crafted psychedelic sounds to Glasgow. The folk-duo, Edinburgh. The duo are playing gigs together at a unique sound that is both intriguing and who recently toured with the critically-acclaimed the CCA in Glasgow on 24 April and 25 April the refreshing to hear. They have achieved this by Deacon Blue, will play venues around the UK following evening at The Pleasance Cabaret Bar focusing heavily on melody and and throughout April. Kathryn Pepper of Zervas & in the capital. Award-winning singer, KRIS experimental use of instruments, Lemonhaze Pepper says, “We are really looking forward to DREVER, one-third of the award-winning trio draw influences from many bands from many Hit The Road presents ..... ACRYLIC / BEECHES / DIRT MONEY HANDLERS: At Stereo, Glasgow. HIT THE ROAD is an exciting new project from the Scottish Music Centre, funded by the Youth Music Initiative. If you're between the age of 14-19, living in Scotland and want to take your music out into the world we can help you. Acts are taken through a process of training and rehearsing before its time to HIT THE ROAD! www.facebook.com/acrylicmusic www.facebook.com/Beechesmusic www.facebook.com/dirtymoneyhandlers www.hittheroad.org.uk

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DEAN OWENS with WHISKY HEARTS BAND and Glasgow/Kenyan singer songwriter GENESEE: Dean's Glasgow album launch at Glad Cafe, Glasgow. 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. Dean’s music has been described as Kilmarnock's Dirty Weekender presents ..... Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, HURRICANE#1, HOLY PISTOL CLUB, AND WILL AND THE WILD HORSE: At Stereo Café especially his home town of Leith. www.musicglue.com/the-glad-cafe/ Bar, Glasgow. Tickets are £10 and available www.deanowens.com from Tickets Scotland. www.facebook.com/KillieWeekender GREG TROOPER; Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club, 3 Chamberlaine Rd, Glasgow. Doors at 25 APRIL 8.00pm.

RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Glasgow, soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk Stereo. One of the most exciting folk-based bands to emerge from Scotland in recent years, 29 APRIL RURA returns with their feverishly-anticipated The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. JOSH second album, Despite the Dark. Rugged and ROUSE plus support; Nebraska-born singerhard-hitting, yet intricately disciplined, songwriter Josh Rouse makes a welcome return instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic to Glasgow after a three-year gap. He is an songs, in a masterpiece release from the emotional and whole-hearted performer who Glasgow and Edinburgh-based five-piece. leaves a positive mark on audiences wherever www.RURA.co.uk he plays. It’s been a while since Josh Rouse THE BREW support BRIAN RAWSON BAND: played in Glasgow so we’re pleased to welcome him back, especially as he’ll be promoting his One of the finest, most creative and energetically enthused classic rock bands in the new album while dipping into an impressive UK! At Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow. Advance tickets back catalogue. Oran Mor Top Of Byers Road Glasgow. Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland are only £10 + bf on 01472 349 222 or on 0141 204 5151 or behind the bar in Oran Mor. website below. Doors 7.30pm.

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The Stripped Sessions Presents ….. IAN MCNABB (Solo Show), plus support from GABRIEL FALLS: At Audio Glasgow, £11, 6.30pm. Tickets available from Tickets Scotland. https://twitter.com/stgpromo www.facebook.com/StgPromotions

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DECLAN SINNOTT, Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club. 10 Chamberlain Road, Glasgow.

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9 MAY PAPER AEROPLANES; The Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. Doors: 7.00pm, Performance Time: 7.30pm.

14 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. LAU plus ELLA THE BIRD: At St Andrews In The Square, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start.

Tickets £16 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). www.fallenangelsclub.com 15 MAY

LOUISE RUTKOWSKI; Former This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”. Scottish Music NIZLOPI: At Classic Grand, Glasgow. The chart Centre, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow. topping folk hip-hop duo Nizlopi return with new live dates this May following their return to 17 MAY touring last after a five year break. Nizlopi have chosen to tread a path outside of the The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. THE mainstream. This has allowed them to find their FOGHORN STRINGBAND: At CCA, Glasgow. own unique voice, and their own unique www.fallenangelsclub.com audience.

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Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Tickets from Ticketweb, Tickets Scotland on 0141 204 5151 and The Admiral. 2013 Juno and Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, singer/ songwriter, Annabelle Chvostek is gathering a lot of plaudits for writing protest songs for a new era of activism. The versatile multiinstrumentalist Toronto-born performer, formerly of The Wailin’ Jennys, has released two solo albums. www.fallenangelsclub.com

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BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. voices are accompanied by a five-piece lineADAM HOLMES & THE EMBERS PLUS up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric SUPPORT: At The CCA Glasgow. Tickets £12 guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest from The CCA Box office 0141 352 4900. and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Book online. strong alt folk flavour. Crail Folk Club at The Singer/songwriter Adam Holmes’ reputation Town Hall. 8pm. Tickets £7. is growing steadily, Adam played a sell-out www-users.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bm8/CFC/index.htm show at the 2014 Glasgow Americana Festival and his debut album, “Heirs And 12 APRIL Graces” was nominated for Scottish Album of the Year. The 23-year-old from Edinburgh Lazy Afternoons in Dunfermline: At Abbot certainly delivers a cultured mix of traditional House, Dunfermline, 2pm, this will be a mix and contemporary folk music from both sides of local new and established musicians. Lazy of the Atlantic with his own brand of Afternoons is a joint venture between Radio Americana never far away.

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MIRIAM JONES, Woodend Bowling and 15 APRIL Tennis Club. 10 Chamberlain Road, Glasgow.

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DAN WALSH: At The Byre Theatre, soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk University of St. Andrews. 8pm Tickets £10 Tel. 01334 475000. One of the finest banjo 24 MAY players in the UK Dan Walsh released his new album ‘INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS’ in ELEANOR MCEVOY; Woodend Bowling and March and is doing a major tour in support.

Tennis Club, 3 Chamberlaine Rd, Glasgow. www.byretheatre.com Doors at 8.00pm. www.facebook.com/danwalshmusic soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk 18 APRIL 26-28 JUNE RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Stirling, ESTRELLA at Wildfire Festival: At Wiston Tolbooth.

Lodge, Millrig Road, Biggar, South One of the most exciting folk-based bands to Lanarkshire ML12 6HT. Three day Rock and emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA Metal festival featuring over 50 acts from returns with their feverishly-anticipated around the world including DIAMOND second album, Despite the Dark. Rugged and HEAD, TYGERS OF PAN TANG, hard-hitting, yet intricately disciplined, BENEDICTUM, TEN, COLDSPELL and instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, Scotland's very own ESTRELLA. Tickets and anthemic songs, in a masterpiece release more details at ... from the Glasgow and Edinburgh-based fivewww.estrellarocks.com piece. www.wildfirefestival.co.uk www.tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk www.RURA.co.uk 27 JUNE 21 APRIL LOUISE RUTKOWSKI; Former This Mortal Coil vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her ALBERT HAMMOND: At Carnegie Hall, first solo album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”. The Dunfermline. Song writing legend Albert Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Hammond on tour in the UK. Albert has been Glasgow. writing and co-writing hit songs for over forty Tickets Scotland: http://goo.gl/O10naL years; he has a new 4 track single out soon

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 15: fife / central / perthshire / tayside : aberdeen + north east Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. The Gardyne Theatre, Dundee.

Time 7.30pm. Tickets £14/£13 Tel. 01382 434940 www.gardynetheatre.org.uk 26 APRIL KRIS DREVER & BOO HEWERDINE: At Stirling’s Tolbooth. The prolific and highly rated Kris Drever and Boo Hewerdine are doubling up on their undoubted talents. Award-winning singer, Kris Drever, one-third of the awardwinning trio LAU, recently released “Mareel”, a five-track EP and it confirms his rightful place at the heart of today’s contemporary roots’ scene.

Like Kris, Boo Hewerdine has many admirers.

He works hard and is justifiably celebrated for his work as a solo artist, band member and as a collaborative songsmith. Boo tours, writes and records with Eddi Reader, and has penned some of her biggest songs, including “The Patience Of Angels”. https://twitter.com/KrisDrever https://twitter.com/boohewerdine BEN POOLE: At Green Hotel, Kinross. Ben has recently released his "Live at the Albert Hall" album, which is going down a storm with fans and critics alike. Peaking at number 4 in the amazon charts! “Are we witnessing the birth of of one of the most exciting young blues guitarists of the twenty-first century?” – Longplay. www.benpooleband.com

Rd, Stirling. Tel 01786 478 866 www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk http://scribblerspicnic.co.uk/tickets 15 MAY LAU: At Perth Concert Hall. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). www.lau-music.co.uk DAVE ARCARI SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues – Buskers, 15 Ward Road, Dundee. www.davearcari.com 21 MAY BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour.

Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club. Time 8pm, Tickets £8. www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk

EDDI READER: At Gardyne Theatre, Dundee. www.eddireader.co.uk www.facebook.com/eddireader https://twitter.com/eddireader

DEAN OWENS: At Clark's on Lindsay St, Dundee. 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. Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of 10 MAY Leith.

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BENNY GALLAGHER In Concert Sat. (pre-picnic Concert), 7,30pm. Stirling Rugby Club, Bridgehaugh Park/Causeway Head Rd Stirling. Tel 01786 478 866 www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk http://scribblerspicnic.co.uk/tickets

DEAN OWENS with WHISKY HEARTS BAND: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 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. Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith. http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk www.deanowens.com FROM THE JAM featuring BRUCE FOXTON & RUSSELL HASTINGS: At The Windsor Kirkcaldy, Fife, Tickets: £22.50, Box Office: 01592 269219. From The Jam, featuring former The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings, with their ‘That’s Entertainment’ Acoustic Tour. www.fromthejam.com 28 JUNE LAU: At Stirling Tolbooth. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). www.lau-music.co.uk

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 16: aberdeen + north east WATCHFIRES; Rising Aberdeen band, renowned for their bruising, emotive hard rock live shows, launch their first album, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com or tel 01224 641122 ERRORS; Glasgow indie electronic quartet, with support from Urbe Blanca, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (seated), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm.

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RICK WAKEMAN, The music and anecdotal wit of Fellow of the Royal College of Music, Professor of the London College of Music, former Yes keyboard player, Watchdog presenter and renowned Grumpy Old Man, in the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm.

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DEADFIRE Booze rock titans launch their debut Fat Hippy Records album Hounds of Justice at their favourite Aberdeen venue, The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm.

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Rugged and hard-hitting, yet intricately disciplined, instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic songs, in a masterpiece release from the Glasgow and Edinburgh-based five-piece. www.woodendbarn.com www.RURA.co.uk SEASICK STEVE, The legendary who made his first UK television appearance on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny BBC TV show on New Year's Eve 2006 and went on to win the 2007 MOJO Award for Best Breakthrough Act, in the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm.

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SOLID SILVER 60S Celebrating 30 years on the road, with Billy J Kramer performing alongside THE XCERTS, Searing Scottish indie band the original voice of the Searchers Mike Pender, making heavy soul-fuelled rock influenced by the among others, in the Music Hall, Aberdeen, at 10 APRIL likes of The Smiths and The Clash, in The Lemon 7.30pm. Tickets from Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, www.aberdeenperformingarts.com BIG COUNTRY - The Best Of Tour: At Garioch doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from Sports Centre, Burghmuir Drive Inverurie, www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 21 APRIL Aberdeenshire AB51 4GY 01467 626141 info@gariochsports.co.uk - BIG COUNTRY on 17 APRIL HEBRIDES ENSEMBLE, As part of Aberdeen tour to celebrate their stunning catalogue of Performing Arts’ Ensemble Season, and bringing songs, taken from their multi-million selling and BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA With together two very different horn quintets, one by Number 1 hit albums.The band will perform conductor Mark Wigglesworth, mezzo-soprano Mozart and the other by James MacMillan, in the classic hits and live favourites including Harvest Alice Coote and baritone Peter Coleman-Wright, Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm.

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CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 7.30pm. Tickets £10.

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West are, simply put, two of the most innovative and subtle roots musicians today. Their music draws from old folk sources, but it sounds vibrantly alive. Cahalen Morrison writes songs that sound like a Cormac McCarthy novel: simple, beautifully crafted, and seemingly formed from raw natural elements. Eli West brings jagged, angular arrangements based in bluegrass and old-time, but refracted through a 21st century lens. Like Ansel Adams’ photography, their music is instantly accessible and built from the simplest materials, but at the same time seems to transcend its base fundamentals. Together, Cahalen and Eli tap the root of the old country and bluegrass duets. As the sparse landscapes of Cahalen’s vocals reflect the warm glow of Eli’s voice, it’s clear that this duo was made to sing together. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com www.cahalenandeli.com

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY Renowned for an actionpacked pyrotechnic-fuelled explosion of a show, keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7.30pm. Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com

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DIRE STRAITS EXPERIENCE It has been more than 35 years since the opening line of Sultans of Swing was first heard, introducing the world to a mythological guitar player and songwriter in Mark Knopfler, and over 20 years since Dire Straits disbanded, but Dire Straits Experience with original band member Chris White, recreates that magic in The Lemon Tree Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 8pm.

23 MAY Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. JP HARRIS & THE TOUGH CHOICES: At The 25 APRIL Tunnels, Aberdeen, 7.00pm, Tickets £12 / £10adv. In short, J.P. Harris plays Country SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA With Music. Not “Americana,” not “Roots,” “Folk,” or conductor Jun Märkl and pianist Ingrid Fliter any other number of monikers used to describe playing Chopin Piano Concerto No1, Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform a programme which a slew of spin-off genres; he plays from the foundation of these styles, the music that has also includes Chopin’s Nocturne in A-flat and influenced four generations of songwriters. In a Mendelssohn’s Symphony No4 Italian, in the world where prefixes have been added to the Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm.

Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com term “Country,” JP simply sticks to the oldfashioned sounds that have called to him. or tel 01224 641122 Referencing influences would be like describing each stitch in a quilt; every scrap of fabric tells a GRAHAM PARKER Perhaps best known as the story of how the weathered and comfortable lead singer of the great British band Graham blanket came to be…

Parker and the Rumour, Graham is joined www.AlmostBluePromotions.com onstage by fellow band member Brinsley Schwartz, in The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), www.ilovehonkytonk.com West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at 7pm.

Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 30 MAY or tel 01224 641122 EDDI READER: At Stewarts Hall, Huntly. www.eddireader.co.uk 26 APRIL www.facebook.com/eddireader Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. MARK https://twitter.com/eddireader OLSON with COLIN CLYNE: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 7.30pm, £12. Mark Olson was a 27 JUNE founding member of the highly influential Americana / alt.country band The Jayhawks. The LAU: At Aberdeen Music Hall. Internationally singer-songwriter has been responsible for some acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly of the most blissful, genre-defining Alternative anticipated forthcoming new album (due for Country and Americana ever recorded. Colin release in May 2015 on Reveal Records).

Clyne is a native of Stonehaven who recently www.lau-music.co.uk ended a 10 year stay in Southern California a few years back, where along with Scotland he had a sizeable following. He is now based in the 7 AUGUST NE of Scotland. His latest album The Never Ending Pageant garnered both critical and chart Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. THE RED DIRT SKINNERS: At The Blue Lamp, success.

Aberdeen, 7.30pm, £10/ £8adv. Back for a third www.AlmostBluePromotions.com visit to Aberdeen, The Red Dirt Skinners just can't stay away ! By popular demand, the 30 APRIL Skinners have released a live album (Live in Aberdeen 2014), a 15 track 'warts and all' album ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA recorded live at the Blue Lamp in Aberdeen in With conductor John St rgards and pianist

July 2014. Once in a while, an artist comes along who simply doesn’t follow the rules. Winning National Awards in both Blues and Country, the Red Dirt Skinners are equally at home on a festival stage, or in a folk club too. It’s not that they haven’t decided which genre they are, it’s that they’re pro-actively developing a whole new sound. Without fail, audiences are on their feet at the end of a Red Dirt Skinners show, and all are saying the same thing... 'that’s refreshingly different'. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com www.reddirtskinners.com

HIGHLANDS + WEST COAST / ARGYLL Send us all your gig dates for the Highlands Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 4 APRIL MANRAN: At The Ironworks, Inverness. A blend of traditional instrumentation (fiddle, accordion, flute, uilleann pipes and highland bagpipes) and a tight, grooving backline (drums, bass and guitar) with a harder, more driving edge as well as offering moments of tenderness and beauty, highlighting Norrie MacIver's Gaelic and English vocals to great effect. www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial www.ironworksvenue.com 5 APRIL RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Inverness, Eden Court. One of the most exciting folk-based bands to emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA returns with their feverishly-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 five-piece. www.eden-court.co.uk www.RURA.co.uk 12 APRIL A Night of Dirty Dancing: Live tribute show at Strathpeffer Pavilion, The Square, Strathpeffer, IV14 9DL. 8 pm. www.StrathpefferPavilion.org 17 APRIL POCIÓN DE FE is a new seven-piece band brewing a spicy mix of Afrobeat, Caribbean rhythms, Cuban salsa, and African mambo.

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BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by Send us all your gig dates the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott for all of the Scottish islands and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, Email them to Carol fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and Lantern of the North Showcase #1 drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted presents ..... SONS O’ THE SOIL, MIND carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com GONE BLIND, EDGAR ROAD, CHRISTIE ROW songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. Lyth & WILLIAM FREEMAN: Live at The Bishopmill Arts Centre, Wick. Time 8pm. Tickets £12/£10 Isle of Bute ….

Tel. 01955 641434 Hall, Elgin. Doors 7pm, Cost £6. Finally the Transclyde Music is a group of like minded www.lytharts.org.uk Lantern is lit and we come out of the shadows, people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to The Lantern of the North will host five local promote live music on the island. For their latest bands at The Bishopmill Hall, Elgin to showcase 22 MAY gig news go to …. the talented artists we have in the area. The bill www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic PHIL & ALY: At Strathpeffer Pavilion, The will comprise of some well and soon to be well Square, Strathpeffer, IV14 9DL. 8 pm. Scotland’s 10 APRIL known names that will provide a great night of favourite traditional duo, who are a national live music.

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DEAN OWENS with ARTHUR NICOLSON: At Edgar Road: www.facebook.com/edgarroadband www.StrathpefferPavilion.org Muckle Roe, Shetland (solo, with special guest Mind Gone Blind: www.facebook.com/pages/Mind-Gone-Blind/123976818606 http://philandaly.com Arthur Nicolson). Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is Sons o’ the Soil: www.facebook.com/sonsothesoil one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and William Freeman: www.facebook.com/WilliamFreemanMusic 23 MAY established singer songwriters, with fans Event page: including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell www.facebook.com/events/574707159299199/ Hooley in the Highlands: At Strathpeffer Brand. Dean’s music has been described as Pavilion, The Square, Strathpeffer, IV14 9DL. www.facebook.com/lanternofnorth Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and Country music festival, featuring PHILOMENA draws as much from his Scottish roots, BEGLEY and more – tickets (£20 for afternoon 24 APRIL especially his home town of Leith. or evening only, £40 for whole event) already on www.shetlandboxoffice.org NICK MERCER JR + ANDY WILLIAMSON: At sale from the Pavilion 01997 420124. www.deanowens.com Blackstairs Lounge, Breadalbane Crescent, Wick, www.StrathpefferPavilion.org KW1 5AQ Over 18s Only / Free Entry 11 APRIL 17 MAY www.facebook.com/nickmercerjr www.facebook.com/AndyMusicUK DEAN OWENS with WHISKY HEARTS: At ROSS AINSLIE & JARLATH HENDERSON: At Mareel, Lerwick (with Whisky Hearts band and www.caithnessgigs.com/whats-on/ Y-Not Bar & Grill, Meadow Lane, Thurso, KW14 special guests). Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is 8AE. £13.00 / All Ages Welcome (U-12s With 25 APRIL one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and Responsible Adult)Tickets / Info at ….. established singer songwriters, with fans BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by www.caithnessgigs.com including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott Brand. Dean’s music has been described as and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied 30 MAY Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, draws as much from his Scottish roots, SKERRYVORE plus SKIPINNISH, SHARON fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and especially his home town of Leith.

SHANNON, RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS, SCOTT www.mareel.org drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted WOOD BAND, plus much more....: At songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour. www.deanowens.com Eden Court One Touch Theatre, Inverness. Time Mossfield Stadium, Oban. SKERRYVOREDECADE is a celebration of Skerryvore’s 10 years of 8pm. Tickets £14/£12. Tel. 01463 234234 16 APRIL success, live gigs and music. Featuring some of www.eden-court.co.uk the band’s favourite tracks since forming in 2005 RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Skye, Seall as well as new collaborations with other artists 1 MAY at Sabhal mor Ostaig. and guests including the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, One of the most exciting folk-based bands to Sharon Shannon, Scott Wood Band, Skipinnish PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING: At The emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA and more to be announced. The event will have returns with their feverishly-anticipated second Ironworks, Inverness. Public Service a real festival feel that will welcome guests from album, Despite the Dark. Rugged and hardBroadcasting is the corduroy-clad brainchild of London-based j. Willgoose, esq. who, along with all over the globe to join in celebrating the 10 hitting, yet intricately disciplined, instrumentals year journey of the band. Tickets are now sold drumming companion Wrigglesworth, is on a sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic songs, in a quest to inform, educate and entertain audiences out but if the capacity can be increased more masterpiece release from the Glasgow and may become available, sign up to the Skerryvore Edinburgh-based five-piece. around the globe. PSB's uniquely spell-binding Mailing List to be kept informed @ live av transmissions see them weave samples www.seall.co.uk from old public information films, archive footage http://skerryvoredecade.com/mailing-list/ www.RURA.co.uk http://skerryvoredecade.com/ and propaganda material around live drums, www.facebook.com/skerryfans guitar, banjo and electronics as they teach the 17 APRIL https://twitter.com/SKERRYVORE lessons of the past through the music of the future - beaming our past back at us through RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Stornoway, vintage tv sets and state of the art modern video 17 JUNE An Lanntair. projection devices.

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 22: islands : ayrshire / dumfriesshire + carlisle : borders + just over 30 APRIL - 3 MAY (Shetland Folk Festival) RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At Shetland Folk Festival. One of the most exciting folkbased bands to emerge from Scotland in recent years, RURA returns with their feverishlyanticipated 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 five-piece. www.shetlandfolkfestival.com www.RURA.co.uk DUNCAN CHISHOLM LIVE: At Shetland Folk Festival. On the 35th anniversary of the Scotland’s most northerly folk festival – hear Duncan Chisholm as he performs a jumping festival set accompanied by Jarlath Henderson and Matheu Watson as they perform at concerts throughout the Shetland Isles Shetland Folk Festival, Shetland Isles. Box Office: tickets on sale early March.

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disciplined, instrumentals sit alongside heartfelt, anthemic songs, in a masterpiece release from the Glasgow and Edinburgh-based five-piece. www.catstrand.com www.RURA.co.uk 20 APRIL ALBERT HAMMOND: At Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. Song writing legend Albert Hammond on tour in the UK. Albert has been writing and co-writing hit songs for over forty years; he has a new 4 track single out soon which contains a new song ‘I Guess I Really Had It Coming’ and also his most successful song ‘It Never Rains In Southern California’ featuring his friend Al Stewart as a duet partner, and ‘Changing Me’ a duet song with his son Albert Hammond Jnr. http://www.alberthammond.net/ 16 MAY DAVE ARCARI SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues – Harbour Arts Centre, 114 – 116 Harbour Street, Irvine. www.davearcari.com 23 MAY

LAU: At Mareel, Lerwick. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for release in May 2015 on Reveal Records). www.lau-music.co.uk

AYRSHIRE + DUMFRIESSHIRE + Carlisle

Send us all your gig dates for Dumfriesshire, South West and Cumbria areas Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 10 APRIL JJ GILMORE; JJ 'Jinky' Gilmour makes a welcome return to the HAC - a venue that is fast-becoming his spiritual home. A genius singer/songwriter with the fast-paced wit of a stand-up comedian. Harbour Arts Centre, 114 – 116 Harbour Street, Irvine. Time: 7:30pm.

Tickets: £12.50 Hit The Road presents ..... ACRYLIC / BEECHES / DIRT MONEY HANDLERS: At UWS Campus, Ayr. HIT THE ROAD is an exciting new project from the Scottish Music Centre, funded by the Youth Music Initiative. If you're between the age of 14-19, living in Scotland and want to take your music out into the world we can help you. Acts are taken through a process of training and rehearsing before its time to HIT THE ROAD! www.facebook.com/acrylicmusic www.facebook.com/Beechesmusic www.facebook.com/dirtymoneyhandlers www.hittheroad.org.uk

BELLA HARDY: At DG Arts Festival at The Corner House Hotel, Annan. 7.30pm Tickets £15.

Tel. 01387 253383. Bella Hardy was BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner ‘Folk Singer of The Year’ 2014, and has just launched her new album ‘With The Dawn’ with a major April tour to support the release. www.dgartsfestival.org.uk www.bellahardy.com

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+ Berwick -Upon-Tweed Send us all your gig dates for Scottish Borders and Northumberland areas Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 4 APRIL Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick presents ….. WINTER WILSON: Doors 7.30pm. Winter Wilson are a highly acclaimed folk duo on tour and packing out venues everywhere. Check them out on-line, don't miss this one. Its £10 on the door. The reviews are amazing. Kazmiranda = Live Music! For details email Brian at themusicgallery@btconnect.com www.facebook.com/cafekazmirandaberwickontweed

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The String Jam Club presents ..... JOE TOPPING & THE VAGRANT KINGS: At The County Hotel, 1-5 High Street, Selkirk. When Joe Topping first played at String Jam Club back in 2012, we knew we were witnessing someone very special indeed. Described as a cross between Ry Cooder, Woody Guthrie and Paul Brady, Joe is a songwriter, singer and guitarist, whose music defies categorization or 15 APRIL pigeonholing. From the traditional music he heard in folk clubs when he was growing up to RURA - Despite the Dark tour: At New the strong Americana and blues influences which Galloway, The CatStrand. One of the most have inspired him as a young man, Joe has exciting folk-based bands to emerge from developed his own signature sound, Scotland in recent years, RURA returns with their incorporating a unique bottleneck guitar style, feverishly-anticipated second album, Despite the striking original songs with melodies and hooks Dark. Rugged and hard-hitting, yet intricately that will stay in your head for days afterwards,

and - quite simply - a voice to die for. Once heard, never forgotten, and you have to hear it live. Tickets £12, available from the venue 01750-721233 String Jam Club meets every month at The County Hotel, Selkirk. www.facebook.com/StringJamClub 18 APRIL St Boswells Live! presents ….. ST BOSWELLS AMERICANA FESTIVAL featuring RED DAWG + DAN WALSH plus workshops and other special events. 7.30pm Tickets £10 Tel. 01835 822692. Full details and links to tickets can be found at our website. Dan Walsh made his name with duo Walsh and Pound and now a member of the award winning Urban Folk Quartet, as well as guest appearances on stage and on record with the Levellers and Seth Lakeman, this unique and eclectic musician has stunned audiences across the world. Red Dawg are a five-piece blues rock band from the Granite City of Aberdeen, their driving and exciting blend of originals and covers is something that, as with all good things in live, has to be experienced to appreciate it at its best. Comprising a classic combination of vocals and sax, lead and rhythm guitar, bass and drums www.facebook.com/danwalshmusic www.stboswellslive.com 9 MAY THE KILKENNYS’; The Kilkennys are four young balladeers, who have been credited with keeping Irish folk music alive thanks to their incredible musicianship and boundless energy.

Buccleaugh Centre, Langholm. Time 8pm.

CHERYL BAKER, MIKE NOLAN & JAY ASTON formerly of BUCKS FIZZ: At Tait Hall, Kelso, Scottish Borders, 01573 224233 and 01750 725480. Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan & Jay Aston Formerly Of Bucks Fizz are back! More than thirty years after they stormed charts across the globe with a string of hits, Cheryl, Mike and Jay are once again set to tour the world with a 70date World Tour to remind everyone that there is more to Cheryl, Mike & Jay formerly of Bucks Fizz than Making Your Mind Up! Tickets at … www.borderevents.com/event/Former-BucksFizz-Kelso www.formerlyofbucksfizz.co.uk www.facebook.com/groups/TeamCMJ/ https://twitter.com/CherylMikeJay 22 MAY BLUEFLINT; The sound of Blueflint is defined by the sublime close harmonies of Deborah Arnott and Clare Neilson whose voices are accompanied by a five-piece line-up intertwining banjos, fiddle, piano, electric guitar, double-bass and drums in raw, honest and beautifully-crafted songs, imbued with a strong alt folk flavour.

Eastgate Arts Centre, Peebles. Time 7.30pm.

Tickets £14/£12 Tel. 01721 725777 www.eastgatearts.com 24 MAY DAVE ARCARI: At Reivers Rock & Blues Festival, Alwinton. Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta Blues. www.davearcari.com 30 MAY St Boswells Live! presents ….. ST BOSWELLS LIVE! Classical Concert for Village Week, featuring the Sirocco Winds Quintet, plus support. Full details and links to tickets can be found at our website … www.stboswellslive.com

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Skye Live

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This Easter we will be bringing you an exclusive festival to Portree. This will take place in the stunning home of the Skye Highland Games. www.skyelive.scot

North Hop Aberdeen, a one-day indoor beer festival taking place at The Lemon Tree, which sold all tickets for the event in less than two weeks, will showcase the very best in Scottish music talent, with stage music acts from all over the country. www.northhop.co.uk

Northern Nashville Country Music Festival Caithness 3-5 April In 2004 we took a gamble and ran our first ever Northern Nashville Caithness Country Music Festival (NNCCMF), which thankfully was a great success. Over the years it has gone from strength to strength, with country music fans converging on Caithness over Easter Weekend to be part of this 3-day 5-show extravaganza of live country music. This is truly an international event featuring top class acts from the USA, Canada, Europe, Ireland and the U.K. alongside our wealth of local talent and youth bands.

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Northern Streams Edinburgh 24-25 April

Bandstand Beer Festival - largest independent beer festival in the Scottish Highlands. An anFor two days in April this truly unique festival nual celebration of real ale & live music at Band- combines one off concerts with dynamic and exstand Bar, Nairn. citing workshops for both adults and children. In 2015 we celebrate the best talent from Sweden, https://twitter.com/NairnBeerFest Norway, Denmark and Orkney/Scotland. For the past 12 years the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (Edinburgh & Lothians Edinburgh International Branch), have been bringing the finest in Nordic and Scottish music, song and dance to enthusiHarp Festival astic audiences in Edinburgh. And we are once Edinburgh again taking place in the Grassmarket Centre, 10-15 April 2015 Edinburgh

Knoydart Festival is a weekend-long outdoor music festival for the whole family, centred The Clarsach Society & Edinburgh International around Scottish traditional music. It has been held every two years since 2009, but is taking a Harp Festival is an annual celebration and gathering of musical talents. Find out more about us break in 2015. at www.clarsachsociety.co.uk The Clarsach Sociwww.facebook.com/knoydartmusicfestival ety (Comunn na Clarsaich) encourages interest in the instrument, especially amongst young players, who enjoy its adaptability to solo work, Counterflows accompaniment or ensemble playing. The Society also presents the Edinburgh International Glasgow Harp Festival - an annual celebration and gath2-5 April ering of musical talents. Every Spring we bring Counterflows Glasgow based festival of contem- harpists from across the globe together to rub porary experimental music featuring artists from shoulders with you, the audience. across the world. The festival is held in April www.harpfestival.co.uk with occasional concerts throughout the year.

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TradFest Edinburgh · Dùn Èideann Edinburgh 29 April - 10 May Edinburgh’s TradFest kick starts the summer season with a feast of music, song, storytelling, dance, folk drama, literature, folk film, talks, crafts and visual arts in Scotland’s capital. This blaze of contemporary colour is inspired by the traditions of May Day and the Gaelic Beltane, showcasing Celtic arts and cultural traditions with a contemporary spin. www.facebook.com/tradfestedinburgh

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.

The Easter Gaitherin is EYG’s flagship event for 9 – 18 year olds. We book Scotland’s top traditional musicians as tutors and run four days of www.shetlandfolkfestival.com classes in Tynecastle High School. These range from instrumental, to drama, to dance, to technical skills (check below to find out what we’re offering this year). Each day participants will take a main workshop in their first choice instrument; one in their second choice (which can be Thornhill Music Festival something like singing, art, drama or a second Dumfriesshire instrument); and a third choice. www.nncmc.co.uk/2.htm 1-3 May www.eyg.org.uk Glenfarg Folk Feast Now in its 3rd year Thornhill Music Festival brings a rich and diverse programme of music to Glenfarg St Boswells the village including acclaimed Blues artist Ayn10-12 April sley Lister. The weekend boasts a cross section Americana Festival of music from Country Rock and Blues, Ska, Ran by Glenfarg Village Folk Club the festival Scottish Borders Rock, Indie, Blues funk, Eclectic Americana as may be small but its stature and longevity are 18 April well as singer songwriters. The festival also orhuge to say the least. We pride ourselves on ganises a "Rockschool" event for 11-16 year running a friendly event with workshops and St Boswells Live! presents …..

St Boswells olds. competitions to suit all tastes, and the World faAmericana Festival featuring RED DAWG + DAN mous Puff-a -Box competition just has to be WALSH plus workshops and other special www.lewishamiltonmusic.co.uk/events seen to be believed!

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