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Na Trads :: 3.50pm on BBC ALBA. THE SCOTT WOOD BAND perform at the 2016 awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Take The Floor :: 5pm on BBC Radio Scotland. For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take The Floor. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Jazz Nights :: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Seonaid Aitken with live music from hotly tipped Scottish singer KITTI and her band. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6.30pm on BBC Classics Unwrapped :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Radio Scotland. With essential music chosen by Jamie MacDougall talks to SCOTTISH OPERA ahead listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland of its iconic production 'Nixon in China'. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Travelling Folk :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce McGregor brings you the very best of folk and roots Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Christine Bovill sits-in - End the day in the company music from around the world. of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues and www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland soul. Vic Galloway :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland has a live session with ANNA MERIDITH. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY
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Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6.30pm on Take The Floor :: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. BBC Radio Scotland. With essential music For the very best in traditional music and song, chosen by listeners. join Gary Innes for Take The Floor. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The Quay Sessions :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Roddy Hart's guests are KING CREOSOTE and band. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Pipeline :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. The definitive pipe music programme, featuring news and recordings from the piping world. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Seirm - Celtic Connections :: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Mary Ann Kennedy presents a show from Celtic Connections in January 2020. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Seirm - Celtic Connections :: 9-10pm on BBC ALBA. Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy, Seirm | Celtic Connections was recorded during Celtic Connections in January 2020 and features some of the best musicians from the festival. The Natasha Raskin Sharp :: 11pm on BBC Radio legendary Peggy Seeger has enjoyed a Scotland. An eclectic mix of music from Natasha. remarkable career in music and has a natural www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland song writing gift. Armed only with a guitar, Seeger is as sharp as ever, tearing into her back FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY catalogue with considerable gusto. Stars of folk and bluegrass, Della Mae are versatile singers, Perthshire Amber :: 7.25pm on BBC ALBA. songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. This BENNY GALLACHER performs at the 2016 programme is given a melodic lift with the new Perthshire Amber. piping partnership of Malin Lewis, Jarlath www.bbcalba.co.uk Henderson and Ali Hutton. www.bbcalba.co.uk Belladrum :: 9.45pm on BBC ALBA. YOU ME AT SIX perform at Belladrum 2016. Billy Sloan :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Hot www.bbcalba.co.uk releases plus rock and pop music from Scotland and around the world. Ashley Storrie :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland New and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly, pop and indie from around the world. -----------------------------------------------www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Connections show at the start of 2019. She was joined on the recording by violinist Aidan O’Rourke from experimental folk trio Lau, who also produced the album. Working closely with Aidan O’Rourke, Brìghde has devised a completely new way of arranging for pipe music that emphasises the rich textural drones of the smallpipes; the constancy of sound that creates a trance-like quality in the tunes. She has 7-22 MARCH collaborated with many established artists over the years, including Ross Ainslie, John McSherry, SKERRYVORE :: USA Tour. Back on the remote Paul Meehan, Aidan O’Rourke, Carlos Nunez, Scottish island of Tiree in 2005, the raw but Martin Green, Allan MacDonald. contemporary trad quartet that formed www.aidanorourke.net Skerryvore could have only dreamed that over www.brichaimbeul.com the next decade they would become a multiaward winning act that was performing in over 6 MAY 25 countries worldwide and featured as ambassadors for their country in an RODDY WOOMBLE :: At Moth Club, London. International advertising campaign for Visit Minimal and hypnotic, it's neither song nor Scotland. From those traditional roots the band poem, and serves as the perfect taster for the have developed both in size and sound to create rest of Roddy Woomble's new EP and a unique fusion of their traditional music and forthcoming UK tour with Andrew Mitchell. songs with the urban sounds of rock, pop and "Spontaneous and creative" is how he describes funk. The band’s ability to fuse traditional their collaboration - qualities now applied to the Scottish music and rhythms with a range of latest chapter of one of Scotland's most other genres is a trademark of their distinctive, acclaimed artists. "Everyday Sun" is a new high energy sound. Tour details @ single from Roddy Woomble, and the first taken www.skerryvore.com from his forthcoming EP. The song is a hazy rumination, where observations on meaninglessness sit alongside optimism. Written alongside frequent collaborator and Idlewild bandmate Andrew Mitchell and recorded in the latter's Dundee studio, it marks a departure from Woomble's traditional working methods with either piano or guitar. www.facebook.com/RoddyWoomble
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returns with an expanded programme that features Scottish blues icons alongside students of the blues. The Weekend runs from Thursday 6 February for 5 nights and features 11 concerts and 16 bands. The Weekend has been curated by three Edinburgh blues talents and aims to showcase the best of the music happening right now in Scotland. www.edinburghjazzfestival.com 9 FEBRUARY SORRY :: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. As anticipation grows for their debut album 925, Sorry take their new material on the road. Sorry have grown into a must-see live outfit in recent years and their shows are not to be missed. www.facebook.com/sorrybanduk 12 FEBRUARY The Classic Rock Show UK Tour 2020 :: At Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. The Classic Rock Show returns to the UK with an amazing new live production celebrating the very best of the best of Classic Rock. Paying tribute to many of the world's all time classic rock greats, The Classic Rock Show's musicians power through legendary performances from the likes of Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Eric Clapton, AC/DC, Queen, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and The Who, plus much much more. Performed with note-for-note precision, bringing the original iconic and era defining recordings back to life on stage, with a sound and light show to match. Anthem after anthem, riff after riff and solo after solo, The Classic Rock Show takes you on a musical journey through two and a half hours of Classic Rock's finest moments culminating in a show-stopping guitar duel that is definitely not to be missed. A real gem of a rock show - sore throat guaranteed! www.theclassicrockshow.com 15 FEBRUARY
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ANCHOR LANE with support QUICHE & PYRO :: At Dreadnought Rock, Bathgate. Scottish rock band Anchor Lane release their 24 APRIL new single Dead Run via R7 Records on 17 January. The single is taken from the band’s BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL & AIDAN eagerly awaited debut album Casino released on Send us all your gig dates for O’ROURKE :: At Kings Place, London. Winner of January. Dead Run is a heavy, pounding rock the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Edinburgh and Lothians area. 31 track that touches on the subject of addiction. Awards 2019 – Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of The song was written by the band and rock Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic Email them to Carol legend Ricky Warwick (Black Star Riders, Thin speaker, her style is rooted in her indigenous carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Lizzy, The Almighty) who also lends backing language and culture, but draws inspiration from vocals to the chorus. “When writing Dead Run, a variety of piping traditions such as from Cape Ricky and I explored lyrics we had written about 6-10 FEBRUARY Breton, Eastern Europe and Ireland. Her debut people in our lives who had struggled with album ‘The Reeling’ has had an extraordinary addiction,” says Anchor Lane’s lead singer and The Scottish Blues Weekend :: At various response since it’s launch at a sold out Celtic venues, Edinburgh. The Scottish Blues Weekend frontman Conor Gaffney. “It was a special
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Stirling and it continues to maintain a strong association with the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University. As well as giving a regular classical concert series at each of these institutions, the players work with composition students, instrumentalists and student teachers. In addition to working with university students the Edinburgh Quartet’s outreach programme encompasses workshops for primary and secondary school children and tutoring adults on the Variations Summer School in Ullapool and an annual Spring Chamber Music Course in Linlithgow. www.facebook.com/edinburghquartet 5 MARCH ALI WHITWELL :: At Captain's Bar, South College Street, Edinburgh. Thursday 2.30pm. Americana and other stuff! www.facebook.com/ali.whitwell.5 www.facebook.com/CaptainsBarEdinburgh
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KING CREOSOTE :: At Usher Hall, Edinburgh. For the first time in over five years the stunning Scottish archive film From Scotland With Love, by director Virginia Heath with musical score by King Creosote, will be performed live in March 2020. From Scotland With Love was last performed to both critical and audience acclaim at the end of 2015. Folk singer and songwriter King Creosote aka Kenneth Anderson from Fife,
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Scotland (born 1967) in his lengthy career has released over 40 studio albums and also been an integral member of the Scottish-Canadian band The Burns Unit. In the early stages of his career, Anderson played in many local Scottish bands such as Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khatoum Heroes and in 1995 he launched the record label Fence Collective with Johnny Lynch where he began producing and releasing material under the moniker King Creosote. www.facebook.com/kingcreosote 12 MARCH SPINNING COIN :: At Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. Glasgow’s Spinning Coin have determinedly, and with single-minded purpose, made their music heard: beautifully rough-hewn guitar pop that takes in frustration, escapism, but also gracefulness and splendor, in equal measure. The band take their new album Hyacinth on the road this March. www.facebook.com/spinningcoin 13 MARCH DEAN OWENS & THE SOUTHERNERS :: At Leith Dockers Club, Leith. 2020 will kick off in hectic fashion for Dean Owens - A new album, The Man From Leith: The Best of Dean Owens will be released on London’s Eel Pie Records in March 2020, launching at Leith Dockers Club on 13 March, as Dean and the Southerners (and some special guests) before hitting the road in
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Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE FRETLESS :: At Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Multiple Juno Awards-winning Canadian supergroup, The Fretless, return to exhilarate audiences once again. The buzz they generated at Celtic Connections Festival was amazing, completely confirming all that had been written about them. The same happened after they appeared as one of the main visiting attractions at Shetland Folk Festival and Edinburgh’s annual Tradfest event. After they took the prestigious Baltimore Fiddle Fair in Cork, by storm, organiser Declan McCarthy said: “In a weekend full of highlights, The Fretless were many people’s favourite. We’d have them back anytime!” www.facebook.com/thefretless www.brookfield-knights.com 6 JUNE FRAZEY FORD :: At La Belle Angele, Edinburgh. Frazey Ford who returns to the Glasgow festival for an unmissable performance inside the ornate St Luke’s Church. Frazey Ford is revered for her soulful voice, captivating live shows, and immersive lyrical storytelling. Her upcoming third album, U kin B the Sun inhabits an entire world of shapeshifting rhythm, elevating every beat and groove with the subtle magnetism of her mesmerizing voice. With its graceful collision of soul and psychedelia and sometimes ’70s funk, it’s a body of work that invites both selfreflection and wildly joyful movement, and ultimately sparks a quiet transcendence. Ecstatic and heavy-hearted, gloriously shambolic and deeply purifying, U kin B the Sun is the outcome of a certain personal transformation that Ford has experienced in recent years. www.facebook.com/frazeyford 16 SEPTEMBER
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 11: edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian :: glasgow + surrounding area RAB NOAKES - Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of my first LP ‘Do you see the lights? :: At EFC Pleasance, Edinburgh. Rab “For me, 1969 ended with the preparation well underway for the recording sessions for my first LP. I had signed a deal with a production company called Lynx and their deal was with Decca Records. The studio was the renowned Craighall Studios in Edinburgh. It was recorded live, in the old-fashioned way, three songs a session. The record was released in September of 1970 and I became a featured recording artist. In this show, one set will be devoted to the LP’s 12 songs in sequence. The other set will feature songs from the period, many of which appeared on Demos & Rarities Vol One. They include ‘Turn a deaf ear’, ‘(What would have happened) If I’d stayed around?’, ‘November afternoon’, ‘Long time no see’, ‘It could be you’, ‘Looking up into the sun’, ‘Debts pile high’, ‘Taking the long way home’, ‘Long way round’ and others.” Tickets @ www.efc1973.com www.rabnoakes.com
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Brookfield Knights presents ..... BRONWYNNE BRENT :: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Mississippi Delta songbird Bronwynne Brent returns to these shores with a brand new album to promote, and those who have enjoyed privileged access to finished tracks pre-release are saying it's a stunner. Bronwynne will once again be joined by other musicians to complete these dates in trio format. The muchanticipated new album is sure to attract a lot of media attention. BBC's Bob Harris and other nationwide radio presenters have continued to feature her music on a regular basis. www.facebook.com/BronwynneBrentMusic www.brookfield-knights.com
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DREAM THEATER :: At SEC Armadillo, Glasgow. Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater have announced a date at Glasgow SEC Armadillo on the 2020 European leg of their acclaimed The Distance Over Time Tour – Celebrating 20 Years of Scenes From A Memory. The band will perform landmark album in its entirety alongside classic tracks and selections Send us all your gig dates for from their latest release Distance Over Time. Glasgow and West Coast area The tour dates so far have gathered plenty of critical acclaim and fan praise due in large part Email them to Carol to the diverse setlist the band created. Dream carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Theater featured tracks from their latest release Distance Over Time (InsideOutMusic /Sony Music) and selections from their 30-year career 9 FEBRUARY along with a nightly celebration of the 20th Anniversary of their seminal concept album (Sandy) Alex G :: At St Lukes, Glasgow. Singer, songwriter and musician (Sandy) Alex G, Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory that aka Alex Giannascoli, brings his live show across the band performed in its entirety. The band will continue that trend on their next tour to create the UK in support of his new album, House of an evening of over 2 hours and 45 minutes of Sugar. Dream Theater at their masterful best making www.facebook.com/sandyalexg this a concert event to not be missed. One of just two UK dates on the European tour, tickets 16 FEBRUARY on sale @ www.dreamtheater.net/tour/ HMLTD :: At Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow. London based five-piece HMLTD are set to release their 12 MARCH long awaited debut album, West Of Eden next month (7th Feb), closely followed by a UK & EU tour; which includes Edinburgh on 15 February, KING CREOSOTE :: At Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. For the first time in over five and Glasgow on 16th. The expansive, labyrinthine debut has been several years in the years the stunning Scottish archive film From Scotland With Love, by director Virginia Heath making; a daring collection of songs created to incite conversation about proposed new visions with musical score by King Creosote, will be performed live in March 2020. From Scotland of masculinity, the decadence of western With Love was last performed to both critical capitalism and the violence of insecurity and and audience acclaim at the end of 2015. Folk repression. Across its 15 tracks, the band’s artistic vision is realised in full technicolour, with singer and songwriter King Creosote aka Kenneth Anderson from Fife, Scotland (born all shades of their sonic palette used to create 1967) in his lengthy career has released over 40 an album that is equal parts lush and abrasive. studio albums and also been an integral member www.facebook.com/HMLTD of the Scottish-Canadian band The Burns Unit. In the early stages of his career, Anderson 17 FEBRUARY played in many local Scottish bands such as Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khatoum Heroes JOE GIDEON :: At Broadcast, Glasgow. The and in 1995 he launched the record label Fence new record was written and recorded with Jim Collective with Johnny Lynch where he began Sclavunos (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/ producing and releasing material under the Grinderman), whom Joe met on tour in 2012 with his band Joe Gideon & The Shark, and their moniker King Creosote. band mate Gris-De-Lin. Joe, Gris-de-Lin and Jim www.facebook.com/kingcreosote play all the instruments in the densely layered 15 MARCH arrangements, which include an army of saxophones, an antique piano, a cranky old SPINNING COIN :: At Centre For synth-vibraphone rescued from the dumpster, Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. Glasgow’s heavenly choirs and a menagerie of percussion Spinning Coin have determinedly, and with instruments. single-minded purpose, made their music heard: www.facebook.com/joegideonmusic beautifully rough-hewn guitar pop that takes in frustration, escapism, but also gracefulness and 18 FEBRUARY splendor, in equal measure. The band take their new album Hyacinth on the road this March. The Classic Rock Show UK Tour 2020 :: At www.facebook.com/spinningcoin Royal Concert Theatre, Glasgow. The Classic Rock Show returns to the UK with an amazing new live production celebrating the very best of 18 MARCH the best of Classic Rock. Paying tribute to many
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20 MARCH The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... BRONWYNNE BRENT plus support :: At Glad Café, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm for 8pm. Tickets £13 from Tickets Scotland 0141 204 5151 and Ticketweb. Mississippi Delta songbird Bronwynne Brent returns to these shores with a brand new album to promote, and those who have enjoyed privileged access to finished tracks pre-release are saying it's a stunner. Bronwynne will once again be joined by other musicians to complete these dates in trio format. The much-anticipated new album is sure to attract a lot of media attention. BBC's Bob Harris and other nationwide radio presenters have continued to feature her music on a regular basis. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. www.facebook.com/BronwynneBrentMusic www.brookfield-knights.com www.fallenangelsclub.com 29 MARCH RODDY WOOMBLE :: At Arts Centre, Paisley. Minimal and hypnotic, it's neither song nor poem, and serves as the perfect taster for the rest of Roddy Woomble's new EP and forthcoming UK tour with Andrew Mitchell. "Spontaneous and creative" is how he describes their collaboration - qualities now applied to the latest chapter of one of Scotland's most acclaimed artists. "Everyday Sun" is a new single from Roddy Woomble, and the first taken from his forthcoming EP. The song is a hazy rumination, where observations on meaninglessness sit alongside optimism. Written alongside frequent collaborator and Idlewild bandmate Andrew Mitchell and recorded in the latter's Dundee studio, it marks a departure from Woomble's traditional working methods with either piano or guitar. www.facebook.com/RoddyWoomble 9 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... Siobhan Miller :: At CCA Glasgow, Glasgow. 7.30pm for 8pm. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. One of Scotland’s foremost singers, Siobhan Miller is an exceptional talent, renowned for her unique vocal style paired with her evocative song-writing. Miller creates music with detail and rich melodies that combine the sounds of indie and alternative music with sounds from her roots in folk music. Growing up in a musical family, she was immersed in traditional song and learned from many of Scotland’s finest source singers in her early
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28 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ..... Letitia VanSant (duo) :: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant first came to prominence in 2017 when she won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Song-writing competition - an honour previously granted to many who went on to become big names, such as Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Since releasing her debut album in Europe, the powerfully impressive singer-song-writer has won a legion of new fans…and many glowing reviews. Last time she toured here with her band’s guitarist who also provided backing vocals -David McKindley-Ward - they made a big impact. It will be the same duo format again. www.facebook.com/LetitiaVanSant www.brookfield-knights.com
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BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL & AIDAN O’ROURKE :: At CCA, Glasgow. Winner of the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 – Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic speaker, her style is rooted in her indigenous language and culture, but draws inspiration from a variety of piping traditions such as from Cape Breton, Eastern Europe and Ireland. Her debut album ‘The Reeling’ has had an extraordinary response since it’s launch at a sold out Celtic Connections show at the start of 2019. She was joined on the recording by violinist Aidan O’Rourke from experimental folk trio Lau, who also produced the album. Working closely with Aidan O’Rourke, Brìghde has devised a completely new way of arranging for pipe music that emphasises the rich textural drones of the smallpipes; the constancy of sound that creates a trance-like quality in the tunes. She has collaborated with many established artists over the years, including Ross Ainslie, John McSherry, Paul Meehan, Aidan O’Rourke, Carlos Nunez, Martin Green, Allan MacDonald. www.aidanorourke.net www.brichaimbeul.com
The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... EILEEN ROSE plus support :: At The Glad Cafe, Glasgow. 8pm. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. www.fallenangelsclub.com
16 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... ARCADE featuring HEIDI TALBOT & ADAM HOLMES :: At La Belle Angele, Edinburgh. 8pm. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. www.fallenangelsclub.com 22 APRIL The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... Letitia VanSant (duo) :: At Glad Café, Glasgow. 8pm. Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant first came to prominence in 2017 when she won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Songwriting competition - an honour previously granted to many who went on to become big names, such as Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Since releasing her debut album in Europe, the powerfully impressive singersong-writer has won a legion of new fans… and many glowing reviews. Last time she toured here with her band’s guitarist who also provided backing vocals -David McKindley-Ward - they made a big impact. It will be the same duo format again. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. www.facebook.com/LetitiaVanSant www.brookfield-knights.com www.fallenangelsclub.com
7 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... LYNNE HANSON & THE GOOD INTENTIONS plus support :: At The Glad Cafe, Glasgow. 8pm. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. www.fallenangelsclub.com 8 MAY DAVE ARCARI with BERNARD ALILSON :: At Hard Rock Cafe, Glasgow. 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 and have been showcased via ten internationallyacclaimed solo CD releases. “Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man…” Seasick Steve www.davearcari.com 9 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE HANDSOME FAMILY plus DANIEL KNOX plus support :: At Community Central Halls - CCH, Glasgow. 8pm. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. www.fallenangelsclub.com 12 MAY Brookfield Knights presents ..... THUNDER AND RAIN :: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. When RnR magazine told readers: “There’s something special happening here,” and Colorado band Thunder and Rain toured the UK early in 2019, it sparked interest from a music-loving public keen to encounter something special. Big crowds turned out to catch the band that Maverick magazine had described as “like The Stray Birds, with a slightly bigger sound.” No one was disappointed. When the reviews came in, they were filled with similar praise. Now, they return with a brand new album to promote, and aiming to impress again. www.facebook.com/thunderandrainco
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 15: glasgow + surrounding area www.brookfield-knights.com 20 MAY LAU 'Unplugged Tour' :: At The Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock. 7.30pm. For the first time in over a decade, Lau present an entirely acoustic tour. The pioneering Scottish folk trio have always experimented with sound and form; the results have always been complex and thrilling. Already acknowledged as phenomenal live performers Lau arrived at a new creative peak with 2019's Midnight and Closedown (Reveal Records). Now 2020's Unplugged concert tour sees traditional music's most celebrated innovators strip away their banks of electronics, loops and wild effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic. The approach is subtler, less about spectacle, more about close listening. In brash and polarised political times, here is the poetry of real instruments and considerate music making. www.facebook.com/LAUband 27 MAY RAB NOAKES - Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of my first LP ‘Do you see the lights? :: At Glad Café, Glasgow. Rab - “For me, 1969 ended with the preparation well underway for the recording sessions for my first LP. I had signed a deal with a production company called Lynx and their deal was with Decca Records. The studio was the renowned Craighall Studios in Edinburgh. It was recorded live, in the old-fashioned way, three songs a session. The record was released in September of 1970 and I became a featured recording artist. In this show, one set will be devoted to the LP’s 12 songs in sequence. The other set will feature songs from the period, many of which appeared on Demos & Rarities Vol One. They include ‘Turn a deaf ear’, ‘(What would have happened) If I’d stayed around?’, ‘November afternoon’, ‘Long time no see’, ‘It could be you’, ‘Looking up into the sun’, ‘Debts pile high’, ‘Taking the long way home’, ‘Long way round’ and others.” Tickets @ www.thegladcafe.co.uk www.rabnoakes.com 31 MAY The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... MADISON VIOLET :: At CCA, Glasgow. 8pm. The Fallen Angels Club bringing you the best Americana music to Glasgow. www.fallenangelsclub.com
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Forte Productions is delighted to announce that Fergus McCreadie and his band will perform in Moray next month and are hoping to pack out Elgin’s St. Giles Church. Fergus McCreadie’s trio have been leading the exciting young wave currently energising the Scottish jazz scene and audiences can expect a great night of top class musicianship and jazz favourites from the multi-award-winning pianist and his band. “There’s a good feeling around jazz right now. There are a lot of good young players coming through, especially at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow, and they’re attracting interest from music fans as well as the press. It’s exciting to be part of that.” He added “We’ll be playing music from our first album, which won the Album of the Year title at both the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and the Scottish Jazz Awards last year, as well as tracks from the new album we’ve just recorded. It’s influenced by Scottish folk music as well as the American and Nordic musicians I’ve listened to a lot. We try to make it as
exciting and melodic as possible and we put a lot of passion into it.” “We’re really looking forward to playing in St Giles Church. I know it from working on the Let It Snow Christmas show and it’s a great venue. We like playing in churches. Quite a lot of jazz concerts happen in churches or former churches, like the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, and we enjoy playing in them.” Fergus McCreadie One of Scotland’s most exciting young talents, Fergus was born in Jamestown, near Strathpeffer and grew up in Dollar. His band has performed at the Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, Aberdeen and Islay jazz festivals regularly and has toured in Norway, Sweden, Lithuania and Estonia. The group has also appeared at Oslo and Stockholm jazz festivals and the Ronnie Scott’s International Piano Trio Festival. His trio with David Bowden (bass) and Stephen Henderson (drums) also made the shortlist for the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2019. Tickets are on sale now.
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2 JUNE Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE FRETLESS :: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. Multiple Juno Awards-winning Canadian supergroup, The Fretless, return to exhilarate audiences once again. The buzz they generated at Celtic Connections Festival was amazing, completely confirming all that had been written about them. The same happened after they appeared as one of the main visiting attractions at Shetland Folk Festival and Edinburgh’s annual Tradfest event. After they took the prestigious Baltimore Fiddle Fair in Cork, by storm, organiser Declan McCarthy said: “In a weekend full of highlights, The Fretless were many people’s favourite. We’d have them back anytime!” www.facebook.com/thefretless www.brookfield-knights.com 4 JUNE The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... RACHEL BAIMAN plus support :: At The
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Langtoun Jazz Fundraiser - ZOE GILBY Family Jazz All Stars + Quartet Set :: At Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy. 2pm. A powerful collection of 13 FEBRUARY songs with a strong narrative delivering a commanding mix of musical sophistication and Crail Folk Club presents ..... CLAIRE dramatic edge. Tickets options £15/£10/£5 and HASTINGS & PABLO LAFUENTE :: At Crail more info @ Town Hall, Crail. 8pm, BYOB, Claire Hastings is www.facebook.com/langtounjazz a Scottish folksinger, songwriter and ukulele player based in Glasgow. In 2015 she earned the 27 FEBRUARY prestigious title of BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year, and has since Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... delighted audiences at home and abroad with DAVID FOLEY & JACK SMEDLEY :: At The her 'natural, effortless Scots voice.' Her third Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park Drive, appearance in Crail will be as successful as the Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Acoustic Music first two and a great start to the year’s guest Club provides concerts every Thursday night in programme. Claire will be accompanied by the Polish Club. The club encourages interest in Pablo Lafuente last seen at the club in Scottish Traditional and World music. We also November with Josie Duncan. Full details and actively encourage links with other countries and tickets @ have hosted bands from USA, Canada, Australia, www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub/ New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
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SPINNING COIN :: At Beat Generator, Dundee. Glasgow’s Spinning Coin have determinedly, and with single-minded purpose, made their music heard: beautifully rough-hewn guitar pop that takes in frustration, escapism, but also gracefulness and splendor, in equal measure. The band take their new album Hyacinth on the road this March. www.facebook.com/spinningcoin 19 MARCH Brookfield Knights presents ..... BRONWYNNE BRENT :: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Mississippi Delta songbird Bronwynne Brent returns to these shores with a brand new album to promote, and those who have enjoyed privileged access to finished tracks pre-release are saying it's a stunner. Bronwynne will once again be joined by other musicians to complete these dates in trio format. The much-anticipated new album is sure to attract a lot of media attention. BBC's Bob Harris and other nationwide radio presenters have continued to feature her music on a regular basis. www.facebook.com/BronwynneBrentMusic www.brookfield-knights.com 20 MARCH
The Cardney Concerts with DOUGIE MacLEAN :: At The Cardney Concerts, Cardney Steading, Cardney Estate, Butterstone, Dunkeld, Perthshire, PH8 0EY. We hope you’ll join us for a new adventure this coming Spring. Years ago we began Easter concerts in Clunie Village Hall and & Germany amongst others. We encourage in March 2019 we had two great sold-out Clunie Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club presents ..... involvement in playing instruments and in song Concerts again. Now we are moving to a very DAVID HERSHAW & SANDIE FORBES :: At and regularly host “Open Mic” nights for our club special new venue …Cardney Steading on the The Polish Ex-serviceman's Club, Forth Park members and visitors. Carney Estate (between Dunkeld and Drive, Kirkcaldy, doors 7.30pm. The Acoustic www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk Butterstone). The steading is beautifully restored Music Club provides concerts every Thursday stone and brilliantly adapted as a venue. Set in a night in the Polish Club. The club encourages 6-8 MARCH stunning landscape with amazing views and interest in Scottish Traditional and World music. wildlife it will we are sure become one of our We also actively encourage links with other CashBack in Fife with RAB NOAKES, IAN very special venues. If there is a demand we will countries and have hosted bands from USA, RANKIN, DEAN OWENS & THE CELTABILLY hire a shuttle bus, leaving from and returning to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, ALLSTARS, MARHA HEALY, HANNAH ROSE Dunkeld. Please email admin@butterstone.com if Ireland, Norway, Sweden & Germany amongst PLATT, THE MARRIAGE and DAVID LATTO :: you are interested in tickets for this. At Cardney others. We encourage involvement in playing At Woodside Hotel, Aberdour. A new festival Steading there will be a licensed bar with tea, instruments and in song and regularly host celebrating the legacy of music legend Johnny coffee and non alcoholic dinks available as well “Open Mic” nights for our club members and Cash - his music, inspiration and his family roots as the usual beers, wines and spirits….including visitors. in the Kingdowm of Fife. A mix of original songs The Gael gin and Caledonia whisky! Tickets and www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk + songs written, inspired and covered by The more info @ Man in Black. Weekend accommodation www.dougiemaclean.com 15 FEBRUARY packages and individual gig tickets available. Info and ticket links @ 21 MARCH The Classic Rock Show UK Tour 2020 :: At www.deanowens.com Caird Hall, Dundee. The Classic Rock Show The Cardney Concerts with DOUGIE returns to the UK with an amazing new live 11 MARCH MacLEAN :: At The Cardney Concerts, Cardney production celebrating the very best of the best Steading, Cardney Estate, Butterstone, Dunkeld, of Classic Rock. Paying tribute to many of the KING CREOSOTE :: At Perth Concert Hall, Perthshire, PH8 0EY. We hope you’ll join us for a world's all time classic rock greats, The Classic Perth. For the first time in over five years the new adventure this coming Spring. Years ago we Rock Show's musicians power through legendary stunning Scottish archive film From Scotland began Easter concerts in Clunie Village Hall and performances from the likes of Led Zeppelin, With Love, by director Virginia Heath with in March 2019 we had two great sold-out Clunie Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Eric Clapton, AC/DC, musical score by King Creosote, will be Concerts again. Now we are moving to a very Queen, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and The Who, performed live in March 2020. From Scotland special new venue …Cardney Steading on the plus much much more. Performed with note-for- With Love was last performed to both critical and Carney Estate (between Dunkeld and note precision, bringing the original iconic and audience acclaim at the end of 2015. Folk singer Butterstone). The steading is beautifully restored era defining recordings back to life on stage, and songwriter King Creosote aka Kenneth stone and brilliantly adapted as a venue. Set in a with a sound and light show to match. Anthem Anderson from Fife, Scotland (born 1967) in his stunning landscape with amazing views and after anthem, riff after riff and solo after solo, lengthy career has released over 40 studio wildlife it will we are sure become one of our The Classic Rock Show takes you on a musical albums and also been an integral member of the very special venues. If there is a demand we will journey through two and a half hours of Classic Scottish-Canadian band The Burns Unit. In the hire a shuttle bus, leaving from and returning to Rock's finest moments culminating in a showearly stages of his career, Anderson played in Dunkeld. Please email admin@butterstone.com if stopping guitar duel that is definitely not to be many local Scottish bands such as Skuobhie you are interested in tickets for this. At Cardney missed. A real gem of a rock show - sore throat Dubh Orchestra and Khatoum Heroes and in Steading there will be a licensed bar with tea, guaranteed! 1995 he launched the record label Fence coffee and non alcoholic dinks available as well www.theclassicrockshow.com Collective with Johnny Lynch where he began as the usual beers, wines and spirits….including producing and releasing material under the The Gael gin and Caledonia whisky! 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musicnewsscotland@gmail.com YORKSTON/THORNE/KHAN :: At Perth Theatre, Perth. Yorkston / Thorne / Khan are set to play a string of dates accross the UK in support of their most recent album Navarasa: Nine Emotions. The record tackles Robert Burns and Sufi poetry via Dick Gaughan and Amīr Khusrow Dehlavī, traditional Scottish songs, ragas and their own spidery compositions. www.yorkstonthornekhan.com/#
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BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL & AIDAN O’ROURKE :: At Tolbooth, Stirling. Winner of the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 – Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic speaker, her style is rooted in her indigenous language and culture, but draws inspiration from a variety of piping traditions such as from Cape 28 MARCH Breton, Eastern Europe and Ireland. Her debut album ‘The Reeling’ has had an extraordinary RODDY WOOMBLE :: At Webster Memorial response since it’s launch at a sold out Celtic Theatre, Arbroath. Minimal and hypnotic, it's Connections show at the start of 2019. She was neither song nor poem, and serves as the joined on the recording by violinist Aidan perfect taster for the rest of Roddy Woomble's O’Rourke from experimental folk trio Lau, who new EP and forthcoming UK tour with Andrew also produced the album. Working closely with Mitchell. "Spontaneous and creative" is how he Aidan O’Rourke, Brìghde has devised a describes their collaboration - qualities now completely new way of arranging for pipe music applied to the latest chapter of one of Scotland's that emphasises the rich textural drones of the most acclaimed artists. "Everyday Sun" is a new smallpipes; the constancy of sound that creates single from Roddy Woomble, and the first taken a trance-like quality in the tunes. She has from his forthcoming EP. The song is a hazy collaborated with many established artists over rumination, where observations on the years, including Ross Ainslie, John McSherry, meaninglessness sit alongside optimism. Written Paul Meehan, Aidan O’Rourke, Carlos Nunez, alongside frequent collaborator and Idlewild Martin Green, Allan MacDonald. bandmate Andrew Mitchell and recorded in the www.aidanorourke.net latter's Dundee studio, it marks a departure www.brichaimbeul.com from Woomble's traditional working methods with either piano or guitar. 23 APRIL www.facebook.com/RoddyWoomble Brookfield Knights presents ..... Letitia 17 APRIL VanSant (duo) :: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant first came RAB NOAKES - Celebrating The 50th to prominence in 2017 when she won the Anniversary of my first LP ‘Do you see the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Song-writing lights? :: At Backstage at The Green, Kinross. competition - an honour previously granted to 9pm, £18. Rab - “For me, 1969 ended with the many who went on to become big names, such preparation well underway for the recording as Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Since sessions for my first LP. I had signed a deal with releasing her debut album in Europe, the a production company called Lynx and their deal powerfully impressive singer-song-writer has was with Decca Records. The studio was the won a legion of new fans…and many glowing renowned Craighall Studios in Edinburgh. It was reviews. Last time she toured here with her recorded live, in the old-fashioned way, three band’s guitarist who also provided backing songs a session. The record was released in vocals -David McKindley-Ward - they made a big September of 1970 and I became a featured impact. It will be the same duo format again. recording artist. In this show, one set will be www.facebook.com/LetitiaVanSant devoted to the LP’s 12 songs in sequence. The www.brookfield-knights.com other set will feature songs from the period, many of which appeared on Demos & Rarities 24 APRIL Vol One. They include ‘Turn a deaf ear’, ‘(What would have happened) If I’d stayed around?’, Langtoun Jazz Fundraiser - Jazz Night with ‘November afternoon’, ‘Long time no see’, ‘It LOCARNO SWING + TIM SAUL QUARTET could be you’, ‘Looking up into the sun’, ‘Debts with special guest ANGELA DUNCAN :: At pile high’, ‘Taking the long way home’, ‘Long Windsor Hotel. 8pm. £15. way round’ and others.” Tickets @ www.facebook.com/langtounjazz www.mundellmusic.com www.rabnoakes.com 27 MARCH
Langtoun Jazz Fundraiser - Blues Night with MAIN STREET BLUES + WOLFTRAIN :: At Windsor Hotel. 8pm. £15. www.facebook.com/langtounjazz 21 MAY LAU 'Unplugged Tour' :: At The Tolbooth, Stirling. 7.30pm. For the first time in over a decade, Lau present an entirely acoustic tour. The pioneering Scottish folk trio have always experimented with sound and form; the results have always been complex and thrilling. Already acknowledged as phenomenal live performers Lau arrived at a new creative peak with 2019's Midnight and Closedown (Reveal Records). Now 2020's Unplugged concert tour sees traditional music's most celebrated innovators strip away their banks of electronics, loops and wild effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic. The approach is subtler, less about spectacle, more about close listening. In brash and polarised political times, here is the poetry of real instruments and considerate music making. www.facebook.com/LAUband 28 MAY Brookfield Knights presents ..... THUNDER AND RAIN with THE FRETLESS :: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. When RnR magazine told readers: “There’s something special happening here,” and Colorado band Thunder and Rain toured the UK early in 2019, it sparked interest from a music-loving public keen to encounter something special. Big crowds turned out to catch the band that Maverick magazine had described as “like The Stray Birds, with a slightly bigger sound.” No one was disappointed. When the reviews came in, they were filled with similar praise. Now, they return with a brand new album to promote, and aiming to impress again. www.facebook.com/thunderandrainco www.brookfield-knights.com 30 MAY Langtoun Jazz Fundraiser - THE RED HOT RHYTHM MAKERS :: At Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy. 2pm. £10. All female sextet focusing on music from the ground-breaking women of jazz and blues. www.facebook.com/langtounjazz 25 JUNE
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 20: fife + central + perthshire + tayside :: aberdeen + ne :: highlands + west RAB NOAKES - Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of my first LP ‘Do you see the lights? :: At Clarks on Lindsay Street, Dundee. Rab - “For me, 1969 ended with the preparation well underway for the recording sessions for my first LP. I had signed a deal with a production company called Lynx and their deal was with Decca Records. The studio was the renowned Craighall Studios in Edinburgh. It was recorded live, in the old-fashioned way, three songs a session. The record was released in September of 1970 and I became a featured recording artist. In this show, one set will be devoted to the LP’s 12 songs in sequence. The other set will feature songs from the period, many of which appeared on Demos & Rarities Vol One. They include ‘Turn a deaf ear’, ‘(What would have happened) If I’d stayed around?’, ‘November afternoon’, ‘Long time no see’, ‘It could be you’, ‘Looking up into the sun’, ‘Debts pile high’, ‘Taking the long way home’, ‘Long way round’ and others.” Tickets @ www.eventbrite.com www.rabnoakes.com 17 SEPTEMBER RAB NOAKES - Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of my first LP ‘Do you see the lights? :: At Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Rab - “For me, 1969 ended with the preparation well underway for the recording sessions for my first LP. I had signed a deal with a production company called Lynx and their deal was with Decca Records. The studio was the renowned Craighall Studios in Edinburgh. It was recorded live, in the old-fashioned way, three songs a session. The record was released in September of 1970 and I became a featured recording artist. In this show, one set will be devoted to the LP’s 12 songs in sequence. The other set will feature songs from the period, many of which appeared on Demos & Rarities Vol One. They include ‘Turn a deaf ear’, ‘(What would have happened) If I’d stayed around?’, ‘November afternoon’, ‘Long time no see’, ‘It could be you’, ‘Looking up into the sun’, ‘Debts pile high’, ‘Taking the long way home’, ‘Long way round’ and others.” Tickets @ www.kirkcaldyacousticmusicclub.co.uk www.rabnoakes.com
performed to both critical and audience acclaim at the end of 2015. Folk singer and songwriter King Creosote aka Kenneth Anderson from Fife, Scotland (born 1967) in his lengthy career has released over 40 studio albums and also been an integral member of the Scottish-Canadian band The Burns Unit. In the early stages of his career, Anderson played in many local Scottish bands such as Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khatoum Heroes and in 1995 he launched the record label Fence Collective with Johnny Lynch where he began producing and releasing material under the moniker King Creosote. www.facebook.com/kingcreosote
Aberdeen - named after the iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers, Almost Blue Promotions was set up with the aim of bringing Americana, Country, Roots gigs to Aberdeen on a regular basis. They regularly host artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK. www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions 30 MAY
Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE FRETLESS :: At Glenbuchat Hall, Strathdon. Multiple Juno Awards-winning Canadian supergroup, The Fretless, return to exhilarate audiences once again. The buzz they generated 8 MAY at Celtic Connections Festival was amazing, completely confirming all that had been written Brookfield Knights presents ..... THUNDER about them. The same happened after they AND RAIN :: At The Tin Hut, Gartly. When RnR appeared as one of the main visiting attractions magazine told readers: “There’s something at Shetland Folk Festival and Edinburgh’s annual special happening here,” and Colorado band Tradfest event. After they took the prestigious Thunder and Rain toured the UK early in 2019, it Baltimore Fiddle Fair in Cork, by storm, sparked interest from a music-loving public keen organiser Declan McCarthy said: “In a weekend to encounter something special. Big crowds full of highlights, The Fretless were many turned out to catch the band that Maverick people’s favourite. We’d have them back magazine had described as “like The Stray Birds, anytime!” with a slightly bigger sound.” No one was www.facebook.com/thefretless disappointed. When the reviews came in, they www.brookfield-knights.com were filled with similar praise. Now, they return with a brand new album to promote, and aiming to impress again. www.facebook.com/thunderandrainco www.brookfield-knights.com 11 APRIL Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... JEFFREY FOUCAULT with RY CAVANAUGH (Session Americana) :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 7.30pm. ABP bringing Country/ Americana/Folk/Roots music gigs to Aberdeen named after the iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers, Almost Blue Promotions was set up with the aim of bringing Americana, Country, Roots gigs to Aberdeen on a regular basis. They regularly host artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK. www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions
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The Classic Rock Show UK Tour 2020 :: At Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. The Classic Rock Show returns to the UK with an amazing new live production celebrating the very best of the best of Classic Rock. Paying tribute to many of the world's all time classic rock greats, The 15 APRIL Classic Rock Show's musicians power through legendary performances from the likes of Led Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... AMBER CROSS :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Eric Clapton, 7.30pm. ABP bringing Country/Americana/Folk/ AC/DC, Queen, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Roots music gigs to Aberdeen - named after the The Who, plus much much more. Performed with note-for-note precision, bringing the original iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers, Almost Blue Promotions was set up with the aim iconic and era defining recordings back to life on stage, with a sound and light show to match. of bringing Americana, Country, Roots gigs to Aberdeen on a regular basis. They regularly host Anthem after anthem, riff after riff and solo after Send us all your gig dates for artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK. solo, The Classic Rock Show takes you on a Aberdeenshire and the musical journey through two and a half hours of www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions north east area Classic Rock's finest moments culminating in a show-stopping guitar duel that is definitely not 10 MAY Email them to Carol to be missed. A real gem of a rock show - sore throat guaranteed! Brookfield Knights presents ..... THUNDER carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com www.theclassicrockshow.com AND RAIN :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. When RnR magazine told readers: “There’s 7 MARCH 29 FEBRUARY something special happening here,” and Colorado band Thunder and Rain toured the UK Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... AGS FERGUS MCCREADIE TRIO :: At St. Giles early in 2019, it sparked interest from a musicCONNOLLY :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Church, Elgin. 7:30pm. The Fergus McCreadie’s 7.30pm. ABP bringing Country/Americana/Folk/ loving public keen to encounter something Roots music gigs to Aberdeen - named after the special. Big crowds turned out to catch the band trio have been leading the exciting young wave currently energising the Scottish jazz scene and that Maverick magazine had described as “like iconic Elvis Costello album of Country covers, audiences can expect a great night of top class The Stray Birds, with a slightly bigger sound.” Almost Blue Promotions was set up with the aim musicianship and jazz favourites from the multiNo one was disappointed. When the reviews of bringing Americana, Country, Roots gigs to award-winning pianist and his band. One of came in, they were filled with similar praise. Aberdeen on a regular basis. They regularly host Scotland’s most exciting young talents, Fergus Now, they return with a brand new album to artists from the US & Canada as well as the UK. was born in Jamestown, near Strathpeffer and promote, and aiming to impress again. www.facebook.com/AlmostBluePromotions grew up in Dollar. His band has performed at the www.facebook.com/thunderandrainco Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, Aberdeen and Islay www.brookfield-knights.com 9 MARCH jazz festivals regularly and has toured in Norway, Sweden, Lithuania and Estonia. The 16 MAY KING CREOSOTE :: At Music Hall, Aberdeen. group has also appeared at Oslo and Stockholm For the first time in over five years the stunning Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... JOHN jazz festivals and the Ronnie Scott’s Scottish archive film From Scotland With Love, International Piano Trio Festival. His trio with by director Virginia Heath with musical score by MILLER AND HIS COUNTRY CASUALS :: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 7.30pm. ABP bringing David Bowden (bass) and Stephen Henderson King Creosote, will be performed live in March (drums) also made the shortlist for the Scottish Country/Americana/Folk/Roots music gigs to 2020. From Scotland With Love was last
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 22: highlands + west coast + moray :: west coast islands + orkney + shetland Album of the Year Award 2019. Tickets cost £15 and are available from IT Central, South Street Elgin and @ www.forteproductions.co.uk www.fergusmccreadie.co.uk 8 MARCH KING CREOSOTE :: At Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. For the first time in over five years the stunning Scottish archive film From Scotland With Love, by director Virginia Heath with musical score by King Creosote, will be performed live in March 2020. From Scotland With Love was last performed to both critical and audience acclaim at the end of 2015. Folk singer and songwriter King Creosote aka Kenneth Anderson from Fife, Scotland (born 1967) in his lengthy career has released over 40 studio albums and also been an integral member of the Scottish-Canadian band The Burns Unit. In the early stages of his career, Anderson played in many local Scottish bands such as Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khatoum Heroes and in 1995 he launched the record label Fence Collective with Johnny Lynch where he began producing and releasing material under the moniker King Creosote. www.facebook.com/kingcreosote 15 MARCH YORKSTON/THORNE/KHAN :: At Old Bridge Inn, Inverness. Yorkston / Thorne / Khan are set to play a string of dates accross the UK in support of their most recent album Navarasa: Nine Emotions. The record tackles Robert Burns and Sufi poetry via Dick Gaughan and Amīr Khusrow Dehlavī, traditional Scottish songs, ragas and their own spidery compositions. www.yorkstonthornekhan.com/#
Anniversary of my first LP ‘Do you see the lights? :: At Ceilidh Place, Ullapool. Rab - “For me, 1969 ended with the preparation well underway for the recording sessions for my first LP. I had signed a deal with a production company called Lynx and their deal was with Decca Records. The studio was the renowned Craighall Studios in Edinburgh. It was recorded live, in the old-fashioned way, three songs a session. The record was released in September of 1970 and I became a featured recording artist. In this show, one set will be devoted to the LP’s 12 songs in sequence. The other set will feature songs from the period, many of which appeared on Demos & Rarities Vol One. They include ‘Turn a deaf ear’, ‘(What would have happened) If I’d stayed around?’, ‘November afternoon’, ‘Long time no see’, ‘It could be you’, ‘Looking up into the sun’, ‘Debts pile high’, ‘Taking the long way home’, ‘Long way round’ and others.” Tickets @ www.theceilidhplace.com www.rabnoakes.com
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rumination, where observations on meaninglessness sit alongside optimism. Written alongside frequent collaborator and Idlewild bandmate Andrew Mitchell and recorded in the latter's Dundee studio, it marks a departure from Woomble's traditional working methods with either piano or guitar. www.facebook.com/RoddyWoomble 16 APRIL BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL & AIDAN O’ROURKE :: At Aros, Portree, Isle of Skye. Winner of the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 – Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic speaker, her style is rooted in her indigenous language and culture, but draws inspiration from a variety of piping traditions such as from Cape Breton, Eastern Europe and Ireland. Her debut album ‘The Reeling’ has had an extraordinary response since it’s launch at a sold out Celtic Connections show at the start of 2019. She was joined on the recording by violinist Aidan O’Rourke from experimental folk trio Lau, who also produced the album. Working closely with Aidan O’Rourke, Brìghde has devised a completely new way of arranging for pipe music that emphasises the rich textural drones of the smallpipes; the constancy of sound that creates a trance-like quality in the tunes. She has collaborated with many established artists over the years, including Ross Ainslie, John McSherry, Paul Meehan, Aidan O’Rourke, Carlos Nunez, Martin Green, Allan MacDonald. www.aidanorourke.net www.brichaimbeul.com
Isle of Bute …. Transclyde Music is a group of like minded 17 APRIL people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to promote live music on the island. For their latest BRÌGHDE CHAIMBEUL & AIDAN gig news go to …. O’ROURKE :: At Seall, Sleat, Isle of Skye. www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic 9 MAY Winner of the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019 – Brìghde Chaimbeul is one of Isle of Bute …. Brookfield Knights presents ..... THUNDER Scotland’s fastest rising stars. A native Gaelic Transclyde Music is a group of like minded AND RAIN :: At Universal Hall, Findhorn. When speaker, her style is rooted in her indigenous people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to RnR magazine told readers: “There’s something language and culture, but draws inspiration from promote live music on the island. For their latest special happening here,” and Colorado band a variety of piping traditions such as from Cape gig news go to …. Thunder and Rain toured the UK early in 2019, it Breton, Eastern Europe and Ireland. Her debut www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic sparked interest from a music-loving public keen album ‘The Reeling’ has had an extraordinary to encounter something special. Big crowds response since it’s launch at a sold out Celtic 26 MARCH turned out to catch the band that Maverick Connections show at the start of 2019. She was magazine had described as “like The Stray Birds, joined on the recording by violinist Aidan RODDY WOOMBLE :: At The String, Lerwick, with a slightly bigger sound.” No one was O’Rourke from experimental folk trio Lau, who Shetland. Minimal and hypnotic, it's neither song disappointed. When the reviews came in, they also produced the album. Working closely with nor poem, and serves as the perfect taster for were filled with similar praise. Now, they return Aidan O’Rourke, Brìghde has devised a the rest of Roddy Woomble's new EP and with a brand new album to promote, and aiming completely new way of arranging for pipe music forthcoming UK tour with Andrew Mitchell. to impress again. that emphasises the rich textural drones of the "Spontaneous and creative" is how he describes www.facebook.com/thunderandrainco smallpipes; the constancy of sound that creates their collaboration - qualities now applied to the www.brookfield-knights.com a trance-like quality in the tunes. She has latest chapter of one of Scotland's most collaborated with many established artists over acclaimed artists. "Everyday Sun" is a new single 21 JULY the years, including Ross Ainslie, John McSherry, from Roddy Woomble, and the first taken from Paul Meehan, Aidan O’Rourke, Carlos Nunez, his forthcoming EP. The song is a hazy RAB NOAKES - Celebrating The 50th Martin Green, Allan MacDonald.
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Night Train Jam Session :: At The Red Lion, Prestwick - 9:30pm. Every Thursday - Night Train Jam Session, plug in and play, musicians Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE and bands welcome! FRETLESS :: At Mareel, Shetland. Multiple Juno www.facebook.com/pages/Red-LionAwards-winning Canadian supergroup, The Prestwick/405633106305386 Fretless, return to exhilarate audiences once again. The buzz they generated at Celtic 15 FEBRUARY Connections Festival was amazing, completely confirming all that had been written about them. BADSTONE :: At Thornhill Bowling Club, The same happened after they appeared as one Dumfriesshire 8:30pm. This group of seasoned of the main visiting attractions at Shetland Folk musicians play a wide variety of music from the Festival and Edinburgh’s annual Tradfest event. likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin After they took the prestigious Baltimore Fiddle Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Fair in Cork, by storm, organiser Declan Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie McCarthy said: “In a weekend full of highlights, Wonder and more. The Fretless were many people’s favourite. We’d www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band have them back anytime!” www.facebook.com/thefretless 20 FEBRUARY www.brookfield-knights.com Night Train Jam Session :: At The Red Lion, 29 MAY Prestwick - 9:30pm. Every Thursday - Night Train Jam Session, plug in and play, musicians Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE and bands welcome! FRETLESS :: At The String, Lerwick, Shetland. www.facebook.com/pages/Red-LionMultiple Juno Awards-winning Canadian Prestwick/405633106305386 supergroup, The Fretless, return to exhilarate audiences once again. The buzz they generated 27 FEBRUARY at Celtic Connections Festival was amazing, completely confirming all that had been written Night Train Jam Session :: At The Red Lion, about them. The same happened after they Prestwick - 9:30pm. Every Thursday - Night appeared as one of the main visiting attractions Train Jam Session, plug in and play, musicians at Shetland Folk Festival and Edinburgh’s annual and bands welcome! Tradfest event. After they took the prestigious www.facebook.com/pages/Red-LionBaltimore Fiddle Fair in Cork, by storm, Prestwick/405633106305386 organiser Declan McCarthy said: “In a weekend full of highlights, The Fretless were many 29 FEBRUARY people’s favourite. We’d have them back anytime!” BADSTONE :: At Black Bull, Darvel 9pm. This www.facebook.com/thefretless group of seasoned musicians play a wide variety www.brookfield-knights.com of music from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie Wonder and more. www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band 28 MAY
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17 MARCH Brookfield Knights presents ..... BRONWYNNE BRENT :: At Craigdarroch Arms Hotel, Moniave. Mississippi Delta songbird Bronwynne Brent returns to these shores with a brand new album to promote, and those who have enjoyed privileged access to finished tracks pre-release are saying it's a stunner. Bronwynne will once again be joined by other musicians to complete these dates in trio format. The muchanticipated new album is sure to attract a lot of
media attention. BBC's Bob Harris and other nationwide radio presenters have continued to feature her music on a regular basis. www.facebook.com/BronwynneBrentMusic www.brookfield-knights.com 10 APRIL RODDY WOOMBLE :: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Minimal and hypnotic, it's neither song nor poem, and serves as the perfect taster for the rest of Roddy Woomble's new EP and forthcoming UK tour with Andrew Mitchell. "Spontaneous and creative" is how he describes their collaboration - qualities now applied to the latest chapter of one of Scotland's most acclaimed artists. "Everyday Sun" is a new single from Roddy Woomble, and the first taken from his forthcoming EP. The song is a hazy rumination, where observations on meaninglessness sit alongside optimism. Written alongside frequent collaborator and Idlewild bandmate Andrew Mitchell and recorded in the latter's Dundee studio, it marks a departure from Woomble's traditional working methods with either piano or guitar. www.facebook.com/RoddyWoomble 11 APRIL RODDY WOOMBLE :: At Catstrand Arts Centre, Castle Douglas. Minimal and hypnotic, it's neither song nor poem, and serves as the perfect taster for the rest of Roddy Woomble's new EP and forthcoming UK tour with Andrew Mitchell. "Spontaneous and creative" is how he describes their collaboration - qualities now applied to the latest chapter of one of Scotland's most acclaimed artists. "Everyday Sun" is a new single from Roddy Woomble, and the first taken from his forthcoming EP. The song is a hazy rumination, where observations on meaninglessness sit alongside optimism. Written alongside frequent collaborator and Idlewild bandmate Andrew Mitchell and recorded in the latter's Dundee studio, it marks a departure from Woomble's traditional working methods with either piano or guitar. www.facebook.com/RoddyWoomble 26 APRIL Brookfield Knights presents ..... Letitia VanSant (duo) :: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. Baltimore’s Letitia VanSant first came to prominence in 2017 when she won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Song-writing competition - an honour previously granted to many who went on to become big names, such as Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Since
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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 24: ayrshire + dumfriesshire :: scottish borders :: + 1 hr over border releasing her debut album in Europe, the powerfully impressive singer-song-writer has won a legion of new fans…and many glowing reviews. Last time she toured here with her band’s guitarist who also provided backing vocals -David McKindley-Ward - they made a big impact. It will be the same duo format again. www.facebook.com/LetitiaVanSant www.brookfield-knights.com
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carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 8 FEBRUARY The String Jam Club presents ..... AMY DUNCAN :: At The County Hotel, 1-5 High Street, Market Square, Selkirk. Scottish artist Amy Duncan writes emotive songs, combining intimate vocals, guitar, electric upright bass, synths, and piano creating a distinctive folk-pop sound. You can expect skilful and tasteful use of the instruments and vocal loops to provide multilayered textured arrangements for her affecting lyrics and haunting songs. Amy’s debut album 'Pilgrimage' was released on US label Plain Recordings in 2006 after they discovered her home recordings on My Space. Amy self-released a further 2 albums achieving TV placements on BBC 3 Lip Service and the Netflix version of 'Charmed'. Creative Scotland funding made it possible for Amy to work with producer Calum Malcolm (The Blue Nile) leading to Amy's 4th album 'Cycles of Life' being released on Linn Records (2013). As a result Amy was chosen by Showcase Scotland as one of two Scottish acts to perform at the Eastern Canadian Music Alliance (2014) and was part of the Made In Scotland Showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013 and 2014. Amy went on to record a further two albums with him including 'Undercurrents' (2016) which was released to great praise in 2016 and was featured in Folk Radio UK Top Ten Albums of 2016. The album was described as "a crystalline sound world, with confidently poised delivery and bittersweet delicacy" by The Scotsman and “spacey, introspective, contemplative, acoustic pop with touches of jazz and of classical minimalism” by fRoots. The follow-up release 'Antidote' (2017) received 4**** reviews in both Maverick & R2 Magazine as well as receiving widespread airplay. Amy is currently working with an animator on a series of music videos inspired by her abstract photography, to be released gradually throughout the year, culminating in an album release in summer 2020. We are greatly looking forward to Amy’s first visit to String Jam Club “the Borders haven of acoustic music” (The List) for a compelling evening of rich & heartfelt folk-pop. www.facebook.com/StringJamClub 15 FEBRUARY THE BOY WITH THE LION HEAD with HEADCLOUDS :: At Head of Steam Newcastle, 2 Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. 7.30pm. Tickets £5adv £6otd. The Boy with the Lion Head's new album 'A Half Remembered Dream' was out on Monday 13 January on all streaming platforms and can also be purchased via their bandcamp page. www.facebook.com/theboywiththelionhead
WILLE AND THE BANDITS :: At St Boswells Village Hall, Scottish Borders. 7.30pm. Wille and the Bandits are returning to St Boswells Live to do a concert in St Boswells Village Hall. www.willeandthebandits.com www.facebook.com/stboswellslive 14 MARCH The String Jam Club presents ..... DEAN OWENS & THE SOUTHERNERS :: At The County Hotel, 1-5 High Street, Market Square, Selkirk. “One of Scotland’s best troubadours fabulous.” (Bob Harris BBC) & Winner UK Song of the Year Award 2019 (UK Americana Music Association). Welcome return visit of the man from Leith, “one of the standout Americana artists this side of the pond” (Lonesome Highway). www.facebook.com/StringJamClub
Brookfield Knights presents ..... THUNDER AND RAIN with THE FRETLESS :: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. When RnR magazine told readers: “There’s something special happening here,” and Colorado band Thunder and Rain toured the UK early in 2019, it sparked interest from a music-loving public keen to encounter something special. Big crowds turned out to catch the band that Maverick magazine had described as “like The Stray Birds, with a slightly bigger sound.” No one was disappointed. When the reviews came in, they were filled with similar praise. Now, they return with a brand new album to promote, and aiming to impress again. www.facebook.com/thunderandrainco www.brookfield-knights.com 31 MAY
Brookfield Knights presents ..... THE FRETLESS :: At The Marquee and The Haining, Selkirk. Multiple Juno Awards-winning Canadian 27 MARCH supergroup, The Fretless, return to exhilarate audiences once again. The buzz they generated Reivers Concert with MCKERRON, BRECHIN at Celtic Connections Festival was amazing, AND O'HEADHRA :: At Evergreen Hall, Hawick. completely confirming all that had been written 7.30pm for 8pm. Fiery tunes and beautiful songs about them. The same happened after they from three of Scotland's finest musicians The appeared as one of the main visiting attractions Scottish Trad trio of Charlie McKerron (fiddle) , at Shetland Folk Festival and Edinburgh’s annual Sandy Brechin (piano accordion) and Brian O Tradfest event. After they took the prestigious hEadhra (guitar and vocals) draw on their years Baltimore Fiddle Fair in Cork, by storm, of experience and wealth of tunes and songs organiser Declan McCarthy said: “In a weekend from the Scots and Gaelic traditions. They are full of highlights, The Fretless were many each acclaimed composers in their own right and people’s favourite. We’d have them back incorporate many of their own tunes and songs anytime!” into their repertoire. They have delighted www.facebook.com/thefretless audiences in Scotland and abroad with their www.brookfield-knights.com amazing musicianship and lively performances. Each artist is also well known through their 26 JUNE work with other famous acts : Charlie performs with Capercaillie and Session A9' Sandy with DAVE ARCARI with BERNARD ALILSON :: At Burach and the Jimi Shandrix Experience and Cluny, Newcastle. Slide guitarist & songwriter Brian with Anam and Cruin. Tickets priced £15 @ Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as much to www.borderevents.com trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased 16 APRIL via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. “Dave plays like he got his skin turned DAVE ARCARI :: At The Cluny, 36 Lime St, inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside Newcastle Upon Tyne. 8pm. Slide guitarist & out too listening and it was all good. That boy songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.blues sounds owe as bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as a soul man…” Seasick Steve they do pre-war Delta blues and have been www.davearcari.com showcased via ten internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. “Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man…” Seasick Steve. www.davearcari.com 23 MAY LAU 'Unplugged Tour' :: At Sage Gateshead. 7.30pm. For the first time in over a decade, Lau present an entirely acoustic tour. The pioneering Scottish folk trio have always experimented with sound and form; the results have always been complex and thrilling. Already acknowledged as phenomenal live performers Lau arrived at a new creative peak with 2019's Midnight and Closedown (Reveal Records). Now 2020's Unplugged concert tour sees traditional music's most celebrated innovators strip away their banks of electronics, loops and wild effects. The trio of Kris Drever (guitar, vocals), Martin Green (accordion) and Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) feel drawn to a more raw and plain-speaking aesthetic. The approach is subtler, less about spectacle, more about close listening. In brash and polarised political times, here is the poetry of real instruments and considerate music making. www.facebook.com/LAUband
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the Scottish and UK folk calendars, and one of the highlights of Orkney’s diary of community events. An entirely voluntary run event, the festival annually attracts artists from all corners of FemmeFest the folk world - from leading international names Edinburgh to up and coming fresh faces - to Stromness, in 2 February Orkney’s West Mainland, for four days of conAs part of BBC Sounds Independent Venue Week certs, ceilidhs, clubs, sessions, talks and craic. Artists and audiences are welcomed by and into 2020, the Girls’ Rock School song-writing circle present FemmeFest: a full day festival of female Orkney’s own thriving folk scene, with Orcadian artists providing around two thirds of the festival identifying musicians playing original music, in programme. Line-up announced across DecemEdinburgh's Leith Depot. ber-March, with tickets on sale in April, around www.facebook.com/events/470962300159179/ six weeks ahead of the event.
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Cash Back in Fife Aberdour 6-8 March
Knockengorroch Festival Carsphairn Hills, Castle Douglas 21-24 May
The line-up for our 34th festival reflects the mix of traditional and electronic music from home A new festival with Rab Noakes, Ian Rankin, and abroad which makes this festival so special Dean Owens & The Celtabilly Allstars, Marha and we’re very excited to unveil the first names Healy, Hannah Rose Platt, The Marriage and David Latto at Woodside Hotel, Aberdour. A new on our bill for next year. We can’t wait to welcome familiar and new faces back to the event in festival celebrating the legacy of music legend May to experience the diversity, inclusiveness, Johnny Cash - his music, inspiration and his liberating atmosphere and musical celebration of family roots in the Kingdowm of Fife. A mix of original songs + songs written, inspired and cov- Knockengorroch.” ered by The Man in Black. Weekend accommodawww.knockengorroch.org.uk tion packages and individual gig tickets available. Info and ticket on link below.
The Gathering
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Inverness 30 May
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The Gathering Festival is set to return to The Northern Meeting Park in Inverness for its second outing on Saturday 30 May 2020 with a lineMànran :: 10 by the Ben up showcasing the very best traditional music, Fort William food & drink and crafts from the Highlands and across Scotland. The family friendly one day fes10-11 April Next year will mark ten years at the heart of the tival will feature a line-up including legendary Scottish trailblazers PEATBOG FAERIES who Scottish Traditional Music scene for folk supergroup Mànran. Having been in high demand as a have created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that have been live act across the world with shows in over 30 countries, the 7-piece are coming home to host embraced worldwide. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from jigs and reels through a star-studded two-day festival in Fort William on Friday and Saturday, 10-11 April. Joining the Dance Music, Jazz, African, and more, they will bring the sound of Scotland fresh-faced and band to celebrate their ten years at the top will be a host of talented friends, including long-time breathless to The Gathering. cohorts and internationally acclaimed, Skerrywww.thegatheringscotland.com vore, who will headline the Friday night.
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Orkney Folk Festival
Killin Music Festival
Orkney 21-24 May
Killin 19-21 June
One of Scotland’s longest-running folk festivals, celebrating its 38th outing in 2020, the Orkney Folk Festival is one of the most prolific events in
Year 5 for Killin Music Festival promises to bring another exciting weekend to the heart of Scot-
land in June 2020. Lineup will be announced, and tickets will go on sale, towards the end of 2019. www.killinmusicfestival.com
JULY Stonehaven Folk Festival Stonehaven 9-12 July
The pretty North East coastal town of Stonehaven comes alive with a vibrant mix of traditional and contemporary “Folk” music and song ….. concerts, ceilidh, sessions, singarounds, workshops, the famous aqua ceilidh and world paper’n’comb championships! www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
Tiree Music Festival Tiree 10-12 July
The festival offers a diverse programme with a mixture of genres including folk, pop and indie. Artists across the years have included The Fratellis, Dougie MacLean, Sharon Shannon, The Levellers, Capercaillie, Sandi Thom and Eddi Reader. With picture-perfect white sands and world-famous surf, a trip to Tiree Music Festival is a real Island adventure, often described as one of the most stunning festival locations in the world. Details of TMF2020 will be announced later in the year. www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
HebCelt
Stornoway 15-18 July Four day festival set against the unique backdrop of the Hebrides. Organised by the HCF Trust, this first festival was held in 1996 and now regularly attracts attendances of 14,000 over its four day run. Wild, but not a bit woolly, this festival has built up a fabulously loyal audience locally and from across the world, many of whom have Hebridean ties, many of whom just love coming here and joining in the great party. www.hebceltfest.com
Doune the Rabbit Hole Stirling 17-19 July
Iconic Glasgow indie band Belle and Sebastian will headline Scotland’s Doune the Rabbit Hole Edinburgh festival in 2020 which is held at the Cardross EsScottish supergroup Skerryvore will celebrate tate in Stirlingshire taking place from 17-19 July. their 15th anniversary next year with a special 1-11 May The Brit Award winners re-leased latest album one-day festival branded ‘XV’ in the beautiful Edinburgh Tradfest has a rich story. With its longer tap roots in the Edinburgh Folk Festival, it grounds of Inveraray Castle, Argyll. Taking place Days of the Bagnold Summer earlier this year on Saturday 6 June, this unmissable day of cele- following three-part EP How To Solve Our Human was launched by Traditional Arts and Culture Problems Parts 1, 2 & 3 and launched Mediterrabrations will see Skerryvore welcome to the Scotland (TRACS) in 2013 to provide a distinctive platform for folk arts in the capital city. Ed- stage 15 special guests and acts who they have nean music cruise The Boaty Weekender. Also worked with over their 15 years at the centre of headlining are bold, provocative Moscow based inburgh is a hot house of talent, home grown activist art collective Pussy Riot whose members the contemporary Scottish traditional music and visiting, and Tradfest is an opportunity to were famously convicted under Putin’s regime. scene. see it all in play. www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk
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