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DEAN OWENS playing at Lerwick's Mareel in Shetland, check out his upcoming gigs @ http://www.deanowens.com/ : photo by David Gardner

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EDINBURGH + Mid - East - West Lothian Send us all your gig dates for Edinburgh and Lothians area.

Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 12 JUNE DEAN OWENS: At Thomas Morton Hall (Leith Festival), Edinburgh, 8pm. 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. www.deanowens.com

At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8pm - late / tickets £10 www.summerhall.co.uk FROM THE JAM featuring BRUCE FOXTON & RUSSELL HASTINGS: At Howden Park Centre, West Lothian, Tickets: £22.50, Box Office: 01506 777666.

From The Jam, featuring former The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings, with their ‘That’s Entertainment’ Acoustic Tour. www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk www.fromthejam.com 19 JUNE SOULACOASTER; Times: TBC in The Ballroom. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh.

Admission price TBC. Over 18 only.

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MAIRI ORR: At Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms, 7.30pm.

Echoes of folk and Americana from Scottish singer songwriter Mairi Orr, featuring full band line up of Steven Polwart, Mattie Foulds, Nico Bruce, Dave THE WYNNTOWN MARSHALS /DROPKICK; From Currie and Eilidh Shaw. Tickets £8 advance / £10 at 7.30pm in The Ballroom. Advance tickets £10 stbf available from Ripping Records. Buy online here. Over door. Available from www.wegottickets.com/event/317214 18 only. www.thevoodoorooms.com www.facebook.com/mairiorrmusic THE DOMESTICS: Playing a set at Loanhead Music Festival Friday Night Concert. Starts at 7.30pm (doors THE DOMESTICS with THE SILVER DARLINGS: At open at 7.00) and ends at 11.00pm. Also appearing 'Saturday Night Live' at The Dalriada - The Dalriada are THE GOAT ROPER RODEO BAND (from Wales) DEREK SMITH'S MAIN STREET BLUES, and DIETZ Bar, 77 The Promenade, Portobello, 9-11pm. Free. www.facebook.com/wearethedomestics & KLEIN. www.loanheadfest.co.uk www.facebook.com/wearethedomestics 13 JUNE TAV FALCO & PANTHER BURNS, plus support from THE CHARLES RANDOLPH RIVERS SLIM RHYTHM REVUE: At The Mash House, Edinburgh, Doors 7pm, tickets £12.50. The gig will be preceded by the Scottish premiere of Tav Falco's new feature film, Urania Descending, with an introduction from the man himself. This will take place at 5pm in the Mash House Screening Room, and will cost £5 or £3.50 for ticket holders for the gig. www.facebook.com/events/377650295758904/ 17 JUNE KARINE POLWART TRIO, LOVE MUSIC COMMUNITY CHOIR, BIG PROJECT YOUTH CHOIR and DAVE MILLIGAN: At Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2EA, 7.30pm. Conducted by Stephen Deazley - "Karine Polwart will share the Usher Hall stage and her powerful melodies with two of Edinburgh’s more remarkable community singing initiatives. The formidable, 330–strong Love Music Community Choir and the inspiring BIG Project Youth Choir will join Karine to sing a selection of songs specially arranged by Love Music Artistic Director Stephen Deazley, followed by a stirring set by the Karine Polwart Trio. Dave Milligan, Scottish jazz legend and Love Music pianist will join the choir on stage." Tickets: £20-£6 or free for unwaged, children, or a disabled person's companion @ http://usherhall.co.uk www.choir.lovemusic.org.uk/events

USED BLUES: At Whistlebinkies, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1LL. 7pm- 8:30pm. Free. www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow 21 JUNE EDINBURGH BLUES CLUB with special guests Laurence Jones /Blueprint; From 7.15pm in The Ballroom. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. Advance tickets £10 stbf available from The Voodoo Rooms, Ripping Records, Tickets Scotland, Ticketweb. Over 18 only.

KATHRYN WILLIAMS From 7.30pm in The Speakeasy. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. Advance tickets £14 stbf available from Ripping Records. Buy online here. Over 18 only.

22 JUNE THE BISCUIT TIN COLLECTIVE; From 7.30pm in The Ballroom. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh. Admission price TBC. Over 18 only.

26 JUNE THE BLUESBROKER EXPERIENCE; Times: TBC in The Speakeasy. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh.

STILLMARILLION; From 8pm in The Ballroom. The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh.

Advance tickets £10 stbf. Over 18 only.

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Soundhouse presents ….. SAMBA SENE + BAOBAB GATEWAY: At The Traverse Bar, 8pm, £10.

Summerhall presents ‘Nothing Ever Happens Here’ with JAMES BLACKSHAW and YUSEF AZAK: We’re looking forward to a special Africa night,

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headlining is charismatic Senegalese singer Samba Sene with Diwan, a diverse international collection of musicians, who share a global outlook and love of West African rhythms.

Exuberant fusion of funky mbalax/Afrobeat grooves, with undercurrents of ska and reggae; original songs with impassioned vocals, infectious guitar licks and irresistible dance grooves. In support are Baobab Gateway, a Scottish band inspired by West African sounds.

They create mesmerising music out of the interaction of gut stringed and metal pronged instruments from Uganda and Mali. www.soundhouse.org.uk

stories of the last 10 years. Hailing from Cumbria, via Leeds and now London, and signed to Domino Records, the four piece have slowly built up a reputation for minimalist, progressive pop music over four increasingly acclaimed albums, the last of which, last year’s Present Tense, topped many end of year album polls.

From the swooping falsetto of “Albatross” to the pulsating “Wanderlust”, this will be one of the gigs of the year. www.summerhall.co.uk 16 JULY

THE DARK JOKES: At St. Stephens Church (800 capacity venue), Edinburgh. The Dark Jokes are a formidable three piece, who fuse Soundhouse presents ….. AS THE CROW drums, bass and fx layered electric guitar with FLIES: At The Traverse Bar, 8pm, £10. Making three part harmonies and samples, creating their Soundhouse debut is As the Crow Flies, an their very own unique style of alternative rock. exciting band bringing together some of the top Just about to release their third and final single, young players from both sides of the North Sea. ‘Divide’ from their critically acclaimed debut The critically acclaimed Scotland-based duo of album ‘EKCO Transmissions’.

Rona Wilkie and Marit Fält join forces with award www.thedarkjokes.com winning Norwegian fiddle players and singers, Maja Toresen and Nina Fjeldet. Collectively, As 20 JULY the Crow Flies brings their talents and LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At experiences together to create a new sound.

Traverse Bar, Edinburgh. One of the most Four voices, three fiddles and a mandola – this exciting emerging bands on the American roots is music to immerse yourself in. music circuit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys have www.soundhouse.org.uk begun to spread their wings and soar far beyond their own home turf, taking Germany by storm 15 JULY to emerge triumphant from a major tour there in Summerhall presents ‘Nothing Ever 2014. www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html Happens Here’ with WILD BEASTS: At Dissection Room at Summerhall, Edinburgh.

24-25 JULY 8pm til late. £18.50 (£20 door). Wild Beasts have been one of British music’s great success 13 JULY

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Cross The Tracks (Edinburgh Jazz Fest) with HIDDEN ORCHESTRA, FALTY DL, FATSUIT, ROMARE (LIVE), MELT YOURSELF DOWN, DJ FORMAT & MANY MORE: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. www.summerhall.co.uk 31 JULY Nothing Ever Happens Here @ Summerhall: Food Bank Benefit Concert, Various Artists tbc.

At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8pm - late / tickets £10 www.summerhall.co.uk 6-30 AUGUST Sinatra: 100 Years: At Assembly Rooms (Fringe Venue 20, 54 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2LR) (excluding August 17) at 9pm (doors at 8.50pm; show length 60mins). £10 (£9 concession). Bookings: 0844 693 3008. Sinatra: 100 Years is top British singer Todd Gordon’s personal homage to his biggest musical influence. Having started his career performing Ol’ Blue Eyes’ hits in his own similarly swinging style, debonair crooner Gordon returns to this repertoire to celebrate his hero’s centenary.

Expect a show that spans the Sinatra hit parade, from his first hit, 1939’s All or Nothing at All, through such classic 1950s material as Witchcraft and You Make Me Feel So Young, to his big late-career, show-signature songs New York, New York and My Way. https://twitter.com/sinatra100years www.toddgordon.com 10 AUGUST

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Alba: Songs of Scotland: The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, directed by Tommy Smith with special guest Eddi Reader. At Queen’s Hall (part of Edinburgh Fringe), 7.30pm. The SNJO celebrates its twentieth anniversary in adventurous style by extensively touring Scotland and they will be joined for eleven nights of amazing music by Eddi Reader in an enticing concert series performed in the heartlands of musical tradition. www.snjo.co.uk www.thequeenshall.net 11 AUGUST LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At The Spiegletent, Fringe By The Sea, North Berwick.

One of the most exciting emerging bands on the American roots music circuit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys have begun to spread their wings and soar far beyond their own home turf, taking Germany by storm to emerge triumphant from a major tour there in 2014. www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html

12 SEPTEMBER 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 Kirkliston Community Centre, Queensferry Rd, Kirkliston. cld-kirkliston@ea.edin.sch.uk www.davearcari.com

GLASGOW AREA Send us all your gig dates for Glasgow and West Coast area Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com

Glasgow. Ticket Price: £6.00 - £10.00. Time 8.30pm. Box office call 0333 666 3366 or book online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/boxoffice www.cottierchamberproject.com www.rednoteensemble.com THE MIRROR TRAP / Take Tonight / The Heathen Club / Caves - Part Of Jack Rocks Tuts. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £6.50 TETTARA / special guests; Tettara and pals rock up to rock out in the venue tonight! What do they have in store? All will be revealed. Be there at 8pm! 13th Note, 50-60 King Street, Glasgow.

13 JUNE Pretty Ugly Presents: Acceptable in the 90's: At Downstairs at The Admiral Bar, 72a Waterloo Street, Glasgow. 11pm - 3am. From Baggy to Britpop, Riot Grrrl to Grunge, Acid House to Girl Power we will be celebrating all that 90's music had to offer. Expect to hear: NTrance, Kenickie, Stone Roses, Neneh Cherry, Backstreet Boys, Technotronic, Betty Boo, N*Sync, Lush, Destiny's Child, KLF, Bikini Kill, En Vogue, Nirvana, The Lemonheads, Jay Z, The Shamen, Snoop Dogg, The Breeders, Elastica, Hole, Ash, Teenage Fanclub, Pixies, All Saints, Mansun, The Cure, Supergrass, Erasure, Pulp, Snap, TLC, Bis, Madonna, Kylie, Sleeper, Spice Girls, No Doubt, PJ Harvey, Belly. £6 or £5 before midnight/students www.prettyuglyclub.co.uk DANIEL ROMANO / Flew The Arrow / Something, Someone; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 23.59pm. Tickets £12.00

THISCLOSE / BRIANDEATH / SICK OF TALK; ALRIGHT! Scottish D-beat wingnuts 12 JUNE THISCLOSE are poised to unleash ‘Chapter III’ of their epic chronicles in falsetto hardcore punk RED NOTE ENSEMBLE IMPROV MUSIC THEATRE; Composer, pianist and Belfast Music and we’re super pumped to be hosting it!

They’ve also roped in their own ex-axeman Laureate Brian Irvine joins the players of Red Brian Curran to whip out fully electrified versions Note and our cast of actors for a night of of his raw acoustic wizardry in the shape of improvised contemporary music theatre. Past BRIANDEATH! And the second, third, fourth and years have seen trips to Mars, the French fifth hottest boys in the punk rock underworld revolution, the banking crash and an unlikely romance in Paisley...who knows what 2015 will SICK OF TALK will be kicking against the pricks hold?! Artists: Brian Irvine - Piano/director, Greg and talking you to thrash heaven! Limited edition version of ‘Chapter III’ will be available Lawson – Violin, Robert Irvine – Cello, Andy at the gig with lots of extra goodies. 13th Note, Saunders – Horn. Cottier's Theatre, 93-95 50-60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm. £5.

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14 JUNE USED BLUES: At Rockus, Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8LX. 8pm- 10pm. Free. www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow LITTLE BARRIE / Gil De Ray; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £10.00 15 JUNE MONEY FOR ROPE / TWIN MIRRORS / ENIGAMI / SWEET CREEP; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £6.00 18 JUNE JOHN J PRESLEY / Christie Connor-Vernal / The Outlawed; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm.

Tickets £7.00 RED SEAS FIRE / CLOCKWORK / COLOURS TO SHAME / MOUNTAINS UNDER OCEANS / NEMECYST; Metal of the tech-y, prog-y, math-y and that variety. 13th Note, 50-60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 7pm. £6.

19 JUNE LISBON / Indigo Velvet / Suspire / Other Humans; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £6.50 20 JUNE JAH WOBBLE & THE INVADERS OF THE HEART; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £15.00.

BLOWN OUT / BISMUTH / WRAITHS; All About the Riffs presents… BLOWN OUT: Heavy intergalactic psych-power trio from Newcastle upon Tyne. Heavy rolling basslines and waster infused guitar freakouts, all held together with steady freeform rhythms. Made up from members of BONG, Drunk In Hell, Haikai No Ku, 11Paranoias, Khunnt and PigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigs. Catch them before they jet off into the darkest, furthest corners of the cosmos. FFO: Hawkwind, MC5, Gnod, White Hills. / BISMUTH: Heavy, crushing drone doom.

Bismuth are an extremely heavy, extremely slow, and extremely loud drone duo from Nottingham. They use lots and lots of valve

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amps. They are quite probably the heaviest band in these lands. FFO: Earth, SUNNO))), Corrupted. / WRAITHS: Experimental ambient noise duo from Edinburgh. A searing soundtrack of desolate, nihilistic electronics through undulating sheets of ice cold atmosphere and haunting, claustrophobic dread. Total ritualistic drone evil. 13th Note, 50-60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm. £6 entry.

21 JUNE WE CAME FROM WOLVES: At Fanny by Gaslight, Kilmarnock. In their short time together, they have already tackled two UK tours, the first of which culminated in their first overseas show in Paris, and the second a nonstop 30 date jaunt taking them around the O2 Academy circuit and a selection of some of the best small venues in the UK. www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves OLD BOHEMIA / MAYOR STUBBS / MEGAN D; Old Bohemia: Old Bohemia are cooking up tasty, haunting, chewy, chunky, folk pop music being served as this week’s saviours of rock’n’roll! / Mayor Stubbs: Mayor Stubbs is an alternaive-folk musician from Lanarkshire, Scotland. An incredible guitarist who successfull blends accented, emotive vocals, strong songwriting and remarkable musicianship. / Megn D: Megan D is an Edinburgh based singer/ songwriter. Armed with her acoustic guitar, Megan manages to craft a narrative in her songwriting that flits between documenting astounding worldliness and yet still exposes her youthfulness. Doors: 13th Note, 50-60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm. £4.

26-28 JUNE ESTRELLA at Wildfire Festival: At Wiston Lodge, Millrig Road, Biggar, South Lanarkshire ML12 6HT. Three day Rock and Metal festival featuring over 50 acts from around the world including DIAMOND HEAD, TYGERS OF PAN TANG, BENEDICTUM, TEN, COLDSPELL and Scotland's very own ESTRELLA. Tickets and more details at ... www.estrellarocks.com www.wildfirefestival.co.uk 26 JUNE PAUL TASKER & JOHN ALEXANDER / SHIPCOTE AND FRIENDS. it's a folk Americana gig. A joint bill of featuring acoustic guitar duo Paul Tasker & John Alexander fingerpickin' the Scottish folk - blues, who are joined, for one night only, by the hot Geordie jazzy swingy country troupe Shipcote and friends. “[Paul Tasker] is as talented a guitarist as you’ll hear in many a moon” – R2 Magazine, UK. The State Bar, Holland Street, Glasgow.

Tickets are £7 in advance from Ticket Scotland (0141 204 5151) www.doghouseroses.org GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS / Fraser Murray / Ross Bingham; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm.

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request and give a similar gift?” www.peggyseeger.com HEADLESS KROSS (Album Launch) / BOSPHORUS / SKELETON GONG One of the singlest heaviest, heaviest, heeeeeaaaaaviest bands in this dear green place are launching a new album into the universe and the folks from the heavy, heavy, heeeeeaaaaavy Black Reach Promotions invite you to let your hair door and shake yourself into a bangover from here to hell! Check it! – Glasgow’s Headless Kross combine monolithic riffs, mind bending psychedelia and crust tinged freak-outs to give them their unique sound. Frequently described as ‘psychedelic doom’, swirling phasers and repetitive pounding rhythms give way to downtuned heaviness in a way that is somehow both tight and loose at the same time. / Skeleton Gong is a bong gonging, cyder abusing, wychfinding four-piece based in Glasgow, Scotland.

A mix of heavy sludge-doom with clean psychedelic intervals and a love for 70’s rock, loud guitars, pounding drums, analogue synths and gongs. / Bosphorus is a Glasgow based band comprising past and present members of What the Blood Revealed, Pilljaw and Bloodlunch. 13th Note, 50-60 King Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm.

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MAIRI ORR: At The Glad Cafe, Glasgow.

7.30pm. Echoes of folk and Americana from Scottish singer songwriter Mairi Orr, featuring 27 JUNE full band line up of Steven Polwart, Mattie LOUISE RUTKOWSKI; Former This Mortal Coil Foulds, Nico Bruce, Dave Currie and Eilidh Shaw. vocalist Louise Rutkowski presents her first solo Tickets £8 advance / £10 at door. Available from 24 JUNE album, “Diary of a Lost Girl”. At The Glad Cafe, www.wegottickets.com/event/318658 1006A Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow. 7pm. Tickets www.thegladcafe.co.uk Bach to Bartok with RED NOTE ENSEMBLE: £10 @ www.facebook.com/mairiorrmusic At Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow, 8.30pm (£12/£7). http://smarturl.it/Tickets27.06.15 Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting KOBRA AND THE LOTUS / Corrupt The www.louiserutkowski.co.uk programme of 20th Century masterworks System / Splintered Halo; King Tut's Wah interspersed with quartet transcriptions of PEGGY SEEGER in Scotland: At Glasgow’s Oran Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

Bach's iconic 'Goldberg Variations'.

Doors 8.30pm. Tickets £7.00 Mor. Mother and son team Peggy Seeger and www.rednoteensemble.com Calum Maccoll picked up the award for 'best 29 JUNE original song' at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, 25 JUNE for their hauntingly beautiful song 'Swim To The Star'. Peggy is on a 16-date UK tour to celebrate ERIC HUTCHINSON / Sean McAneny; King DEAD KENNEDYS; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, her 80th birthday, accompanied on stage by her Tut's Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow. Doors 8.30pm. sons, Calum and Neill MacColl. Both fine Glasgow. Doors 8pm. Tickets £13.50 Tickets £17.50 musicians in their own right, between them they’ve played with some of the biggest names 3 JULY AN OLD FRIEND / ANTON AND THE COLTS / in pop and folk music in the world. Peggy says THE BUDDHIST PUNKS; 13th Note, 50-60 “The boys asked what I wanted for my birthday. RSNO and Starcatchers present a live music King Street, Glasgow. Time 8pm.

I said it might be my last tour so I wanted them experience for under two’s: At Rutherglen £4 entry. to join me. How many other families are able to Town Hall, South Lanarkshire. Scotland’s little

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ones under 24 months have the opportunity to engage with a tailor-made live theatre and classical music experience in venues across the country. A trio of musicians will perform an original score, intertwined with a non-verbal narrative, which will take the audience on a journey in pursuit of the story’s lead character, a very inquisitive raccoon! www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk www.starcatchers.org.uk www.rsno.org.uk

HILLFOLK NOIR: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan . One of the hardest-working bands on the US roots music circuit, Hillfolk Noir have built themselves a huge Stateside following playing what has been described as music “filtered through a country-tinged, swampyswingin’, hillbilly-delta-blues-ragtime word machine”.

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LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At Kilbarchan (venue tbc). One of the most exciting RSNO and Starcatchers present a live music emerging bands on the American roots music circuit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys have begun experience for under two’s: At Lanark to spread their wings and soar far beyond their Memorial Hall, South Lanarkshire. Scotland’s little ones under 24 months have the opportunity own home turf, taking Germany by storm to emerge triumphant from a major tour there in to engage with a tailor-made live theatre and 2014. classical music experience in venues across the www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html country. A trio of musicians will perform an original score, intertwined with a non-verbal 8 AUGUST narrative, which will take the audience on a journey in pursuit of the story’s lead character, a DAVE ARCARI: At MugStock Festival, Milngavie. very inquisitive raccoon!

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13 JUNE TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA: At Perth Concert Hall. “Treacherous makes a very Scottish trance music with fevered banjo and accordion motifs, highly charged bagpipe licks, and driving and sometimes charmingly wayward fiddle lines The Herald. www.treacherousorchestra.com RSNO and Starcatchers present a live music experience for under two’s: At Adam Smith, Fife. Scotland’s little ones under 24 months have the opportunity to engage with a tailor-made live theatre and classical music experience in venues across the country. A trio of musicians will perform an original score, intertwined with a non-verbal narrative, which will take the audience on a journey in pursuit of the story’s lead character, a very inquisitive raccoon! www.onfife.com www.starcatchers.org.uk www.rsno.org.uk

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide …….. page 11: fife / central / perth / tayside 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.

Falkirk Town Hall. Westbridge St, Falkirk. Time 8pm. http://www.thekilkennys.com/ 14 JUNE 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.

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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 WE CAME FROM WOLVES: At Beat Generator, Dundee. In their short time together, they have already tackled two UK tours, the first of which culminated in their first overseas show in Paris, and the second a non-stop 30 date jaunt taking them around the O2 Academy circuit and a selection of some of the best small venues in the UK. www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves

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UK. Judges at the event will be Alice Marra from the www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves Hazey Janes, our local Singing Butcher, Iain Hunter, and Ian Dunnett, student at The Royal 19 JUNE Conservatoire of Scotland. Hog Roast, food and drink available. £5 (adult), £3 child (under 18) DEAN OWENS with WHISKY HEARTS BAND: www.kinrosswinterfestival.co.uk At Tolbooth, Stirling, 8pm. Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and USED BLUES: At The Cellar Bar, George Street, established singer songwriters, with fans Perth, PH1 5LB. 9:30pm- 11:30pm. Free. including Bob Harris, Irvine Welsh and Russell www.facebook.com/usedbluesglasgow 18 JUNE

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 20 JUNE WE CAME FROM WOLVES: At The Green Room, Perth. In their short time together, they have already tackled two UK tours, the first of which culminated in their first overseas show in Paris, and the second a non-stop 30 date jaunt taking them around the O2 Academy circuit and a selection of some of the best small venues in the UK. www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves 25 JUNE ROBYN STAPLETON: At Falkirk Town Hall (With Sing Forth Choir). Award-winning Scottish singer, Robyn is touring in support of her much anticipated debut album 'Filckle Fortune'. With an exceptional vocal quality, Robyn interprets some of Ireland and Scotland’s finest folk songs.

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DEAN OWENS: At Salutation Hotel (2pm) for the Southern Fried Festival, Perth. Velvetvoiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed and established singer songwriters, with fans including Bob Harris, 27 JUNE Irvine Welsh and Russell Brand. Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with RSNO and Starcatchers present a live a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from music experience for under two’s: At his Scottish roots, especially his home town Perth Concert Hall, Perth. Scotland’s little ones under 24 months have the opportunity of Leith. to engage with a tailor-made live theatre and www.deanowens.com classical music experience in venues across the country. A trio of musicians will perform 9 AUGUST an original score, intertwined with a nonverbal narrative, which will take the audience Steamer Lane and Radio West Fife presents ….. A Summer of Live Music on a journey in pursuit of the story’s lead with WOLVES, MOONLIGHT ZOO, character, a very inquisitive raccoon!

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28 JUNE https://m.facebook.com/ lazyafternoondunfermline LAU: At Stirling Tolbooth. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a 15 AUGUST European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At release in May 2015 on Reveal Records).

Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire. One of the www.lau-music.co.uk most exciting emerging bands on the American roots music circuit, Lindsay Lou & 2 JULY The Flatbellys have begun to spread their THE PATRICK MACDONALD COLLECTION wings and soar far beyond their own home turf, taking Germany by storm to emerge holds Scottish tunes believed to originate triumphant from a major tour there in 2014. from around the same time that Bach was www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html composing. Duncan Chisholm and cellist Philip Higham will create a unique 18th century fusion. Bach’s cello suites are made 7 NOVEMBER up of dances while the MacDonald Collection tunes are mostly songs without words – with DOUGIE MACLEAN & FRIENDS - BENNY GALLAGHER - KARINE POLWART, THE such wonderful players this will be a MAE TRIO, DALLAHAN, ELLIOTT ravishing event, in the lovely setting of St Monans Kirk. East Neuk Festival, St. Monans MORRIS: At Perth Concert Hall, 8.00pm.

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Aberdeen Lemon Tree, West North Street, Aberdeen. Time 8pm. http://www.thekilkennys.com/ 24 JUNE BRING IN THE SPIRIT - This trio is headed by Rod Paterson, widely recognised as the foremost male traditional singer in Scotland and a founder member of Jock Tamson's Bairns and the Easy Club. Kirsten Easdale, a founder member of top Celtic band Calasaig, has toured extensively and is renowned for her beautiful and powerful voice.

Gregor Lowery, one of Scotland's finest accordion players, completes the line-up: a star of stage, screen and television, he has played in various top bands including Blackeyed Biddy and Ceilidh Minogue, and in the TV programme Monarch of the Glen. Aberdeen Folk Club, Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen Admission £10 (members/concessions £8) 25 JUNE Bach to Bartok with RED NOTE ENSEMBLE: At Woodend Barn, Banchory, 8.30pm (£10/£5).

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In its 75th anniversary year, Aberdeen Opera Company present the UK amateur premiere of Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5: the Musical, the hilarious comedy based on the hit movie in which three office workers turn the tables on their egotistical boss, in His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday 28 JUNE and Saturday, and at 5pm and 8.30pm on Friday, with a 2.30pm Saturday matinee. Tickets PEGGY SEEGER in Scotland: At Aberdeen’s from Lemon Tree. Mother and son team Peggy Seeger www.aberdeenperformingarts.com or tel 01224 and Calum Maccoll picked up the award for 'best 641122 original song' at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, for their hauntingly beautiful song 'Swim To The 6 JULY Star'. Peggy is on a 16-date UK tour to celebrate her 80th birthday, accompanied on stage by her ROZI PLAIN: Aberdeen Performing Arts present sons, Calum and Neill MacColl. Both fine Freshly Squeezed with London-based musician musicians in their own right, between them Rozi Plain, with two albums to her credit, plus they’ve played with some of the biggest names support Lizabett Russo, in The Lemon Tree in pop and folk music in the world. Peggy says Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors at “The boys asked what I wanted for my birthday. 7.30pm. Tickets from I said it might be my last tour so I wanted them www.aberdeenperformingarts.com to join me. How many other families are able to request and give a similar gift?”

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Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. THE RED DIRT SKINNERS: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, 7.30pm, £10/ £8adv. Back for a third visit to Aberdeen, The Red Dirt Skinners just can't stay away ! By popular demand, the Skinners have released a live album (Live in Aberdeen 2014), a 15 track 'warts and all' album recorded live at the Blue Lamp in Aberdeen in July 2014. Once in a while, an artist comes along who simply doesn’t follow the rules. Winning 25 JULY National Awards in both Blues and Country, the Red Dirt Skinners are equally at home on a ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH festival stage, or in a folk club too. It’s not that FESTIVAL’S Welcome Ceremony, as Aberdeen they haven’t decided which genre they are, it’s officially welcomes hundreds of festival that they’re pro-actively developing a whole new participants from around the world to the city, in sound. Without fail, audiences are on their feet the Music Hall,, Union St Aberdeen at 11am. at the end of a Red Dirt Skinners show, and all Tickets from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com are saying the same thing... 'that’s refreshingly or tel 01224 641122 different'. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH www.reddirtskinners.com FESTIVAL presents Academic Zurich Orchestra, a group of 70 student and staff 13 AUGUST musicians ranked among the best amateur orchestras in Switzerland, in the Music Hall, LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At Aberdeen at 7.30am. Tickets from 01224 Glenbuchat Hall, Aberdeenshire. One of the most 641122 exciting emerging bands on the American roots www.aberdeenperformingarts.com music circuit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys have begun to spread their wings and soar far beyond 28 JULY their own home turf, taking Germany by storm to emerge triumphant from a major tour there in EVENING OF WORLD MUSIC Aberdeen 2014.

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Memphis soul, Greenwich Village folk and Nashville twang. Trooper has made an impact on the music scenes in all the places he’s lived since leaving home after high school: Austin, Texas, Lawrence, Kansas, Nashville and New York.

Music critics praise his poetic feel, infectious melodies and insightful lyrics. Americana star Buddy Miller produced 1998’s ‘Popular Demons’ album, while soul legend Dan Penn steered 2005’s extraordinary ‘Make It Through This World’. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com www.gregtrooper.com 23 OCTOBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. BEN ROGERS: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, 7.30pm, £10/ £8adv. Ben Rogers is a folk artist and classic storyteller with a voice like smoke damaged velvet soaked in Tennessee whiskey.

Trusty old acoustic guitar in hand and boots stomping out a steady rhythm, Ben can hypnotize audiences with his timeless tales of murder, betrayal, war, justice, love and the human condition, just like a modern day folk troubadour should and does. Rogers was raised, and is based in Vancouver, Canada, and though it’s a far cry from the back country roads of the southern US, he embodies the values and musicality of traditional folk, Americana and country, ala Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and George Jones, with a little Roger Miller and Tom Waits thrown in. That said, Ben is an individual as a performer, and possesses a careful balance of mystique, mischief and gentle kindness that emanates through all aspects of him. "The man’s dark charisma is something you need to experience live to fully appreciate," writes The Georgia Straight, who recently included him in their Best of Bands 2013. There’s a bright side to Ben as well; his sense of humor in writing and performance is as infectious as his songs. As American Roots UK writes: "He could turn out to be one of the best singer/songwriters of a generation." www.AlmostBluePromotions.com www.benrogersmusic.com

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LAU: At Mareel, Lerwick. Internationally acclaimed modern folk trio Lau announce a 17 JUNE European tour in support of their highly anticipated forthcoming new album (due for Alba: Songs of Scotland: The Scottish National release in May 2015 on Reveal Records).

Jazz Orchestra, directed by Tommy Smith with www.lau-music.co.uk special guest Eddi Reader. At Aros, Viewfield Rd, Portree, Skye, 7.30pm, 01478 613750. The 17 JULY SNJO celebrates its twentieth anniversary in adventurous style by extensively touring LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At Aros Scotland and they will be joined for eleven Centre, Isle of Skye. One of the most exciting

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18 JULY 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 – Royal George Hotel, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae. www.davearcari.com TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA: At HebCelt Festival. “Treacherous makes a very Scottish trance music with fevered banjo and accordion motifs, highly charged bagpipe licks, and driving and sometimes charmingly wayward fiddle lines - The Herald. www.treacherousorchestra.com LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At HebCelt Festival, Stornoway. One of the most exciting emerging bands on the American roots music circuit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys have begun to spread their wings and soar far beyond their own home turf, taking Germany by storm to emerge triumphant from a major tour there in 2014. www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours. html 19 JULY TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA: At Bute Festival.

“Treacherous makes a very Scottish trance music with fevered banjo and accordion motifs, highly charged bagpipe licks, and driving and sometimes charmingly wayward fiddle lines The Herald. www.treacherousorchestra.com 21 AUGUST ROBYN STAPLETON: At Red Roof Café, Skye.

Award-winning Scottish singer, Robyn is touring in support of her much anticipated debut album 'Filckle Fortune'. With an exceptional vocal quality, Robyn interprets some of Ireland and Scotland’s finest folk songs. From lively and spirited arrangements to sensitively accompanied ballads and unaccompanied laments. www.robynstapleton.com

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14 JUNE Crumbs & Cocktails presents ….. DOUBLE EXPERIENCE with THIS FAMILIAR SMILE and THE BELAFONTE: At Crumbs & Cocktails, Smith Street, Ayr, 8pm, £5 Entry on the door.

Double Experience will be bringing their live show to Ayr for the only Scottish date of their 27-date tour of the UK. Double Experience are a nerdy neo-rock band from Ottawa; a musical multiplayer sensation with an undeniable DIY ethic that has provided them with robust international touring credentials since 2011.

Their debut album "721835" has garnered critical praise from around the globe. www.2xexperience.com 20 JUNE AULD SKOOL: At The Bellfield Inn, Kilmarnock from 9pm, free entry. www.facebook.com/bellfieldinnkilmarnock LITTLE MISS DEBBY & THE G-MEN: At Alton Inn, Kilwinning, 9pm, free admission.

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21 JUNE ROBYN STAPLETON: At A' the Airts, Sanquar.

Award-winning Scottish singer, Robyn is touring in support of her much anticipated debut album 'Filckle Fortune'. With an exceptional vocal quality, Robyn interprets some of Ireland and Scotland’s finest folk songs. From lively and spirited arrangements to sensitively accompanied ballads and unaccompanied laments. www.robynstapleton.com 27 JUNE RAMONE A MANIA, THE STUMBLERS & FUË FIGHTERS: At The Bellfield Inn, Kilmarnock from 7pm, free entry. www.facebook.com/bellfieldinnkilmarnock IMPACT: At Alton Inn, Kilwinning, 9pm, free admission. www.facebook.com/pages/The-AltonInn/130778983635951

ROBYN STAPLETON: At The Fullarton, Castle Douglas. Award-winning Scottish singer, Robyn is touring in support of her much anticipated debut album 'Filckle Fortune'. With an exceptional vocal quality, Robyn interprets some of Ireland and Scotland’s finest folk songs. From lively and spirited arrangements to sensitively accompanied ballads and unaccompanied laments. www.robynstapleton.com 16 AUGUST LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. One of the most exciting emerging bands on the American roots music circuit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys have begun to spread their wings and soar far beyond their own home turf, taking Germany by storm to emerge triumphant from a major tour there in 2014.

www.facebook.com/TheMusicGalleryUK 3 JULY ROBYN STAPLETON: At Peebles Art Centre.

Award-winning Scottish singer, Robyn is touring in support of her much anticipated debut album 'Filckle Fortune'. With an exceptional vocal quality, Robyn interprets some of Ireland and Scotland’s finest folk songs. From lively and spirited arrangements to sensitively accompanied ballads and unaccompanied laments. www.robynstapleton.com 16 JULY

CHASTITY BROWN; Yes, we did it! Chastity Brown, the first artist in String Jam Club history to be booked within the space of 6 months (such was the unprecedented response she received www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html when she performed at the club in January this year) is doing a stopover at the club on her way to headlining at HebCelt Festival in Stornoway.

All the way from Minneapolis Chastity “evokes the spirit of Roberta Flack and Woody Guthrie" (Acoustic Magazine) and will blow your socks off. Tickets on sale now at the club, and thereafter will be available from the County Send us all your gig dates for Hotel (01750-721233). Important Note for Scottish Borders and Chastity fans who have asked us to reserve Northumberland areas tickets: we have definitely reserved tickets for people who have already confirmed their interest Email them to Carol in this concert. Rest assured they are safe and carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com will be kept separate in an envelope marked with your name on, behind the desk at the County 12 JUNE Hotel from Sunday onwards for you to collect or to phone through your payment ASAP please.

EMILY SMITH: At Eastgate Arts Peebles. Show String Jam Club. The County Hotel, 1- 5 High 7.30pm Tickets £14 Tel. 01721 725777. Emily is Street, Selkirk. Music starts at 8, and doors back on tour throughout the UK in May and usually open at 7.30, depending on sound check.

June. Having celebrated over a decade as one of Tickets £14.

Scottish music’s most distinctively sublime stringjamclub@vixenrecords.com voices, Emily began a fresh chapter in her illustrious, award-winning, TV-appearing career 2 AUGUST with the launch of her fifth studio album ECHOES www.facebook.com/EmilySmithSongs DEAN OWENS: At Traquair Fair, Innerleithen. www.eastgatearts.com Velvet-voiced Dean Owens is one of Scotland’s

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Music At Paxton presents ….. Phil Gault (baritone) and Claire Haslin (piano).

Programme to include the lovely ‘Dichterliebe’ (A Poet’s Love) song cycle by Schumann. Selected songs by Barber: HOT & SWEET NEW ORLEANS JAZZ; The John Dichterliebe (Schumann) Sure on this Shining Burgess Hot Four. Come and enjoy a fabulous Night Nocturne A Green Lowland of Pianos. evening of hot and sweet classic New Orleans Solitary Hotel 4 Welsh Songs arranged Gault jazz in our Studio Theatre, led by clarinetist John Trois Chansons de Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Burgess and featuring the soulful trumpet of (Ravel) Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed Colin Steele.

TD15 1SZ. 2.30-3.30pm. Prices: FREE first come Studio Theatre. Ayr Gaiety, Carrick Street, Ayr. first served Time 7.30pm. Tickets: £13.50 / £12.50 (conc) / www.musicatpaxton.co.uk £10 (full time students)Booking Information: 01292 288235 19 JUNE www.ayrgaiety.co.uk Kazmiranda ‘Music’ Café in Berwick 12 JULY presents ‘A Northumbrian Evening’: A very special evening with ANDREW LOBB and ANNA HILLFOLK NOIR: At Harbour Arts Centre, RAINE are two of the best singer songwriters in Irvine . One of the hardest-working bands on Northumberland and will be performing a set the US roots music circuit, Hillfolk Noir have built each and something together for our themselves a huge Stateside following playing Northumbrian evening. Karen will be providing a what has been described as music “filtered cheese platter or humus platter (vegan) and through a country-tinged, swampy-swingin’, some tasty treats to follow sourced from hillbilly-delta-blues-ragtime word machine”.

Doddington Dairy and Northumberland Bread Co www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html and other local suppliers. It is £10 per head and promises to be a fantastic evening of food and 31 JULY TO 2 AUGUST music. Andrew and Anna have the most incredible voices and very well written songs that PRESTFEST- The Prestwick Community Music will take you on a tour of the Magic Kingdom. Be Festival. All types of music in various venues sure to book your seats soon as this will sell out, throughout the town email or phone 01289 308030 and leave your www.prestfest.com details. Kazmiranda = Live Music! For details email Brian at themusicgallery@btconnect.com 7 AUGUST www.facebook.com/cafekazmirandaberwickontweed

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. www.deanowens.com 12 AUGUST

LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. One of the most exciting emerging bands on the American roots music circuit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys have begun to spread their wings and soar far beyond their own home turf, taking Germany by storm to emerge triumphant from a major tour there in 2014. www.brookfield-knights.com/up-coming-tours.html

11 SEPTEMBER ROBYN STAPLETON: At The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm. Award-winning Scottish singer, Robyn is touring in support of her much anticipated debut album 'Filckle Fortune'. With an exceptional vocal quality, Robyn interprets some of Ireland and Scotland’s finest folk songs. From lively and spirited arrangements to sensitively accompanied ballads and unaccompanied laments. www.robynstapleton.com

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INSIDE: BBC Introducing @ Pacific Quay : Cross The Tracks : Belladrum : HebCelt : Doune The Rabbit Hole : T in the Park : Americana Cavalcade : Eden Festival : Groove Festival ..... plus 7 pages of '2015 Scottish Music Festival Listings'! www.musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com

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Vanity Fare Perth Racecourse brings you this toe-tapping, hat-waving celebration of Celtic Americana.

Kyles Music Festival

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Kyles of Bute 1-7 June

Meadows Festival Edinburgh 6-7 June

A week-long celebration of all things great on Argyll's Secret coast. As well as live music in the Edinburgh's free volunteer-run music & commupubs and hotels, expect exhibitions, guided walks, art, theatre, a scarecrow trail and more. nity festival - The Edinburgh Meadows Festival features live music, merchandise, stalls, kids’ Follow the yellow dot trail to find the venues. and adults’ activities and loads more. The first www.argyllsecretcoast.co.uk/event-details.php?id=1193 Meadows Festival took place in 1974 and since then the Festival has been an annual feature of the calendar. In 2013 over 20,000 people atArran Folk Festival tended across the two days of the Festival, so Isle of Arran it’s a busy and fun-filled couple of days! There 5-7 June will be two stages at the 2014 Meadows Festival: Red Dog Music Stage and Fortune Futures The 21st Arran Folk Festival line up is now onStage line and tickets are available to purchase! Once again the festival are very proud of the musiwww.meadowsfestival.org/live-music/ cians that they have booked to appear this year with some big names on the folk scene lined up who are all very enthusiastic about coming over BBC Introducing Glasgow - Pacific Quay to play Arran.

7 June www.facebook.com/arranfolkfestival Pop-up mini festivals and gigs are happening all the time this summer outside BBC's Pacific Quay SSW5 studios in Glasgow, but a cracking one for new Solway talent is on 7 June when BBC Introducing brings 5-7 June a host of emerging talent to the bank's of the Clyde.

SSW has firmly established itself as a MECCA for people that love the purist and most UNDERwww.bbc.co.uk/events/r69mxj GROUND forms of SOUL and HOUSE MUSIC around, played by the WORLD’S TOP DJS and EMERGING TALENT from around the globe. Also XpoNorth Inverness the performances from LEGENDARY LIVE ACTS 10-11 June & newly discovered talent make SSW a very special event. So our new incredible site is the XpoNorth is Scotland's leading Creative Indusstunning Stanwix Holiday Park in Cumbria, jus’ 20 minutes from Carlisle on the beautiful Solway tries festival. Formerly known as goNORTH, it takes place every June in the Highland capital of Coast by the sea.

Inverness over two vibrant days and nights. By day, XpoNorth hosts around 25 panels and http://sswevents.com/ workshops featuring leading industry players in fields of fashion and craft, publishing, screen Glasgow West End Festival the and broadcast and music. By night, it offers an Glasgow authentic blend of Highland hospitality in the 5-28 June form of networking events, coupled with a free new music showcase at various venues across The West End Festival (WEF) is Glasgow’s larg- Inverness city centre. est cultural event and every June takes over the imaginations of participants and visitors in the www.xponorth.co.uk west end of Glasgow. In 2015 it celebrates its 20th year. Over 100 Glasgow-based organisaEden Festival tions, arts groups and local and international Raehills Meadows artists deliver a mixture of activities and pro11-14 June jects, overseen by a small festival team. The WEF brings all of these activities together in the festival programme and includes events, exhibi- Set in the stunning Raehill Meadows of Dumfries tions, performances, talks, tours, workshops and Eden Festival is boutique festival, with over 250 screenings, and many are free of charge to allow acts performing across 9 stages, bringing you live music, dance, cabaret, burlesque, circus accessibility. skills, theatre, a children's area, fun and games and much more. Highlights from 2014: Reached www.westendfestival.co.uk the finals of the UK Festival Awards 2014 for Grass Roots Festival, Best Family friendly Americana Cavalcade Fes- Best Festival and Listed in the Lonely Planets Top Ten European Festivals. tival Perth www.facebook.com/theedenfestival 6 June Grab your stetson and your boots for the second Kirkcudbright Summer Country Music Festival, The Americana Cavalcade, as part of Perth's Gold Cup weekend. Kirkcudbright 11-15 June Together with the amazing Medicine Show &

Jazz Festival

The 18th annual festival in this unique small Scottish town will endeavour to maintain the high musical standards set by previous festivals.

Visitors will have the chance to enjoy top class and highly professional artistes, some on a first time visit, as well as some old favourites, ensuring that the festival caters for jazz lovers of all ages who appreciate quality as well as variety in their entertainment. www.kirkcudbrightjazzfestival.co.uk

National Busking Festival Stirling 12-13 June The streets of Stirling will be transformed on 1213 June as it hosts the UK’s first National Busking Festival and National Busking Awards. The brainchild of local organisations Loving Food and Stirling Fringe Festival, the National Busking Festival and Awards will bring the cream of the nation’s vibrant street music busking scene to venues around Stirling. www.nationalbuskingfestival.co.uk

Loanhead Music Festival Midlothian 12-14 June The 15th Loanhead Music festival is a weekend of pub sessions, with workshops and competitions, and concerts. As always the emphasis is still very much on sessions and fun. Come and help us celebrate - as usual, we have a Friday evening concert, a full Saturday programme including a Craft Fair, an open mic event, a songwriting competition and a recycled instrument competition, as well as workshops in a variety of musical skills. And of course, there are the pub sessions, which form the heart of any good festival. www.loanheadfest.co.uk

TMSA Keith Festival Moray 12-14 June This will be the 40th TMSA Keith Festival and we hope you can join us for another great weekend of music, dance and song. Long established traditional music and song festival with competitions, ceilidhs concerts and sessions attracting singers and traditional musicians from throughout Scotland. Organised by the Keith branch of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland. http://tmsakeithfestival.blogspot.co.uk/

Fyne Fest Glen Fyne 12-14 June Fyne Fest, the UK’s best wee Beer, Food and Music festival, is back for 2015. Last year we had 2000 people attend the festival over the entire weekend, and they enjoyed a range of over 150 of the best craft beers from the UK and beyond; over 30 live acts, including Bombskare who rocked the place late into Saturday night; and we also had some cracking food stalls selling everything from local venison to wood-fired pizzas. We will be improving our core offering of beer, food and music while putting a big effort

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Leith Festival Edinburgh 13-21 June

Glasgow Jazz Festival Glasgow 24–28 June This is the 29th year of the festival, and once again we hope that this year’s line up offers something for everyone! Acts to be announced soon!

Leith Festival celebrates all that Leith has to offer – our heritage, our culture, our diversity, our future and our people. It is a community arts www.jazzfest.co.uk festival that encompasses all art forms which comes together in a fantastic 10 day programme Wildfire Festival in June each year. We have over 380 events in 26-28 June over 50 venues across Leith.

South Lanarkshire www.leithfestival.com Scotland's classic rock and metal festival. Now in its fourth year, this is Scotland's only 3 day anSolas Festival nual, Classic Rock and Heavy Metal Festival. ReThe Bield at Blackruthven cently awarded the best musical event of the 19-21 June year at the Scottish New Music Awards.

In what promises to be a exciting year in the spotlight for Scotland, Solas will entertain you with a mixing pot of art, music, dance and comedy whilst covering everything from jazz to ceilidh dancing, and hip hop to slow food. Our brilliant variety of acts and friendly atmosphere make it a great destination for families. Under12s go free. The festival aims to create a generous, hospitable space in Scotland where the arts can be performed and enjoyed by all. The programme also makes space for challenging debate with activists, writers and thinkers from across the political, cultural and religious spectrum. Solas Festival offers a creative and entertaining programme for festival-goers of all ages in a safe environment. www.solasfestival.co.uk

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Groove

The Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival is probably the longest continuously running music festival in Scotland. Founded in 1970, the festival revolves around a series of competitions (mainly on Saturday), loosely linked by dances, organised ceilidhs and singarounds on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Noncombatants create ad-hoc sessions in all possible locations and visitors are more than welcome at every venue. One of the most popular events is the Grand Winners' Concert on Saturday night, featuring the best of the day's competitors interspersed with passing musicians who failed to escape the press-gang! www.newcastleton.com

Stonehaven Folk Festival 9-12 July Stonehaven Stonehaven Folk Festival - home of good music and song. Some of the best Traditional and Contemporary Folk music with Concerts, Ceilidh, Sessions, Singarounds, Workshops and the famous Aqua Ceilidh and World Paper’n’Comb Championships. Come and join the fun!

Loch Ness 27 June

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Groove Festival, the UK’s newest dance festival on the banks of Loch Ness, are celebrating the 1st year of the festival in style, with a launch party on Cruise Loch Ness’s flagship cruiser, “The Legend of Loch Ness!”.

Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music Festival

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The East Neuk Festival Fife 27 June -5 July

Riverside Rock

The award-winning and critically-acclaimed East Neuk Festival presents world-class arts events in Jedburgh the East Neuk of Fife. The heart of the Festival is 20 June classical chamber music, but we also present Riverside Rock 2015 is set to be another musical world, jazz, folk and electronica. In addition to our musical celebrations, we’ve commissioned extravaganza with something for everyone films, exhibitions, art installations and literature young and old.... Family entertainment at Jedevents as well as guided walks.

Forest RFC, Riverside Park in association with Cash for Kids. There will be children's entertainment of all kinds combined with Rock and Tradi- www.eastneukfestival.com tional Bands from across the borders and further afield. Riverside Rock must not be missed, the Scottish Borders very own music festival at Riverside Park, Jedburgh. Bring along a picnic (alcohol not permitted) and come and support this local event and help raise cash for our cho- Kelburn Garden Party sen charity “Cash For Kids” and other sports orLargs ganisations around the Scottish Borders. Tickets 3-5 July on sale now at www.riversiderock.co.uk The Kelburn Garden Party 2015 which takes place in and around the spectacular grounds of www.riversiderock.co.uk the world famous Kelburn Castle. Once again the bill features a unique and exciting bill of artists from across the country and further afield, each Fete de la Musique hand-picked to come to Kelburn's hugely popuEdinburgh lar (sell out in 2013 and 2014) and utterly magi21 June cal annual festival.

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Following its launch on 21 June 1982, La Fête de www.kelburngardenparty.com la Musique is now celebrated in France every year on this date. This popular international musical event now takes place in more than 100 Newcastleton Traditional countries worldwide. The Institut Français d’Ecosse has celebrated La Fête de la Musique in Music Festival Edinburgh each year since it was started. Check Scottish Borders the Events page at www.ifecosse.org.uk 3-5 July

Annual traditional and acoustic music festival held in the picturesque market town of Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway. Live music concerts, workshops and sessions. www.facebook.com/TradMusicFestival

T in the Park Fife 10-12 July What more can we say! Scotland’s most widely known and respected festival, which always attracts the biggest names. Check out if tickets are still available at www.tinthepark.com/tickets www.tinthepark.com

Hebridean Celtic Festival Hebrides 15-18 July Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featuring top quality music from around the Celtic nations and beyond. Stornoway and throughout Lewis and Harris. The Hebridean Celtic Festival was voted 'Best Event or Festival' at the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards last year. This year’s 20th HebCelt aims to build on a successful 2014 event which staged its biggest ever programme of 40 acts, headlined by Big Country, Levellers and Donnie Munro. A huge influx of music fans from overseas made up the estimated 14,000 strong audience which proved a major economic boost for the islands. Get your tickets quickly at www.hebceltfest.com/booking www.hebceltfest.com

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PRESTFEST the Prestwick Community Music Festival is run by enlisting financial support from local pubs, cafes, restaurants,,hotels,shops and other business services throughout the town. All types of music at various venues throughout the town.

Isle of Tiree 17-19 July

Edinburgh 24-25 July

Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of holding an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree.

TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early birds sold out in hours - http://tireemusicfestival.co.uk/ ticket-prices

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival presents the Cross The Tracks programme, which transforms www.prestfest.co.uk into a two-night mini-festival in the creative hub Summerhall, which will feature an eclectic mix of Hip-Hop, House, Electronica, Soul and Funk. The Speyfest line-up has been curated by Edinburgh based DJ Moray and promoter, Chris Knight from Astrojazz.

31 July - 2 August

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ButeFest The Isle of Bute 17-19 July

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The best in traditional and contemporary Celtic music - As Scottish Music Festivals go Speyfest is a real Gem. The small town folk festival with Rewind Scotland big ideas! Three days of Concerts, Ceilidhs and 24-26 July Stomps, with some of the biggest names from Perth the world of traditional and contemporary Celtic music and all in the beautiful village of FochFeaturing fantastic performances from a massive abers on the banks of the River Spey. It just line-up of iconic artists and plenty of other festican't get any better than that! Or can it? val fun including camping, funfairs, silent disco, street entertainers, fireworks and much more... www.speyfest.com www.rewindfestival.com

A brand new three day festival of music, food Aberdeen International and fun. This accessible and hugely friendly family festival all takes places a mere thirty-five Youth Festival miles as the crow flies from Glasgow. Butefest Aberdeen has endeavoured to compile a richly varied and 24 July - 1 August superb line-up that includes both the contemporary and the classic of the music world and runs Over the years AIYF has hosted more than that gamut from rock to roots and folk to dance.

27,500 young people from around the globe, making it one of the biggest and most successful www.butefest.co.uk gatherings of youth talent held anywhere in the world. AIYF now produces over 80 performances in 9 days of top class entertainment across 50 Edinburgh International venues in the North-east of Scotland. It's not all about the big shows though, as AIYF offers Jazz & Blues Festival some of the most intimate classical and chamber Edinburgh music performances through its series ‘Up Close 17-26 July and Musical'. and also delivers an ‘Extended Festival' programme of events, where our artists Come in and relax… for ten days, the Jazz & take their shows out to communities both in AbBlues Festival musical talent in all shapes and erdeen and further afield. AIYF also offers inclusizes Whether you’re a Festival regular or firsttimer, this year’s programme offers styles for all sive, participatory summer courses such as the ‘Dance Lab' and ‘Traditional Music School', tastes – from bop to boogie-woogie to bluesrock; from samba to swing to soul. Jazz legends where up and coming artists can learn from professional artists. and international acts line up with homegrown

Southern Fried Perth 31 July - 2 August Southern Fried covers a wide range of musical styles including country, blues, bluegrass, gospel, soul, songwriters, alt.country and more.

Plus authentic southern and soul food, free gigs, latenight performances and workshops. - See more at: http://www.horsecross.co.uk/ southern-fried-festival/#sthash.IVJKoHFq.dpuf www.southernfriedfestival.co.uk

AUGUST Aberdeen International Youth Festival Aberdeen 24 July - 1 August

Over the years AIYF has hosted more than 27,500 young people from around the globe, www.aiyf.org making it one of the biggest and most successful gatherings of youth talent held anywhere in the world. AIYF now produces over 80 performances PKD Festival in 9 days of top class entertainment across 50 Dalgety Bay venues in the North-east of Scotland. It's not all 25 July about the big shows though, as AIYF offers some of the most intimate classical and chamber The venue has changed to The Dalgety Bay music performances through its series ‘Up Close www.edinburghjazzfestival.com Sports centre. The bigger venue allows for sev- and Musical'. and also delivers an ‘Extended Feseral additions for PKD 2015. These will include tival' programme of events, where our artists fairground rides such as Dodgems, waltzers, tea take their shows out to communities both in Abcups for the kids and more. It will also see the The Wickerman Festival erdeen and further afield. AIYF also offers incluaddition of a second stage allowing for more Dumfries & Galloway sive, participatory summer courses such as the bands and less time between band changeovers. ‘Dance Lab' and ‘Traditional Music School', 24-25 July There will be more bike exhibitors than ever be- where up and coming artists can learn from proThe Wickerman Festival prides itself on offering fore and the number of community stalls will be fessional artists. more than doubled. music lovers a diverse mix of iconic acts and emerging talent and this year’s line-up will be no This year event also sees a change of charity partner. All money raised from the event will be exception. Scotland's alternative music festival going to Kingdom Kids, a children’s charity run in Dumfries & Galloway offers a unique and

by Kingdom FM benefitting sick and underprivieclectic celebration of cult musical genres and leged kids in Fife and Poppy Scotland. cult cinema with a relaxed, laidback familyfriendly atmosphere, aimed at the more discernwww.pkdfestival.com ing contemporary music fan. All the action climaxes with the burning of a giant traditional wil- Prestfest low and straw effigy.

Prestwick 31 July - 2 August www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk talent and rising stars. Check out your favourite acts, of course, but we encourage you to get in the spirit of the Festival and try something new – you’re likely to discover a hidden gem!

Experimental guitarists, funky swing bands, soulful singers shine from every corner of the line-up.

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