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The Glass Child aka Charlotte Eriksson appears at Edinburgh's Sketchy Beats Cafe on Saturday 18 June for Mellow Promotions with support from Sophie Burt and Alex Maxwell www.theglasschildofficial.com www.mellowpromotions.com www.facebook.com/sketchybeatscafe photo by Linn Carlson Photography

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16 JUNE

Dundee Perth Fife Stirling Falkirk

Baird Nan Oran: 8.30pm on BBC ALBA. Performances from KAREN MATHIESON, MARGARET STEWART, RORY CAMPBELL and MURDIGAN MACDONALD www.bbcalba.co.uk The Quay Sessions: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

FATHERSON and KATHRYN JOSEPH play live plus Vic Galloway announces the 2016 SAY Award shortlist.. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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Gun Sgot: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Singer JEMMA TWEEDIE and Celtic rock band FACE THE WEST are in the pub. www.bbcalba.co.uk

Aberdeen + North East

Vic Galloway: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Halina Rifai sits in for Vic, with a session from MALCOLM MIDDLETON. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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Perthshire Amber: 11.15pm on BBC ALBA. Music programme featuring TUNEBOOK with MAIREARAD GREEN and ROSS AINSLIE www.bbcalba.co.uk

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18 JUNE Togaidh Sinn Fonn: 8pm on BBC ALBA. A selection of Scotland's best musicians and singers. www.bbcalba.co.uk Horo Gheallaidh: 8.25pm on BBC ALBA. DAIMH perform. www.bbcalba.co.uk Pipeline: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary West features piping music and news. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Billy Sloan: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Billy plays tracks written by RICKY ROSS and highlights the career of JOHN MCGEOCH. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Cuirm @ Celtic: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Virtuoso musician TIM EDEY and top Irish American band SOLAS www.bbcalba.co.uk MARI BOINE: 11.55pm on BBC ALBA. Concert featuring world music star MARI BOINE www.bbcalba.co.uk 19 JUNE The Quay Sessions: 3pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

FATHERSON and KATHRYN JOSEPH play live plus Vic Galloway announces the 2016 SAY Award shortlist.. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Travelling Folk: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce MacGregor presents a very special session from folk collective SONGS OF SEPARATION. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Classics Unwrapped: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

Bass baritone SIR WILLARD WHITE is in the studio, plus EDDI READER chooses her music. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland BARBARA DICKSON: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Guest singers include BILLY CONNOLLY and RAB NOAKES www.bbcalba.co.uk

Perthshire Amber: 11.45pm on BBC ALBA. The DOUGIE MACLEAN festival with the MISCHA MACPHERSON TRIO Comhdhail Colm Chille: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Top www.bbcalba.co.uk exponents of Scottish Gaelic and Irish song and music in session, with Rona Lightfoot.

20 JUNE www.bbcalba.co.uk Horo Gheallaidh: 8.25pm on BBC ALBA. Music from 17 JUNE Celtic Connections with TIR, CREOLE CHOIR OF CUBA and MIKE VASS. My Life In Five Songs: 6.30pm on BBC Radio www.bbcalba.co.uk Scotland. Composer, producer and fiddler player AIDAN O'ROURKE picks five special tracks.

Na Trads: 8.10pm on BBC ALBA. FIDDLERS' BID www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland with tunes from the Trads. www.bbcalba.co.uk Another Country with Ricky Ross: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky Ross has a session and Vic Galloway: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic has a interview with Canadian singer-songwriter ANDY live session from BREAKFAST MUFF, plus the best SHAUF. new music. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The Jazz House: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

Stephen Duffy is joined by jazz historian Richard Havers who lists his top 20 albums. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Roddy Hart: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Roddy Hart shines a spotlight on great contemporary and classic songwriting. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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Another Country with Ricky Ross: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Two hours of classic songs from Ricky's Country Jukebox chosen by favourite artists. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

Ian plays country, folk, blues, soul and rock 'n' roll. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

Horo Gheallaidh: 9.30pm on BBC ALBA. Music from Celtic Connections with TIR, CREOLE CHOIR OF CUBA and MIKE VASS. www.bbcalba.co.uk Gun Sgot: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Singer JEMMA TWEEDIE and Celtic rock band FACE THE WEST are in the pub. www.bbcalba.co.uk Iain Anderson: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

Ian plays country, folk, blues, soul and rock 'n' roll. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland 22 JUNE The Jazz House: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

Stephen Duffy presents the latest releases from Scotland and beyond. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Horo Gheallaidh: 9.30pm on BBC ALBA. Music from Celtic Connections with TIR, CREOLE CHOIR OF CUBA and MIKE VASS. www.bbcalba.co.uk

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23 JUNE The Quay Sessions: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Roddy Hart takes a look back at recent Sessions highlights. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Gun Sgot: 9pm on BBC ALBA. Bluegrass band DIRTY BEGGARS are in the pub. www.bbcalba.co.uk Vic Galloway: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland.

Vic has a live session from BREAKFAST MUFF, plus the best new music. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland

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DEAN OWENS: At Cabbage Patch, Twickenham.

"One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2). Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as Na Trads: 11.15pm on BBC ALBA. FIDDLERS' much from his Scottish roots, especially his BID with tunes from the Trads. home town of Leith (referenced and loved by the www.bbcalba.co.uk Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through Togaidh Sinn Fonn: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. A as he sings about people and places, love and selection of Scotland's best musicians and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with singers. the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical www.bbcalba.co.uk Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice.

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Gun Sgot: 11pm on BBC ALBA. Singer JEMMA TWEEDIE and Celtic rock band FACE THE WEST are in the pub.

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page 5: 'scots in london' :: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian from THE HONEY ANTS: At Borderline, London. Colin MacIntyre – who releases under the pseudonym ‘Mull Historical Society’ – is one of the UK’s most respected songwriters & performers. A multi-instrumentalist, programmer and producer, he is now also an Award-winning novelist, 2016 sees MacIntyre release his seventh MHS album to date: ‘Dear Satellite’. So far he has achieved two Top 20 albums and four Top 40 singles. “Colin MacIntyre’s ability to wrap textural complexity and shard-filled lyrics in pop coatings endures.

Pop needs more of this.” The Sunday Times http://mullhistoricalsociety.com/ 12 JULY DAVE ARCARI: At The Blues Kitchen, Camden, London. 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 eight internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. Two US tours in 2015 – including official showcases at SxSW in Austin, Texas – built on the foundations laid over successful US tours in 2013 and 2014. A new set of recordings is scheduled for release over an EP and an album in 2016. Seasick Steve said: “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…” www.davearcari.com 31 JULY ADAM HOLMES AND THE EMBERS: At Green Note, Camden. Adam with his band The Embers he combines the songwriting influences of artists such as John Martyn, Bon Iver, James Taylor and Townes Van Zandt with the rhythm and blues, country and folk music textures of The Band, Neil Young and Ryan Adams and The Cardinals to play his own unique brand of Americana, with a hint of Scotland. www.adamholmesandtheembers.com 9 SEPTEMBER

collective musical experiences and crafting something both new and special. The album was released in January, to exceptional reviews, and had a sell-out tour. www.songsofseparation.co.uk

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

Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 17 JUNE NEW SCOTTISH HYMNS BAND: Barclay Viewforth Church, Edinburgh, 7.30pm. Great hymns speak timeless truths with profound passion. One aim of this album which the band are touring was to introduce some new songs that churches in Scotland might find useful in their own unique worship services. Scottish traditional music and folk melodies have an adaptable quality that renders the best of them timeless. http://newscottishhymns.com/events/ 18 JUNE Mellow Promotions presents ….. THE GLASS CHILD + support from SOPHIE BURT + ALEX MAXWELL: At Sketchy Beats Cafe, Leith. Doors at 7PM (Free entry). I'm Coming Back To Edinburgh!! My favorite place on the planet! This time, an intimate acoustic show at Sketchy Beats Cafe. It's FREE ENTRANCE (bring all your friends!!!), with a suggested donation of £3-5. £3 for BYOB, for unlimited corkage. I will have my brand new album "Under Northern Skies" with me and I will play you both new and old songs. It will be beautiful, summery, intimate and just a super relaxed weekend hang :) Support this evening from the wonderful Sophie Burt and Alex Maxwelll. www.mellowpromotions.com

SONGS OF SEPARATION: At Kings Place, London. Songs of separation is an outstanding collaboration between ten of Scotland and England’s leading female folk musicians. Devised and recorded in just six days on the Isle of Eigg, Edinburgh Blues Club presents …..

MORELAND & ARBUCKLE supported by the musicians explore the rich heritage of the BLACK CAT BONE: At Voodoo Rooms, two countries, drawing on their respective and Edinburgh. Moreland & Arbuckle's new album

promised Land Or Bust was released on Alligator Records 3 weeks ago and is in the top 10 of the Blues Billboard Charts. Their only Scottish date is at Edinburgh Blues Club on Saturday 18 June, with support from Black Cat Bone. All shows on public sale but the most effective way to enjoy the shows at Edinburgh Blues Club is to become a member. For £10 per month/£18 for a couple or £110 per annum you can see all shows with no additional ticket costs. For more details go to ….. www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ 19 JUNE BADSTONE: At The Grange, Fauldhouse. Free.

9pm. www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk BIG BOY BLOATER and The LiMiTs: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. £11. Following on from the great response to their new album ‘Luxury Hobo’ Big Boy Bloater and The LiMiTs will be embarking on a full UK tour in support of it. With a fascination for textures and subtle narratives Luxury Hobo sees Bloater in a tougher, deeper and more expressive mode following a bout of depression in 2013 which has led it to take a lot darker and personal tone.

Having always self-produced all his own records, this time he enlisted the ear of Adam Whalley to help bring out what they produce live and it brings the production quality to the next level. www.bigboybloater.com 21 JUNE HANNAH ALDRIDGE with LILLY HIATT: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh on her ‘Summer Europe Tour’. Two fiery and talented chips off old blocks, but these daughters are doing it for themselves. There are few artists that can truly encapsulate the essence and true range of Americana like Muscle Shoals artist Hannah Aldridge, whose musical pedigree precedes her and speaks for itself. She is the daughter of Alabama Music Hall of Famer Walt Aldridge, one of the most prolific songwriters of the modern musical era, including no. 1 country hits for Ronnie Milsap, Barbara Mandrell and Travis Tritt among others. East Nashville firebrand Lilly Hiatt describes her music as the majesty of melancholy, accepting the sadder aspects of life and finding some peace in them. Singing in a barbed lilt full of deep worry and gritty determination in equal measure, she conveys emotions too finely shaded to be easily named,

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14 JULY Greater Grassmarket Acoustic Showcase: At Nothing Ever Happens Here presents …..

Grassmarket, Edinburgh. Noon – 5pm. Free.

RANGA: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-Late. A Alongside the weekly Saturday market, the series of gig nights based out of Edinburgh's Grassmarket stage will be coming out to Summerhall Arts Venue. Experience the blaze of showcase the best local acoustic musicians Rangda's ferocity at one of their upcoming live providing great Summer vibes in Edinburgh’s dates this summer... Sir Richard Bishop, Ben most beautiful setting! The Grassmarket is a Chasny and Chris Corsano - theirs is the natural wonderful city centre space below Edinburgh order; deeply abraded but armed with fury, Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. THE Castle with a great choice of cafes, bars & serpentine wisdom and the ability to seamlessly BILLY WALTON BAND supported by shops. Home to occasional festival events & meld tightly structured riffage with the sound of CHARLOTTE MARSHALL & THE 45s: At other year round activities. With cobbled, the free. Unleashed on February 19th, The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. The Billy Walton winding streets, a colourful past and historical Heretic’s Bargain is a supercharged full length, Band from New Jersey complete our double heritage it's a great place to while away the rife with dynamic and aggressive movements; header on Tuesday 21 June, with support from hours and listen to great music! the sum total of three distinct musical minds at Charlotte Marshall & The 45s. All shows on www.facebook.com/GreaterGrassmarket work together. public sale but the most effective way to enjoy www.Summerhall.co.uk the shows at Edinburgh Blues Club is to become 1 JULY a member. For £10 per month/£18 for a couple 21 JULY or £110 per annum you can see all shows with Mellow Promotions presents ….. THE no additional ticket costs. For more details go to RECKLESS YOUTH + support from HILLFOLK NOIR with 10 STRING …..

SILVERBYSKYLINE + CLOCKWIRE: At SYMPHONY: At House Concert, Edinburgh. One www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ Opium, Edinburgh. Doors at 8pm. of the hardest-working bands on the US roots www.mellowpromotions.com music circuit, Hillfolk Noir have built themselves 24 JUNE a huge Stateside following playing what has 2 JULY been described as music “filtered through a Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. country-tinged, swampy-swingin’, hillbilly- deltaPAWS: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 8-Late. A Off The Record: At Out Of The Blue Drill Hall, blues-ragtime word machine”. Working out of series of gig nights based out of Edinburgh's 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG. Boise, Idaho, they have won a lot of fans in the Summerhall Arts Venue. A series of gig nights 10.30am-5pm. £2 (includes lunch). Tickets @ UK after six successful tours on this side of the based out of Edinburgh's Summerhall Arts http://bit.ly/OTREdin Venue.

Concert promoters, band managers, record label Atlantic. www.facebook.com/hillfolknoir www.Summerhall.co.uk representatives and journalists are among the www.brookfield-knights.com key music industry figures set to share their HUGH KELLY: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. knowledge at this Off The Record day. The event 26 JULY 7pm Alt.Blues/Soul singer songwriter Hugh Kelly sees organisers Born To Be Wide partner with from Edinburgh has recently released his debut #artcore and Out of the Blue as part of the EP which is getting numerous plays on radio Edinburgh Youth Music Festival, celebrating the The ‘Gig at the Grandstand’ with THE LAFONTAINES, CALLUM BEATTIE, ALTERED stations throughout UK, and he was ‘Artist of the breadth of opportunities available for young Week’ in the Scotland on Sunday & Scotsman people across the city. Open to anyone aged 14- SKY, LUCY STANNAGE: The ‘Gig at the Grandstand’ will take place at Musselburgh and was interviewed live on BBC Radio 25, Off The Record will provide advice sessions Racecourse as part of Musselburgh Riding of the Scotland’s Janice Forsyth Show with one of his focusing on key aspects of the industry, Marches 2016, a festival that is held on every 21 tracks making her ‘Single of the Week’. Hugh’s including releasing music, getting/organising years. Lucy Stannage is the winner of ROM16 also one of Jim Gellatly's top picks for April gigs, promotion and working in the business. recent Battle of the Bands. DJ Murray Sim, Iain 2016. Hugh’s out on tour now across the Confirmed speakers include: Stina Tweeddale Stirling (host and comedian). Tickets on the gate summer at venues and festivals showcasing (musician, Honeyblood), Amy Ferguson or from The Brunton box office on 0131 665 tracks from the EP and playing a track or two (producer, BBC Radio Scotland), Nicky Carder 2240 or online @ from his album due out at the end of the year. (promoter, Beyond Presents), Craig Gornall www.thebrunton.co.uk www.hughkellymusic.com (blogger, Alive and Amplified), James Bruce www.rom2016.co.uk (promoter, PCL Presents), Martyn Flyn (label 25 JUNE director, Lucky Me), Michael Lambert (artist manager, A Modern Way) and Chris Beltran who 28 JULY Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. works as an A&R Scout for Atlantic Records and RHYTHM MACHINE: At Summerhall, a booker at DF Concerts. Additional speakers will TONGUE TRAP (EP launch) support from Edinburgh. 8-Late. A series of gig nights based FUZZYSTAR+ NICE CHURCH: At Sneaky be announced in the coming weeks. out of Edinburgh's Summerhall Arts Venue.

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page 8: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian Team invite you to party as Tongue Trap, Edinburgh's riotiest grrrl gang, release their debut EP. They are joined by lofi loafers Fuzzystar and slacker storytellers Nice Church. www.facebook.com/events/545972142194482/

Festival, Linlithgow. Declan Welsh is a 22 year old singer songwriter and poet telling stories and writing about what it is to be young in the modern world. His songs range from an ode to having a sub par night out to a call to arms against the fascists in our midst and everything 29 JULY in between; the only common thread being catchy tunes and relatable, witty observations on Nothing Ever Happens Here presents ….. everyday life.

OPTIMO ESPACIO: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. https://twitter.com/DeclanWelsh 8-Late. A series of gig nights based out of Edinburgh's Summerhall Arts Venue.

14 AUGUST www.Summerhall.co.uk SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA 4 AUGUST with special guest JOHN NUGENT: At The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Tickets on EVERYWHERE: At Bannermans, Edinburgh.

0131 668 2019. Directed by TOMMY SMITH the Everywhere started out internationally in 2013 music of “Dave Brubeck – An Incredible Jazz playing the NME awards alongside Django Legacy”.

Django and later went on to support Kaiser www.snjo.co.uk Chiefs and headline Notting Hill Arts Club in London. We have had radio play at BBC 2, BBC 15 AUGUST 6, 1Xtra and features in MusicWeek, Indie Shuffle and Clash.

THE HOT SEATS: At House Concert, Edinburgh. www.everywheretheband.com The Hot Seats have blown the crowds away at big events such as Celtic Connections, Shetland 6 AUGUST Folk Festival, HebCeltFest, Gate To Southwell and Edinburgh Fringe, where they won a coveted CAROLINE GILMOUR: At Foodies Festival, Herald Angel after a sell-out run at The Famous Edinburgh. Caroline’s latest EP 'Electric Spiegletent and were described as “sensational” Waterfalls' is due for release on 25.3.2016. by the publication’s arts editor. They’re back Produced by Jud Mahoney (Justin Timberlake, and they’re raring to go!

Babyface), this is a departure in musical style for www.facebook.com/thehotseats Caroline, which is influenced by her love of 80s www.brookfield-knights.com electro pop. Caroline has opened for artists such as Charlotte Church, Kim Churchill, Paper 22 AUGUST Aeroplanes, Dean Owens, Eleanor McEvoy, Tom Baxter, Jon Gomm, Sam Brookes and Horse.

DEAN OWENS with JASON ISBELL: At The www.facebook.com/CarolineGilmourMusic Liquid Room, Edinburgh. "One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2). Dean’s music 11 AUGUST has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his THE HOT SEATS: At Fringe by the Sea, North Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith Berwick. The Hot Seats have blown the crowds (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as away at big events such as Celtic Connections, from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his Shetland Folk Festival, HebCeltFest, Gate To songs shines through as he sings about people Southwell and Edinburgh Fringe, where they won and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable a coveted Herald Angel after a sell-out run at comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A The Famous Spiegletent and were described as gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered “sensational” by the publication’s arts editor. with a searingly soulful voice.

They’re back - and they’re raring to go! www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic www.facebook.com/thehotseats www.brookfield-knights.com 22-27 AUGUST 13 AUGUST DECLAN WELSH: At Party In The Palace

Three’s A Crowd Productions presents CHRISTINA BIANCO: At Ghillie Dhu, Edinburgh. The long awaited one-woman show

featuring US singing sensation, Christina Bianco.

‘Me, Myself & Everyone Else’ is set to wow audiences up and down the country. Through her soaring vocals and spot-on impressions, the show will feature Christina’s greatest ‘fan favourites,’ along with new material celebrating the world’s most iconic vocalists and pop-culture personalities from yesterday and today.

Audiences can expect an exciting selection of pop, standard & Broadway tunes, sung in Christina’s own voice as well as in the voices of the great divas themselves. www.christinabianco.com 24 AUGUST DEAN OWENS: At Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.

"One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2). 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 (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice. www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic 2 SEPTEMBER Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. ROBBIE HILL BAND supported by DEKE MCGEE BAND: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. The return of Fife born and Helsinki based Robbie Hill Band, following successful support slots for Grainne Duffy and Erja Lytinen. In support is the Deke McGee Band who produce the authentic sound of the Saxophone led Small Big Bands of the 40s and 50s. All shows on public sale but the most effective way to enjoy the shows at Edinburgh Blues Club is to become a member. For £10 per month/£18 for a couple or £110 per annum you can see all shows with no additional ticket costs.

For more details go to ….. www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ 21 SEPTEMBER Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. STEVIE NIMMO TRIO supported by GT'S BOOS BAND: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Having appeared at a sell out show as part of The Nimmo Brothers last October, Stevie's new solo album Sky Won't Fall has won universal praise.

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 11: edinburgh + mid - east - west lothian :: glasgow + surrounding area Support comes from GT's Boos Band who release their self-titled second album on 30 July.

All shows on public sale but the most effective way to enjoy the shows at Edinburgh Blues Club is to become a member. For £10 per month/£18 for a couple or £110 per annum you can see all shows with no additional ticket costs. For more details go to ….. www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ 24 SEPTEMBER DHM Concerts presents ..... THE SHEE and SARAH HAYES: At Edinburgh Queen’s Hall.

as part of the tour promoting their new album.

Support comes from Georgia Gordon who started out as a singer-songwriter who now has a full band behind her, belting out a unique bluesy/early RnB sound. All shows on public sale but the most effective way to enjoy the shows at Edinburgh Blues Club is to become a member.

For £10 per month/£18 for a couple or £110 per annum you can see all shows with no additional ticket costs. For more details go to ….. www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ 18 NOVEMBER

www.facebook.com/DHM-Concerts-285713951447098 Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. IAN

SIEGAL supported by JED POTTS & THE HILLMAN HUNTERS, featuring the HUSKY HORNS: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Ian Siegal celebrates 25 years of touring with his band this year and has gone on to release numerous acclaimed albums and accumulating more British & European awards than you can 28 SEPTEMBER shake a stick at, together with three nominations in the USA Blues Music Awards. He Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. KIRK will bring his band for a larger capacity show at FLETCHER supported by SANDY La Belle Angèle on Friday 18 November as part TWEEDDALE: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. of his TwentyFive tour. Support comes from our Widely considered one of the best blues members favourites, Jed Potts & The Hillman guitarists, Kirk Fletcher has commanded the Hunters, featuring the Husky Horns. All shows respect and acclaim of critics, peers and fans on public sale but the most effective way to across the world. Kirk will appear on Wednesday enjoy the shows at Edinburgh Blues Club is to 28 September with support from Sandy become a member. For £10 per month/£18 for a Tweeddale, known for his work with Blues 'n' couple or £110 per annum you can see all shows Trouble and The Blue Hyenas. All shows on with no additional ticket costs. For more details public sale but the most effective way to enjoy go to ….. the shows at Edinburgh Blues Club is to become www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ a member. For £10 per month/£18 for a couple or £110 per annum you can see all shows with 29 NOVEMBER no additional ticket costs. For more details go to …..

Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. GUY www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ DAVIS AND STATESBORO supported by JIM CONDIE: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh.

30 SEPTEMBER Performances by New York bluesman Guy Davis and Statesboro, Georgia born roots and THE WONDER STUFF: At The Liquid Rooms, americana singer-songwriter Brooks Williams, Edinburgh. 7pm / £22. To mark their 30th ranked one for the top Acoustic Guitarists of all anniversary The Wonder Stuff released their time. Support will come from Jim Condie who eighth studio album, 30 Goes Around The Sun, may will recall for his work with Tam White, in March - thirty years to the day since the band among many others. All shows on public sale but first walked into a rehearsal studio in the heart the most effective way to enjoy the shows at of The Black Country in 1986. Their new single Edinburgh Blues Club is to become a member.

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Hunt remarked; "The Wonder Stuff is a live www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ band, that's why it exists. Some people might be happy to spend months or years sitting in 11 DECEMBER studios noodling around with computers, but that isn't why I got into the game. I need a Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. Charity regular fix of the full sensory overload that is a Night: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Finally, we gig, there's nothing to equal it." will have a fundraiser for our nominated charity www.thewonderstuff.com partner, Rowan Alba on Sunday 11 December.

We are still to select the acts to perform at this 8 OCTOBER event. If you're an emerging act who has yet to play the club and would like to feature, please Johnny Cash Roadshow: At Usher Hall, register your interest. All shows on public sale Edinburgh. The spirit of the Man in Black is alive but the most effective way to enjoy the shows at and ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding Edinburgh Blues Club is to become a member. celebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/ For £10 per month/£18 for a couple or £110 per Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is annum you can see all shows with no additional gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from ticket costs. For more details go to ….. the first note, delivering an inspired set of www.edinburgh-blues.uk/join-2/ cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic pace. A dynamic performance from an unparalleled group of highly talented musicians and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers Send us all your gig dates for and die hard Cash fans alike. www.johnnycashroadshow.com Glasgow and West Coast area Mellow Promotions presents ….. CASUAL AGENDA + support from THE BROADCASTS + GENTLEMEN JACKALS: At The Mash House, Edinburgh. Doors at 7pm. www.mellowpromotions.com

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28 OCTOBER Edinburgh Blues Club presents ….. RED BUTLER supported by GEORGIA GORDON: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Earlier this year Red Butler supported Danny Bryant at a sell out show and they will return on Friday 28 October

Email them to Carol carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 17 JUNE The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. JOHN TAYLOR plus guests: At St Lukes Glasgow.

Doors 7pm, 8pm start. Tickets £10. We are delighted to be helping our old friend John Taylor launch his new album in June of this year.

John’s music has been played on hit USA TV shows such as Revenge, Californication and Necessary Roughness. After John’s biggest exposure on American TV his song “Pull you through” entered the itunes singer songwriter at no 1 in Sweden, no 4 in Canada and no 12 in the USA. John’s combined youtube videos have more than three quarters of a million hits. John’s last Glasgow date was played to a packed crowd at Oran Mor Through The Fallen Angels Club John has opened for many well established touring Americana acts such as Tift Merrit, Stacey Earl, Kim Ritchie and Madison Violet.

Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com 18 JUNE BIG BOY BLOATER and The LiMiTs: At Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow. £11. Following on from the great response to their new album ‘Luxury Hobo’ Big Boy Bloater and The LiMiTs will be embarking on a full UK tour in support of it. With a fascination for textures and subtle narratives Luxury Hobo sees Bloater in a tougher, deeper and more expressive mode following a bout of depression in 2013 which has led it to take a lot darker and personal tone. Having always selfproduced all his own records, this time he enlisted the ear of Adam Whalley to help bring out what they produce live and it brings the production quality to the next level. www.bigboybloater.com 23 JUNE MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY with support from The Isle of Mull’s HANNAH FISHER & SORREN MACLEAN: At King Tuts, Glasgow.

Colin MacIntyre – who releases under the pseudonym ‘Mull Historical Society’ – is one of the UK’s most respected songwriters & performers. A multi-instrumentalist, programmer and producer, he is now also an Award-winning novelist, 2016 sees MacIntyre release his seventh MHS album to date: ‘Dear Satellite’. So far he has achieved two Top 20 albums and four Top 40 singles. “Colin MacIntyre’s ability to wrap textural complexity and shard-filled lyrics in pop coatings endures.

Pop needs more of this.” The Sunday Times http://mullhistoricalsociety.com/ 30 JUNE Mellow Promotions presents ….. THE RECKLESS YOUTH + support from THE DOUBLE STANDARDS + SILVERBYSKYLINE: At Audio, Glasgow. Doors at 7pm. www.mellowpromotions.com 10 JULY TONY McMANUS: At The Wynd Auditorium, School Wynd, Paisley. 7.45pm. Tickets £12/£10 and £6 under 16’s. From 0345 130 5218.

Brought to you by Brookfield-Knights. www.brookfield-knights.com www.tonymcmanus.com 16 JULY DECLAN WELSH: At St Luke’s all dayer at St Luke’s, Glasgow. Declan Welsh is a 22 year old singer songwriter and poet telling stories and writing about what it is to be young in the modern world. His songs range from an ode to having a sub par night out to a call to arms against the fascists in our midst and everything in between; the only common thread being catchy tunes and relatable, witty observations on everyday life. https://twitter.com/DeclanWelsh

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Noir have built themselves a huge Stateside Two US tours in 2015 – including official following playing what has been described as showcases at SxSW in Austin, Texas – built music “filtered through a country-tinged, on the foundations laid over successful US swampy-swingin’, hillbilly- delta-bluestours in 2013 and 2014. A new set of ragtime word machine”. Working out of recordings is scheduled for release over an Boise, Idaho, they have won a lot of fans in EP and an album in 2016. Seasick Steve the UK after six successful tours on this side said: “Dave plays like he got his skin turned of the Atlantic. inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside www.facebook.com/hillfolknoir out too listening and it was all good. That www.brookfield-knights.com boy bleeds for you – he a real down deep player and a soul man…”

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The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. THE MIKE + RUTHY BAND: At CCA Glasgow.

8pm, Stars of Celtic Connections 2016 and back in the UK to play the main stage at Cambridge Folk Festival. A Brookfield-Knights act. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland.com/ www.fallenangelsclub.com

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THE HOT SEATS: At Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. The Hot Seats have blown the crowds away at big events such as Celtic Connections, Shetland Folk Festival, HebCeltFest, Gate To Southwell and Edinburgh Fringe, where they won a coveted 25 JULY Herald Angel after a sell-out run at The Famous Spiegletent and were described as TIM DALLING, IAN CARR, NEIL “sensational” by the publication’s arts editor.

HARLAND, RHONA DALLING: At The They’re back - and they’re raring to go!

Performing Arts Centre, Kilbarchan. The buzz www.facebook.com/thehotseats created when Tim brought this show to www.brookfield-knights.com Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival in January, set need-some-of-this wheels in 2 SEPTEMBER motion as other promoters and venues sought opportunities to grab a slice of the BARENAKED LADIES: At ABC, Glasgow. action. Due to the commitments each of Barenaked Ladies bringing their renowned, these fine individuals has with other projects boisterous live shows to audiences all around stretching well into this year, it will be later the UK. Barenaked Ladies are also back with in 2016 – and well into 2017 too, before we the release of a brand new live album on 20 will be in a position to plan a lengthier tour.

May called BNL Rocks Red Rocks, it was www.brookfield-knights.com recorded 10 June last year at famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado during the 30 JULY band’s Last Summer on Earth Tour 2015.

Tickets @ Indievous Presents ….. REVOLVER + www.BarenakedLadies.com YAKIMA + CANYON + WHITEHILL GROVE + MONDEGREEN: At The Record 8 SEPTEMBER Factory, 17 Byers Road, Glasgow. 7.30pm / £5/£4 (students) on door.

The Fallen Angels Club presents ….. www.facebook.com/indievous DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD plus special guest DEAN OWENS: 2 AUGUST At Stereo Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Tickets £13 Triple UK Americana DEAN OWENS: At The Glad Cafe, Glasgow. Awards Winners, Danny and the Champions "One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC of the World, are bringing their breathless Radio 2). Dean’s music has been described brand of folk, rock and soul to Stereo in as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, Glasgow on September 8. This infectiously and draws as much from his Scottish roots, joyous band bring crowds to their feet from especially his home town of Leith (referenced the start of their gigs. Great songs, and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US musicianship and a brilliant rapport with heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs audiences are the hallmarks of this band with shines through as he sings about people and a collection of feel good songs that also places, love and regrets, drawing favourable embrace country and Americana. This year, comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A they won the UK album of the year award gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with What Kind of Love, the UK Artist of the with a searingly soulful voice.

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Through her soaring vocals and spot-on impressions, the show will feature Christina’s greatest ‘fan favourites,’ along with new material celebrating the world’s most iconic vocalists and pop-culture personalities from yesterday and today. Audiences can expect an exciting selection of pop, standard & Broadway tunes, sung in Christina’s own voice as well as in the voices of the great divas themselves. www.christinabianco.com 17 SEPTEMBER The Fallen Angels Club presents …..

CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST: At The CCA Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Tickets £13. ahalen Morrison and Eli West are firmly established as one of the most important roots music duos to have emerged on the Americana circuit in recent years. They count many wellrecognised names among their supporters including Chris Wood who included them in his Six Best Folk Acts list in an article for The Times.

Their last album (their third) was produced by Tim O’Brien who also nailed his colours to the mast, declared himself a fan and said that the pair “make music the world needs!” When they originally released their debut album in Europe , it met with instantaneous reaction, Bob Harris inviting them to record a studio session for his BBC Radio 2 show. They created a huge impact during their first ever UK tour and debut Celtic Connections Festival, and were subsequently invited back to Glasgow for their own headline show at the city’s Mitchell Theatre . They’re back from their base in Seattle with a promise to keep fans happy with a selection of betterknown material as well as new songs due to be featured on the next album at the end of 2016.

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Johnny Cash Roadshow: At Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The spirit of the Man in Black is alive and ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding celebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from the first note, delivering an inspired set of cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic pace. A dynamic performance from an unparalleled group of highly talented musicians and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers and die hard Cash fans alike. www.johnnycashroadshow.com 9 OCTOBER THE STRAY BIRDS plus special guest OTIS GIBBS: At The CCA Glasgow. Tickets £14 from 0141 204 5151 and The CCA 0141 352 4900.

Doors 3.30pm, 4pm start. The Stray Birds are one of the hottest bands on the US roots music circuit. Since first taking America by storm in 2013 they have gone on to win a huge fanbase, following triumphant appearances at big festivals around the world such as Celtic Connections, Cambridge Folk Festival, MerleFest and Tonder. Glasgow Americana will take place at various venues across the city from the 5-9 October. www.glasgowamericana.com

earthy depth of character that sets them apart from others who have followed that throwback path to New Orleans, Circa 1920. Their boisterous on-stage antics are solidly underpinned by playing that is as close to the source as it can be. www.facebook.com/Ca.feetwarmers www.brookfield-knights.com OUT of ABINGDON: At Clark’s on Lindsay St., Dundee. Hailing from Brisbane, Australia sizzling hot acoustic groove duo OUT of ABINGDON are following the sun into the Northern hemisphere for a series of dates throughout the UK, Europe & Malaysia. Warwick Hargreaves (Guitar/Vocals) and Tina Fullerton (Double Bass/Vocals) have enchanted audiences as far as Paris, Berlin, Edinburgh and London and quietly built a loyal local following over 7 years, with 3 CD releases and hundreds of gigs and festival performances on the East Coast of Australia to their credit. www.outofabingdon.com.au 17 JUNE

HUGH KELLY: At Inn at Strathyre (10 miles from Callander. 7.30pm. Alt.Blues/Soul singer songwriter Hugh Kelly from Edinburgh has recently released his debut EP which is getting numerous plays on radio stations throughout UK, and he was ‘Artist of the Week’ in the 30 NOVEMBER Scotland on Sunday & Scotsman and was interviewed live on BBC Radio Scotland’s Janice The Fallen Angels Club presents …..

Forsyth Show with one of his tracks making her CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST: At The ‘Single of the Week’. Hugh’s also one of Jim Admiral Bar Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. Gellatly's top picks for April 2016. Hugh’s out on Tickets £13. They were flown in from their base tour now across the summer at venues and in Canada for a sold-out headline show at festivals showcasing tracks from the EP and Glasgow’s Tron Theatre during Celtic playing a track or two from his album due out at Connections Festival this year after winning the end of the year. major TV exposure when tracks from the www.hughkellymusic.com sensational To Build A Fire album were chosen as the backdrop to the recent BBC 2 TV drama 5 OCTOBER OUT of ABINGDON: At The Weem Inn, based on Iain Banks’ Stonemouth novel. The Aberfeldy. Hailing from Brisbane, Australia BLUE ROSE CODE plus special guests: At St new album – Sex & Politics – got its official UK sizzling hot acoustic groove duo OUT of Andrew’s In The Square Glasgow. Tickets £14 launch in January and once again confirmed ABINGDON are following the sun into the from 0141 204 5151. Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. them as a creative tour de force. “Simply Northern hemisphere for a series of dates The sparkling Blue Rose Code will do the superb – an album that’ll be making more than throughout the UK, Europe & Malaysia. Warwick honours and open the 10th anniversary Glasgow a few end-of-year “best of” lists,” said Hargreaves (Guitar/Vocals) and Tina Fullerton Americana Festival in October. Man behind the AmericananUK, while Acoustic magazine called it (Double Bass/Vocals) have enchanted audiences music, Ross Wilson has rightly won huge praise “totally glorious” and added: “It’s maybe as fine as far as Paris, Berlin, Edinburgh and London for live, sell-out performances including joyous as music’s likely to get in 2016.” R2 magazine and quietly built a loyal local following over 7 sessions for the BBC. Glasgow Americana will called it “a work of outstanding genius.” Penner years, with 3 CD releases and hundreds of gigs take place at various venues across the city has that rare quality – a well-grounded human and festival performances on the East Coast of from the 5-9 October. spirit. In another life he might have been a Australia to their credit. www.glasgowamericana.com Shaman. With constant playing companion Jon www.outofabingdon.com.au Wood (a highly respected producer in Canada ) 7 OCTOBER by his side, percussive elements and layered DECLAN WELSH: At Solas Festival, Perth. guitar techniques have added rich texture.

Declan Welsh is a 22 year old singer songwriter CHIP TAYLOR plus support: At The Classic Today, the show – and sound – is bigger and and poet telling stories and writing about what it Grand Glasgow. Tickets £15 from 0141 204 brighter, spontaneously grand and fragile at the is to be young in the modern world. His songs 5151. Chip Taylor, rated as one of America’s same time. Tickets @ http://tickets-scotland. range from an ode to having a sub par night out finest singer/songwriters and masterful com/ to a call to arms against the fascists in our midst performers, is gracing this year’s 10th www.fallenangelsclub.com and everything in between; the only common Anniversary Glasgow Americana Festival with a thread being catchy tunes and relatable, witty one-off show. One of the pioneers of the pivotal observations on everyday life. country-rock movement in the 70s and the man https://twitter.com/DeclanWelsh who wrote massive 1960s hits, Wild Thing and Angel Of the Morning. “This is a brilliant 18 JUNE opportunity to see and hear a true legend.”

Glasgow Americana takes place between the CLAIRE HASTINGS: At Killin Music Festival.

Send us all your gig dates for 5th-9th October at various venues across the Claire Hastings is a folksinger/songwriter city. originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won Tayside, Perthshire, www.glasgowamericana.com the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Fife and Central areas Traditional Musician of the Year award. Since SKINNY LISTER: At Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow. winning the title, Claire has had the opportunity . Email them to Carol One of the best live bands in the country is back carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com to perform at many high-profile events including with their biggest UK headline tour to date BBC Proms in the Park with the Scottish taking place in October 2016. Skinny Lister, who 16 JUNE Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where have been non-stop performing across Europe she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie Cullum and and the United States, return with flagon in Deacon Blue.

THE CALIFORNIA FEETWARMERS: At hand, party spirit in their bellies and only one www.clairehastings.com Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy. Masters of thing on their mind: fun. ragtime, Dixieland blues and early swing, The www.facebook.com/skinnylister OUT of ABINGDON: At The Weem Inn, California Feetwarmers are renowned for an Aberfeldy. Hailing from Brisbane, Australia -

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide page 16: fife + central + perthshire + tayside sizzling hot acoustic groove duo OUT of ABINGDON are following the sun into the Northern hemisphere for a series of dates throughout the UK, Europe & Malaysia. Warwick Hargreaves (Guitar/Vocals) and Tina Fullerton (Double Bass/Vocals) have enchanted audiences as far as Paris, Berlin, Edinburgh and London and quietly built a loyal local following over 7 years, with 3 CD releases and hundreds of gigs and festival performances on the East Coast of Australia to their credit. www.outofabingdon.com.au 19 JUNE OUT of ABINGDON: At The Burntisland Sands, Fife. Hailing from Brisbane, Australia - sizzling hot acoustic groove duo OUT of ABINGDON are following the sun into the Northern hemisphere for a series of dates throughout the UK, Europe & Malaysia. Warwick Hargreaves (Guitar/Vocals) and Tina Fullerton (Double Bass/Vocals) have enchanted audiences as far as Paris, Berlin, Edinburgh and London and quietly built a loyal local following over 7 years, with 3 CD releases and hundreds of gigs and festival performances on the East Coast of Australia to their credit. www.outofabingdon.com.au 22 JUNE THE ROAMIN’ JASMINE: At Tolbooth, Stirling.

8pm. £11. Formed out of the lively street music scene in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the members of the Roamin’ Jasmine found one another busking under the swampy Louisiana sun, along the banks of the Mississippi, or after hours in storefronts on Royal, Frenchmen and Decatur Streets. Their repertoire explores 1920’s era speakeasy blues, vintage Calypso from Trinidad, seminal 1950’s New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, and original compositions, all set to traditional jazz instrumentation. www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 23 JUNE Crail Folk Club presents ..... JEZ LOWE: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. A double nomination at the 2015 BBC Folk Awards – for best singer and best new song – was a timely reminder of Jez Lowe’s standing in the UK folk and acoustic music scene. Not only is he one of the busiest live performers in the country, but his songs are among the most widely sung by other performers, whether by long-established acts like Fairport Convention, The Dubliners and Bob Fox, or by the new breed of stars like The Unthanks and The Young Uns. Consistently one of the club’s most popular visitors. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.jezlowe.com www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 25 JUNE Strange Behaviours presents ..... THREE BLIND WOLVES with support from FAIRWEATHER & THE ELEMENTS + GHOST WRITER: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 7.30pm, £6/£8.

Going out with a bang for the last of the monthly Strange Behaviours indie/alt nights at the Tolbooth before the summer break, we welcome back the reincarnated Three Blind Wolves with 2 local supports we’re really excited about.

Returning reimagined and raring to go, Three Blind Wolves are back. Taking the last 3 years to regroup and rebuild, the band have moved on from the harmony-laden folk of 2013’s ‘Sing

Hallelujah for the Old Machine’ towards something more punchy, electrified and lighthearted. In support are Fairweather & The Elements, a breezy soulful indie ensemble built around the songwriting of Ross Fairweather, plus the alternative/folk sounds of Falkirk’s Ghost Writer. Tickets are available from Box Office on 01786 274 000 or via the Tolbooth website www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth Johnny Cash Roadshow: At Alhambra, Dunfermline. The spirit of the Man in Black is alive and ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding celebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from the first note, delivering an inspired set of cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic pace. A dynamic performance from an unparalleled group of highly talented musicians and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers and die hard Cash fans alike. www.johnnycashroadshow.com

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 eight internationallyacclaimed solo CD releases. Two US tours in 2015 – including official showcases at SxSW in Austin, Texas – built on the foundations laid over successful US tours in 2013 and 2014. A new set of recordings is scheduled for release over an EP and an album in 2016. Seasick Steve said: “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…” www.davearcari.com 7 JULY

SALTFISHFORTY: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm. £13/£11. The powerhouse partnership of Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and Brian Cromarty (songs/guitar/mandola) aka Saltfishforty … Linchpin figures in the currently flourishing revival of Orkney’s traditional music, 26 JUNE they unite these deep-rooted sources with an exhilarating breadth of influence and expertise, Johnny Cash Roadshow: At Whitehall Theatre, catalysed by a creative empathy born from Dundee. The spirit of the Man in Black is alive decades of friendship. The result is a sound of and ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding equally thrilling raw attack and multicelebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/ dimensional richness. Their focus on Orkney Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is music takes in traditional, contemporary and gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from original material, boldly cross-fertilised with the first note, delivering an inspired set of influences from Americana to East European folk, cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic plus a high-octane whiff of heavy metal. pace. A dynamic performance from an www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth unparalleled group of highly talented musicians and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers 14 JULY and die hard Cash fans alike.

Crail Folk Club presents ..... BARBARA www.johnnycashroadshow.com DYMOCK & CHRIS MARRA: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. Barbara Dymock & Chris Marra A BIG NOISE: At Albert Halls, Stirling. 7.30pm. singer from Fife who is a welcome addition to Free. The Big Noise orchestra from Stirling's our programme. Known for her collaborations Raploch is a social action programme aiming to boost the life chances of the children taking part. not least with Christine Kydd in Sinsheen. On this occasion Barbara is joined by Chris Marra, Music might not be the main aim at Big Noise but the music played is of a very high standard. the Dundonian brother of Michael and member of the Hazey Janes. Crail Folk Club offers a wide This is a chance for music fans from around range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they Stirling and Scotland to see and hear how the welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and children are progressing. Feel the joy of the those that just want to come along and listen in Raploch families and community as Big Noise celebrates its eighth birthday, with performances a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are from children at various ages and stages. The concert takes place at the Albert Halls on Sunday welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs 26 June at 4 pm. We have 100 free tickets tickets are sold at the door. available from the Albert Halls booking office. www.barbaradymock.com www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 30 JUNE LES TROIS BLONDES: At Tolbooth, Stirling.

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7.30pm. £10/£8. Celebrate Bastille Day in the FORGAITHERIN’: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife.

Tolbooth's ‘Cafe de Paris’ with Les Trois Blondes, £7. Having formed the group in 2013 to perform featuring the music of Django Rheinhardt, a single charity concert at their home club Charles Trenet, Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier and in Glenfarg, Lesley, Hugh, John and Hamish have many others. An evening when the accordion is gone on to entertain around Scotland, including king and the waltzes will entice you onto the gigs at both the Fringe and the Carrying Stream dance floor. Les Trois Blondes specialise in Bal festivals in Edinburgh during 2015. They Musette, the French café music of Paris. There combine their strong vocals with multiexists a very strong tradition with Scottish instrumentation and perform a wide-ranging mix accordionists of playing this style of music which of both traditional and contemporary material. is mostly in waltz tempo. The band comprises Their second album is set for release in early John Burns (lead accordion), George Burns, his 2016. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of brother (2nd accordion) and Fergus Wood musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome (drums and compere). John Burns is the current seasoned musicians, beginners and those that Musette Champion of Scotland and former Alljust want to come along and listen in a friendly Scotland Accordion Champion. atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come 16 JULY along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are CAROLINE GILMOUR: At Pandora Fest, sold at the door.

Duncarron Medieval Village. Caroline’s latest EP www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 'Electric Waterfalls' is due for release on 25.3.2016. Produced by Jud Mahoney (Justin 2 JULY Timberlake, Babyface), this is a departure in DAVE ARCARI: At Clarks, Dundee. SLIDE musical style for Caroline, which is influenced by

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Fèis Rois & Fèis Fhoirt Ceilidh Trail: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 7.30pm. £7/£4. A performance of traditional music by some of the most talented young players from Scotland. The SCOCHA: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm. £15.

Ceilidh Trail is an initiative offering young trad Wigwam Promotions present SCOCHA who are musicians (age 16 – 25) the opportunity to play undoubtedly one of Scotland’s best-loved and tour, offering them a learning week at the Scottish Folk ’n Roll bands with the reputation Schools of excellence in Traditional Music in for providing an entertaining and high-octane Plockton, and a summer tour around the areas show full of traditional Scottish folk music given where they are based.Tonight we repeat last that truly SCOCHA treatment along with the year’s successful combination of the longest band’s own compositions encouraging audience- running and best known, national Fèis Rois participation.. Suitable for all ages the boast Ceilidh Trail Alongside our own local Fèis Fhoirt is…..if you were not a SCOCHA fan when you Ceilidh Trail, with each band performing a arrived…..you will be by the time you leave. You cracking set of reels, jigs and songs can stand or you can sit……but you won’t sit still! www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth www.scocha.com www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 4 AUGUST 20 JULY Tolbooth Summer Ceilidhs: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm. £10 / for groups of 4+ £8. Our ever-popular summer ceilidhs are back and are suitable for all ages and stages! Combining Scottish music and dance our ceilidhs will gently introduce you to ceilidh culture. Dance are led by a 'caller' who will talk you right through the moves, so there's no need to worry about how to Strip the Willow! The ceilidh band features some of Scotland's finest musicians and is a wonderful opportunity to meet with friends and strangers and enjoy a great night out. Go on dust off your dancing shoes and have a jig! www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 23 JULY SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: At Tolbooth, Stirling.

8pm. £17/£15/£10 (students/under 18’s).

Scottish Ensemble is the UK’s leading string orchestra. Performing standing up, the group is known for its dynamic performances and adventurous programming. Tonight’s concert is a chance to experience a smaller, intimate group of six Scottish Ensemble musicians performing movements by Brahms and Schoenberg. www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 30 JULY GT’S BOOS BAND + support: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm. £12. Stirling band GT’s Boos Band launch their new album tonight! Fresh from their appearance on BBC Four music documentary ‘UK’s Best Part-Time Band’, the band are releasing the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2013 début album ‘Steak House’ (nominated British Blues Awards Album of the Year 2014, Finalist ‘ Début of the Year’ Wasser-Prawda Magazine, Germany, ‘Album of the Week’ on Canada’s Blues and Roots Radio and as heard on Paul Jones' BBC 2 Radio show).

A night of rocking electric blues not to be missed! www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth 31 JULY DEAN OWENS: At Southern Fried, Perth. "One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2).

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 (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice. www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic

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BLAZIN’ FIDDLES: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm. £16/£14. Blazin’ Fiddles are undoubtedly one of the world’s most prolific fiddle groups. Over the last 17 years, no other band has quite managed to capture the excitement, passion and sensitivity of Scottish music all at once. With a Blazers performance comes the rare opportunity to hear the regional expressions, from Scotland’s Highlands and Islands, and the individual style from each fiddler -Invernesian Bruce MacGregor, Shetlander Jenna Reid, Nairn’s Rua Macmillan, and Orcadian Kristan Harvey in a blend of THE UPBEAT BEATLES: At Albert Halls, ensemble and solo sets. Fiddles and bows come Stirling. 7.30pm. £20/£18 concessions/students. alight atop guitar and piano from Anna Massie From Beatlemania to Psychedelia and Beyond… and Angus Lyon, delivering a musically It's 1963 and a new band is taking the country intoxicating evening for all. by storm, playing a heady mixture of Blues, www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth Motown and Rock ’n’ Roll. With the songs that changed a generation, this show will have you 20 AUGUST tapping your feet from the opening bars, taking you on a journey that is the story of The Beatles Film Hub Scotland presents CineScore Live: Wunder der Schöpfung with live score from through their songs. Let them take you on a Herschel 36 at Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival, Magical History Tour!

Cardross Estate. Film Hub Scotland, part of the www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth BFI’s Film Audience Network CineScore Live tour - a unique season of three spectacular silent 10 AUGUST films, each accompanied by a speciallycommissioned score performed live by some of Tolbooth Summer Ceilidhs: At Tolbooth, Scotland’s most talented musicians at venues Stirling. 8pm. £10 / for groups of 4+ £8. Our across the country. ever-popular summer ceilidhs are back and are http://dounetherabbithole.co.uk suitable for all ages and stages! Combining Scottish music and dance our ceilidhs will gently www.filmhubscotland.com/cinescorelive introduce you to ceilidh culture. Dance are led by NICK HARPER: At Tolbooth, Stirling. 8pm. £12/ a 'caller' who will talk you right through the moves, so there's no need to worry about how to £10. Born in London, raised in Wiltshire, the son Strip the Willow! The ceilidh band features some of legendary singer/songwriter Roy … Having of Scotland's finest musicians and is a wonderful played guitar since the age of ten surrounded by the likes of Keith Moon , Jimmy Page , Robert opportunity to meet with friends and strangers and enjoy a great night out. Go on dust off your Plant and Dave Gilmour, Nick made his recording debut at the age of fifteen alongside Jimmy Page dancing shoes and have a jig! on his father's album ‘Whatever Happened to www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth Jugula’. To call Nick a superlative singer/ songwriter could put his highly lauded guitar 11 AUGUST talent in the shade, and to call him a guitarist's Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS guitarist might slight his distinctive, soulful voice NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk and passionate songs. Not forgetting the wild Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit ride that is one of his live shows - from personal all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, introspection to biting political satire via a beginners and those that just want to come charmingly caustic wit that would make Groucho along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Marx proud.

Singers' nights they feature local singers and www.culturestirling.org/tolbooth musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your 25 AUGUST feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door.

Crail Folk Club presents ..... MY SWEET www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub PATOOTIE: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. An acoustic roots group from rural Ontario that 13 AUGUST brings twining vocal harmonies, monstrous THE HOT SEATS: At Dundee (venue tbc). The finger style guitar, sizzling fiddle, percussion and Hot Seats have blown the crowds away at big abundant charisma together in one perfect events such as Celtic Connections, Shetland Folk package. Their music is a tongue-in-cheek Festival, HebCeltFest, Gate To Southwell and Canadian blend of old country, vintage jazz, Edinburgh Fringe, where they won a coveted western swing & blues. Firm favourites in Crail Herald Angel after a sell-out run at The Famous after two previous visits. A must for those who Spiegletent and were described as “sensational” like to be entertained and amazed. Crail Folk by the publication’s arts editor. They’re back Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit and they’re raring to go! all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, www.facebook.com/thehotseats beginners and those that just want to come www.brookfield-knights.com along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and 17 AUGUST musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your THE HOT SEATS: At Birnam Arts Centre. The feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door.

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Johnny Cash Roadshow: At Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. The spirit of the Man in Black is alive Crail Folk Club presents ..... CINDY & MARK and ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding LEMAIRE: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7. The celebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/ remarkable guitar playing of Mark Lemaire Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is (check out his instrumental version of ‘A whiter gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from shade of pale’) combines with their beautifully the first note, delivering an inspired set of harmonised voices, humour and short stories to cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic result in an ‘almost magical’ evening. Mark and pace. A dynamic performance from an Cindy are touring from California. Crail Folk Club unparalleled group of highly talented musicians offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, and die hard Cash fans alike. beginners and those that just want to come www.johnnycashroadshow.com along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and 9 OCTOBER musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your Johnny Cash Roadshow: At Perth Concert feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door.

Hall. The spirit of the Man in Black is alive and www.marklemaire.com ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub celebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/ Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is 11 SEPTEMBER gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from the first note, delivering an inspired set of Three’s A Crowd Productions presents cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic CHRISTINA BIANCO: At Gardyne Theatre, pace. A dynamic performance from an Dundee. The long awaited one-woman show unparalleled group of highly talented musicians featuring US singing sensation, Christina Bianco. and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers ‘Me, Myself & Everyone Else’ is set to wow and die hard Cash fans alike. audiences up and down the country. Through her www.johnnycashroadshow.com soaring vocals and spot-on impressions, the show will feature Christina’s greatest ‘fan 13 OCTOBER favourites,’ along with new material celebrating the world’s most iconic vocalists and pop-culture Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS personalities from yesterday and today.

NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk Audiences can expect an exciting selection of Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit pop, standard & Broadway tunes, sung in all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, Christina’s own voice as well as in the voices of beginners and those that just want to come the great divas themselves. along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During www.christinabianco.com Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to 17 SEPTEMBER make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door.

Film Hub Scotland presents CineScore Live: www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub Wunder der Schöpfung with live score from Herschel 36 at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Film 27 OCTOBER Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network CineScore Live tour - a unique season Crail Folk Club presents ..... MAIREARAD of three spectacular silent films, each GREEN & ANNA MASSIE: At Town Hall in Crail, accompanied by a specially-commissioned score Fife. £7. Two of Scotland’s most revered multiperformed live by some of Scotland’s most instrumentalists, Mairearad Green (accordion talented musicians at venues across the country. and bagpipes) and Anna Massie (guitar, banjo, http://www.dca.org.uk fiddle) are a truly captivating duo, providing a www.filmhubscotland.com/cinescorelive highly energetic performance with an instantly warm and friendly stage presence. The Poozies 22 SEPTEMBER and Blazing Fiddles are amongst the various bands of which they are members. ‘You guys Crail Folk Club presents ..... DAVID were killing it….amazing playing’ K T Tunstall. A FRANCEY plus KIM EDGAR: At Town Hall in huge hit at Glenfarg’s 2014 Folk Feast. Crail Folk Crail, Fife. £7. We are delighted to have been Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit able to re-schedule David from last year after he all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, had to cancel due to illness. Another in our beginners and those that just want to come increasingly long line of guests from Canada along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During (well sort of – originally from Ayrshire). A singer Singers' nights they feature local singers and and storyteller with wry humour and astute musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to observations alongside an openhearted singing make music then just come along and tap your style. Regulars will be familiar with his song feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door.

‘Torn Screen Door’. At no extra charge (!) we www.mairearadandanna.com also welcome Edinburgh’s Kim Edgar who is www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub promoting her third solo album on a short Scottish tour. Guitarist and piano player Kim is 10 NOVEMBER also a member of the celebrated band Cara. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to Crail Folk Club presents ..... SINGERS suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned NIGHT: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £1. Crail Folk musicians, beginners and those that just want to Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, During Singers' nights they feature local singers beginners and those that just want to come and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During want to make music then just come along and Singers' nights they feature local singers and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to door. make music then just come along and tap your www.davidfrancey.com feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.kimedgar.com www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 24 NOVEMBER 6 OCTOBER Crail Folk Club presents ..... EWAN

MCLENNAN: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. £7.

Ewan McLennan has, in a short space of time, come to be known as a guitarist at the forefront of his generation; a troubadour, balladeer and storyteller cut in the old style; a singer that can move audiences with his passion and pathos. A regular now on Transatlantic Sessions. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.ewanmclennan.co.uk www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub 8 DECEMBER Crail Folk Club Christmas Party: At Town Hall in Crail, Fife. Free. Crail Folk Club offers a wide range of musical styles to suit all tastes, they welcome seasoned musicians, beginners and those that just want to come along and listen in a friendly atmosphere. During Singers' nights they feature local singers and musicians. All are welcome. If you don’t want to make music then just come along and tap your feet. For all gigs tickets are sold at the door. www.facebook.com/crailfolkclub

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JACKIE THE MUSICAL: At His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, at 7.30pm with a 2.30pm Saturday matinee. Jackie the Musical is a fantastic show filled with laughter, touching 23 JUNE moments and the iconic tracks of the 70s, based on the story of a recent divorcee who seeks JOSIENNE CLARKE AND BEN WALKER: At advice once more from the pages of her old Montrose Folk Club, Links Hotel, Montrose, DD10 Jackie annuals. Tickets £35.50 - £18.50 from 8RL. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners ‘best duo 01224 641122 or 2015’ Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker who have www.aberdeenperformingarts.com just signed to Rough Trade Records are on tour.

The elegance and sophistication of their music 25-29 JULY comes entirely from their own discipline, rigour and craft. The misery, mirth and sheer beauty of HMT Summer School (P4-P7): At His their performances has taken them to such Majesty’s Theatre (studio), Aberdeen. For young auspicious stages as Cambridge Folk Festival, stars in the making, APA’s Summer School for Bristol’s Colston Hall and London’s Purcell ages P4 – P7 is a chance to get to grips with the Rooms, a far cry from the pub backrooms where building blocks of theatre and music they began. performance. The participants will create a www.montrosefolkclub.co.uk unique performance to share with family and http://josienneandben.com friends at the end of the course. For ages P4 – P7, from 10am – 4pm daily. Course price £65 PAWS with support from WENDELL BORTON from 01224 641122 or and THE SPOOK SCHOOL: At The Lemon Tree www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Lounge, West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 8pm. Go big or go home with music from PAWS, 29 JULY the musical brilliance of Phillip, Josh and Ryan.

Tickets £7.70 on 01224 641122 or Freshly Squeezed Young Promoters Night: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com At The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 8.30pm. AIYF 4 JULY joins forces with the Youth Arts Collective Northeast and the popular APA Freshly Squeezed RUSSELL WATSON: At His Majesty’s Theatre, nights to produce the Freshly Squeezed Young Aberdeen, at 7.30pm. Join the UK’s best-selling Promoters Night, an evening of young bands and classical crossover artist of all time Russell musicians. Tickets £7.70 from 01224 641122 or Watson with his enchanting show, Songs From www.aberdeenperformingarts.com the Heart. Tickets £48 - £35.50 from 01224 641122 or 30 JULY www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Freshly Squeezed: Young Promoters Night: 10 JULY At The Lemon Tree Lounge (standing), West North Street, Aberdeen, doors 8.30pm. AIYF, DALLAHAN: At Stonehaven Folk Festival. On Youth Arts Collective North-east and APA Freshly tour promoting their 2nd album'Matter Of Time', Squeezed have collaborated to produce Freshly these gigs showcase the sound that they have Squeezed: Young Promoters Night Featuring developed since their debut album's release.

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Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. www.dallahanmusic.com CHUCK HAWTHORNE: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £10 / £8 adv.

16 JULY Currently the talk of Texas, Austin songwritter Chuck Hawthorne is touring the country in HILLFOLK NOIR with 10 STRING support of Silver Line, which promises to put him SYMPHONY: At Tin Hut, Gartly. One of the firmly on the Americana map alongside the great hardest-working bands on the US roots music songsmiths that now admire his work. The 11 circuit, Hillfolk Noir have built themselves a huge songs on Chuck’s debut album, Silver Line, were Stateside following playing what has been produced by Ray Bonneville at Shine Studios in described as music “filtered through a countryAustin, Texas, and feature a roster of stellar tinged, swampy-swingin’, hillbilly- delta-bluesguest musicians including Eliza Gilkyson and ragtime word machine”. Working out of Boise, Gurf Morlix. The record recently caught the Idaho, they have won a lot of fans in the UK attention of Michael Martin Murphey, who heard after six successful tours on this side of the Chuck play at the National Cowboy Poetry Atlantic.

Gathering in Elko, Nevada. Murph has since www.facebook.com/hillfolknoir invited Chuck to play shows with him at the www.brookfield-knights.com Saxon Pub in Austin and the Franklin Theatre in Nashville, and along with Bonneville, he has 18-22 JULY become a musical mentor to Chuck. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com HMT Summer School (S1-S6): At His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen. This week come to 5 AUGUST HMT for a great Summer School course covering all things theatre. S1 – S6 pupils will work with DEAN OWENS: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. music and drama specialists to create a fully "One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC Radio staged production at The Lemon Tree at the end 2). Dean’s music has been described as Celtic of the week. For ages S1 – S6, in the Studio at Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, from 10am – much from his Scottish roots, especially his

home town of Leith (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice. www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic 6 AUGUST ALY BAIN and PHIL CUNNINGHAM “Le Grand Anniversaire” 30th Anniversary Tour: At Montrose Town Hall. 7-7.30pm. PDF Productions is delighted to present Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham in Le Grande Anniversaire. Aly & Phil have been performing together for three decades and are taking to the road to celebrate the occasion with their special 30th anniversary tour. This year also sees Aly Bain celebrate his 70th birthday so it’s a double celebration.

Audiences can look forward to a fine evening of enchanting music and hilarious anecdotes from the popular duo. Tickets £18.50 + booking fee from www.pdfproductions.co.uk www.philandaly.com 1 SEPTEMBER ALY BAIN and PHIL CUNNINGHAM “Le Grand Anniversaire” 30th Anniversary Tour: At The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen. 7-7.30pm.

PDF Productions is delighted to present Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham in Le Grande Anniversaire.

Aly & Phil have been performing together for three decades and are taking to the road to celebrate the occasion with their special 30th anniversary tour. This year also sees Aly Bain celebrate his 70th birthday so it’s a double celebration. Audiences can look forward to a fine evening of enchanting music and hilarious anecdotes from the popular duo. Tickets £18.50 + booking fee from www.pdfproductions.co.uk www.philandaly.com 9 SEPTEMBER Three’s A Crowd Productions presents CHRISTINA BIANCO: At Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen. The long awaited one-woman show featuring US singing sensation, Christina Bianco.

‘Me, Myself & Everyone Else’ is set to wow audiences up and down the country. Through her soaring vocals and spot-on impressions, the show will feature Christina’s greatest ‘fan favourites,’ along with new material celebrating the world’s most iconic vocalists and pop-culture personalities from yesterday and today.

Audiences can expect an exciting selection of pop, standard & Broadway tunes, sung in Christina’s own voice as well as in the voices of the great divas themselves. www.christinabianco.com 11 SEPTEMBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £12 / £10 adv.

The classic country duets were undoubtedly at their peak in the late 60s and 1970s, the likes of George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and Porter Waggoner, Johnny & June and many more. Fast forward 40 years and those timeless themes are alive and well in the hands , and voices of……..My Darling Clementine (aka Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish).

Michael Weston King, the seasoned troubadour, and the former leader of U.K. Alt Country pioneers The Good Sons (who MOJO dubbed “England’s very own Uncle Tupelo…”,) is widely seen as one of Britain’s finest singer songwriters. He has made 10 solo albums and 4

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CAHALEN MORRIOSON & ELI WEST: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. 8pm. Cahalen Morrison & Eli West are, simply put, two of the most innovative and subtle roots musicians today.

Their music draws from old folk sources, but it sounds vibrantly alive. Cahalen Morrison writes songs that sound like a Cormac McCarthy novel: simple, beautifully crafted, and seemingly formed from raw natural elements. Eli West brings jagged, angular arrangements based in bluegrass and old-time, but refracted through a 21st century lens. www.almostbluepromotions.com

release of their critically acclaimed self-titled album. Two years, hundreds of gigs, and thousands of highway miles later, the genremelding acoustic trio made its Yep Roc Records debut with Best Medicine. The band – multiinstrumentalists and vocalists Maya de Vitry, Oliver Craven, and Charlie Muench – hails from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. All three are classically-trained musicians who’ve been making music of all kinds since childhood (before they reconnected through the local music scene, de Vitry and Muench first met in middle school orchestra); however, they were also all raised with a steady diet of music ranging from pioneers like The Carter Family and Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys to the joyous invention of The Beatles and The Band, to the groundbreaking artistry of Jimi Hendrix. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com 2 DECEMBER

Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. CAM PENNER & JON WOOD: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £10 / £8 adv.

We are very happy to announce the return of the brilliant CAM PENNER & JON WOOD to 1 OCTOBER Aberdeen ! Get your tickets early, this was a very busy night the last time they played! The Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. music he plays - and energy generated - has PEEWEE MOORE: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen. won him many friends, fans and admirers. The Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £10 / £8 adv. As an mesmerising live show is bigger - and brighter award winning and highly acclaimed Outlaw than before, spontaneously grand and fragile at Country Singer/Songwriter Peewee Moore the same time. Percussive elements and layered tours around on an average or 45,000 miles a guitar techniques have added rich texture. Cam year doing an endless string of one night stands hails from a Mennonite community in Southern at honky tonks, dance halls, festivals, and Manitoba, where his parents, town rebels, ran theaters. With the gift of raw talent, and an illegal roadhouse and his grandfather, a showmanship Peewee has been fortunate bootlegger, was a much-loved character in the enough to be able to share the stage with rural community. Growing up against that several of his hero's, as well as some of outlaw background, he found an appreciation for country, americana, and rockabilly's most well common people's stories. Since stepping out known, and recieved acts such as Kris aged 18, he has experienced more raw Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, David Allen Coe, humanity than most would encounter in a Ralph Stanley, Dwight Yoakam, Charlie Daniels, lifetime. He spent thirteen years dedicated to Dicky Betts, Cowboy Jack Clement, Steve Earle, helping the homeless and destitute in Chicago’s Red Simpson, Shooter Jennings, Junior Brown, soup kitchens and shelters and when each shift Chris Knight, Todd Snyder, Wanda Jackson, The was over, would spend endless hours writing Blasters, Southern Culture On The Skids, and and playing his guitar while exorcising his countless others. emotions through music. www.AlmostBluePromotions.com www.AlmostBluePromotions.com 16 OCTOBER Almost Blue Promotions presents ….. THE STRAY BIRDS: At The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen.

Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £15 / £12.50 adv. The Stray Birds have been flying high since the 2012

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One of the hardest-working bands on the US roots music circuit, Hillfolk Noir have built 6 AUGUST themselves a huge Stateside following playing what has been described as music “filtered DEAN OWENS: At Easdale Village Hall, Easdale through a country-tinged, swampy-swingin’, Island. "One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris hillbilly- delta-blues-ragtime word machine”.

(BBC Radio 2). Dean’s music has been described Working out of Boise, Idaho, they have won a lot as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and of fans in the UK after six successful tours on draws as much from his Scottish roots, this side of the Atlantic. especially his home town of Leith (referenced www.facebook.com/hillfolknoir and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US www.brookfield-knights.com heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and 20 JULY places, love and regrets, drawing favourable HILLFOLK NOIR with 10 STRING comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A SYMPHONY: At The CatStrand, New Galloway. gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered One of the hardest-working bands on the US with a searingly soulful voice. roots music circuit, Hillfolk Noir have built www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic themselves a huge Stateside following playing what has been described as music “filtered through a country-tinged, swampy-swingin’, hillbilly- delta-blues-ragtime word machine”.

Working out of Boise, Idaho, they have won a lot of fans in the UK after six successful tours on this side of the Atlantic. www.facebook.com/hillfolknoir www.brookfield-knights.com

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Isle of Bute …. carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Transclyde Music is a group of like minded people on the Isle of Bute whose aims are to promote live music on the island. For their latest 17 JUNE gig news go to …. www.facebook.com/Transclydemusic CLAIRE HASTINGS: At The Catstrand, New Galloway. Claire Hastings is a folksinger/ 18 JUNE songwriter originally from Dumfries. Last year, Claire won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland’s HEATHER MCLEOD: At The Pierhead Tavern, Young Traditional Musician of the Year award.

Lamlash, Arran. Free. 1pm.

Since winning the title, Claire has had the www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk opportunity to perform at many high-profile events including BBC Proms in the Park with the 19 JUNE Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and BBC Music Day where she sang alongside Lulu, Jamie AUDIOCLASS: At The Pierhead Tavern, Cullum and Deacon Blue.

Lamlash, Arran. Free. 9pm. www.clairehastings.com www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk

28 JULY DEAN OWENS: At The CatStrand, Castle Douglas. "One of Scotland's best" - Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2). 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 (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice. www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic 14 AUGUST

THE HOT SEATS: At Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine. The Hot Seats have blown the crowds away at big events such as Celtic Connections, Shetland Folk Festival, HebCeltFest, Gate To THE CALIFORNIA FEETWARMERS: At Harbour Southwell and Edinburgh Fringe, where they won 20 JUNE Arts Centre, Irvine. Masters of ragtime, Dixieland a coveted Herald Angel after a sell-out run at The Famous Spiegletent and were described as blues and early swing, The California WATER AND EARTH: At The Pierhead Tavern, “sensational” by the publication’s arts editor.

Feetwarmers are renowned for an earthy depth Lamlash, Arran. Free. 1pm.

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LITTLE MISS DEBBY & THE G MEN: At The www.facebook.com/Ca.feetwarmers Pierhead Tavern, Lamlash, Arran. Free. 9pm.

Johnny Cash Roadshow: At Palace Theatre, www.brookfield-knights.com www.facebook.com/Pierheadtavern.co.uk Kilmarnock. The spirit of the Man in Black is alive and ‘kicking like a mule’ with an outstanding 29 JUNE 25 JUNE celebration of the iconic legend by the Carter/ Cash endorsed Johnny Cash Roadshow. This is JOSIENNE CLARKE AND BEN WALKER: At St THE BLOW MONKEYS: At Bar 51, 8 Vennel Street, Stewarton, Ayrshire KA3 5HL. Tickets @ gold standard, fire-cracking entertainment from Pauls Church Hall, Rothesay, Isle of Bute. BBC 01560 428020 £12. Following the success of The the first note, delivering an inspired set of Radio 2 Folk Award winners ‘best duo 2015’ cherished numbers with impeccable rhythmic Blow Monkeys latest album the self released ‘If Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker who have just pace. A dynamic performance from an signed to Rough Trade Records are on tour. The Not Now ,When?’ in 2015 the band are ready to unparalleled group of highly talented musicians elegance and sophistication of their music comes spread the love and share the music out there and a guaranteed treat for country music lovers "live" once again! Since they reformed in 2008 entirely from their own discipline, rigour and and die hard Cash fans alike.

The Blow Monkeys have been recording and craft. The misery, mirth and sheer beauty of www.johnnycashroadshow.com performing again with almost indecent haste. their performances has taken them to such This is a chance to catch a legendary band with auspicious stages as Cambridge Folk Festival, all four original members performing at the peak Bristol’s Colston Hall and London’s Purcell Rooms, a far cry from the pub backrooms where of their powers with a mix of "classic hits" and brand new songs - all infused with that they began. enigmatic simian soul. www.transclydemusic.co.uk www.theblowmonkeys.com http://josienneandben.com www.facebook.com/stonehouse.stewarton

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This is a chance to catch a legendary band with all four original members performing at the peak of their powers with a mix of "classic hits" and brand new songs - all infused with that enigmatic simian soul. www.theblowmonkeys.com

DAVE ARCARI: At The Cluny, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 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 eight internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. Two US tours in 2015 – including official showcases at SxSW in Austin, Texas – built on the foundations laid over successful US tours in 2013 and 2014. A new set of recordings is scheduled for release over an EP and an album in 2016.

Seasick Steve said: “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…” www.davearcari.com 15 JULY HILLFOLK NOIR with 10 STRING SYMPHONY: At Coldingham Village Hall, Berwickshire. 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”. Working out of Boise, Idaho, they have won a lot of fans in the UK after six successful tours on this side of the Atlantic. www.facebook.com/hillfolknoir www.brookfield-knights.com

JENNY STURGEON and JONNY HARDIE: At Hippodrome, Eyemouth. 8pm. £10 on door.

Jenny’s passion for music lies in her interest in traditional folk song combined with the enjoyment of creating fresh new compositions.

The inspiration for her lyrics comes from folklore, historical events and observations of modern society, and as a biologist her enthusiasm seeps in to all her work. Jonny was brought up in Aberdeenshire – an area of Scotland culturally rich in ballads and fiddle tunes. Over the last few decades Jonny has toured extensively with ‘Old Blind Dogs’ who won the Trad Awards album of the year in 2004 and he also plays in the critically acclaimed trio ‘Up In the Air’ and duo ‘Clype’. www.eyemouthhippodrome.org

Music at Paxton: At Paxton House, Berwickshire. 7.30-9.30pm. Now in its 11th year, Music at Paxton opens on 15 July with a specially curated weekend residency with violinist Alina Ibragimova MBE, pianist Cédric Tiberghien and cellist Pieter Wispelwey – a first for the Festival. One of Bach’s foremost interpreters, the internationally acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt joins a number of performers from the UK and abroad all making their Paxton debuts including Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists, the queen of the baroque violin Rachel Podger and Wigmore Hall String Quartet winners and BBC New Generation Artists Van Kuijk Quartet. www.musicatpaxton.co.uk

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THE CORN POTATO BAND: At Hippodrome, Eyemouth. 8pm. £10 on door. The Corn Potato String Band has earned high praise in traditional American music, keeping old time fiddle and banjo music from a one-way trip to the dustbins of history. Theirs is a story of struggle, hard knocks and triumph. Essentially unable to cope with modern life, the members of this band are outcasts of society who survive by playing the lost music of the flatlands where they were raised. www.eyemouthhippodrome.org

Music at Paxton with DORIC STRING QUARTET: At Paxton House, Berwickshire.

7.30-9.30pm. www.musicatpaxton.co.uk 17 JULY Music at Paxton with DORIC STRING QUARTET: At Paxton House, Berwickshire. 67.15pm. www.musicatpaxton.co.uk

Music at Paxton: At Paxton House, Berwickshire. 7.30-9.30pm. Live Music Now Showcase with Emily Mitchell, soprano, Geoffrey Tanti, piano, Wildings (Sarah Hayes, flute, Fiona MacAskill, fiddle, Jennifer Austin, piano). www.musicatpaxton.co.uk 20 JULY Music at Paxton with SCO Wind Soloists: At Paxton House, Berwickshire. 7.30-9.30pm. www.musicatpaxton.co.uk 22 JULY 10 STRING SYMPHONY: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. When 10 String Symphony released their superb Weight of The World album earlier this year, it created instantaneous reverberations on both sides of the Atlantic, and was so well received in America that it ended up at the No 3 position on the hugely-influential Billboard Bluegrass Chart. This will be the duo’s UK debut and it is eagerly anticipated by many.

The album picked up a top-rating 5-star review from R2 magazine. www.facebook.com/10StringSymphony www.brookfield-knights.com Music at Paxton: At Paxton House, Berwickshire. 7.30-9.30pm. With Van Kuijk Quartet (winners of 2015 Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition and BBC New Generation Artists). www.musicatpaxton.co.uk 24 JULY Music at Paxton: At Paxton House, Berwickshire. 3.30-4.30pm. World folk music in the Paxton House marquee – for all the family.

Granny Green (Holly Boddice, trumpet, Lizzy Stirrat, accordion, Rachel Brown, tuba) www.musicatpaxton.co.uk Music at Paxton with SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE: At Paxton House, Berwickshire. 6-8pm. www.musicatpaxton.co.uk 18 AUGUST THE HOT SEATS: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles.

The Hot Seats have blown the crowds away at big events such as Celtic Connections, Shetland Folk Festival, HebCeltFest, Gate To Southwell and Edinburgh Fringe, where they won a coveted Herald Angel after a sell-out run at The Famous Spiegletent and were described as “sensational” by the publication’s arts editor. They’re back and they’re raring to go! www.facebook.com/thehotseats www.brookfield-knights.com

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JUNE Glasgow West End Festival Glasgow 3-26 June The West End Festival (WEF) is Glasgow’s largest cultural event and every June takes over the imaginations of participants and visitors in the west end of Glasgow. In 2016 it celebrates its 21st year. Over 100 Glasgow-based organisations, arts groups and local and international artists deliver a mixture of activities and projects, overseen by a small festival team. The WEF brings all of these activities together in the festival programme and includes events, exhibitions, performances, talks, tours, workshops and screenings, and many are free of charge to allow accessibility. www.westendfestival.co.uk

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The St Magnus Festival is Orkney's annual celebration of the arts. Founded in 1977 by Orkney's distinguished resident composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who recently died. The Festival has grown from small beginnings into one of Britain's most highly regarded and adventurous arts events. The unique combination of world-class performance, community participation of the highest quality and the magic of Orkney at midsummer attracts audiences from throughout Britain and further afield; many return year after year. Through musical events are at the heart of the artistic programme, the Festival also encompasses drama, dance, literature and the visual arts.

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

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Glasgow Jazz Festival has announced a bumper line-up to celebrate its 30th festival. With some of the biggest names in Jazz, the very finest of Scotland’s homegrown talent, some of the most well-known festival faces and an array of one-off musical collaborations, the 30th festival promises to be the very best yet! The festival will take place in various venues across the city from Wednesday 22 June. The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, City Halls, The Old Fruitmarket, St Luke’s and The Hug and Pint will all come alive with the sound of jazz during the festival’s landmark 30th edition.

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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 festival that encompasses all art forms which comes together in a fantastic 10 day programme in June each year. We have over 380 events in over 50 venues across Leith. www.leithfestival.com

Solas The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire 17-19 June Solas Festival is an allage arts festival held in Perthshire from 17 to 19 June, with hip-hop, electro loops and some of the finest folk and roots music you’ll find in a Scottish field: a rich mix of traditions, talents and tastes. Expect an unusual mix of art, music, theatre, comedy, debate and soul-searching. 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

Killin Music Festival Killin 17-19 June Killin Music Festival is returning to the festival calendar in June 2016. Run by a modern, energetic team, the festival will bring multiple headline talents to the stage in Killin. In our maiden year we will welcome Skipinnish, Trail West, BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2015 - Claire Hastings and her band, Donald Black, the Scott Wood Band plus many more incredible artists to our stage. Killin Traditional Music and Dance Festival was previously held back in the 90's which lasted until the early 2000's. It was a prime entry on the festival calendar and was much missed when it fell by the wayside. Tickets are on sale now via our website www.killinmusicfestival.com and are selling fast!

The wee festival wi' a muckle hert returns for 3 days of live music & entertainment set in the beautiful SW Scotland. Concerts, acoustic sessions and a Youth showcase, a "wee folk" stramash for the young at heart & a Sunday tea dance with a twist. The town really buzzes for the weekend, people come from near & far to see great music, dance and catch up with old and new friends. We are proud to announce that this is our 10th anniversary –thank you for celebrating with us! Midsummer Music is a grassroots community festival in the heart of Bonnie Galloway. We promote local music and bring national and international greats to Gatehouse.

Folk, rock, punk, jazz, world, whatever – if it’s got heart, class and humour, we’re all for it. So whether you’re a trusty stalwart or a blushing first-timer, Gatehouse of Fleet is the place to be. www.musicgatehouse.com

Riverside Rock Jedburgh 18 June Riverside Rock 2016 already have some fantastic bands signed up: The Men They Couldn’t Hang / The Lost Boys / Scocha (Back for a 3rd Year) / Blistered Molly (Back for a 2nd Year) / Greg Anderson (Back too for 2nd year) he rocked the tent at the end last year! Main tent headliner and other bands to be announced. As before Riverside Rock must not be missed, the Scottish Borders very own music festival at Riverside Park, Jedburgh, and 2016 will have more food outlets, more bars and a bigger tent. Tickets on sale soon!

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Glasgow Jazz Festival Glasgow 22 June - 3 July

www.jazzfest.co.uk

The East Neuk Festival Fife 22 June -3 July The award-winning and critically-acclaimed East Neuk Festival presents world-class arts events in the East Neuk of Fife. The heart of the Festival is classical chamber music, but we also present world, jazz, folk and electronica. In addition to our musical celebrations, we’ve commissioned films, exhibitions, art installations and literature events as well as guided walks. www.eastneukfestival.com

Wildfire Festival 24-26 June South Lanarkshire Scotland's classic rock and metal festival. Now in its fifth year, this is Scotland's only 3 day annual, Classic Rock and Heavy Metal Festival. Recently awarded the best musical event of the year at the Scottish New Music Awards. www.wildfirefestival.co.uk

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North Hop Glasgow

Stonehaven Folk Festival

Glasgow 18-19 June There will be lots of great Scottish and guest breweries offering up a fine selection of craft beers and ciders in the rustic Beer Hall, along with some tasty street food vendors, market traders, live art, bands, and acoustic acts.

Stonehaven 7-10 July 28th Stonehaven Folk Festival featuring a mix of some of the best in traditional and contemporary music and song from Scotland and further afield.

A weekend of Concerts, ceilidh, workshops, sessions, singarounds and fun with the Annual World Paper'n'Comb Championships and the

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Truly something for everyone! Tickets will be on Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is one of the top sale from the Byre Theatre Box Office starting What more can we say! Scotland’s most widely known and respected festival, which always at- ten jazz festivals in Europe, with over 36,000 30 May 2016. Follow the build up to the Festival sales and 67,000 attendances, the 2016 edition on www.crailfestival.com, www.facebook.com/ tracts the biggest names. Check out tickets has one of our most diverse lineups ever with availability at www.tinthepark.com/tickets.

CrailFestival, and ‘Crail Festival’ on Pinterest." over 170 concerts in the ten days from 15-24 July across a range of Edinburgh venues. www.tinthepark.com www.crailfestival.com There are five major concerts at The Festival Theatre, with some of the biggest names from Hebridean Celtic Festival the modern jazz, blues and soul worlds. Our an- Wickerman Festival Hebrides nual concert with Jools Holland and his Orches- Dumfries & Galloway 13-16 July 2016 tra features special guests, Pauline and Gaps 22-23 July from The Selecter; Curtis Stigers returns with Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich his own band after wowing us in our Sinatra Wickerman is one of the UK’s best-loved indecultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featur- special last year; and we also welcome back pendent music festivals which will enter its 15th ing top quality music from around the Celtic na- Scotland’s top soul exiles, The Average White consecutive year in 2016. With ten stages feations and beyond. Stornoway and throughout Band, in a bill that also features The James Tay- turing an eclectic and exciting mix of leading Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk lor Quartet. There will be rare Scottish concerts artists, heritage acts and up-and-coming talent, and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl by two musicians who have been giants of world the two day summer party caters for all musical as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting jazz for the last forty years, John McLaughlin tastes. its biggest number of live performances ever. and Jan Garbarek.

Award-winning artists who took part in this www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge www.edinburghjazzfestival.com success after bosses laid on new venues and reSpeyfest turned to its roots for the showpiece event.

Pandora Fest Moray Duncarron www.hebceltfest.com 29-31 July 16 July At the end of July, the playing fields on East Tiree Music Festival Pandorafest will be Scotland's first music festival Street in the Moray town of Fochabers will be Isle of Tiree that supports women musicians. In 2015 the home to the 21st annual Speyfest, three days of 15-17 July major festivals displayed a massive gender im- the best in traditional and contemporary Celtic balance, of the 87 acts that were announced, 78 music. The tented village hosts a variety of Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 were all male, 3 were female and 6 were mixed seated and standing events including the Friday when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie groups - that was an 89.6% all male line up.* and Saturday concerts and stomps, the music (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stew- "As far as Scotland is concerned - this is not marathon that is the Speyfest Family Sunday, a art MacLennan with the radical idea of holding okay" says Pandora Fest! Pandorafest will be a craft and food fair and an ecumenical Celtic Kirk an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree. one day music festival packed full of live music service. The event is fully licensed and offers a TMF is more than just attending a music festifrom female singer/songwriters, women musiwide range of hot foods and a variety of drinks val – it is an island adventure. From the stuncians and female fronted bands all playing from from a number on onsite concessions. ning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping 12noon-11pm. Pandorafest will be running 3 next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or stages of live music across many genres, all ex- www.speyfest.com surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience pertly woven into a line-up to keep you entervery few festivals in the world could compete tained from start to finish.

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Glamis Prom

Three UK music greats come together to showcase their love of Americana in this year’s Southern Fried Festival. Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack Music at Paxton Festival & Andy Fairweather Low will make their Scottish Paxton, Berwickshire This year's Glamis Proms promises a spectacular debut in an ultra-rare trio show as a climax to 15-24 July evening of enchanting music featuring the rePerth’s festival of American roots music with nowned British Sinfonietta orchestra with an ar- other headliners confirmed as Imelda May, Mary We are proud to present a star-studded line-up ray of special guests.

Chapin Carpenter and Gretchen Peters. Named of musicians and ensembles. Some will be familScottish Event Awards Best Small Festival 2014, iar to our audiences, others are appearing for www.glamisprom.com the Southern Fried Festival takes place in Perth the first time, but all are of the highest quality, Concert Hall and other city centre venues from many travelling significant distances to be with Friday 29 until Sunday 31 July. Festival passes Crail Festival us in the Scottish Borders. and general ticket sales are now open Why not make an occasion of it and enjoy sup- Fife per, a stroll around the extensive grounds, or a 20-30 July 2016 www.southernfriedfestival.co.uk drink in the courtyard before the concert?

"Crail Festival- 20th - 30th July 2016- now in its With its tranquil setting in extensive parkland overlooking the River Tweed, Paxton House pro- 4th decade , will ,once again ,offer a wonderful programme of music. It will include: the amazvides the perfect environment for our chamber ing Jimmi Shandrix Experience Ceilidh Band : music festival – the peace of the countryside Opera Bohemia ' I Pagliacci': the incomparable coupled with the facilities of any urban concert Richard Digance will be conducting a Songwrithall. ing Children's Workshop in addition to his keenly If you are new to Music at Paxton, do come anticipated performance: Gaelic folk from the along to our free ‘taster’ concerts in May and Glamis Castle 16 July

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