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'Resonate' Announces 2019 Return With New Creative Hub And Pledge For Gender Balance Back for the third year running, RESONATE is one of the year’s unmissable events for industry professionals, musicians, music students and diehard music fans.

Returning to the glorious setting of Barras Art & Design Centre on Thursday 14th November, RESONATE has firmly cemented itself in one of the UK’s most vibrant musical cities, Glasgow.

Built on four integral pillars; collaboration, creativity, accessibility and development, RESONATE is passionate about bringing its ethos of industry training, business development and innovation to Glasgow’s ever-evolving music industry. This year’s aims are clearer than ever with RESONATE also aiming to create a safe, friendly platform that encourages individuals from the musical community to engage with one another.

This year RESONATE also welcomes a new break out space, Creative East End. Located less than two minutes away from the central hub of BAaD, the new space will feature a variety of workshops and an opportunity for delegates to conduct meetings. The event is also proud to announce that they have pledged to PRS Foundation’s Keychange Programme which aims to achieve a 50:50 gender balance across festivals and conference programmes by 2020.

Buy tickets now @ www.resonatescot.co.uk/buy-tickets iconic venues, The Barrowlands. It delivers insight, knowledge, advice, guidance, and hands on technical stuff, making it a must attend event for people all levels of the music industry - from starting out to top “RESONATE is now firmly established as a key national dogs. The music industry is built on relationships and music industry conference and networking event. The RESONATE facilitates this with plenty of networking organisers seem to constantly look for ways of opportunities. We made some very useful connections building on the previous year’s successes, and 2018 for Dumfries Music Conference.” Michael Nicholson, was no different. It’s common for events to fall into Co-Founder - Dumfries Music Conference the trap of being formulaic by year three, but RESONATE has resisted this with a fresh approach www.resonatescot.co.uk each year. The setting is perfect: Glasgow’s east end, www.twitter.com/ResonateScot in one of its coolest new venues, aptly in the shadow www.facebook.com/ResonateScot of what many people believe to be Scotland’s most grow the industry for the benefit of all.” Robert Kilpatrick,General Manager - Scottish Music Industry Association.

Building on their ethos of promoting creativity and opportunities for development, RESONATE will be also be running additional live events in the lead up to the main conference event. Each event will focus on one specific genre , showcasing a vast range of musicians from an array of musical backgrounds.

With a commitment to be an inclusive event, RESONATE are introducing their new deposit scheme which will allow delegates to reserve their ticket with an initial £25 payment. Two more subsequent payments of £25 will then secure the full day delegates pass. In addition to this new payment plan, there will be the introduction of a student discount pass which will be available for those who hold a valid student card at the time of purchase.

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RESONATE Music Industry Conference will take place at the Barras Art & Design Centre on Thursday 14 November with this year’s programme to include more activities and increased delegates opportunity to connect and network.

RESONATE are committed to building upon their solid foundations and strive to bring more diverse panel conversations, unique demonstrations, debates and one to one sessions to music enthusiasts in Scotland.

“Events like this are so important, no matter where they are, but with Glasgow being such a strong music city with a lot of people doing a lot of amazing creative things, it needs a focal point and event like RESONATE. Everyone can come together to network, learn from each other, talk about challenges & opportunities and find new ways to collaborate and

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Fresh talent lines up for Killin Music Festival's 'Open Stage Competition' Killin Music Festival will host an 'Open Stage Competition' as part of their three-day festival, and this year’s acts promise to deliver another afternoon of compelling music.

“Our Open Stage Competition always delivers an unmissable afternoon full of unsigned artists pursuing their dreams and following their hearts. The passion is pure, the talent inspiring.”

KMF 'Open Stage Competition' Sunday 16 June from 2pm Portnellan Tent - Free Entry 2pm :: Calum Bowie A young singer songwriter from north east of Scotland looking to make it in the music industry.

Calum writes his songs around things he is familiar with, such as growing up in a small town and everything that goes on around that. Calum is looking forward to playing outside of Aberdeenshire for the first time.

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Killin Music Festival runs from Friday 14 June through to Sunday 16 June, with the Open Stage 2.40pm :: Anna Leyden competition beginning at 2pm on the Sunday in A singer-songwriter originally from Belfast. Anna has the Portnellan marquee.

one of the most beautiful places in the Highlands. Although the line-up is impressive, the event is scaled down, so that performances are intimate, and the bar areas are sociable (no grown up surrounded by Irish folk and traditional mile-long queues to get your drink!). There is Entry to listen to the competition, which is music, having two parents who are folk singers something for all tastes – from a relaxed seated themselves. Anna started writing her own songs sponsored by the Killin Hotel, is free for concert to bouncing night-time shows. All events when she was in her early teens and has been part everyone! Several artists who are starting out in are indoors or under cover, so there is no need of several musical groups over the years. their careers will perform in a cosy, lively to fear the temperamental weather. There are afternoon session. One will be named the 2019 3.20pm :: Man of the Minch also a variety of free fringe events taking place Open Stage winner, and will be invited to a main The aquatic alias of Glasgow based queer galactic during the weekend, including the second stage slot at next year’s festival. folk pop act and multi-instrumentalist Pedro festival stage, competitions and a craft fair.

Cameron. Drawing on lyrical themes of life and loves This year’s Open Stage welcomes Two Far Flung, Festival goers will have a chance to take in the as a member of the LGBT community, the Man of a husband-and-wife duo who create intimate stunning scenery and warm hospitality the the Minch sound blends sparkling electronic songs and folk melodies, with Celtic roots and historic area has to offer. elements with rootsy Americana and traditional hints of Americana.

Budding solo singerCeltic sounds, virtuoso fiddle playing from For 2019 the festival welcomes headliners Trail songwriters include Calum Bowie from Instrumentalist of the Year nominee Laura Wilkie West, Elephant Sessions and Siobhan Miller. This Aberdeenshire, Anna Leyden from Belfast, and and catchy as hell pop hooks for something both year sees different genres taking to the stage, unique and soaringly anthemic.

Glasgow’s Kara Conway, who has performed including soul-funk phenomenon Tom McGuire solo, backed by a live orchestra, at the SEC 4pm :: Kara Conway and the Brassholes, and fresh indie band The Armadillo. Man of the Minch, a Glasgow-based A highly talented singer songwriter from Glasgow.

101. There will again be music in the Portnellan queer-galactic-folk-pop act promises something Kara regularly performs at open mic nights, and in Tent from Headland, Dlù and Greig Taylor. unique - Celtic with a modern twist - and recent months has performed a solo, backed by a Access to the tent is free of charge and perfect includes Instrumentalist of the Year nominee live orchestra, at the SEC Armadillo as well as for a family day out. The full festival line-up can Laura Wilkie. playing the Danny Kyle Open Stage. be found on the website.

KMF organisers say: “Our Open Stage 4.40pm :: Two Far Flung Some tickets are still available, but hurry, so you Competition always delivers an unmissable Two Far Flung is husband-and-wife duo Alan and can enjoy a fantastic weekend of music and Grace Murray. Coming from somewhat different afternoon full of unsigned artists pursuing their merriment in the heart of Scotland. musical backgrounds, the couple combine their dreams and following their hearts. The passion is talents to create intimate songs and folk melodies. pure, the talent inspiring.” www.killinmusicfestival.com Hints of Americana and Celtic roots can be found as their voices weave through warm harmonies, in a manner that has drawn comparisons to Angus and Julia Stone, and Mandolin Orange.

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The SAY Award :: Live At The Longlist 2019 Line-Up Announced Featuring - C Duncan + Kobi Onyame + Rod Jones (Idlewild) + Modern Studies

Scotland’s national music prize, The SAY Award, have announced today that the highly anticipated Live at the Longlist event will take place at The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh on 26 July.

The event will feature live performances from some of Scotland’s best creative talent and SAY alumni including C Duncan, Kobi Onyame and a special collaboration between Idlewild’s Rod Jones and Modern Studies. The twenty outstanding Scottish albums that will make up The SAY Award Longlist for 2019 will be exclusively revealed on a night celebrating the incredible strength and diversity of Scottish music.

Rod Jones of Idlewild said of the event: “I’m really excited to be collaborating with Modern Studies. I’m a big fan of their ‘Welcome Strangers’ album and the way they interweave folk, classical and pop. I look forward to seeing what we can bring to each other’s songs…”

Announced in front of a live audience by hosts Vic Galloway and Nicola Meighan, Live at the Longlist ensures music fans are the first to know which albums make up this year’s coveted list. The live gig will be raising funds for Help Musicians Scotland – The SAY Award’s charity partner for 2019 –ensuring it is a night of celebration, recognition and inclusivity for all in the Scottish music industry.

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Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones. The iconic Scottish outfit unveiled their eighth studio album earlier this year; an album C Duncan said: “It’s an amazing award which saw them team up once again that celebrates not only the more with the producer of their seminal established artists living and working in record ‘The Remote Part’, Dave Eringa.

Scotland, but also the up and coming Modern Studies said: “Many the ones. It celebrates every genre and sweaty jump-about we’ve had in our style, which is so important in ranks to some of Rod’s classic riffs over showcasing Scotland’s varied and the years - we’re excited to get the eclectic musical landscape. chance to collaborate with him for a "Every musician needs help at some performance at such a great venue, and point or another in their career, and looking forward to putting something raising funds for Help Musicians really special together.”

Scotland will ensure they get the The night will also feature a special DJ support they need and deserve. set from Tallah Brash, Music Editor at "The SAY award nominations for my The Skinny. With a vast amount of previous albums has helped boost my experience in the music industry, Tallah career in Scotland and beyond. Not only Brash runs a pre-club party night called with regards to radio play, shows, sales Supper Club at The Safari Lounge where etc, but also in helping me gain she plays top records and promotes top confidence to create whatever I like. It local electronic acts. has introduced me to lots of other As we went to press there already had artists and opened my eyes/ears to been an incredible 260 eligible albums other amazing music coming out of confirmed - submissions are now closed Scotland.” though.

Fresh from an appearance at The Great Live at the Longlist will announce which Escape earlier this month, Scottishbased Ghanaian artist Kobi Onyame will twenty albums are in the running to be Shortlisted, with the final winning artist perform material from his ‘GOLD’ LP, collecting a £20,000 cash prize and nine which was Shortlisted for The SAY Award last year. Blending his Ghanaian runners up each awarded £1,000. The SAY Award is an integral part of the heritage with hip-hop undertones, ‘GOLD’ sonically takes the listener on a Scottish music industry which journey. Kobi Onyame expertly captures celebrates, promotes and rewards the most outstanding Scottish albums each the afrobeat rhythms of the 1960s and year. To date, the award has distributed 70s using percussions and brass over £203,000 in prize money. melodies with an originality that somehow has its roots in the past and After submissions closed and all eligible present simultaneously. An artist on the albums have been collated, 100 rise, Kobi Onyame’s set at Live at the impartial ‘Nominators’, chosen from Longlist will truly celebrate the depth sectors including journalism, broadcast and diversity of Scotland’s musical and radio, music retail and live music landscape. venues, will consider the titles from The performance at Live at the Longlist will be incredibly special.

judges have included the composer Craig Armstrong, Turner Prize winning artists Douglas Gordon and Susan Philipsz, Filmmaker Lynne Ramsey, DJ and Promoter Sarra Wild, Edinburgh International Festival Director Fergus Linehan, Sub Club Partner/Director Barry Price and Scottish Ballet’s Sophie Laplane.

Robert Kilpatrick, General Manager at Scottish Music Industry Association said: “This year The SAY Award makes its Edinburgh debut, and what better way to kick things off than by hosting Live at the Longlist at The Queen’s Hall as part of the iconic venue’s 40th anniversary celebrations.

“Join us for a night championing the incredible strength and diversity of Scottish music, with a stellar line-up of previous nominees performing and the announcement of the twenty outstanding Scottish albums that will make up this year’s Longlist. We’re delighted that the event is raising funds for Help Musicians Scotland, our charity partner, who do such vital work supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of artists who continually give Scotland it’s rich, valued and vibrant cultural identity.”

Evan Henderson, Chief Executive, The Queen’s Hall, said: “Making the connection between The SAY Award and The Queen’s Hall made complete sense to me, and when I took over as CEO, I Now in its eighth year, The SAY Award made a point of working towards will move to the capital city for the first enticing the event east. The Queen’s time. Live at the Longlist gets things Hall has long supported both emerging underway with an incredible bill of and established talent of all genres over previously nominated artists including C our 40 year history. We have the perfect Duncan, Kobi Onyame plus a special space, both in its intimacy and it’s collaboration between Idlewild’s Rod renowned acoustics, which I feel will do Jones and Modern Studies. our most creative Scottish artists proud SAY Award’s Eligible Albums list, Kobi Onyame said: “Really looking when we host ‘Live at the Longlist’ this Shortlisted in both 2016 and 2017 for nominating their five favourite albums year. Edinburgh has world class venues his albums ‘Architect’ and ‘The Midnight forward to rocking out at Live at the Longlist this year. The SAY Award put a and ranking them in order of of all shapes and sizes, from the grungy Sun’, C Duncan will perform following lot of attention on my album and I can’t preference. ‘Nominators’ include to the most elegant. The SAY Award – the release of his third album ‘Health’ wait to perform and also see who made specialists in a variety of genres, such won by Edinburgh’s Young Fathers in earlier this year. ‘Health’ saw the as jazz, classical, electronic and the Longlist this year.”

2018 – shines a spotlight on the Scottish multi-instrumentalist step out traditional folk, as well as key creative heart and the burgeoning new of his bedroom studio and work with Meanwhile, two of Scotland’s finest influencers from elsewhere in the arts. music scene growing in this city and other producers, engineers and talents and previously nominated artists The SMIA assigns a score to each title in throughout Scotland.” musicians for the first time. Warm and will team up for a special collaboration a Nominator’s Top 5, before announcing harmonically rich, C Duncan delightfully on the night, highlighting everything 'Live at the Longlist' the 20 highest scoring albums as The juxtaposes the vibrant and wholesome which makes The SAY Award so special SAY Award Longlist for 2019 on 26 July. tickets on sale now @ aesthetic of the album with an oftento Scotland’s music industry. Modern www.sayaward.com darker lyrical undertone, pushing The Longlist is then whittled down to a Studies, whose beguiling second LP himself to refine and explore new ways ‘Welcome Strangers’ is an elemental Shortlist of 10 albums, one of which will www.sayaward.com of writing. ‘Health’ sees C Duncan be chosen by music fans via an online and often spectral world of contrasting www.twitter.com/SAYaward evolve and expand his parameters in public vote and the others decided by tones and hues will perform with mesmerising fashion meaning his The SAY Award judging panel. Previous www.facebook.com/SAYaward

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"The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"

:: Made In Scotland ::

9 music shows in Edinburgh this Summer Full schedule @ www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com/current-shows/ The 2019 Made in Scotland Programme has now launched helping to showcase World Class Music from Scotland.

Fringe. The onward touring fund has enabled 91 productions to tour across ensembles this year including six world premieres. Approximately £100,000 of this funding goes towards onward touring to enable artists six continents, visiting 42 countries. and organisations to take up future opportunities with contacts made with Gill Maxwell, Executive Director, Scottish Music Centre said: industry professionals during the Festival Fringe.

“Working in partnership with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Made in Scotland goes from strength to strength each year, winning many Creative Scotland and the Federation of Scottish Theatre, the Scottish Music Centre is delighted that this year’s 11th edition of Made in Scotland plaudits and accolades along the way for the quality of the work being will present nine world-class music shows. Highlighting the quality and presented on stage. The showcase is widely recognised as one that not Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs diversity of Scotland’s composers, songwriters, musicians and artists, this only celebrates the wealth of work being made in Scotland but enables recently announced the companies, ensembles and artists selected for the Scottish-based artists and companies to act as ambassadors to worldwide impressive programme presents new Scottish music from across all 11th year of Made in Scotland - the curated showcase of music, theatre genres: from electric and acoustic multi-artist showcases to solo audiences. and dance performed during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. instrumentalists, contemporary classical and jazz ensembles to new twists 2019 sees the inaugural Made in Scotland Festival in Brussels, which will on folk music and ingenious specially crafted music-making for children, Through funding from the Scottish Government’s Expo Fund, Made in see six dance, theatre and music performances being performed in this year’s wide-ranging line-up offers something for every music lover.”

Scotland is a partnership between the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Belgium in June.

Creative Scotland, the Federation of Scottish Theatre and the Scottish www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com Music Centre. A total of £550,000 has been received from the Expo Fund Since its inception in 2009, Made in Scotland has supported over 150 www.facebook.com/MadeInScotland which has enabled Made in Scotland to present 22 artists, companies and companies, ensembles and artists to to deliver over 200 shows at the

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Sophie Rocks :: Following her stunning 2018 Fringe debut, Sophie Rocks’ audiences can be wowed again by a moving musical and spoken narrative, Notes from Shetland to Shanghai.

Sophie will be drawing influences from her traditional roots and cutting-edge contemporary music to explore the impact of migration on people from countries such as Canada, Holland, Israel and, of course, China. A homage to immigrants worldwide which will leave you spellbound :: www.harprocks.com

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Cryptic presents Kathryn Joseph :: An intimate and provocative live performance that “evolves into a hypnotic whirlwind of warring emotions” (The Herald), Cryptic’s critically acclaimed, poignant staging of award-winning singer Kathryn Joseph’s second album returns by popular demand. Renowned for her spellbinding vocal style and strong lyrical aesthetic, which showcases both vulnerability and strength, Joseph moves and engages in equal measure. Complemented

by Cryptic’s “intense, intimate, immaculately stylised presentation” (The Scotsman), From When I Wake will ‘ravish the senses’ and reach right to the soul with a performance where “hearts are broken and stolen in equal measure” (The List). www.twitter.com/crypticglasgow

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Young Night Thought :: How do you climb a tree without worrying about the fall? Why do you dream up the monsters in the shadows? Young Night Thought brings together Scots folklore, song, film, artwork and dance in an exploration of the ‘inner child’.Flanked by a live band, Kirsty Law leads the audience across the threshold of the supernatural and back again :: ww.kirstylaw.com

The Night With …

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The Night With… :: Three different programmes featuring music by Scottish composers and settings of Scottish poetry, performed by Scottish musicians.

Composers featured include Alistair MacDonald, Stuart Murray-Mitchell, Rebecca Rowe, Diana Salazar, Oliver Searle and Matthew Whiteside.

Settings of poetry by Nan Shepherd, Helene Grøn, Jane McKie and Stewart Sanderson. Duo van Vliet includes the world première of a new work by Linda Buckley :: www.thenightwith.com

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Raymond MacDonald and Friends :: A genrebusting line-up of virtuoso performers present work inspired by Muriel Spark, one of Scotland’s most celebrated writers. Infused with Sparkian drama and pathos the music draws the listener into intimate soundworlds where breezy melodies melt seamlessly into freewheeling collective improvisations. Live visuals and electronics help create thrilling and expansive music that moves from tear-jerkingly fragile to joyous and celebratory in a heartbeat :: www.facebook.com/raymond.macdonald.716

Pianodrome :: Wild and wonderful #Pianodrome house band S!nk bring you to life with a full spectrum of new music and movement in their travelling 100seater amphitheatre made entirely from upcycled pianos. With the greatest pleasure we present a pentagon of Made in Scotland special guests (14th Omar Afif, 15th Lizabett Russo, 17th Hebrides Ensemble, 18th Kate in the Kettle, Tinderbox Orchestra) along with a host of other outstandingacts. Two shows in one. A festival within a festival. Intimate. Epic. Take a seat in our gigantic walnut mahogany musical hug :: www.pianodrome.org

Soundplay Dome www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com/shows/soundplay-dome/

Soundplay Projects :: A unique interactive, musical sensory space for all. Inspired by years spent combining digital art and music to stimulate creativity in youngsters, Ewan Sinclair and Bal Cooke have created a multisensory, audio-visual pop up playground where sound, animation and interactive technology collide. Suitable for children of all ages, this magical sensory space invites its visitors to create soothing musical landscapes using objects and tactile materials, turning the space into a playful digital instrument. Play, roll, drum, move or sing, the Soundplay Dome wants you to experiment and have some fun with music and sound! :: www.soundplaydome.com

Scottish Jazz & Beyond: Parts 1/2/3 www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com/shows/scottish-jazz-beyond-parts-1-2-3/

Thomas Bancroft :: Three of Scotland’s leading jazz groups with world class guests from India and Shetland. See all bands play in one concert at The Queens Hall or in individual sets at Pianodrome/Out of the Blue.

Part 1: Scotland’s guitar genius Graeme Stephen’s masterpiece for jazz trio and Shetland folk fiddler Chris Stout.

Part 2: at 21 Fergus McCreadie is Scotland’s next global superstar – piano virtuoso with an amazing band. BBC Young Jazz Musician of 2019 Finalist.

Part 3: Features Sharat Chandra Srivastava on violin and the voices of Sophie Bancroft and Gina Rae :: www.interrupto.com/projects/active/scottish-jazz-beyond

Soundhouse Presents: Three Times Five www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com/shows/soundhouse-presents-three-times-five/

The Soundhouse Organisation :: Edinburgh-based promoter The Soundhouse Organisation presents Three Times Five, featuring Moishe’s Bagel, Kinnaris Quintet and John Goldie and the High Plains. These are three bands that are producing ingenious and highly listenable music, transcending categorisation, and appealing to festivals and promoters of many types. They represent what Scottish musicians are good at: melding a variety of styles, influences and origins to make exciting, world-leading sounds :: www.facebook.com/soundhouseorg

"The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"

www.scottishmusiccentre.com : https://twitter.com/scottishmusic : www.facebook.com/scottishmusiccentre The Scottish Music Centre currently supports in excess of 100 composer, group/small business and corporate members.

Offering a wealth of advantages, initiatives include the bi-monthly Composers' Digest and Exposed Melodies podcast series, regular networking events and notification of valuable opportunities, extensive publicity and increased correspondence with national companies, chamber ensembles, soloists and festivals.

For further information, please contact 0141 552 5222 or visit: www.scottishmusiccentre.com

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BBC SCOTLAND's 'Hip Hop' Season to celebrate the culture that has grown since the 1980s From Sunday 16 June 16 to Friday 21 June BBC Scotland is set to unwrap a season of hip hop programmes in mid-June. The week-long season of programmes will celebrate the street culture which has grown and developed in Scotland since the 80s, with its own spectrum of emerging and established stars but is largely unheralded by mainstream media.

The programming on the new BBC Scotland channel will run from Sunday 16 June to Friday 21 June.

A cornerstone of this new season will be a major new documentary, Loki’s History of Scottish Hip Hop. Award winning author Darren 'Loki’ McGarvey reveals the History of Scottish hip hop and how over the last 30 or so years it has spawned a revolutionary street-level culture in cities and towns across the country.

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Louise Thornton, Commissioning Executive at BBC Scotland, said: “A vibrant and dynamic street-level culture through urban Scotland, from Inverness to Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, hip hop has been with us for decades but somehow always just under the radar of the mainstream.

A rapper, who turned that skill into cultural commentating and writing with his breakthrough first book Poverty Safari, Darren – in the opening minutes of the documentary – says: “For me hip hop started “This season looks at how it has become a here in Pollok … channel for creativity, ‘bubbling under the “Feeling isolated and culturally alienated in a surface’ of more mainstream Scottish culture, reflecting people’s lives and issues in modern idioms and terms. The season is looking at hip hop as a cultural phenomenon but also as a social movement.”

Among the other highlights will be a new documentary in which an emerging female star of the movement reflects on a sexual assault and how she copes with the aftermath through performance.

housing scheme, the two things that resonated with me growing up were Batman and American hip hop.

“Rap was people talking about many of the things I was experiencing as a young man in Scotland so I began rapping as means of expressing my feelings. If it wasn’t for hip hop I wouldn’t be where I am now.”

The documentary goes through the four ‘pillars’ of hip hop from break-dancing, graffiti art to deejaying, and then latterly MCing, which we now know as rapping.

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There will also be a screening of Lumo: Too Young to Die. In 2017, Calum Barnes took his own life. The Glasgow rapper, also known as Lumo, was a popular figure on the city’s hip hop scene, but privately he was deeply troubled.

Calum’s battles with mental health are documented in the film through his own video diaries, discovered after his death.

One BBC SCOTLAND programme coming up on Thursday 20 June is TUNE, a new latenight music show, with this episode featuring Darren ‘Loki’ McGarvey with an exclusive track from his forthcoming new album.

Providing the international context of the story of hip hop is a film from American director Alex Jordanov. The Game: Hip Hop takes the story of the movement from the street to Wall Street, outlining how this culture has gone global as lifestyle and a multi-billion dollar industry. Among those featured in the film are 50 Cent, Ice T, Chuck D, Young Thug, Grandmaster Caz, and Melle Mel.

Looking back at over 30 years of culture, Loki speaks to the pioneers in music, dance and art. It is a story of young men and women in Scotland overcoming adversity to express themselves in often challenging circumstances. This new documentary, by Sasquatch Productions, also explores status in culture and language and how young people in the eighties caught on to an industry now worth ten billion dollars a year but whose ‘stars’ are still relatively unknown. Throughout the week there will be hip hop performances and related items on For many it provided something even more @BBCScotland social media. Underscored valuable, with many contributors reflecting how their lives could have gone badly wrong throughout with original new hip hop music, The Grey Area, a gritty Edinburgh drama without hip hop. which was acclaimed when it was shown in As one contributor, Bohze, notes breakthe first week of the channel in its hour long dancing competitions became the new thing version, will be available on BBC iPlayer. to do on the street. Bohze says: “1983 www.bbc.co.uk/scotland comes along, everybody stops fighting and the maddest thing is that they are dancing www.twitter.com/BBCScotland against each other, actually dancing against www.facebook.com/BBCScotland each other.”

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Top Musical Talent Recognised At 2019 Scottish Jazz Awards The winners of the 7th Scottish Jazz Awards were unveiled on 9 June, at a prestigious ceremony at Drygate in Glasgow, as Scotland’s vibrant jazz scene gathered to pay tribute to its standout musical talent.

A panel of industry specialists, including press and promoters from across the UK, selected the shortlists before the public chose the winners.

Thousands of people voted online to decide which of Scotland’s most revered jazz musicians scooped a Scottish Jazz award.

Categories included Best Vocalist and Best Album, alongside a new prize, Services To Scottish Jazz Award, celebrating those working behind the scenes in the industry and chosen by the panel. The Lifetime Achievement Award was also selected by the panel and this year’s recipient Martin Taylor joins a revered hall of fame which includes Fionna Duncan and Carol Kidd.

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Winners of the 7th Scottish Jazz Awards ::

Fergus McCreadie Trio (Turas)

Best Vocalist Award

Marianne McGregor

sponsored by Whighams Jazz Club

Georgia Cecile

Best Instrumentalist Award sponsored by ESP Music Rentals

sponsored by Ticketmaster

Jazz Scotland

Martin Taylor

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra sponsored by Birnam CD

Services to Scottish Jazz

in association with Help Musicians Scotland

Best Band Award

Best Album Award

sponsored by The Blue Arrow

Lifetime Achievement Award

Brian Kellock

sponsored by Musicians’ Union

Rising Star Award

Jill Rodger, Director of Glasgow Jazz Festival and host of the Scottish Jazz Awards, said: “The Scottish Jazz Awards are about honouring some of the most talented and revered musicians in the industry. The public and the panel did not have an easy feat deciding which of Scotland’s exceptional jazz musicians should receive these awards – huge congratulations to everyone who was nominated, and to all of our winners. The recognition is richly deserved.”

This year the Scottish Jazz Awards teamed up with a new charity partner Help Musicians The Scottish Jazz Awards are hosted as an independent event by the organisers of Glasgow Scotland to spread awareness of their frontline services and to raise vital funds to empower Jazz Festival and supported by the National Scottish musicians and those in the Scottish Lottery through Creative Scotland. music industry.

This year’s Glasgow Jazz Festival will see more than 300 musicians play over 40 shows from Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 June as the city comes alive with the sound of jazz, blues, soul, funk, R&B, electronic and world music.

The Glasgow International Jazz Festival was founded in 1987, when Glasgow was bidding to become the European City of Culture for 1990.

The city had studied the competition and worked out that all major cities in Europe had a jazz festival. If they had one, then so should Glasgow.

From the very beginning, the Glasgow International Jazz Festival brought some of the biggest names of jazz to the City –1987’s programme included singer Sarah Vaughan, Chick Corea, Taj Mahal, Benny Carter and Carol Kidd. Other top headliners include Miles Davis (during the European City of Culture year 1990), Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Guy, Michael Brecker and Tony Bennett.

Tickets and the full programme for Glasgow Jazz Festival are available @ www.jazzfest.co.uk

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Dunfermline's 'Moonlight Zoo' To Play New York - For $15,000 BOTB Prize!

Moonlight Zoo Through To Final Of Hard Rock Cafe Global Battle Of The Bands

Glasgow's Hard Rock Cafe is delighted to reveal that Scottish band Moonlight Zoo are one of three finalists in the global Battle of the Bands competition.

An open call for entries in December was whittled down to Scottish acts Moonlight Zoo, The Asuras, Sara 'N' Junbug and Chris Greig & The Merchants performing in front of a panel of judges in Hard Rock Cafe Glasgow in April.

The 24 global performances took place around the world and Moonlight Zoo were then selected as one of the finalists for Glasgow’s heat alongside Sara 'N' Junbug, going through to a public vote alongside 10 bands from host cities around the world including Nashville, Seattle, Sydney, Moscow and Curitiba.

The Hard Rock Cafe Glasgow event in April featured music critic Jim Gellatly, Kieren Webster (musician, The View), Lynne Hoggan (Heart Radio Presenter) and Morgan Woods (musician, Emme Woods).

Moonlight Zoo and two additional acts from Nashville + Curitiba are now confirmed as official finalists and will receive an all-expenses paid trip to New York City to perform at Hard Rock Cafe New York, the chance to win the $15,000 cash prize and performance time in front of leading music industry executives.

Moonlight Zoo said “A massive thank you to Hard Rock for this incredible opportunity, and most importantly to everyone of you for the unbelievable support - we couldn't have done it without you!”

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NYOS 40th Anniversary

Marking Forty Years Of Musical Excellence Glasgow | Perth | Skye | Belfast | Sligo | Kirkwall | Dundee |Stirling The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland 40th Anniversary celebrations continue with a summer season packed full of amazing music, intriguing tours and concerts, wonderful guest artists, soloists and conductors and the most talented young instrumentalists Scotland has to offer.

NYOS Symphony Orchestra’s tour of Scotland is visiting Orkney, just as it did during its inaugural season back in 1979. Or the Jazz Orchestra’s tour to Ireland with two debut performances, firstly at the MAC in Belfast followed by a prestigious date at the Sligo Jazz Festival. NYOS Junior and Senior Orchestras perform some truly uplifting repertoire this summer with back-toback shows in Perth alongside solo trumpet and cello respectively. An enticing summer awaits!

The NYOS Summer Season highlights include .....

different with the orchestra making its debut appearance at the Sligo Jazz Festival, as part of a tour to Northern Ireland and Eire.

* NYOS Symphony Orchestra Tour of Scotland performing Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra in Kirkwall, Dundee & Stirling

Before that, the orchestra will of course be performing in Scotland, including their annual participation in the Fèis an Eilein on the Isle of Skye followed by its second visit to the state-of-the-art New Auditorium at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

* With award-winning Australian-British conductor, Jessica Cottis alongside the exceptional violinist Daishin Kashimoto * NYOS Senior Orchestra joined by the fine young cellist Alexey Stadler performing Schumann’s Cello Concerto * Alumni stories – interviews with high profile alumni released throughout the year. Next up Nicola Benedetti and Colin Currie * NYOS Jazz Summer Tour with guest artist Yazz Ahmed (Trumpet & Flugelhorn) Visiting the Mac in Belfast and debuting at Sligo Jazz festival * NYOS Junior Orchestra with conductor Natalia LuisBassa are joined by former Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet, Mark James to perform Arutiunian’s, Trumpet Concerto NYOS very much hope people from across Scotland will join them for a concert during their summer season, whether for big band on the Isle of Skye, Kabalevsky in Perth, or Bartók in Dundee!

NYOS Symphony Orchestra 6-9 August An exceptionally colourful programme awaits our students and audiences in August. The concert opens with Grażyna Bacewicz’s Overture, a six-minute, orchestral tour-de-force that will showcase all sections of the orchestra in preparation for their larger roles in one of the summits of twentieth-century orchestral music, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. We welcome another exceptional soloist, the First Concertmaster the Berlin Philharmonic, Daishin Kashimoto to join us through the drama, brilliance and turmoil of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.1. Award-winning Australian-British conductor, Jessica Cottis will direct the orchestra in this series of concerts across the country.

TOUR :: 7 August - The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall :: 8 August - Caird Hall, Dundee :: 9 August - The Albert Halls, Stirling

NYOS Jazz Orchestra 18-24 July NYOS Jazz Orchestra continues to enjoy prestigious performance opportunities nationally and internationally under the directorship of Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, and this year is no

Guest artists make an immeasurable contribution to the NYOS Jazz Programme and we are thrilled to welcome British-Bahraini trumpet and flugel player Yazz Ahmed. Her music, arranged for the Jazz Orchestra by Malcolm Edmonstone, will offer the orchestra and audiences alike the unique chance to immerse themselves in Arabic sounds and spirituality.

To complement Yazz’s music, Malcolm has also arranged a set written and inspired by female writers.

From Billie Holliday and Mary Lou Williams via Alice Coltrane and Joni Mitchell to modern day composers like Nikki Isles, Esperanza Spalding and Norah Jones.

Join us as we explore their fascinating music.

TOUR :: 18 July - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye (Skye Festival) :: 19 July - Birnam Arts Centre, Dunkeld :: 20 July - New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 22 July - The MAC, Belfast :: 24 July - Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo Jazz Festival

NYOS Senior Orchestra Summer Concert NYOS Senior Orchestra has continued to flourish since its inaugural season in 2013. This summer the Orchestra will be joined by one of the finest young cellists of his generation and winner of the 2012TONALi Grand Prix in Hamburg, Alexey Stadler.

It is testament to the wonderful guidance and leadership that the Senior Orchestra has received from its guest conductors over the past five years, that it has grown into an ensemble capable of approaching repertoire such as Kabalevsky's Symphony No.2 with such skill and professionalism, and we are delighted to welcome conductor Dionysis Grammenos to take up the baton once again this summer.

CONCERT :: Saturday 20 July, 7.30pm at Perth Concert Hall

NYOS Junior Orchestra

musicians. After four tremendous years of development under maestro Holly Mathieson, we are thrilled to welcome conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa to the podium this summer. A true advocate for early years music education, we are delighted to have Natalia join our young instrumentalists on their weeklong, summer residential course to continue this great work. Natalia and the Orchestra will also be joined by former Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet Mark James to perform Alexander Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto.

CONCERT :: Sunday 7 July, 6.00pm at Perth Concert Hall

NYOS Jazz Access Summer Concert NYOS Jazz Access is a training ground for the next generation of top jazz musicians. Jules Jackson is a multifaceted jazz musician: bass player (upright and electric), drummer, keyboardist, composer, arranger and sound engineer. He has been nurturing young NYOS jazz musicians since 2009. Emerging jazz instrumentalists and vocalists in NYOS Jazz Access enjoy opportunities to learn more intricate voicings and chord progressions. With a focus on expanding their jazz language through listening, transcription and theory, they develop and refine their improvisation skills. NYOS Jazz Access presents ‘Rush Hour Jazz’ in a place where the rush hour consists of the 20 vehicles recently disembarked from the Mallaig to Armadale ferry. The performers display versatility of style and soloing, equally comfortable in small combos as in a big band. Sit back and enjoy familiar standards and new arrangements – there will be something for everyone!

Summer Concert

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Catrin Finch + Seckou Keita :: Scottish Tour tour dates :: 19-30 June @ www.catrinfinchandseckoukeita.com/tour-dates

Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora maestro Seckou Keita are due to take to the road in Scotland this month for a tour of some of our iconic music venues, as well as some more intimate gigs in beautiful places.

The award-winning duo will be swapping their tour bus for a campervan and will be hitting the road with harp and kora onboard to travel for a fortnight of dates which will include Tolbooth, Stirling; St Mary’s Space, Fasnacloich, Appin, Argyll; The Macphail Centre, Ullapool; An Lanntair, Stornoway; Aros Community Theatre, Portree; Eden Court, Inverness; The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen and East Neuk Festival, Fife.

Year 2018. Their music is currently being used throughout the BBC2 comedy series ‘Don’t Forget The Driver’, written by and starring Toby Jones, who also asked the duo to compose a piece of music especially for the show.

Thematically inspired by the osprey – the magnificent raptor recently returned to Wales after its persecution to near extinction 400 years ago – and its annual migrations between Europe and Africa - the album’s intoxicating, often improvised synergy captures a magical meeting of minds and talents within a borderless musical landscape, again charting inspirational common ground between two seemingly disparate traditions.

“We’re hoping to call in on en route, where ‘Clarach’ (our osprey muse for the first track on our album SOAR) has just successfully returned to nest,” “We’ve found a campervan which has room for the harp and koras in the says Seckou. Clarach was the first osprey in over 400 years to be born in back and we’re looking forward to a beautiful road trip,” says Catrin Finch. the Dyfi Valley at the Dyfi Osprey Project near Machynlleth and to have “We love getting to venues off the beaten track – the smaller gigs are a successfully been recorded back after migration. She now nests in more intimate experience and we’ll be using the journey off-grid to get Aberfoyle at The Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, Aberfoyle, near Stirling. inspired to write new material.”

Themes of migration - natural, enforced and economic - run throughout The duo’s live performances of the album in 2018 garnered 5***** SOAR, drawing deep on the sometimes darker history of these two great reviews from both the Guardian and The London Evening Standard and musical nations. prompted Songlines Magazine’s Tim Cumming to describe them as “...one Catrin and Seckou will be collecting donations on this tour for the Refugee of the most popular world music acts of the decade”.

Survival Trust, www.rst.org.uk, a Scottish charity providing practical SOAR has swept the board for music industry awards, winning ‘Best support to asylum seekers and refugees, especially those who are at risk Fusion’ album in the Songlines Music Awards 2019, fRoots ‘Critics Poll of destitution. RST also supports refugees and asylum seekers to access Album of The Year’ 2018, ‘Best Transregional Album’ in the Transglobal World Music Charts and appeared in many Top Ten compilations, including employment and educational opportunities; raises public awareness of issues affecting asylum seekers in Scotland and campaigns for a more MOJO, The Guardian and Songlines Magazine’s Top Ten Albums of the humane asylum system.

100% of donations collected on the tour will go directly to refugees and asylum seekers in the form of grants or bus passes.

Tickets are available to buy directly from the venue websites. The tour also forms part of the Refugee Festival Scotland programme, which takes place between 20 – 30 June, further details can be found on the festival website @ www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk GIGnotes .....

JUNE: 19th Tolbooth, Stirling :: 20th St Mary’s Space, Fasnacloich, Appin, Argyll :: 21st The Macphail Centre, Ullapool :: 24th An Lanntair, Stornoway :: 25th Aros Community Centre, Portree :: 26th Eden Court, Inverness :: 27th The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen :: 28th (Seckou Keita Solo) East Neuk Festival, Fife :: 29th East Neuk Festival, Fife :: 30th (Catrin Finch Solo) East Neuk Festival, Fife

Catrin and Seckou :: photo by Gareth Griffiths

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Louise Connell :: double album - 'Squall Echo Rale' release date 7 June :: buy @ www.louiseconnell.com/buy-1

Scots songstress Louise Connell is delighted to announce the release of her new double album 'Squall Echo Rale'.

spell and pronounce Louise Connell than Reverieme). I hope this album shows the progression from where I began to where I am now.” said Louise

Featuring some of her most powerful songs, this bumper 19 track offering is sure to resonate with fans old and new, as well as cementing her status as a gifted, emotive songwriter and a truly unique performer.

In addition to recording an album which expressed her originality, Louise had the honour of having a thought-provoking album sleeve created by legendary artist and designer, James Marsh.

Recording and performing previously as Reverieme, Louise received critical acclaim for her first studio album, Straw Woman (2016). For her latest material, the enigmatic singerand turning them into pieces of music that help songwriter decided it was to time to strip back life make more sense. Songs are the version of the disguise and take the music forward under you that communicates with your audience, and her own name.

I felt it was unnecessary to continue performing “I love writing songs. I see it as catching the under a stage name when my songs were so ideas and words that are hurling around us all openly and honestly mine (plus, it's far easier to

Squall Echo Rale was released on 7 June and is available from iTunes, Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify and Amazon GIGnotes: New dates @ www.louiseconnell.com/live

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Dean Owens :: Success in International Competition tour dates :: @ www.deanowens.com/live/ Scottish troubadour Dean Owens has been awarded an “Honourable Mention” by the International Songwriting Competition, for Love Prevails (co-written with Will Kimbrough) from his album Southern Wind.

The Nashville based competition is open to songwriters worldwide, across a range of genres, with a panel of industry judges including Tom Waits, Adam Lambert and Rodney Crowell.

ISC statement: "There were almost 19,000 entries from 140 countries. Only 1% of all entries made it to the winners list of Honourable Mention/Placing" @ www.songwritingcompetition.com/ winners Love Prevails is the second song from Dean’s highly praised Southern Wind album to be awarded, with the title track winning UK Song of the Year at the 2019 Americana Music Association (UK) Awards.

Like Southern Wind, Love Prevails was co-written with his longstanding friend/collaborator Will Kimbrough, an award winning guitarist, producer and singer songwriter in his own right. Will’s own new album I Like It Down Here - which includes co-writing, singing (and whistling) contributions by Dean, has been attracting fulsome praise and a

Americanafest in Nashville (supported by PRS Foundation/ Creative Scotland and Saltire Society) and in 2018 he undertook his first US tour (also supported by Creative Scotland) which included a headline slot at the Levitt Shell in Memphis TN, the scene of Elvis Presley’s first paid gig.

2019 has started well. In addition to the awards, February saw the release (on Eel Pie Records) of Buffalo Blood, Dean’s collaboration with 3 US musicians - Grammy swathe of 5 star reviews since its original member Robert Reynolds. nominated Neilson Hubbard (also release on 19 April. the producer of Owens’ Southern He is now on a 2 week English tour, Wind and Into the Sea albums), Dean is just back from a 2 month which sees him teaming up with UK Joshua Britt and Audrey Spillman tour in USA, performing a mix of Instrumentalist of the Year 2018 (“An Americana supergroup for shows, partnering up with Will Tom Collison and celebrated 2019” Paul Sexton (BBC)). The Kimbrough, Wild Ponies, Buffalo guitarist Jim Maving to tour as Dean project was recorded live on Blood and The Two Tracks, with gigs Owens and the Southerners, hitting location in the New Mexico desert, taking him from Florida to Chicago, London, Brighton, Bristol, with powerful songs about Virginia, Nashville, Memphis, Colchester, Wavendon, Crawley, displacement, immigration and the Louisville and Indiana to South Folkestone, Liverpool, Biddulph and power of music to connect – which Dakota, Wyoming and California, Manchester, before returning to has received glowing 5 star reviews. and many points in between. It Scotland to play some solo shows Buffalo Blood had its live premiere includes a return to Albino Skunk and return to Fringe by the Sea at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections.

Music Festival in South Carolina, Festival in North Berwick with his where he got a standing ovation Celtabilly Allstars band (which sold GIGnotes ..... 15 June - Hope and Anchor, Islington, London :: 13 July - Woodside and immediate invitation for a out in 2018).

Hotel, Aberdour (solo) :: 8 August - Fringe return visit when he performed last by the Sea, North Berwick - Dean Owens & Owens is widely hailed as one of October. More standing ovations the Celtabilly Allstars :: 17 & 23 August – UK’s finest troubadours (with fans New Town Theatre (Edinburgh Fringe) – A have followed, particularly at including Trainspotting author Irvine Hatful of Songs (solo show) Louisville and Indiana’s Crossroads Welsh and BBC’s Bob Harris). In Acoustic Music Festival, where he www.deanowens.com September 2017 he became the also presented a Songwriting www.twitter.com/deanowens1 first Scottish musician to officially Workshop with The Mavericks www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic showcase at the prestigious Dean and Will Kimbrough at Pensacola Food Truck Festival :: photo by Suzanne Zimmer

The Music Of Mary, Queen Of Scots @ Rosslyn Chapel concert date 28 June :: tickets @ www.rosslynchapel.com/whats-on/

On 28 June the public is invited to what promises to be a wonderful candle-lit evening concert of 16th cent Scottish, French and Italian music of the Royal Court of Mary, Queen of Scots.

of this period. The chapel, in all its restored glory, is perhaps the most preserved, unaltered and beautiful 15th cent church in the UK.

The concert, performed by Elspeth McVeigh with lute and baroque fiddle accompaniment, is to celebrate Mary, Queen of Scots as an accomplished musician who played the lute and sang beautifully.

GIGnotes .....

JUNE: 28th, The Music Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, Rosslyn Chapel, Chapel Loan, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PU. 7.30-9pm. Tickets £16-£12 @ www.rosslynchapel.com/whats-on/

The music that Mary and her court played and sang is simply gorgeous, and could not suit the place and its superb acoustics better.

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Mary Stuart brought her knowledge and appreciation of European Renaissance music to the Scottish court after returning from France in 1561. The programme’s music has been chosen to reflect events in her life. The historical background of each song will be explained.

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The Music And The Place .....

The concert will be held at Rosslyn Chapel - a place of magnificent Scottish renaissance architecture - and a place it is said the tragic queen once visited.

Elspeth McVeigh accomplished early music soprano, returns to Rosslyn, to perform the Queen’s music with two wonderful Scottish musicians - Kristiina Watt, (lute) and Dániel Máté Mészöly ( baroque violin). The programme

will include pieces by Maddalena Casulana, Pierre Cadeac, Clement Janequin, William Byrd, Alonsa Madurra and Scottish anon.

Rosslyn chapel is a perfect setting for the music

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download SHOOGLENIFTY and DHUN DHORA Written in Water

THE SEA ATLAS

THE FIRRENES

Goodbye

Door Too Wide

EP - download / stream / Release Date: Out Now

album - cd / download / stream Release Date: 9 November

The ‘Goodbye' EP is my new release, written in my cabin in the Outer Hebrides. The EP is sort of about isolation and being alone. It wasn't an intentional thing to write about, but “A constant source of surprise and delight” – Living Tradition. The result of last October's ten day recording just came about when I got back to the island after touring and started working on the next release after my ‘Dreams’ EP. session in the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Written in The tracks are a mixture of growing up and figuring out Water is the culmination of four years of collaboration where I am in life, of failed relationships, accepting things, between Scotland’s Shooglenifty and Rajasthan’s Dhun and having an open-mind on the direction I'm heading in Dhora. Dedicated to late members of both bands, next. The sound is a mixture of the islands, grand rock moments, quiet moments, all mixed in with an ambience and Angus R Grant and Roshan Khan Manganiyar, it is a comfort you only get from being comfortable at home. celebrates the meeting of musical minds. Their origins

may be far apart geographically, but creatively they're amazingly contiguous.

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album cd / vinyl / download / stream Release Date: 9 November The album draws on a broad range of influences, encompassing 70s rock, R&B, burlesque, art rock, blues and classical. The songs are all original compositions, seven by Jules Reed (a.k.a. Julian Wagstaff), three by Walt Cumming, and one by Greg Sanderson, formerly of Edinburgh band Five Day Hemingway. The subject matter ranges from the deeply personal to the highly political, but is always prescient, immediate, considered and aware.

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album cd / vinyl / download / stream Release Date: Out Now ‘Compass’ is the new album from Scottish alt-folk songwriter Norrie McCulloch. Inspired by the folk roots music of 60's and 70’s and featuring some of Glasgow’s finest players, the album also includes the lead track ‘Road Sign’.

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Reflections from an Airport album cd Release Date: Out Now

Trikala

double album cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Created over three years in three locations (Scotland/Chennai/Kolkata), Thacker’s third release creating new sound worlds through his immersion in Indian classical, folk and spiritual traditions is the epic double album Trikala (Sanskrit for the three tenses of time, past, present and future), featuring 13 performers from the subcontinent and Europe.

Reflections from an Airport is a must-buy album.

It’s an album for busy people who have earned the right to take a moment to stop and let the world drift by. It’s for people who deserve ‘me time’. So indulge and treat yourself to some time away from the pressures that life may throw at you. The album has songs that will make you smile, make you laugh, make you cry and make you think. Drawn from life’s experiences, each song tells a story and paints a picture we can all relate too. It touches on basic human truths we all share in common... like love won and lost in all its guises. Andy writes songs for adults. His songs are for people who have lived a full life.

For people who can relate to the highs and lows of daily living and know it’s not all ‘happy ever after but the ride can be fun.’ Listen to the songs and discover this for yourself.

Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/simonthacker www.soundcloud.com/simon-thacker

Listen/Watch: https://open.spotify.com

Available from: www.simonthacker.com/shop

www.birnamcdshop.com/product/andrew-j-newall/

www.simonthacker.com www.twitter.com/thackerguitar www.facebook.com/simonthackerguitar www.instagram.com/simonthackerguitar

Available from:

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download THE TROPICANAS

TANNAHILL WEAVERS

A Lovely Coincidence

Òrach

EP download / stream Release Date: 13 October

album / cd Release Date: 31 August

The Tannahill Weavers are celebrating their Golden Anniversary with the release of their eighteenth album, The Tropicanas are a Dreamslop band for Livingston, ÒRACH (“golden” in Gaelic) out 31 August on Compass Scotland who are longing to be shot of into outer space. Records. With ÒRACH (The Golden Anniversary Album), Equal parts of Psychedelia and dream pop with a side the current line-up of Roy Gullane, Phil Smillie, John order of underwater tropical surf vibes.

Martin and Lorne MacDougall, have brought together colleagues and members past and present to record an Listen/Watch: album of all new material – traditional and www.thetropicanas.bandcamp.com contemporary songs and sets of tunes in the Tannie’s www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhf0F9JqSNQ distinctive style. The physical album contains photos as well as a glossary to understand the traditional songs Available from: and extensive liner notes for each song detailing its Available to download and stream on 13 October, origin and performers. currently available to listen\download the title track ‘A Listen/Watch: lovely coincidence’ www.tannahillweavers.com/listenandwatch.htm www.thetropicanas.bandcamp.com Live dates: Release show on the 13 October at the Leith Depot, www.facebook.com/events/1087929201362421/ www.facebook.com/TheTropicanas www.twitter.com/TheTropicanas

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com Live dates: www.tannahillweavers.com/gigs.htm www.tannahillweavers.com www.facebook.com/tannahillweavers

JAMES BROWN IS ANNIE JBiA II

album cd / download / stream (vinyl in 2019) Release Date: 15 September Eleven tracks of full fat, calorie-laden, whipped up funk 'n' soul - James Brown Is Annie's new album sees the Edinburgh-based sextet hook up with producer, Average White Band legend, Hamish Stuart. Imagine AWB tearing down the A9 in a Ford Torino with James Brown strapped to the roofrack, Steely Dan blasting from the car stereo.

Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/jbia www.jbia.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com Available from: www.jbia.co.uk www.jbia.bandcamp.com CODA Music, Edinburgh Live dates: www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness www.jbia.co.uk www.twitter.com/JBisAnnie www.facebook.com/Earls.Of.Caithness

SAOR PATROL

EVELYN LAURIE THE EVES

Battle of Kings

A Little Bit of Me album - cd Release Date: Out Now

Tides

album cd Release Date: Out Now

New Scottish Female Pop duo The Eves – Caroline Gilmour and Marissa Keltie, release their debut single ‘Tides’ on 19th October 2018.

Caroline's love of Pop music combined with Marissa’s passion for harmony creates a songwriting partnership full of catchy melodies and memorable hooks. The result is a nod towards acts such as The Pierces, First Aid Kit and Florence & The Machine.

‘Battle of Kings’ is the mighty new album from Celtic Rock band, Soar Patrol. It focuses on Scotland’s wars of independence during the reign of Robert the Bruce from 1306-1329 fighting against the English kings, Edward I and later, Edward II. Soar Patrol have written and produced a rousing album that rocks its way through history with driving triple drums, electric guitars and bagpipes.

“A little bit of me” is the debut album of Evelyn Laurie. As she says: it’s taken her a while!

Beautifully delivered in Evelyn’s distinctive, light and multi-textured voice and superbly supported by some of the country’s finest jazz musicians, the well-chosen collection of songs will please your ears and stir your emotions - in a good way! Evelyn’s love of music spans many genres.

This album reflects her eclectic taste and includes some of her own songs - inspired by 1960’s spy themes and Carmina Burana alongside jazz standards plus her own interpretations of Sandy Denny’s folk classic, “Who knows where the time goes” and the ever popular country hit, “Wichita lineman”.

single - download / stream Release Date: 19 October

Listen/Watch: www.evelynlaurie.com/music

Available from: iTunes, Spotify and all main digital download sites. Online store on our official website www. theeves.co.uk from 19 October.

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com/product/evelyn-laurie/ Live dates: www.evelynlaurie.com/music www.evelynlaurie.com www.twitter.com/redEvelyn www.facebook.com/EvelynLaurieMusic

Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/the-eves-667719698/ tides/s-Wvm81

Live dates: No live UK dates as yet but 2 house concerts in Copenhagen on 17th and 20th October. www.theeves.co.uk/upcoming-gigs/ www.theeves.co.uk www.twitter.com/theevesmusic www.facebook.com/theevesmusic

Listen/Watch: www.smarturl.it/BattleOfKings www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T47-Y6UUV8 Available from: www.smarturl.it/BattleOfKings Live dates: http://smarturl.it/BattleOfKings www.saorpatrol.com www.twitter.com/saorpatrol www.facebook.com/saorpatrol

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download GEORGE DUFF

BEINN LEE

The Collier Laddie

Osgarra

album cd Release Date: Out Now

album / cd Release Date: out now

The debut album by Beinn Lee, OSGARRA, is a product of five years of playing, writing and arranging music, as George Duff is widely regarded as one of well as bringing together a strong traditional sense of Scotland’s finest singers and interpreters of tune with modern backing to create a new and fresh traditional Scots songs. After a lifetime’s singing, sound to West Coast traditional music. OSGARRA this is his debut solo recording. This is old style showcases a selection of tunes and songs written and Scottish singing, beautifully performed, and as arranged by the band in both Gaelic and English alongside tunes from some of Scotland’s foremost profound as the mine shafts sunk into the coalblack spaces which deeply influence the singing of contemporary composers of traditional music, giving a musical landscape from reflective songs to driving George Duff, “The Collier Laddie” himself. dance beats. Formed in 2013, Beinn Lee are rooted in the West Coast style of traditional music.

Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFQiQAKt_EQ www.facebook.com/thecollierladdie/

Listen/Watch: www.beinnlee.com

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com

Live dates: www.facebook.com/thecollierladdie/ www.facebook.com/thecollierladdie/

Live dates: www.beinnlee.com www.beinnlee.com www.twitter.com/beinnlee www.facebook.com/beinnlee

JOHN GRAHAM & JIM JACK Sae Will We Yet album / cd / Release Date: out now

John Graham and Jim Jack’s debut album features an eclectic mix of many of the favourite songs from their live act with contributions from some of the most talented contemporary songwriters from Scotland and further afield. Graeme Miles’ haunting ‘Eldorado’ hints at a life of missed opportunities while Iain Ingram’s ‘Calton Rose’ and ‘Braes o’ Appin’ are love songs in the Scottish tradition and Steven Clark’s ‘Coming Home’ talks of the plight of the many refugees cast adrift in the world today. Jim King’s ‘West Coast Days’ and ‘Home To The Kyles’ from the pen of Duncan McCrone and Celly Paterson evoke memories of summer days on the Clyde Coast. From earlier days of the folk revival come Ewan MacColl’s ‘Manchester Rambler’ and Matt McGinn’s enigmatic ‘Magic Shadow Show’. John and Jim’s love of Americana is also represented in the rollicking ‘Truck Driving Man’. John and Jim’s act recalls much of the spirit of the folk clubs in the 60s and 70s with plenty of chorus singing and a fair measure of humour thrown in.

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.facebook.com/folkandfiddle

STOUT : MCKAY

EDDI READER

DEAN OWENS

Cavalier

album cd / download / stream Release Date: 29 September Eddi Reader has announced her brand new studio album ‘Cavalier’ will be released worldwide on 28 September by Reveal Records.

Featuring sixteen songs, including recently performed live favourites Wonderful, My Favourite Dress, Starlight, Meg O’ The Glen and Maiden’s Lament the new album was recorded and produced in Glasgow by Eddi Reader and John Douglas. Cavalier is a new creative peak in an already prestigious career, just under an hour of new music, incorporating both contemporary and traditional songs.

Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/rosstyuk Available from: www.revealrecords.bigcartel.com/ Live dates: www.eddireader.co.uk/gigs www.eddireader.co.uk www.twitter.com/eddireader www.facebook.com/eddireader

Bare Knuckle Southern Wind

album cd / download Release Date: 16 February Southern Wind is the new album (his seventh solo) from the man Irvine Welsh describes as “Scotland’s most engaging and haunting singer songwriter”. Recorded in Nashville, with producer Neilson Hubbard, and a host of superb musicians, including award-winning guitarist Will Kimbrough. It has a distinctive swampy, southern rock, soulful groove, but it's also deeply rooted in Dean’s home country. Celtic spirit, country soul.

Listen/Watch: https://youtu.be/fzJo0yQIEUs Available from: Direct from record company (At the Helm) www.atthehelmrecords.bigcartel.com Downloads - http://smarturl.it/SouthernWind And all good record shops!

Live dates: www.deanowens.com/live www.deanowens.com www.twitter.com/deanowens1 www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic

album / cd Release Date: 1 December Chris Stout & Catriona McKay are delighted to announce the release of their long awaited duo album ‘Bare Knuckle’. The music is almost entirely self penned especially for this recording.

It’s a fresh new sound for this duo who have now been performing and recording all over the world for 20 years. Having recorded several albums in collaboration with other artists in recent years, it is actually a staggering 7 years since this awe inspiring pair released their last duo album. The critically acclaimed White Nights.

‘We are so proud of this new album ‘Bare Knuckle. Its a huge development for us and we can’t wait to perform it live!’

Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/pg/mckaystout/videos Available from: Coda Music, Edinburgh www.chrisstout.bandzoogle.com/store Live dates: www.mckaystoutmusic.co.uk/gigs/ www.mckaystoutmusic.co.uk www.twitter.com/mckaystout www.facebook.com/mckaystout

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download JAMIE MACDONALD & CHRISTIAN GAMAUF The Pipe Slang

JON BUDWORTH Jon Budworth is a singer/songwriter originally from Lancashire but now very much an honorary Yorkshireman living in the bustling market town of Otley. Jon is a relative late-comer to the wonderful world of folk and acoustic music, having spent many years cast adrift in the dark and seedy underbelly of rock’n’roll. Jon changed musical direction in 2010 after happening upon a Youtube video of Richard Thompson playing his beautiful and evocative song Beeswing.

There has been no looking back ever since! Jon cites his influences, amongst others, as John Renbourn, Nic Jones and, of course, Richard Thompson.

Listen/Watch: www.linskenscotland.scot/video/

The musical partnership of the Scottish pipes and fiddle is one that is quintessentially and historically Hebridean.

Jamie MacDonald and Christian Gamauf have taken this format and incorporated influences from places such as Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia and Asturias in the north of Spain, putting their own stamp on the music.

Jamie and Christian met while living and studying on the Isles of Uist and began playing together at local concerts and events. After travelling to Asturias on a musical and cultural exchange project, along with performances at Ceòl on the Croft, Celtic Connections and Celtic Colours Festivals, the duo started working on their debut album, The Pipe Slang. The album features the traditional music of the Hebrides and includes songs from the Isle of Tiree as well as self-penned material and tunes from further afield.

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com

Listen/Watch: www.pipeslang.bandcamp.com/album/the-pipe-slang

Live dates: www.linskenscotland.scot/gigs/

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com

www.linskenscotland.co.uk

www.pipeslang.com www.facebook.com/pipeslang

LINSEY AITKEN & KEN CAMPBELL Shore To Shore album / cd / Release Date: out now

This is our second CD as a duo, with a mixture of new songs and instrumentals, many focussing on our Scottish connections around the world, each with a story, and most of all about people and histories of the past and present. Fortunately, people seem to really like what we do, and ask what kind of music we perform.

The answer is not one genre or another, but a blending of everyone and everything we have met along the way. A coming together of both our musical journeys, combined into one together, with elements of our respective musical backgrounds in Celtic, Classical, Traditional, Contemporary Music and all else. But most of all our music is about people, and all those who have influenced us and inspired us along the way.

www.facebook.com/Linsey-Aitken-Ken-Campbell-304354709639479/

album / cd / Release Date: out now

DAVE ARCARI

We All Share The Same Sky album / cd Release Date: out now

Listen/Watch: www.jonbudworth.co.uk/videos Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com Live dates: www.jonbudworth.co.uk/live www.jonbudworth.co.uk www.twitter.com/jonbudworth www.facebook.com/jonbudworthmusic

ULTRAS DOUGIE MacLEAN

The Live EP

EP download / stream Release Date: out now Four live tracks trailing Dave Arcari’s forthcoming Live at Memorial Hall album which is released on 1 September on double 180g coloured vinyl, special edition digipak CD and download/ streaming formats. These tracks do not feature on the vinyl or CD format releases and are exclusive to this digital EP. Listen/Watch: One Side Blind: https://youtu.be/z_QO0F_Dnw0 Stagolee: https://youtu.be/z_QO0F_Dnw0 Available from: FREE via https://davearcari.com/free-download-live-ep/ or paid from:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-live-ep/id1231315633

Ultras New Tomorrow album :: cd Release Date: Out Now

New Tomorrow is the new studio album by leading singer–songwriter Dougie MacLean; written, recorded and produced with his son Jamie MacLean. It combines a few songs which have already proved popular at his recent concerts along with a selection of brand new songs. The album is beautifully curated and includes the title track New Tomorrow, one of his most popular concert songs The Shadow of the Mountain and Wild and Windy Night, which features choruses recorded at Woodford Festival in Australia and at MacLean’s own much-loved Perthshire Amber Festival.

Listen/Watch: www.dougiemaclean.com

Live dates: www.davearcari.com/tour/

Available from: www.dougiemaclean.com/index.php/shop

www.davearcari.com www.twitter.com/davearcari www.facebook.com/davearcarimusic

Live dates: www.dougiemaclean.com/index.php/tour-dates www.dougiemaclean.com

www.facebook.com/Dougie-MacLean-158324834220405/

www.twitter.com/DougieMaclean

album vinyl / download / stream Release Date: out now With 6 producers and 9 musicians across 12 tracks, ULTRAS is the brainchild of songwriter Gav Prentice, formerly of euphoric pop duo Over the Wall. Describing the project as "violent pop for the patronised", ULTRAS combines elements of rock, electronica, folk, and hip-hop, the collaborative nature of the album inspired by the latter genre's sonically chopped-up mixtape culture.

Listen/Watch: http://ULTRASband.com as a hub for all of the various sites you can listen.

Available from: https://hellothor.bandcamp.com/album/ultras Also available in LP Records and Love Music in Glasgow and VoxBox Music in Edinburgh and to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal et al.

Live dates: http://ULTRASband.com http://ULTRASband.com www.facebook.com/ULTRASband https://twitter.com/ULTRASband

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GUN

PONS AELIUS

Time and Place/Destitution Row

Favourite Pleasures

Captain Glen's Comfort

single (Double A Side) cd / 10" vinyl Release Date: Out Now

Recorded at Chamber Studio in Edinburgh, this twotrack single captures the songs 'Time and Place' and 'Destitution Row' in new arrangements written especially for this release. The first cut has an earlyseventies, American rock feel and speaks of a special and unique moment in life, while the second number incorporates a horn section and choral backing, reflecting on aspects of life in today's UK. Listen/Watch: www.julianwagstaff.com/thefirrenes/ Available from: iTunes + Spotify www.TheFirrenes.com

album - cd / vinyl / download / stream Release Date: Out Now

album / cd / Release Date: Out Now

Captain Glen’s Comfort is the much awaited debut album from one of the folk scene’s fastest rising bands, GUN’s seventh studio album, ‘Favourite Pleasures‘ – out Pons Aelius. Due out on September the 8th, the album on September 15th – stands proudly alongside the very showcases the sextet’s expansive sound and unique best of their work. The band will be showcasing tracks approach to the traditional music of Britain and beyond; from the album in 3 live dates in December. Informed from fiery bagpipe jigs to tender mandolin fronted by a back-to-basics approach tempered by an innate soundscapes, and everything in between. Since winning sense for melody, the record was made in the band’s a prestigious Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award in own Morse Code studios in Paisley. It’s an album that their early days, Pons Aelius have spent the last two dances on a knife-edge, one that can turn on a single years tirelessly honing their sound on stages both at note from the raw pain of emotions hitting the rocks, to home and abroad, quickly earning themselves a an unbridled celebration of hedonism. reputation as one of the most exciting new names on the circuit.

Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/gunofficialuk Listen/Watch: www.ponsaeliusmusic.com/videos Available from: Available from: https://gun.tmstor.es/ www.birnamcdshop.com

Live dates: www.julianwagstaff.com/thefirrenes/

Live dates: www.gunofficial.co.uk/tour-dates/

www.TheFirrenes.com www.facebook.com/thefirrenes www.twitter.com/thefirrenes

www.gunofficial.co.uk https://twitter.com/gunofficialuk www.facebook.com/gunOfficialUK

LOU McLEAN

Live dates: www.ponsaeliusmusic.com/gigs www.ponsaeliusmusic.com www.facebook.com/ponsaeliusmusic https://twitter.com/ponsaeliusmusic

EUGENE TWIST ALEX TRONIC featuring SHUNA LOVELLE

Good Morning Easter Road

The Stuntman

EP cd / download / stream Release Date: 9 June

‘Good Morning Easter Road’ is the 2nd EP from Scottish musician Lou Mclean. This record is a peek into Mclean’s life, expressed through witty storytelling in her inimitable riot grrrl pop style. "a gem of the Scottish underground scene" Tenement TV * * * * - The Skinny Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/loumcleanmusic/ https://loumcleanmusic.bandcamp.com/releases https://m.soundcloud.com/lou-mclou www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nAwTQeml_4 Available from: https://loumcleanmusic.bandcamp.com/releases The Scottish Design Exchange Tempo Tea Bar, Edinburgh ITunes, Deezer, Amazon

album download / stream Release Date: out now

Brave About It EP download Release Date: 10 July

Brave About It is the new ep from Alex Tronic which features Shuna Lovelle. It is currently on rotation on Chill FM with radio support from DJs such as Jamie Porteous at Ibiza Global and Jim Gellatly at Amazing Radio Listen/Watch: www.alextronicrecords.co.uk

Live dates: www.facebook.com/pg/loumcleanmusic

Available from: www.alextronicrecords.co.uk

www.facebook.com/loumcleanmusic https://twitter.com/LouMcleanMusic https://loumcleanmusic.bandcamp.com/

Live dates: Ibiza Dj Sets in September www.alextronic.co.uk www.twitter.com/AlexTroniclabel www.soundcloud.com/alex-tronic-records

With a lyrical arena boasting whistleblowers, extraterrestrials and self-cannibalisation, Eugene Twist's highly anticipated second album arrives with one mission: to let the storyteller run riot inside the song. From spat-out surrealism to politicised anthems and mystical ballads, 'The Stuntman' is the latest from the unbounded imagination of Eugene Twist.

Listen/Watch: https://eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/yooteeyoob https://spoti.fi/2iut838 Available from: http://bit.ly/et-album http://apple.co/2iYEoWy www.eugenetwist.bandcamp.com www.eugenetwist.co.uk www.facebook.com/eugenetwistmusic www.twitter.com/EugeneTwist

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download BOB LESLIE

PAUL ANDERSON

AULD NEW HEIDS

Land and Sea

The High Summit

AULD NEW HEIDS - Volume 1

After many years as a well-known face on the band circuit, Bob Leslie’s re-invention of himself as an acoustic performer resulted in two well-received Americana CDs - In a Different World (2010) and Fat Cat (2011) - and a re-launch onto the folk circuit. There, his highly-crafted songs - some serious, some very funny indeed - had audiences showing lively appreciation. However, more and more, Bob found himself drawn to the challenge of writing in a more traditional Scottish vein - a medium, as it turned out, ideal for a musical storyteller.

Paul Anderson from Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire is one of Scotland’s finest traditional fiddle players and The High Summit is his third album of self penned music and song. Like The Singing Land and Land of the Standing Stones before it, The High Summit celebrates the history, landscape and people of Paul’s beautiful North-East homeland. Joining Paul on The High Summit are a group of exceptional artists, highly respected in their own right and adding their own touch of magic to the album. Shona Donaldson on vocals (Scots Singer of the Year 2009 and first female winner of the Bothy Ballad Champion of Champions), Tony McManus on guitar (worldrenowned Scottish guitarist now based in Canada), Malcolm Jones on guitar and accordion (Runrig), Ale Carr on Cittern (Dreamer’s Circus), Ali Napier on keyboards (Miami Vince and former member of the Dougie MacLean Band) and James Gorgon on percussion (Albany show band and The Cutting Edge).

album / cd Release Date: Release Date: Out Now

Land and Sea is the result: twelve narrative songs, their subjects ranging from the Highland Clearances to a Stromness witch who told Walter Scott a few tales. Bob is accompanied by some of the brightest talents on the Scottish folk scene.

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com www.bobleslie.scot

album / cd / Release Date: Out Now

Listen/Watch: https://youtu.be/WXXTHyWfZwo Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com

album cd Release Date: Out Now

This album embraces all that was great about the golden days of the scottish folk scene in the 1960s/70s.

It is a catalogue of some of the best and most popular songs of the time written by folk legends such as Ewan MacColl, Alex Campbell, Hamish Henderson, Matt McGinn, Archie Fisher, Jim McLean and Mary Brookesbank.

Also Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott have a song each on the album. A quartet of four of Scotland’s most experienced performers brings together the vocal talents of brothers IAN and FRASER BRUCE along with the exceptional musical skills of PETE CLARK on fiddle and GREGOR LOWREY on accordion. It has to be said that IAN BRUCE is pretty efficient on guitar, to complete the instrumental section.

Available from: www.birnamcdshop.com

www.paulandersonscottishfiddler.com www.twitter.com/PaulAnd79837722 www.facebook.com/paulandersonscottishfiddler www.fraserbruce.co.uk/auld-hat-new-heids

PYRO

NORRIE McCULLOCH TRIPWIRE DC

Forget The Silver Lining

Bare Along The Branches album cd / vinyl (tbc) / download / stream Release Date: 24 February

Norrie McCulloch’s third full-length album in as many years effortlessly merges folk, country, americana and indie genres.

Recorded live to analogue tape with regular collaborators: Dave McGowan (Teenage Fanclub), Stuart Kidd and Marco Rea (The Wellgreen), Iain Thompson (Bella Hardy band) and Iain Sloan (Wynntown Marshals) this is his most accomplished collection of songs to date.

Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/norriemcculloch www.norriemcculloch.bandcamp.com www.norriemcculloch.com/music--video Available from: www.norriemcculloch.bandcamp.com www.norriemcculloch.com/shop (and most good independent record stores) www. norriemcculloch.com

www. facebook.com/norriemccullochmusic

www. twitter.com/NorrieMcCulloch

Dark Alley

album cd / download / stream Release Date: 1 June

The Tripwire DC sound is a colourful blend of Punky/Reggae & Rock with a bit of Ska lobbed in. Energetic male and female vocals are complimented with blistering guitar and a driving rhythm section. Reggae nods are nodded towards mid-70’s London, punk to ‘77 & rock horns are lifted skywards to the Rainbow.

Listen/Watch: spotify @ http://spoti.fi/2rSRGr6 www.soundcloud.com/user-972139164 Available from: iTunes Google Play @ http://bit.ly/2rjb8OW Amazon @ http://amzn.to/2rj5oEQ Live dates: www.tripwiredc.co.uk/gigs www.tripwiredc.co.uk www.facebook.com/TRIPWIREDC

EP cd / download / stream Release Date: 28 April

Debut EP from PYRO featuring their 1st and 2nd single Money and Green and their latest single Sandpaper Throat.

This EP shows the diversity of PYRO’s songs from the massive Green to the more melodic Sandpaper Throat Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/pyromusicband http://bit.ly/2riQjTc Available from: iTunes, spotify etc….

Live dates: Friday 19 May – Stramash Edinburgh – Yellow Movement Friday – Free entry – over 18s Friday 16 June – Sneaky Petes Edinburgh – 7pm - £6 entry – Over 14s www.officialpyro.com www.facebook.com/pyromusicband www.twitter.com/pyromusicband

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download ANDREW TAYLOR

ADRIANA SPINA

From the Outside Looking In

Let Out The Dark

album - cd / download / stream / Released: Out Now This is the first solo recording from the front man, songwriter and producer of Scottish alt.country, powerpop band, Dropkick. These songs were written at various points in the last 15 years and draw upon a variety of influences, mixing pop, alternative rock and Americana. The album was recorded in Dropkick’s Edinburgh studio with all instruments and vocals being performed and recorded by Andrew.

Listen/Watch: https://dropkickmusic.bandcamp.com/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_f58_l7S3k www.rockindiana.com Available from: https://dropkickmusic.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-outside-looking-in

All usual download and streaming sites (amazon / Spotify / apple music / itunes / deezer etc…)

Live dates: Short acoustic set at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, near Inverness 5 Aug + possible Spanish dates later www.dropkickmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic https://twitter.com/dropkickmusic

album cd / vinyl / download Release Date: Release Date: Out Now

WE CAME FROM WOLVES The Peak Beneath the Sea

single / stream Release Date: Out Now via Struck Dum Records.

We Came From Wolves latest single The Peak Beneath The Sea is a bold, emotive alt rock track that sees the Adriana Spina’s second album, released almost six years Scottish four-piece bare their heart on their sleeves. after her first, is more raw and guitar-driven that its The track is due for release on 5th May 2017 via Struck predecessor. Let Out The Dark features Ross Dum Records. The band’s previous single, Places McFarlane (Texas, The Proclaimers) on drums, and Unfamiliar, addressed mental health issues such as comprises of ten songs which touch on themes from depression and anxiety, which some of the band have lost love and infidelity to atheism and the refugee crisis. experienced. However, The Peak Beneath The Sea turns a corner as the band look towards the future, Listen/Watch: finding a away to live with these issues. www.adrianaspina.com/music Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/adspina Links from 5 May www.adrianaspina.bandcamp.com Available from: Available from: www.wecamefromwolves.bandcamp.com www.adrianaspina.com/shop www.struckdumrecords.bandcamp.com www.adrianaspina.bandcamp.com & iTunes/Spotify etc Also available via iTunes and all other popular download Live dates: sites from 24 March http://wecamefromwolves.co.uk/ www.adrianaspina.com www.facebook.com/wecamefromwolves www.facebook.com/adrianaspinamusic https://twitter.com/WCFWmusic www.twitter.com/adrianamusic www.youtube.com/wcfwtv

JENNY STURGEON

DANNY MORTIMER RAB NOAKES

The Wren and The Salt Air album cd / download / stream Release Date: 17 February

‘The Wren And The Salt Air’ is a collection of songs and tunes by acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter Jenny Sturgeon. It was written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda becoming a World Heritage Site for its natural features. 'Musically superb, absolutely fascinating and utterly charming' Shire Folk.

Listen/Watch: https://jennysturgeon.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/jenny-sturgeon/the-wren-and-the-salt-air

hwww.youtube.com/watch?v=pUOm9_Gd0zI Available from: https://jennysturgeon.bandcamp.com

www.jennysturgeonmusic.com https://twitter.com/Jenny_Sturgeon www.facebook.com/jennysturgeonmusic

Out Of The Blue The Treatment Tapes EP cd / download Release Date: 20 January

In January 2015, Rab Noakes was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer.

Thirty radiotherapy sessions ensued. The post-treatment recovery included singing and, of course, writing songs. Six of those songs are on Rab’s new record.

There’s no self-pity though, here you’ll find defiance, resilience, love, support and, hopefully, wit.

Listen/Watch: www.rabnoakes.com/shop Available from: www.rabnoakes.com and all good online and high street stores www.rabnoakes.com https://twitter.com/rabnoakes

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EP cd / download / stream Release Date: Out Now

Guitar-Based Melodic Rock Music from the North East Of Scotland.

Solid, chunky riffs with harmonised leads with rolling bass lines and on point drums. FFO Jimmy Eat World, Ash, Green Day and Lifehouse.

Singles "Stay With Me" and "Waiting" taken from "Out Of The Blue" EP. Listen/Watch: http://bit.ly/dm-waiting http://bit.ly/dm-staywithme http://bit.ly/dm-outoftheblue Available from: iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Deezer etc.

CD @ www.dannymortimer.co.uk www.dannymortimer.co.uk https://twitter.com/d_mortimermusic www.facebook.com/dannymortimermusic

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download EVERING

LISA KOWALSKI

THULA BORAH

Beyond Oceans

Free Spirits

Near Life Experience

EP (+single 'Driftwood' / download / stream EP Release Date: Release Date: Out Now cd / download Beyond Oceans is the second EP release from Evering, Release Date: Release Date: Out Now out on the 21st April 2017. This collection of four songs grew out of the reality of being adrift in the aftermath Debut EP by 17 year old singer songwriter of the exit from a relationship. The EP songs, title and from Paisley funded by Paisley 2021 City of cover art all capture a theme similar to the mindset held Culture bid and including four specially at that time: Keep making a concious effort to avoid dwelling on the bad bits and instead, persevere, point selected songs which reflect Lisa's personal yourself in a good direction and keep going until you and musical journey to date. Lyrics and get to where you want to be.

Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/everingmusic https://www.youtube.com/user/Everingmusic https://evering.bandcamp.com single @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCUILVVs9fc Available from: https://evering.bandcamp.com

melodies to express feelings, responses and reactions to people and places encountered.

Listen/Watch: www.facebook.com/pg/lisakowalskimusic/videos/

EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Putting down a marker for all rock bands in 2017, Thula Borah have produced one of the best records you're likely to hear all year, creating a sound that defies any one genre; switching seamlessly from post-rock, posthardcore and dream-pop to grunge, indie-rock and emo. Indeed, Thula Borah have taken post-hardcore sensibilities and fuzzed out, meaty riffs and amalgamated them with catchy hooks that demand your attention.

Listen/Watch: https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com

Live Dates: www.everingmusic.com/live

Available from: Available on Spotify, I tunes and all major platforms.

CDs from Feel the Groove Records Paisley, New Hellfire Available from: https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com Club Glasgow

www.everingmusic.com www.facebook.com/everingmusic https://twitter.com/everingmusic

https://twitter.com/lkowalskimusic www.facebook.com/lisakowalskimusic/

www.thulaborah.com https://thulaborah.bandcamp.com

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the festival that will help mark its 10th edition.

2019 will see the 2000 capacity festival celebrate its 10th birthday and a special year of celebrations will mark the decade, beginning in Killin Music Festival January with TIREE: A Toast to 10 Years of Tiree Killin Music Festival show at Celtic Connections. This 14-16 June one-off night will be hosted by Tiree natives Skerryvore and Trail West at Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket where a number of very special An electric three day festival of music featuring live bands and artists on the main stage, as well guests alongside brand-new collaborations from musicians who have played the TMF stages over as fringe events throughout the area over the the last 10 years. TMF10’s line-up will also be weekend. The packed 2019 lineup includes: officially announced in spectacular fashion as Elephant Sessions // Trail West // Siobhan part of this celebratory night and remaining Miller // Blue Rose Code // Kinnaris Quintet // Torridon // Ryan Young // Gnoss // Tom McGuire tickets will also be released on general sale. & The Brassholes // Beinn Lee // Eabhal // www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk DLÙ // The 101 // Headland // Greig Taylor Music Blues Combo // Katie & Abi // Open Stage Sunday Competition. All remaining tickets are on Stonehaven Folk sale now! www.killinmusicfestival.com

Glasgow Jazz Festival Glasgow 19-23 June

Glasgow’s longest running music festival and music fans across the city won’t be far from unmissable live jazz with a diverse and exciting programme. The Glasgow International Jazz Festival was founded in 1987, when Glasgow was bidding to become the European City of Culture for 1990. The City had studied the competition and worked out that all major cities in Europe had a jazz festival. If they had one, then so should Glasgow. From the very beginning, the Glasgow International Jazz Festival brought some of the biggest names of jazz to the City. www.jazzfest.co.uk

St Magnus Festival

www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk

HebCelt

Hebrides 18-20 July Advance weekend tickets for next year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival, to be held from 18-20 July 2019, are available from the festival website. Day tickets and those for opening shows, late night activities and community events in Lewis and Harris go on sale next year when the full festival programme is finalised.

Doune the Rabbit Hole

The magical atmosphere of Orkney at midsummer, its ancient landscape and unique performance settings blend together to create a very special experience for audiences.

Performances take place across the Orkney Islands, in venues as diverse as a tall ship, outdoor gardens, a sports centre and the great medieval cathedral of St Magnus in Kirkwall.

Port of Menteith 19-21 July

Doune the Rabbit Hole is an intimate family friendly, dog loving independent music & arts festival located amidst the glorious ancient oak trees of the Cardross Estate in Port of Menteith.

See you there!

www.stmagnusfestival.com

www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk

JULY

AUGUST

XpoNorth Festival

Fringe by the Sea

Inverness 3-4 July

North Berwick 2-11 August

The annual Inverness-based XpoNorth, formerly goNORTH, is Scotland’s leading creative industries festival and offers delegates access to an exceptional creative programme. The conference and showcase take place over two vibrant days and nights in the Highland capital.

Tickets for our first wave of acts for Fringe By The Sea are now on sale. Check out our website for who’ll be joining us in North Berwick this summer, and scroll right down for the full line-up so far, by date. Follow us on social media for more music, comedy, film, family, literature, conversation, wellbeing & exploration announcements over coming weeks. We look forward to welcoming you harbour-side!

www.xponorth.co.uk

Tiree Music Festival Tiree 12–14 July

www.fringebythesea.com

Party at The Palace

TMF is celebrating the fastest ever ticket sales for the annual festival, with 750 early bird tickets selling out in just 52 minutes and all Glamping and Campervan tickets selling out in just 10 minutes, an unprecedented record for

www.partyatthepalace.co.uk

Lindisfarne Festival

Beal Farm, Berwick-upon-Tweed 29 August - 1 September

An epic 3 day festival on the Northumberland coast, overlooking Holy Isle. Anyone who has been to the Northumberland coast will be well aware of the sheer magnificence of the scenery.

Stonehaven Located in a recognised Area of Outstanding 11-14 July Natural Beauty (AONB), in the UK's voted #1 Holiday Destination, our festival site overlooks The pretty North East coastal town of the mythical & magical Holy Island of Stonehaven comes alive with a vibrant mix of Lindisfarne, boasting breath-taking views traditional and contemporary “Folk” music and stretching from Goswick Sands to the North, to song ….. concerts, ceilidh, sessions, singarounds, Bamburgh Castle to the South. workshops, the famous aqua ceilidh and world paper’n’comb championships! www.lindisfarnefestival.com

www.hebceltfest.com

21-27 June Orkney

live music calendar. Taking the top spots are The Charlatans and KT Tunstall (Saturday) and Deacon Blue and Wet Wet Wet (Sunday) and the rest of the weekend’s acts are sure to prove a hit with Party at the Palace regulars. It’s only 20 mins from Edinburgh and 35mins from Glasgow, making it one of the most easily accessible music festivals in Scotland.

SEPTEMBER Party in the Park Bathgate 1 September

Celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary in 2019 Bathgate's 'Party in the Park' is a yearly family focused music festival with two music stages, childrens rides, free face painting, food, stalls, and lots of fun - it's held in the town's Kirkton Park. There is a main stage and acoustic stage with music on both throughout the day with free entry and no ticket required. A real mix of music from local bands and artists to those further afield. There is no ticket required and no entry fee and as this is geared towards families there is a strict no alcohol policy. www.facebook.com/partyinthepark

Linlithgow Folk Festival Linlithgow 11-15 September

Organisers are promising a real "Feast of Folk" at this year’s festival. Planning for the Linlithgow Folk Festival in 2019 is now underway. Our programme is launched annually in July and will be available here at that time. www.linlithgowfolk.com

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