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Longlist announced for Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award The longlist for the most coveted music prize in Scotland - The SAY Award - has been unveiled, kicking off a process that will culminate in a winning album picking up a £20,000 first prize while nine shortlisted titles receive £1,000 each, making the award ceremony at Paisley Town Hall on Wednesday 29 June one of the most lucrative in UK music.

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The longlist features a wealth of talent including a host of internationally renowned Scottish bands and exceptional ‘artists to watch’ across all genres including hip-hop, classical, rock, electronic, indie, electro-pop and trad/folk.

Primal Scream, FFS, CHVRCHES, Emma Pollock and Steve Mason feature alongside Isle of Lewis born trad musician Iain Morrison, Edinburghraised composer Anna Meredith, Celtic piper Jarlath Henderson and award-winning baroque ensemble Dunedin Consort in an extremely strong lineup which also features previous winners Young Fathers and a first time nod to Mercury Music Prize 2015 nominee C Duncan.

Run by the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), previous SAY winners are Kathryn Joseph (2015), Young Fathers (2014), RM Hubbert (2013) and Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat (2012).

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Music students to host industry experts at open event to launch their own record label NQ Music Business students from New College Lanarkshire’s Coatbridge campus are launching their record label at an industry event in Glasgow – which will feature a Q&A session with industry representatives including renowned label, Chemikal Underground.

The students will launch their label, Don’t Steel Mine Records, with a free music event at Stereo, Renfield Lane, Glasgow on Friday 2 June from 7pm to late.

Student and one of the organisers of the event, Chris Strachan, said: “We wanted to create a fresh and innovative record label that was a platform for some of the college’s musical talent and we are really excited to launch it at our The students recently formed the independent Stereo event and showcase some of our first label after receiving interest from fellow students signings. and will launch it side by side with a music information evening, featuring famous faces “We have managed to secure some fantastic from the Scottish music scene. acts and famous faces from the industry to come along to the event which enhances our credibility Confirmed attendees include representatives while offering an awesome, free event for from record label Chemikal Underground, anyone interested in learning more about the American-techno producer Juan Atkins, Music industry.”

Production Company Ableton, Musicians Union, The event is open to members of the public and The GiroBabies, and Colonel Mustard and the entry is free. Doors will open at 7pm with the Dijon Five will join representatives from the technology side of the music business to discuss Q&A session commencing at 8pm. their experiences and work within the industry.

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Tommy Smith wins prestigious Westminster Parliamentary 'Jazz Educator' Award Dr Tommy Smith, Head of Jazz at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has been awarded the 2016 Jazz Educator of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.

The UK’s premier awards for Jazz, the annual event is organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) at Westminster.

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way in jazz performance and I am delighted that his contribution to education has been recognised in this way. Tommy is one of the UK’s finest Jazz musicians, whose commitment to teaching the next generation of jazz musicians is unrivalled. Students come from all over the world to study with him and I am delighted that he has chosen to teach at RCS. With teaching staff of the calibre of Tommy Smith, it is no surprise that the RCS is ranked sixth in the world for the performing arts education.”

APPJAG currently has over 80 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties. Their aim is to encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase Parliamentarians’ understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside Parliament.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is ranked sixth in the world for performing arts education, the Royal On receiving the Jazz Educator of the Year Conservatoire of Scotland delivers world-class Award, Tommy Smith said: “I am astounded to be teaching and research with global impact. The Royal presented with the 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Award Conservatoire of Scotland is a national and for Education at the Houses of Parliament, it is an international centre of excellence for the performing honour. Hats off to all my colleges at the Royal arts. Building on our roots in 1847 as a national Conservatoire of Scotland and my youth jazz academy of music, we are now one of Europe’s most orchestra for their many years of support.” multi-disciplinary performing arts higher education centres offering specialised teaching across music, Now in its twelfth year the Parliamentary Jazz Awards drama, dance, film and production as well as recognise the very best instrumentalists, educators, encouraging trans-disciplinary learning throughout recording artists and new comers in the jazz our innovative curriculum. industry.

Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, Principal of the Royal Conservatoire said: “Once again I am extraordinarily proud of the teaching staff here at the RCS. For many years Tommy Smith has lead the

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

Alastair Savage releases his long-awaited fourth album, 'Alone With History' on 23 May 2016. The LP signals his first completely unaccompanied fiddle recording with the first concert performances scheduled during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August this year.

Captured in the magnificent setting of Crathie Kirk next to Balmoral Castle, featured highlights include Alastair's own Scenes from Gow in tribute to the lives of Niel and Nathaniel Gow, as well as Rabbie Burns. The music of James Scott Skinner is also included in recognition of Skinner's connection to Royal Deeside. A Scottish fiddle journey exploring the entrancing beauty of melody, ancient and modern.

Alastair Savage performs 'Alone With History' during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre (Venue 290), 18, 19, 20 and 25 August 2016. Festival tickets @ https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/alastair-savage-alone-with-history Alastair was born and raised in Ardrossan, on the Ayrshire coast. His early inspiration came at his Father's knee, where the sound of the accordian introduced Alastair to the traditional music of his homeland. He studied fiddle and guitar as a child, playing both traditional and classical music, before heading to Douglas Academy Music School in his mid teens to study classical violin more intensely.

Alongside this, he was also the winner of The Land O'Burns Scots Fiddle Competition. He then went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London, before returning northwards to join the BBC Scottish Symhony Orchestra. Alastair always kept in touch with his trad roots whilst studying, playing regularly in ceilidh bands and other folk groups.

Alastair is still a member of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, but also works regularly with other groups throughout the country, both as a chamber musician and as a traditional fiddle player. He was one of the principal players in the True North Orchestra for the 2010 Celtic Connections festival, and is also a familiar face to audiences of the Scottish Ensemble and chamber group Daniel's Beard.

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The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) leaps back to the future with visionary jazz pioneer and vibraphone master Mike Mainieri to play The Music of Steps Ahead. Music fans who are fascinated by the intersecting paths of rock, blues, funk, jazz and world music are invited on a unique journey into the creative mind of a quiet, modest and important musical iconoclast.

Mainieri’s ground-breaking group Steps Ahead anticipated the enrichment of jazz forms through the assimilation of other genres by more than thirty years. They first made their mark as a must-see live band full of ferocious energy and boundless invention.

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in rock music. He has lent his distinctive sound to the likes of Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Dire Straits and Laura Nyro, and he imbued their songs with sophisticated ideas that enhanced some of their finest recordings.

Those qualities have circulated back into Mainieri’s collaborations and initiatives with others, and flowered with spectacular results on his American Diary albums and his Northern Lights project. He joins the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra for this special concert series to re-visit the music of Steps Ahead, and re-invent it in new arrangements (specially commissioned by the SNJO) from Christian Jacob, Geoffrey Keezer, Florian Ross and Christian Elsässer.

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SAY Award Longlist announced Continued from page 1

From Monday 16 May for four weeks, fans will be able to stream one of the 20 nominated albums each day at www.sayaward.com, catching up on that week’s five albums over the weekend if you’ve missed out. The first featured album will be C Duncan’s ‘Architect’.

Music fans will also get their say with the 72-hour public vote which will run from 13th – 15th June. The album with the most public votes will secure an automatic place on The SAY Award Shortlist of 10; with the other nine titles chosen by an independent panel of judges (see Notes for Editors for full list of judges).

The SAY Award winner will be unveiled on Wednesday 29 June at a ceremony in Paisley Town Hall hosted by Vic Galloway and Janice Forsyth.

their time in making recorded music should be paid fairly for the use of their recordings. On behalf of everyone at PPL, I would like to wish all performers and artists who made the longlist the best of luck and look forward to celebrating Scotland’s musical success at the award ceremony in June.”

Jean Cameron, Paisley 2021 Bid Director, and one of the judges for the 2016 SAY Award, added: "Paisley has earned itself a reputation as a hub of creativity over the centuries, having produced so much great music, from the work of Robert Tannahill up to the present day. So it is fitting the town should be the home of The SAY Award for the next two years.

"The longlist is being announced on the same day as we launch the For Paisley 2021 campaign to get the community to show their support for the bid, so this is a really exciting day all round and I am really looking forward to being part of it."

Councillor Mark Macmillan, Renfrewshire Council leader and chair of the Paisley 2021 Partnership Board, said: "We are thrilled to be hosting one Last year’s Scottish Album of the Year winner, Kathryn Joseph said: “Winning the SAY Award has given me extra confidence. I felt very lucky of the most important dates in the Scottish musical calendar here in Paisley. The town already has close links with the award, having hosted and it’s nice to think that the music matters. Before, I didn’t really feel gigs by each of the four previous winners during the town's annual Spree that my music was good enough, or that I was the kind of person who would be able to do the things needed to get a record heard. Winning the festival each October.

SAY award has definitely made me better at handling everything that’s "Paisley has a rich musical heritage, from Gerry Rafferty and Paolo Nutini, required in the industry.” to the thriving music scene in our venues today, and that will be a key feature in our bid for UK City of Culture 2021, to be lodged next year.

Caroline Cooper of The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) said: “We’re delighted to be taking the SAY Award into its fifth year with "That bid is all about shining a spotlight on everything the town has to another incredibly strong longlist. Now established as one of the most offer - and being able to attract an event as prestigious as The SAY Award significant music prizes in the UK, The SAY Award highlights the shows we are firmly establishing ourselves as a key destination on exceptional breadth of music being produced in Scotland. The Album Of Scotland's musical map."

The Day format gives the public the opportunity to listen to all twenty albums and hopefully to discover some new favourites along the way. On www.sayaward.com behalf of the Scottish Music Industry Association I’d like to congratulate www.facebook.com/SAYaward all of the longlisted artists.’

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Leonie Bell, Director, Arts and Engagement, Creative Scotland, said: “For the fifth year, this long list once again proves the outstanding quality and range of music produced in Scotland from electronic and indie to hip-hop and piping. Having firmly established itself as one of the most important events in the Scottish music industry calendar The SAY Award is a fantastic way of supporting and raising the profile of these talented musicians in Scotland, the UK and internationally. We are delighted to be able to support the fifth year of the Awards and are looking forward to the 2016 ceremony hosted in Paisley Town Hall.”

Sam Isles, Managing Director, TicketWeb: "We’re really excited to support the Scottish Album Of The Year Award in 2016. Since TicketWeb began in 1999 Scottish artists have produced some of the most ground-breaking records and live shows. Over the past 12 months we’ve enjoyed working with an incredibly talented new wave of Scottish artists including Prides, Fatherson, Stanley Odd, Model Aeroplanes, Kloe & White. It’s awesome that The SAY Award exists to provide a credible platform to recognise contemporary Scottish music."

Peter Leatham, CEO PPL, said: “Scotland has an incredibly rich music history and is home to thousands of very talented performers as today’s longlist clearly demonstrates. It is a huge honour for PPL to continue our support of The SAY Award as it massively helps to recognise and reward Scotland’s artists. PPL works hard to support Scotland’s music community, be they a session musician, a member of a budding band or established singer and we strongly believe that everyone who invests

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Admiral Fallow - Tiny Rewards Anna Meredith - Varmints Auntie Flo - Theory of Flo C Duncan - Architect CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye Django Django - Born Under Saturn Dunedin Consort - J.S. Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata Emma Pollock - In Search Of Harperfield FFS - FFS Hector Bizerk - The Waltz Of Modern Psychiatry Hudson Mohawke - Lantern Iain Morrison - Eas Jarlath Henderson - Hearts Broken, Heads Turned Lau - The Bell That Never Rang Steve Mason - Meet The Humans Miaoux Miaoux - School Of Velocity Primal Scream - Chaosmosis Rachel Sermanni - Tied To The Moon The Revenge - Love That Will Not Die Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too

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The California Feetwarmers all set for return to Scotland Described as one of the hottest bands playing out of one of America’s steamiest States, Scots audience have already had a taste of the infectious party atmosphere created by The California Feetwarmers.

Last time the band was in the UK, they wowed a capacity crowd at the 1000-capacity Old Fruitmarket during Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival.

Those who were fortunate to get a ticket later reported it had been the biggest celebration the city had enjoyed since the 1990 City of Culture jamboree!

Since then, the seven-piece has continued to impress on both sides of the Atlantic and gathered praise from some of the biggest names in pop and rock.

When they recently played the swankiest nightclub in Beverly Hills, where Hollywood’s A-list go to have themselves some fun, Tom Jones enjoyed the show much he offered some advice.

The Welsh superstar had been taken to The Vibrato Club to mingle with the stars and ended up a confirmed fan following their killer set of ragtime, blues and early swing.

"Just tell them Tom Jones sent you," attention, he did so as he wanted it he said to be “a joyous thing – a party,” he told The Wall Street Journal in a He wasn’t the first big name to fall recent interview. under their groovy spell. …Now couldn’t we all do with a bit of …This is the band that Keb’ Mo’ that in our lives right now! sought out to provide an air of authenticity when he recorded his The band is back in the UK for dates BluesAmericana album. The in Ireland, England and Scotland collaboration won them a Grammy- that include a big summer festival in nomination in the Best American Lincolnshire.

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Their boisterous on-stage antics are solidly underpinned by playing that is as close to the source as it can be.

Based in Los Angeles, the band dusts down and re-works old classics, re-visiting material from The Blue Ridge Playboys, Scott Joplin, The Memphis Jugband and Emile Grimshaw’s Rag Pickers.

Glasgow promoter Kevin Morris says he is delighted to be bringing them back to the city where they created such a big impact last time they toured here.

“Their Celtic Connections show was, for many, one of the highlights of the event,” he said, “and there are many out there are in need of another fix.”

Reviewing their last album, The Daily Express said: “This would make any party go with a swing,” while the influential American Roots UK website recommended the band as a pick-me-up tonic and added: “This should be on prescription for those who need their spirits lifted!”

When the legendary singer met the musicians afterwards he told them they were “as good as it gets” and should be aiming to play the famous When Keb’ Mo’ grabbed them to Ronnie Scott's Club in London. provide the right feel for the track that has won them so much

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Rare show from Jo McCafferty for the Scottish Association for Mental Health with support from Craig John Davidson

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Acclaimed Aberdeen singer-songwriter Jo McCafferty will take to the stage of her local venue the Lemon Tree on the 11 June in a rare local show in aid of the Scottish Association for Mental Health. Support for the gig will be from highly rated Aberdeenshire singer Craig John Davidson.

Jo has been playing since she was a teenager, both solo and in various bands including Charlotte Says and Modern Uses for Velcro. She released her first album at 17, Nothing Whispered to Katy. In 2001 she released the album Radiaxial, an album featuring many live favourites which seemed to capture a lot of people’s imagination, this led to a lot of interest from various

musicians and led to a lot of support slots and for the next few years Jo toured the UK playing with artists as diverse as Midge Ure and Glenn Tilbrook, Marillion and Donnie Munro, playing venues from the Amsterdam Paradiso to Croydon’s Fairfield Halls via Glasgow Barrowlands. In 2004 she also found time to record and release Papercuts and Lime, an acoustic album which won more praise and notice.

in Aberdeen again, something I haven’t done for over 10 years and even better to be doing it in aid of the SAMH, a charity very close to my heart. It’s been great to revisit and reinterpret the older stuff and look ahead with some newer stuff, and it’s just incredible to be doing a home gig like this at one of my favourite venues.” www.samh.org.uk www.facebook.com/SAMHmentalhealth

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For this rare show in aid of SAMH at the Lemon Tree Jo has pulled together some well-known and respected faces from Aberdeen's music scene to reimagine songs from throughout her career, from some old favourites, to new material, as well as some rarely heard gems.

Jo said: “It is lovely to be playing a full band gig

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KAELA ROWAN :: album :: 'The Fruited Thorn' release date - 5 August @ www.kaelarowan.net/the-fruited-thorn/

Since she first started playing sessions and singing in bands in the Scottish highlands, Since then she has performed with Kaela Rowan has been The Mike McGoldrick Band, Karen Eliza Carthy, Dick gaining a reputation for her Matheson, Gaughan, Nusa, The Loveboat Big Band, and The Bevvy Sisters. beautiful voice and uniquely As a solo artist she released her acclaimed debut album Menagerie in 2014 and graced stages both home and abroad with her own band.

Highlights include Woodford Folk Festival in Australia, where she led varied repertoire.

80,000 people in Auld Lang Syne at midnight on Hogmanay 2014, and a In her early 20s she was lead singer with the influential Scottish group Mouth Music (named after the Gaelic singing style), recording three albums and playing prestigious headline slots at Womad, Glastonbury and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay amongst many others.

main stage appearance at RIFF Festival in India in October 2013.

Most recently she joined Shooglenifty for their acclaimed seventh album The Untied Knot, her puirt à beul (mouth music) bringing a dynamic new element to the band’s sound. She toured extensively with the Shoogles throughout 2015, and will be on the road with the band again in 2016 including a major tour of Australia and New Zealand in March.

In April Kaela showcased traditional songs from her eagerly anticipated second album The Fruited Thorn. These songs include arrangements of Burns’s Now Westlin’ Winds, the ploughman’s lament The Bonnie Woods of Hatton, Blackbird (What a voice), a version of which was sampled by Martyn Bennett on Grit, and the more recently written, and staggeringly beautiful, Gaelic song Eilean Fhianain (St Finnan’s Isle). Kaela (vocals, whistle, guitar, ukulele, bodhran) is accompanied by the Kaela Rowan Band, made up of Shooglenifty’s James Mackintosh (percussion, imbera, hang drum, guitar) and Ewan MacPherson (guitar, mandolin, jaw harp). A pre-release download is available @ https://kaelarowan.bandcamp.com/

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CHAMBERLAIN & HAYWOOD :: album :: 'First Impression' release date - out now @ http://chamberlain-haywood.com/first-impression/

First Impression is the Scotland. Virtuoso playing and fresh musical ideas, Paul and Michael explore the potential of their instruments in a way that is exciting and much anticipated engaging. They take the strength of each instrument’s traditions and blend them into their debut album from own unique brand of fusion music. The result is a vibrant, intriguing and occasionally explosive Paul Chamberlain mix of music that crosses cultural boundaries. & Michael Haywood Both musicians grew up in Southern Scotland, along with rip-roaring tunes from Russia and

With a fresh take on world music Paul (accordion) and Michael (saxophone/violin/ whistle/clarinet) take their instruments on an international tour – enjoy the sultry sounds of the Tango, the rhythmic drive of the Balkans,

and a common interest in traditional music brought them together. Whilst still maintaining these traditional roots, the combination of Michael’s jazz influenced style, and Paul’s classical training come together to create a dynamic album bursting with energy – the various instrumental combinations add even

more to the diversity. There are also a couple of own compositions such as Michael’s suite of tunes inspired by the famous Lewis Chessmen.

Paul Chamberlain was one of the first classical accordionists to graduate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, where he studied with Djordje Gajic. A highly accomplished player with appearances at international music festivals such as Baltica Harmonica in St. Petersburg – Russia, SataHäme Soi Accordion festival in Ikaalinen – Finland, and performances in France, Italy, Greece, Bahrain and the USA. He has also released two previous solo albums – ‘Classical Accordion’ (2011) and ‘Accordion Sensations’ (2014) and is a founder member of the Scottish Tango Ensemble.

A virtuosic performer on many instruments, Michael Haywood gained an honours degree in folk and traditional music from Newcastle University with a major in wind instruments. He has since appeared in many of the country’s leading venues including the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sage Gateshead, The Barbican London, and has played on BBC Radio Scotland.

Michael also spent three years working for Live Music Now! giving concerts across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download RACHEL ALICE JOHNSON

ALLAN MACDONALD & NEIL JOHNSTONE

Safe Island

The Bruce 700

single download Release Date: 27 May

Rachel Alice Johnson returns with her third single. Since being selected for Creative Scotland’s ‘Verden Studios Demo Project 15’, Rachel has been steadily winning over critics with her contagiously catchy melodies, with her next single ‘Safe Island’ set for release on 27 May. Listen/Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqfieiiDuOU Available from: http://apple.co/1V6vYcq www.twitter.com/rachyjohnson www.facebook.com/RachelAliceJohnsonArts

Album - cd - Release Date: Out Now This CD is the culmination of a much earlier celebration, in music and song, of ‘The Wallace’ in 2005, by way of a commission from Alasdair Campbell who was then with The Tolbooth Music and Arts venue in Stirling. This was followed by another commission by Carolyn Paterson in 2014 to celebrate another icon of history of whom we know a good bit more than the former, Robert de Brus of Norman French stock, the 14th C warlord who became King, regaining Scotland’s place as an Independent nation. This orchestrated progression of music ranges from an arrangement of a classic traditional pibroch theme, in its most appropriate animated and rhythmic presentation, to specially composed and arranged pieces. Melodies are presented on a range of pipes in several different keys, overlaid and blended with percussion, clarsach, cello, soprano saxophone, violin, whistle and vocals.

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EUAN DRYSDALE Songs from the Boarwood Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Songs From The Boarwood is Euan Drysdale’s second CD release. It is a collection of heartfelt and uplifting songs inspired by reminiscences on growing up in a Scottish town.The 10 songs on Songs From The Boarwood are all original Drysdale compositions. They are a seamless mix of folk, blues and ballads. The three musicians work sensitively together to create a tasteful acoustic sound that is the perfect sound-world for such evocative, lyrical and beautiful songs.

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HUGH KELLY CHAMBERLAIN & HAYWOOD

Give Me All Your Love

Alone With History Album - cd / download Release Date: 23 May

'Alone With History is Alastair Savage's 4th album release and his first completely unaccompanied fiddle recording. Recorded in the historic surroundings of Crathie Kirk in Royal Deeside, the album features 18th Century melodies by Niel and Nathaniel Gow alongside music by 19th Century master James Scott Skinner. The recording also includes a tribute to Rabbie Burns alongside Savage's own unique compositions dedicated to the great Scots fiddle composers of the past.'

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First Impression Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now

With a fresh take on world music the duo take their instruments on an international tour - enjoy the sultry sounds of the Tango, the rhythmic drive of the Balkans, with riproaring tunes from Russia and Scotland.

Virtuoso playing and fresh musical ideas, Paul and Michael explore the potential of their instruments in a way that is exciting and engaging. The result is a vibrant, intriguing and occasionally explosive mix of music that crosses cultural boundaries.

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EP download Release Date: Out Now

Alt.Blues/Soul musician, Hugh Kelly found his ‘big’ voice busking on the streets of Edinburgh in his teens. Now 21, his debut EP combines intricate songwriting, catchy melodies and a sense of raw emotion. “an extraordinary voice that ranges from the crunch of steps on a pebbly British beach, to a soaring heavenly and slightly whiskeysoaked angel’s falsetto” Arun Kendall, www.BackseatMafia.com Listen/Watch: www.HughKellyMusic.com/music www.soundcloud.com/HughKellyMusic Available from: iTunes + Spotify www.HughKellyMusic.com www.Twitter.com/HughKellyMusic www.Facebook.com/HughKellyMusic

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

PAUL TASKER

DAVID ALTAIR

Human Condition

Cold Weather Music

B-Sides

This is Doghouse Roses' guitarist Paul Tasker's first solo album. An all instrumental album peformed on fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo with flute, flatpicked guitar, cello, pedal steel guitar and percussion. The 10 tracks are musical responses to both real life and imagined events and largely have a folk or old time Americana feel, but with 2 guitar duets adding a jazz tinge.

David Altair has just released his 6th album entitled ‘B-Sides’. This is some work that was previously never released and is quite rare. The album has quite a psychedelic feel to it especially ‘we can’t stop now (the Wall)’. The album flows into a journey of ambient sounds and experimentation.

Album / cd / download Release Date: 29 April

The Mars Patrol have been honing their stirring alternative rock sound over a series of rapturouslyreceived EPs and singles. Now it’s time for their first album "Human Condition". The album is crammed full of songs more melodic than a spaceship full of Nightingales that stick in your head like a recurring dream you won't ever want to wake up from. Recorded between the Capitals of both Scotland and England respectively and mixed by Tim Palmer (U2, Goo Goo Dolls) and Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, Twin Atlantic), the Album is entirely crowd funded by The Mars Patrol's mega-loyal legion of international fans the reward of relentless touring and maintaining enthusiastic online relationships.

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Album cd + download + vinyl Release Date: Out Now

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Album download Release Date: Out Now

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CAROLINE GILMOUR

CLAIRE HASTINGS MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Electric Waterfalls

Between River and Railway Album cd / download Release Date: 29 April

Since winning the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year title in 2015, folk singer Claire Hastings’ debut album Between River and Railway has been hotly anticipated. The album features exciting arrangements of traditional folk songs alongside Claire’s self-penned material. The songs are brought to life with band members Jenn Butterworth (guitar & vocals), Laura Wilkie (fiddle) and Andrew Waite (accordion) as well as guests Martin O’Neill (percussion) and Duncan Lyall (bass). Throughout the album, whether Claire is singing in the tradition, about her home, sharing life experiences or interpreting the works of Robert Burns and William Douglas, there’s an enduring sense of beauty, in both vocals and music.

(Folkwords)

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Dear Satellite Album cd / download Release Date: 8 April

Dear Satellite was produced by Grammy award-winning Dom Morley, known for his work on Amy Winehouse's Back To Black, as well as working with Adele, Grinderman and Sting. He also produced Colin's first album on Xtra Mile Recordings, City Awakenings released in 2012. The album is ten tracks of floating, positive, textually diverse pop songs.

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EP cd / download / 7" vinyl Release Date: 25 March

This is an exciting new 4 track EP release that is a departure from my usual sound and has been heavily influenced by my love of pop music. I worked with the incredible Jud Mahoney (Justin Timberlake, Usher, Michael Jackson) who produced this EP, and it's also the first time I have included a co-written track on a release, working with Jud and hitmaker John McLaughlin (Busted, Westlife, Bay City Rollers). 'Love this soaring piece of perfect Adult Pop. Fantastic songwriting and beautiful vocal delivery" - John McLaughlin Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/carolinegilmour https://carolinegilmour.bandcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/user/caggyg Available from: https://carolinegilmour.bandcamp.com iTunes / Amazon Vinyl via Apollo Music, Paisley www.carolinegilmour.com https://twitter.com/CGilmourMusic www.facebook.com/CarolineGilmourMusic

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

DUNT

ROMAN NOSE

One Kiss Later

Between Punk Rock and a Hard Place

Jacked Up On Mercy

Single / download Release Date: Out Now Ashton Lane are part of a new wave of homegrown modern country music originating in the UK and are sure to expand their growing fan base this year. The single One Kiss Later is out on 29 February 2016 Ashton Lane consist of Esther O’Connor and Tim O’Connor. The band performs as a duo but at times as a three piece when Graeme Duffin (Wet Wet Wet) joins them as guest guitarist. The band has a romantic back story, being husband and wife and also come from fine musical stock. Esther O’Connor’s musical heritage however spans right back to her childhood. She remembers being out on tour at only five years of age with Elton John on his US tour accompanying her Dad’s band Wet Wet Wet.

EP / cd Release Date: 1 April

After near self-destruction, Edinburgh's Skate Punks are back via the Infinite Hive music label, with five fast, melodic, punk rock tunes on a variety of subjects that shape our everyday misery. Featuring DUNT's nihilistic sense of humour and cutting riffs and rhythms, this is their strongest EP yet.

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Available from: www.ashtonlaneofficial.com

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DROPKICK

EP download Release Date: Out Now

Glasgow’s finest purveyors of sadomasochistic, masked electronica, Roman Nose return to our radars with the release of much anticipated 4 Track E.P. ‘Jacked Up On Mercy' via their own Badly Built Records label. This is bass-heavy, dark and dirty electronic music dipped in futuristic territory, full of pounding synths and driven electro beats.

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VÉLONIÑOS THE STRANGE BLUE DREAMS

Balance The Light Album cd / download / vinyl Release Date: 25 March

'Balance the Light' is Dropkick's most varied collection of songs, showcasing their unique harmony-driven alt.country powerpop. “Their music has an originality about it that defies explanation.....blending almost equal parts alternative, indie-pop, folk and country.”

Maverick Magazine. 'Balance the Light' will be launched with two special German shows in April, followed by Scottish dates: 21/4 Clark's, Dundee, 22/4 Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 23/4 13th Note, Glasgow.

Listen/Watch: https://dropkickmusic.bandcamp.com YouTube Available from: itunes, amazon, spotify, google play, apple music and other digital sites. Available from: Coda Music (Edinburgh), Love Music (Glasgow), Assai Records (Broughty Ferry, Dundee), Wall of Noise (Haddington), Vinyl Frontier (Dunbar) www.dropkickmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/dropkickmusic www.twitter.com/dropkickmusic

Veloninos

Album / cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Reverberatin' Love EP cd / download Release Date: Out Now

The Strange Blue Dreams present their debut EP, three songs that passionately distil the various golden ages of popular song into a unique and exciting new sound. Menacing drums and surf-noir guitars, a cowboy anthem with a dash of Bollywood and Sun Records hillbilly beat, and a Scots air peppered with Balkan drama.

The Véloniños; From way out West Port Glasgow and beyond. Their musical influences firmly rooted in americana, rock ‘n’ roll, country and rockabilly, Inspired by the likes of Hank Williams, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins and The Everlys, to name but a few. This is the debut album from the group, featuring all six tracks from their previously released digital EP and four brand new tracks. “We’d like to think there’s a little of who we are and where we come from in the songs too, Levengrove Park, Helenstown and These Quiet Lands are all relevant to where we live and we hope you’ll enjoy this album for what it is: a no nonsense rockin’ record in all its different guises.”

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

DEADLY INSCRIPTION

TOY TIN SOLDIER

Various Artists

A Testament To Sin

Yield

Album cd Release Date: 25 March

An enchanting collection of Celtic moods with haunting uilleann pipes, magical harps, fiddles, accordions, guitars… from Ireland, Scotland and Brittany. Beautiful and atmospheric songs, ballads and laments conjure an atmosphere of mystery and magic, reminiscent of the music to the film “Titanic” or to “Riverdance”.

Features 2016 Grammy Nominee for Best New Age Album, Catherine Duc [Voyager, MG Music], performing the self-penned song ‘Owen’s Boat.’

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EP CD + Most online streaming/download services Spotify, Itunes, Amazon, Deezer, Release Date: 26 February

Album - cd / download Release Date: 26 February

Toy Tin Soldier is a Scottish indie rock singer songwriter Joe Gallacher, formerly of Mr.Kil. A solo journey supported by a revolving door of incredible support A Testament to Sin is the product of the last year musicians he has worked with over the years, whilst of work from the newly formed line-up. It's a touring with the likes of Hue & Cry, Turin Brakes and collection of fictional tales of dark characters and Martha Wainwright. scenarios, we used the titles as a basis for the Gallacher was born in the outskirts of Glasgow in the creation of the tracks, and made a conscious effort small village of Blantyre. Born into a working class family, music became an escapism from the realities of to keep the E.P out of any sub-genre/category being a teenage in the 90’s. Pretty soon he was in love with all sorts of bedrock music, particularly rock, blues, Listen/Watch: country and of course the 90’s Brit Pop era. Inspired by www.soundcloud.com/deadly-inscription melodic Kings such as Noel Gallagher, Bruce www.youtube.com/deadlyinscriptionband Springsteen and more recently Foy Vance.

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CARA

WHISKY KISS SARAH HAYES

Yet We Sing

Album cd / download Release Date: 15 January

Born of a love affair with Celtic music, Cara features four of Germany’s finest traditional musicians, with Scottish singer-songwriter Kim Edgar, delivering an innovative blend of trad/new material, and twin lead vocals. Touring Scotland: Celtic Connections 27th, Eden Court 28th, Carnegie Hall 29th, Queens Hall 30th Jan 2015.

Listen/Watch: Live trailer @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQmLTW1W6G4 Yet We Sing Promo @ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhXUjwMvvuc Available from: www.cara-music.com www.cara-music.com www.facebook.com/caramusic www.twitter.com/caramusic

sexySOUNDS Woven

Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Sarah released her début album, Woven, to widespread acclaim in November 2015. This inventive, emotional music explores the relationship between experience and identity; setting traditional words to new tunes and new tunes to traditional forms, tying them together with recurring themes in ‘an utterly compelling tapestry’ (Folk Radio UK).

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Album cd / download Release Date: 18 January

Debut album from World Record Breaking band Whisky Kiss. Unusually for a Scots trad band debut album, sexySOUNDS by Whisky Kiss includes 3 tracks used by Visit Scotland, 2 tracks that are Guinness World Records & 1 iTunes no1 (debut single Jocks Revenge topped the charts in Uruguay & Luxembourg) Listen/Watch: www.whiskykiss.com Available from: https://itunes.apple.com www.amazon.co.uk www.whiskykiss.com https://twitter.com/twistedtartan www.facebook.com/Whisky-Kiss119642618071059

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

AMY RAYNER

Yardbird

Two Years Long

Album cd Release Date: Out Now

EP cd / download Release Date: 28 February

The Rising Souls are a thumping blue eyed soul band from central Scotland. They have been met with universal praise throughout the UK, Europe and more recently NYC. Their second album 'Yardbird' is a mesmerising blend of country, blues and soul. Frontman Dave Archibald displays a powerhouse vocal reminiscent of Frankie Miller and Otis Redding.

Supporting Dave are Roy 'Kelso' Laing on bass and Tom Reed on percussion.

Amy Rayner is a singer songwriter from St. Andrews, Scotland, who's relatable and honest lyrics blend amicably with her memorable, soaring melodies. Her new EP 'Two Years Long' is a very personal work that centres around the three stages of a relationship, beginning, middle and end, and features a fusion of genres from folk and pop to country and blues.

Listen/Watch: https://youtu.be/DNSnsV6sLNA

Available from: Spotify + buy on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Rhapsody, TIDAL and Deezer

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DJANA GABRIELLE

CHARLOTTE HATHAWAY & MIKE VASS (featuring Mairi Campbell) The Dead Stations

Album - cd / download - Release Date: 11 March “The whole forest has this feeling of going on forever.

And if you lose track of the train line then you’re lost..."

A story told through original music and audio drama featuring new songs by Mike Vass performed by haunting vocalist Mairi Campbell. Dead Stations are out of use platforms on a remote train line through the forested mountains. It’s a story designed to be listened to: a mystery about loneliness and the mind, inspired by a train ride through Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest and abstract ideas about Little Red Riding Hood.

Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/unroofedrecords https://youtu.be/Mp5vjZJ1tic Available from: www.mikevass.com + www.unroofed.com www.facebook.com/vassmusic www.unroofed.com www.mikevass.com www.charlottehathaway.com

JOSEPHINE SILLARS DUKE OF NORFOLK

That Very First Day EP download Release Date: Out Now

Debut EP from the French Cameroonian singer-songwriter.

Recorded in Glasgow in the space of 2 days, the EP is an introduction to Djana Gabrielle's rich songwriting and melodies. Ethereal and soulful, « That Very First Day » is the promising debut from an artist to follow.

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Vincent There Is a Train (and a platform at either end) EP download Release Date: 5 January

Intended as a brief companion to The Duke of Norfolk's album Three Days From the Wolf Month, There Is a Train (and a platform at either end) takes the shape of a journey. The EP employs sounds suggestive of train travel alongside The Duke's characteristic guitar and banjo to reinforce the themes of wandering and to frame a picture of life from birth to death.

single download Release Date: Out Now

‘Vincent’ was written after Josephine discovered that Vincent Van Gogh ‘used to eat yellow paint to make his insides happy’. An upbeat song about beating hearts, serotonin highs and yellow walls, played on piano, xylophone and drums, 'Vincent' is launched at the world famous King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in December.

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

AMY DUNCAN

BREABACH

Ahoy Hoy

Undercurrents

Astar

Album cd / download Release Date: out now

Album cd / download / vinyl Release Date: 19 February

Undercurrents is somewhere to the left of folk-pop with 'Like sun on the sea surface.' 'A haunting, rich string arrangements, gorgeous harp and bass, and ethereal bridge between cultures.’ (Sunday interesting drums and percussion. You will find emotional songs exploring themes of mental health, Herald) AHOY HOY, is the eagerly awaited debut album from Boreas, shaped by spanning dissociation and hallucinatory experiences; self acceptance and letting go to the flow of emotions to the expanses of the North Sea. In this find real love and connection. Releasing on my own recording the band have created something label Filly Records. The vinyl is being licensed to Diverse both warm and sparse, shadowy and Vinyl.

glistening, simple and intricate, it is indeed a glorious debut.

Listen/Watch: www.boreasband.bandcamp.com Available from: www.boreasband.bandcamp.com www.islemusicscotland.com www.boreasband.com www.twitter.com/boreasband www.facebook.com/boreasband

IMAGINARY SILVER COAST CREATURES

Seasons

EP cd / download The Butterfly’s Dream Release Album Date: 13 November cd / download ReleaseEP Date: This forOutusNow has been

a long time coming. were lot of Imaginary CreaturesThere is a virtual band, a a studio project formed by the collaboration of lyricist different emotions present when and songwriter David Scott and producer and itmulti-instrumentalist was written and we are Iain McKinna.

The Butterfly’s Dream is their debut album.

Guest incredibly happy with the sound musicians include guitar ace Keith More, of it andlegend the Fraser way Speirs the songs harmonica and ex- can Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. relate to a number of different situations in people's life's. We Listen/Watch: www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures are so proud of this record!

Available from: Listen/Watch: Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw www.soundcloud.com/silvercoastmusic-1 www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK www.YouTube.com/silvercoastmusic www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://amzn.to/1heO9qD Available from: also coming soonBig on Cartel itunes + spotify iTunes, Amazon, Facebook: www.facebook.com/silvercoastmusic www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 https://twitter.com/silvercoastband

Listen/Watch: https://youtu.be/GhEBe0kS_80 https://youtu.be/IWyLVw0OmOs

Album - cd / download Release Date: 11 March After a whirlwind five years traversing the globe, Breabach are delighted to present their fifth studio album, Astar (tr. distance/journey). Inspired by the people and places they have encountered, iconic venues and festivals performed at and the exciting, at times groundbreaking, collaborations they have been involved in. These experiences have brought new shape to their sound whilst simultaneously strengthening their identity. Astar is a multicultural celebration, embracing the music of four nations in partnership with their own.

The band have invited friends from Norway, Quebec, Australia and New Zealand to be part of this recording, all of which has been brought to life under the guidance and production of Greg Lawson.

Available from: Listen/Watch: Pre-order from Pledge Music: http://breabach.bandcamp.com www.pledgemusic.com/projects/amy-duncan www.soundcloud.com/breabach & receive instant download of 2 songs plus free entry to the album launch on 25 Feb at The Voodoo Rooms Available from: http://breabach.bandcamp.com iTunes + in stores http://amyduncan.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/Amy_Duncan www.breabach.com www.facebook.com/amy.duncan.music www.facebook.com/breabach https://soundcloud.com/amy-duncan www.twitter.com/breabach

IMAGINARY FREELAND BARBOUR CREATURES

The Music and the Land Album cd Release Date: Out Now

This CD sampler is intended as an The Butterfly’stoDream accompaniment the book The Album Music and the Land, a journey of cd / download words, photography and melody Release Date: Out Now through the lands that have Imaginary Creatures is a virtual band, a studio inspired Freeland Barbour’s project formed by the collaboration of lyricist and songwriter David Scott and producer compositions. The sampler and multi-instrumentalist Iain McKinna. The contains 14 tracks taken from Butterfly’s Dream is their debut album. Guest recordings over the ears musicians include guitar acepast Keith 35 More, harmonica legend Fraser Speirs and exand illustrating some of the music Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. from the book. It is available for Listen/Watch: £5, or free with each copy of the www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures book.

Available from: Available from: Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw www.bonskeidmusic.com www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK and Freeland’s live events www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK Book @ http://amzn.to/1heO9qD www.freelandbarbour.co.uk/shop.htm also coming soon on itunes + spotify www.bonskeidmusic.com Facebook: www.freelandbarbour.co.uk www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 www.birlinn.co.uk/Music-and-the-Land.html

IMAGINARY STEAL THE SUN CREATURES

Somewhere, Sometime Debut Album cd / download The Butterfly’s Dream Release Album Date: 4 December cd / download Release Date:conceived Out Now Originally as an

idea to change the face of music forever.

Imaginary Creatures is a virtual band, a studio Steal Sun have forgedoftheir project the formed by the collaboration lyricist and songwriter David Scott and producer and way into the spotlight by infusing multi-instrumentalist Iain McKinna. The many genres and Butterfly’s Dream isand theirinfluences debut album. Guest musicians include ace to Keith More, a evolving theirguitar music create harmonica legend Fraser Speirs and exbeautiful and addictive sound.'

Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements.

Listen/Watch: Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/stealthesunuk www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures www.reverbnation.com/stealthesunuk Available from: Available from: Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw www.stealthesunuk.bandcamp.com www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK www.facebook.com/stealthesunuk for hard copy www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://amzn.to/1heO9qD https://twitter.com/StealTheSunUk also coming soon on itunes + spotify www.facebook.com/stealthesunuk www.reverbnation.com/stealthesunuk Facebook: www.instagram.com/stealthesunuk www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473 www.stealthesunuk.bandcamp.com

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scotland's new releases ..... album : single : ep / cd : vinyl : download FINN ANDERSON Uncharted Lands EP cd / download Release Date: 12 February

Recorded over two stormy weeks in October at his childhood home in rural Scotland, Finn Anderson’s ‘Uncharted Lands’ EP is his most ambitious solo project to date. Straddling pop, rock and jazz, ‘Uncharted Lands’ fuses intricate and poetic lyrics, dynamic vocals and dramatic piano and orchestral arrangements.

Listen/Watch: single ‘Hitchcock’ @ www.soundcloud.com/finnanderson/hitchcock video coming soon Available from: www.finnanderson.bandcamp.com Single ‘Hitchcock’ available on iTunes, Spotify + all major online stores www.finnanderson.co.uk https://twitter.com/Finn_Anderson www.facebook.com/finnandersonmusic

THE CUT THROAT RAZORS

RACHEL ALICE JOHNSON

Motown's Lost Its Soul

Open Angel

The Cut Throat Razors are an 11 piece band from Glasgow that have been filling the dancefloors across Scotland with their eclectic mix of self-penned songs with a thumping soul, ska, funk and blues vibe. The Cut Throat Razors won the prestigious Sunday Herald Best Unsigned Band Competition in 2014.

The Scottish/New Zealand, Edinburgh College of Art student/singer-songwriter creates songs with an ethereal, pop, rock sound with her band. Inspired by artists such as Lana Del Rey and The Black Keys, Rachel and her band have defined their unique sound with some euphoric harmonics.

EP cd / download Release Date: 27 November

Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/thecutthroatrazors www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Uq_4XXJcU Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/ www.amazon.co.uk www.thecutthroatrazors.com www.thecutthroatrazors.com https://twitter.com/cutthroatrazors www.facebook.com/thecutthroatrazors

single download Release Date: 3 December

Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/rachyjohnson https://youtube.com/rachyjohnson Available from: iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon mp3, Google Play, Deezer https://twitter.com/rachyjohnson https://facebook.com/RachelAliceJohnsonArts

THE DEADLY WINTERS

UP CHRISTINE BOVILL

Table In The Corner

UPrising

Album cd Release Date: Out Now UP is a trio comprising guitar, double bass, drums and harmony vocals, based in East Lothian and Edinburgh. These are fine, experienced players, and the album (superbly engineered by Wayne Bell) gives a good crosssection of their eclectic live repertoire - early rock, jive, country, jazz, blues, traditional folk and skiffle pieces all come under a very broad umbrella - if it's fun they play it!

Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hudarwZ0w0w https://youtu.be/pFsYipnuZdI https://youtu.be/IQ7jGLShZ0M https://youtu.be/IFy6Tz0knAY Available from: Direct from the band - email: up.band@btinternet.com or via facebook - album £10 + UK p&p £2.65. Payment via PayPal invoice, either by PayPal a/c or credit/debit card www.facebook.com/uncertaintyprincipleup

The Sentence That I Serve EP CD only (at present) Release Date: Out Now

Second release from singer songwriter Christine Bovill. A Roots affair, recorded with the Strange Blue Dreams, strirring in the tangle of Vintage Rock n Roll, Chanson and Americana. Both band and singer have spent years immersed in old blues, jazz, soul and country music and bring a naturally confident, risk taking flair that breathes new life into vintage pop forms.

Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/christine-bovill https://youtu.be/QoR9snXg0aU Available from: www.christinebovill.com www.christinebovill.com www.facebook.com/bovill.christine/ https://twitter.com/christinebovill www.facebook.com/ thestrangebluedreams

EP cd / download Release Date: 6 November

Armed with swagger, a thumping singalong chorus and a fervent holler, the title track of the EP is the band at their rousing, anthemic best.

The rest of the EP doesn’t disappoint with the raucous anger of Liars, Liars, Liars, the jaunty tale of a war hero that is Sam Did Run and the epic, percussive Gone to Ground.

Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/the-deadly-winters/ table-in-the-corner-ep-preview Available from: www.thedeadlywinters.com/shop/ www.thedeadlywinters.com www.facebook.com/deadlywinters www.twitter.com/deadlywinters www.soundcloud.com/the-deadly-winters www.thedeadlywinters.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/deadlywinters

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

DAVID PATRICK OCTET KYRRE SLIND

Down The Line

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Open Airs Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Down The Line is the new album from Glasgow-born singer/ songwriter Johny Corrigan. It is the much-anticipated follow-up to Johny’s acclaimed debut Inchfad Drive, released in 2013. The album consists entirely of self-penned songs and Johny has recruited an impressive line-up of artists for the recording.

This stunning reworking for jazz octet of Igor Stravinsky's masterwork retains all of the themes and most of the exquisite orchestration of the original composition.

Improvisational sections appear organically out of Stravinsky's score, allowing band members to be featured as individual soloists as the piece unfolds. With personnel drawn from Scotland, England and Germany, this international group is a world-class ensemble, completely at ease with each other and this incredibly complex music.

Open Airs is a musical log book of travels in Norway, Ireland and Scotland. In 2011, Norwegian musician and composer Kyrre Slind quite his job, bought a banjo and hit the road on a Vespa 125 scooter, heading for Ireland. Four years later - rich in new experiences - he releases his first solo album, recorded in Scotland and Norway. The melodies describe landscapes, impressions and personalities encountered when travelling the great north and its islands.

Available from: iTunes, Birnam CD Online Shop, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon MP3, Google Play

Available from: iTunes, Bandcamp www.kyrreslind.com

www.davidpatrickmusic.com

www.kyrreslind.com

Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Available from: iTunes, Birnam CD Online Shop, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon MP3, Google Play www.birnamcd.com/promo-johny-corrigan/

Listen/Watch: www.kyrreslind.bandcamp.com

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MAY Maidens of Music Dumfries Each May Saturday Maidens of Music kicks off this Saturday 7 May showcasing 60+ female artists, and it continues every Saturday in May, celebrating female musicians and inspiring those who have never performed to give it a go.

The action will take place from 3-9pm at The Globe Inn / Music Room Courtyard in the middle of Dumfries town centre - with all proceeds going to local charities. The gigs are being organised by Carol Brotherston, founder of The Music Room in Dumfries. www.maidensofmusic.co.uk

Dunblane's historic Drying Green, its activities have ranged from an open stage for local young musicians, fire engines, space-hopper races and fire-eating jugglers, to the annual Rotary Club race for 4,000 plastic ducks down the Allan Water. Gradually a 'Fringe Fling' has developed, featuring over the years everything from ghost walks, pub quizzes, plays from the local Drama Group, master classes in everything from fiddling or mandolins to harmony singing or bodhran, and the now-annual Thursday Jazz Night.

the fourth consecutive year in 2016. Set to be bigger than ever before, the festival takes place over May Bank Holiday weekend

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Aberdeen’s oldest and original music, drama and dance Festival began life in 1909 and is still very much alive today. The Festival takes place each year in the first week of June, in halls throughout the city. All events are open to the public and audiences are warmly welcomed. The Festival adopts the motto of Sir Henry Walford Davies: “Not to gain a prize or defeat a rival but to pace one another on the road to excellence.”

Knockengorroch World Ceilidh Kirkcudbright 26-29 May

If you prefer a bigger festival in a smaller pot you are a Knockengorrocher! Join us beside the Southside Fringe glittering Water of Deugh beneath the broad Glasgow shoulders of southwest Scotland's great 13-29 May mountain peaks to celebrate some of the finest music from the Celtic diaspora and everywhere It’s an incredibly exciting time in the Southside in-between. The World Ceilidh melds together actively encouraging creativity and supporting the most ancient roots music with the latest local Southside talent. The ethos of the cutting edge sounds. This first truly backwoods Southside Fringe is very much ‘strength in upland music fest in Scotland hosts some of the numbers’ : the more facets of the community and local businesses who get involved the louder best musicians and performers from across the our voice and the bigger the Southside’s profile world. All are invited to journey over hill and dale by rock and stream to our natural will be on the festival map. greenfield auditorium and to our upland stage to experience the biggest little festival this side of www.southsidefringe.org.uk anywhere!

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Aberdeen and North East of Scotland Music Festival Aberdeen 30 May - 3 June

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JUNE Brew at the Bog Inverness 3-4 June

Brew at the Bog is one of Scotland's most dynamic hidden gems, championing new and unsigned artists alongside craft beer, gin, cider, whisky, rum and prosecco bars! A two-day camping festival, Brew at the Bog is held at Bogbain Farm in Inverness, which was crowned Perth Festival of the Arts www.knockengorroch.org.uk "Best Unusual Venue" at the 2012 Scottish Event Perth Awards - the perfect setting for a festival that 19-29 May prides itself on championing the best of Orkney Folk Festival Scotland’s alternative scene. The lineup for 2016 Celebrate Perth Festival's 45th birthday in Perth Orkney includes a Mercury Music Prize nominee, Best 26-29 May Concert Hall, the Festival is one of the highlights Breakthrough Act at the Scottish Music Awards, in Scotland's cultural calendar. Perth Festival of Best Hip Hop Act AND Best Live Act at the Once again we have some big names coming the Arts is an annual 11 day May Festival, SAMAs, Best Up & Coming at the Scottish Trad founded in 1972, and taking place in the City of north to join in the fun in May, and from the Music Awards, a Radio 2 Awards nominee, and Perth in Scotland. It is now in its 45th Year and ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have so it goes on! The festival for 2016 also features brought together a broad mix of artists that we is one of the oldest continuously running arts a programme of speakers, cinema, alternative hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the therapies and street food!

Festivals in Scotland. increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our local traditions and musicians – both established www.brewatthebog.com www.perthfestival.co.uk and emerging – will be centre stage alongside those visiting the festival. You would be hard Dumfries & Galloway pushed to find another festival throughout the Portsoy Folk Festival : country that has such a strong home Arts Festival representation, and it is one that we are hugely “The 7th Haal” proud of.

Dumfries and Galloway Portsoy 20-29 May 3-5 June www.orkneyfolkfestival.com Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979.

A weekend of songs, tunes, stories, poetry, The founding aim was to bring international dance, workshops and sessions to be held in and Reivers Rock performers of the highest quality to a region around Portsoy. containing many scattered rural communities and Blues Festival since then this region has produced some of its www.bothyfolk.org Alwinton (Northumberland) own talent of international standing and we’re 27-29 May proud to also be able to present these artistes Meadows Festival from time to time. We offer a wide range of Clennell Hall will be the venue for the Reivers Edinburgh events: music – including classical, jazz and folk, Rock and Blues Festival with a fantastic line up 4-5 June dance, theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. Events take place in a of top name bands and artists from all corners of the UK. Clennell Hall is located in the Upper The days are getting longer, the wind is getting range of venues throughout the region, from large to small, formal to informal, urban to rural. Coquet Valley of Northumberland (just over the warmer, and the air is getting sweeter. Before Scottish border) near the village of Alwinton. you know it, the biggest volunteer-run outdoor Situated in it's own grounds, facilities include festival in Scotland will be upon us! The www.dgartsfestival.org.uk camping, bunk rooms, hotel rooms, fully Edinburgh Meadows Festival has been running licensed bars, restaurant and bar meals as well since 1974 and gets bigger and better with Doune & Dunblane Fling as hog roasts and snacks throughout the every year, with tens of thousands of revellers weekend.

Dunblane gathering in the meadows to enjoy live music, 26-28 May games, stalls, and – if we’re lucky – a bit of www.facebook.com/reiversrock sunshine.

Like many others, the Fling was conceived with the help of music and alcohol. It began as an www.meadowsfestival.org Riverside Festival idea at the Dunblane Folk Club, among a group Glasgow of people fond of music and fun. And so in May 28-29 May XpoNorth 1993 the first Fling happened. Since then the Inverness Fling has gone from strength to strength.

The Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival 8-9 June Somewhere along the line the first 'Fling by the takes place on the banks of the river Clyde on River' began. Held each Fling Saturday on the grounds of the iconic Riverside Museum for XpoNorth Festival 2016 has announced their

..... lots more festival dates in our FESTIVALS! supplement read it @ http://musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com/festivals/ music showcase line up of sixty six varied and exciting music acts that have been selected to perform live in Inverness to audiences lapping up all the creative industry goodness at this year's festival in June. The full line up was carefully selected by a jury of industry professionals and XpoNorth looks forward to welcoming a wealth of musical talent from near and far including partners Live at Heart in Sweden, EXCITE our European festival network and Trinidad & Tobago, as well as a multitude of Scotland-based talent performing all genres: with the introduction of an electronic stage this year.

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

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North Hop Glasgow

Eden Festival

Glasgow 18-19 June

Raehills Meadows 9-12 June 2016

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Tiree Music Festival Isle of Tiree 15-17 July Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of holding an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree. TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early birds sell out in hours - http://tireemusicfestival. co.uk/ticket-prices.

There will be lots of great Scottish and guest breweries offering up a fine selection of craft Set in the stunning Raehill Meadows of Dumfries beers and ciders in the rustic Beer Hall, along Eden Festival is boutique festival, with over 250 with some tasty street food vendors, market acts performing across 9 stages, bringing you traders, live art, bands, and acoustic acts. live music, dance, cabaret, burlesque, circus skills, theatre, a children's area, fun and games http://northhop.co.uk/ and much more. Nominated for three awards in 2015.

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Killin Music Festival

Pandorafest will be Scotland's first music festival that supports women musicians. In 2015 the major festivals displayed a massive gender imbalance, of the 87 acts that were announced, 78 were all male, 3 were female and 6 were mixed groups - that was an 89.6% all male line up.* "As far as Scotland is concerned - this is not okay" says Pandora Fest! Pandorafest will be a one day music festival packed full of live music from female singer/songwriters, women musicians and female fronted bands all playing from 12noon-11pm. Pandorafest will be running 3 stages of live music across many genres, all expertly woven into a line-up to keep you entertained from start to finish.

Music at Paxton Festival Paxton, Berwickshire 15-24 July

We are proud to present a star-studded line-up of musicians and ensembles. Some will be familiar to our audiences, others are appearing for the first time, but all are of the highest www.facebook.com/theedenfestival quality, many travelling significant distances to be with us in the Scottish Borders.

Stonehaven Folk Festival Solus Why not make an occasion of it and enjoy Stonehaven The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire supper, a stroll around the extensive grounds, or 7-10 July 17-19 June a drink in the courtyard before the concert?

28th Stonehaven Folk Festival featuring a mix of With its tranquil setting in extensive parkland Solas Festival is an allage arts festival held in some of the best in traditional and contemporary overlooking the River Tweed, Paxton House Perthshire from 17 to 19 June, with hip-hop, music and song from Scotland and further afield. provides the perfect environment for our electro loops and some of the finest folk and chamber music festival – the peace of the A weekend of Concerts, ceilidh, workshops, roots music you’ll find in a Scottish field: a rich countryside coupled with the facilities of any sessions, singarounds and fun with the Annual mix of traditions, talents and tastes. Expect an urban concert hall.

World Paper'n'Comb Championships and the unusual mix of art, music, theatre, comedy, If you are new to Music at Paxton, do come Aqua Ceilidh. 2016 guests include Scott Wood debate and soul-searching. The programme also Band, Saltfishforty, Daimh, Blazin'Fiddles, Tony along to our free ‘taster’ concerts in May and makes space for challenging debate with June.

McManus and Artie Trezise. activists, writers and thinkers from across the political, cultural and religious spectrum. Solas www.musicatpaxton.co.uk www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk Festival offers a creative and entertaining programme for festival-goers of all ages in a Pandora Fest safe environment.

T in the Park Duncarron Strathallan Castle, Perthshire 16 July www.solasfestival.co.uk 8-10 July

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Killin 17-19 June Killin Music Festival is returning to the festival calendar in June 2016. Run by a modern, energetic team, the festival will bring multiple headline talents to the stage in Killin. In our maiden year we will welcome Skipinnish, Trail West, BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2015 - Claire Hastings and her band, Donald Black, the Scott Wood Band plus many more incredible artists to our stage.

Killin Traditional Music and Dance Festival was previously held back in the 90's which lasted until the early 2000's. It was a prime entry on the festival calendar and was much missed when it fell by the wayside. Tickets are on sale now via our website www.killinmusicfestival.com and are selling fast! www.killinmusicfestival.com

Riverside Rock Jedburgh 18 June

What more can we say! Scotland’s most widely known and respected festival, which always attracts the biggest names. Check out tickets availability at www.tinthepark.com/tickets. www.tinthepark.com

Hebridean Celtic Festival Hebrides 13-16 July 2016

Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featuring top quality music from around the Celtic nations and beyond. Stornoway and www.pandorafest.com throughout Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting its biggest number of live performances ever. Award-winning artists who took part in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge success after bosses laid on new venues and returned to its roots for the showpiece event.

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