Tag: Edinburgh music
Dean Owens and Joey Burns record Celtic Connections show thousands of miles apart
Edinburgh's Dean Owens has combined talents with desert noir icon Joey Burns of Calexico, Calexico trumpet player Martin Wenk and his old Felsons bass player Kevin McGuire at a Celtic Connections online event later...
The art of scaling Mt Doubt
In an effort to bounce back from the economic effect of lockdown Leo Bargery has had time this year to show that he is more than just a songwriter.
Bargery is an Edinburgh musician...
Free Gig: Jingle Bell Surf Rock
Get ready to surf rock around the Christmas tree with three fun festive acts who can't wait for your presence.
THE HEAD HENCHMEN - Holly Jolly Twang Masters in town for a Christmas treat!
MARIACHI DEATH...
Music – Dean Owens – Southern Wind
Dean Owens Southern Wind 16 February 2018
Leither Dean Owens has a new album out on 16 February 2018 but it will be officially launched later today at Celtic Connections in Glasgow.
Southern Wind was recorded in...
Glass Peaks to play Edinburgh’s Electric Circus
Glass Peaks will be playing Edinburgh's Electric Circus on 17 March 2017. Tickets are £5 in advance from Tickets Scotland and Music Glue.
Having been founded just over a year ago, GLASS PEAKS are quickly earning...
At the Traverse – Music Mondays – Amanda Rheaume
Amanda Rheaume is a quiet crusader. The Canadian singer-songwriter, who appears in the Traverse Theatre’s latest Monday music programme, has a history of speaking out for good causes in songs that use gentle persuasion and catchy melodies...
Kevin from Avalanche Records offers gift suggestions for the music fan
by Kevin Buckle from Avalanche Records
As people start to look for last minute gifts that are a little different you can’t do better than peruse the wares of some of Edinburgh’s artists. Dodo Flugge...
Singer-songwriters Sarah MacDougall and Ben Kunder to appear in Edinburgh
Acclaimed Swedish-Canadian alt.folk singer-songwriter Sarah MacDougall and ascendant Canadian singer-songwriter Ben Kunder will perform at The Bluebird Cafe, Edinburgh on Friday 25 November 2016.
The pair will perform songs from their widely praised current album, Grand Canyon, Sarah...
First Dunbar Day Tripper Festival
The Dunbar Day Tripper Food and Music Festival took place yesterday and Jon Savage has shared some of his lovely photos with us. Looks like it was a great day!
Were you there? Then let us...
Kid Canaveral Album Launch – Summerhall – 30th July
With new album Faulty Inner Dialogue now out and available for streaming on several sites the Edinburgh-based band took themselves to the stage of arts venue Summerhall for another blinding gig.
Kid Canaveral, a band...
The Bucky Rage – The Bongo Club – Friday 6th May
Punk, blues boys, who mostly hail from Glasgow astonished the Spanish last Friday down in Cowgate. Unfortunately programmed too early, The Bucky Rage took to the stage of the Bongo Club, playing to a...
9Bach – Enter The Dragon
9Bach
Netversal Communications, Edinburgh
May 6th 2016
Six piece, Welsh language singing alt Folk band, 9Bach, bring their 'spectral, haunting sound canvases’ and ‘ambient sound pictures' to Edinburgh this Friday, May 6th.
Their busy Spring tour launches the...
Blair Dunlop at Sneaky Pete’s next week
Accomplished writer, guitarist and vocalist, Blair Dunlop will be coming to Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh on 27 April performing songs from his upcoming studio album ‘Gilded’, as well as material from his back catalogue.
New...
Music : Interview with Eliza and the Bear
On the closing night of their month-long tour (a jam-packed schedule of dates all over the UK including Edinburgh's Electric Circus) I caught up with Eliza and the Bear to find out about the forthcoming album and life...
The Space Between (2015, Losen Records)
The Space Between (2015 Losen Records)
Haftor Medboe (Guitar), Espen Eriksen (Piano) & Gunnar Halle (Trumpet)
Originally from Norway, Haftor Medboe has made his home in Edinburgh, he’s Jazz Musician in Residence at the city’s Napier...
Review – New album by Kirsten Adamson
When I decided to review this new album from Kirsten Adamson, (daughter of Scotland’s much missed legend, Stuart Adamson, founder member of the Skids and a true Rock Star in his own right) I really...
Saxophonist will celebrate the jazz pioneers
Saxophonist John Burgess is launching a series of monthly concerts in the Outhouse Bar in Broughton Street Lane to celebrate the great jazz pioneers.
Beginning on Thursday, February 4, the first three concerts will focus...
#NeuReekiesXmasKracker – 17th December, Central Hall
Central Hall had a surreal vibe when the Neu! Reekie! gig took place there last week.
An avant-garde, experimental evening of spoken word, poetry, readings and music, this is a nuance to Edinburgh’s cultural scene which has significantly shifted...
REVIEW – The Vaccines at The Usher Hall
The Vaccines may be steadily declining in popularity, but their performance is still as mammoth and wild as it was when the band broke onto the mainstream scene four years ago supporting Arctic Monkeys....
REVIEW – Stiff Little Fingers at Liquid Rooms
Photo by Ian Rook
Stiff Little Fingers have toured widely, playing to many punk-adoring crowds for years.
They play the Glasgow Barrowlands on St. Patrick's Day every year and manage to sell it out, and they...
Admiral Fallow on a nationwide tour
Admiral Fallow have been taking their distinctive brand of Scottish music around Europe, and have now returned to their native Scotland for a nationwide tour. Since their beginnings in Glasgow in 2007, their fresh indie-folk...
What’s on in Edinburgh? Pete Gardiner at The Liquid Room
Pete Gardiner will be joining chart topping heart throbs Lawson on a nine date tour of the UK which comes to Edinburgh on 18 November.
Pete was discovered by Grammy award winner Paul Hardcastle and caused quite...
COMPETITION – Win tickets for Beans on Toast
BEANS ON TOAST will showcase his NEW ALBUM: 'ROLLING UP THE HILL' when he comes to Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms on 13 November 2015 and a couple of you could be there for free if you are...
REVIEW – The Shires at Liquid Rooms
Liquid Rooms doesn't usually host concerts that involve country music. But tonight the venue witnesses an act that has made a significant impression in the UK with a top 10 debut album, and they've...
Young Kato to release debut album
Six-piece Young Kato are to release their debut album Don't Wait 'til Tomorrow on 3 May through the Republic of Music label.
The first single from their new album will be entitled 'Children of the Stars', a...
Review: Haddow Fest
Squeezing the excitement of an entire weekend festival into one exhilarating burst, Haddow Fest returned for its triumphant third year.
Kicking of the mayhem early doors were local duo The Gold Lions, who combine De...
