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SO mcFLY – SIX STOREYS HIGH
There’s something new on the horizon for the Scottish music scene. And that something is the fresh, contemporary sounds of Six Storeys High.
The Edinburgh-based...
Review – Pixie Lott, Rizzle Kicks and more at The Liquid Room Edinburgh
Perfectly intimate, The Liquid Room was a brilliant venue choice for Future Hits Live, a venture by The Hits Radio, on Friday 11 November 2011. Bringing together five largely different pop...
Xander Van Vliet joins RSNO
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has appointed 31 year-old Dutch musician, Xander Van Vliet, winner of the Rodger Raphael Prize, as its Principal...
Review: Hebrides Ensemble – American Pioneers (*****)
It was an ambitious aim – to represent American music composed in the last 100 years, and with just five performers – but in...
Edinburgh music – Peep Show
Scottish band Peep Show have recorded their first music video.
Filmed in Edinburgh's Caves, both the band and the director started their creative careers from...
Oxjam Edinburgh – The Edinburgh Takeover
Oxjam Edinburgh have told The Reporter that the Edinburgh Takeover 2011 is happening today 21 October 2011. This multi venue festival is taking place...
Review: Edinburgh Quartet, St George’s West, 19 October (****)
The Edinburgh Quartet has set itself a tough task for the 2011-12 season – a traversal of the complete Beethoven string quartets, cornerstones of...
OBE for the CEO of Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Roy McEwan, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, was invested with an OBE for services to music yesterday. It was awarded by HRH...
Calling all singers! Be part of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus 2012
It’s an opportunity not to be missed for all aspiring singers – your chance to be part of The Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
Anyone interested can...
Review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ticciati, with Viktoria Mullova (violin), Usher Hall, 13 October 2011 (****)
The world premiere of storm, rose, tiger by the young Glasgow-born composer Martin Suckling opened Thursday night’s concert Usher Hall by the Scottish Chamber...
‘Introducing in Scotland’ must be saved
Joan McAlpine, MSP for the South of Scotland, has called on the BBC to save a radio show which has made the careers of...
Cultural Olympiad will stage two Edinburgh premieres
Two performances at The Queen's Hall and The Usher Hall in Edinburgh will be part of the Cultural Olympiad planned for 2012, it has...
Review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ticciati, Usher Hall, 6 October (****)
Leonard Bernstein described Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique as the first example of psychedelia in music. He might have had a point: there’s a suggestion that...
Showcase treading the boards for Macmillan
Local Edinburgh musical theatre group, Showcase, will be performing their trademark showstoppers and chart toppers to help celebrate a local cancer charity’s centenary year.
As well...
Edinburgh’s emerging artists at Usher Hall
As the Festival season draws to a close this year, Edinburgh will still play host to some of Scotland’s emerging talent throughout the winter as...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Classics at Greyfriars (*****)
There’s something of a festival within a festival happening this year, as Greyfriars Kirk hosts two remarkable concert series as part of the Fringe....
Edinburgh International Festival Review: Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, 16 Aug (*****)
People sitting in the front row of the Usher Hall’s stalls must have been pleased that they brought their umbrellas and raincoats to the...
Edinburgh International Festival Review: Melvyn Tan, 15 Aug (****)
Singapore-born Melvyn Tan might not be the first pianist you would associate with the Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano by the notorious arch-experimentalist...
Boyzone: Drenched!
Boyzone played at Hopetoun House on Saturday to a crowd drenched by rain. Their spirits were not dampened however, as they were entertained by...
Edinburgh noise-pop trio release music video
Scrap Brain, the Edinburgh-based female-fronted noise-pop trio, have released a music video for their song Take It.
The video was filmed at Stevenson College as part of a project by...
Boyzone at Hopetoun House – tickets still available
For the first time in its 300 year history, the five-star 17th century stately home is opening its gates to major music acts since...
Getting out of Edinburgh – Lammermuir Festival
Building on the success of the first Lammermuir Festival last year, this autumn brings ten days of wonderful music performed in the most stunning...
Magnus Öström – touching the beautiful blue
Meeting Magnus Öström is a profound and moving experience. For in him, as in his music we see the power of the ultimate truth:...
Tune into Edinburgh Radio here!
The Reporter came across Edinburgh Radio quite recently by a happy internet surfing accident. We did not know that it existed till now, but...
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival review: Soul Rebels Brass Band
What a way to start a festival. The Soul Rebels Brass Band, which had the late-night slot in the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival’s...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe : Fiona Kennedy presents The Kist
Singer, broadcaster and producer, Fiona Kennedy, is staging her new production, The Kist at this year's Fringe. Kennedy is however well accustomed to the...
Pipe Band Championships get celebrity backing
Celebrities from the world of sport, music and food have given a massive boost to the inaugural Edinburgh Pipe Band Championship, pledging their support.
The...
Interview: Cancel the Astronauts
In this audio interview, Kieran McCaffrey and Michael Craig from Edinburgh-based indie pop band Cancel the Astronauts spill the beans on being asked to...
Edinburgh Pipe Band Championships attracts First Class entries
The Edinburgh Pipe Band Championship has received a massive boost as its competition draw reveals five Grade One bands have entered the competition; an...
Edinburgh Bands On TV Tonight
Several local bands will grace our screens tonight in an hour long BBC documentary about the South by Southwest Festival, which took place back in...
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