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Saltire Society bursary on offer from today
Exactly 6 months from today the winner of a new £2,500 bursary to support young Scottish traditional musicians will be unveiled, coinciding with St....
Davidson’s Mains Primary School choir win at the Assembly Rooms
Davidson's Mains Primary School were on song as winners in the Edinburgh Primary School Show choir Challenge.
The youngsters were judged top of the six...
Enchanted Island: Rachael Alice Johnson is making waves
Edinburgh based, boho singer/songwriter, Rachel Alice Johnson, has stirred up a canny cauldron of magical themes with Safe Island, her torch-epic debut single.
There is...
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...
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...
At The Queen’s Hall 6 May 2016 – The Men from Leith
Dean Owens, Dick Gaughan and Ross Wilson, who performs and records as Blue Rose Code, will all play at The Queen's Hall on Friday night....
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...
Anima Mundi coming to Voodoo Rooms
The Cuban progressive five-piece Rock Band Anima Mundi will be appearing at the Voodoo Rooms on Wednesday 25th May.
The Band will begin the tour...
Review – LIIMA – Summerhall
Liima, a new band formed by Finnish percussionist Tatu Rönkkö plus Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen and Rasmus Stolberg of Danish act Efterklang, took to...
Big Country to appear at Howden Centre Livingston next month
Big Country will be appearing in Livingston on Sunday 15th May at Howden Park Centre EH54 6AE 01506 777666 www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk/7.30pm £23 £21Conc
The popular band will perform classic...
Southern Tenant Folk Union to play Edinburgh Folk Club
Southern Tenant Folk Union will play the Edinburgh Folk Club on Wednesday 11th May.
The Edinburgh based string band who recently featured on BBC1's 'Andrew Marr'...
Review : Ulrich Schnauss – Summerhall – Sunday 13th March
Creating aural soundscapes, immersing his audience into entrancing, emotive lands of the industrial, yet also the natural, Ulrich Schnauss, ambitiously hit Summerhall to entertain...
Bella Hardy to appear at the Brunton in Musselburgh
Multi award winning singer and songwriter Bella Hardy will be appearing at the Brunton in Musselburgh on 9 April.
2015 was a breathless year for...
Acts announced for Party at the Palace 2016
Following on from the success of last year’s event, Party at the Palace have announced the acts that will top the bill for 2016. Set...
Kaela Rowan coming to The Hippodrome in Eyemouth next month
Kaela Rowan will be playing The Hippodrome in Eyemouth on Wednesday 13 April
Since she first started playing sessions and singing in bands in the...
Julia Holter – Summerhall – Saturday 20th February
Julia Holter, playing at Summerhall, managed to sell out on Saturday, and after seeing her mesmerising set it was easy to fathom why this was.
Packed...
Tuff Love & The Prettiots – Summerhall – 22nd February
Tuff Love, a band who hail from Glasgow, with Suse and Julie on guitars on vocals only created one disappointment on Monday night: the lack...
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...
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...
The Belle Angele, featuring Exit the Theatre, Ferric & The ‘Xcerts
INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK : Friday 29th January 2016
The Belle Angele, featuring; Exit the Theatre, Ferric & The ‘Xcerts.
Well I must admit I didn’t think...
Matthew E. White – Monday 25th January, Electric Circus
Pure Beauty, the support band from London, was enough to make the trek to Electric Circus worthwhile, even on a Monday night in January...
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...
Neu! Reekie!’s Burns Belter
More sedate and quieter than any other Neu Reekie I have attended before now, the stage was graced with Craig Lithgow, a youthful local...
#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...
REVIEW – The Charlatans at The Usher Hall
The Charlatans, like Ocean Colour Scene and several other British bands who appear to be everlasting, have been fortunate to enjoy their illustrious 26-year career...
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...
REVIEW – Don Broco at The Liquid Room
There's nothing that can be done to make Don Broco's sound any more appealing to their young, and quickly growing, fanbase.
But for some of...
REVIEW – Lissie at Liquid Rooms
This tour shows folk rock star Lissie, formally known as Elizabeth Maurus, in a slightly different mood. She grew tired of touring with a...
St Mary’s Music School entertained guests at SQA Star Awards
Pupils from St Mary’s Music School entertained guests at the SQA Star Awards, held last week at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh.
The School's Scottish...
The Charlatans to play Edinburgh this December
The Charlatans will play one last home tour promoting their most recent album Modern Nature with two Scottish shows this month.
The British band, who have had...
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