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Continuing their amazing service to the Scottish music industry, and especially those hoping to break into it, Born To Be Wide is set to host an evening focusing on music journalism, including an interview with former Smash Hits editor and Q founder Mark Ellen. Taking place at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on Thursday 6 November, it follows last month’s sell out music management event, and also features a discussion panel, with Herald Group Arts Editor Alan Morrison and freelancer Nicola Meighan [The List, Quietus]. Veteran scribe, Ellen, whose extensive CV also includes a decade editing Word Magazine, will be in conversation with Born To Be Wide founder Olaf Furniss. Following the interview, he will take part in the panel, DJ and sign copies of his recently-published book, Rock Starts Stole My Life. “This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from one of the UK’s most experienced music journalists,” says Furniss, who also co-writes the Under The Radar column in The Scotsman. “The panel will provide a valuable insight into who decides which acts to cover, and how decisions are made.” Both Morrison and Meighan will also DJ, and all the speakers will stay to socialise with the audience. Born To Be Wide is a Community Interest Company, based in central Scotland, which stages music business seminars, showcases and bespoke talks for other events and organisations. Since April 2008 it has hosted social evenings which begin with a discussion panel featuring key figures from the music industry. Subjects covered include: Releasing Music, Promoting Gigs, A&R, Music Festivals, Music PR, Record Sleeve Design, Radio, Music Photography, Music Management, Booking Agents and Stage Craft, as well as a Norwegian night and a German special. In August Born To Be Wide hosted a special talk show at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, featuring artist manager Simon Napier Bell. Highlights are available at http://youtu.be/pqm4_iArfP4 GIGnotes: Thursday 6 November, The Electric Circus, 36 Market Street, Edinburgh, 7pm Doors, 7.30pm-9.15pm Interview with Mark Ellen and Music Journalism Seminar, 9.15pm-late Guest DJ sets from panelists. £6 / £4.50 [Musicians' Union] www.borntobewide.co.uk www.facebook.com/eddireader https://twitter.com/borntobewide

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Edinburgh’s Black History Month Musical Showcase

Presented by Edinburgh Senegalese Society and Be United Edinburgh : 24 October : www.facebook.com/events/1470593713228730/

A musical showcase from all around the world... and all the way back to Edinburgh! With storytelling, drumming, dancing, a delicious selection of African food, late bar, live music and DJs, including salsa specialist James Combe and Gambian Danso to keep you dancing to a wide variety of music all night long. The showcase takes place on Friday 24 October at Edinburgh's Kirk o’ Field, 140 Pleasance from 8pm to late. Tickets are £7 in advance or £9 on the door - call 07708 331143 or email emma@be-united.org.uk See the Facebook Event Page for latest updates @ www.facebook.com/events/1470593713228730/ The showcase is sponsored by Capital Business Centre.

Featuring ..... Musician and storyteller SUNCAT (aka Daniel Allison) with his unique virtuoso didgeridoo playing. Deep hypnotic soundscapes and pounding tribal rhythms that have wowed audiences at festivals, clubs, parties and schools all across Scotland and beyond. Edinburgh’s original African band MAKOSSA, led by Peter Akyeampon from Ghana, with a blend of Afeican and reggae, with original grooves and covers.

Exuberant Senegalese Afrobeat/ska beats, impassioned vocals, infectious guitar licks, sassy horns and irresistible dance grooves from SAMBA SENE & DIWAN. Plus traditional Senegalese songs, dance and drumming from TAM TAM 2000 and KEUR GUI LA MAISON Roll on some African beats... let the drumming begin… let’s PARTY! www.facebook.com/BeUnited www.facebook.com/pages/ESS-Edinburgh-Senegalese-Society/196270200390682 www.facebook.com/pages/Black-History-Month-UK/524876420862359

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Music Plus is delighted to announce it is open for applications! This will mark the sixth year of the project for 14-19 year olds living in Scotland. Music Plus is for any genre of music or any career associated with the music industry. Music Plus provides one-to-one advice and practical workshops, delivered by a large network of music industry professionals across every area of the music business. It is also completely FREE! Apply online by visiting www.musicplus.org.uk Music Plus is a Scottish Music Centre initiative funded by Creative Scotland and the Robertson Trust.

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Edinburgh music showcase Identity Parade bounces back in style for tenth anniversary

Edinburgh : 9 November : www.facebook.com/identityparade

Identity Parade has enjoyed staggered events across the last ten years, with the simple goal of bringing together and showcasing talent in Edinburgh and beyond.

In 2004 the first event filled Edinburgh's cosy venue, The Tron, and delivered a energetic night of music and fun which soon turned IDP into a continuing event for the future. With gigs at Heriot-Watt University Students' Union - in a multiple stage, Jools Holland style, also the city's excellent The Liquid Room venue and three festival events in Edinburgh's west end, Identity Parade managed to showcase a multitude of artists to the city and to each other.

The first event featured a guest spot from Snow Patrol guitarist NATHAN CONNOLLY and the tenth anniversary show welcomes him back as he and ALAN R DAVISON, one of the event creators, perform a set including tracks of Davison's plus Connolly's own project, 'Little Matador', and a couple of surprises thrown in. Current billed acts for the anniversary show are young, Ayrshire rock act, ORTHODOX and Edinburgh's own THE LONELY TOGETHER in the headline slot. The very talented ZOE BESTEL has recently joined the bill with one more act yet to be announced.

Hosted by XFM Scotland's JIM GELLATLY, Identity Parade's 10th Anniversary gig promises a full musical extravaganza split between two rooms in Edinburgh's Mash House venue in the Old Town. Added to that, creators Keith Easton from Woosh Entertainments and musician Alan R Davison have made the show an over 14s to encourage younger musicians to come along, be inspired and make some contacts.

In a family friendly, late afternoon slot of 4pm on Sunday 9 November, Identity Parade promises to be an event to remember in the city.

GIGnotes: Sunday 9 November, 4pm - 9pm, The Mash House, Hasties Close, 37 Guthrie Street, Edinburgh. EH1 1JG Tickets on the door and also through Brown Paper Tickets @ www.brownpapertickets.com/event/880901 £6 - for aged 18 and over and £4 - for ages 14 - 17 (ID required)

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Liet International is an annual event where singers and bands from across Europe compete to win best song in a European minority language. This multi-linguistic competition has singers attending from all over Europe including countries such as Norway, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and draws substantial media attention. The chosen act will play at the grand final in Teatre Kulturetage, Odenburg, Germany on 14 December 2014, and the winner will be announced that evening.

On Friday 12 December 2014 the 10th edition of Liet International will take place in the North-German city Oldenburg. After the participation of Föfftig Penns in Liet International 2009, the festival Plattsounds started in Oldenburg, the song contest for songs in Low German. The organisers of this festival and theatre Kulturetage are very pleased with Liet International 2014 taking place in Oldenburg.

The song festival for regional and minority languages Liet International is a Frisian (North of the Netherlands) initiative and is organised for the first time in the capital of Friesland, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden in 2002. Since 2006, the festival travels around Europe and since 2008, under the patronage of the Council of Europe. Liet International attracts each year a lot of media-attention – from BBC to Al Jazeera – and grew to one of the biggest events for the promotion of minority languages. In 2012, the latest edition of Liet International took place in the Asturian city Xixón/Gijón, in the north of Spain. Any style of music is allowed so long as the song is newly composed and has not been widely published or promoted to date. Artists can submit 1 song between 3 – 24 October 2014. A panel of experts from Creative Scotland, BBC ALBA/Scotland and the music industry will select one song to represent either Gaelic or Scots language at the event. They will receive up to £2,000 to cover their costs (flights, accommodation, subsistence) for attending the event. To enter please visit www.lietsong.scot where you will be required to fill out an application form and supply an mp3 of your song with lyrics and translation. This competition is supported by Creative Scotland working in partnership with BBC Alba/Scotland, Hands Up for Trad and Liet International. Brian Ó hEadhra, Gaelic Arts & Culture Officer with Creative Scotland and Bòrd na Gàidhlig said: “This is a great opportunity for a Gaelic or Scots language act to reach a wide, international audience. Scottish acts have participated in Leit International in the past and have benefited from the experience of meeting other bands who face many of the same challenges and opportunities that come with singing in an indigenous language. What makes this competition exciting is that all musical genres partake in this event from folk to metal, pop to classical. Win or loose, all acts enjoy the opportunity to perform on an international stage which, on the night, is broadcast and webcast live across the globe.

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Scottish Gaelic and Scots singers and bands are invited to submit a song in either language to be performed and entered into the Liet International song competition in Germany on 12 December.

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Yldau, from Friesland competing at Liet : photo by Sandro Weltin/©Council of Europe

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The Fallen Angels Club rounds off October with two top gigs

Glasgow : 28 + 31 October : www.fallenangelsclub.com

The Fallen Angels Club was launched in February 2003 by promoter Kevin Morris and has played host to an array of Americana acts. As well as headlining International acts up and coming local talent have been provided with their first live experience and the opportunity to perform with more established artists from other parts of the world. The 'Herald's' Rob Adams said: "The Fallen Angels club has become a vital component in Glasgow’s live Americana music scene, presenting established masters of the storytelling song form and many of the flood of new artists who promise a great future for music rooted in the American soil. Here’s to a great future for the Fallen Angels, too.” The club still has a host of impressive gigs lined up in 2014 and to complete October they have DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN on 28 October and ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS on 31 October. GIGnotes ..... Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones, Tuesday 28 October at The Art School Glasgow, tickets £17 from 0141 204 5151 The re-united Alvin Brothers – Dave and Phil - head to Glasgow for a gig in the newly-refurbished Art School. It took a near-death experience to reunite Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, the California brothers at the heart of “roots heroes” (Rolling Stone) The Blasters. “Phil died and was brought back to life over in Spain,” Dave says of his brother’s 2012 health scare. “That was a real wakeup call to me. We hadn’t made a full album together since 1985, but as you get older, you realize you’re not immortal and you’ve only got so much time.” It’s a real coup for promoters, The Fallen Angels Club especially with the brothers’ current album – “Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy” – going down a storm. This is the Californians’ first collaborative effort in 30 years and their first as brothers as opposed to being members of The Blasters, which Dave quit in 1985 to pursue an illustrious solo career. The brothers are widely recognised as real mainstays of the roots/rock genre, separately or together – so this gig promises to be something rather special. The newly refurbished Art School is the perfect venue for this show. www.facebook.com/davealvinofficial Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers plus support, Friday 31 October, The CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, tickets £12 from The CCA Box Office 0141 352 4900 The highly-praised Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers head to Glasgow’s CCA. With three acclaimed studio albums to her name, Zoe is just as capable of nailing an upbeat honky-tonk tune or a slow, sad story-song with honesty and feeling. Modern Acoustic magazine’s “New Artist of the Year” in 2010, Zoe digs into the spirit of country music where Merle lives but adds a welcome Americana atmosphere buoyed by her red-hot band. She’s supported top names such as James McMurtry, Kinky Friedman, Fred Eaglesmith, The Gourds, Eilen Jewell and Dave Alvin so no shortage of big name supporters there. Her 2102 release, “Old Gold” was much admired with Bob Harris (BBC Radio 2) saying: “I just can’t stop playing this". www.facebook.com/pages/Zoe-Muth-And-The-Lost-High-Rollers/122565481152887 www.fallenangelsclub.com https://twitter.com/KevoMorris www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fallen-Angels-Club/149553931728736

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Scotland is set for a virtual invasion of top class Americana acts, most of whom are making by-popular-demand returns following previous successful visits to these shores. The Brookfield-Knights agency have five of their best acts arriving over the coming months, starting off with ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS, from Austin, Texas. Widely recognised as one of the brightest talents on the US circuit, her debut album stormed the roots music charts on the other side of the Atlantic and simultaneously hit the Number 1 slot on the Euro Americana Chart. Then, the stunning follow-up for the Signature Sounds label, rocketed straight to the Number 1 position all over again. Over here it picked up a huge amount of radio attention and great reviews. Bob Harris told listeners to his BBC Radio 2 show that she was in a class of her own and invited the band in to his London studios to record a session for his programme. BBC 2 TV cameras filmed their sold-out show at the 1000-capacity Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow during their appearance at the city’s big Celtic Connections festival and included them in the annual Highlights show that was televised. While Zoe and her band are in Scotland (October 28 to November 2), another well-loved performer, GREG TROOPER, also has dates north of the Border in that same period. This will be his fifth visit to keep Scottish fans happy. A creative force who has had his material covered by everyone from Steve Earle to Billy Brag and Country star Vince Gill, Greg has been making great records since 1986. His latest, Incident On Willow Street, has been widely voted one of his best. Steve Earle has for many years been happy to nail his colours to the mast and declare himself a fan, stating in a recent interview: “Greg writes great songs, including one of my very favourite compositions in the world. On top of all that, there’s his voice – an instrument I have coveted for fifteen years.” Billy Bragg says that he considers the man to have a rightful place on “the list of our finest contemporary songwriters.”

Over here, Bob Harris has featured many tracks on his BBC Radio 2 shows and described Greg as “One of the great, great American singer-songwriters,” while Maverick magazine stated simply: “This is a must-see gig.” When CAM PENNER & JON WOOD were last in Scotland, they received glowing reviews from their sold-out Glasgow show. Writing about the event for AmericanaUK, Mike Ritchie said: “This superb gig never dipped below magical.” ‘Live’ they have been described as mesmerising, creating a big, bold sound that is also bright and extraordinarily subtle in places as percussive elements combine with layered guitar techniques to bolster the rich texture. Cam hails from a Mennonite community in Southern Manitoba, where his parents, town rebels, ran an illegal roadhouse and his grandfather, a bootlegger, was a much-loved character in the rural community. His last album, Gypsy Summer debuted at Number 16 on the Folk Billboard Charts and established him as a major song-writing force. The new one, To Build A Fire attracted widespread praise from critics and was hailed as “a masterpiece” when they showcased the material at the big Folk Alliance International event in Toronto. This will be their most extensive UK & Ireland tour to date with a total of ten shows (November 6 to 16) in Scotland. Now back to their acoustic roots and format, THE WIYOS are no strangers to Scottish audiences, having played Celtic Connections and Shetland Folk Festival - and appeared in an STV documentary film. The band famously appeared at The Barbican Theatre in London with Seasick Steve for an American roots music show that the BBC televised from the venue – and Bob Dylan

invited them to open the show when he went out on a tour of US baseball stadiums. Reviewers on both sides of the Atlantic have written great things about them. The Los Angeles Times said they were: “A pure joy,” while Bob Harris told listeners to his BBC Radio 2 show: “This is great music”. Seasick Steve’s a fan and warns everyone who has not seen the band perform ‘live’: “You’re in for a surprise!” They return north of the Border for a string of dates between November 11 and 16. Top Canadian band PETUNIA & THE VIPERS made a huge impact when they last toured here and now, their legendary frontman returns in duo format in the company of one of the finest exponents of traditional American old-time - Nathan Godfrey. Described by reviewers as “the real deal,” the pair mine for nuggets from the US roots music back catalogue and present them as well-burnished golden treasures. Expect to hear echoes of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizell, Jimme Rodgers and Riley Puckett as well as originals which will be familiar to fans of The Vipers’ shows. Whenever Petunia takes the stage for a solo spotlight, it is always powerfully impressive. Godfrey, his multi-talented side-kick, who joins him on vocals and resonator guitar, mandolin or banjo, is recognised as one of Canada’s leading old-time performers and also hosts his own radio show. They have toured extensively on the US/Canadian circuit in this superb duo format to become recognised as one of the truly great ‘live’ experiences, described as a “pure Canadian treasure.” They will be in Scotland from December 5 to 11. www.brookfield-knights.com www.facebook.com/BrookfieldKnights

Cream of The Crop Americana Set to Invade These Shores

Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers : Greg Trooper : Cam Penner & Jon Wood : The Wiyos : Petunia & The Vipers

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Berwick Upon Tweed may just sneak over into England (though only for the last 500 years!) but for a large part of the Scottish Borders it is their main 'big town', so the exciting development of Cafe Kazmiranda into a very well ran intimate music venue is extremely good news for Borders' music fans. The last couple of weeks has seen Brian Martin and his hard working team bring Michelle Shocked and Rod Clements of Lindisfarne to Kazmiranda, and before their vibes have faded away you get a chance to celebrate Halloween in the company of Sid Griffin and 'The Coal Porters' - as part of their current UK tour. Five piece ‘alt-bluegrass’ band 'The Coal Porters' were formed in the 1990s by ex-Long Ryder Sid Griffin. Relocating from Los Angeles to London the band left its electric instrumentation behind and slowly mutated into the acoustic act they are today. In fact, the Coal Porters claim to be the world's first "alt-bluegrass" act, given as they take old themes and melodies and soup them up for the 21st century and their expanded listening audience.

The band has demonstrated the power of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and doghouse bass when matched with three-part harmonies and memorable melodies - and taken this sound around the world. The Coal Porters have recorded four albums. Their most recent album, Find The One, was produced by industry veteran John Wood, producer of Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Squeeze and Beth Orton. Find The One was recorded in London this year and features guest performances from guitar virtuoso Richard Thompson and legendary BBC DJ and Beatles’ intimate Brian Matthew! To find out more or to book tickets email Brian at themusicgallery@btconnect.com or call 01289 308030. Cafe Kazmiranda is to be found tucked up a vennel at 83c Marygate, just up the hill on the left-hand side from the 16th century Town Hall.

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Berwick's newest music venue 'Cafe Kazmiranda' hosts The Coal Porters

Berwick Upon Tweed : 31 October : www.sidgriffin.com/the-coal-porters

Rod Clements and Michelle Shocked have already played Cafe Kazmiranda in Berwick upon Tweed this month

The Coal Porters and Sid Griffin : www.sidgriffin.com/the-coal-porters

“Sid Griffin was playing Americana years before the term was invented and that pioneer spirit shines on with his current band, the Coal Porters” - Billy Bragg

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You don’t need a degree in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University to play jazz but it certainly helped pianist and composer Philip Clouts. South Africa-born Clouts, who brings his new quartet on a six-date Scottish tour beginning on November 1, was just finishing his studies at Cambridge when he had an epiphany. Realising that he wanted to contribute to his own culture instead of studying other ones, he decided to concentrate on music and specifically the South African jazz style that had followed him to

London, where he grew up. “At that time in the 1980s there were many exiled South African musicians in London,” he says. “Some, like Dudu Pukwana, the great saxophonist, had come over in the 1960s, as my own family had done, with the Blue Notes who became celebrated very quickly for their vibrant music. But there were others from a younger generation, including drummers Brian Abrahams and Thebe Lipere and for me most notably the pianist Bheki Mseleku who was a great source of inspiration and who mentored me for a short while.” The group Clouts formed on returning to London from Cambridge, Zubop, benefited as a whole from the exiled musicians’ input into their playing. As well as Mseleku showing Clouts the ropes, Thebe Lipere joined Zubop for their first few gigs, playing his distinctive African drum kit, and with this “rubber stamping” of their efforts, the band went on to be very popular on the live music circuit, subsequently expanding into ZubopGambia, which featured the BBC World Music Awards-winning riti, or one-string fiddle, player Juldeh Camara. In 2006, Clouts decided to leave London for Dorset and began a new phase of music-making inspired by the coast where he lives. He continues to draw inspiration from South African

music and from music from all around the world, including Cuba and South America, but something of his father, respected poet Sydney Clouts’ talent has emerged also in Clouts’ compositions that have been inspired by the Dorset landscape. “There are ways in which my composing has been shaped by both my father and my uncle Cyril Clouts, who was a musician and composer too,” says Clouts, whose new group features saxophonist Tom Ward, bassist Tim Fairhall and the Yamaha Jazz Scholarship-winning drummer Dave Ingamells. “Cyril created very expressive music in the 1960s and 1970s and my father was profoundly affected by the landscape around Cape Town, and I like to think that living near the sea has drawn me closer to his ability to express his response to nature, except I use notes where he used words.” GIGnotes: Sat 1 Nov: Auchenblae Village Hall Sun 2 Nov: Edinburgh, The Jazz Bar Mon 3 Nov: St Andrews, The Inn at Lathones Tue 4 Nov: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree Wed 5 Nov: Glasgow, Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club Thu 6 Nov: Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall

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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE ............ member profile:

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

This is a MUSIC NEWS Scotland series profiling Scottish Music Centre members

Alasdair Nicolson was born in Inverness and brought up on the Isle of Skye and the Black Isle. He studied at Edinburgh University and later became Shaw McFie Lang Fellow there working in composition and music theatre. His music has won critical acclaim and he is regarded as one of Scotland’s leading composers of the younger generation. He has written music for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC SSO, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Joanna Macgregor, Catherine Wyn Rogers and Malcolm Martineau, the Emperor Quartet and the City of London Sinfonia amongst others and in 1993 his Cradle Song of the Disappeared was chosen to represent Scotland at the International Music Forum in Kiev. In the same year he was also awarded the IBM Composer’s Prize for his work The Tree of Strings and was one of the composers chosen to provide the music for BBC TV’s award-winning series The Loch all of which quickly established him as a richly individual talent.

His music has been regularly broadcast in the UK and abroad and most recently his Ghosts at the Water’s Edge was broadcast as part of the BBC Hear and Now programme and Three Scots Songs were broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation by the soprano Iren Bartok. His new work 42nd Street Stomp was premiered by Joanna MacGregor with members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in September 2001 and was also featured in the South Bank Show about Joanna MacGregor. 2002 premieres included a new song cycle Backward Glances commissioned by Catherine Wyn Rogers and performed by her with Malcolm Martineau at the Buxton Festival and The Blue Rampart commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Highland Festival for a tour of the Highlands. 2004 saw the premiere of a work for chorus and orchestra for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Songs and Secrets, a work for the Nash Ensemble A Gift o’ Tunes commissioned in celebration of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s 70th birthday and a choral work for the City of London Festival Ecce Puer. In 2005 his final work as Composer in Association with the City of London Sinfonia Il pleut was premiered by the orchestra conducted by Joseph Cullen with London Voices as part of the City of London Winter Music Series. Nicolson has a strong commitment to promoting new music and co-founded Platform Festival in London in 1991. This festival ran for three years and included twenty five concerts of music and mixed media over the course of a week. More recently he worked as Artistic Director of the Northlands Festival for part of 2002. He has also led many education projects with orchestras and festivals throughout the UK and has made a television programme about composition for BBC TV schools with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. From the earliest part of his career, he has been involved with community projects ranging from entire operas and pieces of theatre created from scratch to performances of concert music. In 1996 he co-hosted the composition summer school held by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on Hoy. He has also taught composition for the University of London at Royal Holloway College. He also created the materials and methodology as Creative Director for Sound Inventors, a national project for composition with young people between 2001 and 2005 and has written two books on composing called Composition Kit 1 and 2. In the summer of 2002 he joined the Faculty of the Britten-Pears summer school working with young professionals composers. He is Director of the newly created St Magnus Composers' Course for young professional composers which will run concurrently with the St Magnus Festival and will commence in 2006. Nicolson has worked extensively in the theatre in the UK and written scores for many companies and has created scores for several theatre works around the country and in London’s West End. He has worked with the Traverse Theatre, the Citizens Theatre, Birmingham Rep, Oxford Stage Company,

Unicorn Theatre, the Players Theatre, Malcolm Knight Productions, Testing Testing, New Company, Polka Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, EdenCourt Theatre, Wildcat Theatre Co, Theatre Workshop, Communicado amongst others. He is also a pianist and conductor and was for a time on the music staff at the Opera de Monte Carlo. As conductor, he has worked with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the City of London Sinfonia, the Scottish Masking Company, Paragon Ensemble, the Chamber Group of Scotland, the LSO Ensemble and as pianist has accompanied several British singers in recital. 2006-2007 saw the premiere of several large-scale works including the hour-long dramatic oratorio Two Sisters,A Rose, A Flood and Snow commissioned by the LSO , The Broken Symphony Part One and Two commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra , The Stamping Ground for the Nash Ensemble Vapour Trail for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Cheltenham Festival. He also contributed some songs for the National Youth Choir of Scotland’s Anniversary Songbook. The 2007-2008 season sees premieres of an hour-long dance score Corryvreckan for SYD, a choral work Winterings for the St Magnus Singers and two site specific pieces one for 40 flutes The Whistler’s Ballad and another commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival The Twittering Machine to be premiered in the Palm House of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. This season will also see performances of new versions of Keepers of the House with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Two Sisters,A Rose, A Flood and Snow with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican. He has also contributed some of the music to accompany the exhibition of photographs by Edward Weston at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. He is also currently working on a third volume of his book on composition the Composition Kit 3. www.alasdairnicolson.co.uk

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Eddi Reader releases a new five song EP Back The Dogs on November 3rd. Featuring four well chosen covers alongside Back The Dogs from her highly acclaimed 2014 album Vagabond (Reveal Records). MOJO **** R2 ***** Sunday Express **** Record Collector **** The Herald **** Irish Times Album of the Week **** Folk Radio UK Album of the Month “One of the great voices in British music” Acoustic magazine Recorded by Mark Freegard in Glasgow, Juxtaposed With U (Super Furry Animals) and Love Is A Losing Game (Amy Winehouse) feature Eddi singing and producing accompanied by Scottish songwriter (and husband) John Douglas of Trashcan Sinatras. Also included on the new release are emotive versions of the Evans/Livingston standard Mona Lisa and Moon River (the latter produced by Boo Hewerdine and featuring Eddi

with full orchestra). Moon River has played a central part in her concerts over the last couple of years. It recently became a huge hit with audiences attending this years Vagabond concerts when Eddi extended the piece to include stories of her musical childhood experiences at family parties in Glasgow tenement flats. Eddi Reader will take to the road in October for the final shows of her

2014 Vagabond tour (see dates below) joined by her incredible band which includes Irish accordionist Alan Kelly, John Douglas (guitar and vocals), Kevin McGuire (bass) and English songwriter / guitarist Boo Hewerdine. 2014 has been another successful year for Eddi Reader with many high profile concerts and appearances for national radio and television including Jools Holland, Cambridge

Folk Festival 50th Anniversary, Question Time, Terry Wogan and Andrew Marr Shows. Her music was also used in the closing credits for this summers Glasgow Commonwealth Games. An interview by Neil McCormick for the Vintage TV channel airs in September online. www.eddireader.com https://twitter.com/eddireader www.facebook.com/eddireader

Twin City Records are pleased to announce the release of the debut EP from Edinburgh five piece 'The Indos'. The band - Michael Knowles - Guitar/Lead Vocals, Jamie Gilchrist - Guitar/Backing Vocals, Robbie Gilchrist - Bass Guitar, Dando Myrillas - Guitar and Greg Atkinson - Drums all grew up together in North Edinburgh and have been the present line up for over a year now. They got together through their mutual love of early 2000's bands Arctic Monkeys and The Strokes and also their main influences The Yardbirds, The Kinks and The Who.

Since forming, the band have been playing various venues throughout Glasgow and Edinburgh including Sneaky Pete's, Cabaret Voltaire, Electric Circus, QMU & Ivory Blacks where they have caught the eye of several promoters. 'Fifty Shades of Blue' was written and composed by The Indos and recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Morrow in his Edinburgh studio in

August of this year. The EP will be available on CD from www.twincityrecords.com and to download from all good digital stores from the 3 November. The EP will be launched at Edinburgh's Cabaret Voltaire on Friday 31 October.

https://facebook.com/TheIndos www.twitter.com/the_indos

EDDI READER : album : 'Back The Dogs' release date - 3 November : Buy @ www.revealrecords.uk

THE INDOS : ep : ''Fifty Shades of Blue' release date - 3 November : Buy @ www.twincityrecords.com

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JAKE THACKRAY Jake Thackray and Songs DVD Release Date: Out Now The Jake Thackray Project is delighted to announce the release of the DVD “Jake Thackray and Songs”, by arrangement with BBC Music. This is the only DVD available of Jake performing. It also includes previously unreleased performances by three of the outstanding guest artists who appeared in the series: Ralph McTell, Alex Glasgow and Pete Scott. His influence on today’s music scene is evidenced by this quote from Alex Turner in a 2010 interview: Yeah, I mean let’s say with that same song [“Cornerstone”] there is this guy called Jake Thackray and he writes these sort of narrations that are kind of humorous. In some of his live recordings he will sort of pause so that people can laugh. The way you completely understand [each detail] of what he is writing. It’s sometimes hard to do without being banal, I suppose. Available from: Amazon @ http://amzn.to/1tmCXiv www.facebook.com/pages/Jake-Thackray/112755285402955 www.facebook.com/pages/Jake-Thackray/122241577852654

GORDON DUTHIE Thran Album cd / download Release Date: 25 October Despite having moody cover art, "Thran" - a Celtic word for stubbornness and / or awkwardness - is an up-tempo mix of styles and instruments including wailing lead guitars, jamming acoustics, electronic synths and thudding bass lines and drums. Listen/Watch: http://soundcloud.com/gordonduthie http://gordonduthie.bandcamp.com/ www.youtube.com/user/GordonDuthieMusic Available from: All major online stores and CD available at www.gordonduthie.com/store www.gordonduthie.com http://twitter.com/GordonDuthie www.facebook.com/GordonDuthieMusic

THE TRACKS Know We're Here EP : cd / download / vinyl Release Date: Out Now Infinite Hive is proud to be issuing their first record, a four-song EP by Edinburgh rock band “The Tracks”. Recorded and produced by the band, singer Michael Kulik, guitarist Dave Philp, drummer Jim Shemilt, bass player and producer James Muirhead, The Tracks have been playing together since December 2013, jamming their songs in practice rooms and playing a few live shows in Edinburgh and Penicuik. The Tracks take their influences from a vast array of British rock bands, such as Oasis, The Stone Roses, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Kasabian. Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/user463503 Available from: www.infinitehive.com / www.birnamcdshop.com www.amazon.co.uk / www.amazon.com iTunes, Amazon MP3 www.infinitehive.com/thetracks/ www.facebook.com/thetracks.band https://twitter.com/TheTracksOnline

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TURNING PLATES The Shouting Cave Album cd / download Release Date: 22 September The Shouting Cave is a concept album that explores the effect of the Internet on Society. The band argue that the Internet is the purest reflection of humanity, a world built entirely of our own thoughts, emotions and desires - “a sea to float our dreams”. "one of the standout albums of the year, an exquisitely crafted work of art". Alan Morrison – The Sunday Herald Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/turningplates Available from: www.turningplates.co.uk And most independent record shops in Scotland www.turningplates.co.uk www.facebook.com/turningplates www.twitter.com/turningplates

TURNING PLATES

THE INDOS Fifty Shades of Blue EP cd / download Release Date: 3 November Twin City Records are pleased to announce the release of the debut EP from Edinburgh five piece 'The Indos'. The band all grew up together in North Edinburgh and have been the present line up for over a year now. They got together through their mutual love of early 2000's bands Arctic Monkeys and The Strokes and also their main influences The Yardbirds, The Kinks and The Who. 'Fifty Shades of Blue' was written and composed by The Indos and recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Morrow in his Edinburgh studio in August of this year. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCgJtVSibL4 Available from: www.twincityrecords.com https://facebook.com/TheIndos www.twitter.com/the_indos

THE INDOS

KATE IN THE KETTLE (Touring musicians: Kate Young, Marit Fält) Swimmings of the Head Album / CD available at all gigs and bandcamp. download from itunes, amazon, Spotify etc Release Date: 10 October

Kate Young combines her voice with her fiddle to make tapestries; music woven from different folk traditions with a base in Scottish fiddle playing and a strong environmental viewpoint that reflects a creative fire within this captivating and inspiring artist. Originally from Sweden/Norway, Marit Fält will join Kate on tour this October playing the beautiful låt-mandola (a specially Swedish designed bass mandola). Marit is also known from her playing in Vamm and duo Marit & Rona.

Listen/Watch: http://kateinthekettle.bandcamp.com/album/swimmings-of-the-head vimeo of single 'Grow Down (Radio Edit)' @ https://vimeo.com/107795213 https://soundcloud.com/kate-in-the-kettle

Available from: http://kateinthekettle.bandcamp.com/album/swimmings-of-the-head

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KATE IN THE KETTLE

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RACHEL SERMANNI Live in Dawson City Album cd / download Release Date: 13 October This Autumn the Folk-Noir balladeer Rachel Sermanni releases her new Live Album, recorded in summer of 2013 far far north in Canada’s Yukon state at their prestigious Dawson City Music Festival. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/RachelSermanni Available from: All good record shops www.rachelsermanni.net/shop/ www.rachelsermanni.net www.facebook.com/RachelSermanni https://twitter.com/rachelsermanni

LINSEY AITKEN & KEN CAMPBELL Kith & Kin Album - cd / download Release Date: Out Now

Linsey Aitken & Ken Campbell. One of the best songbooks in contemporary Scots acoustic music. This CD is, in effect, their musical manifesto, a coming together of both their musical journeys, now combined into one together. Combining an unusual blend of instruments and pedigrees plus vocal harmony – self penned and traditional songs and tunes, encompassing a host of subjects, contemporary and historic, from Saint Columba to Dundee Whaling songs... Scot's abroad, chorus songs and world events all with Scot's related themes, all about people with wonderful stories.

Listen/Watch: www.linskenscotland.co.uk/video/

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FIRST CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE First Charge Of The Light Brigade Album cd / download Release Date: 1 September First Charge of the Light Brigades self-titled debut album is predominately the work of Yorick Cormack, the main songwriter of former Glasgow alt country band Endrick Brothers. With a sound that rests comfortably amongst many contemporary favourites such as Teenage Fanclub, Wilco and Trashcan Sinatras, it also evokes memories of past luminaries such as Big Star and The Byrds. The album includes a guest performance from Roddy Hart on backing vocals. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/fcotlb www.youtube.com/user/fcotlb Available from: www.firstchargeofthelightbrigade.com https://twitter.com/fcotlb www.firstchargeofthelightbrigade.com www.facebook.com/firstchargeofthelightbrigade

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The Ballads Of Peckham Rye Album : cd / download Release Date: 2 June Blue Rose Code is not folk music. Or so he's been told. The Edinburgh-born songwriter's new album - The Ballads Of Peckham Rye - features an all star cast from the folk world - Karine Polwart, Aidan O'Rourke and legend Danny Thompson. ‘Imagine John Martyn meeting Van Morrison, shipwrecked with a crate of Motown records’ Time Out.

Listen/Watch: One Day At A Time feat. Kathryn Williams https://soundcloud.com/bluerosecode/one-day-at-a-time Edina (Hiatus Remix) https://soundcloud.com/bluerosecode/edina-hiatus-remix

Available from: Pre-order now - http://bluerosecode.bandcamp.com/ www.bluerosecode.com www.facebook.com/bluerosecode https://twitter.com/BlueRoseCode

BLUE ROSE CODE

Till Tomorrow Album SACD & download Release Date: 23 June Says Dougie of his collaboration with RSNO: “2014 marks the 40th anniversary of my career as a musician so to have the privilege of working with such a talented collection of musicians is a dream come true. To play my songs with the beauty and power of the Royal National Symphony Orchestra behind me is an incredible experience and truly makes me feel like I am lifting off the stage!”

Listen/Watch: www.linnrecords.com/recording-till-tomorrow.aspx

Available from: www.linnrecords.com/recording-till-tomorrow.aspx iTunes, Amazon, Presto Classical + Local record shops

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DOUGIE MACLEAN with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra & John Logan (conductor)

Chasing The Sun Album cd / download Release Date: 1 September INSPIRED by sun-filled summers spent on Tiree that were the springboard for the band forming, ‘Chasing the Sun’ is the fifth and arguably most mature sounding album yet from multi award winning Skerryvore. From the assured determination of ‘Can You Hear Us?’ and steadfast self-belief of ‘Here I Am’, to the life-is-short urgency of ‘We Can Run’ and wistful reflection of ‘You Were My Friend’, this is an album with all the hallmarks of a band that has lived, learned and played music together for close to 10 years now. Listen/Watch: http://skerryvore.com/videos/ Available from: http://store.skerryvore.com/ www.skerryvore.com www.facebook.com/skerryfans https://twitter.com/SKERRYVORE

SKERRYVORE

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COLIN CLYNE The Never Ending Pageant Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Scotland born folk singer-songwriter Colin Clyne, a versatile acoustic artist as comfortable spinning off an upbeat folk ditty as a heartrending dose of roots melancholy, returns this summer with excellent album this summer. The album was produced & Engineered by Grammy Award Winning Engineer Alan Sanderson (The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Ryan Adams, Burt Bacharach). Listen/Watch: Latest Single 'Merry Go ROund': https://soundcloud.com/colinclyne/merry-go-round-1 Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-never-ending-pageant/id899132325 www.colinclyne.com www.facebook.com/C0LINCLYNE http://twitter.com/colinclyne

CAROLINE GILMOUR Paper Planes single download Release Date: Out Now Caroline Gilmour released her new Single, "Paper Planes" on 30 June. "Caroline Gilmour could be a worldwide smash" - The Sun : "Gives Adele a run for her money" - Diva Magazine : "She has a winning formula" - The Daily Record Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=80knS60Av7E Available from: iTunes / Amazon www.carolinegilmour.com www.facebook.com/carolinegilmourmusic www.twitter.com/CGilmourMusic www.soundcloud.com/carolinegilmour www.carolinegilmour.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/caggyg

HUMBLE SCRIBES Ronnie Templeman / Kevin Wilson

In Cahoots Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Humble Scribes are Ronnie Templeman and Kevin Wilson. They write their own songs and have recently released this debut CD, "In Cahoots". Humble Scribes music is an eclectic mix of pop , folk and rock. The album contains 14 original songs from ballads such as the piano led “ Just For You “ to the more upbeat rockier “ Non The Wiser “. Lyrics drawn from characters and events in their lives giving a heartfelt and genuine appeal. Listen/Watch: www.humblescribes.com/music.htm iTunes Available from: iTunes www.humblescribes.com/shop.htm www.humblescribes.com www.facebook.com/humblescribes

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One Hundred Percent Suave Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Fat Goth have released their third album, One Hundred Percent Suave, via Hefty Dafty. Following on from where their last album Stud left us, One Hundred Percent Suave explores the theme of sex and its pros and cons but, in the band’s trademark tongue-in-cheek, uncompromising style. Listen/Watch: www.fatgoth.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/fatgoth www.youtube.com/msfatgoth Available from: www.fatgoth.bandcamp.com and at shows http://fatgoth.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/fatgoth1 https://twitter.com/fatgoth

FAT GOTH

Ride Them Down Album cd / download Release Date: 30 May 'The Holy Ghosts release their highly anticipated debut album 'Ride Them Down' on May 30th. The band are celebrating the launch with two high energy rock n' roll shows at Nice n' Sleazy on Friday 30 May and Electric Circus on Saturday 31 May.' Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/holyghosts www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnm-nXeHNzg www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMAnEzCBCvw Available from: Available for download through iTunes and for physical CD order from 30 May Pre-order the album here! http://theholyghosts.bigcartel.com/products www.theholyghosts.co.uk www.facebook.com/theholyghosts https://twitter.com/theholyghosts

THE HOLY GHOSTS

And So We Look Up Album download Release Date: Out Now A blend of soul, singer-songwriter heartfelt emotion and anthemic rock. Eoghan presents thirteen songs spanning 16 years of songwriting with his unique inimitable style. "an incredible voice" - Amanda Ghost "one heck of a voice" - Jim Gellatly Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/eoghancolgan/sets/and-so-we-look-up www.youtube.com/user/eoghancolgan Available from: All good download sites including: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id893103921 www.eoghancolgan.com www.facebook.com/pages/Eoghan-Colgan/7340619813

EOGHAN COLGAN

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JOHN COLETTA …sleekit slivers… Album : cd / download Release Date: Out Now This recording features the same song-writing partnership of John Coletta & David Fitzpatrick, that had success with the "Humpff Family" but unlike his last solo project "...living in hope..." John made the decision this time to involve other musicians, inviting whoever had recently impressed him, and was available to contribute. So, we have Pete Rabjohns on drums, Frankie McGuire on the cajon, Lorna Thomas (www.lornathomas.com) and Kenny Gair on the bass and Tom Roche on the button accordion. This also means that it may be possible to form a credible "band" to perform these tracks, and the artwork by Gordon Campbell is a delight www.mucklearts.com Listen/Watch: http://johncoletta.com Available from: www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com www.birnamcdshop.com iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify http://johncoletta.com www.facebook.com/john.coletta.79

PATRICIA MORRIS Between New Year & Valentine Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Singer-Songwriter Patricia Morris is a classic storyteller in the finest Celtic Tradition. With a rare purity of tone and an impressive vocal range, her wider musical catalogue ranges from Gershwin, to Schubert, to Burns, but it is her Scottish and Irish roots she is most influenced and defined by as revealed in her songwriting. These are her latest offerings of Blues and Folk inspired songs. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9MwXTDrn2c Available from: www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com www.birnamcdshop.com iTunes, Amazon MP3 www.patriciamorris.ie

EMILIO LARGO Derealise single download Release Date: Out Now After parting ways with former guitarist Joe Wyman, we took on board a new guitarist, Andrew Beveridge. The chemistry was instant and we began writing the follow up to our debut EP 'In Uniform We Divide'. Taking a more straight forward approach to song writing this time, we focused on melody and harmonies whilst still retaining elements of what sculpted the sound of 'IUWD'. Drawing on elements from bands like Oceansize, Arcane Roots and Fall of Troy, it is a further progression of our sound. Listen/Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQMusikFd-g http://emiliolargo.bandcamp.com/track/derealise Available from: http://emiliolargo.bandcamp.com/track/derealise as a 'Pay What You Want' download fee. www.emiliolargo.co.uk www.facebook.com/EmilioLargoBand https://twitter.com/emiliolargoband

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The Butterfly’s Dream Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now Imaginary Creatures is a virtual band, a studio project formed by the collaboration of lyricist and songwriter David Scott and producer and multi-instrumentalist Iain McKinna. The Butterfly’s Dream is their debut album. Guest musicians include guitar ace Keith More, harmonica legend Fraser Speirs and ex-Lindisfarne songwriter Rod Clements. Listen/Watch: www.reverbnation.com/imaginarycreatures Available from: Birnam Shop: http://bit.ly/1bLhVDw www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ID7BLAK http://amzn.to/1heO9qD also coming soon on itunes + spotify Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Imaginary-Creatures/392409684214473

IMAGINARY CREATURES

Embers Album download Release Date: 7 July

“I didn’t expect my former band-mates to accept an invitation to reunite in a studio. But they said yes.” says Rick. Old chemistry returned to breathe new life into bedroom demos. Listen/Watch: soon @ https://unklebob.bandcamp.com/ Available from: https://unklebob.bandcamp.com/ www.twitter.com/unklebobband www.facebook.com/unklebobband www.unklebob.com

UNKLE BOB

THE RISING SOULS Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now For the last year this Edinburgh based 3 piece have swept through the Central Belt of Scotland leaving no ear unprovoked. Not to mention universal praise at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival and gigs in London, Essex, Prague and the momentous siege of Larkhall! No gig is too big, no gig too small. Their catchy soulful tunes never fail to impress and their presence on stage is infectiously beautiful. The Rising Souls are a band you simply MUST see. Like them on Facebook, buy their new album and get yourself along to their next gig.

Listen/Watch: Soundcloud. The-Rising-Souls

Available from: www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com www.birnamcdshop.com iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify

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THE RISING SOULS

Gia Valentina Album cd / download / vinyl Release Date: Out Now Gia Valentina are a 6 piece rock band from Central Scotland. Since their first demo as a band in January 2013, they have been gigging around Glasgow while writing and recording their debut album. The band are vocalist Steven Warnock, guitarists John McArthur and Ciaran ‘Cheesy’ Febers, bass guitarist Andrew Tracey, drummer Anton Lafferty and keyboard player and vocalist Amy Robertson. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/giavalentinaglasgow http://giavalentina.bandcamp.com/ Available from: http://giavalentina.bandcamp.com/ Cave Wall Studios: www.CaveWallStudios.co.uk www.giavalentina.com www.facebook.com/GiaValentinaBand?ref=ts&fref=ts https://twitter.com/G_VMusic

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THE OXBOW LAKE BAND Boy Angus ep 7" 33rpm (signed and limited to 300) cd and download Release Date: Out Now Being described by Craig Charles as "so authentic", confirmed that the bands vintage sound permeated this 4 track record. The first tale in the story of 'Boy Angus' with a soundtrack of RnB, funk, soul, beat, reggae, to boogaloo to! Listen/Watch: https://theoxbowlake.bandcamp.com/ Available from: Online it's exclusive to bandcamp. Vinyl is also available from independent record shops (The Cavern Aberdeen, Love Music Glasgow and more to come) www.theoxbowlake.co.uk

THE HAZY SHADES Fight Or Flight ep cd / download Release Date: End May The Hazy Shades debut EP, 'Fight Or Flight' is a statement of intent about rock n roll dreams and desires. Listen/Watch: Download available end of May. www.youtube.com/thehazyshades Available from: 200 limited edition CD's was available at launch night Download available end of May. www.facebook.com/thehazyshades https://twitter.com/thehazyshades

HOW TO SWIM Niagarama Album cd / download Release Date: 16 June How to Swim is the brainchild of Scottish BAFTA-winning writer and composer Gregor Barclay. Although known for their expansively orchestrated recorded work and a similarly maximalist approach to the idea of band size, the group is currently operating as a lean six-piece, comprising members of The Second Hand Marching Band, The Martial Arts and the now-defunct Mother and The Addicts. Their forthcoming sophomore full-length, Niagarama, is a concept album of sorts, exploring the loss of youth and how we process it. Listen/Watch: www.howtoswim.bandcamp.com Available from: www.howtoswim.bandcamp.com www.howtoswim.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/howtoswim

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No Time Like Now Album : cd / download Release Date: 21 March With traditional songs, contemporary melodies and original compositions, CHERRYGROVE are one of Scotland’s most exciting new folk ensembles. Their debut album, ’NO TIME LIKE NOW’, showcases the exceptional level of musicianship in the band through their sophisticated and thoughtful arrangements. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/cherrygrove www.cherrygrove.bandcamp.com www.youtube.com/cherrygrovemusic Available from: www.cherrygrovemusic.com www.cherrygrove.bandcamp.com iTunes www.cherrygrovemusic.com www.facebook.com/cherrygrovemusic www.twitter.com/cherrygroveband

CHERRYGROVE

Graith and Grain ep cd / download Release Date: 24 May Four tracks of music by this Scottish/Swedish acoustic folk roots duo. Leaving Carolina, penned by Mitchell, incorporates fiddle, pedal steel, bass, and drums. The three remaining tracks are simply the duo exploring open tuned acoustic guitar, tapping, frailing, thumb picking, deft fiddle playing, vocals, and harmonies. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/user/HickW Available from: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JohnMitchellSofieJonsson1 www.johnandsofie.com www.facebook.com/johnandsofiemusic

JOHN MITCHELL AND SOFIE JONSSON

Lay Your Burden Down Album cd / download Release Date: Out Now 'Lay Your Burden Down' is the second album from Edinburgh's The Last Battle. It's a record that mixes all of the best bits of their folk laden debut with a new found indie rock energy, and a slight shift in sound that has earned the band praise from the likes of The Sunday Herald, The List and The Scotland On Sunday. Listen/Watch: www.soundcloud.com/thelastbattlemusic www.thelastbattlemusic.bandcamp.com Available from: On CD - www.thelastbattlemusic.bandcamp.com Record stores: Love Music glasgow, Vox Box Edinburgh and Elvis Shakespeare Edinburgh, also to download on iTunes. www.lastbattle.co.uk www.facebook.com/thelastbattleuk www.twitter.com/thelastbattle

THE LAST BATTLE

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JAMES GILLESPIE Before I Die ep cd / download Release Date: Out Now James is an acoustic singer/ songwriter based in London. James brings a lot to his music - honest story telling from Folk, Pain and Passion from Blues, hooks from pop and all with an indie edge. James' live performance is engaging, honest and mesmerising. His personality is charismatic and contagious. Listen/Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=stoAnNJpfrc https://soundcloud.com/jamesgillespiemusic/survive-before-i-die Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/before-i-die-ep/id8585606 www.jamesgillespie.es www.facebook.com/jamesgillespiemusic https://twitter.com/jgillespietweet

UNKLE BOB It's Not Enough single download Release Date: 7 July 'It’s Not Enough' conjures up the atmosphere of a sun-drenched road-trip on America’s Pacific Coast Highway, with its slight air of melancholy, and gentle dappled sunlight that’s all the more precious because it feels so transitory. Listen/Watch: http://youtu.be/EkV4hysPctI https://soundcloud.com/unklebob/its-not-enough/ Available from: https://unklebob.bandcamp.com/ www.twitter.com/unklebobband www.facebook.com/unklebobband www.unklebob.com

FOREIGN SKIES This Human Error single download Release Date: Out Now Foreign Skies are a three piece post-rock/ambient influenced band based in Glasgow, with release of their debut EP the band are looking to be gigging around Scotland in the coming months Listen/Watch: https://soundcloud.com/foreign-skies/sets/this-human-error Available from: http://foreignskies.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/ForeignSkiesOfficial

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OCTOBER Glasgay! Glasgow 20 October - 15 November In a year that the world came to Glasgow to celebrate the Commonwealth Games and the Year of Homecoming we bring you the 21st edition of Glasgay!. This year we explore social, historical and contemporary taboos. With the legal protection of the Equality Act (2010) and the arrival of the Equal Marriage Act 2013 as significant landmarks in our lives, we might ask is every aspect of LGBTQI peoples lives visible, accepted or understood. For our multiple tribes, pursuits and interests the LGBTQI community have much to do in aiding wider social acceptance. www.glasgay.co.uk Biggar Little Festival Biggar 16-26 October A family-friendly festival in the historic market town of Biggar celebrating music, dance, arts and crafts, literature, and drama. Biggar will be filled with an eclectic programme of workshops, exhibitions, children's events, performances, a craft and food fair, and festival clubs. Take your pick from more than 50 events spread across 10 days in October. Many events are free! So start planning your visit to the Biggar Little Festival now! www.biggar-little-festival.com Sound North East Scotland 23 October - 10 November sound is driven by the passion to make new music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. It embraces a network of local organisations to produce a varied programme of events exploring new music. The festival brings together a large range of different genres of music to appeal to a wide variety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and widen their musical horizons. www.sound-scotland.co.uk Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival Perthshire 24 October - 2 November This is the 10th year of our festival and promises once again to be full of wonderful concerts featuring the finest of Scotland's musical talent as well as some international guests. Our venues are as special as ever … ranging from the prestigious Perth Concert Hall to town halls and tiny village halls, from atmospheric castles to our historic Dunkeld Cathedral and even including an iron age Crannog on Loch Tay…25 venues in all in 2014! www.perthshireamber.com

Skye Swing Jazz Festival Skye 30 October - 2 November FOTS Records and Seall present an amazing 4 days of spectacular music, nostalgia, fun and dancing. Take a step back in time to the golden era of The Big Band, of glitter balls and dance halls, jitterbug and jive, The Home Guard and the Home Front." www.seall.co.uk/skye-swing-jazz-festival/ for tickets and info. www.facebook.com/skyeswingjazzfestival Aberfeldy Festival Aberfeldy 31 October - 1 November Aberfeldy Festival is back and this year’s line-up is going to be bigger and better than ever! With the latest and greatest contemporary alternative music, alongside poetry, art, street entertainment and fireworks, it’s certainly going to be a great weekend. www.aberfeldyfestival.co.uk

NOVEMBER Kinross-shire's Winter Festival Kinross-shire November-December Kinross-shire Winter Festival celebrates all local events happening during November and December. Kinross-shire Local Events Organisation (KLEO) has announced that Eddi Reader will perform at the Kinross-shire's Winter Festival on Saturday 22 November. For updates, tickets and more information please visit the festival website ..... www.kinrosswinterfestival.co.uk Carrying Stream Festival Edinburgh 5-12 November The 13th annual autumn music festival by The Edinburgh Folk Club who meet every Wednesday at 8pm in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar - www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk www.carryingstreamfestival.co.uk/csf14.htm Denholm Folk Music Festival Denholm 7-9 November Folk fused with rock and country gives the 11th Denholm Folk Music Festival an added twist. This folk fusion festival in the Scottish countryside is a relative newcomer, slowly building a reputation in the local area. It's a small and cozy affair not far across the Scottish border which has always managed to attract quality headline acts to compliment the workshops and open mic sessions. Free sessions all weekend in the Auld Cross Keys, The Fox and Hounds and Denholm Meet. Sessions, licensed bar and meals available all weekend in the Festival Club, Lesser Hall.

www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk Fiddle 2014 Edinburgh 21-23 November The Scots Fiddle Festival seeks to sustain and promote Scottish fiddle tradition and idioms, by providing a platform for performance, education, and participation. A weekend of concerts, recitals, workshops, talks and exhibitions is held on an annual basis highlighting regional Scottish fiddle styles and intercultural connections. Originally started in 1996, Fiddle 2014 continues to be run by the Scots Fiddle Festival Ltd, whose aim is to promote and sustain traditional fiddle music so that it can hold its place in the culture of Scotland and the world. www.scotsfiddlefestival.com

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JANUARY Celtic Connections Glasgow 15 January - 1 February Celtic Connections 2015 comprises a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in Glasgow. www.celticconnections.com Big Burns Supper Dumfries 23-31 January Big Burns Supper is Dumfries’ newest multi-disciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts, providing an annual platform for the most innovative music, theatre, visual arts, dance, live art, film, cabaret and children’s events. The festival will take place from the 23rd until the 31st January 2014. Go to http://2014.bigburnssupper.com/ to find out more about the festival. World's Biggest Night Burns Celebration. http://2014.bigburnssupper.com/

APRIL Edinburgh International Harp Festival Edinburgh 10-15 April 2015 The Clarsach Society & Edinburgh International Harp Festival is an annual celebration and gathering of musical talents. Find out more about us at www.clarsachsociety.co.uk The Clarsach Society (Comunn na Clarsaich) encourages interest in the instrument, especially amongst young players, who enjoy its

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35th Shetland Folk Festival Shetland 30 April -3 May The Festival as the UK's most northerly folk festival is regarded a prestigious event for performers, locals and visitors alike. Organised by a voluntary committee (and run by an even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the isles, consisting of some of the best International, British and Shetland music that the world has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of local musicians that our remote isles have to offer. www.shetlandfolkfestival.com

Isle of Bute Jazz Festival Isle of Bute 1-4 May 2015 The 28th Isle of Bute Jazz Festival has grown spectacularly from its small beginnings to become one of Britain's most popular jazz weekends. Top-class UK and international names

feature in a programme of traditional jazz music in one of Scotland's prettiest and friendliest seaside resorts. www.butejazz.com

Brew at the Bog Inverness 2 May 2015 Super earlybird tickets have already sold out! Next batch of tickets go on sale in October! Brew at the Bog is BrewDog and Bogbain Farm’s gift to the world: a festival full of new music and new beer. BrewDog are the leaders of the craft beer revolution and they are about breaking rules, taking risks, upsetting trends, unsettling institutions but first and foremost, great tasting beers. As one newspaper put it, BrewDog is the new black. Bogbain Farm is based just outside Inverness and was crowned the “Best Unusual Venue” at the 2012 Scottish Event Awards. Brew at the Bog is just the latest in festivals Bogbain is hosting and the fabulous surroundings of this old farm will ensure Brew at the Bog 2015 will go down in history. www.brewatthebog.com Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival Dumfries and Galloway 21-31 May Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. The founding aim was to bring international performers of the highest quality to a region containing many scattered rural communities since then this region has produced some of its own talent of international standing and we’re proud to also be able to present these artistes from time to time. We offer a wide range of events: music – including classical, jazz and folk,

dance, theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. Events take place in a range of venues throughout the region, from large to small, formal to informal, urban to rural. www.dgartsfestival.org.uk Orkney Folk Festival Orkney 21-24 May Here we are folks – Orkney Folk Festival number 33! Once again we have some big names coming north to join in the fun in May, and from the ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have brought together a broad mix of artists that we hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our local traditions and musicians – both established and emerging – will be centre stage alongside those visiting the festival. www.orkneyfolkfestival.com Styrathyre Music Festival Styrathyre 24-25 May Styrathyre Music Festival can boast of being the largest Community based Music Festival in Scotland with over 250 individual Musicians taking part and despite challenging weather had over 1600 attending. Next years Festival is already confirmed for 29-31st May 2015. www.balvaig.co.uk

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