Texas launch new album with video
You may be struggling a little to get tickets to the two outdoor shows in Kelvingrove Park this July as they are already sold out, but they are playing other dates in different places. Texas return with a new…
Distant Voices – EP written by prisoners and musicians
Distant Voices, a project which has developed songwriting in Scottish prisons in an innovative exploration of punishment and reintegration, will be launched officially on Monday, November 9. The studio EP “Distant Voices: Silent Seconds” will be launched at the CCA…
Justin Townes Earle launches UK tour at Òran Mór
Justin Townes Earle today releases his companion album to 2014’s acclaimed Single Mothers, an LP of brand new material entitled Absent Fathers. Featuring 10 new tracks, the album forms the second half of a once intended double album. It was previously announced that Earle would…
Classical review: RSNO Takeover in concert, 17 June (****)
It was never going to be an ordinary concert. Tuesday’s early-evening performance from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (or, strictly speaking, a larger-than-normal band expanded with quite a few unfamiliar faces) came at the end of a two-day Takeover project,…
Radio 1’s Big Weekend: Saturday 24th May
Glasgow has forever been hailed the home of proud Scottish behaviour. Rowdy, good fun and filled with camaraderie, it only seemed natural that Europe’s biggest free music festival set its next footsteps in Scotland’s largest city. Tickets for Radio 1’s…
Munro’s open mic night
Munro’s bar, in the west end of Glasgow, has launched a new open mic night hosted by singer songwriter sensation Tommy Reilly providing a new platform to showcase local talent. The 24-year old, who got his break after winning the…
Gig review: Mr McFall’s Chamber, Viva Tango, Jam House Edinburgh (****)
It might have been baltic and monsoon-like outside, but inside Edinburgh’s Jam House, Mr McFall’s Chamber had created a sultry, convincingly South American atmosphere for their Viva Tango night of music and dance, their capital stop in a short Scottish…
85a Collective goes to Edinburgh
Glasgow-based group 85a is ready to make its Edinburgh debut at Summerhall next month. The sound, art and performance collective stages elaborate happenings which are part art installation and part theatrical event, with elements of music, film and puppetry thrown into…
Hard Rock Rising 2013
Hard Rock Rising is a battle of the bands competition and they are looking for the next big band . The worldwide competition is coming to Edinburgh at Hard Rock Cafe in the city’s George Street they are looking for…
Sixth Avenue Traffic Interview
Glasgow based rock band Sixth Avenue Traffic are headlining a big gig on Christmas Eve at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut in the city. Chris Thompson (Vocals), Chris Gould (Guitars and Vocals), Kirsten Stevenson (Bass) and Jordon Lang (Drums) are…