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LIVE
January
GRAVELLE
Tuesday 7th January 7pm
Hug and Pint, thehugandpint.com
GRAVELLE (comprised of Kyle
MacNaughton and Monique Maurel)
are a two-piece tour-de-force of
synths, guitars and noise formed
two years ago in Livingston. They
combine abrasive aggressive guitars
with pounding electronic drums over
swirling synthesised grooves with
dual vocals of infectious pop hooks.
GRAVELLE released their debut EP,
Liquid Skin, in October 2018. The EP
went on to have the techno infused
freak-out 'Touch Me' track feature in
The Herald’s Top 100 Scottish songs of
2018. GRAVELLE have opened for acts
such as The Van T’s, The Ninth Wave,
and GIRLI and have played to sold-out
crowds at their own gigs throughout
Scotland.
Choice Tracks: GRAVELLE 'Touch Me'
Georgie Cécile
Saturday 25th January 7pm
Òran Mór, oran-mor.co.uk
Georgia Cécile is a 20-something
Scottish female jazz singer who
was recently crowned Best Vocalist
at the prestigious Scottish Jazz
Awards 2019. The gong was welldeserved.
Powerfully voiced, feisty,
pulchritudinous female singers
seem to fit easily into the (often
male dominated) world of jazz. In my
experience, I think the blokes enjoy
the threat!
She unapologetically regards herself
as a jazz singer too 'A lot of people
ask me what got me into this genre, but
I was brought up in it. My grandfather
was a jazz pianist and my aunts were
jazz singers, so it was instilled in me
as a child.' She hasn’t made it easy for
herself as a life as a jazz musician
is a life of frustration and relative
poverty, but the ones I know wouldn’t
have it any other way. They wear it
like a badge of honour and that’s to
be admired. But the popularity of the
likes of Gregory Porter, Diana Krall,
Jamie Cullum and Cassandra Wilson
prove that there is a route to success
via jazz.
Choice tracks: Georgia Cécile
‘Come Summertime'
The Teskey Brothers
Monday 27th January 7pm
SWG3 Galvanisers Yard, swg3.tv
The Teskey Brothers are steeped in
classic soul. The four members of this
unusual outfit hail from the Yarra
Valley just outside of Melbourne and
their shared passion for 60s American
soul music informs every note and
nuance of their sound.
The raw simplicity of the Teskey’s
approach to music-making represents
a genuine throwback to the passionate
urgency of the iconic Muscle Shoals
sound of half a century ago.
Lead singer Josh Teskey’s voice has
a sharply defined emotional pull,
demonstrating a love for Otis Redding
and Wilson Pickett whilst retaining
it’s own originality, which is rare.
Their second album Run Home Slow is
out now and you’d better like your 6/8
soul ballads, Josh Tesky’s voice really
does deserve the space that these kind
of grooves afford.
Choice track: The Teskey Brothers
‘Pain and Misery'