MNS GIGguide by MUSIC NEWS Scotland (Feb22-16)

MUSIC NEWS Scotland 

listings from 16 February 

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The SNJO bring Kenny Washington 

and Joe Locke (pictured) to Dundee, 

Edinburgh and Glasgow with their 

'Pop, Rock and Soul' tour - read more 

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pages 7-8 

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Aberdeen 

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Ayrshire 

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Celtic Music Radio 

Music all day every day from Glasgow 

promoting Celtic and roots music of all 

genres - at 95FM or online @ 

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LP Radio 

Independent Alternative digital radio, 

broadcasting live from the upstairs of LP 

Records in Glasgow, listen online @ 

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WEDNESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 

The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. 

Grant Stott tunes into the best of Scottish arts, 

entertainment and music. 

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Port :: 2pm on BBC ALBA. Previously unseen music from 

the series Port with Julie Fowlis. 

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Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm on BBC Radio 

Scotland. Bryan with essential music chosen by listeners. 


The Quay Sessions :: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Arielle 

Free chats to Scotland's soul sweetheart JOESEF. 


Vic Galloway :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic puts the 

focus on some of Scotlands cult acts, forgotten legends and 

one-hit wonders. 


Na Trads: An Tobar :: 11.30pm on BBC ALBA. Robert 

Robertson presents music from the Trad Awards archives. 


THURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY 

The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. 

Grant Stott tunes into the best of Scottish arts, 



Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm on BBC Radio 

Scotland. Bryan with essential music chosen by listeners. 


Travelling Folk :: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Use of folk 

music in vide games is on the rise, so we delve into this 

unusual crossover. 


Natasha Raskin Sharp :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. 

From 50s rockabilly to country jazz to the latest indie 

sounds #natasharadio has it all. 


Ceilidh na Bliadhn' Uire 2021 - Seudan :: 11.20pm on 

BBC ALBA. Featuring Brian Tregaskis and Sgoil Lioanacleit 

Pipe Band's 'Welcome in New York'. 


Cuirm @ Celtic :: 11.25pm on BBC ALBA. THE STAVES in 

concert at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery for Celtic 

Connections. 


FRIDAY 18 FEBRUARY 

The Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. 

Janice Forsyth tunes into the best of Scottish arts, 



Grant Stott's Vinyl Collective :: 6pm on BBC Radio 

Scotland. Celebrating vinyl revival with classic records and 

new releases. 


BBC Introducing in Scotland :: 8pm on BBC Radio 

Scotland. The best unsigned, undiscovered and under the 

radar music Scotland has to offer. 


Cuirm @ Celtic :: 9.45pm on BBC ALBA. Songs of Murdo 

MacFarlane recorded for Celtic Connections 2021. 


Ashley Storrie :: 10-10.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. New 

and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly, pop and indie 

from around the world. 


Seirm - Celtic Connections (Part 1) :: 11pm on BBC 

ALBA. Including music by TRAIL WEST, THE BREATH, 

LENA JONSSON TRIO and BRIAN FINNEGAN and 

BAND. 


SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY 

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Classic Scottish Albums - 'Eye to the Telescope' by KT 

Tunstall :: 6am on BBC Radio Scotland. Davie Scott chats 

with KT Tunstall about how she made her debut album 'Eye 

to the Telescope'. 


Take The Floor :: 7.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. For the 

very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for 

Take The Floor live from the Edinburgh Festivals. 


Julie Fowlis : Ceol aig Baile :: 7.45-8pm on BBC ALBA. 

Trad music show presented by Julie Fowlis. Ceòl aig Baile 

brings old and new musical friends together to create music 

and perform intimate concerts at venues in hot-spot areas 

for traditional music around Scotland. Filmed at Armadale 

Castle & Gardens, this short programme features a mix of 

new music and standout collaborations by some of the best 

traditional musicians with connections to the Isle of Skye, 

including performances of a selection of Gaelic songs by 

Mary Ann Kennedy and Anne Martin, as well as local 

instrumental music and dance from Angus MacKenzie, 

Ronan Martin, Sophie Stephenson and Murdo Cameron. 

Skye based band, Da Birlinn, reveal musical bonds between 

Skye and Shetland. 


Seirm - Celtic Connections (Part 1) :: 9pm on BBC 

ALBA. Trad and roots music show presented by Mary Ann 

Kennedy. Seirm Celtic Connections was filmed in 2022 

during the festival in Platform, Glasgow. Appearing are a 

cross section of musicians from the U.K. and the U.S. This 

second programme of six reflects the diversity of the festival 

with appearances by the Ciaran Ryan Band, Trials of Cato, 

Màiri MacMillan and band, plus Jarrod Dickenson.. 


Pipeline :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary West 

presents the definitive pipe music programme, featuring


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news and recordings from the piping world. 


Billy Sloan :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Hot new 

releases plus rock and pop music from Scotland and 

around the world. 


Ceilidh na Bliadhn' Uire 2021 - Seudan :: 

10.55pm on BBC ALBA. New Year music celebrations 

featuring EWAN HENDERSON, GARY INNES and 

INGRID HENDERSON. 


SUNDAY 20 FEBRUARY 

Classic Scottish Albums - 'The Remote Part' by 

Idlewild :: 6am on BBC Radio Scotland. Davie Scott 

meets Roddy and Rod of Idlewild to talk about the 

making of 'The Remote Part'. 


Ceilidh na Bliadhn' Uire 2021 - Seudan :: 6.10pm 

on BBC ALBA. Featuring EWAN HENDERSON, GARY 

INNES and INGRID HENDERSON. 


Your Requests with Gary Innes :: 7pm on BBC 

Radio Scotland. Join Gary as he shares your 

messages and plays your Scottish music requests. 


Classics Unwrapped :: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. 

Join Jamie MacDougall for a walk in the woods, with 

music inspired by forests, fresh air and nature. 


Jazz Nights :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Seonaid 

Aitken with the one stop shop destination for all 

things jazz in Scotland and beyond. 


Seirm :: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Music show presented 

by Mary Ann Kennedy. 


Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. 

Kathleen MacInnes sits in for Iain - End the day in the 

company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, 

blues and soul. 


MONDAY 21 FEBRUARY 

The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio 

Scotland. Janice Forsyth tunes into the best of 

Scottish arts, entertainment and music. 


Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm on BBC 

Radio Scotland. Bryan with essential music chosen by 

listeners. 


Vic Galloway :: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Classic 

album tracks, new releases and sessions from 

Scotland's best alternative artists. 


Na Trads: An Tobar :: 10pm on BBC ALBA. Robert 

Robertson presents music from the Trad Awards 

archives. 


Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. 

Kathleen MacInnes sits in for Iain - End the day in the 

company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, 

blues and soul. 


TUESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 

The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio 

Scotland. Janice Forsyth tunes into the best of 

Scottish arts, entertainment and music. 


Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm on BBC 

Radio Scotland. Bryan with essential music chosen by 

listeners. 


Another Country with Ricky Ross :: 8pm on BBC 

Radio Scotland. Ricky introduces you to new and 

classic Americana and Alternative Country. 


Roddy Hart :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. An 

inviting mix of new music and back-catalogue 

selections. 


ZOOM ONLINE 

27 FEBRUARY 

soundwalk with The Bard of the Birds :: 

Online via zoom at 2pm. As spring emerges, The 

Bard of the Birds invites you to join her for a 

new music and storytelling experience where 

you will experience your surroundings in a new 

way. The event starts on Zoom with an 

introduction from The Bard of the Birds. You will 

then be invited to take a walk (approx. 45 min) 

around your area. On your walk, you will listen 

to a soundtrack which will give you various 

instructions to follow and invites you to pay 

attention to particular details. 

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5-19 MARCH 

SKERRYVORE :: USA Tour - see link below for 

venues. Since 2005, Skerryvore have brought their 

performances to audiences across the globe, from 

their early days in Scottish West Coast halls and bars, 

to Festival crowds in USA, Canada, Australia and 

throughout the UK and Europe. Picking up Scottish 

traditional music’s ‘Live Act of the Year’ twice on the 

way – in 2011 and again in 2016 – the band’s wide 

range of influences and talent produce a musically 

expansive, high energy set that excites and captivates 

audiences. With a mix of fiddle, accordions, pipes and 

whistles, alongside guitar and vocals, underpinned by 

driving bass, drums and keys, Skerryvore represent 

the best in contemporary Scottish traditional music. 

Their 6 studio albums demonstrate the wide range of 

influences the individual musicians bring to the mix – 

a unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Americana, 

with even some jazz in there! 

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17 FEBRUARY 

Heal & Harrow with RACHEL NEWTON and 

LAUREN MACCOLL :: At Kings Place, London. Rachel 

Newton and Lauren MacColl pay a humanising tribute 

to persecuted Scottish wiches while also exploring 

historical beliefs in the supernatural and modern day 

parallels in our society. Each piece of music is based 

on specially commissioned works by celebrated author 

Mairi Kidd - tales inspired by and in remembrance of 

real women who were persecuted and tried as 

witches, and characters from the folkloric tales and 

mythology enshrined in our oral culture. 

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17 MARCH 

THE NINTH WAVE :: At Oslo, London. One of 

Scotland’s fastest rising new bands, the Glasgow fourpiece 

are readying new album ‘Heavy Like A 

Headache’ (out 11 March, via Distiller records) off the 

back of a sold-out UK tour and a Scottish Album Of 

The Year nomination for their Faris Badwan (The 

Horrors)-produced EP ‘Happy Days!’. Heavy Like A 

Headache is the band's second full length album 

following their 2019 debut Infancy which garnered 

widespread critical acclaim and nominations for the 

AIM Award Album Of The Year and Scottish Album of 

the Year. 

www.facebook.com/TheNinthWaveOfficial 

19 APRIL 

CUA On Tour :: At Green Note @ Aces & Eights, 

Tufnell Park, London. Since issuing their superb Songs 

of The Hollow album in 2017, Cua have gone on to 

become a band that has gathered in more praise than 

most from all the best sections of the media. 

Reviewing them at Americana UK, top writer Jeremy 

Searle said: “This Irish trio stands right at the 

forefront of contemporary cutting-edge folk and even 

that description sells it a little short.” 

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25 MAY 

KRIS DREVER with RACHEL BAIMAN :: At Kings 


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Place, London. 7.30pm. Drever’s voice and guitar is a 

part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots 

and folk scene. Hugely admired as a solo artist, 

collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, he is 

a phenomenal and prolific artist. 

www.facebook.com/krisdreversings 

10 JUNE 

FATHERSON :: At Islington Assembly Hall, London. 

Glaswegian three-piece FATHERSON have announced 

their first album in three years, “Normal Fears” and a 

full UK tour this coming May. Back, but not as you 

know them, “Normal Fears” is a lush lesson in letting 

go. Gorgeous, groove-led singalongs steeped in 

electronics find the band in a playful mode, putting 

break-ups, old ways of working and everyday worries 

behind them to start afresh, sunny side up. 

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13 OCTOBER 

LAU (Unplugged) :: At Cecil Sharp House, London. 

8pm. Brilliant musicians, thrilling performers, freethinking 

visionaries and all-round good chaps as well… 

small wonder Lau are regarded as the epicentre of the 

new folk boom. Lau comprises Kris Drever (vocals, 

guitar), Martin Green (accordion, wurlitzer, keys, 

electronics) and Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle) and together 

they effortlessly bridge the seemingly diametrically 

opposed worlds of acoustic folk tradition and post 

rock – electronics. 

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19 FEBRUARY 

Summerhall presents ..... Mediterraneo 

Carnevale 2022! with THE BADWILLS, 

TUFLAMENCO and LOS CUMBIATONES :: At 

Summerhall, Edinburgh. It’s the time to go crazy, to 

wear your best costume, your good dancing shoes, 

and your best mask – of the fun kind: a mask full of 

colour, mystery and mischief. Come and join our 

three bands for what promises to be a blast. 

www.summerhall.co.uk 

25 FEBRUARY 

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) 

present ..... POP! ROCK! SOUL! :: At The Queen's 

Hall, Edinburgh. Pre-concert talk: 6.50pm (free to all 

ticket holders). Join Tommy Smith (SNJO Artistic 

Director) and guest artists Joe Locke and Kenny 

Washington as they introduce and discuss the 

programme of Pop! Rock! Soul! Award-winning 

vibraphonist Joe Locke and vocalist extraordinaire 

Kenny Washington join the SNJO once again to play a 

fabulous selection of tracks taken from the modern 

American songbook – a rich and weighty tome 

running to several volumes of wonderfully popular 

songs. Singer-songwriters such as Stevie Wonder, 

The Beatles, Stevie Nicks and Bill Withers brought 

heartfelt soul music to their work, while artists and 

performers like The Isley Brothers, Led Zeppelin and 

Steely Dan showered their enduring recordings with 

jazz, funk, orchestral and eclectic ornamentation. The 

platinum success of their gold-plated careers is in no 

small part due to the availability of jazz music and 

jazz masters as a fountainhead of knowledge, artistry 

and intellect. 


10 MARCH 

DEAN OWENS & THE SINNERS (Sinner’s Shrine 

album launch tour) :: At Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. 

After nearly 2 years of pandemic induced lockdown 

and isolation, award winning Scottish singer 

songwriter Dean Owens is over the moon to finally 

announce the release of his highly anticipated 

Sinner’s Shrine album, recorded with musicians from 

iconic desert noir Latin rockers Calexico at WaveLab 

Studio in Tucson (in Jan 2020). The album is a joint 

release by London’s Eel Pie Records and Continental 

Record Services (Netherlands) on 18 February. 

Sinner’s Shrine is the latest stop on a lifetime’s 

journey - from the post industrial heartlands of 

Scotland to the untrammelled wide-open vistas of the 

American Southwest – as Dean surrenders to the 

intoxicating sounds of the US desert states. Catch him 

on the mini launch tour in Edinburgh, Ayton and 

Glasgow. 

www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic 

12 MARCH 

THE FIRRENES :: At Voodoo Rooms, West Register 

Street, Edinburgh. Edinburgh band The Firrenes (it 

rhymes with ‘beans’) have announced their first gig in 

their hometown since the pandemic struck. 7.30pm 

for 8pm, 2 x fifty-minute sets. £10 from Tickets 

Scotland or at the door (subject to availability). The 

Firrenes were formed in 2016 by Edinburgh singersongwriter 

Jules Reed, who is perhaps better known 

as the classical and opera composer Julian Wagstaff. 

The Firrenes’ music draws on a broad range of 

influences, encompassing 70s rock, R&B, burlesque, 

art rock, blues and classical. The band have played to 

packed houses in Berlin, Edinburgh and elsewhere, 

and enjoyed extensive radio airplay across the globe, 

racking up nearly two hundred thousand YouTube 

views in the process. 

www.facebook.com/thefirrenes 

17 MARCH 

Summerhall presents ..... SAM AMIDON :: At 

Summerhall, Edinburgh. Sam Amidon sings and plays 

fiddle, banjo, and guitar. With his self-titled seventh 

album, Amidon returns to the vast reservoir of folk 

music with fresh energy and a renewed enthusiasm 

for texture, facilitated by the creative leap of 2017’s 

The Following Mountain. 


13 APRIL 

Summerhall presents ..... STANLEY ODD :: At 

Summerhall, Edinburgh. Stanley Odd are a force to be 

reckoned with (so says Clash Magazine). A live hiphop 

band based in Scotland. A collective of musicians, 

producers and pals. Champions of outsiderdom and 

life on the periphery. Pioneers and innovators, 

pushing at boundaries, dancing along fault lines. 


14 APRIL 

SKERRYVORE (Sold Out) :: At Howden Park Centre, 

Livingston. Since 2005, Skerryvore have brought their 


















15 APRIL 

SHOWHAWK DUO :: At Stramash, Edinburgh. Young 

guitarists Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright, together 

known as The Showhawk Duo, have dazzled 

audiences worldwide with their spectacular approach 

to playing the guitar. With a style that has broken 

down barriers between acoustic and electronic music, 

the group are spearheads of the UK music scene, and 

have been tipped as visionaries for their unique 

playing skills. Whether playing old-school trance 

classics or modern funky house, their live show knows 

no boundaries, leaving anyone who listens amazed by 

their range. 

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21 APRIL 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... LAU 

"Unplugged" (rescheduled show) :: At The Queen's 

Hall, Edinburgh. The pioneering Scottish folk trio have 

always experimented with sound and form; the results 

have always been complex and thrilling. Already 

acknowledged as phenomenal live performers (‘the 

UK’s best live band’ – the Guardian), Lau arrived at a 

new creative peak with 2019’s ‘Midnight and 

Closedown’ (Reveal Records). That album was 

produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, This Is The Kit), 

who said: “Lau are in touch with their roots but not 

bound by them”. The Fallen Angels Club is celebrating 

its 18th year of bringing quality live roots music to 

Glasgow and Edinburgh. 


28 APRIL 

Summerhall presents ..... JAMIE SUTHERLAND & 

RICK REDBEARD :: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 

Jamie Sutherland (Broken Records) & Rick Redbeard 

(The Phantom Band) are delighted to announce a coheadline 

tour of some of their favourite venues around 

Scotland in support of their new albums Bruise & From 

Under Old Moons! Expect an intimate night with two 

both artists performing together onstage, trading 

songs and stories and delving into both of their 

extensive back catalogues. 


14 MAY 


present ..... TALES OF THE TRIBE featuring Phil 

Cunningham, Julie Fowlis, John McCusker, 

Michael McGoldrick with music by Tommy 

Smith :: At The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 7.30pm. A 

companion piece to Tommy Smith’s legendary Beasts 

of Scotland, but inspired by ancient Scottish folk 

melodies and folklore, Tales of the Tribe magnifies and 

reveals creatures of mythic proportion and explores 

Scotland’s soul through music and through the poetry 

of Meg Bateman, Christine De Luca, Peter MacKay and 

Tom Pow. From tales of dragons to vampiric ghosts, 

there is something for everyone to get their teeth into 

in SNJO’s new Tales of the Tribe. 


22 MAY 

Summerhall presents ..... YORKSTON THORNE 

KHAN :: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. Yorkston Thorne 

Khan are touring the UK in support of their third 

album, Navarasa: Nine Emotions, tackling Robert 

Burns and Sufi poetry via Dick Gaughan and Amīr 

Khusrow Dehlavī, traditional Scottish songs, ragas and 

their own spidery compositions. 


28 MAY 

DJANGO DJANGO :: At The Mash House, Edinburgh. 

Back in the old world at the start of 2020, our 

psychedelic punk heroes The Lovely Eggs were primed 

to release their new album ‘I Am Moron’ – their 

greatest work yet, over-flowing with political venom 

and fresh ideas, set to a gloriously independent noise. 

Then, of course, the pandemic happened. The Lovely 

Eggs pushed ahead, and the album came out to 

critical-acclaim and indie chart-topping status, but 

their plans to tour it far and wide were obviously 

scuppered. At first, their UK tour was rescheduled to 

just two months later, thinking there’s no way the 

pandemic could last more than a few weeks…. Fast 

forward a year, their UK tour has been rebooked 

independently by the band at least five times and The 

Lovely Eggs are still yet to play the new album live, 

but new tour dates are now on sale for 2022. 

www.facebook.com/thelovelyeggs 

5 JUNE 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... KRIS 

DREVER & RACHEL BAIMAN :: At The Queen's Hall, 

Edinburgh. On the heels of their respective new solo 

albums, Scottish folk star Kris Drever (LAU), and 

Nashville-based Americana artist Rachel Baiman 

present a joint tour of the UK and Scotland in the 

Spring of 2022, featuring solo sets from each as well 

as unique collaborations drawing on their respective 

original material. Acclaimed guitarist and songwriter 

Kris Drever has won multiple awards including seven 

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, two shortlist nominations 

for Scottish Album of The Year (with his trio Lau) and 

much acclaim for his solo recordings and concerts. 

The Fallen Angels Club is celebrating its 18th year of 

bringing quality live roots music to Glasgow and 

Edinburgh. 


22 JUNE 

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN :: At Summerhall, 

Edinburgh. Using "beauty is the new punk rock" as her 

credo, Joan Wasser took center stage as Joan as 

Police Woman after years of being a supporting player 

and collaborator. Wasser's project blends two of the 

most profound influences on her music: the classic 

soul of legends such as Al Green and Nina Simone, 

and experimental underground acts ranging from 

Sonic Youth to Bad Brains. 

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30 JUNE 

Summerhall presents ..... ANDREW WASYLYK + 

special guest RICK REDBEARD (Independent Venue 

Week) :: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. For this unique 

show in the Dissection Room Andrew will be joined on 

stage by an eight piece ensemble. The performance 

will also include songs taken from his SAY Award 

nominated albums, ‘Fugitive Light And Themes Of 

Consolation’ and ‘The Paralian’, as well as live 

accompanying visuals from artist Tommy Perman. 



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20 FEBRUARY 

DAVE ARCARI and special guest THE GATOR :: At 

Broadcast, Glasgow. Ground-breaking National guitardriven 

alt.blues from Dave Arcari with support from 

The Gator (Iain Donald). After two years in lockdown 

Arcari has a load of new material whoch will feature in 

his raucous slide guitar-driven show...with some 

regular guitar and banjo thrown in for good 

measure... “Dave plays like he got his skin turned 

inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too 

listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for 

you – he a real down deep player and a soul man…” 

Seasick Steve 

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23 FEBRUARY 

Runrig - 'There Must Be A Place' theatrical 

premiere :: At Everyman, Glasgow. A theatrical 

premiere of Runrig's music documentary 'There Must 

Be A Place', will be shown from 7pm, followed by a 

live Q & A with the Director and Producer. The 100- 

minute music documentary offers a unique insight 

into rock and folk history, packed with never-beforeseen 

footage and unprecedented access to Runrig’s 

personal archives. Runrig’s story is an emotional tale 

of ups and downs, twists and turns, tears of joy and 

heartbreak. From humble beginnings as a ceilidh band 

started by two brothers and a friend from the Isle of 

Skye in 1973, they grew to become one of Scotland’s 

best-loved groups, selling out concerts across from 

the dance halls of the Scottish Highlands and Islands 

to New York’s Times Square. Tickets @ 

www.everymancinema.com/glasgow/theatre-info 

www.facebook.com/Runrigmusic 

26 FEBRUARY 


present ..... POP! ROCK! SOUL! :: At The Glasgow 

Royal Concert Hall (New Auditorium), Glasgow. Preconcert 

talk: 6.50pm (free to all ticket holders). Join 

Tommy Smith (SNJO Artistic Director) and guest 

artists Joe Locke and Kenny Washington as they 

introduce and discuss the programme of Pop! Rock! 

Soul! Award-winning vibraphonist Joe Locke and 

vocalist extraordinaire Kenny Washington join the 

SNJO once again to play a fabulous selection of tracks 

taken from the modern American songbook – a rich 

and weighty tome running to several volumes of 

wonderfully popular songs. Singer-songwriters such 

as Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Stevie Nicks and Bill 

Withers brought heartfelt soul music to their work, 

while artists and performers like The Isley Brothers, 

Led Zeppelin and Steely Dan showered their enduring 

recordings with jazz, funk, orchestral and eclectic 

ornamentation. The platinum success of their goldplated 

careers is in no small part due to the 

availability of jazz music and jazz masters as a 

fountainhead of knowledge, artistry and intellect. 


4 MARCH 

Glasgow Film Festival presents ..... Rebel 

Dread :: At Glasgow Film Theatre. Rebel Dread 

documents the life story of the iconic Don Letts, a first 

generation Black British cultural mover and shaker, 

filmmaker, musician and raconteur. This documentary 

details Letts’ journey to finding a place in the world 

and how his talents took him from transforming the 

punk scene to winning a Grammy and everything in 

between. William E Badgley’s energetic and insightful 

documentary with the narration of Don Letts makes 

this a must see film. Tickets for all films are available 

to book now @ 

www.glasgowfilm.org/festival 

4-5 MARCH 

Glasgow Film Festival presents ..... A-Ha The 

Movie :: At Glasgow Film Theatre. A-Ha were the first 

Norwegian stars to break through into International 

fame. Their iconic synth-pop single ‘Take on Me’ 

catapulted them onto the world stage and garnered 

them adoring fans across the globe. With new 

interviews with the band and unreleased behind the 

scenes footage of their time at the top, Thomas 

Robsahm’s documentary delves into A-Ha’s meteoric 

rise to fame and questions whether they truly got to 

live their dream. Tickets for all films are available to 

book now @ 


9-10 MARCH 

Glasgow Film Festival presents ..... Casablanca 

Beats/Haut Et fort :: At Cineworld, Glasgow. 

Morocco’s Oscar candidate is a joyous celebration of 

music and the role it plays in empowering a younger 

generation. Blurring the lines between documentary 

and fiction, director Nabil Ayouch shot the film with 

real life students enrolled in The Positive School Of 

Hip Hop at the shantytown cultural centre he cofounded 

called Les Etoiles de Sidi Moumen. Anas 

(Basbousi) is the former rapper who establishes the 

programme but it is the students who take centre 

stage as they confront the issues that matter to 

them, use them to create music, devise dances and 

make sure their voice is heard. Tickets for all films are 

available to book now @ 


12-13 MARCH 

Glasgow Film Festival presents ..... Wake Up 

Punk :: At Glasgow Film Theatre. Has the legacy of 

punk been distorted and commodified beyond all 

recognition? Joe Corré most definitely thinks so. In 

2016, the son of Malcolm Mclaren and Vivienne 

Westwood burnt millions of pounds worth of punk era 

memorabilia in protest. Freewheeling documentary 

Wake Up Punk recalls the energy and anarchy of the 

punk era and gives a voice to Corre’s fear that “ punk 

has become part of business as usual”. It also finds 

hope that the punk spirit survives in the guise of 

current protest movements taking the hunger for 

change into the hands of the people. Tickets for all 

films are available to book now @ 


13 MARCH 

DEAN OWENS & THE SINNERS (Sinner’s Shrine 

album launch tour) :: At Glad Cafe, Glasgow. After 

nearly 2 years of pandemic induced lockdown and 

isolation, award winning Scottish singer songwriter 

Dean Owens is over the moon to finally announce the 

release of his highly anticipated Sinner’s Shrine 

album, recorded with musicians from iconic desert 

noir Latin rockers Calexico at WaveLab Studio in 

Tucson (in Jan 2020). The album is a joint release by 

London’s Eel Pie Records and Continental Record 

Services (Netherlands) on 18 February. Sinner’s 

Shrine is the latest stop on a lifetime’s journey - from 

the post industrial heartlands of Scotland to the 

untrammelled wide-open vistas of the American 

Southwest – as Dean surrenders to the intoxicating 

sounds of the US desert states. Catch him on the mini 

launch tour in Edinburgh, Ayton and Glasgow. 


18 MARCH 

TROY REDFERN on tour with 'WILLE & THE 

BANDITS' :: At Hug & Pint, Glasgow. Slide guitarist 

and singer-songwriter, Troy Redfern, dubbed by the 

British press as “the king of slide guitar,". Troy cut his 

teeth and refined his style over the last few years, 

playing festival main stages and blazing a trail across 

Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. He’s also become a 

well-known draw on the UK Blues Rock festival circuit, 

playing alongside rock luminaries including Robert 

Plant. “Troy is a passionate, intense, free-spirited 

musician whose ferocious slide guitar style twists and 

turns timeless themes and ideas to his own ends. He’s 

a musical visionary unafraid to trample on the 

boundaries of restricting labels,” said Blues Matters 

Magazine. The forthcoming studio album is a 

culmination everything Troy has learnt so far on his 

musical journey, and, more importantly, brings into 

sharp focus a much tighter song-writing and more 

visceral, muscular production style. Tickets @ 

www.willeandthebandits.com 

19 MARCH 

THE NINTH WAVE :: At QMU, Glasgow. One of 

Scotland’s fastest rising new bands, the Glasgow fourpiece 

are readying new album ‘Heavy Like A 

Headache’ (out 11 March, via Distiller records) off the 

back of a sold-out UK tour and a Scottish Album Of 

The Year nomination for their Faris Badwan (The 

Horrors)-produced EP ‘Happy Days!’. Heavy Like A 

Headache is the band's second full length album 

following their 2019 debut Infancy which garnered 

widespread critical acclaim and nominations for the 

AIM Award Album Of The Year and Scottish Album of 

the Year. 

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The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... 

GRETCHEN PETERS plus special guest KIM 

RICHEY :: At Community Central Hall, Glasgow. 

For two decades, Gretchen Peters has been one of 

Nashville’s most beloved and respected artists. “If 

Peters never delivers another tune as achingly 

beautiful as ‘On A Bus To St. Cloud,’” People 

Magazine wrote, “she has already earned herself a 

spot among country’s upper echelon of 

contemporary composers.” The Fallen Angels Club 

is celebrating its 18th year of bringing quality live 

roots music to Glasgow and Edinburgh. 


27 MARCH 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... SAM 

OUTLAW plus RUTHIE COLLINS :: At Òran Mór, 

Glasgow. Sam Outlaw’s third full-length album, 

Popular Mechanics, announces a creative 

reinvention for the “SoCal Country” singersongwriter 

from Los Angeles. Inspired by family 

bonds and the great innovators of the 20th 

century, his latest project signals a restless desire 

to explore another side of himself. The Fallen 

Angels Club is celebrating its 18th year of bringing 

quality live roots music to Glasgow and Edinburgh. 


4 APRIL 

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN :: At King Tuts Wah 

Wah Hut, Glasgow. Using "beauty is the new punk 

rock" as her credo, Joan Wasser took center stage 

as Joan as Police Woman after years of being a 

supporting player and collaborator. Wasser's 

project blends two of the most profound influences 

on her music: the classic soul of legends such as 

Al Green and Nina Simone, and experimental 

underground acts ranging from Sonic Youth to Bad 

Brains. 

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9 APRIL 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... ANNIE 

KEATING BAND plus DEMI MARRINER :: At 

The Glad Cafe, Glasgow. Lucinda Williams, John 

Prine, Bob Dylan, Allison Krauss, Willie Nelson, 

Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Patty, 

Griffin. This is a short list of the musicians Annie 

Keating has been compared to over the last 

twenty years. Keating writes and sings like a 

woman who knows deep down that heartache is 

the price of hope, and she can make us believe – 

in that way that only the best artists can — that 

all of it is worth the cost. The Fallen Angels Club is 

celebrating its 18th year of bringing quality live 



11 APRIL 

CUA On Tour :: At Performing Arts Centre, 

Kilbarchan. Since issuing their superb Songs of 

The Hollow album in 2017, Cua have gone on to 

become a band that has gathered in more praise 

than most from all the best sections of the media. 

Reviewing them at Americana UK, top writer 

Jeremy Searle said: “This Irish trio stands right at 

the forefront of contemporary cutting-edge folk 

and even that description sells it a little short.” 


14 APRIL 

SHOWHAWK DUO :: At Classic Grand, Glasgow. 

Young guitarists Mikhail Asanovic and Jake Wright, 

together known as The Showhawk Duo, have 

dazzled audiences worldwide with their 

spectacular approach to playing the guitar. With a 

style that has broken down barriers between 

acoustic and electronic music, the group are 

spearheads of the UK music scene, and have been 

tipped as visionaries for their unique playing skills. 

Whether playing old-school trance classics or 

modern funky house, their live show knows no 

boundaries, leaving anyone who listens amazed by 

their range. 

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28 APRIL 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... CHARM 

OF FINCHES plus support :: At The Glad Cafe, 

Glasgow. Charm of Finches from Melbourne, 

Australia, make intricate, dreamy indie folk with 

many stringed things, awash with seamless blood 

harmonies traversing melancholy and wonder in 

equal measure. The sister duo, Mabel and Ivy 

Windred-Wornes, grew up busking old time tunes 

and singing on festival stages around Australia. 

The Fallen Angels Club is celebrating its 18th year 

of bringing quality live roots music to Glasgow and 

Edinburgh. 


4 MAY 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... THE 

DELINES plus JERRY JOSEPH :: At Saint Luke's 

& The Winged Ox, Glasgow. Country-soul outfit, 

The Delines, return to Glasgow as part of a 

European tour this coming February with Jerry 

Joseph support. The Delines who are well known 

to Glasgow audiences will be returning with new 

material for this special date with the full line up. 



Edinburgh. 


5 MAY 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... KIM 

RICHEY :: At The Glad Cafe, Glasgow. Two-time 

Grammy nominated Kim Richey is a storyteller 

with a voice so pure, arresting and honest, it 

literally aches with life’s truths. She transports the 

listener to a world where words paint pictures and 

melodies touch the soul, her voice is pure 

arresting and honest. The Fallen Angels Club is 

celebrating its 18th year of bringing quality live 



10 MAY 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... CHARLIE 

PARR plus support :: At The Glad Cafe, 

Glasgow. Charlie Parr is an incorruptible outsider 

who writes novelistic, multi-layered stories that 

shine a kaleidoscopic light on defiant, unseen 

characters thriving in the shadows all around us. 

He hasn’t moved to LA or Nashville; he’s stayed in 

the cold grey north of Minnesota, because that’s 

his home. The Fallen Angels Club is celebrating its 

18th year of bringing quality live roots music to 

Glasgow and Edinburgh. 


12 MAY 


present ..... TALES OF THE TRIBE featuring 

Phil Cunningham, Julie Fowlis, John 

McCusker, Michael McGoldrick with music by 

Tommy Smith :: At Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall 

(New Auditorium), Glasgow. 7.30pm. A companion 

piece to Tommy Smith’s legendary Beasts of 

Scotland, but inspired by ancient Scottish folk 

melodies and folklore, Tales of the Tribe magnifies 

and reveals creatures of mythic proportion and 

explores Scotland’s soul through music and 

through the poetry of Meg Bateman, Christine De 

Luca, Peter MacKay and Tom Pow. From tales of 

dragons to vampiric ghosts, there is something for 

everyone to get their teeth into in SNJO’s new 

Tales of the Tribe. 


The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... 

SIOBHAN MILLER :: At The Glee Club, Glasgow. 

A richly celebrated Scottish folk singer and 

songwriter, Siobhan Miller’s soulful and stirring 

renewal of traditional song has won her the BBC 

Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, and 

the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards’ Scots 

Singer of the Year an unprecedented four times. 



Edinburgh. 


21 MAY 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... BETH 

NIELSEN CHAPMAN plus support :: At Glasgow 

City Halls. If you are going to a Beth Nielsen 

Chapman concert get ready to laugh and cry and, 

well, just fasten your seat belt. One thing you can 

count on is one great song after another and some 

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GIGspotlight 

SNJO brings Pop, Rock and Soul 

to Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow 

with top American guests, vocalist Kenny Washington and vibes virtuoso Joe Locke 

GIGnotes ..... February (all at 7.30pm) :: Thursday 24th Gardyne 

Theatre, Dundee / Friday 25th The Queens Hall, Edinburgh. Saturday 26th 

Glasgow Royal Concert, Glasgow. Ticket links @ www.snjo.co.uk/concerts 

It will be a case of third time lucky 

when the Scottish National Jazz 

Orchestra and its top line American 

guests, vocalist Kenny 

Washington and vibes virtuoso 

Joe Locke take their latest 

collaboration, Pop! Rock! Soul! on 

a three-date Scottish tour beginning 

on Thursday 24 February. 

San Franciscan Washington and California-born, New 

York-based Locke, who has arranged all the music for 

the tour, first planned to tour Pop! Rock Soul! with the 

SNJO in 2020 and again in 2021 but had to postpone 

both tours due to Covid-19. 

To keep everyone’s spirits up after the first 

postponement, the SNJO’s director, saxophonist Tommy 

Smith gathered the orchestra, Washington and Locke 

together via Zoom to record Locke’s arrangement of 

Sam Cooke’s classic A Change is Gonna Come. The 

video was released as a tribute to Nelson Mandela on 

the former South African president’s International Day 

on 18 July 2020, with proceeds going to the Nelson 

Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation towards Nelson 

Mandela's statue in Glasgow. 

“It was important that everyone – all the musicians and 

our audience – felt connected while much of the world 

was in lockdown,” says Smith. “It was also great to 

honour Nelson Mandela in that way while giving people a 

sense of what Pop! Rock Soul! was about because the 

music we’ll be featuring reached millions upon millions 

of people and has the underlying common theme of 

commitment.” 

Locke, who first guested with the SNJO on 

its American Adventure album and then 

joined with Washington on the orchestra’s 

2017 celebration of songwriters-composers 

Henry Mancini and Johnny Mandel, chose 

all the songs featured in Pop! Rock! Soul! 

in conjunction with Washington. 

“Tommy Smith afforded me the luxury of 

choosing songs I love, songs which 

resonate with me personally,” Locke says. 

“I’m pretty confident that many of the 

songs will resonate with the SNJO audience 

a well. It had to be material that would 

both lend itself to this large ensemble 

format and excite our star vocalist, Kenny 

Washington. Discussing and selecting the 

repertoire with Kenny was a really fun 

process.” 

The music for Pop! Rock! Soul! draws on 

singer-songwriters including Stevie 

Wonder, Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel and 

bands including The Beatles, The Isley 

Brothers, Led Zeppelin, and Steely Dan. 

Locke, who has known Smith for more than thirtyfive 

years, has devoted hundreds of hours to 

arranging the repertoire for the tour and is eager to 

hear the results. 

“It’s always a thrill to hear your work coming off the 

page, especially when those results are in the deft 

and capable hands of such a great orchestra as the 

SNJO,” he says. “I first came to Scotland in 1987 – 

it was the first country I played in outside of the 

US – and it always feels like a homecoming. 

Scottish audiences are always knowledgeable, 

supportive and enthusiastic, so I’m very much 

looking forward to these concerts.” 


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26 MAY 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... BOO 

HEWERDINE plus support :: At Cottiers Theatre, 

Glasgow. For over 30 years Boo Hewerdine has been 

considered one of the UK’s finest singer-songwriters. 

As lead singer of seminal band, The Bible through to 

his subsequent solo work and long-time collaboration 

with the incredible Eddi Reader he has become 

something of a national treasure. The Fallen Angels 

Club is celebrating its 18th year of bringing quality live 



27 MAY 

DJANGO DJANGO :: At Stereo, Glasgow. Back in the 

old world at the start of 2020, our psychedelic punk 

heroes The Lovely Eggs were primed to release their 

new album ‘I Am Moron’ – their greatest work yet, 

over-flowing with political venom and fresh ideas, set 

to a gloriously independent noise. Then, of course, the 

pandemic happened. The Lovely Eggs pushed ahead, 

and the album came out to critical-acclaim and indie 

chart-topping status, but their plans to tour it far and 

wide were obviously scuppered. At first, their UK tour 

was rescheduled to just two months later, thinking 

there’s no way the pandemic could last more than a 

few weeks…. Fast forward a year, their UK tour has 

been rebooked independently by the band at least five 

times and The Lovely Eggs are still yet to play the new 

album live, but new tour dtaes are now on sale for 

2022. 


28 MAY 

FATHERSON :: At Barrowland, Glasgow. Glaswegian 

three-piece FATHERSON have announced their first 

album in three years, “Normal Fears” and a full UK 

tour this coming May. Back, but not as you know 

them, “Normal Fears” is a lush lesson in letting go. 

Gorgeous, groove-led singalongs steeped in 





29 MAY 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... CHUCK 

PROPHET & THE MISSION EXPRESS :: At The Glee 

Club, Glasgow. Chuck’s never been one to rest on his 

laurels and ride it out and his last five records have 

been his best yet. Chuck’s live shows are second to 

none and has been touring Europe with his band the 

Mission Express sine the mid 90s with festival slots at 

Glastonbury, Southern Fried, Summertyne, Azkena, 

Roskilde etc including a recent Spanish tour with 

Dylan guitarist, Charlie Sexton in 2019. Chuck will be 

showcasing material from his new album alongside 

hits from his previous albums. The Fallen Angels Club 

is celebrating its 18th year of bringing quality live 



1 JUNE 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... MADISON 

VIOLET :: At CCA, Glasgow. With heart-wrenching 

song writing and luscious harmonies combined with 

the natural storytelling of folk, the rhythms of 

Americana and catchy pop hooks, Madison Violet have 

been captivating audiences and critics alike for two 

decades. The Fallen Angels Club is celebrating its 18th 

year of bringing quality live roots music to Glasgow 

and Edinburgh. 


9 JUNE 

The Fallen Angels Club presents ..... SUZIE 

UNGERLEIDER plus support :: At The Admiral Bar, 

Glasgow. Suzie Ungerleider makes a welcome return 

to Glasgow, Suzie has visited our city many times 

under her former stage name Oh Susanna. The Fallen 




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24 FEBRUARY 


present ..... POP! ROCK! SOUL! :: At Gardyne 

Theatre, Dundee. Pre-concert talk: 6.50pm (free to all 

ticket holders). Join Tommy Smith (SNJO Artistic 

Director) and guest artists Joe Locke and Kenny 

Washington as they introduce and discuss the 

programme of Pop! Rock! Soul! Award-winning 

vibraphonist Joe Locke and vocalist extraordinaire 

Kenny Washington join the SNJO once again to play a 

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to several volumes of wonderfully popular songs. 

Singer-songwriters such as Stevie Wonder, The 

Beatles, Stevie Nicks and Bill Withers brought 

heartfelt soul music to their work, while artists and 

performers like The Isley Brothers, Led Zeppelin and 

Steely Dan showered their enduring recordings with 

jazz, funk, orchestral and eclectic ornamentation. The 

platinum success of their gold-plated careers is in no 

small part due to the availability of jazz music and 

jazz masters as a fountainhead of knowledge, artistry 

and intellect. 


Crail Folk Club presents ..... JANICE BURNS & 

JON DORAN :: At Crail Community Hall. 8pm. £9. 

Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an Anglo-Scottish duo 

who formed in 2017, after discovering a shared love 

of traditional music. They find their songs in archives 

that span the depths of our history; songs that, 

regardless of age, tell vivid stories about the nature of 

life, from the ethereal landscapes of ancient ballads to 

the urban rhythms of work songs. 

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26 FEBRUARY 

Langtoun Jazz presents ..... LAURA MACDONALD 

TRIO :: At The Live Lounge at the Kings Theatre in 

Kirkcaldy. 8pm. £10. Langtoun Jazz resumes its 

concert series with a new venue and an awardwinning 

saxophonist. Scottish Jazz Awards 2021 

instrumentalist of the year Laura MacDonald along 

with Brazilian bassist Mario Caribe, who featured in 

Kirkcaldy in his own right in October last year with his 

Boteco Trio, and pianist Paul Harrison, one of 

Scotland’s finest players and composers who has also, 

amongst many other accomplishments, played with 

the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. 

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10 MARCH 

Crail Folk Club presents ..... SALT HOUSE :: At 

Crail Community Hall. 8pm. £10. Songs are central to 

Salt House. New songs that sound as if they’ve 

always been here. Ancient ballads woken up. Poems 

given the tunes they’ve long deserved. Songs about 

place, politics, landscape and birds. A collaboration of 

writing and song from 3 of Scotland's foremost 

performers; Jenny Sturgeon, Ewan MacPherson and 

Lauren MacColl. 


26 MARCH 

Langtoun Jazz presents ..... RICHARD MICHAEL 

and HILARY MICHAEL :: At Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy. 

8pm. Pianist Richard Michael, a long-time resident of 

Kirkcaldy, he has been described by Julian Joseph as 

the UKs greatest Jazz Ambassador, with an 

international reputation as a leading jazz pianist and 

educator. Richard continues his educational work on 

BBC Scotlands Jazz Nights, presenting his Songbook 

analysis of great jazz standards every Sunday 

evening. He is joined for this concert by daughter 

Hilary who played saxophone growing up in FYJO, but 

is now an acclaimed classical and jazz violinist. 


7 APRIL 

Crail Folk Club presents ..... PETE ATKIN :: At 

Crail Community Hall. 8pm. £10. Pete Atkin was born 

in a non-university part of Cambridge in 1945. He 

had some violin lessons at school, picked out tunes on 

his grandparents' piano, and formed a group with 

some mates to play mainly Shadows' and Ventures' 

instrumentals plus a few Everly Brothers and Buddy 

Holly songs. 


8 APRIL 

CUA On Tour :: At Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire. 

Since issuing their superb Songs of The Hollow album 

in 2017, Cua have gone on to become a band that has 

gathered in more praise than most from all the best 

sections of the media. Reviewing them at Americana 

UK, top writer Jeremy Searle said: “This Irish trio 

stands right at the forefront of contemporary cuttingedge 

folk and even that description sells it a little 

short.” 


30 APRIL 

Langtoun Jazz celebrates International Jazz Day 

with HELENA KAY & PETE JOHNSTONE :: At Live 

Lounge at Kings Theatre, Kirkcaldy. 8pm. Award 

winning saxophonist Helena Kay returns to Fife for a 

special gig to celebrate International Jazz Day. She 

will be presenting a duo project with pianist, Pete 

Johnstone. 


12 MAY 

Crail Folk Club presents ..... OUTSIDE TRACK :: 

At Crail Community Hall. 8pm. £12. Winner of 'Best 

Group' in both the Live Ireland awards and the 

Tradition In Review awards, The Outside Track are 

one of the top Celtic acts in the world. They were 

'Best Live Act' nominees in the MG Alba Scots 

Traditional Music Awards, and won the German Radio 

Critics Prize, for their album Flash Company. Live 

Ireland called them, 'Among the top bands in the 

world - stunning on every cut!'. 


28 MAY 

Langtoun Jazz presents ..... ALI AFFLECK'S AULD 

TOON STOMPERS :: At Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy. 8pm. 

Vocalist Ali Affleck brings a band of Scottish musicians 

with a programme paying homage to the story telling 

pioneers and archetypes of the hot roots of jazz and 

blues. Join us for a musical jaunt through the heat of 

the southern states with a little New York tin pan alley 

thrown in for good measure. 


9 JUNE 

Crail Folk Club presents ..... KEITH 

CHRISTMAS :: At Crail Community Hall. 8pm. £9. In 

a career spanning over 50 years Keith has recorded 

multiple albums, played acoustic guitar on Bowie’s 

‘Space Oddity’ album, appeared at the first 

Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and gigged solo all over 

the UK and Europe supporting The Who, King 

Crimson, Ten Years After, Argent, Captain Beefheart, 

Frank Zappa, The Kinks and Roxy Music. 


22 APRIL 

SKERRYVORE :: At Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline. 

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30 APRIL 

Almost Blue Promotions presents ..... JOHN 

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MILLER & HIS COUNTRY CASUALS :: At The Blue 

Lamp, Aberdeen. Scotland's #1 Honky-Tonk Country 

Music Makers!! "Utterly convincing, sometimes joyous, 

sometimes heartbreaking, always credible trip from 

Glasgow to Nashville and back again, both in terms of 

songwriting and performance. I loved it." 

Tom Morton, BBC Radio Scotland 

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13 MAY 


present ..... TALES OF THE TRIBE featuring Phil 

Cunningham, Julie Fowlis, John McCusker, 

Michael McGoldrick with music by Tommy 

Smith :: At Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen. 7.30pm. 

A companion piece to Tommy Smith’s legendary 

Beasts of Scotland, but inspired by ancient Scottish 

folk melodies and folklore, Tales of the Tribe magnifies 

and reveals creatures of mythic proportion and 

explores Scotland’s soul through music and through 

the poetry of Meg Bateman, Christine De Luca, Peter 

MacKay and Tom Pow. From tales of dragons to 

vampiric ghosts, there is something for everyone to 

get their teeth into in SNJO’s new Tales of the Tribe. 


27 MAY 

FATHERSON :: At The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. 










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16 FEBRUARY 

McGOLDRICK, McCUSKER & DOYLE :: At Eden 

Court Theatre, Bishops Road, Inverness. IV3 5SA. 

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4 MARCH 

HAMISH NAPIER :: At Eden Court Theatre, Bishops 

Road, Inverness. IV3 5SA. 


6 MARCH 

Mad Hatter's Tea Party - Children's Classic 

Concerts :: At Eden Court Theatre, Bishops Road, 

Inverness. IV3 5SA. 


12 MARCH 

BLUE ROSE CODE :: At Eden Court Theatre, Bishops 

Road, Inverness. IV3 5SA. 


24 MARCH 

JIMMY BUCKLEY in concert with special guest 

CLAUDIA BUCKLEY :: At Eden Court Theatre, 

Bishops Road, Inverness. IV3 5SA. 


25 MARCH 

LEONARD BROWN and MAGGIE ADAMSON - 

Shades of Shetland Tour :: At Eden Court Theatre, 

Bishops Road, Inverness. IV3 5SA. 


26 MARCH 

MÀNRAN :: At Eden Court Theatre, Bishops Road, 



15 APRIL 

SKERRYVORE :: At The Queen's Hall, Dunoon. Since 

2005, Skerryvore have brought their performances to 

audiences across the globe, from their early days in 

Scottish West Coast halls and bars, to Festival crowds 

in USA, Canada, Australia and throughout the UK and 

Europe. Picking up Scottish traditional music’s ‘Live 

Act of the Year’ twice on the way – in 2011 and again 

in 2016 – the band’s wide range of influences and 

talent produce a musically expansive, high energy set 

that excites and captivates audiences. With a mix of 

fiddle, accordions, pipes and whistles, alongside guitar 

and vocals, underpinned by driving bass, drums and 

keys, Skerryvore represent the best in contemporary 

Scottish traditional music. Their 6 studio albums 

demonstrate the wide range of influences the 

individual musicians bring to the mix – a unique fusion 

of folk, trad, rock and Americana, with even some jazz 

in there! 


16 APRIL 

SKERRYVORE (Sold Out) :: At Carradale Music 

Festival, Campbeltown. Since 2005, Skerryvore have 

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brought their performances to audiences across the 

globe, from their early days in Scottish West Coast 

halls and bars, to Festival crowds in USA, Canada, 

Australia and throughout the UK and Europe. Picking 

up Scottish traditional music’s ‘Live Act of the Year’ 

twice on the way – in 2011 and again in 2016 – the 

band’s wide range of influences and talent produce a 

musically expansive, high energy set that excites and 

captivates audiences. With a mix of fiddle, accordions, 

pipes and whistles, alongside guitar and vocals, 

underpinned by driving bass, drums and keys, 

Skerryvore represent the best in contemporary 

Scottish traditional music. Their 6 studio albums 

demonstrate the wide range of influences the 

individual musicians bring to the mix – a unique fusion 

of folk, trad, rock and Americana, with even some jazz 

in there! 


20 APRIL 

AWKWARD FAMILY PORTRAITS :: At Eden Court 

Theatre, Bishops Road, Inverness. IV3 5SA. 


29 APRIL 

THE BRIDGE :: At Eden Court Theatre, Bishops Road, 



30 APRIL 

HORSE: Same Sky 30th Anniversary Show :: At 

Eden Court Theatre, Bishops Road, Inverness. IV3 

5SA. 


WEST COAST ISLANDS 

+ ORKNEY + SHETLAND 


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the Isle of Bute whose aims are to promote live music 

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26/27 MAY 

SKERRYVORE (Sold Out) :: At Orkney Folk Festival, 

Orkney. Since 2005, Skerryvore have brought their 















a unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Americana, with 

even some jazz in there! 


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+ Carlisle 


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19 FEBRUARY 

BADSTONE :: At The Turf, Irvine. 8.30pm. This group 

of seasoned musicians play a wide variety of music 

from the likes of the Beatles, The Stones, ZZ Top, 

Thin Lizzy, Stereophonics, ACDC, Fleetwood Mac, Bad 

Company, Queen, David Bowie, The Cult, Stevie 

Wonder and more. 

www.facebook.com/Badstone.Band 

10 APRIL 

CUA On Tour :: At Craigdarroch Hotel, Moniaive. 

Since issuing their superb Songs of The Hollow album 

in 2017, Cua have gone on to become a band that has 






short.” 


SCOTTISH BORDERS 

+ Berwick -Upon-Tweed 


Scottish Borders and 

Northumberland areas 



10 FEBRUARY 

The Radio Rooms Open Mic Night :: At Radio 

Rooms, 95 Main Street, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 

2AW. 7pm. Free Entry. Join us for our first open mic 

night of the year! Turn up and play, first come, first 

served - doors at 7pm 

www.facebook.com/theradiorooms 

12 FEBRUARY 

PENSACOLA MIST :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main 

Street, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7.30pm. The 

bittersweet synth-pop duo inspired by the nostalgic 

romance of the 80s and catchy modern pop, as heard 

on BBC Radio 6 and BBC Introducing. 



LAUREN MACCOLL :: At Sage Gateshead. Rachel 

Newton and Lauren MacColl pay a humanising tribute 

to persecuted Scottish wiches while also exploring 

historical beliefs in the supernatural and modern day 

parallels in our society. Each piece of music is based 

on specially commissioned works by celebrated author 

Mairi Kidd - tales inspired by and in remembrance of 

real women who were persecuted and tried as 

witches, and characters from the folkloric tales and 

mythology enshrined in our oral culture. 


17 FEBRUARY 

SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS + MISS WORLD DJ 

WORKSHOP :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, 

Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7pm. Sisters with 

Transistors takes us on a rhythmic journey through 

the previously silent histories of women in electronic 

music. Brought to life with archive and the voice of 

Laurie Anderson, the film documents the evolution of 

‘woman + machine’. It is an immersive, empowering 

study of a radical practice from musicians such as 

Daphne Oram and Eliane Radigue, that remains 

deeply relevant today. 


18 FEBRUARY 

BÜTTER :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, Berwick- 

Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7pm. Free entry. This 4 

piece Indie band will liven up your Friday evening! 


19 FEBRUARY 


LAUREN MACCOLL :: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. 

Rachel Newton and Lauren MacColl pay a humanising 

tribute to persecuted Scottish wiches while also 

exploring historical beliefs in the supernatural and 

modern day parallels in our society. Each piece of 

music is based on specially commissioned works by 

celebrated author Mairi Kidd - tales inspired by and in 

remembrance of real women who were persecuted 

and tried as witches, and characters from the folkloric 

tales and mythology enshrined in our oral culture. 


ACOUSTIC GALLAGHER (Semi-acoustic) :: At Radio 


2AW. 7.30pm. Acoustic Noel and Liam Gallagher 

covers plus support. 


20 FEBRUARY 

The Radio Rooms Community Jam Session :: At 

Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. 

TD15 2AW. 2pm. Free entry. Join us for our 

community jam session! All welcome, free entry. Bar 

& Kitchen open. 


24 FEBRUARY 

'Sing Street' - Berwick Film & Media Arts 

Festival :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, Berwick- 

Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7pm. Sing Street really is a 

joy, with one of the best original soundtracks to a pop 

movie you will ever hear. If you have any love for ’80s 

music at all, you will love this film. 


25 FEBRUARY 

LAU (Unplugged) :: At Sage Gateshead. 8pm. Brilliant 

musicians, thrilling performers, free-thinking 

visionaries and all-round good chaps as well…small 

wonder Lau are regarded as the epicentre of the new 

folk boom. Lau comprises Kris Drever (vocals, guitar), 

Martin Green (accordion, wurlitzer, keys, electronics) 

and Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle) and together they 

effortlessly bridge the seemingly diametrically 

opposed worlds of acoustic folk tradition and post 

rock – electronics. 

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"Hardly Hawaiian" Uke Jam - by The Ukulele & 

Other Machines :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, 

Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7pm. The 

instrument may be Hawaiian, but we aren't, and our 

songs aren't either! From Bowie & the Beatles to 

Vance Joy, XTC and The Zutons, come and strum and 

sing along with our friendly ukulele jam. 


26 FEBRUARY 

Jazz Blues Weekend - Blues night with Special 

Guests! :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, Berwick- 

Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7pm. Free entry. Come and 

join us at The Radio Rooms for our Jazz Blues 

weekend, starting with our Saturday Blues night, 

followed by our Sunday Jazz session. 


27 FEBRUARY 

Jazz Blues Weekend - Sunday Jazz with The 

Tweed River Jazz Band :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main 

Street, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7pm. Free 

entry. Come and join us at The Radio Rooms for our 

Jazz Blues weekend, starting with our Saturday Blues 

night, followed by our Sunday Jazz session. 


2 MARCH 

ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER (Delayed 40th 

Anniversary Tour) :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main Street, 

Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. Spoken word, dub 

poetry, songs, early music punk - a journey through 

40 years of his work. 


4 MARCH 

The Radio Rooms Open Mic Night :: At Radio 



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2AW. 7pm. Free Entry. Join us for another open mic 

night - turn up and showcase your talent! Bar & 

Kitchen open. 


12 MARCH 

DEAN OWENS (Sinner’s Shrine album launch 

tour) :: At Hemelvaart Bier Cafe, Ayton, 

Berwickshire. After nearly 2 years of pandemic 

induced lockdown and isolation, award winning 

Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is over the 

moon to finally announce the release of his highly 

anticipated Sinner’s Shrine album, recorded with 

musicians from iconic desert noir Latin rockers 

Calexico at WaveLab Studio in Tucson (in Jan 2020). 

The album is a joint release by London’s Eel Pie 

Records and Continental Record Services 

(Netherlands) on 18 February. Sinner’s Shrine is the 

latest stop on a lifetime’s journey - from the post 

industrial heartlands of Scotland to the untrammelled 

wide-open vistas of the American Southwest – as 

Dean surrenders to the intoxicating sounds of the US 

desert states. Catch him on the mini launch tour in 

Edinburgh, Ayton and Glasgow. 


19 MARCH 

TROY REDFERN on tour with 'WILLE & THE 

BANDITS' :: At The Cluny, Newcastle. Slide guitarist 

and singer-songwriter, Troy Redfern, dubbed by the 

British press as “the king of slide guitar,". Troy cut his 

teeth and refined his style over the last few years, 

playing festival main stages and blazing a trail across 

Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. He’s also become a 

well-known draw on the UK Blues Rock festival circuit, 

playing alongside rock luminaries including Robert 

Plant. “Troy is a passionate, intense, free-spirited 

musician whose ferocious slide guitar style twists and 

turns timeless themes and ideas to his own ends. He’s 

a musical visionary unafraid to trample on the 

boundaries of restricting labels,” said Blues Matters 

Magazine. The forthcoming studio album is a 

culmination everything Troy has learnt so far on his 

musical journey, and, more importantly, brings into 

sharp focus a much tighter song-writing and more 

visceral, muscular production style. Tickets @ 

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FAUSTUS Spring Tour :: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main 

Street, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 8pm. 

Driving rhythms on bouzouki and guitar are reinforced 

by the melodeon, fiddle, oboe and cor anglais, 

creating arrangements that are intriguing and subtle, 

boisterous or punchy. ‘Faustus somehow manage to 

make folk sound traditional and cutting edge at the 

same time. 


9 APRIL 

CUA On Tour :: At Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. Since 

issuing their superb Songs of The Hollow album in 

2017, Cua have gone on to become a band that has 






short.” 


17 APRIL 

THE NE STREET BAND:: At Radio Rooms, 95 Main 

Street, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. TD15 2AW. 7pm. 

Covering all the eras of the Boss's work, from his vast 

back catalogue with The E Street Band, his solo 

albums to his collaborations with The Seeger Sessions 

Band & Southside Johnny. 


23 APRIL 

SKERRYVORE :: At Tait Hall, Kelso, Scottish Borders. 

Since 2005, Skerryvore have brought their 


















1 MAY 

SKERRYVORE :: At Northern Kin Festival 2022, 

Durham. Since 2005, Skerryvore have brought their 


















18 MAY 

FATHERSON :: At The Cluny, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 










26 MAY 

THE LOVELY EGGS :: At The Cluny, Newcastle. Back 

in the old world at the start of 2020, our psychedelic 

punk heroes The Lovely Eggs were primed to release 

their new album ‘I Am Moron’ – their greatest work 

yet, over-flowing with political venom and fresh ideas, 

set to a gloriously independent noise. Then, of course, 

the pandemic happened. The Lovely Eggs pushed 

ahead, and the album came out to critical-acclaim and 

indie chart-topping status, but their plans to tour it 

far and wide were obviously scuppered. At first, their 

UK tour was rescheduled to just two months later, 

thinking there’s no way the pandemic could last more 

than a few weeks…. Fast forward a year, their UK tour 

has been rebooked independently by the band at least 

five times and The Lovely Eggs are still yet to play the 

new album live, but new tour dates are now on sale 

for 2022. 


3 JUNE 

KRIS DREVER with RACHEL BAIMAN :: At 

Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 

7.30pm. Drever’s voice and guitar is a part of the 

backbone of today’s contemporary roots and folk 

scene. Hugely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, 

and member of folk superstars Lau, he is a 

phenomenal and prolific artist. 

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