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<strong>MUSIC</strong> <strong>NEWS</strong> <strong>Scotland</strong> <strong>GIGguide</strong> page 7: :: london :: scotland :: edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian 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. www.facebook.com/fathersonband 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. www.facebook.com/LAUband SCOTLAND EDINBURGH West + Mid + East Lothian Send us all your gig dates for Edinburgh and Lothians area. Email them to Carol - carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 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. www.facebook.com/theSNJO 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 <strong>by</strong> 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 <strong>Scotland</strong> 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 <strong>Scotland</strong> or at the door (subject to availability). The Firrenes were formed in 20<strong>16</strong> <strong>by</strong> 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 <strong>by</strong> the creative leap of 2017’s The Following Mountain. www.summerhall.co.uk 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 <strong>Scotland</strong>. 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. www.summerhall.co.uk 14 APRIL SKERRYVORE (Sold Out) :: At Howden Park Centre, Livingston. 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 20<strong>16</strong> – 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 <strong>by</strong> 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! www.facebook.com/skerryvore 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 <strong>by</strong> their range. www.facebook.com/showhawkduo www.orkneyfolkfestival.com facebook @ www.facebook.com/orkneyfolkfestival tweet @ www.twitter.com/OrkneyFolkFest Email your gig dates to robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com