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page 16 music news scotland got a music news "story to tell"? then email our newsdesk: musicnewsscotland@gmail.com Langtoun Jazz and Kirkcaldy Music Society Concert :: Seonaid Aitken Ensemble on Saturday 10 September Langtoun Jazz and Kirkcaldy Music Society showcase Seonaid Aitken’s composing talents: Glenrothes’ Seonaid Aitken is no stranger to jazz audiences through her Stephane Grapelli-inspired violin playing and stylish vocals with her band Rose Room, featured in last Autumn’s Langtoun Jazz programme, or her BBC Scotland radio show. Now Langtoun Jazz, in association with Kirkcaldy Music Society, brings her wonderful cross-genre “Chasing Sakura” suite to the stage at Kirkcaldy Old Kirk. The suite, commissioned by the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival in 2021, reflects Seonaid’s time living in Japan and is inspired by the Japanese Sakura or spring cherry blossom festivals across the country. It is also inspired by the restorative powers of nature, a deeply personal response by Seonaid to recovering from a serious accident during lockdown and finding healing through long walks in the outdoors. The suite is arranged for a 6-piece all-female ensemble of five string players and the saxophone and flute of Perth-born former Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra star Helena Kay. The second half of the programme will comprise arrangements for the ensemble of tunes associated with the great Ella Fitzgerald, allowing Seonaid’s vocal talents to take centre stage, Grace Black of Langtoun Jazz said: “It is so exciting to welcome back Seonaid and to showcase this wonderful music so close to her birthplace. The working relationship with Kirkcaldy Music Society is also a new venture for us and reflects the fact that ideas of putting music in stylistic boxes are redundant, This is just great music for all tastes.” Kirkcaldy Music Society Chair Mairi Rolland added: “Kirkcaldy Music Society warmly welcomes this collaboration with Langtoun Jazz and very much hopes that the relationship will continue and that appreciation of all kinds of good music will grow.” The concert at Kirkcaldy Old Kirk begins on this occasion at 7.30pm. on Saturday 10 September. (Doors open 7pm). Tickets costing £14 can be purchased in advance from www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5504479. Tickets can also be reserved via info@langtounjazz.co.uk or kmstreasurer@gmail.com or purchased at the door. All door sales are cash only. Audiences are welcome to bring their own refreshments. www.langtounjazz.co.uk www.twitter.com/langtounjazz www.facebook.com/langtounjazz Undertow Overflow :: Amy Duncan + Ben Harrison Scottish tour :: dates @ www.undertowoverflow.com/tour-dates Undertow Overflow is a brand new collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Amy Duncan and writer/ director Ben Harrison. Amy Duncan :: photo by Somhairle MacDonald It combines their love of simple narratives with a strong emotional undertow. The title of the show comes from a joining of the title of Amy’s album Undercurrents with Ben’s short story collection Overflow. This special performance will be an openhearted exploration of the strangeness of human love and loss, filled with vivid and poetic imagery. The intended audience will come from lovers of music as well as literature, and the curious from Ben’s theatre community. Amy has released 8 albums so far and Ben’s work as a performer of his own stories is a relatively recent development in his practice. After a year of reading at the monthly From The Horse’s Mouth events at Summerhall in Edinburgh, Ben was asked to headline the event. Amy and Ben will entwine their practices to create an evening of emotionally charged, surprising and uplifting performance. They are inspired by such artists as Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman who toured the world with a suite of songs and stories woven together. Amy Duncan and Ben Harrison comment on the show: “We believe that there is a synergy between our work, and that the performance will be a refreshing blend for audiences who may have been to gigs, or to spoken word evenings, but rarely a mixture of both. We are so excited to be working together at last having known each other for so long since the days of Swelling Meg in the mid-Nineties. We aim to offer an evening exploring love and loss and the strange beauty of human relationship, with laughter and tears along the way.” For Ben this is a real departure into the world of being onstage after over thirty years as a successful theatre director. His last professional engagement as a performer was nearly twentyfive years ago. For Undertow Overflow Ben has recruited leading and multi-award winning director Jemima Levick to direct his performance. Ben and Jemima are established colleagues and friends since she was assistant director on the multiaward winning Grid Iron/ National Theatre of Scotland show Roam in 2006. email news to :: musicnewsscotland@gmail.com The show will tour throughout Scotland, stopping in Findhorn, Stirling, Edinburgh, Isle of Mull, Greenoock, Peebles and Glasgow, dates link above. www.undertowoverflow.com www.twitter.com/Amy_Duncan www.facebook.com/amy.duncan.music
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