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<strong>MNS</strong> <strong>GIGguide</strong> - a MUSIC NEWS Scotland supplement page 5: music on scotland's tv + radio this week :: america :: london :: scotland SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER Belladrum :: 10-10.30pm on BBC ALBA. Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald host highlights from Belladrum 2022. Kyle Falconer features in session on the acoustic stage and English folk rockers, Black Water County, are on the Grassroots stage. www.bbcalba.co.uk ------------------------------------------------ <strong>GIGguide</strong> Listings ..... !!!!!!! ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESENT COVID CIRCUMSTANCES OF GIG DATES OFTEN BEING REVISED, PLEASE CHECK ALL GIG DATES/ DETAILS VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE TRAVELLING OR BOOKING TICKETS - THINGS CAN CHANGE! !!!!!!! Scots in AMERICA Reaching our Scottish expat readership in America Send us all your USA gig and tour details Email them to Carol - carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 19 APRIL 2023 SKERRYVORE :: At Gallo Center For the Arts, Modesto, CA. From their traditional Tiree roots Skerryvore have developed both in size and sound to create a unique fusion of their traditional music and songs with the urban sounds of rock, pop and funk. The band’s ability to fuse traditional Scottish music and rhythms with a range of other genres is a trademark of their distinctive, high energy sound. www.skerryvore.com/tour/ Scots in LONDON HELPING SCOTTISH BASED MUSICIANS PROMOTE LONDON GIGS Send us all your gig dates for London! Email them to Carol - carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 10 NOVEMBER TAMZENE :: At Laylow, London. Tamzene spent years busking contemporary pop songs which taught her invaluable songwriting skills. Taking cues from pop contemporaries such as Adele and Alicia Keys as much as the classic voices of Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin, her vocal is bold and innately emotive, and truly enraptures any audience. She is now touring promoting her new EP, 'Details'. www.facebook.com/tamzenemusic 19 NOVEMBER KRIS DREVER :: At Cecil Sharp House, London. Kris Drever is a Glasgow based, Orkney born musician. Drever’s voice and guitar form an integral part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots and folk scene. Hugely admired as a solo artist and collaborator, he is a phenomenal and prolific artist. www.facebook.com/krisdreversings 1 DECEMBER GUN (full band) :: At O2 Academy Islington, London. Glaswegian rockers GUN are back with their brand new album, ‘The Calton Songs’. The album that takes its name from the area of Glasgow where the band grew up, and where they still write their music. This record is about celebrating the road that GUN have taken to reach this point, these new versions of great songs are cut through with un-ironic nostalgia but this is a band with an eye on the horizon for what’s to come, not what’s over their shoulder in the past. To celebrate the release of ‘The Calton Songs’ the band will tour a run of fully-fledged electric shows throughout November and December that will culminate in a massive hometown party at the Barrowland Ballroom. www.facebook.com/gunOfficialUK 9 DECEMBER PICTISH TRAIL :: At Moth Club, London. Isleof-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop wonder Pictish Trail aka Johnny Lynch’s most recent acclaimed album Island Family explores connections to both place and time from the viewpoint of his life on a remote Scottish island. "Svelt, intelligent, adorable balladeer, trapped inside the body of an oversized oft-bearded folk ogre" www.facebook.com/pictishtrail 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 5 NOVEMBER DEAN OWENS & THE SINNERS :: At Glencorse Centre, Firth Road, Penicuik. Award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including authors Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin, and BBC legend Bob Harris. His new band Dean Owens & The Sinners includes bass, guitars and trumpet, with Dean’s voice up front, warm, subtle and powerful. www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic Summerhall / NEHH presents ..... HAILEY BEAVIS (album launch) :: At Summerhall, Edinburgh. 'I'll put you where the trombone slides' is the long-awaited debut album from Hailey Beavis. Please join us in celebrating this www.fallenangelsclub.com facebook @ www.facebook.com/The-Fallen-Angels-Club-149553931728736 twitter @ www.twitter.com/KevoMorris Email your gig dates to robert.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com