MNS GIGguide (Oct23-20)

MNS GIGguide - a MUSIC NEWS Scotland supplement
page 11: edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian
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3 NOVEMBER
The Queen's Hall presents ..... HORSE :: At
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh,
EH8 9JG. The Queen's Hall is one of her
favourite places to play and appearing here has
become a delightful annual Edinburgh soiree for
her and the audience. It’s like a grand reunion.
A Horse show is always a special one, but given
that there’s a new album coming out and this
year is also the 30th anniversary of 'God’s Home
Movie' (her 2nd album), there’s much to
celebrate. This show will feature songs from
'God's Home Movie' as well as songs from the
new album, her 11th, alongside the classics.
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432 presents ..… BECKY SIKASA :: At
Summerhall, Edinburgh. EH9 1PL. “Future
Superstar in loading buffer mode” is what BBC
called her after naming her Song “Twelve
Wooden Boxes“ the Track of the Week. From the
very start soul artist Becky Sikasa captivated
tastemakers and music lovers in UK and
Germany. The release shows for Becky Sikasa’s
debut EP in Glasgow and Cologne were sold out
weeks in advance.
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4 NOVEMBER
The Queen's Hall presents ..... KING
CREOSOTE :: At The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk
St, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG. Kenny Anderson has
become one of Scotland's most acclaimed and
prolific, singer-songwriters: a squeezebox
Casanova with a cosmic wordplay fetish, whose
voice leaves gentle devastation in its wake. He
was short-listed for 2011's Mercury Prize thanks
to Diamond Mine, his sublime collaboration with
Jon Hopkins.
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5 NOVEMBER
The Queen's Hall presents ..... DUNCAN
CHISHOLM - Black Cuillin in Concert :: At
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh,
EH8 9JG. Duncan Chisholm performs his
incredible new album ‘Black Cuillin’ at The
Queen’s Hall. Drawing inspiration from the
mountain wilderness on the Isle of Skye,
Duncan’s new album 'Black Cuillin' brings
statuesque landscapes of sound together with
pieces of exquisite and delicate beauty. The
music of 'Black Cuillin' is richly evocative and is
truly the music of the high mountains, the music
of the skies and the stars. Duncan Chisholm is
one of Scotland’s most recognised and
accomplished fiddle players and composers; his
music contains the rarest of chemistries, a
glorious combination of invention, tenderness
and passion. This is 21st century traditional
music which is sophisticated, exhilarating and
meltingly beautiful. For this evening’s
performance Duncan will be joined on stage by
his 8-piece band, which includes some of
Scotland’s finest traditional and classical
musicians.
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7 NOVEMBER
LEITH ROSS :: At Summerhall, Edinburgh.
7pm. Leith Ross is a songwriter, singer, and
artist born and raised in a small town outside of
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They’ve been a
sensitive and overly artistic person since birth,
and when they started writing songs around the
age of 12, it quickly became Leith’s favourite
way to be sensitive and overly artistic. Still is.
Since then, they’ve recorded and released two
projects, and have a new one underway.
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11 NOVEMBER
The Queen's Hall presents ..... TIDE
LINES :: At The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St,
Edinburgh, EH8 9JG. 2.30pm + 8pm. Tide Lines
embark on an 8 night tour of Scotland this
November, presenting 'Elements - An Intimate
Acoustic and Electronic Reworking of their
Music'. With dates in Dundee, Perth, Banchory,
Findhorn, Inverness, Aberdeen, Troon and
Edinburgh.
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NEHH presents ..… CARLA J. EASTON :: At
Summerhall, Edinburgh. EH9 1PL. Carla J.
Easton is an award-nominated singersongwriter,
releasing three critically-acclaimed
albums and writing for TeenCanteen, Belle &
Sebastian, BMX Bandit, Hen Hoose and National
Theatre Scotland. Championed by BBC6 Music,
she has performed at festivals across the UK and
internationally (SXSW, Pop Montreal, The Great
Escape, Celtic Connections, Indiefjord and Pop
Cologne) touring the UK with Camera Obscura,
The Vaselines and Aidan Moffat.
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12 NOVEMBER
The Queen's Hall presents ..... KARINE
POLWART :: At The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk
St, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG. 1:15pm + 7.30pm.
Karine Polwart is a multi-award-winning Scottish
songwriter, folk singer, and storyteller. Her
songs evoke a richness of place, hidden
histories, scientific curiosity and folklore. Trees
and rocks speak. Birds flit in and out of vision.
And the stars know everything. She conjures the
beauty and magic, the sorrow and complexity of
the world out of the corner of her eye, with
lyricism and tenderness.
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23 NOVEMBER
DAVE ARCARI :: At Leith Depot, Edinburgh.
Slide guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt.
blues sounds owe as much to trash country,
punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta
blues and have been showcased via seven
internationally-acclaimed solo album releases. A
finalist in the UK Blues Federation’s UK Blues
Awards 2023, Arcari has had his music featured
in numerous BBC TV programmes as well as
popular USA series The Deadliest Catch. The
ultimate validation for Arcari’s music and
performance came in 2019 when National Reso-
Phonic Guitars launched the ‘Dave Arcari
signature model’ guitar. Arcari joins an elite and
exclusive group of players who have signature
models and is the first – and only – musician
outside the USA to be honoured by the iconic
instrument maker whose name is synonymous
with the development of the blues genre. Tickets
@ www.davearcari.com/tour-dates/
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27 NOVEMBER
HEIDI TALBOT & BOO HEWERDINE :: At
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Boo and Heidi
have recorded and toured together extensively
going all the way back to Heidi’s first solo tour of
the UK in 2005. Born in Ireland, Heidi became a
folk star in the USA as a member of the Irish
American band Cherish the Ladies, and now lives
in Edinburgh. Boo, one of England's most
celebrated singer-songwriters, now celebrates
their long-standing musical relationship
spanning over 18 years.
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10 DECEMBER
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ
ORCHESTRA (SNJO) - In An Ellington
Mood :: At The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk St.
Edinburgh. 7.30pm. Featuring special guest
vocalist Lucy-Anne Daniels, 'In an Ellington
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