Category Archives: Music

Things being what they are, all those little cramped venues that used to cram an audience in during the Fringe are silent and empty this year. Which means as much use as possible is being made of socially distanced open air spaces. Which leads us to Assembly’s series of concerts in a southern corner ofContinue reading “Roseanne Reid Music in the Gardens”

In anticipation of Scottish Opera’s 2021/22 season, a four strong group of Emerging Artists is being welcomed on board.  The group has two new singers, mezzo-soprano Lea Shaw and tenor Glen Cunningham.  Lea, an award-winning Black/BIPOC mezzo-soprano from Colorado who studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, is among the youngest to have graduated fromContinue reading “Emerging Artists Announced for Scottish Opera’s New Season”

SUMMERHALL, Courtyard Pavilion (venue 26) 11 and 25 August at 20.00, 15, 20, 22, 29 August at 15:00 (1 hour) and digital on demand on Fringe Player platform 6-29 August Part of the 2021 Made in Scotland Showcase. Pashyanti [Sanskrit]: the junction point between the ordinary waking state and pure consciousness. Simon Thacker premieres aContinue reading “Simon Thacker Presents the World Premiere of Pashyanti on Guitar”

Braxton disciple’s latest album among new releases from New Zealand Three musicians whose new albums were launched at the recent Wellington Jazz Festival have combined to promote their own music in Europe while championing the current strengths of the New Zealand jazz scene. Pianist Ben Wilcock, who releases The River Tethys on August 13th, andContinue reading “Wellington Comes to Europe”

Scottish Opera’s Young Company (SOYC) is a training programme for 17 to 23 year olds that offers young singers the opportunity to work with opera professionals, as well as giving young stage managers aged 16 to 19 a practical introduction to the world of opera and stage management. As part of Live at No. 40,Continue reading “Scottish Premiere of Kurt Weill Comedy from Scottish Opera’s Young Company”

3M Mixtape is a series of 12 music sessions, masterminded by actors Dawn Sievewright and John McLarnon in creative collaboration with Dundee Rep’s Artistic Director Andrew Panton, that is filmed live and released weekly on Dundee Rep’s YouTube channel. The result is a celebration of the best music talent in Scotland while offering a fascinating glimpse into the lives of theContinue reading “Dundee’s 3m Mixtape Meets the Legendary Boy George This July”

The Mugstock Festival, that was due to take place the first weekend in August, has fallen just the wrong side of the projected earliest day of lockdown restrictions being eased in Scotland. This means that, while they have now been prevented from running 2 years in a row, they aim to return stronger in 2022Continue reading “MugStock Festival to Make Silver Lining Return in 2022”

This August, for three performances only, two well-loved Scottish performers, each sublime in their own field, join up again as a duo to celebrate the return of the Fringe.  In their own unique blend of music and words, Carol Ann Duffy, who served as Poet Laureate from 2009 till 2019, and remains one of theContinue reading “Three Day Fringe Treat from Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson in Store”

Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre are able to announce the three finalists of their first Musical Commissioning Hub call out. The judging panel, that comprised  Barbara Dickson, Kenny Wax, Aisha Khan, Ricky Ross, David Greig, Elizabeth Newman, Fiona Gibson, Katie Brayben, Matthew Xia, Robert Softley Gayle and Howard Goodall, were impressed  by the varietyContinue reading “Three Finalists of First Musical Commissioning Hub Call Out Announced”

Saxophonist Matt Carmichael has become the first student on the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland jazz course to win all three of the awards that the course presents at the end of the academic year. Carmichael, aged 22, who released his first album, Where Will the River Flow, to glowing reviews in March, has come outContinue reading “Astounding Success for Outstanding Saxophonist Matt Carmichael”