Category Archives: Music

Joe Edwards              Keep on Running                  Tiny Mountain          Out Now This debut album from Wiltshire singer/songwriter Joe Edwards gives him a pretty impressive start to his recording career. He admits to soaking up the influences of the great American songwriters while at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, but I have to say that even though heContinue reading “New Releases Episode 4”

 In line with Scottish Government’s latest route map out of the Covid-19 crisis, and in line with Scottish Opera’s on-going commitment to bringing the widest possible range of opera to the maximum audience throughout Scotland and beyond, Scotland’s national opera company announces a programme of seated outdoor performances. These include a special production of Puccini’s LaContinue reading “Programme of Outdoor Socially-Distanced Performances Announced by Scottish Opera”

Texan rising star singer Jazzmeia Horn made a big impression on Scottish audiences when she appeared with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra on tour last November. And now one of the highlights of her concert at the Usher Hall, her own song Free Your Mind, is set to feature in the orchestra’s latest video. ArrangedContinue reading “Singer’s Usher Hall Highlight Captured on New Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Video”

Glasgow based Scottish Ensemble (SE) is the UK’s leading string orchestra that perform together under the artistic direction of Jonathan Morton where they offer fresh perspectives on classical music through crossing of genres and artistic forms. While the industry cannot fully re-open, SE will bring online audio-visual works entitled Solo Collaborationsthatcapture SE’s approach to imaginativeContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble Launches Its New Solo Collaborations in New Digital Programme”

Ivor Novello Award winning composer, Martin Green, has created a sound installation entitled The Portal, a Fictional Podcast inspired by moments in Martin’s childhood.  The story is of two obsessive sound-recordists and lovers, Etteridge (Dylan Read) and Angela (Anna Russell Martin & Alison Peebles) who are torn apart by circumstance, never having met from 1947Continue reading “Composer Martin Green brings The Portal in Twelve Episode Podcast”

Scottish Ensemble is asking audiences, contemporary music fans, those who practice mindfulness, or maybe just experience seekers to join them in creating Tumbling Song, the 14th Sonic Meditation by Pauline Oliveros. Between March and November 1971, Pauline Oliveros wrote 25 Sonic Meditations. These are instructions that anyone can follow, without any need for a knowldegeContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble Invites Help in Creation of a Tumbling Song”

When pianist Dave Milligan arrived in Udine, in Northern Italy, to record with Italian bassist Danilo Gallo and drummer U.T. Gandhi, he was struck by the view from his hotel room balcony. The now Pathhead-based Milligan grew up among the rolling hills of the Scottish Borders and while these hills are not quite as spectacularContinue reading “Lockdown encourages pianist to release international collaboration”

FLY, the operator behind one of Scotland’s largest music festivals, has partnered with award-winning film production company Ground Level Up, and world touring audio suppliers FELive to deliver a series of recorded online streams with world renowned artists. These will take place from breath-taking locations around the UK and be broadcast on their new YouTubeContinue reading “Iconic Scottish Locations to be Part of New Music Stream Series”

On 10 June, Edinburgh Folk Club launched Carry on Streamin, its response to the gap in live performance left by the COVID-19 measures, and a fund-raiser to help performers of traditional music in Scotland who have lost their incomes. Carry on Streamin will offer a 20-30 minute YouTube performance, including numbers by featured folk actsContinue reading “Edinburgh Folk Club – Carry on Streamin”

With social distancing still very present for everyone for the foreseeable future, those who enjoy cultural events and those who work in the sector find themselves without a part of the fabric of their lives. To address this, three of the UK’s biggest dance music promoters, Tom Ketley of FLY Open Air, Scotland, Steffan ChellandContinue reading “Lockdown Entertainment Initiatives Planned Across UK”