Scotland
24 hours to cast your vote for Scottish Album of the YearMonday, 14 May 2012The hunt is on to find the Scottish Album of the Year, with the 20 longlisted albums for the SAY Award now open to public vote for 24 hours ahead of the shortlist being published on Thursday.You can vote via the SAY Awards website or the awards... Read more... |
Unsigned acts announced for T in the Park festivalFriday, 11 May 2012The 16 unsigned acts who have been given the chance to perform at Scotland's largest festival, T in the Park, have been announced.The T-Break Stage, which has been running since 1996, launched the careers of acts including Paolo Nutini, Biffy Clyro... Read more... |
CD: Haight-Ashbury 2 – The AshburysThursday, 03 May 2012
Choosing such a loaded name is wilful. Scottish trio Haight-Ashbury are going to be identified with psychedelic-era San Francisco whatever they do. Should they wish to extend their musical wings, diversions into drum and bass or metal aren’t going... Read more... |
DVD: The Wicker Man/The Wicker TreeTuesday, 01 May 2012
The Wicker Man is a great British film, one of the top horror films of all time. Since its release in 1973, its curious combination of queasily jolly folkloric ritual and sinister paganism has only grown to seem more discomfiting, reeking of the... Read more... |
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scottish Ballet, Sadler's WellsMonday, 30 April 2012
Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire carries with it an enormous loading from its past, the associations with those iconic performers on stage and screen Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh not the least of them. For a narrative dance, that... Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Carole King, Abba, Sheena EastonSunday, 29 April 2012
Carole King: The Legendary DemosLisa-Marie Ferla For one whose appreciation of Carole King, the songwriter, has never truly been distinguishable from her appreciation of Carole King, the performer, a listen to the treasure trove that is The... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Conductor Ilan VolkovSaturday, 28 April 2012
Relentlessly energetic, opinionated, and never less than passionate about music-making, Ilan Volkov is a close as you get to a prodigy in the world of conducting. Appointed as Young Conductor in association with the Northern Sinfonia at just 19, at... Read more... |
Ian Anderson, Hammersmith ApolloSaturday, 28 April 2012
This may be the Thick as a Brick 2 tour, but it’s also the 44th year of Ian Anderson’s performing career, mainly as Jethro Tull's front man. In that role he's variously been a bluesman, a rocker and a folkie.1972's Thick as a Brick was dubbed a "... Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: T Rex, Bob Marley & the Wailers, James Yorkston & the AthletesSunday, 22 April 2012
T Rex: Electric Warrior 40th Anniversary Special EditionHoward MaleThe most blinkered and subjective music fan is the teenager. But is it my teenage self (barely mediated by my adult self) informing you that this T Rex album from 1972 is the... Read more... |
Northern Lights public film project launchesTuesday, 17 April 2012Budding Scottish filmmakers are being called upon to contribute to the making of a feature-length documentary film about life in the country.With a nod to Kevin MacDonald's Life in a Day project, Northern Lights is seeking the public's "personal... Read more... |
CD: Human Don't Be Angry - Human Don't Be AngryMonday, 16 April 2012
As probably befits the title, when the words “human, don’t be angry” are spoken for the first time on the Chemikal Underground release of the same name the voice they emerge in is anything but. Repeated over a dreamy guitar riff rendered... Read more... |
Scottish Album of the Year longlistFriday, 13 April 2012The hunt is on to find the best Scottish album of the past year, with a £20,000 prize at stake for the winner.The 20-strong longlist for the inaugural Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award was published today, with contenders ranging from King... Read more... |
