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Jukebox Journeys Part 4 – King Tut’s

Continuing on our Jukebox Journey through some of Glasgow's most reputable music venues, Benny Robb visits King Tut's to check out it's selection of tunes and sample the much-celebrated atmosphere of the place...

Get app snap-happy on the Merchant City Tour

A good picture is worth a thousand words, they say.  But what makes a good picture in an age of not just thousands but millions of digital images?  As far as Craig Smith is concerned the picture starts in the eye of the beholder – and a good app can work wonders too. […]

Merchants of magic in the Old Fruitmarket

Lost in music and the magic of the place…guest blogger Anna Levin relishes the many moods of the Old Fruitmarket now getting ready to rock with Merchant City Festival.  […]

Roll up for the Walking Heads musical treasure hunt & quiz

Charge up your iPhone and iPad and come with Walking Heads on a musical treasure hunt through the Merchant City  starting on Wednesday 25 July at the Apple Store in Buchanan Street. Feel free to invite your friends. And form a team to take part! […]

Jukebox Journeys Part 3 – Mono

Continuing our Jukebox Journeys through Glasgow, Gemma Brown visits an indie venue with a record store that is a (not so) secret source of at least one of the city’s greatest jukeboxes. […]

Susan Morrison’s gift to the Olympic Games

Susan Morrison has a wicked idea for the Olympic Games which we have been saving for the right moment and we reckon that is just about now. […]

Take to the streets with the ‘Merchant City Music Tour’

Just look at what is happening in the streets of Glasgow’s Merchant City during the last week of July. Walking, dancing, drama: fun and games of all kinds… and Walking Heads is delighted our Glasgow Music Tour is part of it. […]

Jukebox Journeys Part 2 – Nice N Sleazy

In the second of our Jukebox Journeys series, Benny Robb visits one of Glasgow's most vibrant venues to sample it's range of refreshments and investigate another of the 'best-ever' jukeboxes featured on our Glasgow Music Tour

Shutter art brings a touch of magic to Leith Walk

When the shutters come down the shop is closed but something magical happens in the street outside.  At least it feels as if there could be a touch of magic about the ‘after hours’ Shutter Project which will be launched during LeithLate.  Not least because the first shop shutter to spring into new life belongs to The Gamesmaster… […]

Alex Kapranos – The Luck of The 13th Note Mix

As we embark on our Jukebox Journeys blog series by visiting Glasgow's 13th Note, we thought it only right to take another musical journey of sorts with Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos mix for Domino Radio.

Jukebox Journeys

This series will explore the very best in Glasgow's jukebox selection, with our bloggers exploring some of the city's most reputable music venues and reporting back with their findings.

Jukebox Journeys Part 1 – The 13th Note

What makes a really great jukebox? Gemma Brown kicks off a series exploring Glasgow’s killer ‘coin-operated music machines’ by visiting 13th Note.