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SAY what? It’s the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2013!
Ahead of tomorrow's Scottish Album of the Year Award ceremony, music blogger Nina Glencross chatted to Admiral Fallow, RMHubbert and Lau about how they feel to be nominated and the importance of the event in Scotland’s thriving music industry.
Less busking in the City of Music? Ukele if U want to!
Should Glasgow ‘crackdown’ on buskers for the Commonwealth Games next year? We asked the question on our Facebook page yesterday and got some lively responses. […]
Firing up Scotland: Roots and Culture Roadshows
“This one gonna be lively”, Gemma Brown’s latest blog post predicts a hot summer (whatever the weather) as JA Live and Fire in Babylon team up again, this time they will be hitting the road with a series of ruff and tuff West Indian infused events! […]
Russian Ninjas headline show in Nice N Sleazy
A proper Glasgow debut was a self-set milestone of the Russian Ninjas...
The View blaze a trail through Glasgow to T in the Park
At the start of the 10 week countdown to Scotland’s biggest rock festival, music blogger Nina Glencross tracks the bands who are out there, getting the T in the Park show on the road. […]
Lets all go Doune the Rabbit Hole
Summer seems a long way off but as snow falls Gemma Brown thinks warming thoughts of a creative event which has a very simple aim: “Making Scotland Happier”. Let’s all go Doune the Rabbit Hole. […]
Reggae Burns Night – Happy Birthday Bob Marley
They lived, loved, and died young. Half a world and almost 200 years apart, the two national bards Robert Burns and Bob Marley now inspire joint (no pun intended) annual celebrations of their birthdays. Gemma Brown reports on one of the best – and where else but in Glasgow’s Jamaica Street. Och Aye n Aye! […]
Live and kicking, Hothouse Flowers return to the Old Fruitmarket
Hothouse Flowers are never sure what they will be playing until they start to play – guest blogger Anna Levin catches up with a band that are pure, live, quintessential Celtic Connections. […]
Jukebox Journeys Part 6 – The Doublet
On our first Jukebox Journey of 2013, Walking Heads blogger Gemma Brown follows a tip to The Doublet and finds a Glasgow West End local bar with hidden musical depths. […]
Return of La Belle Angele
There’s light at the end of this tunnel. The year which began with bad news for Edinburgh’s live music scene is ending with hopeful signs. Beneath the scaffolding tunnel on South Bridge, there are glimpses of new developments beginning to fill that yawning gap in Edinburgh’s Cowgate. And first to emerge is the shell of La Belle Angele. […]
Long live Glasgow’s live music
Is biggest always best? Glasgow’s latest live arena is rapidly making its mark on the city skyline. The Hydro will be the biggest venue in the city and one of the biggest in the UK. But with a mere 12,000 capacity it is small fry compared with London’s O2 Arena which holds almost twice as many. […]
Star-studded memories of the Barras
“The next day I was stiff all over from fighting to stay upright in the crush of the crowd and my ears were ringing from the volume, feelings I’d become familiar with over the next few years.” Guest blogger and gig reviewer Lucy Brouwer recalls her first experience of the Barras… and an unforgettable line-up […]