“People just wanted to sing – that’s a great Glaswegian trait”. On the road from here to there, Leo Moran tells Anna Levin what it’s like to tour Scotland with Anto Thistlethwaite while the rest of the Saw Doctors take a break. Over to Anna… […]
After initial despair a new sense of hope is emerging as musicians and artists unite in what's likely to be the first of many fundraisers in aid of students' affected by the Glasgow School of Art [...]
In her first dispatch from New Zealand, our roving blogger Gemma Brown tracks down a gem of a jukebox and a hot music centre in the stunningly beautiful Coromandel Peninsula. Over to Gemma… […]
Not many people know this. Edinburgh’s poetry garden is hidden in the city centre, in the heart of Scotland’s capital. Take a moment and you will find it in that bright green breathing space between the shops, banks and offices of St Andrew Square. This weekend, poetry works its way in to Spa in the City. […]
Hard to believe, but almost exactly two years ago, on another cold, wet night, we were celebrating the launch of Glasgow Music Tour at King Tut’s. […]
Confession. We’ve been sitting on a huge treasure chest of sounds. In just a short walk through the city centre, Glasgow Music Tour meets an astonishing mix of musicians and at least one poet. […]
“In the midst of the Barras crowd my 17-year-old self is singing her heart out, but right there beside her is my current self, drinking it all in, astonished by this music all over again.” Guest blogger Anna Levin revisits the past and rediscovers the present with the Waterboys in Glasgow. […]
On a bleak day at the start of the week, a cheering email arrives from People Make Glasgow. Our music tour is included in the December issue of their newsletter, Edit, spreading news of the best events and venues in Glasgow to travel writers and journalists across the UK. And plenty for local people too. […]
Let’s go underground. Our latest YouTube Playlist features a formidable choice of sounds from Glasgow’s club scene. So many different artists on Route 3 of Glasgow Music Tour it is hard to know where to start. How about the first destination on the route: The Arches with Slam, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk… […]
Join us on a musical walk by the River Clyde. Here is a Youtube Playlist we have put together including many of the songs featured in Route 2; The River Route of our Walking Heads [...]
Feeling very happy. It’s great to see our Glasgow Music Tours listed along with The Arches, Barrowland and SWG3 as top tips for visitors exploring the city. […]
We last heard from Kenny Forbes, the mature student at the University of Glasgow undertaking a thesis on the famous Glasgow Apollo, some months ago. In this follow-up Q&A Kenny gives himself a hard time, asking himself: what’s the story, why is it taking so long? […]