The CatStrand – Cultural hub of the Glenkens
“The venue brings events and activities that are rare to this area. I was really shocked not to have heard of it before”. Gemma Brown shares some newly discovered home truths. […]
Please don’t bring The House down
“People come to Edinburgh because it’s ‘nice’, not because it’s exciting. But I think the city is tantalisingly close to solving this problem.” That was Rupert Thomson programme director of Summerhall talking to The List about Edinburgh’s chronic shortage of live music venues last year. […]
Glasgow Music Tour leads the way
We did it. Glasgow Music Tour is the first UK tour to go live on a new international platform for audio tours. So we’re up there with Paris, San Francisco, New York …Barras meet the Bohemian Slums of Montmartre! […]
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 […]
Investigating the lasting appeal of Glasgow Apollo
Guest blogger Kenny Forbes asks himself some probing questions about his research into the lasting appeal of the long-gone Glasgow Apollo – and what that says about the city. […]
Jukebox Journeys Part 5 – The Snaffle Bit
Continuing on our Jukebox Journeys through some of the best venues Glasgow has to offer, Benny Robb visits The Snaffle Bit on recommendation to see what all the fuss is about...