Talking Feet…talking music
Remember that night? Rummaging through memories of first gigs and ticket stubs to favourite places, Dougal Perman and Jim Gellatly can cover a few decades of Glasgow music. […]
Footnotes: journeys through a changing city
It’s all about the music, but you can’t walk far on Glasgow Music Tour without meeting many other aspects of this extraordinary city. So today we’re starting an occasional series of Footnotes, snippets of tantalising glimpses that emerge as we move from one live music destination to another. […]
Work in progress: street art reveals tension in Mission District
At the end of the alley we stop to watch a work in progress, tubes of paint laid out, ladder propped up against a bold and brilliant mural. Two street artists turn to watch us watching them: “A donation for materials is always welcome,” says the big one with a smile. […]
Our DIY guide to a meandering mooch round Glasgow
An interesting question in the post from two adventurous Belgian visitors who have just downloaded Glasgow Music Tour in preparation for a visit to the city in July. […]
Pride of place: street art in Leith
We’re on the trail of a bold new street art project in Leith – a graffiti grand design – far from city centre art galleries. It’s tucked away down a side street so you have to seek it out which adds to the adventure. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Murder mystery and high tea on the great Cinema City Treasure Hunt
We had some last minute panic. What if it snowed? What if no-one turned up? How would we stop people filling in all the answers in a bar without setting foot on the streets? And where would we find a poison bottle? […]
Roll up for the Cinema City Treasure Hunt
“If you threw a dart at a map of Sauchiehall Street, you would almost certainly hit a cinema”, says Gordon Barr. We don’t have a dart to hand but we do have a map. And Gordon to tell us stories of fine old picture palaces with fine old names – Regal, Gaumont, La Scala – that once drew thousands of people to the flickering fantasies of the big screen in the heart of Glasgow. […]
Glasgow: full of good venues and so many places to go
“…navigate the city’s gum-addled streets on a culture-quenching mission.” That’s the Pop Cop, describing Glasgow Music Tour as only he can. His succinct review (there’s more to it!) pops up as we sift through our cuttings. With thousands of Celtic Connections fans about to invade the city, we need some shiny new flyers and it’s really time to add some of the very nice reviews we have gathered during our first year. […]
Keeping up the fight to save Otago Lane
A unique part of Glasgow’s west end is threatened by plans for new property development. Our Gemma Brown goes for a cup of her favourite tea in her favourite café and finds fighting spirit in the tranquil setting of Tchai-Ovna. […]
Is the heart and soul of the city in a side street near you?
When Vic Galloway is away from home the first thing he does is seek out the local record shop. We know just what he means. Places like Glasgow’s Monorail and Leith’s Elvis Shakespeare make cities worth exploring. […]