Music Festivals
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Music
Cutting some rug on the cutting room floor
Not content with projecting moving images onto every single flat surface in Glasgow, this year the festival promises to infiltrate the underbelly of the town, with events taking place in the Sub Club and The Arches. Read more »| 11 Feb 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: Martha Wainwright @ Old Fruitmarket, 27 Jan
As Teddy Thompson (**) kicks off tonight's festivities, most of the largely middle-aged crowd inside the Old Fruitmarket seem attentive and fairly satisfied ... Read more »| 05 Feb 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: Jamaican Burns Night @ The Old Fruitmarket, 25 Jan
Inspired by Robert Burns’ almost-move to Jamaica, tonight’s Caribbean-infused Burns celebrations remain staunchly traditional in some respects, w... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: Edwyn Collins @ ABC, 23 Jan
There's only one man everyone's here to see tonight. The packed-out ABC greets Edwyn Collins with nothing short of adoration; to paraphrase Darius Danesh, yo... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: The Burns Unit @ ABC, 16 Jan
Few bands making their official debut could hope for a rapt full-house in the cavernous ABC, but The Burns Unit aren’t some wet-behind-the-ears whipper... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: Shoeshine Showcase @ ABC, 17 Jan
Tonight's event showcases Francis MacDonald's (BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub) pick of the artists involved with his Shoeshine record label-cum-management/prod... Read more »| 21 Jan 2009
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Hinterland Music Festival @ Various Glasgow Venues, 30 Apr-1 May
Everyone knows Glasgow is a musical hubbub, an inked-in city for any band that wants a career. But there’s always that pesky business of buying individ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2009 -
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Celtic Connections 2009
Drever, McCusker and Woomble and The Burns Unit (King Creosote, Karine Polwart, Emma Pollock, Future Pilot AKA) at ABC, Fri 16 Jan Attic Lights / BMX Bandit... Read more »| 19 Jan 2009 -
T In The Park
T in the Park Revs Itself For 2009
Winters in Scotland are tough. We all sometimes need something to help us through these miserable, wet months. So imagine this: waking up in rolling, unspoil... Read more »| 17 Nov 2008 -
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Oxjam Festival @ Ashton Lane, Glasgow, 26 Oct
Since its humble beginnings as a 19th century backstreet of stables, Ashton Lane has grown to be one of the coolest streets in Glasgow. This Sunday, there&rs... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
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Cupar Arts Festival @ Various Venues, 10-26 Oct
Fife's miniature answer to SXSW? Find out at the inaugural Cupar Arts Festival this October. Read more »| 19 Sep 2008 -
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Hydro Connect 2008 @ Inveraray Castle, 29-31 Aug
The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything going fo... Read more »| 08 Sep 2008 -
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Connect 2008
Hydro Connect Festival 29-31 August, Inveraray Castle Read more »| 04 Sep 2008 -
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Connect 2008 Episode XII: The Epilogue
Hydro Connect is officially over for another year. The revellers have gone home to warm showers and washing machines, leaving the event staff to clear the di... Read more »| 01 Sep 2008 -
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Connect 2008 Episode XI: Karl Bartos
Despite seeing the very good Camera Obscura and We Were Promised Jetpacks since my last post, I simply have to finish tonight with a shout-out for Kraftwerk ... Read more »| 31 Aug 2008