Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicOyakhire – Feet On the Ground, track-by-track
Following the release of his latest album at the end of July, Edinburgh rapper Oyakhire talks us through Feet On the Ground track-by-track Read more »| 09 Sep 2022 -
MusicSpotlight On... Slim Wrist
We shine a spotlight on Edinburgh alt-electro-pop act Slim Wrist and bring you a first listen to their stunning debut album, Closer for Comforting Read more »| 08 Sep 2022 -
TheatreJames Beagon on Student Theatre
Getting involved in student theatre can be the first step to a career in performing arts. We meet Strange Town Theatre's James Beagon to find out how participation influenced his trajectory Read more »| 08 Sep 2022 -
BooksDean Atta on There Is (Still) Love Here
Dean Atta discusses his new poetry collection, There is (Still) Love Here, written in Glasgow during lockdown Read more »| 08 Sep 2022 -
MusicFreakender and Pop Mutations on their 2022 festivals
With both the Freakender and Pop Mutations festivals looming large on the Glasgow cultural horizon, we catch up with one of the organisers of both to find out more Read more »| 07 Sep 2022 -
MusicPITCH Scotland 2022: The Report
PITCH Scotland have achieved an impressive amount in a short space of time and it’s clear they’re only just getting started Read more »| 07 Sep 2022
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ArtLocal Heroes: Donna Wilson introduces the Knit Shop
Local Heroes talk to Donna Wilson as her long-anticipated micro-factory Knit Shop opens its doors in Dundee this month Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
MusicSampa the Great – As Above, So Below
Sampa the Great returns with As Above, So Below, and it is a force, with Sampa's ability to play hard and soft the driving core of the album Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
MusicHigh Vis – Blending
Reflecting the increasingly uncertain times currently faced in the UK, Blending is a record that is simultaneously angry and euphoric Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
MusicThe Spirit of Jazz: SNJO's 2022/23 season
We speak with Tommy Smith, Founder and Director of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, to find out more about their forthcoming 2022/23 season Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
BooksTi Amo by Hanne Ørstavik
Ti Amo's protagonist must find intimacy and longing in the mundane everyday, when she learns the love of her life has less than a year to live Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
MusicJockstrap on their debut album, I Love You Jennifer B
We chat to Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye from Jockstrap to find out more about their electrifying debut album, I Love You Jennifer B Read more »| 06 Sep 2022 -
ArtWalker and Bromwich's Serpent of Capitalism
Walker and Bromwich's exhibition in Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Serpent of Capitalism, invites audiences to consider capitalism and its alternatives Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
ArtAshanti Harris, Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Beth James responds to Ashanti Harris' exhibition Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, in this piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: The Score
The Score is a musical but only by definition. From Johnny Flynn's suitably humble soundtrack to the humdrum roadside cafe setting, it swaps Hollywood glamour for a subdued sweetness Read more »| 05 Sep 2022