Live Music
The Skinny's guide to live music in Scotland. Our highlights of the best live gigs, and reviews of shows at venues large and small across Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond, plus previews of the summer's best music festivals.
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Soweto Gospel Choir (SkinnyFest)
Surely this is what the Festival's all about? Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Rain Pryor (SkinnyFest2)
Rain Pryor - Jazz singer. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Martha Wainwright @ George Square Theatre
Martha Wainwright's music mixes light humour and dark emotion without pretension or dilution Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Howard Jones - The Acoustic Nights (SkinnyFest2)
The hits, received with enthusiastic applause, are the best parts of the performance: that he has not written anything as concise as Like to Get to Know you Well suggests stagnation. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Grafitti Classics (SkinnyFest2)
Their musicianship is precise and impressive- the violinists astonish on the Romanian melody 'The Lark'- and the gags move things at a rapid pace. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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The Des Moines Riot & Graeme Mearns Band @ Henry's Cellar Bar
Sorry, pseudo-rockers, but Hell's lounge has its bandstand reserved. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Mazaika (SkinnyFest2)
Mazaika? A few glimpses of gold among a fair whack of unrefined ore. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Luminescent Orchestrii (SkinnyFest2)
never before have metallers, hippies and divas enjoyed the same gig so equally Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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The Bandish Experiment (skinnyfest 2)
the beats and sounds of the Bandish Projekt Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Beatablockers (skinnyfest 1)
the beats and sounds of the Bandish Projekt Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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James Carter Organ Trio @ Queen's Hall
It was all very nice…all very groovy, and save for the Smoking Ban, all very Jazz Club Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Antonio Forcione Quartet (SkinnyFest2)
Forcione is always imaginative, coaxing a huge sound from his guitar with blisteringly fast runs and unfamiliar chords, before slowing to a reflective, shimmering beauty. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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The Cat Empire @ George Square Theatre
This may be a sleepy lecture hall by day, but The Cat Empire make dancing girls go wild by night Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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Jimmy James - Divas Dead Or Alive (SkinnyFest)
Jimmy James may well have the voice of the Fringe àhe just needs to work out which one. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Cerys Matthews @ The Liquid Room
well crafted melodic folk-pop songs with a twist Read more »| 14 Aug 2006