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Based in the Lake District but raised in Edinburgh, Celestial North released her debut album Otherworld last week. Across 11 tracks it takes you on... Read more »

It’s taken Will Varley a long time to get where he is. While in recent years his stock has risen thanks to support slots with the likes of Frank Turner... Read more »

Callum Easter is sitting at a table in Robbie's Bar, a traditional pub halfway down Leith Walk, reflecting on the eventful journey that's led him from sidema... Read more »

Singer-songwriter Annie Booth has been grafting hard on the local circuit as a solo artist for close to ten years now. Having released her debut album An Unf... Read more »

Based out of the old Jewellery Factory in Port Dundas, Glasgow, The Carnival Arts Social Club is an arts and community space home to many artists’ and ... Read more »

In August, during the mayhem of the Fringe, Edinburgh natives are spoiled by choice. It feels that, no matter what your cultural leaning, there’s somet... Read more »

“You know what I love about this show?” Brooke Combe says between songs as the band reset. “All the other dates on the tour, the crowd have... Read more »

International Women's Day may be an absolute farce on a multitude of levels, but nevertheless it brings about celebrations of women all over the world for at... Read more »

We’re talking to Edinburgh International Festival director Fergus Linehan the day before he unveils to the world the programme for this year’s ed... Read more »

Whether Christmas gets you as excited as Will Ferrell in Elf or causes you to utter the phrase “I’m not really into Christmas” more times t... Read more »

Read/sing/dance/eat haggis/drink whisky (the last two being the most important) in honour of The Bard himself, Robert Burns, this weekend – why would y... Read more »

Soulwax (live) @ SWG3, Glasgow, 15 Jul David and Stephen Dewaele’s resume is one of high acclaim full of dance magic: together they have toured the gl... Read more »

While we're still enduring the calm before the storm in Edinburgh, here's a little something to whet your whistle for the rapidly-looming Edinburgh Festivals... Read more »

It's Valentine's Day this coming week, and while we are varying levels of enthusiastic about it over at The Skinny (read: not all that much), we are very hyp... Read more »

“It was really cold, windy and wet. I remember being up on a platform just trying to get through the tune,” begins Brìghde Chaimbeul. The ... Read more »

Creators of one of Glasgow’s most-loved festivals have announced an ‘alternative’ Southside Fringe for 2021, after the tragic cancellation ... Read more »

Lovers of performance art wouldn’t want to be anywhere else during the Fringe than taking in the fresh and forward-thinking programme at Summerhall. Th... Read more »

Cross-arts festival Outskirts takes over Platform in Glasgow on Saturday, with a typically diverse and intriguing mix of music, literature, art, theatre and ... Read more »

'We wanna be free to do what we wanna do / And we wanna get loaded and we wanna have a good time!' So demands Peter Fonda in the intro to Loaded, in a speec... Read more »

As they celebrate their 10 year anniversary in 2019, the team behind the always forward-thinking La Cheetah Club launch their latest venture, Room 2 – ... Read more »

If you, like us, have been gripped by Netflix’s The Good Place and its depictions of the afterlife, then Vanishing Point and A New International’... Read more »

This week we travel down technically to England (gasp!) for the 20th edition of the Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, taking place in the seaside town of... Read more »

It's been a rough month for independent cinema in Scotland, which is why we're extra specially pleased to see the return of Matchbox Cine, film exhibitors wh... Read more »

James Yorkston has been running his Tae Sup wi’ a Fifer nights in the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy since 2015, bringing together musicians and spoke... Read more »

After thinking she'd be off on her jollies in Lisbon (she's actually covering LISB-ON festival, which you can read a preview of here), it turns out Nadia was... Read more »

On 31 January, a brand new festival all-dayer is coming to three of Edinburgh’s grassroots live music venues, Sneaky Pete’s, Legends and Bongo Cl... Read more »

Pop Mutations have become one of the best indie promotions companies in Scotland, consistently putting on local emerging talent that go on to become big big ... Read more »

Back in August, in the heat of Edinburgh’s festival season – not so much summer though, because, you know, Scottish summer – I had the plea... Read more »

Degree show season is upon us, and art students across the land have been working themselves to the bone, predictably with countless sleepless nights to get ... Read more »

The autumnal cousin of Platform’s Outskirts festival, Eastern Promise is a beacon of exciting and experimental art of all stripes when it comes flashin... Read more »