Dear Scotland

Following Mathew’s glowing review of their new album ‘Crystals Fall’ on Saturday, Radio 1′s Vic Galloway has Sparrow and the Workshop’s shows in central Europe and Scandinavia as his Scottish international gigs of this week. The band’s video diary from France is below along with details on every Scottish show abroad this week.

Sparrow and the Workshop in Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavia

by Vic Galloway

Dear oh dear oh dear… I sincerely hope these guys come back in one piece from this! I’m sure they will, but it’ll certainly be an eye-opening jaunt for this Glasgow-based trio as they take to the road supporting the infamous rock’n'roll casualties ‘Brian Jonestown Massacre’, who were immortalised by the ‘rock-umentary’ ‘Dig’, (see below).
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Sparrow & the Workshop will certainly get their music exposed to a whole new army of fans, which can only be a good thing. If you don’t know about them, they consist of an American girl, a Scotsman and a Welshman and batter out a twisted, soulful type of indie-country twang that is aimed straight at the heart. They’re raw and wild and have an arsenal of excellent tunes contained on the debut full-length album ‘Crystals Fall’ which was my LP of the month for April on Radio 1.
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I’ve been playing them since they were unsigned and have had them in the studio playing live on various occasions. It’s really satisfying for me to see them breaking out of Scotland and taking their brilliant songs and live show to new places. Get along and see them - you will not be disappointed!

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Also on tour this week: Alex Smoke, Twin Atlantic, Average White Band, Meursault, Colin Hay, Errors, The Proclaimers, Hostage, Frightened Rabbit, and The Twilight Sad.

Vic

Check out Vic on BBC Radio every week:

Monday Night 8.05pm-10pm, BBC Radio Scotland
Vic has a Biffy Clyro special.
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Wednesday Night Midnight-2am, BBC Radio 1 in Scotland
Vic has The Fatalists in session.

Follow Vic on Twitter at www.twitter.com/vicgalloway and at www.myspace.com/vicgallowayr1

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Sparrow and the Workshop - European Tour Diary May 2010

Sparrow And The Workshop - “Crossing Hearts” - The Crypt Sessions

Dig! (trailer)

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Scotland on Tour this week

Artist	Date	City	Country
Colin Hay in North America 2010
Colin Hay	02 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Scarborough, ME	United States
Colin Hay	04 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Northampton, MA	United States
Colin Hay	05 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Northampton, MA	United States
Colin Hay	07 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Ridgefield, CT	United States
Colin Hay	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Albany, NY	United States
Alex Smoke Worldwide 2010
Alex Smoke	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Zurich	Switzerland
Alex Smoke	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Zurich	Switzerland
Errors in Europe 2010
Errors	02 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Offenbach	Germany
Errors	03 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Weinham	Germany
Errors	04 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Stuttgart	Germany
Errors	05 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Duisburg	Germany
Errors	06 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Berlin	Germany
	w/ LCD Soundsystem Related post.
Errors	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Munster	Germany
Sparrow and the Workshop in Europe 2010
Sparrow and the Workshop	02 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Dudingen	Switzerland
	w/ Brian Jonestown Massacre Related post.
Sparrow and the Workshop	04 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Munich	Germany
	w/ Brian Jonestown Massacre Related post.
Sparrow and the Workshop	06 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Berlin	Germany
	w/ Brian Jonestown Massacre Related post.
Sparrow and the Workshop	07 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Copenhagan	Denmark
	w/ Brian Jonestown Massacre Related post.
Sparrow and the Workshop	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Stockholm	Sweden
	w/ Brian Jonestown Massacre Related post.
The Proclaimers in Europe and USA 2010
Proclaimers	03 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Duisberg	Germany
Proclaimers	04 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Koln	Germany
Proclaimers	05 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Munich	Germany
Proclaimers	06 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Aschaffenburg	Germany
Proclaimers	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Berlin	Germany
Hostage in Europe 2010
Hostage	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Geneva	Switzerland
Frightened Rabbit US & Canada Tour 2010
Frightened Rabbit	03 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Montreal, QC	Canada
Frightened Rabbit	04 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Toronto, ON	Canada
Frightened Rabbit	05 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Cleveland, OH	United States
Frightened Rabbit	06 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Newport, KY	United States
Frightened Rabbit	07 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in St. Louis, MO	United States
Frightened Rabbit	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Chicago, IL	United States
Twilight Sad North American Tour 2010
Twilight Sad	07 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Los Angeles, CA	United States
	w/ Mono Related post.
Twilight Sad	08 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in San Francisco, CA	United States
	w/ Mono Related post.
Twin Atlantic North American Tour 2010
Twin Atlantic	02 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in East Rutherford, NJ	United States
	Bamboozle Festival
Average White Band in USA 2009-2010
Average White Band	07 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Elkhart Lake, WI	United States
Meursault in Europe 2010
Meursault	03 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Winterthur	Switzerland
Meursault	04 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Strasbourg	France
Meursault	05 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Stuttgart	Germany
Meursault	06 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Den Helder	Netherlands
Meursault	07 May 10	IGNORE THIS FOR NOW in Hamburg	Germany

Photo Credit: Titefleur59