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Interview with Tommy Reilly

Interview with Tommy Reilly

Posted 12 March 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music, Notes On Touring Bands | 1 Comment

Tommy Reilly is a young Glaswegian singer-songwriter with a big future. After SXSW he’ll play his first ever New York gig before heading out on tour with The Proclaimers in the UK. The other day Tommy spoke to Dear Scotland about why next week might be the best week of his life so far:

Interview with St Deluxe

Interview with St Deluxe

Posted 11 March 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music | No Comments

St Deluxe have been creating a lot of buzz back in Scotland recently, and that’s not just the feedback from their unapologetically loud guitars. Dear Scotland spoke to lead guitarist Martin Kirwan last week about SXSW and how he grew up with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Bobby Gillespie recording drums next door:

Interview with Trembling Bells

Interview with Trembling Bells

Posted 10 March 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music, Notes On Touring Bands | No Comments

Glasgow based collective Trembling Bells will be making their first appearance at SXSW next week and they’ll also be playing in NYC at Webster Hall on Tuesday night before heading down to Austin. Alex Neilson recently spoke to Dear Scotland about his Scottish influences and one memorable experience he had with Bonnie Prince Billy.

Interview with The Law

Interview with The Law

Posted 09 March 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music, Notes On Touring Bands | No Comments

Hailing from Dundee, The Law will start a US tour next week which includes dates in New York, California and Texas. The East and West Coast dates are below with the South by Southwest gigs listed here. The Law’s lead singer Stuart Purvey spoke to Dear Scotland about SXSW and playing abroad:

Interview with Aberdeen Midfielder Paul Marshall

Interview with Aberdeen Midfielder Paul Marshall

Posted 04 March 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Scottish Football with Billy Williamson, Sport | No Comments

Manchester City fans must be revelling in their sudden elevation to the footballing elite off the back of all those petrodollars, but for some at the club the arrival of those riches was not entirely welcome. They’re the youngsters coming through what has long been a highly regarded youth system at City.

Interview with Django Django

Interview with Django Django

Posted 26 February 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music | No Comments

Though initially accepted and confirmed for SXSW 2010, London based Scottish band Django Django sadly were not able to get visas issued in time. Dave and Tommy spoke with Dear Scotland earlier this month when it looked like they were heading to Texas. It’s a really funny interview and hopefully they’ll make it next time.

Interview with The Agitator

Interview with The Agitator

Posted 19 February 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music, Notes On Touring Bands | 2 Comments

Like most of the new music featured on Dear Scotland, The Agitator was brought to our attention by Vic Galloway after Vic attended the Trans Musicales Festival in December. The Agitator is quickly gaining a reputation for his compelling live shows and he recently spoke to Dear Scotland about his upcoming tour of France and more:

Interview with Alex Smoke

Interview with Alex Smoke

Posted 12 February 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music, Notes On Touring Bands | 1 Comment

It seems that every Monday when we publish Vic Galloway’s Scotland on Tour listings, Glasgow’s Alex Smoke inevitably will have a gig somewhere exotic. Recently we caught up with Alex in Tokyo and asked him about his globetrotting, his new album and what his first song would be tonight at the DV1 Club in Lyon.  

Interview with Three Blind Wolves

Interview with Three Blind Wolves

Posted 05 February 2010 | By The Dear | Categories: Interviews, Music, Notes On Touring Bands | 1 Comment

Glasgow’s Three Blind Wolves have been building a strong following back home and toured late last year with Frightened Rabbit. The band will be in Dublin later this month and we spoke to Ross Clark about playing in Ireland and why he might turn into Rab C. Nesbitt.