Notes on Scottish bands touring internationally and features on Scottish music, sport, film and the life written by and for Scots around the world. More →
Who is Scotland’s Greatest Ever Bassist?
Paul McCartney once said, “None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back”. This reminded me of being a kid in the playground and how everyone wants to be Ally McCoist or Henrik Larsson and nobody wants to play in goal.
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Bis To Reform for 2010 Primavera Festival
Manda Rin has announced that she will be reuniting with Sci-fi Steven and John Disco for a one-off Bis show at the 2010 Primavera Festival in Barcelona. No word yet on whether Roland R5, the Bis drum machine who failed to make the Greatest Ever Drummer shortlist, will be making an appearance too. Details below:
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Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
This week in SEAN, Big Sean himself reunites with Shirley Bassey, James McAvoy and Alan Cumming are set to appear in New York, David Tennant teases with his Dr. Who finale and Craig Ferguson takes the lead in Late Night. As always, Saba has all the latest below:
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Young Fathers
Edinburgh trio Young Fathers are back in Germany this weekend at the On3 Radio Festival in Munich. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway tells us about hip-hop in Scotland and why Young Fathers are his pick of all the Scottish bands playing around the world this week. Full details of all the shows with ticket information below:
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This Week in the Gloaming
Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of Byres Road, Pabbay, Paisley Abbey and Loch Lomond.
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The Douglas Firs – Reviewed
This Saturday and next, I’m going to introduce you to a couple of under the radar projects which are both related to Song, by Toad Records bands. In both cases I don’t really know what the future of the respective projects might be, because I don’t know how far either is going [...]
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Interview with James Hamilton of Errors
A popular choice among fellow musicians for the Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer shortlist was James Hamilton from Errors, who received high profile endorsements from the likes of Stuart Braithwaite and John Disco of Bis. This week we spoke with James about being nominated, touring with Mogwai and the other Scottish drummers who have influenced him:
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God Help The Girl in the Netherlands
Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch has been working on his “God Help The Girl’ project intermittently for the last five years. God Help The Girl will play their first (and last) shows this month starting with a performance with Tegan and Sara at the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague. More details below.
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Martial Arts and Magic Tricks
Backed into a corner by the likes of Jim Traynor and Charlie Nicholas, George Peat and Gordon Smith demonstrated their mastery of the ancient samurai martial art of jujitsu – the core principle of which is the use of an attacker’s energy against him, rather than directly opposing it.
I bow deeply in the face of their [...]
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