- Minstrels, Poets and Vagabonds… I recently received a copy of Minstrels Poets and Vagabonds, the history of rock music in Glasgow from the sixties up to the present day. Written by promoter and DJ Robert Fields the book is a fascinating history of a musical genre that is at best ignored, at worst ridiculed.
- Interview with The Phantom Band Glaswegian sextet The Phantom Band will join Vic Galloway in Rennes next weekend for the Trans Musicales Festival. Dear Scotland spoke with the band’s keyboard player Andy Wake this week who revealed the band’s healthy obsession with outdoor swimming as well as their plans for SXSW 2010.
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Dolby Anol This week BBC Radio’s Vic Galloway tells us why Dolby Anol in Berne is his pick of all the Scottish artists playing outside the UK this week. Twin Atlantic, The Twilight Sad, Paolo Nutini and Biffy Clyro all have gigs in Central Europe too. Full details of all this week’s international shows below:
- Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Primal Scream Primal Scream will play the Planeta Terra Festival in Sao Paolo next weekend and Vic chooses that as his Scottish gig of the week. Full details on all the Scottish international gigs this week are below, along with Vic’s interesting thoughts on the Scotland’s Greatest Ever Guitarist issue. Vote this Wednesday.
- Vic Galloway on This Week’s Scottish International Gigs The Pictish Trail (Johnny Lynch) is currently on tour in Europe with former Arab Strap Malcolm Middleton. Tonight the Pictish Trail are in Koln Germany and Vic highlights that gig along with their other shows in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway as his pick of all the Scottish gigs abroad this week.
- Vic Galloway’s Pick of This Week’s Scottish Gigs Around the World This week Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway highlights Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Jetpacks in Germany and Belgium as his Scottish gigs of the week. After their European shows, the Jetpacks will head to North America for a mini Scottish invasion with the Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit.
- This Week’s International Scottish Gigs with Vic Galloway Vic highlights mysterious electro-pop artist Dollskabeat at the Disco 3000 Festival in Croatia as his pick of the Scottish acts playing abroad this week. More about Dollskabeat and the only listing of every Scottish international show this week below.
- This Week’s Scottish Gigs Around the World with Vic Galloway Vic had them in session last week on his Radio Scotland show ahead of their Hampden gig with U2 and today Vic highlights Glasvegas as the Scottish band to see this week. Glasvegas will be back in North America soon with the Kings of Leon before heading to LA to work on their 2nd record.
- Vic Galloway’s Pick of This Week’s International Scottish Gigs Vic opts for Hostage in Helsinki this week as his choice of the 19 Scottish bands and artists touring abroad this week. Edinburgh DJ Alan Hostage has been in demand all over Europe this summer and has just announced more shows in Singapore and Australia for later this year. Full details and ticket information below.
