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Colin MacIntyre Gig in Florida
Colin MacIntyre, aka Mull Historical Society, will be playing a one off gig in St. Augustine, Florida in January ahead of a show at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Details of the Florida gig below along with Colin’s thoughts on who deserves the title of Scotland’s Greatest Ever Vocalist:
Shiner
December 17, 2009
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Who is Scotland’s Greatest Ever Male Vocalist? – The Popstars, Troubadours and Rogues
More on the great Scottish vocalists. Here Alec presents ‘The Popstars’, ‘The Troubadours’ and ‘The Rogues’. From today’s lists and last week’s female vocalist article, we need your help to somehow produce a top ten for next week’s public vote. Take a deep breath…
Alec Downie
December 16, 2009
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Who is Scotland’s Greatest Ever Male Vocalist? – The Frontmen and Singers
Alec’s final article in the “Greatest Ever” series is an epic. So much so that we’ve had to break it into two pieces for fear that our readers’ heads may explode. Following last week’s list of females, Alec provides 50 of the greatest ever Scottish male vocalists for you to consider. In part 1 he […]
Alec Downie
December 16, 2009
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Camera Obscura in Australia, NZ and Japan in 2010
Camera Obscura have announced their first ever shows in Japan for early 2010. The band will play 2 nights at Fever in Tokyo after a short tour of Australia and New Zealand. Ticket details for all shows and a review of their recent Brooklyn gig below:
Shiner
December 15, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Finley Quaye
Edinburgh maverick Finley Quaye was in Brixton last night and he will now head out to Dubai for the Jump Fest on Friday night. Vic highlights that show along with Finley’s gig in Bahrain on Saturday as his pick of all of the Scots touring internationally this week:
Vic Galloway
December 14, 2009
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Sparrow and the Workshop – ‘Into the Wild’ Reviewed
Once again with bands who are my personal friends I find myself getting the criticisms out of the way early. In this case it is that I have seen pretty much all of these songs performed live, and one or two don’t quite retain that zip in their recorded form. Maybe I just have to […]
Matthew Young
December 12, 2009
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The Dubai Brothers – The Proclaimers in UAE
The Proclaimers are currently in New Zealand with three more shows scheduled this weekend. On their way home the boys have announced a stop off in Dubai for their 94th and final gig of 2009 on Friday 18 December. Details and NPR set below.
Shiner
December 10, 2009
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And Scotland’s Greatest Ever Bassist is…
…Derek Forbes, according to the readers of Dear Scotland. Many thanks to the thousands of new visitors to the site in the past week who voted. Derek joins Stuart Adamson and Paul Thomson in Dear Scotland’s Greatest Ever Supergroup. Some great DF moments below:
Pete Reid
December 9, 2009
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Who is Scotland’s Greatest Ever Female Vocalist?
So we come to the last of our ‘greatest’ questions: Who is Scotland’s Greatest Ever Vocalist? Now if you’ve ever been to a football match or witnessed the pubs empty on a Friday night in Scotland, you’ll know that the Scots love to sing. And we’ve produced some of the best in the business.
Alec Downie
December 9, 2009
