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The Incredible String Band – Part 1
In December 1968 Ed Ochs of Billboard wrote “The Incredible String Band have the lock and key to a very special musical experience” and of late Bob Young of Uncut scribed, “Modern ears frequently can’t get past the more frivolous side of The Incredible String Band: the Gilbert & Sullivan silliness of “Minotaur Song”, or […]
Alec Downie
July 15, 2009
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King Creosote – ‘Flick the Vs’ Reviewed
Well it’s taken me a while to come to this conclusion, but this really is a bloody gorgeous album. It seems that the King’s brief excursion back to Fence Records last year has informed a lot of this. Last year he released the excellent They Flock Like Vulcans… which was shot through with fuzzy, lost […]
Matthew Young
July 14, 2009
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Sweet Dreams : Willie Johnston Drinks Pils, Shows Skills
Following the dark days of the 1978 World Cup, Willie Johnston found himself playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps of the NASL. In the clip below Willie shows that he still had a taste for both football and controversy, as he accepts a beer from a fan before taking a corner. Despite being one of Scotland’s […]
Pete Reid
July 14, 2009
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Sons and Daughters Will Shine at Polish Festival
Sons and Daughters will play their only international show this summer at the Co Jest Grane Festival in Warsaw, Poland, later this month. Not unlike Dear Scotland, the band’s latest album “This Gift” unashamedly offers glimpses of a romanticized Scotland; a result of the band spending so much time out of the country, on the road.
Shiner
July 13, 2009
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Vic Galloway Previews This Weeks Scottish Gigs Around the World
Fresh from presenting BBC Scotland’s live coverage of T in the Park, Vic highlights Rustie in Amsterdam and Mungo’s Hi Fi in Mexico as the pick of this week’s Scottish gigs around the world for the week of July 13 – July 19, 2009
Vic Galloway
July 13, 2009
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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.
Colin Campbell
July 12, 2009
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Jesus! It’s Nazareth
Some people may be surprised to know that vintage Scottish rockers Nazareth are still going strong but, as previously noted on Dear Scotland, the band are currently on a tour of Canada. Later this summer the Fifers will visit Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Tour dates below.
Shiner
July 10, 2009
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High Dunoon
You know the scenario. You’re sinking a few in some salubrious drinking hole on the other side of the world, just winding down after a hard week and trying not to think about whether you’ll still have a job on Monday, all that nuclear acceleration in North Korea, or how most of the world inexplicably […]
The Wee Man
July 10, 2009
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Under New Management
It should come as no shock to you that Billy is a fully paid-up member of the filthy capitalist establishment, and therefore I have many times been in the position of wanting people to leave my company against their will. Human Resources will tell you there are two ways to go about this. The first […]
Billy Williamson
July 9, 2009
