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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Upcoming Radio Sessions
With no Scottish bands on tour outside the UK this week, Vic has instead given us some details on a few of the Scottish bands that will be visiting his BBC Radio Scotland show soon, including Aerials Up, Mogwai, Primal Scream and more.
Vic Galloway
January 10, 2011
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This Week in the Gloaming 2011 #2
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 Swinton, Longannet Power Station, Loch Goil and the Clyde.
Colin Campbell
January 9, 2011
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Thirty Pounds of Bone – ‘Method’ Reviewed
This is ‘alternative folk music’ clearly enough, if you want to call it something, but there are times when just for atmosphere that sounds like very much the wrong term to describe this album.
Matthew Young
January 8, 2011
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Vic Galloway’s 50 Scottish Artists to watch in 2011
I know, I know… I don’t things by halves! But the way I see it, if you’re going to turn people on to new music at the start of the year, you may as well give them a load of names and styles to investigate and explore. I can never limit my choices to only […]
Vic Galloway
January 7, 2011
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You Have Been Watching…Comfort and Joy
I’ve looked briefly at Bill Forsyth’s Comfort and Joy in the past, but it is a film worth considering in greater detail. Also, I wanted to concentrate on a great Scottish film set around Christmas and they are few and far between, but Comfort and Joy is just that. This is his most ‘serious’ film, dealing with […]
Alistair Braidwood
January 7, 2011
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Ten Teams Tall And True
One side effect of the December snow in Scotland, aside from Mrs Williamson and myself not getting to see our beloved Rangers on my Xmas trip home, was the postponement of the SPL brain trust’s gathering to discuss league reconstruction (again). That meeting was finally held earlier this week, though decisions are still a few […]
Billy Williamson
January 6, 2011
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay – The Artists’ Albums of the Year (Part 4)
When I sent emails out to all of last year’s Scots Way-Hay artists I honestly only expected to get a handful of replies back. How wrong I was. It turned out that most bands were pretty keen to let you all know what’s been tickling their fancy in 2010. So in the last of my […]
Lloyd Meredith
January 5, 2011
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This Week in SEAN – Final Edition
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News may well be the last for a while as Saba moves on to bigger and better things. We at Dear Scotland truly appreciate her hard work, consistency and passion and wish her well for the future. If any of our readers would like to contribute a weekly […]
Saba I.
January 4, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: 35 New Tours Announced for 2011 by Scottish Artists
As Vic has been taking a well earned break after hosting Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party with Biffy Clyro, Dear Scotland has been updating the Scotland on Tour database with almost 300 new international shows from Scottish artists as diverse as Primal Scream, Isobel Campbell, Mogwai, Eddi Reader and Nazareth. Check it out below:
Pete Reid
January 3, 2011
