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The Blue Nile: Have Soul, Will Travel
Rome wasn’t built in a day. And neither was the highly reputed reputation of The Blue Nile created over one musical night. As the band hits almost thirty and begins its fourth decade in the music industry, they are in no rush to add to their discography which consists of five lines, including the band’s […]
Leonard TAM
October 24, 2009
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Interview with Fangs
Glasgow’s Fangs are currently on tour in the UK and next weekend the band will be heading back to Hamburg for two shows in a day. Band members Lloyd Alex, Jojo Doll, Marko Nein and The Queen recently took time to answer the Dear Scotland questions. Interview and show details below:
Pete Reid
October 23, 2009
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Primal Scream and Brazil Come Together
The Vaselines were on Vic’s Radio Scotland show recently and Eugene Kelly said Sao Paolo was “like the Gorbals with a suntan”. Glaswegians Primal Scream should feel right at home then at the Planeta Terra Festival next month in Brazil. Oh and if you like Primal Scream and football you must watch the video below.
Shiner
October 22, 2009
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Same, Same; Or Different?
“I’ve long maintained that the Old Firm need to break out of the Scottish league for the benefit of all involved – to keep the two big clubs competitive at a pan-European level (by having access to serious TV money, basically) and to re-introduce the notion of competition to the Scottish league – without the […]
Billy Williamson
October 22, 2009
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Brillso Thrillso
This week, distinguished Scottish animator Swat Paz tests out the somewhat far-fetched notion that some new trainers will enable you to jump over a house.
Swatrick Payze
October 21, 2009
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The Mafia Stole My Guitar
Alec Downie’s take on Scotland’s greatest ever guitarists: Sir Alex Ferguson works on a simple premise: get a strong defence, build from the back and allow the creative players to play. Applying that theory to music you’ll find that the foundation of all Rock ‘n’ Roll is bass and drums and everything else is art.
Alec Downie
October 21, 2009
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Twin Atlantic in New York this week, then LA and Europe
Glasgow’s Twin Atlantic will play their first ever shows in New York this week for the CMJ music festival. The band will play two free gigs on Wednesday and Friday ahead of their official showcase on Saturday night. Full details on the CMJ gigs and additional dates in LA and Europe below:
Shiner
October 20, 2009
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This Week in SEAN
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News includes updates on US talk show appearances for Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle, the latest on ‘Triage’ starring Scottish actor Jamie Sives (pictured) and footage of James McAvoy on the set of Robert Redford’s ‘The Conspirator”.
Saba I.
October 20, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : FOUND
Vic highlights FOUND in NYC as his pick of all the Scottish bands on tour this week. The inventors of Cybraphon, (see video below), FOUND will thrill audiences at The Rose in Williamsburg on Thursday night, and at the Central Park Bandshell on Saturday. More from Vic and details on all Scottish international shows below:
Vic Galloway
October 19, 2009
