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Interview with Alan Gorrie of the Average White Band
Legendary soul and funk group the Average White Band will be back in NYC this weekend. Founding member and Greatest Ever Bassist nominee Alan Gorrie spoke to Dear Scotland this week about hanging out with Marvin Gaye, what goes through his mind each night when he plays ‘Pick Up the Pieces’, and much much more:
Pete Reid
December 4, 2009
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Interview with Attic Lights
Glasgow’s Attic Lights are enjoying some late night sunshine in Spain this week on a short tour that includes gigs in Mallorca tonight, Valencia tomorrow and Andorra on Saturday. Ticket details are below. Before they left, guitarist Tim Davidson spoke to Dear Scotland about the band’s plans for 2010 and more.
Pete Reid
December 3, 2009
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Ten Scottish(*) Football Books Worth Reading, Part 2
(*) I continue to define ‘Scottish Football Books’ here under the ‘granny rule’ – even if they’re not Scottish but they mention Scotland, they qualify.
Billy Williamson
December 3, 2009
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Vote for Scotland’s Greatest Ever Bassist
Inevitably Alec’s ‘Who is…?’ article and the suggestions received through Facebook, Twitter and the comments section have caused further heated debate amongst the Dear Scotland contributors. It’s just as well most of us live in different countries. In the end, our final five are: Dominic Aitchison, Jack Bruce, Derek Forbes, Alan Gorrie, and Dougie Payne.
Pete Reid
December 2, 2009
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Franz Ferdinand in Australia and South America 2010
Franz Ferdinand are in Portugal tomorrow and they will continue their world domination with gigs throughout Australia and South America next year. As reported last week, there is also the Yummy Fur reunion tour in January. Video of Franz Ferdinand at the MTV Video Music Brasil Awards and full ticket information below.
Shiner
December 1, 2009
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This Week in SEAN
This week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News, Alan Cumming gets an OBE, Tony Curran is cast as van Gogh, David Tennant stars in St Trinians 2 and Peter Capaldi joins his old ‘Bastards from Hell’ band mate Craig Ferguson on US telly.
Saba I.
December 1, 2009
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Interview with Come On Gang!
Edinburgh’s Come On Gang! will be in Washington DC this week for a St Andrews Day show hosted by the Scottish Affairs Office. The band were one of the stand-out Scottish acts at SXSW 2009 and an excited Sarah, Mikey and Rob spoke to Dear Scotland this weekend before they headed back across the pond.
Pete Reid
November 30, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Alex Smoke
Vic is on his way to the Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes with The Phantom Band and Alex Smoke is on his way to Australia for a series of shows starting with appearances in Canberra and Sydney at the weekend. Full details of all this week’s international shows by Scottish artists below, with ticket information:
Vic Galloway
November 30, 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. This week featuring images of the Squinty Bridge, the Cromarty Firth, Stirling and Loch Sunart.
Colin Campbell
November 29, 2009
