Music
Opera Highlights bringing vaudeville to the nation
Tickets are on sale now for a new vaudeville-inspired Opera Highlights show that travels around Scotland to 18 local venues, including in the Outer Hebrides. Starting on February 8 at Websters Theatre in Glasgow’s West End the tour visits Birnam, Midmar, Fochabers, Tain, Wick, Harris, North Uist, Isle of Barra, Craignish, Lochranza, Cove, Newton Stewart,…
Read MoreNiteworks unveil new folk-electronica album
A’ Ghrian is the dramatic new album from folk-electronica powerhouse Niteworks. The record, released today, Friday, January 14, features an electrifying mix of Gaelic, Scots and English folk songs infused with cinematic electronica. The four-piece band are at the forefront of the new wave of trad music and released two previous albums to critical acclaim,…
Read MoreNew performance venue on the way with the Dunard Centre
The Dunard Centre is set to be Edinburgh’s first purpose-built music and performance venue in over 100 years. The City of Edinburgh Council have approved the plans, to create one of the boldest ventures in the city’s contemporary story, with the visionary support of Dunard Fund, the hall is ingeniously inserted just behind Dundas House…
Read MoreNew music and arts festival Otherlands is revealed
A new boutique three-day camping festival is to take place in Scotland this summer. The founders of FLY, one of Scotland’s largest music events, have created a new event, Otherlands Music and Arts. This celebration of culture will take place at Scone Palace, August 19-21- the home of Scotland’s kings and queens. The three-day retreat…
Read MoreTwo Russian operas are coming in a double bill
Scottish Opera is set to perform a double bill of short, striking Russian operas: the Scottish premiere of Sergei Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight and the Company premiere of Mavra, by Igor Stravinsky. Adapted from stories by Russian poet, playwright, and novelist Alexander Pushkin, The Miserly Knight is a brooding story of a father and son…
Read MoreA festival of world-class visual sonic arts in Scotland
The opening events for Sonica 2022 have been announced. Produced by Cryptic, Sonica is an award-winning biennial festival in Glasgow, dedicated to world class visual sonic arts, presenting exceptional international artists alongside emerging UK talent in diverse venues city-wide. Opening the 2022 festival at Tramway on March 10 and 11 will be ground-breaking artists Roly…
Read MoreScots musician Kenny set to release new trad album
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Kenneth I MacKenzie has announced the release of a new Scottish traditional music album inspired by the history and landscape of the Highlands. Out on Friday,February 11, Glendrian takes its listeners on a journey through north-west Scotland, from Sanna to Uist. The album’s title track takes its name from a depopulated settlement…
Read MoreSchool prepares to premiere new composition
Composer Tom David Wilson is leading pupils of St Mary’s Music School through their final practice sessions ahead of the premier performance of his new composition. Imagined Conversation on Blackford Hill which will feature in the school’s first live concert since the start of the pandemic, on Monday December 13. St Mary’s Music School has…
Read MoreRSNO opens its new recording facility Scotland’s Studio
The world-renowned Royal Scottish National Orchestra has a brand new, state-of-the-art, purpose-built recording facility – Scotland’s Studio. Located in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland’s UNESCO City of Music, the studio builds on existing infrastructure like the RSNO Centre which opened in 2015, and features not only cutting-edge mixing technology, but the RSNO’s New Auditorium: an…
Read MoreA playlist that changes as you drink your dram
The world’s first taste altering musical playlist has been created to mark the launch of a new whisky from Black Bottle. Produced in a collaboration between leading experimental psychologist Oxford Professor, Charles Spence and Black Bottle’s master distiller, Brendan McCarron, the tracks are specifically created to alter and heighten sensory perceptions when drinking whisky. Using…
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