Music
Band’s new song will feature at event launch
A Scottish alternative rock band is playing its part in spreading the awareness of mental health. Hinks are taking part in the official launch of Fabric on Friday, 1 June, at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. Fabric is a short piece of film with the aim to spread awareness about mental health, accompanied by…
Read MoreThree shows take opera to a new audience
Scottish Opera’s Pop-up Opera is back on the road this month with three brilliant shows for audiences of all ages. They are A Little Bit of HMS Pinafore, A Little Bit of Eugene Onegin and Be A Sport, Spike!, which has been commissioned by Festival 2018, the cultural programme of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships.…
Read MoreTalented pair unite for a beautiful mini album
After spending the past decade playing in various collaborations and each other’s bands, Heidi Talbot and John McCusker have finally found time to record a mini album as a duo in their own right. They open with Sprig of Thyme, a charming adaptation of a traditional song set to their own music and married with…
Read MoreEnjoy some classical music for free this weekend
A free concert is being held in the Scottish Borders this weekend. Music at Paxton… Plus is a free event being held at Paxton House on Sunday, 6 May, at 2.30pm. Once again, in conjunction with Live Music Now Scotland and Paxton House, the extremely successful free one-hour taster concerts Music at Paxton… Plus return…
Read MoreWorld ceilidh music festival reveals 2018 line-up
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh music festival 2018 will have a Rivers of Music theme. The festival will entertain a wide range of music lovers from May 24 to 27, beside a glittering river in the hills of near New Galloway, in south west Scotland. Festival goers are encouraged to dress up as river related characters, matching…
Read MoreRSNO pays tribute to a true musical great
The life of one of the greatest musical figures of the 20th century is celebrated by the RSNO. One hundred years since the birth of American composer, conductor and educator Leonard Bernstein, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra presents a package of performances in Edinburgh and Glasgow to mark the occasion. Bernstein 100 is the world-wide…
Read MoreMusic, comedy and poetry at Crail Festival
This year’s Crail Festival is gearing up to be one of its most successful yet. Now in its 34th year, the festival takes place in a variety of venues in Crail, a picturesque village in the heart of the East Neuk of Fife, from 18-28 July. The Art Exhibition, Street Market, Putting Green and the…
Read MoreExtra tickets released for Runrig’s farewell
A limited number of additional tickets are to be released for Runrig’s farewell concert: The Last Dance in Stirling’s City Park. The announcement follows an agreement between the show’s promoter, LCC Live, Stirling Council and its Safety Advisory Group to increase capacity for the Friday night (17 August) of The Last Dance, Runrig’s penultimate concert.…
Read MoreAbandoned village inspires a gem of an album
Renowned piper, James Duncan Mackenzie has released his second solo album in which he remembers the people and land surrounding an abandoned township on the Isle of Lewis, Sròmos. Nestling on the south eastern shores of Loch Sròmois, a stones throw from Loch Shiphoirt, life would have been hard and isolated for the townsfolk and…
Read MoreFolk tunes kept music legend Phil happy even as a tot
Legendary Scottish folk musician Phil Cunningham tells Scottish Field about his introduction to music and his Edinburgh childhood. I was born in Simpson Memorial in 1960, which I think was part of the Old Royal Infirmary on Lauriston Place. My mum and dad lived in a council housing estate in Magdalene down near Portobello. It…
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