Posts Tagged ‘music’
Flamenco comes to Scotland with the Art of Believing
An evening of vibrant and authentic Flamenco music and dance is coming to Glasgow next month. The Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company are bringing their production Art of Believing, which recently won the prestigious Herald Angel Award, is bursting with truly stunning Flamenco music, to the city, with the passion and fire of Spain’s Andalucía. Composer…
Read MoreWhat’s the beef with eating Scotland’s red meat?
With bad news stories about red meat hitting the headlines, Scottish farmers are fighting back and leading the way in showing how animals should be handled. A juicy steak is the ultimate feast for any carnivore, but with red meat making headlines as a possible cause of cancer, and growing concern about its contribution to…
Read MoreSome good ideas to mark Burns Night 2020
A celebration of music, poetry, food, drink and friendship, few birthdays are as unifying as that of Robert Burns on 25 January. Haggis takes centre stage at any Burns supper so here are a few ways to celebrate this ‘Great chieftain o the puddin’-race’. Haggis at home from Balgove Larder, St Andrews If you’re hosting…
Read MoreScotch whisky recording celebrates emerging talent
Some of the finest young and emerging talent in Scotland’s traditional music scene have been brought together. They are part of a unique CD recording as part of a collaboration between the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Scotch whisky organisation, The Keepers of the Quaich. For the past seven years, The Keepers of the…
Read MoreThe Macallan launches Concept Number 2
The Macallan Concept Number 2 has been launched in Dubai. Edrington Global Travel Retail and Dubai Duty Free have partnered to deliver a month-long global exclusive launch for The Macallan Concept Number 2. The Macallan Concept Number 2 is the second release in the Concept Series – a travel retail exclusive collection which fuses the…
Read MoreKT Tunstall joins the line-up for Burns&Beyond
KT Tunstall, Blue Rose Code and Pictish Trail have been added to this year’s Burns&Beyond event. Unique Events, organisers of Burns&Beyond with Johnnie Walker, today announced the full line-up for the flagship Burns&Beyond Culture Trail on Saturday 25 January and revealed two new venues. A single ticket takes audiences on a journey through nine extraordinary…
Read MoreFrom ballet dancing to One Man and his Dog
From ballet dancing to being a rock star, champion sheepdog trialist Mosse Magnusson has had a dizzyingly eclectic career. Not many shepherds can say they once sang in a 1970s pop musical or danced as the leading man in a ballet company. But then not many shepherds are like Carl-Magnus Magnusson. Not only is Mosse…
Read MoreExtra tickets available for KT Tunstall’s Scottish gigs
Scots music star KT Tunstall is set to return to her roots this January with a string of one-off charity gigs around Scotland in celebration of the countdown to Lidl’s 100th store. The week-long Lidl Live tour will see the Suddenly-I-See-singer perform to thousands of fans in towns and cities around Scotland, taking in Aberdeen,…
Read MoreOpening and closing gala films at Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) 2020 has announced its opening and closing gala films. The 16th annual festival will open on 26 February with the UK premiere of Proxima – the latest drama from award-winning Alice Winocour, director of Augustine and Disorder. Eva Green (Casino Royale, Dark Shadows) gives one of her most powerful performances in…
Read MoreA solid sandstone home from the Edwardian era
A category B listed six bedroom colonial style detached Edwardian home is now available on the property market. Set amid beautifully maintained garden grounds and mature woodland, Green Den is presented to the market by Savills, and is a striking colonial style six bedroom detached residence built of solid sandstone in 1900 by the renowned…
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