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22 April 2015
Scary Biscuits April Newsletter
Dean Owens CD, Flamenco Nights and Ed Fringe teasers – http://eepurl.com/bky_Qb
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Tags: Americana, Dean Owens, Ed Fringe, flamenco, Into the Sea, Leith, Nashville
Airplay and Sessions
31 March 2015
Singer songwriter Dean Owens, whose new album Into the Sea (recorded in Nashville) is released on 11 May was recently featured in session for the Daily Record
Dean was also in session (with keyboard player Sean Pugh) and in extended interview with Tom Morton on BBC Radio Scotland’s Morton Through Midnight (available to relisten till 20 Apr)
New Latin Afrobeat combo Poción de Fe, who are currently on tour (Edinburgh, London, Oxford, Leeds, Aviemore, Inverness, Glasgow) can be heard on BBC Radio Scotland’s The Jazz House (available to relisten till 21 Apr)
Tags: Americana, BBC, Dean Owens, Into the Sea, Leith, Nashville, Radio Scotland, Tom Morton
New Dean Owens Making-of Video online
3 March 2015
New video released online by Scottish singer/songwriter Dean Owens, about the making of his beautifully melancholic Into the Sea album (recorded in Nashville, released on Drumfire Records 11 May 2015).
Featuring interviews with producer Neilson Hubbard, guitarist Will Kimbrough and excerpts from songs Evergreen and Pretending (ft singer Suzy Bogguss)
Watch and listen here (Youtube link)
Tags: Americana, Dean Owens, Drumfire Records, Evergreen, Into the Sea, Leith, Nashville, Neilson Hubbard, Suzy Bogguss, Will Kimbrough
African club relaunching
20 February 2015
After an 18 month hiatus, Ndaje: African Connections Club is being relaunched in its new home at Edinburgh’s The Mash House, on Fri 20 Feb, with 2 further dates scheduled on Fri 20 Mar and Fri 17 Apr. Doors are at 11pm with a late bar, and music, till 3am.
Ndaje is a joyous fusion of live music, drums and DJs with a wide range of music including African, Latin, reggae and ska. The club is hosted by Senegalese musician Samba Sene and specialist world music DJ James Combe.
The line-up of live music for the opening night is Samba Sene and Diwan, singer songwriter Benny Tetteh-Larty and Makossa percussionist Sam Achampon.
Dean Owens BBC playlisting
20 February 2015
Singer songwriter Dean Owens’ new single Valentine’s Day in New York was included on the BBC Radio Scotland playlist for the first 2 weeks of February. He was in good company with chart topper Hozier, George Ezra and Canada’s the Barr Brothers. Valentine’s Day in New York was released digitally on 14 Feb 2015
Link to the video of Valentine’s Day in New York (Youtube)
Dean’s new album Into the Sea, recorded in Nashville with producer Neilson Hubbard, is released on Drumfire Records on 27 Apr 2015
Composer of the Year Award for Jim Sutherland
15 December 2014
Congratulations are in order for Jim Sutherland who won the Composer of the Year Award at the 2014 MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards (Na Trads) in Inverness on Saturday. The award was for his work as Composer and Artistic Director for the epic production Children of the Smoke, part of the 2 year Struileag project, which included a live performance, CD, film, interactive diaspora website and book of poetry. It involved approximately 70 musicians, singers, dancers, artists and writers.
Children of the Smoke is a multimedia spectacular performance, with dance, music and film, about migration, displacement and home. It was one of the key events of the Commonwealth Games and the Homecoming events in 2014. The music deconstructs nostalgic perspectives on the notion of Gaelic identity through time, exploring relevant and gritty issues of exile and homelessness. The musical styles range through a wealth of influences including trad Scots, African percussion and rap.
With no geographical, social or stylistic boundaries, timeless tales of home, loss, hope, longing and adapting to new environments, connections between the old and new world are captured in the music of Children Of The Smoke in an extraordinary way.
“It is fantastic that Na Trads celebrate new music in this way. These awards are a huge shot in the arm to us all. I am delighted to receive the Composer of the Year Award after such a busy year. I’d like to thank everybody who worked with me and gave me so much support and inspiration on Struileag: Children of the Smoke (including Creative Scotland and Event Scotland)”
Jim Sutherland
The full ceremony, with an attendance of over 1000 people, can be seen here on BBC iplayer, with Jim’s award presentation at 22:10
Children of the Smoke photo by marc marnie
Tags: Children of the Smoke, Composer of the Year, Jim Sutherland, MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, Na Trads, Struileag
Trad Music Award Nominees
23 November 2014
Congratulations to all the Scots Trad Music Award shortlisted nominees, especially
Adam Holmes (Album of the Year (Heirs and Graces))
and Jim Sutherland (Composer of the Year and Event of the Year (for Children of the Smoke))
More details and info about the public vote here
New EdFringe Date for Adam Holmes
13 August 2014
There’s good news for those disappointed that they couldn’t get tickets for Adam Holmes’ sold out shows at the Gilded Balloon. He will be performing as a special guest at The Hat Pack music club (New Town Theatre, George St) on Tues 19 Aug, 10.15pm
Get tickets here and on the door.
5 Stars for Camille
9 August 2014
5 Star review for Camille O’Sullivan: 10 (show celebrating Camille’s 10 starry years at Edinburgh fringe)
“It’s impossible to choose highlights from a concert that was uniformly fabulous”
Edinburgh Evening News
Adam Holmes live at BBC Pacific Quay
9 August 2014
Video clip of a radio show – whatever next!
Footage from Adam Holmes and the Embers live spot on BBC Radio Scotland’s Iain Anderson Show special outside broadcast from Pacific Quay, Glasgow (30-7-14). Rest of the lineup included Rab Noakes, James Grant, Allan Taylor and the Siobhan Miller Band. Great night!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p024079v
Tags: Adam Holmes, BBC Radio Scotland, Glasgow, Iain Anderson Show, Pacific Quay
