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Mini Celtic Connection Heads For Ayr
3 Feb 2012 - Jennifer Buchanan - Ayrshire Post [ news ]
TWO stages, eight acts – one night.
The Scotch Snap: RM Hubbert is the star of his own party
3 Feb 2012 - Thom Watt - STV [ news ]
An album packed with guest collaborators can be a dangerous career path to walk down.
Details of Royal Scottish National Orchestra visit next month revealed
3 Feb 2012 - Shetland Times [ news ]
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) is to visit Shetland at the beginning of March.
Glasgow 'most mentioned UK city' in song titles
3 Feb 2012 - BBC News [ news ]
Glasgow is the UK's most-mentioned city in song titles, with Edinburgh coming in second, it has been claimed.
Review: Blues of the World
3 Feb 2012 - Sue Wilson - Scotsman [ news ]
THE question wasn’t so much can a white man play the blues, but can a Londoner, two Native Americans, a Tennessean and four Marseillais? The answer here being a resounding yes – and then some.
Revew: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
3 Feb 2012 - Kelly Apter - Scotsman [ news ]
ACCORDING to Sally Beamish, she spent three times as long orchestrating Debussy’s Suite for cello and orchestra than she did writing her own cello concertos.
Under the Radar: Donna Maciocia
3 Feb 2012 - Olaf Furniss & Derick Mackinnon - Scotsman [ news ]
DONNA Maciocia garnered a lot of critical acclaim as frontwoman for the Edinburgh band Amplifico, before collaborating with KT Tunstall and then going solo.
Scottish Opera’s Hansel and Gretel a sweet yet nourishing delight
3 Feb 2012 - Kenneth Walton - Scotsman [ news ]
SCOTTISH Opera’s latest production is perhaps an unusual choice but the fairytale confection of Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (not that one) has a deeper human element.
From Reels to Ragas - Red Note and Kuljit Bhamra’s Round the World Tour
2 Feb 2012 - Scottish Music Centre [ news ]
Red Note, Scotland’s contemporary music ensemble, and prolific internationally acclaimed tabla player Kuljit Bhamra, are bringing Bhangra and bagpipes to the Hebrides this April!
.RSNO’s most ambitious residency goes to Shetland in 2012
2 Feb 2012 - Scottish Music Centre [ news ]
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) embarks on its most geographically ambitious residential endeavour in the UK – Out and About in Shetland – five days of rehearsals and performances, education and community activities, and workshops and masterclasses across the Islands from Thursday 1st to Monday 5th March 2012.
