STEVE ROBERTSON hit the road with the Elgin-based band Small Enclosed Area for the opening leg of their UK tour

Dogstar Theatre, Spectrum Centre, Inverness, 4 May 2006, and touring

KEVIN MACNEIL comes over all gushy when faced with the debut CD from Lewis band Teine.

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies THERE ARE some music fans who consider Daniel Johnston to be a genius. He struggles to play an instrument. His voice is an acquired taste. His lyrics sound like the kind of thing Phoebe might have written in the tv comedy ‘Friends’. Despite all those drawbacks, there is a raw […]

Various venues, Shetland, 27-30 April 2006

GEORGINA COBURN investigates a new initiative offering creative breakaways in the Highlands & Islands

AS Mull Theatre prepares for its final season in Dervaig before a move to a new home next year, theatre critic NEIL COOPER looks at the theatrical developments in Mull and Pitlochry

The 35th Annual International Pan Celtic Festival has just finished in Letterkenny, Donegal. FIONA MACKENZIE offers a few insights into the event and competitions taking place during the week – and also the stresses and joys involved with travelling with young people and very expensive musical instruments!

KENNY MATHIESON catches up with Inverness-born writer ALI SMITH ahead of the premiere of her play The Seer in Inverness

DOGSTAR THEATRE hit the road this month with a new production of writer Ali Smith’s The Seer