Yeah…. finally an entire exhibition of Alisas’ work. Starting in Hung gallery @ the start of september. I can’t wait to see what she has been creating. Would you spread the word? I know she would […]
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Ironworks, Inverness, 29 October 2011 With their joint adventures at leading industry event SxSW (South By Southwest) providing the spark for a longer term collaboration, Fence founder Kenny Anderson (King Creosote), and 2011 roster additions, Kid Canaveral, recently embarked on co-headlining tour in support of their single Homerun And A Vow .…[Read more]
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Edinburgh Folk Club, The Pleasance, Edinburgh, 28 September 2011 ON A warm and unseasonably balmy late-September evening in the Scottish capital, the autumnal sounds of the Rachel Hair Trio provided a stark contrast to the weather conditions outside The Pleasance. Indeed, Hair’s music is more likely to conjure up images of falling leaves than…[Read more]
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Belladrum Estate, Phoineas, Inverness-shire, 5-6 August 2011 SELLING out well in advance this year, one of the most consistently inventive independent festivals on the calendar returned to the genuinely stunning surroundings of Belladrum Estate across August 5 and 6. Having proved a real highlight two years ago on the Seedlings Stage, Bronto…[Read more]
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Ironworks, Inverness, 26 July 2011 STILL firmly placed at the vanguard of the ongoing new British folk movement, Brit Award winner Laura Marling treated a packed Ironworks to a preview of her forthcoming release, A Creature I Don’t Know , to close her eight date sweep of the Highlands and Islands. With recent taster Sophia being warmly received,…[Read more]
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Inshriach Estate, near Aviemore, 17-20 June 2011 Now in its third year and boasting over seventy-five acts programmed across three days, Insider returned to the stunning surroundings of Inshriach Estate promising its most ambitious and diverse schedule to date. Among the early highlights was the increasingly impressive Homework; one of the picks…[Read more]
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Various Venues, 8-10 June, 2011, Inverness NOW in its eleventh year, Scotland’s premier showcase event for emerging artists returned to the Highland Capital. Now firmly established on the wider industry calendar, a robust programme of panels, workshops and live showcases was promised for 2011. The seminar schedule again brought a host of high…[Read more]
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Bogbain Farm, Inverness, 4-5 June, 2011 NOW in its third year, 2011’s Northern Roots Festival took place at one of Inverness’s most unique live spaces, The Barn at Bogbain Farm. After a relatively quiet but thoroughly entertaining afternoon of comedy songs, Mainline North opened Saturday night’s programme at blistering pace and pretty much…[Read more]
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HICA, Dalcrombie, until 5 June 2011 CURRENTLY showing at The Highland Institute For Contemporary Art (HICA), American artist Richard Roth’s exhibition, Vernacular Modernism , uses a series of everyday objects personal to the artist but universal in nature to open up a conversation around the relationship between local and global values. The main…[Read more]
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Ironworks, Inverness, 15 May 2011 OVER the last twelve months, HI~Arts have been working with a number of artists from throughout the Highlands and Islands on a compilation highlighting a selection of the finest emerging singer songwriters in the region. With the release now complete, they hosted a showcase featuring four of the acts set to appear […]
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Fort William, Lochaber, 6-7 May 2011 TO celebrate the centenary year of the Scottish Six Days Trial in Fort William, organisers introduced a music element in the shape of mini music festival Rock The Fort to this year’s event. The festival featured a fine selection of emerging Scottish acts programmed across eight days in the main trial […]
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