In 2015, Big Gold Dream, a documentary tracking Scottish indie labels - Postcard Records in Glasgow and Fast Product in Edinburgh - explored the Scottish independent music scene with contributions from Bob Last, Alan McGee, Peter Hook, Eugene Kelly, Norman Blake, Martyn Ware, Malcom Ross, Douglas Hart and Davey Henderson. Now, the second installment of that “Sound of Young … [Read more...] about Interview: New documentary on Glasgow’s 1980s Teenage Superstars
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Interview: Slam at the Riverside Festival
Slam have been on a highly prolific run of singles and remixes lately, including the critically acclaimed Soma Track Series, all housed on their own Soma Records, the Glasgow label currently celebrating 25 years at the cutting edge of electronic music. Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle released a double vinyl album Machine Cut Noise last year with tracks inspired by ideas that … [Read more...] about Interview: Slam at the Riverside Festival
Five Quick Questions: Jamie Scott of The Newport Restaurant
Jamie Scott was born in Kirkliston around the time mum Winnie was working at the Caledonian. His dad, Grant, was in the Black Watch and the family moved around when Jamie was young. He started his career at 14 as the most junior person in the kitchen of his parents’ pub, and eventually worked his way up to running it. He opened his first restaurant last year - The Newport in … [Read more...] about Five Quick Questions: Jamie Scott of The Newport Restaurant
Interview: Jenn Grant at the Hug and Pint
Canadian folk pop singer-songwriter Jenn Grant arrived in the UK this week to begin her UK tour. She will be bringing a nuanced soulfulness and touches of R&B and rock balladry to The Hug and Pint on Great Western Road on 21st May. Her latest album, Paradise, deals with powerful emotions . “I wanted to explore new soundscapes,” Grant explains when describing how piano came … [Read more...] about Interview: Jenn Grant at the Hug and Pint
Interview: Paul Brotherston from Blood of the Young
Live-scored by electronic sound artist Anneke Kampman, formerly of Conquering Animal Sound, Daphne Oram’s Wonderful World of Sound is a journey through the amazing life of one of the great, unsung composers of the twentieth century. In 1942, a séance inspires seventeen-year-old Daphne Oram to found the world-famous BBC Radiophonic Workshop and shape the entire development of … [Read more...] about Interview: Paul Brotherston from Blood of the Young