Glasgow Jazz Festival have announced an outstanding line-up for its 31st edition, bringing together world class musicians and upcoming stars for special performances. From 21st - 25th June, Glasgow will be transformed by a wealth of home-grown and international jazz talent taking over some of the most popular venues in the city. With just over a month to go until the start … [Read more...] about Interview: Jill Rodger from Glasgow Jazz Festival
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Interview: Michael Dale from the West End Festival
Eat, drink, learn, walk, dance, laugh, sing and be inspired – it’s all going on at the West End Festival 2017. This year there are over 400 events in 75 venues, including a performance from Chaka Khan and a new free family event on Sunday, 11 June in Kelvingrove Park — the Big Sunday. Other highlights from the programme include: • West End Fiesta’s Kool and the Gang … [Read more...] about Interview: Michael Dale from the West End Festival
Interview: Ben Dantzic from Big Feed Street Food Social
Glasgow street food may be at a tipping point. Across the city there is a cadre of culinary innovators who pop-up at festivals or arrive at farmers markets. If there were more permanent places for street food then Glasgow would be a more interesting place. A group of traders took up this challenge and set up Big Feed, an indoor street food market in a warehouse in Govan. It … [Read more...] about Interview: Ben Dantzic from Big Feed Street Food Social
Interview: DJ Format & Abdominal at Stereo
For fourteen years, DJ Format and rapper Abdominal have been entertaining crowds from Toronto to the UK. Now the hip-hop stars are back at it in 2017 with their new album Still Hungry. The latest release was kickstarted by a November 2015 UK tour that commemorated ten years since their last time performing together in the UK. DJ Format & Abdominal wanted to ride this … [Read more...] about Interview: DJ Format & Abdominal at Stereo
Interview: Ken Sweeney’s In Search of The Blue Nile on BBC Scotland
When Irish journalist Ken Sweeney visited Glasgow for the first time, it was a pilgrimage to a place that had existed in his imagination ever since he first heard the music of The Blue Nile. It was also the start of a labour of love as he set out to tell the story of the band in their own words. The result was a delicately crafted radio documentary that was broadcast on RTE in … [Read more...] about Interview: Ken Sweeney’s In Search of The Blue Nile on BBC Scotland