New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
The new music which made its way our way over the last month is as eclectic and unpredictable as the summer itself. There’s classic pop,...
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Jul 26, 20174 min read
*Wilson Fillip: A Review Of Siobhan Wilson’s There Are No Saints…
One of the more welcome musical trends of the past couple of years has been the return of the album. Long-playing records where every...
Jul 24, 20172 min read
The Hills Are Alive: Hit The North For Gigs At The Gallery…
Want to see some of your favourite musicians in one of the most beautiful locations in Scotland? I know I do, and now we both can as The...
Jun 29, 20175 min read
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
To recklessly misquote S. P. Morrissey, “Some months are better than others”, but this month is surely one of the best music reviews we...
Jun 21, 20171 min read
Spoken Word & Music: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Andrew Greig…
For the latest podcast, Ali headed to Edinburgh to talk to poet, writer and musician, Andrew Greig. The first topic of conversation is...
May 21, 20174 min read
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
We are going to start with the welcome return of BMX Bandits with their album Forever. For the last 30 years their music has been, in...
May 7, 20171 min read
Lying Live & Singing True: A Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Extra – The Launch Of Ten Writers Tel
The latest podcast is a sister to our recent interview with Pat & Jim Byrne and Samina Chaudry about Ten Writers Telling Lies. It’s a...
Apr 27, 20173 min read
Shake, Rattle & Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Review Of Psychedelic Confessions of a Primal Screamer...
Martin St John was on tambourine and psychedelic vibes for the newly formed Primal Scream between 1984 and ’87, and the book relates the...
Apr 20, 20174 min read
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
My, but there’s some classy music being made out there. The world may be falling down around our ears, but it’s got a hell of a...
Mar 29, 20171 min read
New Musical Success Special: The Premiere of The Strange Blue Dreams’ In My Nature…
We have long been fans of The Strange Blue Dreams at SWH!, so new music from them is always greeted with whoops, cheers and hollers....
Mar 20, 20175 min read
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
The early months of a Glasgow year require a lot of moving around the city between festival events. January has Celtic Connections,...
Feb 8, 20175 min read
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
as we did in December, makes it feel like each year is self contained and we start afresh all over again, but in reality the music never...
Jan 18, 20172 min read
Last Night, They Said: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Last Night From Glasgow…
Mark W. Georgsson: The Ballad Of The Nearly Man In our first podcast of 2017, Ali talks to Ian Smith and Murray Easton, two of the...
Jan 7, 20172 min read
January Rhythm & Blues: A Preview Of Celtic Connections 2017…
“January…let us endure this evil month”, to paraphrase the French writer Colette. You may think this overly dramatic, but you know what...
Dec 24, 20162 min read
That Was The Year That Was: It’s The Best Of 2016 Podcast – Part Two (Music)…
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year From Scots Whay Hae! In this, Part II of our end of year podcast Ali, Chris and Wesley concentrate on...
Dec 10, 20167 min read
The Tracks Of My Year: SWH!’s 10 Best Songs Of 2016…
Looking back, as is everyone’s wont at this time of year, two things in particular are striking about 2016 in music. There was the...
Nov 29, 20165 min read
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
I’ve never really thought about how the changing seasons affect the music you listen to, but one of the interesting things about...
Nov 1, 20162 min read
Creative Industry: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To David F. Ross…
The Last Days Of Disco and The Rise & Fall Of The Miraculous Vespas and the forthcoming The Man Who Loved Islands, but the conversation...
Oct 23, 20165 min read
New Musical Success: The Best New Music From Autumn…
As the nights draw in and the heating comes on, it’s a good time to begin to take stock of the year and how it is shaping up for music....
Oct 18, 20162 min read
Talking Books: A Preview Of The Dundee Literary Festival…
One of those questions you are asked to ponder every now and then is, “Who would you invite to your perfect dinner party”. Well, it looks...
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