New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
Most of our music reviews are a mixed bag when it comes to style and content, but the one you are about to experience definitely has a...
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- Mar 4, 2018
- 5 min
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
The hope is always that our monthly music reviews offer something of interest to all, but, without wanting to go overboard (although,...
- Feb 28, 2018
- 2 min
Tsars On Sunday: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s From Russia With Love…
As Boney M once exclaimed, “Oh those Russians”! Although this is Scots Whay Hae! my first literary loves are 19th century Russian...
- Feb 4, 2018
- 5 min
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
Welcome one and all to the first New Musical Success of 2018, the SWH! regular review of the best new music to have found its way to our...
- Jan 9, 2018
- 2 min
Get Connected: SWH!’s Pick Of Celtic Connections 2018…
“January, sick and tired you’ve been hanging on me”, sang Edinburgh’s Pilot in 1975 and even if you’re not quite sure what it means, you...
- Dec 15, 2017
- 1 min
That Was The Year That Was: It’s The Best Of 2017 Podcasts – Part 2 (Music)…
This year we are recording three separate Best Of 2017 podcasts, one each for film, music, and books. For the first two, Ali and Ian are...
- Dec 12, 2017
- 6 min
The Tracks Of My Year: SWH!’s 10 Best Songs Of 2017…
Mark W. Georgsson, BMX Bandits, Blue Rose Code, Findlay Napier, Stephen McLaren, State Broadcasters, The Miss’s, Annie Booth, Quick,...
- Nov 22, 2017
- 1 min
Scots Whay Hae! Presents… Awkward Family Portraits & ‘Shoulder Biting Joe’.
There are few things finer than discovering a new band who play music just as you like it. When it happens you want to share with the...
- Nov 17, 2017
- 5 min
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
2017 has produced great music of all shapes, sizes and sounds, but the singer/songwriter has had a particularly fine year. Albums by Mark...
- Oct 15, 2017
- 4 min
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
If this summer was defined by great singles from the likes of L-Space, Half-Formed Things, Errant Boy, and Radiophonic Tuckshop, to name...
- Sep 8, 2017
- 4 min
New Musical Success: A Review Of The Best In New Music…
This has been a summer of unexpected treats and great new music from the well-kent and the brand new. What you are about to listen to...
- Aug 13, 2017
- 4 min
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,...
- Jul 26, 2017
- 4 min
*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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 4 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 3 min
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, 2017
- 4 min
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...
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