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New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
Live In The Flicker cover – credit Louise McLachlan It’s interesting to write this after putting together two radio shows made solely...
Jun 1, 20197 min read


New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
New music review, ahoy! At the time when voting for this year’s SAY Award opened (and you can nominate your favourites here) it’s...
May 4, 20196 min read


New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
Without wanting to go in too heavy in these days of storm and stress, music becomes increasingly important to help make sense of, comes...
Apr 19, 20196 min read


Sunday Service: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Silvano…
2019/20 Programme A quick look at Scottish Opera’s 2019/20 programme (right) makes it clear that the company are reaching for a balance...
Apr 16, 20192 min read


The Scottish Opera Interviews #1: SOYC Artistic Director Jonathon Swinard…
For the latest podcast Ali headed to the home of Scottish Opera in central Glasgow to talk to Jonathon Swinard, the new Artistic Director...
Apr 4, 20192 min read


New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
..although it’s more like the best new music from the last six weeks as this review is long overdue. But, working to the saying “better...
Mar 28, 20195 min read


On The Level: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Katya Kabanova…
Sometimes you leave a theatre knowing that what you have just witnessed was something special. That was undoubtedly the case with...
Mar 14, 20193 min read


Music Matters: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To L-space…
L-space For the latest podcast Ali spoke to Lily, Gordon and Dickson from L-space who are, as regular readers of SWH! will know, one of...
Mar 2, 20192 min read


Sunday Service: A Review Of The Sonnet Youth Showcase At The Tron…
Sunday afternoons – for some of us they’ve never been the same since Archie McPherson, Glen Michael and Palladin hung up their boots....
Feb 18, 20192 min read


New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
In most cities January is a month where people take things easy, but not in Glasgow where Celtic Connections looms large and there are...
Feb 15, 20196 min read


The Best Of All Possible Worlds: A Review Of Scottish Opera’s Highlights Tour 2019…
SPRING 2019 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Touring to 18 venues across Scotland Over the last few years Scottish Opera has been taking to the highways...
Feb 11, 20193 min read


Paisley Patter: The SAMAs Come To Town…
One of the highlights of last year was the Scottish Alternative Music Awards night at St Luke’s in Glasgow which showcased not only the...
Feb 2, 20192 min read


Thank You For The Music: An Appreciation Of Marina Records…
Tonight at Celtic Connections there is a timely celebration of Marina Records, a label responsible for some of my favourite albums over...
Jan 18, 20191 min read


Beat The January Rhythm & Blues: A Preview Of Celtic Connections 2019…
“January, month of empty pockets! Let us endure this evil month…”, to quote the French writer Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (currently...
Jan 15, 20192 min read


Hearts & Minds: A Review Of Beerjacket’s Silver Cords…
It was an interesting development in Scottish writing that two of the most talked about books from the end of 2018 were published by...
Jan 13, 20193 min read


New Musical Success: The Best New Music From The Last Month…
While putting together the SWH! Tracks Of The Year Spotify playlist for 2018 it became clear that it had been a hell of a year for music...
Jan 8, 20195 min read


Telling Stories & Singing Songs : The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Beerjacket…
Picture Credit: Robert Perry For the first podcast of 2019, Ali caught up with Peter Kelly, better known as singer/songwriter Beerjacket,...
Jan 3, 20191 min read


Scots Whay Hae!’s Alternative Hogmanay Night In, 2018…
Once again Montgomery Scott raises a glass to see out the old year and ring in the new and that means it’s time for Scots Whay Hae!’s...
Dec 31, 20183 min read


That Was The Year That Was: It’s The Best Of 2018 Podcasts – Part 3 (Music)…
For our final Best Of 2018 podcast Ali, Chris Ward, Wesley Shearer, accompanied by our very own Young Father, Ian, discuss their...
Dec 27, 20182 min read


The Tracks Of My Year: SWH!’s 10 Best Songs Of 2018…
The Gracious Losers, Starry Skies, Modern Studies, The Scottish Enlightenment, Carla J. Easton, L-Space, Kirsty Law, C.S. Buchan &...
Dec 13, 20186 min read
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