Image credit: Anne Campbell For the latest SWH! Podcast Ali spoke to Jenny Sturgeon about her latest project The Living Mountain, which is not only the name of her new album but her series of podcasts, and the audio/visual live show which she hopes to tour, all of which are inspired by, and infused with the spirit of, Nan Shepherd’s wonderful novella of the same name. The two discuss the album (right) and the themes and ideas behind it, Jenny’s personal connection with the ar

T.S. Eliot may have claimed that April is the cruelest month, but surely January has got to be up there, and this one more than most. Sometimes only music can make things better, and that’s certainly been the case over the last month with memorable gigs and exciting new releases providing some shelter from the storm. The latest review features both albums and singles, with the welcome return of favourite bands, unforgivably overlooked talent, further examples of the healthy s

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 Braemar Gallery will be host to a series of gigs in the second half of 2017. After the success of the appearance of WHYTE, other musicians have decided that the idea of playing intimate gigs against the backdrop of Royal Deeside is too good an opportunity to pass up. They begin with Mark W. Georgsson and Barrie-James on the 26th July. Mark h