goNORTH Seeks Live Showcase Photographers

Posted on May 19, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

goNORTH festival organisers are looking for photographers across all levels of experience to cover the goNORTH live showcases in Inverness on June 9 and 10. All submitted images will then go to a wider panel with the winning photographer securing a pass for Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.

If you would like the opportunity to showcase your work to a wider audience and be the official goNORTH Stage photographer at one of the finest independent festivals in the country, please register your interest by emailing info@creativehi.com

goNorth was launched in 2001 to provide a platform for artists from the north of Scotland to showcase for music industry and media representatives on their own patch. Originally hosted in several venues on Aberdeen’s Belmont Street, we briefly relocated to Dundee, before settling in Scotland’s most northerly city, Inverness. The event has since developed into one of the country’s leading Creative Industries Festivals, celebrating our tenth anniversary last year with our most ambitious and successful event to date. This year we are looking forward to bringing together a wide selection of leading creative industry figures and delivering a world class programme of panels, workshops, industry screenings, training opportunities, Q&A sessions and a global marathon of live showcases.

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We also recently announced some exciting changes to this year’s event; after five successful years programming new music at RockNess, we are taking goNORTH back to its roots in 2011 and supporting emerging talent at five of the finest independent festivals in the country, Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, The Wickerman Festival, Loopallu, Summer In The City 2011 and Wizard Festival.

This development means that all acts selected to showcase at goNORTH 2011 will also get the opportunity to showcase at one or more of the independent festivals featured on the goNORTH Festival tour.

We are also touring a diverse selection of films made with our partners MG Alba, FilmG, The Scottish Documentary Institute, Digital Shorts and a host of exciting independent filmmakers across the Festival Tour.

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In recent years goNORTH has featured an international array of talent spanning not only Scotland and the wider UK, but also the USA, Russia, Scandinavia, The Netherlands, Australia and Japan.

We pride ourselves on generating a dynamic and vibrant environment where organisations and individuals across all levels of experience can get together, make connections, share ideas and resources, and most importantly, have a really great time.

As always, all panels, worshops and live showcases are free and open to the public, with industry and media requested to register.

www.gonorth.biz

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MORE VENUES SIGN UP TO STIRLING MUSIC FESTIVAL

Posted on May 19, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

THE SCRIBBLER’S PICNIC WEEKENDER

Stirling is putting itself firmly at the heart of Scotland’s music scene with The Scribbler’s Picnic Weekender taking place from Friday 17th -Sunday 19th June 2011

Acoustic Revolutions hosted by Crema Central Cafe, No. 2 Baker Street, The Westerton and The Albion Bar, are the latest venues to join in with the largest and most ambitious music festival in Stirling’s history. These venues join The Fubar, Cape, McQ’s, The Crooked Arm and Centre City Soul Club at The King Robert Hotel in hosting fundraising music nights to raise funds for charity The Scribbler’s Picnic on the run up to the self named event on Sunday 19th. Spanning over the course of the weekend, thousands are expected to take part, enjoying music of all genres and raising thousands for charity.

The Crooked Arm and No. 2 Baker Street will also be hosting after parties once the music stops at Stirling County Rugby Club, where the main event is being held.

Organiser Katy Whitelaw is delighted in the support from pubs, clubs and cafes in the area. She said: “We have had a great response from music promoters and licence trade operators in the area keen to get involved and be part of this really special weekend. There is still time to get involved and if there are any other venues out there who want to take part we would love to have you on board.

“As this is the 10th anniversary of the charity, and ten years since my dad ‘The Scribbler’ died, we wanted to make this year extra special and the people of Stirling and Bridge of Allan are key in making that happen. As always they are stepping up to the mark and

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going that extra mile to show their support.”

Full details of The Scribbler’s Picnic Weekender will be available on the website http://www.thescribblerspicnic.webs.com and on our facebook page in the next week.

Funds from the weekend will be donated equally between five cancer charities – Strathcarron Hospice, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Macmillan Cancer Support, Maggies Centre Glasgow and CHAS. And many more groups and charites in the area will benefit by coming along to fundraise for themselves at the main event.

On Sunday June 19th music fans will flock to Stirling to see hundreds of talented performers entertain over seven stages. This year the well established Fubar Main Stage, Tolbooth Stage, Folk Room, Random Rhythms Rock Tent and Acoustic Cafe will be joined by the RoXJAM stage and the Good Vibrations Dance Room. A full line up will be available in the coming days.

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The Scribbler’s Picnic will also host the Scotmid Performance Stage featuring displays from local dance and fitness groups, stalls, beer tent and much more to be announced. Festival goers are reminded they can take part in a special wall of rememberance, for a small donation leaving a message about a loved one lost to cancer or for someone who has beated the disease. They are being encouraged to bring along a photo to put alongside their message and this will keep an emphasise on why the day is important to many people affected by cancer.

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Latest GIGguide published

Posted on May 18, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

MUSIC NEWS Scotland weekly GIGguide - Dates from May 18

Check out the latest MUSIC NEWS Scotland weekly GIGguide – including our new quick guide to Scottish festivals – 24 pages in all! – http://www.yudu.com/i/767n

Email your gigs for next week’s guide to: carol.mns@btinternet.com

You can now sign up to get every MNS digital publication delivered straight to your inbox: http://eepurl.com/dKZQY

GIGguide advertising – If you’re a band and would like your flyer/poster included in the GIGguide, it is only £15 for 2 weeks (ie 2 x guides) or £20 for 4 weeks exposure. Email: alastair@mnscotland.co.uk to book space – payment by PayPal. Other advertising rates on request.

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MUSIC NEWS Scotland is now weekly!

Posted on May 17, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

** Link to the first ever weekly MUSIC NEWS Scotland – http://mad34.tk   **

MUSIC NEWS Scotland was born over 8 years ago when dial up broadband was still around and desktop pc’s ruled.

So we did what had been done since 220 AD in China and every month put ink on a printing plate, ran some paper over it and hey presto MNS was published (okay it was a wee bit more involved than that, but the basic principle was the same!)

Move on to 2011 with high speed broadband and access to the www everywhere and the future was catching up with us rapidly. The volume of information flowing into MNS HQ was more than our monthly issue could cope with, and more and more Scottish music stories of great value were being spiked (an old press term not a dodgy drink). Reaching our vast number of readers in every conceivable nook and cranny of Scotland has always been a challenge monthly but to do that more often was physically not feasible.

So we have doffed oor tam o’ shanter to the future and MNS is now a weekly digital publication, and not only weekly now but twice the number of pages than our old printed friend!

Along with our weekly GIGguide and FESTIVALS! supplement we are now producing 72 pages of Scottish music news (and only music news) each and EVERY week:)

Thank you for your support over the last 8 years and please raise a glass to our digital future with you all.

Thanks for your support,

The MNS team!

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WANT TO OPEN FOR JOAN ARMATRADING IN SCOTLAND?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

Want to open one of  Joan Armatrading’s Scottish gigs in autumn 2012?

Joan’s management team are offering a local singer-songwriter the chance to represent their town or city on the 2012 tour by performing an opening 15 minute set prior to the main support act. Each local singer-songwriter should submit an mp3 file of them performing two songs, one original, one a cover, on either guitar or piano to localtalent.ja_2012@yahoo.com attached to an email. The lucky winners will be chosen by Joan Armatrading’s management team.

The 2012 Scottish concerts are:

October – 28th Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow / 29th Concert Hall, Perth / 30th Music Hall, Aberdeen and November 1: Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Three times Grammy nominated, Brit award nominee and Ivor Novella winner singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading MBE, will be touring a mammoth fifty two dates in both the UK and Ireland.

Never one to rest on her laurels, Joan remains fresh, vibrant and current; no more so than when live, on stage, where music comes to life. With every tour you are guaranteed a fantastic mix of magical old favourites plus brand new songs to fall in love with. Joan is as happy to play Love and Affection, Willow, Drop The Pilot and Me, Myself I, as the audience is to hear them. She is equally happy and proud of how her audiences embrace hearing new and exciting compositions, like Into The Blues (debuted at No. 1 in the US Blues chart 2007) and This Charming Life (debuted at No. 1 in Amazon download chart 2010). During her long and illustrious career Joan has been successful in all musical genres, Pop, Blues, Folk, Reggae, and Jazz. Her audience, newly attracted or long term fans are as loyal to her as she is faithful to them.

The 2012 tour will see Joan performing Love and Affection amongst many other firm favourites, and also showcase songs from her brand new CD due for release in time for the tour. Joan is recognised as one of the World’s leading singer, songwriter and guitarists and the 2012 tour should not be missed.

Joan’s Special Guest on all of the dates will be Chris Wood (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Singer of The Year 2011).

www.joanarmatrading.com

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