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Jay-Z may be hip hop‘s top dog but Kanye West will always be the one with the charm and skills. He may have blotted his copy book with some truly stupid outbursts — his drunken stage invasion at the MTV Europe Music Awards for starters when Justice scooped Best Video ahead of his ‘T0uch the Sky' — but modesty has never really been his strong point. Thankfully. his mojo is back for his
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Singing the songs of Jaques Brel, Nick Cave, Tom Waits and more, Camille O’Sullivan knows how to work a Festival crowd so a bunch of our silly questions should prove no obstacle to her
5 words to describe your show?
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4 things that would be on your dream rider?
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2 influences on your music that you’d rather
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1 rumour you’d like to start about yourself?
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Thomas Max and Paul Vickers & The Leg Arnenttan eccentric lruax. who does; his own one man pop thing is unequal parts Syd Barrett. Aphex lwrn. l rank Srdehottorn and F rank Xappa. Areal trip. Underbelly. 08,0 {45) (itlb‘tl, ."." Aug. 9pm. 5‘8.
Tom Tom Club lhree rnen. three mics. drums and tons of energy go into this ahsolutely superh heathox, hreakin' hip hop fren/y. See revrew. page 5):). Udderhe/ly's Pasture, 08/0 [4:5 3083. urrtr/Q/Aug (not 73). 4pm, if]? l‘l3.f>0(l,‘70 5‘79).
Found A sound installation where hoxes l)l()]()()i noises that are manipulated by the punter projected out over guadrophonir; speakers. It sounds rnental hut it works. See revrew. page us. Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 55/ 4490. 10- If). 73 ."(i/lug.
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Harmony and Humanity i-Varly music is not ahout shows that start in the rnorning hut those choral works that have been wrth us for hundreds of years. These concerts hnng together some of f urope's finest choral groups. See prevrew. page 50. Oreyfrrars Kirk. 4 /3 9000.
20 P4, 28 Aug 7 Sop, 0pm (9pm, 27), i.‘I/.
Chemikal Underground Showcase featuring Mother and the Addicts, Aidan Moffat and the Best 013 and DeRosa A cunning triple hill heralding Chernikal's 100th release. the excellent new Mother and the Addicts album A first showing for Mr Moffat's new post-Arab Strap Adventure. f on the Fringe. Liquid Rooms, 08 70 769 0700, 22 Aug, 7pm, [‘9.
Joe Acheson Quartet This accessible. innovative future Jazz outfit host a trio of shows wrth cellist Su-a Lee Questing. Fettes Jag Weekend. Fettes Col/ege. Edinburgh, 78 Aug: Bongo C/ul), 5572827, 79 Aug, 77pm, £8.50 (£7.50); Jazz Bar, 220 4290, 25 Aug, 77pm, [‘5 ([34).
For venue addresses see index page 80
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