FESTIVAL MUSIC | Hitlist MUSIC HITLIST
Kirstyn Smith picks out some of this week’s musical highlights from across the festivals
PIANOMORPHOSIS: WILL PICKVANCE
Pickvance’s follow-up to Anatomy of the Piano is a journey through classical and popular music throughout the centuries. See review, page 75. Summerhall, 560 1581, until 28 Aug (not 15, 22), 8.30pm, £12 (£8).
WIND RESISTANCE Multi-award winning folk singer Karine Polwart takes inspiration from the flight of the pink-footed geese from Greenland to Fala Flow in this new story and song work with dramaturgy from David Greig. See review, page 93. Lyceum Rehearsal Studio, 248 4848, until 21 Aug (not 15, 16), 8pm (also 13, 20 Aug, 2pm), £20 (£10).
DAS RHEINGOLD The Mariinsky Opera and a selection of soloists take on the first of four dramas in Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Conducted by Valery Gergiev. Usher Hall, 228 1155, 15 Aug, 7.30pm, £14.50–£47.
WHITE + BOSSY LOVE Fast-pased noiseniks currently taking
the music world by storm performing as part of Summerhall’s Nothing Ever Happens Here series. With R&B / hip hop support from Bossy Love. Summerhall, 560 1581, 13 Aug, 7pm, £12.
SAGE FRANCIS AND B DOLAN PRESENT: STRANGE SPEECH,
FAMOUS DEVELOPMENT
Debut show from two hip hop legends and spoken word artists. The duo trade off with poems, songs and stories, in typical sharp, politically savvy style. See review, page 75. Stand in the Square, 558 9005, until 27 Aug (not 15, 22), 1.40pm, £14.
CRAP MUSIC RAVE PARTY Tomás Ford, ‘worst DJ in the world’, brings his crap music rave back to the Fringe for more cheesy pop, 90s nostalgia and glowsticks. The Liquid Room, 225 2564, 12, 19, 26 Aug, 11.55pm, £7.
THE JIVE ACES WITH THE THREE BELLES
High-energy jive and swing sounds from the band who’ve been on Britain’s Got Talent and worked with Van Morrison. Assembly George Square Gardens, 623 3030, 15
White
(8.45pm) & 16 Aug (10.15pm), £12 (£10).
RICHARD DAWSON Balladry from the John Martyn-
esque singer-songwriter as part of Summerhall’s Nothing Ever Happens Here series. Summerhall, 560 1581, 18 Aug, 7pm, £14.
74 THE LIST FESTIVAL 11–18 Aug 2016