list.co.uk/music 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. Advice on the potential challenges of taking your band away from bonnie Scotland. Part of Piping Live! ■ Angus MacColl: Glenfiddich Champions Recital Series George Square, 353 0220. 1.45pm. £6 (£4). MacColl, the current Glenfiddich champion performs. Part of Piping Live! FREE Music of The Nations: Greece The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.45pm. Georgi Makris takes you through the history of the Greek bagpipe. Part of Piping Live! ■ D2 Percussion Drumming Masterclass The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. £6 (£4). A two-hour workshop on percussive pipe drumming. Please bring your own sticks and pad, and participants must be able to play. Part of Piping Live! FREE Wallace Bagpipes Presents The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. A performance led by soloists from the St Laurence O’Toole pipe band. Part of Piping Live! FREE Begg Bagpipes Demonstration BeggBagpipes.com, 202b Bath Street, 333 0639. 3pm. Informal session for advice, chat and more from experts in hand crafted bagpipes. Part of Piping Live! FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Pipe Idol The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 3pm. Four of the world’s best young pipers will battle it out each day to be this years Pipe Idol. Heat 4 features Emmett Conway, Scott Wood, Jonathan Graham and Glen Walpole. Part of Piping Live! FREE Armagh Pipers Club: George Square Sessions George Square, 353 0220. 4.15pm. A performance of lively traditional music and song. Part of Piping Live! FREE Cpt Stuart Samson: The Land Of Bens, Glens and Heroes The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4.45pm. A book launch and performance by Samson and friends. Part of Piping Live! FREE The Worlds Present George Square, 353 0220. 5pm. A variety of performers from around the world showcasing their best in dance and music. Part of Piping Live! ■ Anxo Lorenzo Trio and the Fred Morrison Trio Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16 (£12). The Galician area of Spain has its own
Chad VanGaalen
FOLK Music
This Canadian bedroom musician got into music through his love of comic books. When the local comic book store (that he’d been going to since he was five) added a mini vinyl section, he was hooked on looking at the album covers. Years later, he started making his own gentle indie rock, meandering into quirky electronica at points. Read our interview with Chad in the next issue, out 18 August. To win tickets, see page 125. ■ With Tesla Birds, Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Thu 18 Aug; Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 225 1757, Fri 19 Aug, 7pm, £7, part of The Edge.
bagpipe, and the Anxo Lorenzo Trio perform a wide variety of styles with it, alongside, the Fred Morrison Trio hold their own with lively traditional music. Part of Piping Live! ■ Gaberlunzie St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902.
8pm & 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Both modern and traditional tunes, plus between-song banter in their inimitable style from these all-round entertainers, who have been in the performing game for over 30 years. ■ Pipes of Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £18.50. Featuring current world champions St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band from Dublin and six-time world champions Simon Fraser University Pipe Band from Canada alongside Celtic Spirit, Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band from Glasgow and Robert Worrall. Part of Piping Live!
THE FAMOUS GROUSE FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND!
After months of counting down the first ever Famous Grouse Festival is now upon us with the festival kicking off this Friday.
There are still some tickets available for the much anticipated event celebrating some of Scotland’s best musical talent with Scotland’s favourite whisky.
NME award winning band Glasvegas are set to entertain crowds at the festival on Saturday, fresh off the back of their Australian tour. The band is no stranger to the festival scene having performed at festivals around the world as well as Glastonbury, T in the Park and Oxegen.
Saturday’s line-up also includes: Skerryvore, the award winning Scottish band known for their fusion of traditional music with the urban sounds of rock and funk; modern Gaelic band, Mànran; and former front-woman of rock band Speedway, Jill Jackson. Dundee based five-piece The Trade competed in the ‘Gig with Grouse’ competition run by Radio Tay and won themselves the final spot in Saturday’s
line-up. Former lead singer of Runrig, Donnie Munro, will headline on the opening Friday night with performances also from: the Bay City Rollers’ Eric Faulkner; Dundee’s Michael Marra; Jill Jackson; and Glasgow’s The Gospel Truth Choir. The music and whisky festival will be held for the first time at The Famous Grouse Experience in Crieff on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th August*. Ticket prices are £30 per day from www.ticketmaster.co.uk & www.ticketsoup.com. Tickets are restricted to those aged 14 and above and all over 18’s will be treated to three free drams (ID required). Disabled access and parking available on prior request. For more festival news please visit: www.thefamousgrouse.com /festival
Please enjoy our whisky responsibly
*Subject to licensing
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