No, that’s really not a typo. Over the course of two consecutive nights, the Magnetic Fields performed the entirety of...
Sometimes it might seem as if the Edinburgh International Festival is slightly aloof from the Fringe that runs alongside it,...
As the Edinburgh Festival (both International and Fringe – the latter is actually far bigger than the EIF) marks its...
There’s always the risk of taking things out of context. If you walked past the open-air tent where tonight’s gig...
It had been a rather hot, sweaty day, and the city of Edinburgh had swelled to twice its normal size,...
Haven’t listened to Nadine Shah yet? Tusk, tusk…so many people were envious when I told them I was going to...
‘Hello Edinburgh, nice to see you!’ John Cale’s positively beaming as he walks on stage at the city’s Festival Theatre....
The Edinburgh International Festival has unveiled a diverse programme to take place in the Scottish capital. Taking place between August...
As the world tries to find ways of going forward, so long-established events like the Edinburgh International Festival have come...
It’s nearly thirty years since Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall AKA Cat Power had the one day session that would lead to the release...
After the best part of two decades making records as one half of – and let’s be honest, the public...
Scribble…BUMP…scribble…BUMP! There’s all sorts of etiquette to trying to write a review. Given that some people – not entirely without...
The last time this author saw Karine Polwart live was in late 2019. She was promoting her then-latest album Scottish...
