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Tonight’s gig was very special indeed. Not only because it was set in one of Scotland’s legendary Jazz locations, The Blue Lamp, but because this was only one of two gigs that Norman Willmore’s sextet would perform. Made up of highly acclaimed musicians from around the country, Drummer Corrie Dick and Laura Jurd on Cornett, …

The uniquely wonderful venue that is the Tunnels in Aberdeen was packed tot he rafters for Robert Jon and the Wreck’s visit to Northern Scotland. A friendly vibe with the odd stetson and cowboy boots as the audience patiently waited for the entertainment to start while country rock played in the background. The band had …

BASED in the Granite City, Aberdeen, Craig John Davidson is a singer-songwriter and producer who reveals a softer side to the oil-rich, quartz-heavy surrounds of the city. He’s just released a lovely, piano and fingerpicking-led baroque-pop ballad, “Down At Dawn”, which you can hear below. Plaintive and with a gentle freshness like summer dawn rain, it’s graceful …

Aberdeen rock quartet Cold Yeahs have released a new single and video ahead of their anticipated debut album Paradise, out in September and available on cd, streaming and lovely rose and clear vinyl. Of the track, the bands frontman Ross Gordon says Too Far Gone came from being in a pretty bad place, not knowing …

Aberdeen five piece Sweet White are due to release their new EP, Monet, later on in the year and ahead of it, the band are streaming the first track to be taken from it, Tides. Opening with this well worn path of synth infused indie, shoegaze (nothing wrong with that, you understand) it nods towards …