Richard Purden

Australian guitarist Johnny Took found a different musical perspective while living in Leith. Now, as DMA’S prepare to bring their new self-titled album to Edinburgh, he reflects on Scotland, songwriting and the music that first inspired him. A particular kind of musical journey can only be understood by following the trail backwards. For Johnny Took, […]

The evening begins with Five Years, and that drumbeat remains haunting. Woody Woodmansey is not simply recreating the past; he helped shape it, and hearing him play the opening of the song that began the Ziggy Stardust era gives it a weight no tribute act can manufacture. Tony Visconti and Woodmansey lock in together on […]

There are plenty of things competing for attention in Edinburgh during August. The Fringe, the Film and Book Festivals, theatre, comedy, galleries and music make it difficult for anything new to cut through. It’s not a problem for Keyside. The young Liverpool band take the roof off Assai Records with an infectious set of songs […]

You can't ignore the buzz at a Kevin Bridges show in Edinburgh; it's not unlike the feeling you get before an Oasis gig, when a working-class audience gathers for a good night

The neon lights of the Barrowland still cut through the Glasgow night. Among the crowd were people I hadn’t seen since the indie nightclubs and gigs of the mid-90s.

Choosing a set list for Graham Gouldman must be a challenge. As the singer, songwriter and bass player of 10cc, he wrote some of the best-known songs of the 1970s.

Norman Blake remembers the night he first met Kurt Cobain in Edinburgh.

Kings Theatre, Edinburgh Written by Tony Roper, with songs by Dave Anderson, two stalwarts of Scottish comedy, The Steamie has endured for nearly 40 years.

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