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From Scotland With Love to be performed at Usher Hall

Posted on by Gary Flockhart
From Scotland With Love to be performed at Usher Hall

Next March, From Scotland With Love will be performed for the first time in five years at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh – among other venues around the UK. From Scotland With Love was last performed to both critical and audience acclaim at the Edinburgh International Festival in the summer of 2015. Made entirely of Scottish film archive, From Scotland With Love is a 75-minute film by award-winning director Virginia Heath with a transcendent score…

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Review: Independent Venue Week @ Sneaky Pete’s, with King Creosote, Tom Joshua and Annie Booth

Posted on by Gary Flockhart
Review: Independent Venue Week @ Sneaky Pete’s, with King Creosote, Tom Joshua and Annie Booth

The penultimate night of Independent Venue Week (IVW) on Saturday at Sneaky Pete’s saw a stripped-back stage for three solo performers armed only with acoustic guitar and accordion. The accordion belonged to Anstruther’s biggest export since fish’n’chips, the enigmatic King Creosote, a veteran of 40-plus albums with a brand of wistful folk-pop that has attracted a Mercury Prize nomination and a host of adoring fans. First up as support is Edinburgh artist Annie Booth, who…

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