SHAWFEST #2 goes ahead in St Peter’s Hall, Partick and the nearby Sparkle Horse bar on September 24 and 25. The festival, which aims to raise funds for the trust set up in memory of Islay-born musician Fraser Shaw, who died in May 2015 aged thirty-four, will feature a craft fair, a silent auction, pottery and knitting demonstrations, face-painting, and a workshop on the truth about stress as well as musical events. Attractions include the Blas Collective, which comprises folk scene stalwarts Jenn Butterworth (guitar), Adam Sutherland (fiddle), Hamish Napier (keyboards), Laura-Beth Salter (mandolin) and Steve Foreman (percussion), plus German folksong specialist Carla Feuerstein and multi-instrumentalist Seán Gray, of the Paul McKenna Band.
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LEADING saxophone and piano duo Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock play a series of intimate acoustic concerts around Scotland in September. The two musicians have worked together extensively, including collaborations on the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s Rhapsody in Blue Live and In the Spirit of Duke albums, and have made three duo recordings, the most recent being 2014’s Whispering of the Stars. They appear at Ceilidh Place, Ullapool on Thursday, September 1; Paisley Arts Centre, Saturday 3; Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, Thursday 8; Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock, Friday 9; and Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Saturday 10.
tommy-smith.co.uk
THE production team behind (I Could Go on Singing) Over the Rainbow has asked us to point out that FK Alexander sings, rather than mimes, during this Edinburgh Fringe performance, which takes place at Summerhall and continues from Wednesday until Sunday, August 28. We are happy to clear this up.
summerhall.co.uk
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