Fiddler Adam Sutherland and flautist-keyboardist-singer Hamish Napier take their Nae Plans programme of spontaneously decided traditional music and songs on tour from Thursday, September 14.
The duo were shortlisted as Live Act of the Year in the MG Alba Trad Music Awards 2015 and have recorded two well received albums drawn from their first tour.
Their latest tour opens at Ceilidh Place, Ullapool before going on to The Pagoda in Grantown on Spey on Friday, September 15; Rural Hall, Comrie (16); Montrose Folk Club (21); House Concert, Edinburgh (22); Stratherrick Village Hall (23); and The Old Inn, Carbost on the Isle of Skye (24).
www.naeplans.co.uk
Listen to Bridgeton, a short film by Glasgow director Callum Rice has been chosen to screen at BFI Southbank and on BBC Four as part of a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Listen to Britain, Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister's poetic collage of British life.
One of 12 short documentaries from across the UK as part of the Listen to Britain 2017 project, Listen to Bridgeton explores the last Corporation Bus Garage in Glasgow.
Callum Rice, Director, Listen to Bridgeton said: “I’d like to thank all at the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust and the Back on the Road scheme for their help and assistance in enabling me to make this film.
“To be given the opportunity to make a film in response to Humphrey Jennings’ masterpiece was a real honour. I am very grateful for the continued support I received from Creative Scotland.”
The film was produced by Barbara Orton of True TV & Film and exec produced by Debbie Lee of Wingspan Productions.
The documentary will be shown on BBC 4 on Sunday 24 September from 9pm, as part of Listen to Britain 2017.
www.bbc.co.uk
A forest arts event in Scotland is to explore the issues around intimacy with cyborgs.
Vivienne Kuh, a Bristol-based creative producer , will present an adults-only talk at this month’s Sanctuary art event which takes place in the heart of a forest in Dumfries and Galloway.
'Cyborgs, Sexbots and Sexual Intimacy' will discuss the social, ethical, psychological and even criminal issues involved in this subject.
Sanctuary takes place from noon on September 23.
Another highlight will be Dark Outside FM, a site-specific radio station playing previously unheard music contributed from all round the world.
It’s a complete one-off as listeners can only tune in onsite and the sound files are destroyed when the event ends.
Sanctuary artworks also include:
Jo Hodges, co-curator, said: “Sanctuary is a laboratory for art and new thinking. We hope that Viv Kuh’s talk will get people discussing an issue that is going to have an immense impact on our world in the not too distant future.”
Sanctuary is at Murray’s Monument, A712, near Newton Stewart, Galloway Forest Dark Skies Park.
www.sanctuarylab.org
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