Entertainment: Music
Comparable beauty »
Scottish Opera's final offering this season is a beguiling pairing of old and new
Bay City Strollers »
Want a job in the music industry? Just start your own record label. Tomlin Leckie did just that, as Chris McCall finds out.
The SCO in the performance of a lifetime »
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform a show-stopping selection of Brahms and Dvorak
More Music
Finding a New Sound »
24 Apr If you want to see the bands of tomorrow perform today, New Found Sound is the night for you, says Chris Hammond.
Record Breakers »
24 Apr Broken Records were once Edinburgh's best kept secret, but now they are gaining the wider exposure they deserve. Chris McCall stopped to chat with the folk-indie stars.
The Man Don't Give A Funk »
01 Apr Edinburgh funk brothers Sub-Opt are a dazzingly assault on the senses.
When the Rush Comes »
26 Mar The Rushes could play their raucous brand of pop all evening, but it won't disguise the fact that no one's listening
Clear as Glass »
26 Mar Despite their obvious influences, Smoked Glass are very much their own band.
Edinburgh Studio Opera »
12 Mar Despite several flaws, Edinburgh Studio Opera's double-bill has much to commend itself
Moa of the same, please »
12 Mar There's not much Moa can't do with a six string, as Fergus Weir finds out
The Notorious T.W.A.N.G. »
12 Mar What The Twang lack in originality they try to make up with enthusiasm. Alexandra Randall still thinks they come up short
Acute's angular rock »
26 Feb Jim Gellatly's Rock School for Africa showcase finds local talent just ready to hit big
Have you heard the news about Edward »
26 Feb Intriguing, coy and thoughtful, Poor Edward's slow acoustic numbers are the highlight of Cab Vol's Friday night
Blowing the Blues Away »
26 Feb Hijack Oscar are an old-style Blues band laying their souls bare on stage. David Knight considers selling his.
The patron saint of enthralling folk »
26 Feb Local folk hero Rob St John has been making a name for himself across the city these past few months. Fergus Weir believes its only a matter of time before the rest of the country falls in love
Homme et al take the Corn Exchange back to the Stone Age »
26 Feb The Queens' varied set hits the spot.
This monkey could swallow the universe »
18 Feb Just don't ask the neighbors downstairs what they thought
Curtain call for Theatre Fall »
14 Feb The latest New Found Sound showcase at the Wee Red Bar throws up up a gem in Theatre Fall
Sighting the elusive Yeti »
14 Feb Former Libertine John Hassall has finally got his new band Yeti up and running. And not before time
Just The Right Side of Quirky »
14 Feb Usually an effortlessly engaging performer, Laura Viers isn't at her best
Baroque on »
14 Feb The flexible Scottish Chamber Orchestra display their talents, combining jazz, baroque and Celtic influences
Davis and Parker come to Scotland »
02 Feb Americans Jesse Davis and Leon Parker team up with Scots Brian Kellock and Kenny Ellis for some standard bop fare
Sanders: ain't no chicken »
30 Jan The Pharoah Sanders Quartet throw off a Coltrane-inspired set which is anything but derivative
What a difference a year makes »
03 Dec Those packed into Cabaret Voltaire are treated to not one, but two great sets from The Twilight Sad and local heroes Broken Records.
Music Society wows audience in McEwan Hall »
03 Dec Edinburgh University Music Society's Chorus and Symphony Orchestra team up to create a work of passion and force
Waking Up and Smelling the Coffee Table »
24 Apr The market for acoustic singer-songwriters may have reached saturation point, but Alex Cornish is still original enough to stand out, Rod MacNeil discovers.
Ladyfest hits Edinburgh »
24 Apr Ladyfest - a community-run not-for-profit arts and cultural festival - comes to Edinburgh for the first time this May
Keep On The Grass »
26 Mar Britpop superstars Supergrass are as deserving of our attention now as they were in the 90s. Just listen to the songs, says Rod MacNeil
Like Having Your Teeth Pulled »
12 Mar The Dykeenies' brand of new wave pop has won them many fans this past year. Alex Randall fails to understand why
The Comedy Stops Here »
12 Mar Local hereos Amplifico have finally got around to releasing their debut album. Not before time, says Chris McCall
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Mozart & Schubert »
12 Mar It's performances like this which ensure the continued popularity of late eighteenth century chamber music
