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Category: On Tour
With the rehearsals under way for the return of Plan B's production of A Wee Home From Home visit the wee website dedicated to the show. It has the tour dates, photos, news, reviews, audio and video clips. Everything in fact to make your enjoyment of this unique and powerful show even better.
Visit A Wee Home From Home for all the information on Plan B's production
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An event to rival Dr John's trip to Blairgowrie to perform at The Gig when the other New Orleans legend, Allen Toussaint coming to Aberdeen to play The Lemon Tree. 18 November 2009 is the date and tickets are on sale Monday 21 September 2009. Must get a poster for the launderette wall!
http://www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/prod-productions_details.asp?pid=2293&venueid=285
Who'd believed it!
National Theatre of Scotland presents - Long Gone Lonesome - A Musical Celebration of the Life of Thomas Fraser -
Who would have thought that this could ever happen? But it is and it should be celebrated! Get along to one of the shows if you can.
View thw trailer for the production at -
http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=s549
And for more details of the tour dates visit -
http://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/content/default.asp?page=home_LongGoneLonesome
Long Gone Lonesome Written by Duncan McLean
Directed by Vicky Featherstone
Featuring the Lone Star Swing band
Long Gone Lonesome tells the story of Thomas Fraser. The Shetlander with two lives. By day fisherman, father and islandman, by night world class innovator in American country and roots music.
Thomas was dedicated to his art, mastering the styles of his heroes - like pioneering country singer Jimmie Rodgers, America's Blue Yodeller - and making their songs his own.
Using all his hard earned money from the sea, he bought the first Grundig reel to reel, creating ground-breaking self made multi-tracked recordings, which he gave to close friends as gifts. His modesty stopped them travelling any further.
Thomas died in 1978, at the age of 50, following an accident at sea. His immense shyness meant only a handful of people had ever seen him perform. His tapes were more or less forgotten for a quarter of a century until his grandson realised their importance and started the slow process of restoring them and transferring them to CD. The first modest release ignited a blaze of interest in Thomas and his music.
Three more CDs have followed as well as a festival in his honour, plaudits from critics and scholars around the world, a documentary - and now this musical telling of his story.
‘I've written a script that aims to tell Thomas's story, and to convey the essence of the music he loved and performed with so much passion. Produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and directed by the Company’s own Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone - it's not a play as such. Instead, the show will be a mix of storytelling, music and what you might call dramatic jam sessions with games, improvisations, tall tales, exaggerations, musical explorations and heartfelt personal confessions disguised as jaunty novelty numbers.’ Duncan McLean, July 2009
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I know some of you have been waiting for this information.
DUNDEE - FAT SAMS 27 amd 28 December 2007- Michael's legendary holiday season home town gig backed by the The Hazey Janes - a move from the Westport Bar this year to more salubrious surroundings of Fat Sams. Ticket prices £10 from following outlets -
Advance tickets from Grouchos Ticket Agency tel 01382 - 228496.
Really excited by the prospect of seeing and hearing Michael Marra perform with BBC Scotland Symphony Orchestra at City Halls, Glasgow on 10 June 2007. Was there in Jamuary when Michael had to cancel his appearance due to illness. The songs included in the programme are amongst my favourites with Schenectady Calling Peerie Willie Johnson being particularly poignant due to the recent passing of Willie Johnson. It will also be great to hear Martyn Bennett's " Liberation" from the album "Grit" being performed live with the orchestra.
Sunday 10 June
City Halls, Glasgow, 3.00pm
Live broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland
Scotland's Music '07
Presented for BBC Radio Scotland by Mary Ann Kennedy
MacCunn Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Trad. Catriona Watt - 2006 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year (with BBC SSO)
Sir John Blackwood McEwen Viola Concerto
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James MacMillan Exsultet (BBC SSO brass and percussion)
Trad. Catriona Watt (unaccompanied set)
Edward McGuire Hall of Memories
Trad. Michael Marra (to include Green Grow the Rushes, Mother Glasgow, Schenectady Calling Peerie Willie Johnson)
Martyn Bennett, arr. Lawson Liberation from 'Grit' with Michael Marra, Catriona Watt and the BBC SSO
Scott Dickinson, viola
Catriona Watt, singer
Michael Marra, singer
Stefan Solyom, conductor
TICKETS: FREE (unreserved seating)
Box Office: 0141-353-8000 - and at City Halls before the programme starts, subject to availability