Music
Posts about the Live music we have been to as part of the A-Z Music Tour
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Chapterhouse with Sister Ry Davies
23 April 2026, The Classic Grand The Classic Grand on Glasgow’s Jamaica Street, is fast becoming one of my favourite venues. Sitting somewhere between King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut and St Lukes & The Winged Horse, it’s a venue which offers both intimacy and a number of viewing vantage points. And the sound system isn’t…
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The Bros. Landreth with Begonia
18 April 2026, Oran Mor The Bros. Landreth For the second night in a row we were dropping down to the basement of Oran Mor for the latest gig on our #AtoZMusicalTour The Bros. Landreth had been recommended by my good lady’s Canadian nephew, and we didn’t want to disappoint by not seeing them when…
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IST IST with The Youth Play
17 April 2026, Oran Mor IST IST Throughout our #AtoZMusicalTour to date, most gigs have been selected due to having at least some knowledge of the acts we are going to see. Even breaking bands have come with some degree of knowing what to expect. The IST IST gig is one of the few exceptions…
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James with Doves
8 April 2026, OVO Hydro The previous night spent in The Glad Cafe watching wor_kspace and National Park with maybe 100 or so others. And now we head to Finnieston to see two of the best bands to come out of the Greater Manchester area. Over the past few years, I’ve been lucky enough to…
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wor_space with National PArk
7 April 2026, The Glad Cafe The Glad Café is starting to feel like a second home, at least on the musical front. It more often than not offers a night of pleasant surprises with the diverse range of music it hosts. And while I’d like to think I have an eclectic taste in music,…
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The Creeping Bent Organisation with Port Sulphur & Bubbles
3 April 2026, The Glad Cafe When you head to a football match there is no guarantee that the team you support will win, that the game will be a free-flowing showcase of football talent and that you will head back home afterwards knowing you’ll have happy memories about the match in the months and…
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Ghost Funk Orchestra with Logan’s Close
29 March 2026, The Rumshack Over the past few years, we’ve been in the very fortunate position of being able to take a gamble on seeing musical acts we know very little about. The gigs tend to be in the many smaller venues that abound in and around Glasgow. Sunday night at The Rumshack was…
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Callum Easter with Fraser MacCallum
28 March 2026, The Glad Cafe Having witnessed Callum Easter in a supporting role a couple of times previously, I was nonetheless, unable to convey his unique style to my good lady and what we could expect to hear as we wandered into The Glad Café. There’s his dry humour that works well on a…
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Stanley Odd
27 March 2026, Paisley Arts Centre Getting off the train at Gilmour Street in Paisley, the cold wind blowing down the streets resulted in just about everyone arriving at the Paisley Arts Centre wrapped up for the elements outside. In contrast no doubt, they were warm inside in expectation of Stanley Odd’s return to the…
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Jehnny Beth with Benefits
22 March 2026, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut A visit to King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut has yet to disappoint over the years we’ve been going there. There’s always a special atmosphere generated in the venue irrespective of who is playing, and you sense that the acts have created a special rapport with the audience…
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The Monochrome Set with The Cathode Ray
7 March 2026, Mono Cafe The Cathode Ray There have only been a couple of times during our two-and-a-bit years of the #AtoZMusicalTour when support act has been the primary reason for getting tickets to see them play live. In the recent past, F.O.Machete filled that role. However, on this Saturday night all thoughts turned…
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Gene with James Walsh
6 March 2026, The Barrowland Ballroom Several months ago, the marketing campaign for Gene’s tour started to appear regularly in the social media feeds that form part of the daily information input. Gene, a band I was slightly familiar with having tracks on various compilation CDs purchased in the 1990s. Could I name a song…
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Mackenzies with Land Surveyor
28 February 2026, The Glad Cafe Walking into the Glad Café on Saturday night to see the Mackenzies and Land Surveyor play felt a bit like going back in time to the 1980s. Four decades or so later, the anticipation was the same. The chatter about the bands and musicians who played around that earlier…
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets with Waldo’s Gift
25 February 2026, SWG3 In truth, I had to re-familiarise myself with the music of the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets ahead of the gig at SWG3. What was evident from doors opening though, was that the band didn’t have such worries with the rest of the audience as they drifted in. Young (compared to us!), excited,…
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Jonny with BMX Bandits
20 February 2026, Strathaven Hotel FRETS concerts describe themselves quite succinctly as follows – ‘FRETS concerts are intimate acoustic affairs, we’re all about songs and live performances’. The Strathaven Hotel has been the venue of choice since their inaugural event back in 2019. while the Glad Café has also played host in recent times too. What…
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Big Special with Gans
19 February 2026, SWG3 Big Special I’ve been lucky to see Big Special three times now. As a support act, higher up the musical food chain as part of a one-day Glasgow festival and at SWG3 as the headliners. I’ve yet to be let down by their performances. The intensity, the humour, the political messaging,…
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Besnard Lakes with The Thorn
17 February 2026, The Rumshack Arriving early at The Rumshack in Glasgow’s Southside, we were able to pick a suitable vantage point to see both bands play to an enthusiastic crowd who packed out the venue. A good vantage point is recommended as the stage sits only a few inches above floor level and when…
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Mogwai with Forest Swords
12 February 2026, Paisley Town Hall Walking into Paisley Town Hall is like taking a walk back in time when grand buildings like it littered towns and cities across the country. Unlike many though, a considerable refurbishment has given it a modern contemporary feel within a stately framework. It’s an impressive sight. An impressive setting…
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Echoes of Scotland – Show No.4
I’ll be playing some contemporary music each Sunday between 7pm and 8pm GMT. Some will be old. Some will be new. Some will be borrowed but they will all be tinged with some Scottish blue.
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Kula Shaker with Helicon
11 February 2026, The Old Fruitmarket Helicon On the day that the band’s latest album Arise is released, it seems very appropriate to provide a review to their support act at The Old Fruitmarket. I’ve been fortunate to see Helicon on several occasions over the past couple of years and each time they look and…
