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| Emeli Sande Albert Hall |
There are
also several major music festivals held in Scotland each year -
T in the
Park, Celtic Connections, Rockness, Belladrum, Edinburgh, (plus many folk festivals
Scottish
music is in a very good place. I attend Celtic each year where they have three
weeks of open mic sessions and competitions and the festival has many
interesting collaborations and musicians attending worldwide. I saw Rachel
Sermanni there a few years back.
Emeli Sande. The biggest breakthrough artist in
the UK
in 2012 was Scottish singer songwriter Emeli Sande. Emeli Sandé is a Scottish recording artist and
songwriter. Sandé first became known to the public eye after she featured on
rapper Chipmunk’s, “Diamond Rings” which entered the UK top Ten Singles chart. Also a
top ten hit with Wiley’s “Never Be Your Woman. Simon Cowell called Sandé
"his favourite songwriter at the minute". In 2012 she received the
Brit Awards Critics' Choice Award. She has written for a number of artists,
including Susan Boyle, Rihanna, Gabriella, Leona Lewis, Alesha Dixon, Tinie
Tempah, Cheryl Cole. In 2010, she signed a publishing deal with EMI. She later
announced that Virgin had given her a record deal. Sandé released her first
solo single "Heaven" in August 2011. Sandé has had three number-one
singles across the UK and Ireland with
"Read All About It" with Professor Green, "Next To Me" and
"Beneath Your Beautiful" a collaboration with Labrinth.
Her album Our Version of
Events made number one in the UK
in February 2012 and became the best-selling album of 2012 in the UK, with over
1m sales.
In the
first month of 2013 there will be new album releases from Scottish rock bands
Frightened Rabbit and Biffy Clyro.
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| Karine Polwart |
Karine
Polwart (Traces ) Lau (Race the Loser) Admiral Fallow (Tree Bursts in Snow)
Plus album
releases from Errors, Twilight Sad, Rachel Sermanni, Kassidy, Unwinding Hours.
Scottish record labels
Chemikal
Underground, Greentrax, Electric Honey, Optimo,
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