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| Fergus McGreadie |
*Glastonbury 2022
Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Arlo Parkes,
80s bands, Supergrass, crowded house, Metronomy,
Headliners – Billie Elish, Paul McCartney
Emerging talent winner – Scots singer songwriter Lewis McLaughlin
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| Paolo Nutini |
Rab Noakes - Birthday, special gig Milngavie folk club.
Connect Music festival Edinburgh -
Jon Hopkins, Idles, John Grant, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Lyra, joesef, Optima,
MERCURY prize shortlist 2022
With the usual eclectic mix and encourages diversity. – from big name pop stars, to jazz musician.
Scots jazz pianist – Fergus McGreadie - Influenced by both jazz and folk for his new album Forrest floor
PLUS Givenno, Joy Crookes, Little Simz, Kojey Radical, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler, Sam Fender, Wet Leg, Harry Styles.
For all the days that tear the Heart - https://www.mercuryprize.com/2022-shortlist
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| Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler |
Emerges this year after the 3 years of the pandemic, to a dramatically changed world.
Post war resilience, recovery and building a new future.
As we face new challenges - Cost of living crisis, climate change.
Celebrates this year its 75th anniversary of the International Festival with an outdoor Gala performance at Murrayfield
Post war stronger – artists, residence and visitors.
The last full in person festival was in 2019 - this year with 14 venues and over 2,300 artists
We appreciate more all that festivals offer us. – photographers, pandemic images.
BURN – Alan Cumming , dance theatre
REFUGE – theatre, dance, art.
VENUES-Royal High school music venue; Summerhall: Traverse theatre; the Stand comedy
PLUS – the Edinburgh film festival, Edinburgh art festival, the International Book festival,
The Edinburgh FRINGE with 4,400 shows!
Average Fringe tickets are at £11. With short programs of around an hour, so excellent for trying out new ideas.
Nothing beats the buzz of the high street at festival time. We visited during the pandemic it was a lovely sunny day but there was an eerie emptiness as if time stood still for a while .. and now we take those baby steps to recovery.
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