Sounds of the Stewartry

The 2006 Tour of the TMSA saw a welcome performance in Castle Douglas. Many of those who appeared featured in the Live CD of the 2005 tour featured here. Traditional Scottish music has always had its particular devotees, but music played to this standard is beginning to attract a far larger audience in no small part due to events such as the annual Celtic Connections festival.

Ian Chapman, AKA Young Twice, from Kirkcudbright, is a Hip Hop Artist who is new to the music scene! He is currently working with Edinburgh based Artist and Producers and has plans to release an EP and independent mixtape later this year. He presently uses Myspace to promote his work and hopes to establish himself in Scotland’s expanding urban music scene.

Marc is the driving force and songwriter with Mercury Award nominated band Hobotalk. Hobotalk have been touring throughout the UK and Europe and are currently working on new album of material.
www.hobotalk.com

Winner of BBC Radio Scotland's Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year Award in 2002, Emily has appeared as part of the Unusual Suspects as well as toured with her band around the world and is currently working on a new album
www.emilysmith.org

Like generations of seafarers from their beloved Shetland, Rock Salt and Nails have successfully travelled the world, growing, learning but never losing touch with their island roots. It is the unique mixture presented by Rock Salt and Nails over five albums and countless concerts, which constantly wins over audiences of astonishing diversity.

1970 to1975…Glam Rules!…from its subtle entrance in 1970 with Ride a White Swan to its garish demise in 1975, Glam was big, shiny, loud, brash and most importantly fun!
Three decades later, five seventies kids are suddenly possessed by the phenomenon that was Glam…the four on the floor tribal beat, long hair, outrageous clothes and stupendous platform shoes...they have been Glamd!

Sally was born in Balmaclellan and has lived in the Glenkens ever since. She is an accomplished song writer and has played at the last three Wickerman festivals and this year performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. She has compiled a demo CD and is currently working on a number of new songs. She has a particularly melodic voice which compliments her guitar playing to great effect.

Drawing from relationships first forged at Music College in Newcastle, Inertia is a brand new band bursting with musical force.

Front man – Martyn Drabik and keys player Christopher Lever (AKA Chops) began playing acoustic duo sets in the pubs, bars and clubs of London Town. Now with drummer – Arran Ness and bassist Craig Kickbush of Crazy6, completing the line-up, Inertia are preparing their debut album, Unsafe The While. In the meantime they will be performing gigs across the South including London, Brighton and Bristol.