Author Archives: FRETS CONCERTS

HORSE will be appearing in concert at FRETS next Friday 20th Sept in the Strathaven Hotel performing an intimate stripped back concert. Ticket availability is low, if you are interested in attending it’s recommended you buy tickets before the concert sells out. Kirsten Adamson will perform an opening set as special guest. Tickets are availableContinue reading “HORSE – tickets running low”

Michael Head is performing a solo concert tonight at FRETS in the Strathaven Hotel, with special guest Stevie Jackson opening the show. Tickets on sale at this link: https://wegottickets.com/event/625318 Here are the stage times: Doors – 7.30, Stevie Jackson – 8pm, Michael Head – 9pm. There will be a limited number of tickets available tonightContinue reading “Michael Head / Stevie Jackson – stage times tonight.”

Michael Head’s 2017 album (Adios Señor Pussycat) was the album that introduced The Red Elastic Band and received the usual critical plaudits. However it was the 2022 album Dear Scott that finally saw Michael combine critical acclaim with commercial success, reaching number 6 in the UK Album Chart and receiving a 5-star review in MOJOContinue reading “The Red Elastic Band / Michael Head solo concert this Friday”

FRETS returns tonight (Saturday 31st August) with BMX Bandits in concert at the Strathaven Hotel. Their recent album, Dreamers on the Run, is a BIG favourite at FRETS, here’s the title track which we think is one of the very best recordings made by Duglas T. Stewart during the BMX Bandits’ illustrious career. Here areContinue reading “BMX Bandits – timings for tonight.”

The final desolve of Shack led to one of the biggest treasures in the Michael Head catalogue, an album credited to Michael Head and the Strands called The Magical World of the Strands. It is indeed magical, containing some of his most pastoral tracks. Here are a couple of articles from The Guardian that giveContinue reading “Michael Head and the Magical World of the Strands”

Port Sulphur will be in concert at Edinburgh College of Art in the Wee Red Bar on Saturday 28th Sept, with support from QUAD90. Tickets are available at this link: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/622887 Port Sulphur release a new album, Meta Guru, via the Creeping Bent/ Last Night From Glasgow labels on 4th Oct, pre-orders available at thisContinue reading “Port Sulphur (featuring Davy Henderson & Vic Godard) – The Lane”

Hop, Skip & Jump is one of the singles taken from the magnificent recent BMX Bandits album, Dreamers on the Run. Duglas T. Stewart has had many great musicians in the Bandits over the years including songwriting contributors Norman Blake and David Scott (both of whom will be in concert at FRETS on Saturday 19thContinue reading “BMX BANDITS – Hop, Skip & Jump”

The Pearlfishers recently released their amazing album, Making Tapes For Girls, on the Marina record label. It is a classic LP, highlighting the group’s singer/songwriter David Scott’s incredible songwriting ability, if you are a fan of Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Webb, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, then the Pearlfishers are for you. David will be performing aContinue reading “The Pearlfishers (David Scott) & Norman Blake – Sat 19th Oct”

Michael Head’s unfortunate luck after the demise of Pale Fountains continued with Shack. The songs were incredible, the recordings were great, but the bad luck was monumental. The story of how their ‘lost’ album Waterpistol was eventually released on Hamburg’s independent record label Marina sums up the misfortune that seemed attendant to the Shack story,Continue reading “Michael Head – Waterpistol”

Many of you who have attended FRETS will have met our daughter Matilda. Katy has written a memoir – Matilda in the Middle – that will be published soon by Into Books. The book covers Katy’s background in music from childhood in East Kilbride through to moving to Edinburgh joining The Fizzbombs and being partContinue reading “MATILDA IN THE MIDDLE – Katy Lironi”