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Album review of Malcolm MacFarlane’s new digital album, ‘Alone’.

“In a world of competing noise and complexities, music engendering tranquillity, perhaps even mindfulness, is to be welcomed.” East Lothian-based…
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Happy Christmas!

Dear Jazz lovers, its been quite a year for Scottish jazz. As Christmas Day draws ever nearer, to leaven the…
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Winners of the Scottish Jazz Awards 2025 are..

The Scottish Jazz Awards 2025 last night, held in Glasgow, were hosted by Seonaid Aitken, and included a fitting tribute…
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Dundee Jazz Festival opens today. Four days of jazzy joy in the Scottish north-east..

Details here: https://jazzscotland.com/collections/dundee-jazz-festival?srsltid=AfmBOorAUFWXN48QpMjfPv-LBiMA75ja63b33I9rHrn5Gv5pZhIEaMlG
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Hejira – Celebrating Joni Mitchell is coming to The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th November!

This will be an exquisite treat for the many Joni Mitchell fans here in Scotland. From its origins as a…
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Album review: SoSaLa “1983 – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Rathausplatz Bern”

Having the belief that it is as important to look outside Scotland, as to look within, the following album caught…
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Exciting, new band Celtic Django Project returns to Edinburgh’s The Jazz Bar: “a treat for all fans of Scottish and Irish folk music, gypsy jazz and Django Reinhardt.”

Following their 3-night stint – which sold out! – at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, and in the run up to…
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Album review: Paul Harrison “Encontros – The music of Egberto Gismonti”

  Album review: Paul Harrison “Encontros – The music of Egberto Gismonti” Review by Fiona Mactaggart   Encontros “…has humour,…
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Twenty years performing at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe!!

Photo credit: Northumberland Gazette. Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer on sax and piano respectively are stalwarts of the Fringe fest….
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The Caol Ila Islay Jazz Festival tickets are on sale from today! See the amazing line-up and tickets below..

Photo credit: Fiona Mactaggart https://jazzscotland.com/collections/caol-ila-islay-jazz-festival?se_activity_id=194282127741&syclid=d2ctrjq3kh8s73dcah30&utm_campaign=Caol+Ila+Islay+Jazz+Festival+Programme+Released+Today%21_194282127741&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email PS: Come for the Jazz; stay for the beaches, wildlife & whisky! 😉 PPS: Some…