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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…
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…
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…
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The wonderful, small but perfectly formed Islay Jazz Festival is on again, from the 19th – 21st September! Tickets available from TOMORROW.
Photo credit: Fiona Mactaggart https://jazzscotland.com/collections/islay-jazz-festival https://jazzscotland.com/blogs/ciijf25-artists…
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Calling all young jazz musicians! BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician 2025 has launched! In association with Glasgow Jazz Festival, BBC Radio Scotland are inviting Scottish-based musicians aged 18-27 to join a search for emerging jazz talent.
Photo credit: Martin Shields. Entries close at 4pm on 8th September, so head to bbc.co.uk/youngjazz to enter where you will…
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Apply for the Sound of Young Scotland Award 2025! Applications are open from Friday 1 August – midnight on Friday 22 August. Details, eligibility and application link below.
https://www.sayaward.com/thesoundofyoungscotland