Brooklyn-based rapper Nappy Nina has carved out a distinctive niche within contemporary hip hop. Her storytelling skills and conversational, but precise flow have seen the MC collaborate widely over the course of a young career, with figures ranging from hip hop veterans such as Quelle Chris and Stas Thee Boss, to DIY and avant garde
Manu Delago – Grammy nominee, composer, innovator and acclaimed percussionist – will be joined by singers from vocal ensemble Mad About Lemon and the multi-talented Clemens Rofner as he shares this versatile and powerful album with audiences across Europe. Famous for his dynamic and surprising live shows, Delago has toured the world and collaborated with artists such as Björk, The Cinematic Orchestra and Olafur Arnalds.
Savage Mansion return with their fourth album ‘The Shakes’, and an Edinburgh headline show in support of their strongest, boldest record yet. A record rooted in a deep well of emotion, and the rigorously thought-through reasoning of writers thoroughly in love with their influences. Support comes from Martha Ffion (Lost Map Records), with a full band set of songs from 2023’s acclaimed album The Wringer.
Bel Cobain has proven herself to be a multi-dimensional artist, translating her message through stories, artwork, poetry and, most favoured, her emotive musicality. Cobain’s entrancing, yet soft and mellow vocals have carried her across various genres, highlighting her enigmatic presence which all comes alive when she performs. 2023 has been vibrant for Cobain, with her Radical Forgiveness EP and some exciting showcases taking us further into the world of Bel Cobain.
Blue Giant Orkestar are a tunetastic trans-European gold-plated instrumental hydra of nuclear brass, searing fiddle, pounding tuba, one enormous Russian concert accordion and a percussion section that could flatten your house. Fuelled by Balkan horos, Serbian brass festivals, Turkish pop songs, Bulgarian accordion fireworks and even a spot of Scottish ceilidh, they play powerful and intricate originals as well as arrangements from many nations and peoples.
Sunda Arc are brothers Nick Smart and Jordan Smart, best known as two-thirds of jazz-influenced minimalists Mammal Hands. Sunda Arc channels Nick and Jordan’s love of electronic and dance music, without losing any of their deep musicality.
Based along the Firth of Forth coast, post punk and electronica artist Amateur Cult brings his full band to Summerhall for the synth rock meets art punk single launch of ‘Eyes’.
Rebecca Vasmant’s eight-piece Ensemble formed following the sell-out album With Love, From Glasgow, comprising of world-class Scottish musicians. Through the ethereal, floating textures, the music tells a love story to Scotland, and the wonderful talents happening in the beautiful country.
March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.
Over the span of her career, Jolie Holland has knotted together a century of American song – jazz, blues, soul, rock and roll – into some stew that is impossible to categorise with any conventional critical terminology. This is her burden and her gift, to know all of these American songs of the last ten decades in her head and her heart, and to have to wrestle with their legacy.
Lonnie Holley’s art and music, born out of struggle, hardship (but perhaps more importantly), out of furious curiosity and biological necessity, has manifested itself in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, music and filmmaking.
LA-based, by way of Florida rapper YUNGMORPHEUS announces his forthcoming new solo album. Picking up right where he left off with his prolific run of projects in 2022, his new album From Whence It Came was released April 28 via Lex Records.
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In 2021 Holy Other returned with Lieve, his first new work to be released in nine years, and the start of a new chapter. Emerging from an extended stay at Bidston Observatory on the Wirral, Lieve was recorded throughout 2020 in the North West of England. Using the acoustics of the observatory — the cavernous
Yeah You is the Welsh /father/daughter duo Elvin Brandhi and Gustav Thomas. Their spontaneous sonic outpouring spews unfiltered into jagged pop requiems made from a variety of tools in endlessly shifting contexts. With support from Edinburgh’s Off Brand.
Burd Ellen is a project featuring Debbie Armour (Alasdair Roberts, Green Ribbons) and Gayle Brogan (Pefkin, Electroscope). The group uses traditional song to explore and evoke dark landscapes and deep stories. Innovative instrumentation, drone and sound-wash support detailed vocal work to create a unique sonic atmosphere. They are twice featured in The Guardian’s Folk Albums
R.A.P. Ferreira fka milo aka scallops hotel is an MC, producer and theorist working in the Black arts tradition commonly categorised as rap. Having founded the label ruby yacht in 2015 and since releasing all of his music through this channel, Ferreira has earned a sizable following within independent hip hop by rigorous, constant touring and an elevated, explorational style of performance. He is known for an uncompromised, utopic flow that speaks directly to the root of the listener.
An urgent and compelling solo performance using improvised live double bass, electronic music and experimental film to reflect on the overwhelm of news headlines, government manipulation and the increasingly chaotic times we’re living through. More importantly, it’s about how art can help us cope. The Relentless Approach of Better Times invites you on a journey
Echoes of Prince is a very special and unique show, an opera funk in tribute to The Kid Of Minneapolis, created by the Parisian funk band, Echoes Of, better known recently as Jéroboam on Space Grapes Records and Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra for Kyoto Jazz Massive. If you get a chance to see
Album launch for Adam Stafford’s new long player, Daylight Slavings, on Gerry Loves Records. To welcome the record, Stafford will lead a trio at Summerhall’s Old Lab, with support from Bell Lungs.
