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Introducing Tune Up 2008/09 - Season 1: 2 October - 7 December
Tune Up, the Scottish Arts Council, National Lottery funded initiative that supports musicians to play in venues as far and wide as Scotland itself, is ready to hit the road with a new round of tours.
Divided into two seasons of tours, the first will run from 2 October to 7 December 2008, with the second season covering February to June 2009, sending artists such as Roddy Woomble and Julie Fowlis on their way to venues in 26 different Scottish cities, towns, villages and islands not normally included on conventional tours.
Tune Up takes bands like Injuns and artists such as Claes Cem from the indie ambience of Glasgow's Barfly to Portree Community Centre on their native Isle of Skye, and allows them to deliver their startlingly original musicianship to a whole new range of audiences.
'We are delighted with the diverse programme of tours - the people of Scotland are in for musical treats over the course of the next nine months. Whether it is an international jazz trio, brand new music from some of Britain's finest folk musicians, contemporary classical, rock or indie, you will find some of the best musicians playing right on your doorsteps. It's also great this year to see tours from a number of independent Scottish record labels – another sign of the wealth of talent in the music sector.' Stuart Thomas - Scottish Arts Council
Details of artist, dates and locations can be found below on the Tune Up website.
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Tune Up takes top musical talent across Scotland
Audiences across Scotland have had the chance to see a range of exciting performances from some of Scotland’s top musicians and leading international artists this year, thanks to the Scottish Arts Council’s Tune Up initiative.
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Tune Up takes the highest quality music, from traditional to experimental, world music to cabaret, chamber music to pop and rock to venues across Scotland, and has established itself as a significant international touring programme. |
Tours in 2007/08 included performances from the Fraser Fifield Band and Bulgarian folk masters Nedyalko Quartet, one of the UK’s most talented jazz and soul artists Eska Mtungwazi, a celebration of the work of Scottish musician and composer Martyn Bennett from Mr Mcfall’s Chamber, Tom Bancroft, Fraser Fifield and James Mackintosh, and BBC Folk Award winners Lau featuring Ross Ainslie-Jarlath Henderson Trio.
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Tune Up has taken live music to some of the most remote areas of Scotland and the tours have gone down a storm with audiences in village halls and concert halls from Stornoway to Castle Douglas.
Tune Up touring for the 2007/08 season has now finished, but a taste of each tour will feature in the Tune Up podcast series. |
If you missed any of the Tune Up tours, or want to enjoy your favourite moments again, you can subscribe to the podcast series in one of two ways;
- subscribe to Tune Up podcasts using iTunes
- subscribe to Tune Up podcasts using other software
Presented by the Scottish Arts Council and Radio Magnetic since the 2006/07 season, the podcasts have been recorded by the artists themselves, giving the listener an insider experience of being on a Tune Up tour. They also include excerpts of the live gigs recorded by BBC Radio Scotland.
Tune Up was established by the Scottish Arts Council in 2003 and provides funding to top musicians and artists to perform across Scotland. Particular emphasis is on touring to more remote locations that do not usually benefit from a varied range of high quality live music. In 2006/07 there were 11 tours featuring 20 artists in over 70 gigs.
Full details of the Tune Up initiative are available on the Tune Up website.
Tune Up is supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council. |