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Inclusive Glasgow-based new music ensemble Sonic Bothy gives a concert of new and experimental music at Glasgow City Halls on Thursday at 7:30pm. Joining the group, which brings together musicians of all abilities to work towards extending their musical knowledge, composition and performance skills and has collaborated with musicians from as far afield as Japan, will be internationally respected, Edinburgh-born vocal improviser Maggie Nicols, who will perform a work incorporating musicians from Sonic Bothy's learning programme.
sonicbothy.co.uk
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Scottish National Jazz Orchestra trombonist Chris Greive joins fellow SNJO musician, saxophonist Martin Kershaw and guitarist Graeme Stephen in the latest Playtime jazz session at the Outhouse Bar in Edinburgh on Thursday. Away from his more conventional instrumental role in SNJO, Greive, who has also worked with Stephen in the experimental group NeWt, specialises in electronic enhancement of the trombone, taking it into the bass register as well as exploring harmonic and tonal possibilities. Thursday's session begins at 8pm.
playtime-music.com
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Edinburgh promoters Click Clack report an excellent turn-out for their first presentation in their new Tuesday slot last month and announce that their guest for February 17 will be Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, pictured, who shortly goes on tour with saxophonist Steve Kettley. The duo will perform a warm-up for the tour, which begins at the Tolbooth, Stirling on February 20, and will be joined by bassist Dave Conway's The Enormous Yes and bass clarinet-guitar duo Pete Furniss & Haftor Medboe. Click Clack events take place at Henry's Cellar Bar in Morrison Street and the music begins at 7:30pm.
facebook.com/ClickClackClub
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Glasgow-based musician Shona Brown maintains her 10in10 project's schedule this week by issuing the fourth instalment of recordings planned for release on the 10th of each month from November to August inclusive. The self-penned Your Silence is So Loud features Brown on vocals, percussion and looped ambient electronics and follows the well-received double A sided single Haar/Solas, which she released last month.
shonabrown.com
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