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AT precisely 13:13pm today, tickets go on sale for a very special edition of Edinburgh's increasingly expansive spoken-word night, Neu! Reekie! Taking place at the Central Hall on Lothian Road (a venue the Beatles once played, trivia fans), the event will combine words and music with a bill which the Herald can exclusively reveal will be headlined by legendary producer and DJ Andrew Weatherall (pictured). Also in the line-up will be Mercury Music Prize winners Young Fathers, who end their UK tour with a homecoming gig, while the show also marks the return of Edinburgh's pioneering electronic troupe, Fini Tribe. Two high-profile spoken-word artists are still to be announced for what Neu! Reekie! supremos Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson are already describing as the show of the year. Tickets and full details of the event, which takes place on Tuesday June 9, will be available on the Summerhall website.
summerhall.co.uk
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Edinburgh-based world jazz sextet Pygmies launch their first EP, Pygs Might Fly, at Henry's Cellar Bar in the capital on Sunday, March 8 at 7pm. The band, whose name originally paid tongue-in-cheek tribute to 1970s supergroup Giants of Jazz and who began life playing leftfield jazz covers before concentrating on original material, comprises musicians from Salsa Celtica, Cauld Blast Orchestra, Papa's Magic Beard, Rumba Caliente, and the Ruby Suit and channels Latin, African, jazz, blues, Balkan, ska, funk, and soul influences.
thepygmies.co.uk
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Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin' is looking for musical volunteers to help with its Easter 2015 event at Tynecastle High School in the capital from April 13-16. Candidates should be sixteen-plus years of age, enjoy working with young people and, ideally, love traditional music. Duties include helping with classes, leading activities and supervising during breaks, helping with the general running of the event and helping with setting up a concert, selling raffles tickets, refreshments etc.
eyg.org.uk
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The Steinberg Duo will be the next guests to feature in Pollok House Arts Society's Sunday afternoon concert series on March 1. The duo - Louisa Stonehill on violin and Nicholas Burns on piano - has had favourable reactions to its latest CD, including plays on BBC Radio 3, and will be performing a programme of Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss at Pollok House. The concert begins at 5pm.
phas.org.uk
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