Lochaber recording studio Watercolour Music has teamed up with local radio station Nevis Radio to give up-and-coming talents a chance to showcase their music over the summer.

The state-of-the-art facility on the shores of Loch Linnhe, which has played host to bands and producers including Ethan Johns, Jerry Boys, Rachel Sermanni and Admiral Fallow, is offering young bands a package including free additional studio time, radio play on Nevis Radio, PR and marketing training and packages, a featured track on a compilation download album and participation in a launch party and gig in Fort William.

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Richard Michael, the pianist and long-serving director of Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra, premieres his Meadows Suite for Jazz Piano and Orchestra tomorrow [May 23] with the Meadows Orchestra at St Cuthbert's Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. Following similar lines to Michael's Herald Angel-winning History of Jazz Piano presentation, the suite celebrates Fats Waller, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and Oscar Peterson. The concert begins at 7:45pm, with Michael's son, cellist Robin, playing pieces by Debussy and Saint-Saens in the first half.

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The poet-figurehead of punk rock, John Cooper Clarke (pictured) plays Scottish dates in June. Clarke, affectionately known as the Bard of Salford, toured with Elvis Costello, The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Buzzcocks in the 70s and more recently has worked with Arctic Monkeys and Plan B while continuing to write prolifically. He plays Platform, Glasgow on Friday, June 5; Tolbooth, Stirling (Saturday 6), Ironworks, Inverness (Sunday 7); Inchyra Arts Club, Glencarse, near Perth (Tuesday 9); and Lemon Tree, Aberdeen (Wednesday 10).

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American old-time fiddle specialist, singer, guitarist and banjo picker, Bruce Molsky is currently touring Scotland while his latest album, 1865, a collection of American Civil War songs recorded as a guest of a cappella singing group Anonymous 4, tops the Billboard charts back home. New York-based Molsky, whose musical interests extend across blues and Balkan folk music, plays Tolbooth, Stirling tonight, Birnam Arts Centre tomorrow, Glenurquart Hall, Drumnadrochit (Sunday), Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye (Monday) finishing with a house concert in Edinburgh on May 26. His group with Swedish mandola player Ale Möller and fiddler Aly Bain returns to Scotland during October and November.

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