THE Eyemouth Hippodrome has announced an international array of musicians for its spring programme of roots music and jazz concerts.
Colorado-based bluegrass band Railsplitters appear at the Berwickshire venue on January 26, followed by folk group Pons Aelius on February 17 and Dutch jazz-trance trio Under the Surface on February 23.
Award-winning young Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie takes his trio to Eyemouth on March 2 and Cuban guitar duo Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas & Eduardo Martin appear on March 8. Scottish folk band Gnoss, Aberdeenshire traditional singer Iona Fyfe, drummer Alyn Cosker’s band and Belgian-Spanish guitar-keyboard duo Filip Verneert & Enrique Simon all appear in April.
www.eyemouthhippodrome.org
Jean Nicholson has been appointed Festival Director of the Cumnock Tryst.
An arts administrator with 25 years experience in opera and theatre management, Ms Nicholson will work in partnership with Sir James MacMillan to develop the festival which this year marks its 5th anniversary.
The festival takes place each October in and around the East Ayrshire town.
Sir James MacMillan, Artistic Director of The Tryst, said “I’m very much looking forward to working with Jean in the development of our ideas.
"Jean’s wealth of experience will bring a new perspective to the work that we do in and around Cumnock."
The 5th Cumnock Tryst Festival will take place between 4 and 7 October.
www.thecumnocktryst.com
FATHERS and daughters, mothers and sons, older dancers and primary schoolers will take to the stage as Barrowland Ballet tours Scotland in February 2018 with Wolves, a new production based on their 2017 show.
The new production has a much smaller cast, as the original boasted 75 dancers, the production still boasts performers of all ages, with dancers aged from 6-69, many with family connections.
The production looks at the stories passed down through generations.
Barrowland Ballet is based in Glasgow, it is built around the artistic work of choreographer Natasha Gilmore.
The show will tour in February to the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, the Macrobert in Stirling, Eden Court in Inverness, The Brunton in Musselburgh, and the Paisley Arts Centre.
www.barrowlandballet.co.uk
SAXOPHONIST Tommy Smith plays the first in a new series of jazz concerts being hosted by St James Scottish Episcopal Church in Leith on Saturday, February 10.
Smith will be giving a solo saxophone recital following the success of his solo appearances at Rochester Jazz Festival in New York and Islay Jazz Festival last summer. The new series of concerts is being staged monthly and will also feature saxophonist Brian Molley’s quartet on March 10 and the New Focus Quartet, which is co-led by saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski, who won the Instrumentalist of the Year title at the Scottish Jazz Awards 2017, and pianist Euan Stevenson, on April 14.
All concerts take place in St James in John’s Place, Edinburgh EH6 and begin at 7:30pm.
www.stjamesleith.org
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