GLASGOW Americana has ten shows lined up for this year’s five-day festival that gets under way on October 4.
Singer/songwriters such as Mark Olson and Slaid Cleaves plus fellow Americans, Jefferson Hamer and Martha Fields will be joined by the talent from Scotland and elsewhere including Adam Holmes, Jill Jackson, Rachel Sermanni, Ags Connolly and My Darling Clementine.
Seven different venues are being used for a festival.
To date more than 140 acts have performed at Glasgow Americana since its inception in 2007.
The CCA, The Glad Café, Drygate, St Andrews in the Square, Saint Luke’s, The Admiral and The Hug and Pint will host this year’s shows.
The opening night is a special curtain raiser, The Late Great Townes Van Zandt Show, with the blessing of Townes’ son, John, features Rachel Sermanni, Jefferson Hamer, Roseanne Reid, Davie Scott from The Pearl Fishers, Jonas & Jane, plus one or two more.
There are two evening gigs on October 6 and three shows in all on the Saturday, including a matinee, while the final day on October 8 offers two separate matinee performances and then the grand evening finale.
www.glasgowamericana.com
ONE of Scotland’s distilleries, Glengoyne, has revealed the second in a series of releases in partnership with one of the country’s most popularr contemporary artists, John Lowrie Morrison.
‘Heavy Snow at Glengoyne Distillery’ by Morrison, also known as Jolomo is the second in a collection of four seasonal paintings of the distillery commissioned by Glengoyne Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
The artwork has been printed on limited edition whisky gift tins.
The original painting will be auctioned and the proceeds from this, along with a donation from Glengoyne, will go towards The Mackintosh Campus Appeal to help The Glasgow School of Art recover the tragic 2014 fire in the Mackintosh building.
It is hoped that £50,000 will be raised for the cause over the course of the four-year project.
www.glengoyne.com
SCOTTISH violinist Nicola Benedetti has pledged support to Tenovus Scotland, the Scottish medical research charity, as it celebrates its Golden Jubilee.
Tenovus Scotland was founded in 1967 to provide support for innovative medical research and Ms Benedetti will be Honorary Vice-President.
The charity funds pilot projects and early career researchers and has awarded £7 million over the last 10 years.
Ms Benedetti commented: "I am delighted to support the crucial work that Tenovus Scotland is doing to fund medical research throughout Scotland. The projects it funds are the first vital steps towards scientific progress.”
Nicola Benedetti will be performing with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in concert at Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow on October 5, 6 and 7, at all of which Tenovus Scotland will celebrate its Golden Jubilee.
www.tenovus-scotland.org.uk
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