Rock & Pop

Standing in a crowded Caves under an arching ceiling is somewhat akin to being in a church. A noisy,…
The UOGB has landed – and not a shiny space suit in sight, only their own singular brand of elegant musical…
The dark rises quick in Edinburgh, and never was that truer as this balmy, sun-drenched afternoon is suddenly…
This is living proof that Rock n’ Roll is still king! In what is a tribute concert to six of the all-time…
Mark E Smith is unwell. Rumours of his illness circulate the bars and hostelries around Lothian Road in the…
I am having a weird altered states flashback to an evening in Sativa circa 1995. My states altered purely by…
It’s the first day of September and summer is pretty much semi-officially over.
The stage is empty and dark for several minutes, a low blue light glinting off the front-of-stage keyboard…
It’s 50 years since Simon and Garfunkel’s ā€˜Sound of Silence’ hit the British charts. The duo’s delirious…
ā€œTo be kind….ā€ Michael Gira gravely intones in a rich, sonorous singing voice not yet submerged beneath the…
Heritage rock, once the preserve of grey-haired bands from the sixties and seventies, is now deep within the…
There is no faulting the music to American Idiot.
ā€œWhere’s Hookay?!ā€ goes up the lone cry near the start of tonight’s performance in a packed Usher Hall. ā€¦
"It is a stunning show." EdinburghGuide.com's reviewer is rocked by We Will Rock You.
Glasgow cancelled.  Other Scottish cities such as Stirling and Aberdeen held low-key events with a few…
It’s Sunday night and the Picture House is fit to bursting with hollering friends and families out to support…
For people of a certain age, Sparks will always be one of those weird bands who would show up on Top of the…
Guitar and drums duos in rock ā€˜n’ roll are having a slight purple patch at the moment.
Bryan Ferry is, without question, the most effortlessly cool man in his mid-sixties that I have ever laid…
This is the backstage Kinks’ story. The band that made the Swinging London Mod scene of the 1960s their own.