Tune Up 2007/08
The bands
Tune Up
Current tours
Audiences across Scotland will be treated to new music from Bulgaria to Canada and some of the best music from Scotland and the UK as part of the Scottish Arts Council 2007/08 Tune Up series of live music tours.
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Thirteen bands have been awarded funding from the Scottish Arts Council and will perform in venues the length and breadth of Scotland ranging from well known and established concert halls and theatres to smaller venues such as village halls, community centres and schools. |
Collaboration between Scottish and international artists is this year a feature of Tune Up more than ever before:
Singoporean T’ang Quartet take Theatre Cryptic’s Optical Identity around Scotland in November
Canadian Leeroy Stagger and Glasgow-based Roddy Hart tour in November
Inuk throat-singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis appears with Shooglenifty in November
Bulgarian Nedyalko Nedyalkov and Fraser Fifield tour February 9 March
Zimbabwe-born singer Eska Mtungwazi heads north in March - April 2008
Opera Circus, based in the South West of England, perform Nigel Osborne’s new sevdah opera Differences in Demolition, with Bosnian singers and musicians in May 2008
Fiddle Redezvous brings together Bruce Molsky, Gerry O’Connor, Giles Le Bigot, Mary Ann Kennedy and Mike & Ali Vass in May 2008
Radio Space, a collaboration between Arika and Resonance FM features Knut Aufermann and Sarah Washington
The line up also includes top Scottish musicians:
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Dates and venues are confirmed for yours this year. The first five tours take place between October and November 2007. The remaining nine will take place between February and July 2008. Regular updates will be posted on the Tune Up website. |
| Tune Up was established by the Scottish Arts Council in 2003 and provides funding to top musicians and artists to perform across Scotland. Particular emphasis is on touring to more remote locations that do not usually benefit from a varied range of high quality live music. In 2006/07 there were 11 tours featuring 20 artists in over 70 gigs, and this year the numbers will be even higher. |
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The first tours of the 2007/08 season are now underway...
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Breabach kicked off their tour in Tayvallich Village Hall on 6 October, and end in Stirling at the Tolbooth on Saturday 3 November. |
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Theatre Cryptic’s Optical Identity begins at An Lanntair on Stornoway on Wednesday 24 October. |
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Leeroy Stagger and Roddy Hart start at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen on Sunday 4 November, finishing up in Glasgow on Sunday 11 November. |
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Shooglenifty and Tanya Tagaq Gillis play the Universal Hall in Findhorn on Wednesday 14 November, ending their tour on 24 November at Fat Sam’s in Dundee. |
| For more information, visit the Tune Up website. |
Tune Up is supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council. |