http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/musicMusic Reviews and News | Herald ScotlandenCopyright 2013 Herald & Times Group all rights reservedThu, 23 May 2013 15:25:02 PDTCopyright 2013 Herald & Times Group all rights reservednoMusic Reviews and News | Herald Scotlandhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-story-of-tubular-bells-for-two.21083134http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-story-of-tubular-bells-for-two.21083134It began as a mad idea to recreate one of the most popular pieces of music of the past century on two acoustic guitars in a living room in a town just outside Sydney.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.21136837http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.21136837EDINBURGH-BASED singer-songwriter Sharon King tours the Borders and Highlands and Islands next month with her group Reckless Angels and is offering young local musicians the chance to show their talents in 15-minute support slots.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/matt-healy-on-1975s-rise-to-fame.21147986http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/matt-healy-on-1975s-rise-to-fame.21147986The 1975 have had many names before finding fame, but there remains one that got away.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/rsno-announces-management-appointments.21150178http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/rsno-announces-management-appointments.21150178The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has made three significant additions to its management.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-bells-the-bells-tubular-incarnations.21156474http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-bells-the-bells-tubular-incarnations.21156474AS well as a 30th anniversary re-recording in 2003, Tubular Bells has spawned four Mike Oldfield by-projects:http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/scant-menu-of-new-work-for-the-opera-lover.21142276http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/scant-menu-of-new-work-for-the-opera-lover.21142276Scotland's lean opera pickings just got leaner.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-the-national-trouble-will-find-me-4ad.21064653http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-the-national-trouble-will-find-me-4ad.21064653AS big a fan as I am of what went before, I reckon it took five albums before The National fully found their niche.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/fiddler-maggie-embarks-on-a-new-stage-of-her-career.21108474http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/fiddler-maggie-embarks-on-a-new-stage-of-her-career.21108474Maggie Adamson has a simple philosophy: if something looks like fun, try it.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-simon-thackers-svara-kanti-rakshasa-slap-the-moon-records.21135250http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-simon-thackers-svara-kanti-rakshasa-slap-the-moon-records.21135250I CANNOT claim to know Indian music well enough to assess the authenticity of classical guitarist Simon Thacker's excursions, but I am satisfied that Thacker has the passion as well as the musical knowledge to justify every note.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-jamie-cullum-momentum-island.21135265http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-jamie-cullum-momentum-island.21135265HE puts on a fine live show, does little Jamie Cullum, and perhaps one day it will be captured on a recording, because his studio work has never really reflected that – and this new one is, if anything, a step back.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-collar-up-ghosts-permwhale.21142138http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/cd-review-collar-up-ghosts-permwhale.21142138Get a bass player, I thought as I noted that, like Keane, Edinburgh three-piece Collar Up made music driven by piano and vocals, with backseat guitars and drums.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/showcase-for-home-grown-talent-not-to-be-missed.21131815http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/showcase-for-home-grown-talent-not-to-be-missed.21131815COME August, this year's Made in Scotland showcase on the Edinburgh Fringe will be playing a different tune.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/perth-concert-hall-sir-james-galway-and-the-english-chamber-orchestra.21132133http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/perth-concert-hall-sir-james-galway-and-the-english-chamber-orchestra.21132133This light-hearted Sunday show was also flautist Sir James Galway's debut performance in the city.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.21132154http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.21132154DUE to "unforeseen scheduling conflicts" Maroon 5 have been forced to postpone their forthcoming UK arena tour, and a newly booked gig is at the new Hydro Arena in Glasgow on 14 January next year.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/not-fade-away-will-you-love-me-tomorrow-by-the-shirelles.2013051942http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/not-fade-away-will-you-love-me-tomorrow-by-the-shirelles.20130519421960: Will You Love Me Tomorrow, by The Shirelles.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/review-cos-fan-tutte-perth-festival.21126528http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/review-cos-fan-tutte-perth-festival.21126528SITTING in the stalls, excited about a night of sublime music ahead, it's very hard to keep your heart from sinking at the announcement of various singers' indispositions and Lemsip dependencies.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/bbc-sso-city-hall-glasgow.21105370http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/bbc-sso-city-hall-glasgow.21105370✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/simon-boccanegra-english-touring-opera-perth-theatre.21126572http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/simon-boccanegra-english-touring-opera-perth-theatre.21126572✶ ✶ ✶http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/perth-theatre-the-seige-of-calais-english-touring-opera.21126581http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/perth-theatre-the-seige-of-calais-english-touring-opera.21126581FOR most of its existence Donizetti's L'assedio di Calais has languished outside the operatic firmament, in part no doubt due to challenges posed by its uneven structure and patchily constructed narrative, which the composer himself acknowledged.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/jools-holland-perth-concert-hall.21126602http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/jools-holland-perth-concert-hall.21126602Rather like the swirling cameras employed by directors of BBC Two's Later, Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra is increasingly revolving around the diminutive figure in black rather than featuring him as a main player.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/rsno-elijah-glasgow-royal-concert-hall.21126611http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/rsno-elijah-glasgow-royal-concert-hall.21126611WHAT a splendid weekend to be a music lover in Glasgow, with the complementary strands of the BBC SSO's shattering Rite Of Spring on Thursday followed by a wonderful RSNO performance on Saturday of Mendelssohn's Elijah, with a perfect cast and everyone in fantastic voice, the RSNO Choruses singing as though their collective life depended on it, and the magical catalyst of conductor Sir Andrew Davis finding in the piece warmth, pain and passion in a gloriously expansive performance which at once gave it teeth by singing it in German (we should call it Elias, not Elijah) while purging it of the accretions of Victoriana.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/glasgow-art-club-brass-jaw.21126652http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/glasgow-art-club-brass-jaw.21126652Brass Jaw may wish to consider playing on railway station concourses more often.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/handsome-family.21126661http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/handsome-family.21126661In an ideal world Brett Sparks of the Handsome Family would have a roadie – or a technician even – who would dutifully produce a capo for his guitar at the required moment.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/edinburgh-folk-club-tom-paley.21126672http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/edinburgh-folk-club-tom-paley.21126672A LIFETIME'S enthusiasm for what wouldn't have been called American roots music when Tom Paley started out on his journey of discovery informed the folk songs, blues, banjo and fiddle tunes and reminiscences that the veteran performer shared on this rare Edinburgh appearance.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/daft-punk-random-access-memories-columbia.21064552http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/daft-punk-random-access-memories-columbia.21064552Daft Punkhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/optimo-the-underground-sound-of-glasgow-mixed-by-jd-twitch-glasgow-underground.21064554http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/optimo-the-underground-sound-of-glasgow-mixed-by-jd-twitch-glasgow-underground.21064554Optimo: The Underground Sound Of Glasgowhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/vamm-vamm-vamm.21064559http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/vamm-vamm-vamm.21064559Vammhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/woodenbox-serve-up-second-course-after-spaghetti-western-starter.21064561http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/woodenbox-serve-up-second-course-after-spaghetti-western-starter.21064561As far as many of us are concerned, Eastwood is a place to the south of Glasgow and a poncho is that thin bit of plastic you use to keep the rain off at T in the Park.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-bright-stuff.21064629http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-bright-stuff.21064629IF Glasgow long ago passed the tipping point whereby it stopped being a place creative people left in order to further their careers and instead became one they moved to for the same reasons, then I'd argue it has The Pastels to thank.nonadult