http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/musicMusic Reviews and News | Herald ScotlandenCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservedSun, 27 May 2012 12:05:02 PDTCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservednoMusic Reviews and News | Herald Scotlandhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-ice-men-cometh-back.17674508http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-ice-men-cometh-back.17674508Some songs tell stories and some songs paint pictures.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/sao-paolo-symphony-orchestraalsop-prokofiev-symphony-5-naxos.17600532http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/sao-paolo-symphony-orchestraalsop-prokofiev-symphony-5-naxos.17600532Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra/Alsophttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/dave-stapleton-flight-edition.17600519http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/dave-stapleton-flight-edition.17600519Dave Stapletonhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/melody-gardot-the-absence-decca.17678490http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/melody-gardot-the-absence-decca.17678490Melody Gardothttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/unchained-melody.17671018http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/unchained-melody.17671018For someone who appreciates the sound of silence so much she put 11 minutes and 11 seconds of it on the last track of her new album, singer-songwriter Melody Gardot doesn't half like to talk.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/niche-work-how-the-sso-found-a-daylight-audience.17600541http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/niche-work-how-the-sso-found-a-daylight-audience.17600541Last week I reviewed a BBC SSO concert in the series entitled Afternoon Performance, where concerts are recorded for broadcast on Radio 3.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/gary-numan-o2-abc-glasgow.17686990http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/gary-numan-o2-abc-glasgow.17686990There is no doubting Gary Numan's pop legacy.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/saint-etienne-oran-mor-glasgow.17687231http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/saint-etienne-oran-mor-glasgow.17687231An evening in the packed basement of a former church on the hottest night of the year so far?http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/brecker-senior-leads-homage-to-brother-michael.17604966http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/brecker-senior-leads-homage-to-brother-michael.17604966Randy Brecker can pinpoint the exact moment when he realised that his younger brother, Michael, was a massive saxophone talent.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/martin-taylor-martin-simpson-perth-theatre.17674590http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/martin-taylor-martin-simpson-perth-theatre.17674590Martin Simpson caught a bit of the sun in Martin Taylor's Perthshire garden before they drove up to the Fair City for this Perth Festival concert.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/atlantic.17600509http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/atlantic.17600509What is it with bands connected to Warner/Atlantic subsidiary label Fueled By Ramen and their obsession with inappropriately placed punctuation marks?http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/consult-the-follicle-for-a-treat-from-the-chamber.17667063http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/consult-the-follicle-for-a-treat-from-the-chamber.17667063Click on the "Spot the Beard" link at the bottom of Daniel's Beard's website and up pops a screen full of classical music's most iconic facial hair.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/why-music-on-a-smaller-scale-is-perfectly-formed.17667066http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/why-music-on-a-smaller-scale-is-perfectly-formed.17667066And while we're on the subject of chamber music, where better to turn than this weekend's Chamber Music Matters conference?http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/get-cape-wear-cape-fly-king-tuts-glasgow.17657468http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/get-cape-wear-cape-fly-king-tuts-glasgow.17657468Sam Duckworth is best known for two specialities.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.17653595http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/arts-news.17653595Down under over herehttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/in-demand-live-secc-glasgow.17657076http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/in-demand-live-secc-glasgow.17657076OUTSIDE the sun is paying a rare but insistent visit to Glasgow.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/davina-the-vagabonds-tolbooth-stirling.17657402http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/davina-the-vagabonds-tolbooth-stirling.17657402The producers of Jools Holland's annual Hogmanay Hootenanny may wish to pencil in Davina & the Vagabonds for this year's show right now.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/berlin-symphony-orchestra-perth-concert-hall.17657410http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/berlin-symphony-orchestra-perth-concert-hall.17657410THE so-called Berlin Symphony Orchestra, which appeared at the Perth Festival on Sunday night, is a fine band, with great warmth to its overall sound, a terrific sense of ensemble, and that elusive homogeneity which suggests an integrated ensemble where there is strong communication and the inimitable feeling that everyone knows what everyone else is doing.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/blue-touch-paper-queens-hall-edinburgh.17637309http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/blue-touch-paper-queens-hall-edinburgh.17637309HHHHhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-dykeenies-queen-margaret-union-glasgow.17637319http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/the-dykeenies-queen-margaret-union-glasgow.17637319HHHhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/a-night-in-wonderland-national-museum-of-scotland-edinburgh.17637327http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/a-night-in-wonderland-national-museum-of-scotland-edinburgh.17637327HHHHhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/stag-and-dagger-various-venues-glasgow.17641337http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/stag-and-dagger-various-venues-glasgow.17641337You have to hand it to The Heartbreaks.http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/paul-buchanan-mid-air-newsroom-records.17616089http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/paul-buchanan-mid-air-newsroom-records.17616089Paul Buchananhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/admiral-fallow-tree-bursts-in-snow-nettwerk.17616151http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/admiral-fallow-tree-bursts-in-snow-nettwerk.17616151Admiral Fallowhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/alexander-melnikovjerusalem-quartet-schumann-piano-quintet-and-quartet-harmonia-mundi.17547459http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/alexander-melnikovjerusalem-quartet-schumann-piano-quintet-and-quartet-harmonia-mundi.17547459Alexander Melnikov/Jerusalem Quartethttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/heather-peace-fairytales-kaleidoscope.17547228http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/heather-peace-fairytales-kaleidoscope.17547228Heather Peacehttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/mummy-short-arms-old-jacks-windowless-playhouse-flowers-in-the-dustbin.17547162http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/mummy-short-arms-old-jacks-windowless-playhouse-flowers-in-the-dustbin.17547162Mummy Short Armshttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/at-first-light-idir-at-first-light.17547492http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/at-first-light-idir-at-first-light.17547492At First Lighthttp://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/branching-out.17604683http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/branching-out.17604683Although it will be a couple of weeks before the English Premiership climaxes with a finale that would be hard to swallow in a Hollywood screenplay, tonight all eyes in the pub are on the big screen.nonadult