Detour

We are also doing this.

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:48:20 +0100

We are also doing this.

We are doing this.

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:23:18 +0100

We are doing this.

And so… we move onto our tenth and final installment of...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:20:03 +0000

And so… we move onto our tenth and final installment of our Wee Jaunt.

We want to say a massive thank you to everyone that helped, and put in a massive effort to make such a special day happen.

All the venues; the guys at Fresh Air student radio, The Bongo Club, The List Magazine, The Mosque Kitchen, Red Bull, The Scottish Poetry Library and The Scottish Storytelling Centre.

All our cameramen; Ben, Gordon, Michael Sherrington, Nick Jedrzejewski (easy for him to say), Niall Walker and Keir Siewart.

And of course all the bands; Madhat McGore, Shields Up, Stanley Odd, I Build Collapsable Mountains, Teklo, Over The Wall, Conquering Animal Sound, Vic Galloway, Withered Hand, and finally these guys - the incredible Lady North.

Then of course, the cliche - you guys. To everyone who came along, did start jumps, followed us, and put up with our ridiculous shenanigans. You smiled the whole way, and you cheered every band. You’re bloody great. Happy Christmas xxx

Our ninth stop, and after his story, Mr Vic Galloway led us out...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:18:32 +0000

Our ninth stop, and after his story, Mr Vic Galloway led us out from his story to the garden behind the Scottish Storytelling centre. Waiting for us there was Withered Hand with this beautiful new song.

This is the eighth in our series of videos from our Wee Jaunt in...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:32:57 +0000

This is the eighth in our series of videos from our Wee Jaunt in Edinburgh.

And what a rare bloody treat. We were able to visit the beautiful Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile, and what better way to enjoy the place than have Scottish music legend Vic Galloway treat us to a wonderful wee story about his first gig. If you’re passionate about music, or even you are just a human being with a soul, then there’s no way this won’t make you smile.

We are onto the seventh stop of our Wee Jaunt. This is...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:07:36 +0000

We are onto the seventh stop of our Wee Jaunt.

This is Conquering Animal Sound - one of the most incredible bands to come from Scotland in years. The List magazine let us use their lovely doorstep, which annoyed one old lady, but kept everyone else utterly entranced.

We are onto our sixth stop of The Wee Jaunt. Back in the summer,...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:45:42 +0000

We are onto our sixth stop of The Wee Jaunt. Back in the summer, we took a team of people around Edinburgh, showing them the best of the city’s bands, in very different locations.

This was Over The Wall - one of our favourite bands in the country. We had just finished an incredible lunch at the amazing Mosque Kitchen.

Here is the fifth stop of our Wee Jaunt back in the...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:15:17 +0000

Here is the fifth stop of our Wee Jaunt back in the summer.

Teklo pumps out ridiculously heavy dubstep while we all get some half time refreshments.

Splendid.

Here is the fourth of our stops from our Wee Jaunt back in the...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:12:46 +0000

Here is the fourth of our stops from our Wee Jaunt back in the summer.

This is I Build Collapsible Mountains - on the roof behind the wonderful Fresh Air student radio studios.

Good morning. This is the third in our series of Wee Jaunt...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:47:51 +0000

Good morning.

This is the third in our series of Wee Jaunt videos, from our summer adventure in Edinburgh.

This stop, we took in a pint upstairs at the legendary Bongo Club, and were treated to a set from the amazing Stanley Odd.

We will be releasing a video from our Wee Jaunt, once every...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:52:04 +0000

We will be releasing a video from our Wee Jaunt, once every night from now until Christmas.

This was our second stop - the Scottish Poetry Library. We thought it would be only right for Ally to read a poem… and then have hardcore band Shields Up tear the place open.

We will be releasing a video every night from now until...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:16:30 +0000

We will be releasing a video every night from now until Christmas, from our Wee Jaunt.

Back in the summer, we took one hundred people on a musical adventure around Edinburgh. We wanted to show how varied the city, and its musicians, is. So we have ten of our very favourite bands, in locations that will probably never see a band play there again.

This was our first stop - Madhat McGore, at the bottom of Arthur’s Seat.

Back in June, we took over 100 folk on a Wee Jaunt round...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:56:00 +0000

Back in June, we took over 100 folk on a Wee Jaunt round Edinburgh to see Madhat McGore, Shields Up, Stanley Odd, I Build Collapsible Mountains, Teklo, Over the Wall, Conquering Animal Sound, a story from the notorious VIC (Galloway), Withered Hand, and Lady North, all in “venues” that will probably never be used as venues again.

To celebrate this we are going to premiere the best of the footage on Thursday 15th December in Electric Circus, Edinburgh between 6pm-7pm.

As a thank you to everyone who played, helped out, or for those of you who are just curious, it will be totally free to get in.

In addition to our premiere, it just so happens that our Wee Jaunt storyteller extraordinaire, Vic Galloway is hosting his very special Christmas show in the same venue, straight after us with a stormin’ line up!

If you are down in time for our premiere you’ll get cut-price tickets for the evenings festivities at Vic Galloway presents…
(check oot https://www.facebook.com/events/102924783159797 for details)

Come down, watch, chat to the bands, have a pint, and stay for the gig. It will be smashin’.

Lots of love

Detour x

Detour | Wee Jaunt Premiere | Electric Circus | Thursday 15th December | Free Entry | 6pm

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hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:55:06 +0000

We are going to Aviemore for New Year. We are taking Kitty the...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:38:05 +0000

We are going to Aviemore for New Year. We are taking Kitty the Lion and Stanley Odd. We happen to be doing this at the best pub in the universe. Not got your plans set yet? This is the one. Get in touch with us at givemeabelterofadayout@hotmail.com and we can tell you all about accommodation and travel. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED.

Update - IT'S NOVEMBER

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:27:36 +0000

Update - IT'S NOVEMBER:

Well, winter came round fast. It seems like about two weeks ago we were avoiding summer rain at all the festivals. Now we’re avoiding winter rain at all the amazing gigs.

We have an awful lot on the table at the moment, and have a few big announcements coming soon. These include things for Christmas, New Year, and some foreign travel in 2012. But nothing we can tell you at the moment. So, why don’t you just have a wee trawl through our archives? All our kidnaps, Wee Jaunts and festival sessions are up on our Youtube. Take the afternoon off, have a chocolate Hob-nob or eight, and enjoy.

So… our next adventure is into space. Kind of. We are...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:55:40 +0100

So… our next adventure is into space. Kind of.
We are massively excited to be bringing you two stunning gigs. We have teamed up with Glasgow Science Centre, and will be putting on two nights of incredible music… in the PLANETARIUM.
On Saturday 8th - we have RememberRemember and Miaoux Miaoux
On Sunday 9th - we have Meursault and happy particles
Tickets will be available online, and from the Science Centre. Details are on the Detour Facebook page.

Post-Bloc blues

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:25:34 +0100

Well we forgot to update you on how our last event went.

Our Fresher’s special, in Bar Bloc.

It was really very good. The bands were incredible. We played ridiculous tunes til 3am. We then had our first ‘official’ hangover, where a bunch of folk came into Bloc on the Sunday, and we had chilled out live music, cheap breakfasts, and Rennies for everyone.

A massive thanks to the artists who played. Check them all out if you can. They were;

Over The Wall - www.facebook.com/weareoverthewall

Discopolis - www.facebook.com/discopolismusic

As In Bear - www.facebook.com/asinbear

Siobhan Wilson - www.facebook.com/siobhanwilsonmusic

Friends In America - www.facebook.com/FriendsInAmerica

A massive thank you to everyone who came down and it made it special. Our next events are looking amazing - we will have info tonight for you.

It’s a sunny Thursday morning. What to do? Watch this....

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:13:19 +0100

It’s a sunny Thursday morning. What to do? Watch this. It’s Miaoux Miaoux having a rave in a tiny pink caravan, at this year’s Wickerman Festival. You’ll notice it was Ally who definitely started the ‘here we f**king go’ chant. Ally is an idiot, but he is full of enthusiasm at least.
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Oh! What’s this?? It’s the latest in our series of...

hello@detour-scotland.com (Ally McCrae and David Weaver) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:20:59 +0100

Oh! What’s this?? It’s the latest in our series of videos from Wickerman Festival, with our pals Glasgow PodcART. This is RM Hubbert - he is bloody wonderful. A special introduction from Weaver - showcasing the full effects of the weekend.