Reviews & features: Music, Issue 661
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 - Curtis Stigers interview
23 Jul 2010
The 'jazz warbler' on sex, lies and ballet recitals
In Edinburgh for the Jazz & Blues Festival, Curtis Stigers talks to The List about sex, lies and ballet recitals First record you ever bought ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, by Elton John. First film you saw that really moved you I remember…
Fringe performers: How to bribe your way to success in Edinburgh 2010
23 Jul 2010
Bizarre promotional merchandise (or nice food) ensures coverage
Chances are you’ll do just about anything to publicise your show. Luckily for you, The List isn’t interested in sexual favours or cash incentives (non-sequential bills in an unmarked envelope, ta). Instead, we’re jonesing for some bizarre promotional…
Orkestra Del Sol and Julie Fowlis visit Fringe by the Sea
22 Jul 2010
Fun-for-all-the-family events come to North Berwick
There are many things that come to mind when you hear the words ‘North Berwick’. Maybe golfing, maybe the seaside, maybe that brilliant sweet shop, The Sugar Mountain, on the High Street. But for five days in August, an added incentive to visit is the…
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 begins
22 Jul 2010
China Moses, Niki King and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble among highlights
The ten-day fest kicks off again, and among our recommendations, we would include China Moses, an American singer based in Paris, with a soul background and a near obsession for the troubled diva, Dinah Washington; Niki King, Scotland’s own smoky-voiced…
Fifty Edinburgh Fringe shows for a fiver
13 Jul 2010
The economy may be in the stink-hole, but Julia Correia and Allan Radcliffe help stretch your pennies with this round-up of Fringe theatre shows for a fiver
