We are the village tree appreciation society God save Barnett’s rolls, Penman’s pies and podiatry We are the Marketgate fogie toadlers society God save Green’s black pud, the Golf Hotel and sobriety

Another of the 3 jigs I’ll be teaching online on Saturday 6th! Sign ups still available at www.karenmarshalsay.com/buy/p/new-ye...

Great to hear the Phat Controller on Radio Skye celebrating the marvellous guitarist Jim Mullen so handsomely during Jim’s 80th Birthday week. player.autopod.xyz/1106218

🎉 It’s time for another piping Hot 100, a celebration of the people, places and festivals across Scotland that have kept us entertained and intrigued, and occasionally left us gobsmacked and enlightened. Find out which cultural titan made our top spot.

🔥 We’ve taken the temperature of another 12 months of Scottish excellence to find art and culture that's piping hot.

Online workshop teaching 3 Jigs for the New Year on 6 December (4-6pm UK time) recordings & sheet music for the tunes on sign up, arrangements sent afterwards & the video on replay - all for seasonal discount price of £15! Come learn some New Year tunes ! www.karenmarshalsay.com/online-harp-...

Online workshop teaching 3 jigs for the New Year on 6 December- with recordings and sheet music for the tunes on sign up, arrangements sent afterwards and the video on replay - all for seasonal discount price of £15! Come learn some New Year tunes ! buff.ly/ajll4Hs

Happy 80th Birthday to the great Jim Mullen, whose right thumb is still the best blues singer Glasgow has ever produced. Lovely to see so many colleagues paying tribute to Jim today at UK Jazz News. ukjazznews.com/birthday-gre...

Coming to the Tron Theatre, Glasgow on Sat 31 Jan … the full cast of harps and musicians from the album play Celtic Connections.

Me and the harps AND all 4 of my album guests will be playing the album live at Celtic Connections on 31st January at the Tron theatre! Can't wait!

Coming to the Tron Theatre, Glasgow on Sat 31 Jan … the full cast of harps and musicians from the album play Celtic Connections.

NEW: This is worth your time. @thenerve_news has the receipts. A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott. Please read & share.

“… should be celebrated far more than they are” - Jazzwise magazine gives Tommy Smith’s Eternal Light four stars and an Editor’s Choice rating.

Five Stars from The Scotsman for saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Gwilym Simcock’s Eternal Light, recorded live in Edinburgh two months ago: a potent combination of improvisational freedom and melodic lyricism”.

Just announced for Celtic Connections 2026: harper Karen Marshalsay brings the show of her new album, Eadarainn a’ Chruit : Between Us the Harp to the Tron Theatre, Glasgow on 31st January.

“The musical interplay between the two men is highly impressive” - JazzViews enthuses about guitarist Louis Stewart and flautist Brian Dunning’s Alone Together album. Reissued tomorrow on Livia Records.

Just came across a radio show playlist that juxtaposed Flora Purim singing Egberto Gismonti’s O Sonho with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils’ Leatherwood. Turns out it was computer generated but as the song says, It Could Have Been Me.

Lovely to hear Eternal Light, the title track of the new live album by saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Gwilym Simcock on Round Midnight @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social Thank you @sowetokinch.bsky.social and @foldedwinguk.bsky.social

One of Couleurs Jazz’s highlights of October: “Together, they craft a conversation of remarkable purity, where every note breathes, responds, and rises. Nothing artificial here - only the sincerity of the moment, captured as-is, without retouching, in a light that is both gentle and fervent.”

We have a brand new dispenser on Porty Prom filled with 200 papers for you to pick up and read. New November issue out now.

Coming to Dumfries next Friday, 7th November, New Focus: The Classical Connection - www.dgwgo.com/music-festiv...

A week tonight, Friday 7th November, New Focus - pianist Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski- bring The Classical Connection to The Bridge in Dumfries.

“Highly impressive” - JazzViews enjoys pianist-saxophonist Carole Nelson’s new album with her trio, Through the Storm.

Great to hear saxophonist Brian Molley’s Journeys in Hand in Hand, with the Asin Langa Ensemble, on Round Midnight @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social Thank you @sowetokinch.bsky.social

Great to hear this beautiful concert recording making radio playlists across the world within six weeks of the live performance. Available here: tommysmithsaxophonist.bandcamp.com/album/eterna...

Great to hear harp duo Lauren Scott and Karen Marshalsay’s The Meeting of Friends on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. Available now from Bandcamp. laurenscottharp.bandcamp.com/album/the-me...

Out today: a new single from two of European jazz’s leading voices. The encore from their acclaimed concert recording, Eternal Light. Available from Bandcamp: tommysmithsaxophonist.bandcamp.com/track/el-ni-...

BBC Radio 3 In Tune Now Playing Lauren Scott, Lauren Scott & Karen Marshalsay The Meeting of Friends

Marlborough! Tonight!

“Wonderful playing throughout” - UK Jazz News enjoys Eternal Light by saxophonist Tommy Smith & pianist Gwilym Simcock.

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago. So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year? Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share! 1/

Tune into Radio Skye tonight at ten to hear music from guitarists Ralph Towner and John Scofield, saxophonists David Sanborn and Nigel Hitchcock, pianists Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea and more from the Phat Controller.

Take a break from Christmas this December and get ready for Hogmanay! As we're all busy and broke then I'm making it a 2 hour workshop with a special price of only £15. Let's have some harp fun! Learn a set of trad Scottish jigs for the New Year online with me - 6 December. Info on my website.

Released Sept. 2025 On her second album, Karen Marshalsay plays the three Scottish harps – the lever harp, the wire-strung clarsach from the Gaelic tradition and the bray harp. www.karenmarshalsay.com www.facebook.com/karenmarshal... karenmarshalsay.bandcamp.com open.spotify.com/playlist/2pL...

New Moderator of the Church of Scotland announced An Edinburgh minister has been named as the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Reverend Gordon Kennedy (62) who has been minister of Craiglockhart Parish Church since 2012 has been nominated as Moderator-Designate.…

It’s always hard to narrow it down but the tunes are set for my online workshop on 15th Nov, a retreat march Dark Lowers the Night and Rory Campbell’s A Christmas Dance, then How Can We Abstain from Whisky into New Christmass. Come & learn some wintry tunes!

Four Stars from Jazzwise magazine for saxophonist Harben Kay’s new album, The World I Live In ahead of the launch concert at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh tomorrow (Thursday).

Tune into Celtic Music Radio tonight at ten to hear music from pianist-saxophonist Carole Nelson’s new album, Through the Storm courtesy of the Phat Controller. Tracks also from bass marvel Renaud Garcia-Fons, percussion ace Trilok Gurtu and more.

New albums from Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet, Charles Lloyd and Tommy Smith & Gwilyn Simcock on JazzTastic with @woodyroy tonight (10pm, Humber Wave Radio and Vixen 101). Also The Heavy Hitters, Duke Ellington, Joe Williams with Count Basie and Lee Morgan.

Tommy Smith & Gwilym Simcock at Watermill Jazz, Dorking tonight - sold out. Next chance to see this “wonderful, surprising” duo (John McLaughlin) is the Concorde Club, Eastleigh, near Southampton tomorrow (Wednesday).

Tune into Celtic Music Radio tonight at ten to hear music from pianist-saxophonist Carole Nelson’s new album, Through the Storm courtesy of the Phat Controller. Tracks also from bass marvel Renaud Garcia-Fons, percussion ace Trilok Gurtu and more.

Guitar superstar McLaughlin endorses Queen’s Hall recording Internationally revered guitarist John McLaughlin has heaped praise on Edinburgh-born saxophonist Tommy Smith’s latest album. Recorded in concert in the Queen’s Hall last month, Eternal Light features Smith in a duo with pianist Gwilym…

Scotland on Sunday’s Music Highlight of the Week: saxophonist Harben Kay’s album launch @thequeenshall.bsky.social in Edinburgh on Thursday 16th. Also at Perth Theatre, Friday and Glad Cafe Tuesday 21st.

“Exquisite, intimate and profound” - Folk and Honey enjoys Nick Harper’s celebration of the acoustic guitar legends including Davey Graham, Bert Jansch et al.

“The album leaves you hungry to explore more of Harrison’s work and of Gismonti’s source material.” - JazzViews enjoys pianist Paul Harrison’s celebration of Brazilian master Egberto Gismonti’s music.

“This recording by Tenor man Tommy Smith and Pianist Gwilym Simcock is a jewel. Beauty, complicity, empathy, phenomenal technique and outstanding ‘live’ recording quality ... wonderful, surprising, deeply appreciated and satisfying album. Bravo Tommy and Gwilym.” JOHN McLAUGHLIN

Thank you, John Fordham @theguardian.com for recommending saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Gwilym Simcock’s concerts this week in Dorking (Tuesday) and Eastleigh (Wednesday).

Thank you, John Fordham @theguardian.com for recommending saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Gwilym Simcock’s concerts this week in Dorking (Tuesday) and Eastleigh (Wednesday).

Great to hear Virago from saxophonist Harben Kay’s new album, The World I Live In, on the British Jazz Show @jazzfmuk.bsky.social ahead of the album launch concert @thequeenshall.bsky.social in Edinburgh on Thursday 16th October.