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Ray Manzarek death: Band members pay tribute

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:27 GMT

RAY Manzarek, a founding member of 1960s rock group The Doors, has died aged 74.

Michael Fry: Wagner remains meister of controversy

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:12 GMT

On the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth, opinion remains deeply divided over whether the quality of his music outweighs his unpalatable views on Jews, writes Michael Fry

Gig review: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, O2 ABC, Glasgow

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:25 GMT

HE’S STILL lacking the critical support granted such emerging peers as Daughter or Keaton Henson, but Benjamin Francis Leftwich might yet be swept to success on a wave of acclaim like that which recently brought Ben Howard two Brit awards.

Radar weekly: The latest from the Scottish music scene

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:52 GMT

In this week’s round-up of new music: T Break line-up revealed; Wee Chill plans 10th birthday; more acts for Doune the Rabbit Hole; new music from Camera Obscura, Sparrow and the Workshop and Garden of Elks; plus this best gigs across Scotland.

Justin Bieber’s monkey ‘belongs to Germany now’

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:33:32 GMT

JUSTIN Bieber’s pet monkey has been taken into German state custody after the Canadian singer failed to meet a deadline to retrieve the capuchin.

Eurovision: Azerbaijan probes Russian no-vote

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:02:13 GMT

Russia’s foreign minister – the country’s point man on the situation in Syria and on its relations with the United States – today turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts: alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift’s eight gongs

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:29:28 GMT

TAYLOR Swift won eight awards at this year’s US Billboard Music Awards. The country pop singer took categories that included, Top Female Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist and Top Country Artist.

Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival set for stars

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:15:58 GMT

A SAXOPHONIST who tours the globe with pop star Beyonce is among the highlights of this year’s Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival as organisers seek to open up the ten-day event to a younger audience.

Gig review: Joe Gideon & the Shark, King Tut’s, Glasgow

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:09:39 GMT

JOE Gideon & the Shark are an amped-up brother-and-sister guitar-and-drums duo from London.

Classical review: Monad - 1913 - Rite Of Spring 100 Years On, Tramway, Glasgow

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:08:08 GMT

A hundred years ago this month, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring caused a disgusted Parisian audience to riot in the stalls at its world premiere.

Classical review: RSNO: Elijah, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:38 GMT

How strange to hear Mendelssohn’s Elijah in German. Yet how wonderfully that clean, clipped language helps cleanse the English translation, created – and stubbornly maintained ever since – for the oratorio’s mid-19th century Birmingham premiere, of its sentimental Victorian fatuousness.

Gig review: Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder, SECC, Glasgow

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:22:59 GMT

Themed musical package tours are no fresh innovation but as the nostalgia market folds subsequent generations of music lovers into its comforting embrace, there is hope for any old act with a couple of hits in the bag to face an arena full of fans once again.

Festival review: Stag & Dagger, Various Venues, Glasgow

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:21:38 GMT

In a climate where start-up festivals come and go and multi-venue events seem to be finding it tough to achieve any degree of longevity, it’s pleasing to report that promoter PCL’s annual one-day Stag and Dagger jaunt around Glasgow appears to have reached its fifth anniversary in good health.

10 things to do in Scotland this week

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:21 GMT

THIS week’s top events across Scotland, including the Perth Festival of the Arts, the Knockengorroch World Ceildih, the Burns an’ a’ That festival and the Electric Frog weekender.

Rod Stewart confirmed for Glasgow Hydro opening

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:53:58 GMT

ROD Stewart will officially open the new Hydro venue at Glasgow’s SECC this September.

Scots influence on Eurovision winner revealed

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45:41 GMT

BRITAIN may have failed to make an impact at this year’s Eurovision song contest, but a Scottish influence helped Denmark’s entry to victory.

Gig review: Stag & Dagger, Glasgow

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:12:31 GMT

In A climate where start-up festivals come and go and city-based multi-venue events seem to be finding it tough to achieve any degree of longevity, it’s pleasing to report that promoter PCL’s annual one-day Stag and Dagger jaunt around Glasgow appears to have reached its fifth anniversary in good health.

Classical review: RSNO: Elijah, Glasgow

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:12:30 GMT

How strange to hear Mendelssohn’s Elijah in German. Yet how wonderfully that clean, clipped language helps cleanse the familiar English translation, created – and stubbornly maintained ever since – for the oratorio’s mid-19th century Birmingham premiere, of its sentimental Victorian fatuousness.

Gig review: Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder, Glasgow

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:12:29 GMT

Rod Stewart’s Time makes it to No 1 spot

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:08:46 GMT

Rod Stewart has celebrated a return to the top of the album charts after 34 years with a champagne toast.