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Neu! Reekie! Burns Blazer
Neu! Reekie! Burns Blazer
STARRING:
RODDY WOOMBLE & ROD JONES (IDLEWILD)
KATHLEEN JAMIE
BRINA (JAMAICA SINGS ROBERT BURNS)
TAM OSHANTER ft KEVIN WILLIAMSON, CRAIG LITHGOW (EMELLE) & LORNA KIXX BRODIE COLLECTIVE
TRIASSIC TUSK DJs
http://neuburnsblaze.bpt.me
TICKET INCLUDES a nip of malt whisky and a plate of scran: haggis/veggie haggis & tatties with sumptuous sauces.
Neu! Reekie! unshackle another sizzling hot Burns bonanza - each year a swift sell-out, each year an alternative and suitably sexy take on the bard.
ACT INFO:
RODDY WOOMBLE & ROD JONES / IDLEWILD
Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones are the two front runners of internationally renowned folk-rock band Idlewild. To date, Idlewild have released seven full-length studio albums, with their latest, Everything Ever Written, released in February 2015. The band have toured the globe and conquered the UK charts both Roddy and Rod have extensive and acclaimed solo musical careers. http://idlewild.co.uk
KATHLEEN JAMIE:
FRSL, one of Scotlands finest poets, essayist and travel writer; Kathleen is a Costa Prize Winner, TS Eliot Prize Nominee, Professor of Poetry at Stirling University. Her recent collection The Bonniest Companie won The 2015 Saltire Book of the Year Award.
http://www.kathleenjamie.com
JAMAICA SINGS BURNS WITH BRINA
Jamaican singing sensation Brina will perform songs from the soon to be released album Jamaica Sings Robert Burns - check out the new single from the album here: https://youtu.be/xUt782ZT2IE; Brina is a new voice of World Roots Reggae Music from Jamaica, an artiste steeped in the sounds and rhythms of her Jamaican culture sharing her music with the world.
TAM OSHANTER
a full scale, full throttle, multi-medium performance of Robert Burns' Tam O'Shanter, featuring:
Kevin Williamson: poet, rabble-rouser, founder and chief of Rebel Inc Publishing, co-chief of Neu! Reekie!, Robert Burns aficionado.
Craig Lithgow: singer-songwriter, Neu! Reekie! staple and frontman of Edinburgh musical troupe Emelle.
Lorna Kixx Brodie Collective: an astonishing collective of artists who unshackle dance, physical theatre and about everything else you can imagine.
TRIASSIC TUSK
Triassic Tusk is a new Scottish record label based in the twin outposts of Achaphubuil & Crail. The first release was a double 12" compilation called SCREAMERS, BANGERS & COSMIC SYNTHS. It sold out in 10 days. The second was Black River Promise by Lomond Campbell. Then we're releasing a series of singles by Jo Foster, Withered Hand, King Creosote & Lomond Campbell.
NEU! REEKIE!
With poets Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson at the helm, Neu! Reekie! boast a ferocious sell-out record across Scotland and beyond. In their sixth year programming literary events Neu! Reekie! have powered out cutting edged arts all over Scotland with international outputs and a burgeoning publishing house and record label to boot. Neu! Reekie! won Creative Edinburgh's City Award 2015 and are supported by Creative Scotland.
Neu! Reekie! dismantle the structures and snobberies dividing high and low art - art is for everyone.
(The Skinny).
A wonderful world of progressive cultural verve.
(The List)
Quite simply a triumph
(The Times)
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LocationThomas Morton Hall, Leith Theatre (View)
28 Ferry Road
Edinburgh EH6 4AE
United Kingdom
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