Top Scottish film-makerâs mission to inspire future stars
Jason Connery, right, with actors Peter Mullin and Jack Lowden, at the premiere of Tommyâs
Honour in Edinburgh.
By Brian McIver He is the Scots film producer behind hit movies such as Mad Max: Fury Road and Local Hero. Now he has teamed up with Jason Connery to help support the next generation of Scots talent. Iain Smith, whose movies include The Killing Fields, Cold Mountain and The A Team, has been appointed as the first president of the Scottish Youth Film Foundation, with actor and director Connery signing up as patron.
Organisers An Comunn Gaidhealach say they can meet any Covid requirements put to them to get back to performing in person again
THIS year’s Mod in Inverness in October could be the best in its 109-year history if Covid restrictions ease to allow thousands of Gaels to party. That is the hope of An Comunn Gaidhealach, the organisers of the Royal National Mod, the biggest celebration of Gaelic arts and culture in the world. Chief executive James Graham said: “Obviously we all want to be in Inverness and with there being a six-month lead-in we all want to be there so our board will make a call on that in April.
Natalie Merchant
Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience
Equestrienne
The Dancing Bear
maggie and milly and molly and may
If No One Ever Marries Me
The Sleepy Giant
Adventures of Isabel
Autumn Lullaby
Indian Names This album captures so many magical moments, the best times I ve ever had as a musician, declares singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant of Leave Your Sleep, her ambitious, two-disc Nonesuch debut. Merchant, celebrated sol.
more »o artist and one-time voice of 10,000 Maniacs, took on what could have been a daunting task: she s adapted 19th and 20th century British and American poetry - well-known and obscure works, anonymous rhymes, children s lullabies, all of it timeless
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HIS first memories of music are of his mum and dad headlining festivals around the world and now Hector Shaw is following in their musical footsteps by forging his own creative career. Inspired by the passion for music of Capercaillie’s lead singer Karen Matheson and composer and producer Donald Shaw, who also founded Celtic Connections, the 20-year-old is planning to release a series of singles this year followed by his debut EP in the summer. Although Hector began writing songs when he was at school, he didn’t start performing publicly until three years ago. Now, as a student of English Literature at Edinburgh University, he has become part of the city’s normally burgeoning live music scene, selling out his first headline show with a full band at Sneaky Pete’s in January last year.