Feeling nostalgic? Milky Chance’s Trip Tape III is a sun-soaked, folktronica-filled trip back to the 2010s. Ailsa Gillies advises sunglasses for this — even if it dropped in September. Continue reading Is Milky Chance bringing back the 2010s?
Tea parties, concerts, donkey rides, shipwrecks, history-making flights and hurricane destructions — and that’s just a standard night out in Rothesay.
These are 5 things you might not know about Ettrick Bay. Continue reading 5 things you didn’t know about Ettrick Bay
Riff-ridden and guttural, Blue Nicotine blew Ailsa Gillies away with their debut Album Into The Blue. But is it enough to earn five stars from a tough critic? Continue reading Blue Nicotine BLEW me away
Police brutality and riots that shook the city of angels, Ailsa Gillies reveals the story behind Rage Against the Machine’s furiously potent Killing In The Name. Continue reading The story behind Killing In The Name
Uncover the tragic tales of political unrest beneath U2’s Sunday Bloody Sunday with Ailsa Gillies’ ‘The Story Behind’ mini series. Continue reading The story behind Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sex, drugs and rock n’roll. In week 2 of ‘The Story Behind’ of Ailsa Gillies’ music & politics mini-series, explore the anarchy behind this iconic punk song by the Sex Pistols. Continue reading The story behind God Save The Queen
Some folks are born with silver spoons in hand, proclaims a politically charged Fogerty. Explore the story behind this iconic US anthem in week 1 of Ailsa Gillies’ political music mini series ‘The Story Behind’. Continue reading The story behind Fortunate Son
Art and politics will never exist as separate entities, argues Ailsa Gillies in this fascinating article that explores their enduring affair. Continue reading Music and politics: An abiding affair
A casual stroll through a university hall led to Ailsa Gillies being in the possession of a blank, unknown record that was about to change how she listened to music. Continue reading This changed how I listen to music
Tragically passing before his musical success, Ailsa Gillies profiles Nick Drake from one song she heard on a jukebox. Continue reading Nick Drake: A profile of a doomed romantic
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