Scottish

Thank You for visiting The Manikees. The four-piece group from Fife are a good find in music at the moment with a great live show and a strong set of songs. They are creating a unique sound and will release their first EP this year. The Manikees are a band you want to catch live. Join us! The Manikees have supported Little Man Tate, Glasvegas, The View, Ghosts, Red Light Company, The Paddingtons & the Blow Monkeys. They've played live on XFM X-Posure courtesy of Jim Gellatly and also featured on Vic Galloway's radio show.

After being a Scottish one person (Neil Morrison, The Colours Will Erase Us) project for a year (a is to b) have stepped up to being a duo with the addition of trans continental import Marta Adamowicz (MAdam, Gay and Immigrant). A now more experimental electro act, based in Glasgow. Taking inspiration from Lorn, Boards of Canada, The Knife, Crystal Castles and Aphex Twin. Ep available from Black Lantern Music Youtube

Read more about (a is to b) on Last.fm.

Tommy Smith (born 27th April 1967) is a Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. Smith grew up in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh, and was encouraged to learn the tenor saxophone from the age of twelve onwards. At the age of sixteen, he obtained a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music; there he joined Gary Burton's group. He has become one of Scotland's leading jazz musicians and composers...

Hadhirgaan are a group of sixteen young Scottish musicians from the Orkney Islands who attend Kirkwall Grammar School, Kirkwall. Under the instruction of Douglas Montgomery the group have developed into an exciting young fiddle ensemble driven by a stomping rhythm section created by piano, bass, guitar and bodhran. The majority of the group had been playing together for over eight years at the time of the release of their self-titled album, "Hadhirgaan".