Tuesday 9 September 2008

Picks of the week: Scotland & Ireland: Music

Lach
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Wed 10 Sept
Punchy, scratchy, twangy anti folk godfather of NYC on a very rarified UK term of enlistment. It's a little turn Dylan, a little bit Johnny Thunders and a lot of an acquired taste, for some.

Seabear
Nice'n'Sleazy, Glasgow, Wed 10 Sept
Seven-piece Icelandic collective bring homespun dreamscapes with lo-fi lyrics, scatterings of glockenspiels and melodicas and stack of set up sound samples.

Emmylou Harris
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Tue 9 Sept
National Stadium, Dublin, Fri 12 Sept
The only fair sex who was ever Gram Parsons' muse and world Health Organization can pierce your person singing country rock, bluegrass Country and Americana alike.







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