Tag Archives: Bwani Junction

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, 6/8/16

It’s déjà vu on the final day of Belladrum, as I find myself once again in the XpoNorth Seedlings tent at the crack of dawn (in festival terms anyway). This time however it’s with far higher hopes, as Herald Unsigned winners We Came From Wolves are up to kick things off, a band whose moodyContinue reading “Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, 6/8/16”

Celtic Connections: Bwani Junction and “Original Musicians” perform Graceland, Moh! Kouyate at The Old Fruitmarket 23/1/16

Graceland by Paul Simon is an album lauded for its importance in helping to popularise world-music. Recorded during the tail-end and turbulent years of apartheid in South Africa the record earned Simon a fair amount of controversy for the fact that he hired local black session musicians. Barney Rachabane, one of the forty-plus musicians thatContinue reading “Celtic Connections: Bwani Junction and “Original Musicians” perform Graceland, Moh! Kouyate at The Old Fruitmarket 23/1/16”

Pronto Mama, Bwani Junction, Redolent, Mark McGowan at St Lukes, 4/12/15

When it was first announced that Pronto Mama and Bwani Junction – arguably two of Scotland’s best live acts- were playing together, it was quickly predicted to be the “gig of the year”. The highly anticipated line up is made complete by Redolent and singer-songwriter Mark McGowan. Despite the size of the venue, and theContinue reading “Pronto Mama, Bwani Junction, Redolent, Mark McGowan at St Lukes, 4/12/15”

FCK YES with Bwani Junction, Ded Rabbit, Lewis Capaldi at Tut’s, 14/10/15

FCK YES is a new Glasgow based promotion group who have recently begun presenting a monthly gig with King Tut’s as the host, this evening the three acts being showcased are Bwani Junction, Ded Rabbit and Lewis Capaldi. Capaldi sidles on stage to face a room where any substantial numbers are yet to warm theContinue reading “FCK YES with Bwani Junction, Ded Rabbit, Lewis Capaldi at Tut’s, 14/10/15”