Mark Lanegan

Five reasons to see: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

19 Aug 2010

1. Three albums in and they’ve still got that spark. Hawk is arguably the duo’s best yet – a gritty, raw, rocker of a record. Campbell drafted in folk troubadour Willy Mason and James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins to mix things up musically, but it all…

Mark Lanegan lines up Glasgow Oran Mor date

15 Apr 2010

Occupation Whisky-soaked, gravel-throated singer for hire, arch rock’n’roll collaborator and all-round vocal misery guts. Where’s he from, then? Lanegan first came into the public eye in the late 80s and early 90s fronting the Screaming Trees…

Joint Effort: Soulsavers and Mark Lanegan

The blues man joins forces with the electronica outfit

14 Aug 2009

Gravelly voice-for-hire Mark Lanegan loves a good collaboration, from Isobel Campbell to Queens of the Stone Age to fellow grunge veteran Greg Dulli, but how did he come to be singing with English production and remix duo Soulsavers? ‘I’ve been a big…

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Picture House, Edinburgh, Sun 15 December

16 Dec 2008

The buzz of the near-capacity crowd hushed abruptly as the opening number began, with Campbell's breathy vocals casting the intended spell over the audience. The first half conjured up a Mississippi voodoo-dream sequence with Lanegan cast as darkness in…

Conor Oberst and Gutter Twins for Hydro Connect festival

7 May 2008

Bright Eyes head honcho Conor Oberst brings his new band The Magic Valley Band to Hydro Connect festival this summer. This will be Oberst’s first venture to Scotland in this new guise.

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt

24 Apr 2008

COUNTRY/FOLK/BLUES (V2) Campbell and Lanegan’s Mercury-nominated debut was a one-trick pony, but it was a pretty cool trick. Campbell’s wispy whimper and Lanegan’s bourbon-soaked growl blended refreshingly over some old school folk and blues, but it…

The Gutter Twins

27 Mar 2008

ROCK Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 7 Apr For a legendary hellraiser, Mark Lanegan is surprisingly perky considering it’s early morning after a show in Amsterdam. I say ‘perky’, it’s all relative, he’s still monosyllabic, menacing, moody and terse. So how was…

Isobel Campbell teams up with Mark Lanegan for second album

28 Feb 2008

Former Belle & Sebastian songstress Isobel Campbell is to join forces with the gravely vocals of Mark Lanegan (ex-Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age) for their second album of raw duets with a country edge. The new album Sunday at Devil Dirt…

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

19 Jul 2007

Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Odd Couple Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan talk to Doug Johnstone about the unlikely collaboration that produced their Mercury-nominated Ballad of the Broken Seas