Music, Previews, Issue 675

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Musician James Yorkston publishes tour diaries

14 Jan 2011

Domino Records and Faber publish Scottish singer-songwriter's book It’s Lovely to Be Here

Not content with forging a career as one of Scotland’s best loved singer-songwriters, James Yorkston has just foisted himself upon literature in a most alluring fashion. As befits a troubadour whose talent is rivalled only by his modesty, Yorkston’s…

Scottish Opera and the RSAMD stage production of The Cunning Little Vixen

14 Jan 2011

Janácek’s opera filled with perpetual themes of life, death and love

Building on collaborative achievements of the past few years, Scottish Opera and the RSAMD now turn to Janácek’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Set in a forest, its characters are both animal and human. Inspired by a comic strip from a newspaper, it’s…

Exposure: Allo Darlin’

14 Jan 2011

The London indie-pop quartet in thrall to the wistful sounds of Magnetic Fields and Camera

Since forming in 2009, London indie-pop quartet Allo Darlin’ have had a ‘seat of our pants’ couple of years, between making their self-titled debut album for Fortuna Pop! and touring the US and Europe. Australian vocalist Elizabeth Morris describes…

The Vaccines among highlights of NME awards Tour 2011

14 Jan 2011

Buzz surrounding new band offering a trawl through six decades of rock history

Rock music, say recent reports, is dead and buried, with only three of the top 100 UK singles of 2010 falling into the category. Pummelled by pop and humbled by hip hop, that’s the once all-conquering sound’s lowest return in 50 years. The Vaccines…