Sparrow and the Workshop

Fruit Tree Foundation - First Edition

Astounding group collaboration from some of Scotland's finest

3 Aug 2011

(Chemikal Underground) If you’re looking for proof that Scotland’s musical voices are far-reaching and brilliant, then we cordially direct you to First Edition. It’s a stellar, cohesive collaboration from Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison, The…

Festival essentials: what the stars are packing in their rucksacks

By Jamie Woon, James Vorley, Paloma Faith and Jill O'Sullivan

27 May 2011

Jamie Woon Blankets Normally stolen off planes, but handy for that point in the early morning, if you’re sitting around a fire or outside a tent and it starts getting cool. Cheap sunglasses I tend to break or lose sunglasses pretty quick, so these…

RockNess adds six more names for 2011’s event

17 May 2011

Bombay Bicycle Club, Sparrow & the Workshop, Afghan Raiders, D/R/U/G/S, Funeral Suits and Visions of Trees have all been added to the RockNess line up, due to take place from 10–12 June on the banks of Loch Ness. They join a line up already bursting…

Music Like a Vitamin - O2 ABC, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct 2010

Rod Jones, Emma Pollock, Jenny Reeve and Karine Polwart

9 Oct 2010

For their Music Like A Vitamin event, Idlewild’s Rod Jones and The Delgados’ Emma Pollock have enlisted a Scottish musical dream team to create a fundraising album. Coinciding with the annual Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, The Fruit…

Fruit Tree Foundation launches new album tackling themes of mental health

Alasdair Roberts, James Yorkston, Scott Hutchison and others record album

22 Sep 2010

Sons and Daughters. Frightened Rabbit. The Phantom Band. Norman Blake. Perhaps because it sets out to encourage discussion of problems nearly everyone has come into contact with at some point in their lives, the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film…

T in the Park 2010: Black Keys, Frightened Rabbit and Eminem

T in the Park blog

11 Jul 2010

Saturday 10th July For the obsessive music fan, it’s one of the eternal frustrations of festivals that sometimes the bands you love don’t get the attention they deserve. This was very much the case with Broken Social Scene, who took to the stage at…

Music festivals 2010: Festival profiles

28 May 2010

Big or small, loud or quiet, dry or muddy – we love festivals whatever their size, sound or likelihood to leave you soaking wet. Over the next 20 pages we'll give you the lowdown on every major fest hitting Scotland this summer, and information on a few…

Sparrow and the Workshop - Crystals Fall

15 Apr 2010

(Distiller) Americana-tinged debut using powerful vocals, drums and stormy guitars to fantastic effect.

Eagleowl

6 Jan 2010

As one door opens, another closes, as Eagleowl launch their gift-wrapped ‘Sleep the Winter’ 7” single at the penultimate show at the Bowery before the venue’s sad and frankly unnecessary closure (well done, Edinburgh University Settlement, for thinking…

Sparrow And The Workshop - Into The World

4 Dec 2009

(Distiller) If only these guys were around in the 70s, their soulful country vocals and acoustic guitars married to noisy drums and bass could have landed them on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack – they’re that good. Thankfully, they’re here for us to…

Upcoming gigs in Scotland: Autumn 2009

10 Sep 2009

Scotland, as we all know, is a hub of great music, great venues and great live audiences. Which is why so many of the world’s great acts forget about the poor weather and poor diet and play here. Add to that list alt-country sorts, and favourites of…

Broken Records, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Son of Pedro

The Mill, Oran Mor, Glasgow, 27 Aug 2009

28 Aug 2009

With the free tickets long gone, it's a busy night at Oran Mor to see four of Scotland's promising young acts. Well three of them. For sadly, due to unforeseen illness, the sweet melodies of Sparrow and the Workshop are missing from the line-up. It's…

Sparrow and the Workshop

Pure to the core and pure class

21 Aug 2009

It's a sign of their sweet nature that Sparrow and the Workshop feel the need to apologise for the sweat dripping down most people's backs in the bunker that is Sneaky Pete's. They must surely be the ones most feeling the heat, if the sodden t-shirt of…

Music hitlist

16 Aug 2009

Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, A Band Called Quinn, Bill Callahan, Katy Perry, Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan, Trembling Bells and Ben Reynolds, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Broken Records, Sparrow and the Workshop, Some Young Pedro, Woodenbox with a…

We Were Promised Jetpacks, Broken Records, Sparrow & the Workshop and Some Young Pedro

16 Aug 2009

In celebration of their first year, The Mill has invited old favourites enthusiastic indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks and the multi-talented Broken Records to play a special anniversary show; they in turn have brought along two of the best bands…

Exposure: Sparrow and the Workshop

12 May 2009

Next band to ruffle your feathers the right way is here. Sparrow and the Workshop, originally from 'all over the place', joined their folk-friendly forces over a year ago, set up 'shop' in Glasgow and have been-a soaring ever since. Making music with a…

Limbo

27 Nov 2008

Half club half gig, Limbo has been bringing new live music to Edinburgh’s Thursday nights for a year now. For their first birthday (27 Nov) expect live sets from Micachu (pictured) and their avant-pop, twisted disco from A-Lix, Ex-Lion Tamer and Dead…