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Scotsman
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The Reeling, Glasgow review: 'don't underestimate the vibrancy of the trad scene'
Occupying a middle ground somewhere between the Killers and Big Country, Tide Lines are representative of a new spirit in traditional music, writes David Pollock Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Reeling, Rouken Glen Park, Glasgow ★★★★ 'You've even patched Kylie Minogue to see us,' laughed Tide Lines singer Robert Robertson, in thanks to the large crowd turning out for his band's Friday night headline set at Glasgow's third annual Reeling festival. While this celebration of traditional music might not have much in common with one of the world's biggest pop stars, don't underestimate the vibrancy of the traditional scene in Scotland at the moment. Tide Lines are representative of the new spirit in their scene right now, and their set here could have easily fitted in at TRNSMT. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Tide Lines Tide Lines stand in a middle ground between the Killers and Big Country, while Robertson's earthy, impassioned spit 'n' sawdust vocal is reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen and Sam Fender. Set highlights like Heroes, 17 Again and the joyous Any Heart in a Storm were hopeful and redemptive guitar rockers. Then songs from the new album Glasgow Love Story paid loving tribute to the city these Highlanders call home, from the moody synth movement The Hardest Miles to the folky tribute to Glasgow's shipbuilding heritage By the Quayside and the wistful Homeward Bound. That song, said Robertson, was about heading home up the A82 for summer, a journey he said all Gaels know. Sign up to our FREE Arts & Culture newsletter at Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Elsewhere on a bill also featuring Gnoss and Beinn Lee, the connection between Glasgow and the Highland tradition was explicit. Siobhan Miller – who shifted between the pure trad of the birling Tranent Wedding and a more retro style reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac – paid tribute to the folk pubs of Finnieston which were her refuge when she moved to the city aged 18.
Scotsman
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Album reviews: Tide Lines Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Tide Lines: Glasgow Love Story (Tide Lines Music) ★★ Willie Nelson: Oh What A Beautiful World (Legacy Recordings) ★★★★ Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts: Remembered In Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia (Drag City) ★★★★ Tide Lines Locked Hands: Safety Is Our Focus (Errant Media) ★★★ Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Glasgow is getting a lot of love from its musical denizens in its 850th year. First, Deacon Blue embraced the Raintown once again on latest album, The Great Western Road, and now Tide Lines celebrate the dear green place where the band first formed in 2016. Glasgow Love Story was actually recorded on their native Mull but with eyes directed towards their adopted home. The landscape may contrast with their previous Mull-inspired album An Ocean Full of Islands, with the sound inching ever closer to mainstream pop, but lyrically the territory remains the same – wistful/rousing odes by youngish men who seem perpetually nostalgic. The hopeful Better Days communicates the sense of the city's folk sessions with some added bassline swagger while the synthesizer on The Hardest Miles sounds like it has been switched to bagpipe setting. They add a brass fanfare to Scotpop number Brother and an unexpected saxophone solo on Lonely and the Free, but that is it for curveballs. Willie Nelson The rest of the album is pipe-and-slippers stuff, from cosy Clydeside romance on By the Quayside via the folk pop whimsy of the title track to the banal nostalgia of If I Had My Time. Homeward Bound is a standard spin on the homesick blues and they go river shallow, mountain mid-range on Mountains That We Climb. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Cherry Blossom Sunset's evocation of city park life just about gets by on natural catchiness but simply name-checking locations, as they do on Ashton Lane ('we were younger when we walked down Ashton Lane') doesn't really get to the heart of the city. Like his peers Van Morrison and Neil Young, Willie Nelson is releasing albums at a rate of knots. His latest, Oh What A Beautiful World, arrives on the eve of his 92nd birthday and celebrates the songs of the great country writer (and Emmylou Harris associate) Rodney Crowell. Nelson has already showcased his affinity for Crowell's music, with his heartfelt cover of The Border a highlight of his recent output; here again he chimes with the simple integrity of the storytelling. Forty Miles From Nowhere captures the melancholic pleasures of a quiet, remote existence ('friends don't call like they used to, for reasons not unkind') with sighing steel guitar embellishment. The tone varies with the bluesy strut of She's Back in Town and the California dreaming of Still Learning How to Fly, while a lovely loping arrangement tempers the sentimental Shame on the Moon and Crowell himself joins Nelson on the title track. Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts follow up their 2012 collaboration Urstan with another collection of traditional songs in English and Gaelic, this time collated by folklorist Helen Creighton and recorded by Nova Scotian bassist Pete Johnston who invited Morrison and Roberts to work with him on his home turf. Locked Hands The results are a bridge between old and new Scotland on perennial themes – migration, marriage, love and longing. Roberts leads in seasoned storytelling style on the slow march of Hind Horn and the spindly lovesick Peggy Gordon, while Morrison aces Hi horò, 's na horo h-eile, a Gaelic waulking song to a tune more familiar from Ae Fond Kiss. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Locked Hands is the latest outlet for Edinburgh-based DIY musician Sean Ormsby who also records as retro electro outfit Night Noise Team. Safety Is Our Focus is a more lo-fi and austere affair, featuring reedy cut-and-paste dispatches on grief and mental health. Ormsby intones like Alan Vega of Suicide over terse, tinny beats, bass judder and throbbing synth on Echo Hotel, while S'il Vous Plait is a death dub disco of sorts. CLASSICAL Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works Resonus ★★★★ Appointed Master of the King's Music last year, Errollyn Wallen – who lives in an isolated Scots lighthouse – had already gained international recognition as one of the topmost performed living classical composers. In an album of works written over two decades, the BBC Concert Orchestra under conductor John Andrews illustrate the instinctive eclecticism that gives Wallen's music its instant accessibility and charm. Dances for Orchestra, premiered in 2023 by co-commissioners the SCO, is a perfect and substantial example. Within a framework of skilled craftsmanship, mercurial energy and imaginative colourings, vivid influences come and go – shades of Latin, hard-edged rock, parodic wit, even an ultimate undisguised nod to Scots dance. And that's just the start of an adventurous track list that includes the intensely theatrical Shakespearean setting By His and by St Charity (soprano Ruby Hughes), and – launched with a hair-raising quote of Amazing Grace – the powerful Mighty River Ken Walton FOLK TRIP: In Terra's Keep (TRIP Music Records) ★★★★
Glasgow Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Scottish folk band perform pop-up gig in Glasgow subway
On Easter Monday, April 21, Tide Lines brought live music to the subway, popping up at stations across the map, including Partick and Buchanan Street. They performed stripped-back songs from their upcoming album, "Glasgow Love Story," which is set for release on April 25. Read more: 'Subway sessions': Live music performances to be held at stations across Glasgow Despite the wet weather, crowds gathered to sing along, with a large group assembling outside Skye Candles. The pop-up gigs were all designed to help build momentum for their biggest headline show yet – The Reeling at Rouken Glen Park. A large group amassed outside Skye Candles (Image: Supplied) Now in its second year, The Reeling is a summer celebration of traditional music and has become a key part of the Scottish music calendar. Tide Lines will headline on Friday, June 6, joined by fellow Scottish favourites Siobhan Miller Band, Beinn Lee, and Gnoss. It's another major moment in a milestone year for the band, who's upcoming release marks their fourth studio album. "Glasgow Love Story," features singles including By The Quayside, Leaving Town, and the nostalgic Better Days have already captured fans' hearts. The album aims to blend driving indie-folk and evocative storytelling. Robert Robertson, frontman of Tide Lines, said: "It was amazing to see so many people come out to watch us – even in the rain. "We never take that kind of support for granted. "There was such a buzz in the stations, especially with everyone singing along. "We can't wait to do it all again at The Reeling in June. "Our new album, Glasgow Love Story, is out this Friday. Read more: Iconic supermarket sweep returns - here's how you can enter "It's full of songs written for this city – about its people, its streets, the memories we've made here. "So getting to play them right in the heart of Glasgow, where they belong, felt really special." After their headline performance at The Reeling, the band will hit the road for a packed summer of festival appearances, including Belladrum, HebCelt, and a free show at Aberdeen's Quayside Concerts. They will then be embarking on a headline UK tour this autumn.
The National
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
Live music performances across Glasgow in 'subway sessions'
Tide Lines, a folk-pop band, appeared at stations across the city on Monday as part of a one-day-only sub crawl with a twist. The Highland band performed stripped-back songs from their upcoming album Glasgow Love Story, amassing a crowd outside Buchanan Street. (Image: Nathan Dunphy) The album, set to be released on Friday, is an exploration of the band's love of Glasgow's streets, people, and stories. Tide Lines frontman Robert Robertson said: 'It was amazing to see so many people come out to watch us – even in the rain! We never take that kind of support for granted. 'There was such a buzz in the stations, especially with everyone singing along. We can't wait to do it all again at The Reeling in June. READ MORE: Donald Trump says he 'hopes' to visit Scotland during UK state visit 'Our new album, Glasgow Love Story, is out this Friday. It's full of songs written for this city – about its people, its streets, the memories we've made here. So getting to play them right in the heart of Glasgow, where they belong, felt really special.' The band will headline The Reeling, Glasgow's summer celebration of traditional music, on June 6. (Image: Nathan Dunphy) They will be joined by fellow Scottish favourites Siobhan Miller Band, Beinn Lee and Gnoss. After The Reeling, Tide Lines is set to appear at Belladrum, HebCelt and a free show at Aberdeen's Quayside Concerts before a headline UK tour in the autumn. The band said they look forward to returning to the city and reminisced on their early days in West End bars to selling out three nights at the Barrowlands. Tide Lines' new album will feature singles including The Quayside, Leaving Town, and Better Days.
STV News
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- STV News
Folk-pop group surprise shoppers with Easter busker performance
A Scottish folk-pop group surprised shoppers in Glasgow on Easter Monday as they performed impromptu sets outside the city's Subway stations. Tide Lines took place in a one-day 'busk crawl' by performing at stops on the city's subway route. They were joined by a large crowd in the rain outside Partick and Buchanan Street stations during the afternoon. Band frontman Robert Robertson described the experience as 'amazing'. He said: 'It was amazing to see so many people come out to watch us – even in the rain. We never take that kind of support for granted. 'There was such a buzz in the stations, especially with everyone singing along. We can't wait to do it all again at The Reeling in June. 'Our new album, Glasgow Love Story, is out this Friday. It's full of songs written for this city – about its people, its streets, the memories we've made here. So getting to play them right in the heart of Glasgow, where they belong, felt really special.' The 'busk crawl' was part of the build-up to the band's biggest headline show to date – a 5,000-capacity outdoor set at Rouken Glen Park, Giffnock, on Friday, June 6, where they will open this year's edition of The Reeling – a summer festival celebrating traditional music. They played new tunes from their upcoming album, Glasgow Love Story, in a tribute to the city the band says 'shaped them'. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
