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Danny Kyle Award winner Laura Silverstone has signed a record deal with independent label Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG), with two album releases confirmed. LNFG will release fan favourite Heartwood on vinyl for the first time this summer, marking the album’s second anniversary in July. The release will be a strictly limited collector’s edition, individually …
Acclaimed Edinburgh singer-songwriter Laura Silverstone’s latest single release has one purpose in mind - to give people just a moment to chill out in their hectic days. ‘Raven on a Tree’ - featured on her forthcoming new album - is an inspiring return to the stand-out style of flourishing guitar instrumental that helped propel her to TV …
An Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter is swapping smash hits for smash KNITS - after joining forces with a sustainable artist for her new range of merch. Laura Silverstone, who performed with Frank Turner at the Corn Exchange in September and is a previous grand finalist on TV’s Got Talent Show in Spain, wanted something different to represent …
A new single about learning to live life in recovery from alcoholism has inspired a groundbreaking songwriting project for people in recovery to be trialled in Glasgow next year. ‘Yesterday’s Promises’ by Americana-Indiepop trad band The Tumbling Souls, from Lewis, is a part-biographical look back at the early musical career of Willie Campbell and the …
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“It just felt so… cringe,” blushes Laura Silverstone. “It just felt so, I don’t know, girly.” The singer-songwriter is sitting cross-legged in the trusty van she has called home for the past eight years or so. It’s strewn with plants, pictures, instruments, cosy blankets, vegan food and hand-crafted mugs. She’s talking, of course, about her …
A group of acclaimed Scottish songwriters and performers has warned musicians risk being ‘AI-brushed’ out of existence unless urgent action is taken by the music industry and government to protect human creativity from artificial intelligence. Tumbling Souls - a Scots supergroup featuring members of 90s indie darlings Astrid, trad favourites Hò-Rò, and festival stalwarts Boys …
“Yeah, that song is very much about my childhood experience,” laughs former Astrid frontman Willie Campbell, flashing a mischievous grin. “Growing up too early in the 90s, on Lewis, that’s just what you did. Everybody got up to no good – it was the way it was back then.” He’s talking about ‘1995’. The nostalgia-soaked …
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Scots-based guitar sensation Laura Silverstone kicks-off her European spring tour on Sunday with an intimate gig celebrating Tartan Day in Glasgow. The former Spain’s Got Talent finalist, who also wowed fans with her lap-tap performance at Celtic Connections in January, will play an acoustic set at The Clutha Bar (6 April), followed by dates in …
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A van-living travelling troubadour who came within just a few votes of winning TV show Spain’s Got Talent will make her debut at Celtic Connections tomorrow (Tues). Laura Silverstone wowed judges with her singing and guitar playing including her trademark technique of using lap chords, making it all the way through the live grand finals …
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