> Keira Brown, Author at SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland
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Fat Dog, La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 27th February 2025 (gig review)

Fat Dog are one of those few bands that manage to hit a radio ...

Strange Beach – Oluwaseun Olayiwola (Book review)

Strange Beach is an evocative debut collection from poet and choreographer Oluwaseun Olayiwola that ...

We Will Hear The Angels, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 5th February 2025

Nicholas Bone and Marisa Zanotti’s We Will Hear The Angels has had a couple ...

Interview: Frànçois Marry – Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains – Âge Fleuve

Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains are releasing their first LP since transitioning labels from ...

Ibibio Sound Machine and N’famady Kouyaté  , Glasgow Tramway, Celtic Connections, Sat 1st Feb 2025

After a quick meal and complimentary cocktail in Glasgow’s VEGA (situated in the Yotel* ...

Both Hands + Town Centre, Leith Depot, Edinburgh, 31st January 2025, Independent Venue Week

On hearing that it might be a wee while before Edinburgh’s Both Hands perform ...

Femi Kuti & the Positive Force: Celtic Connections 2025, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Tuesday 28th January

When the support band kicks the night off with a standing ovation, there’s a ...

Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker: Christopher Hampson’s extravagant, glam and glitzy show delights

Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Glasgow’s Theatre Royal The festive season for me doesn’t officially ...

RAYMOND ANTROBUS Book: Signs, Music

The line ‘poetry is music from the place we are born’ sets the tone ...

STUART MURDOCH on finding a voice, escapism, and throwing off the shackles.

In 2015 we were introduced to ‘Nobody’s Empire’, a classic twee folk track from ...

Structural art piece featuring hanging fabric and paper from the art exhibition of Claire Barclay and Oana Stanciu.

Outwith Festival: a rich offering (REVIEW)

Outwith def: outside/beyond. It’s always refreshing to see more opening up outside of the ...

The Magnetic Fields Part 1: marvellous (REVIEW)

American band, The Magnetic Fields, took to the stage of Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall to ...