My Highlights 2012:
6 Organs of Admittance: Ascent (Drag City)
Stephanie Hladowski & C. Joynes: The Wild Wild Berry (Bo Weavil)
V/A: I'm A Romany Rai, V/A (Topic)
Josephine Foster: Bloodrushing (Fire)
Concerts:
6 Organs of Admittance, Glad Cafe, Glasgow
Stephanie Hladowski, Wharf Chambers, Leeds
Ashtray Navigations, Old Hairdressers, Glasgow Josephine Foster
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, Milngavie Folk Club, Glasgow
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Cairo Gang, Celtic Connections festival, Fruitmarket, Glasgow
Beyond music (art exhibitions / books / films etc):
Lucy Stein's 'Orgasms in Hell' exhibition, Martin Van Zomeron Gallery, Amsterdam
Graham Sutherland exhibition, MOMA, Oxford
Dennis Potter's 'Singing Detective' (TV series, BBC)
'A Writer's Life', Philip Larkin biography by Andrew Motion
'The Big Music' book by Kirsty Gunn
Alex Neilson is a drummer, singer & songwriter based in Glasgow. He is leader of the folk-rock band The Trembling Bells and plays with Current 93.
New Release: The Trembling Bells with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: The Marble Downs (Honest Jons Records)
The Trembling Bells with Alex Neilson, second from left
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