Here is a little taster of Vidlin on Thursday night with Ryan Couper, Rory Ellis, Henrik Jansberg Band, Brother Mule and Le vent Du Nord. Your compere is Michael Coutts from the Festival committee.

There are tickets left for Clickimin on Saturday night where both Henrik Jansberg and Le Vent Du Nord are appearing along with The Chair, Hom Bru and Hanggai. After seeing both these bands last night I would reckon that the roof will be raised by the level of excitment that all these bands can create. Fully recommended.

More to come as the music is played. 

A world first for Shetland! This gig will be streamed LIVE across the globe on Internet Radio!

funkational recordings presents dj }moose
get ready for a night of intense house music like you have never heard before! house: old skool 2 new skool will take you on a 20 year house journey, from the realms of chicago warehouse and acid house to the latest progressive sounds. plenty more in between and plenty sounds to get on down. no upper age limit of course, but strictly over 18…

A preview set coming up this weekend…

March 29 @ Posers 10pm

Jon Carter is one of those fortunate DJs that have been able to let their talent speak for them. He`s warmed up for the Fatboy all over the world, has his own record label, yet you never hear anything about him.

Well this Saturday 22 December you can hear him spinning live at Posers, Lerwick! Here’s a recent mix of Jon’s to whet your appetite for Saturday night! See you there.

Jon Carter info @ The DJ List

Tracks:

Simian Mobile Disco: It’s The Beat (Jon C Edit)
Andy Caldwell: Warrior (Claude Von Stroke Sharp Toof Mix) & Traffic Signs - Coming Down
Gecko feat. MC Kinky: D-Ska-Sting (Jon C Mix) Gecko Recordings & Carl Craig - Tres Demented
Justin Martin: The Fugitive
Herve: (I can) Get Down
Andrew Weatherall: You Can’t Do Disco Without A Strat
MSTRKRFT: Street Justice (Jon C Edit)
The Migrants: I Thought Taht (Boris Duglosch inst.) & Gossip: Standing In The Way Of Control (Playgroup Mix)
Bouncer, Klaxons: South Central Bootleg

Podcast Two - December 9th 2007

1) ‘OIL NK’ by Handwithlegs. www.myspace.com/handwithlegs
2) ‘Heaven themed parties’ by Michael Wookey. www.myspace.com/michaelwookey
3) ‘Studio Glass B’ by Zebra Mu. www.myspace.com/zebramu
4) ‘Evelyn Jean’ by Octavius Neveaux. www.myspace.com/labrujablanca
5) ‘Hecatomb’ by HAXAN. www.myspace.com/haxanmusic
6) ‘Young, old, middleaged’ by HEMHORA. www.myspace.com/hemhora
7) ‘Rooting reflex’ by Voice Like Bones. www.myspace.com/voicelikebones
8) ‘We all fall’ by Ylid. www.myspace.com/ylid
9) ‘In Fames Nos Epulum’ by The Wound Man. www.myspace.com/thewoundman
10) ‘My head is blank’ by Francois Virot. www.myspace.com/francoisvirot
11) ‘Hoelderlin’ by Karl Stirner. www.myspace.com/karlstirner
12) ‘The Strode Adventurer’ by Hookers Green No.1 www.myspace.com/hookersgreenno1
13) ‘Recipe for Sadness’ by ONDO. www.myspace.com/avondo

Thanks to everyone that sent us tracks, special thanks goes to:
www.myspace.com/thedaydreamgeneration AND
www.myspace.com/catch23recordings

A selection of tunes from Queens of the Stone Age, Down, Exodus, Machine Head and more!

A variety of songs from a range of new, old classics, local Shetland, and unsigned heavy rock bands. Hosted by Dave Kok and Kevin Tulloch.

 Show 4 features new tracks by Alabama Thunderpussy, Orange Goblin, Saxon and local band Bitumen River

The Shetland Folk Festival can now be enjoyed all over the globe, all year round thanks to ZetCast.com and sffpodcast.blogspot.com. The online broadcasting networks are going to be publishing exclusive live recordings of the festival over the next few months as podcasts.

The first official Shetland Folk Festival show is now available on Zetcast.com and sffpodcat.blogspot.com. Jimmy Carlyle and Marvin Smith present the programme, which features top visiting artists Terrafolk and Crooked Still. The podcast features exclusive recordings from the Ollaberry Hall on the opening night of the festival. The series of shows will feature highlights from this year’s festival and will give listeners the chance to relive the sounds of the festival.

Podcasting is a new form of broadcasting on the internet. Podcasts are similar in style to radio shows but the advantage to the listener is that you can listen on demand. No more do you need to be a slave to a broadcasting schedule and never again will you miss your favourite programme – podcasts are available 24/7 and you have the choice of what shows you listen to.

To listen to the shows visit the websites – www.zetcast.com and www.sffpodcast.blogspot.com. You can either listen to the podcasts on the websites as you browse around the Internet or download the podcast file to your computer to listen to later on. If you download the podcast you can use any piece of software that can play mp3 files the most common players being Windows Media Player and Winamp. You can transfer the shows on to your mp3 player or burn then to a cdr and listen to them in the car on your way to work.

You can also look for the podcast in iTunes using the Podcast Directory and doing a search for Shetland. By using iTunes you can setup a subscription to the podcast, this means that whenever a new podcast is released you will get it delivered to you when you open up the podcast part of the iTunes.

The sffpodcast.blogspot.com website hosts preview podcasts for both the 2006 and 2007 festivals and some live recordings from 2006 from Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan and Elana James. These recordings are also available on zetcast.com which features various locally produced podcasts covering blues, dance and local music. Zetcast is open to anyone who wishes to create podcasts of any description, it doesn’t have to be about music.

The 2007 Shetland Folk Festival starts on Friday the 4th May this year.

This show features the following tracks

The McDades - Pull The Anchor
The McDades - The Silver Platter
Bagdaddies - We Try
Bagdaddies - Sweet Girl
Crooked Still - New Railroad
Crooked Still - Come On In My Kitchen
A Cadiera Coixa - Polcas del gaitero errante
A Cadiera Coixa - Como quiere Lola
Four Men and a Dog - I’m Walkin’
Four Men and a Dog - The Kilfenora Sexy Jig
The Toy Hearts - If The Blues Come Calling
The Toy Hearts - Leave This Heart Alone

Full shownotes and links can be found at sffpodcast.blogspot.com

The competition to win an iPod Nano closes on Sunday 25th February.

To enter click on ‘Competition’ on the menu at the left hand side of the screen.

The prize has been kindly donated by the Shetland Mac Shop www.shetlandmacshop.com

Best of luck

Originall posted by Hans J Marter on shetland-news.co.uk - 4 November, 2006

LONG TERM investment is needed to transform Shetland’s “world class” musical potential into a thriving global industry, according to a leading Scottish arts consultant.

Central belt-based Ronnie Gurr appealed to local politicians and investment agencies to regard the islands’ versatile music community as an industry in its own right.

Mr Gurr, who has managed bands such as Stereophonics and Culture Club, was speaking during the official launch ceremony of a revamped Shetland music website, on Thursday night.

He said that while www.shetland-music.com was a first step to showing the world what music from Shetland was about, a long term strategy was needed to turn that talent into a industry that could earn millions of pounds.

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