Biog info for acts playing Fri 4th March 2011

Based in Galashiels, The Stone Ghost Collective began life as a songwriting partnership between ex-Dawn of the Replicants guitarist Mike Small and lyricist Brendan McAndrew, with whom he had previously run the music magazine Sun Zoom Spark. It has since grown to be a true collective, featuring 'moonlighting' musicians from other bands and solo performers, all bringing their peculiar talents to the mix. Inspired by a plethora of influences from to The Beach Boys to The Flaming Lips they will be performing a selection of tracks from their recently released album, Unrequited Lovesongs. SGC's music has been called, "some of the loveliest Brian-Wilson style melodies since the big man hung up his surf board," by Alan Morrison of The Herald and "damn fine bittersweet love songs," by the Fiona Shepherd in The Scotsman. They have also been referred to as "eye-opening" by Chris Buckle in The Skinny.   Songs, videos and pics here. 

Georgia Gordon is a 16 year old acoustic singer/songwriter living in the countryside just outside of Peebles in the Scottish Borders.   In August 2010 she was short listed to the final 10 of a Battle of the Bands to support Edinburgh band Jakil at the Usher Hall. Unfortunately she didn’t make it through but she says it was a fantastic experience playing Studio 24 in Edinburgh.  Her EP “Sing, Sang, Sung” was recorded at the Sound Station in Galashiels can be found at here. Georgia is influenced by KT Tunstall, Bombay Bicycle Club, Paolo Nutini and Coco Sumner and has been playing guitar and playing piano since she was seven.  She told us that she’s excited and honoured to be asked to play at the Kaleidoscope Music Club and has her fingers crossed that people like her songs.  

“I'm Rory Gault-Gordon. I play guitar and sing. I've always been a fan of all types of music and I try to let it all shine through as well as I can in my music. I try to write as truthfully as possible from experiences in my life but often I can travel off on tangents about whatever.”  Sounds good to us. 

  

Introducing Curly Turtles.  Two Guitars, three voices and some beer sometimes has consequences. The consequence of one such night was new Hawick acoustic band, Curly Turtles.  Having had some outings, as part of the line up at Burnfoot Festival, supporting Up In Arms at the Border Club and at Beanscene in Hawick, they've knuckled down and are now keen to share the results with the wider public.  Acoustics complementing each other and tight harmonies is their aim and they're not far off the mark!  Performing mostly covers at present, they have been writing some original material, some of which you can hear at Kaleidoscope.