20 November 2018

The public voting for the Infinitime Music Awards will close tomorrow and there is still all to play for when it comes to the final verdict. Zoee, the winner of the Millport Country Music Festival Maverick Emerging Talent Showcase, is up for three awards including Best Female Act, Best Solo Record and Best International Act. You can see the video of her latest video, Town, below. https://youtu.be/dPhSlKEIJTk The Infinitime Music Awards are seen by some as the Mercury Awards for Scotland and are backed by the BBC.

The first 15 names for the 2019 Cambridge Folk Festival line-up have been announced, with Ralph McTell and Lucina Williams pencilled in to headline the Thursday and Saturday respectively. The headliners for the Friday and Sunday are yet to be announced for Cherry Hinton Hall, but other established names such as Jose Gonzalez, Jarrod Dickenson, Fisherman’s Friends, Lisa O’Neill and Richard Thompson have also been revealed. Elsewhere, Tunng, Karine Polwart, Nancy Kerr, Talisk, Lil’ Jimmy Reed & The A Team, Sam Sweeney, Nancy Kerr, Rura and James Fagan & Friends have also been announced, while Nick Mulvey will return to the festival as guest curator. The second wave of announcements for the Cambridge Folk Festival will be announced in the near future, with the long-running event set to be attended by many once again. Tickets for the event are available at www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 

Ashton Lane have not one, but two new albums on the horizon, with the first of which – ‘The In-Between – being released on 30 November. Every single song on the album has been co-written with an Ashton Lane fan, which includes the lead single from the record, Marilyn Curls. The song was co-written with Elaine Anderson, and is directly inspired by the tragic story of Ruth Ellis – who was the last woman to be executed in the UK. The single and album are both available for pre-order, with the single having an official release date of 29 November. Both will be launched at a gig at St Luke’s in Glasgow on the 29th.