{"id":1657,"date":"2015-10-01T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2015-11-02T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T23:56:08","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-despite-the-dark-by-rura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-despite-the-dark-by-rura\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards: Despite the Dark by RURA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RURA_DespiteTheDark_Cover\"Congratulations to RURA who’s album Despite the Dark<\/strong> has been nominated in Album of the Year (sponsored by Birnam CD<\/a>) in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

We asked RURA about their album Despite the Dark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Critical acclaim for ‘Despite the Dark’:<\/p>\n

\u201cone of the most exciting bands on the Scottish folk scene\u201d – Songlines (5 stars)<\/p>\n

\u201caccomplished musicianship, expressive vocals, flawless composition\u2026supremely impressive\u201d – FolkWords<\/p>\n

\u201cgenuinely stirring stuff\u2026 there\u2019s something very exciting about RURA\u201d – Fatea Magazine<\/p>\n

\u201ca brilliant fusion of the old and the new\u201d – The Herald<\/p>\n

\u201can album of its time for Scotland\u201d – Folk Radio UK<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the Dark is a truly remarkable album\u2026 RURA are definitely heading in a huge direction.\u201d – Bright Young Folk<\/p>\n

About RURA<\/em>
\n\u201cOne of the most exciting bands on the Scottish folk scene\u201d (Songlines), RURA, whilst rooted in tradition, are a refreshingly contemporary act. Rugged yet disciplined, heartfelt whilst rousing and anthemic, and all-together punch-packing.<\/p>\n

Internationally renowned for their powerhouse mix of highland pipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, bodhran, guitar and voice, RURA are one of the most sought-after bands of their generation. Steven Blake, Jack Smedley, David Foley and Adam Brown create hard-hitting, muscular, yet intricately arranged and lyrical, instrumentals to match singer\/songwriter Adam Holmes\u2019 haunting songcraft \u2013 a perfected mix that has seen them rise to headline status at festivals throughout the UK and Europe.<\/p>\n

Since bursting on to the scene in 2010, as award winners at Glasgow\u2019s Celtic Connections festival, RURA have firmly established themselves as a major force. The release of their heralded first album, Break It Up, in 2012 was accompanied by multiple award wins and nominations, and now the five-piece\u2019s 2015 follow-up, Despite the Dark, is meeting unrelentingly high praise.<\/p>\n

RURA website: http:\/\/www.RURA.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

You can listen to Despite the Dark here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Buy a ticket<\/a> for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 5th December in Dundee Caird Hall, start time 7pm. You’ll have a great time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to RURA who’s album Despite the Dark has been nominated in Album of the Year (sponsored by Birnam CD) in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015. Vote now! We asked RURA about their album Despite the Dark. Critical acclaim for ‘Despite the Dark’: \u201cone of the most exciting bands on the Scottish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee","8":"category-nominee-2015","9":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/09\/RURA_DespiteTheDark_Cover.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1657\/revisions\/1659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}