
{"id":3301,"date":"2017-11-07T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2017-11-06T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T10:32:29","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2017-old-blind-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2017-old-blind-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017: Old Blind Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2017\/11\/Cropped-Old-Blind-Dogs-18-4.5-300x289.jpg\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-3302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2017\/11\/Cropped-Old-Blind-Dogs-18-4.5-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2017\/11\/Cropped-Old-Blind-Dogs-18-4.5-768x739.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2017\/11\/Cropped-Old-Blind-Dogs-18-4.5-1024x985.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2017\/11\/Cropped-Old-Blind-Dogs-18-4.5.jpg 2027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Congratulations to Old Blind Dogs who have been nominated in Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017. <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/voting\/\">Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We asked Susan Whyte of Old Blind Dogs the following questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about yourself<\/strong><br \/>\nOld Blind Dogs started working together in 1992 and have been gigging and recording steadily ever since, releasing our latest album Room with a View which is our 13th album, and celebrating 25 years of Old Blind Dogs in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are you involved in Scottish music?<\/strong><br \/>\nFounder member Jonny Hardie returned to Aberdeen in the late 80&#039;s after studying at Manchester Royal Northern College of Music and quickly discovered a vibrant local music scene and The Old Blind Dogs were born. All the Old Blind Dogs are hugely committed to the power and history of Scottish music and its place in the contemporary Scottish music scene. Scottish music resonates with audiences globally, it\u2019s an exciting and vibrant place to be, alive with hugely talented musicians and we\u2019re proud to be part of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any particular career highlights?<\/strong><br \/>\nPlaying The Blue Lamp Aberdeen or maybe the Carnegie Hall!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your plans for the future?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have an extremely busy touring schedule in the immediate future, mainly USA and Germany with a couple of tours in the UK as well in 2018. We&#039;re also planning to start work on a new recording over the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldblinddogs.co.uk\">Old Blind Dogs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldblinddogs.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.oldblinddogs.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oldblinddogsmusic\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oldblinddogsmusic<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/oldblinddogs\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/oldblinddogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to come along to the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in Paisley&#8217;s Lagoon Centre call 0300 300 1210 or to buy online visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paisley2021.co.uk\/events\/the-mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards\">www.paisley2021.co.uk\/events\/the-mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards<\/a>. Tickets can also be purchased via Paisley Arts Centre. Bands performing on Saturday 2nd December include Elephant Sessions, The Shee Big Band, Siobhan Miller, Tidelines, Paisley F\u00e8is, Snuffbox, The Seamus O&#8217;Sullivan Experience, Lori Watson, Jenna Reid and Harris Playfair, Songs of B\u00e0rd Ph\u00e0islig (featuring Gillebr\u00ecde MacIlleMhaoil, S\u00ecneag MacIntyre, M\u00e0iri NicAonghais, Seonaidh MacIntyre, Ewan MacPherson, Mhairi Hall, M\u00e0iri Nic a Mhaoilein and more to be announced. There will also be a late night ceilidh after the Awards till 1am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Old Blind Dogs who have been nominated in Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017. Vote now! We asked Susan Whyte of Old Blind Dogs the following questions. Tell us about yourself Old Blind Dogs started working together in 1992 and have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3302,"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":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2017","8":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2017\/11\/Cropped-Old-Blind-Dogs-18-4.5.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301","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=3301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3303,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions\/3303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}