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FAT-SUIT: The big band with big back stories By Rob Adams The members of Fat-Suit. The current practice of live-streaming concerts holds no fears for Fat-Suit, who open Perth Festival of the Arts’ Scotland Trending series on Monday May 24. Almost since the band’s formation in 2012, and certainly from the time of their first album, Kambr, released the following year, Fat-Suit have made a virtue of documenting their music on videos. Early ones were literally home-made, in a friend’s house in the small Highland town of Tain. More recently they have progressed to theatres and the venue in Drygate Brewery in their hometown, Glasgow. This is a necessity since their numbers have swollen on recordings from the original 15 to 26 or more, to accommodate string sections and guest vocalists. ....
A HOST of Scottish talent has been gathered together for the online launch of multi-instrumentalist Ron Jappy’s debut album. Many of them were involved in the recording of the already much acclaimed album, Vincular, and include Scott Wood from Skerryvore. The online album launch this Saturday is the first chance for audiences to enjoy a live performance of the album but it will be available to view until March 15 at 10pm. As a highly sought-after arranger, fiddler, guitarist and pianist, Jappy has shared musical experiences with a vast array of artists across many genres and Vincular is the culmination of his ten year music career. ....