RODDY IN THE FRAME FOR BELLADRUM FESTIVAL
Aztec Camera founder Roddy Frame has been confirmed as Saturday headliner of the Black Isle Brewery Grassroots Stage at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (3rd & 4th August 2012, Beauly, Inverness-shire). From East Kilbride, Roddy Frame was inspired by David Bowie and at the age of 16 his band Aztec Camera drew attention from BBC Radio 1 DJ, John Peel. In 1983, they released ‘High Land, Hard Rain,’ their first album on Rough Trade Records; their second album, ‘Knife,’ released in 1984, was produced by Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler. The album was highlighted by the hit single "All I Need is Everything". A third album in 1987, ‘Love,’ spawned "Somewhere In My Heart", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and is still a staple of FM radio in the UK. Frame performed a duet with one of his musical heroes, Mick Jones of The Clash, on his 1990 single "Good Morning Britain", which showcased an overtly political streak that sometimes featured in his work. His solo work has also received high critical acclaim.“We have been trying to book Roddy to the Bella bill for quite a few years now, so we are especially thrilled to be able to announce him,” said festival promoter. “It is a neat follow-on from his great friend Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice who has also headlined the Black Isle Brewery Grassroots Stage at Bella.”
TICKETS – SELL OUT LIKELY
Tickets are starting to run low across the board, Bella promoter Joe Gibbs has warned, and regular Bella patrons are urged to buy now to avoid disappointment as another sell-out looks possible. “Traditionally, we issue a warning when our capacity hoves over the horizon into view, just so that our regular supporters aren’t disappointed. The time has come to issue that,” Joe said.
FEDERATION OF THE DISCO PIMP AND BOBOK JOIN BELLA LINE-UP
Also added to the Belladrum bill are: Glasgow extreme funk aficionados Federation Of The Disco Pimp who are, in their own words, seven ‘clinically insane professional musicians who feed off each other’s madness in an effort to create the most energetic music ever witnessed’. Combining elements of old school funk, disco, psychedelic and jazz, FOTDP are legendary for their endless energy and blistering live sets; joining them are multilingual Edinburgh gypsy punksters Bobok who were founded by the ex-pat Russian Doumnov brothers whose music takes elements of Balkan brass bands, Russian ska, tango and punk and glues it all together with cartoon absurdism; their sons are romps about displacement, travel, love, loss, the absence of bananas in Siberian concentration camps and of course, about eating your head.
BELLA JOINS TREES FOR LIFE CAMPAIGN AT DUNDREGGAN
Bella has joined up to support A Greener Festival ‘s ‘Festival Woods’ project which involves planting trees @ £5 a head on Dundreggan Estate, Glen Moriston, in partnership with the estate’s owners, Trees For Life. The festival has made an initial commitment to 20 trees and hopes to add to that later this year. The project’s organisers are inviting festivals, festival-goers, artists, suppliers and the whole festival community to get involved with this lasting restoration project. They hope one day to see the woods flourish to become a diverse festival forest, rich with biodiversity and protected wilderness. To help, you can go either direct to Trees For Life
www.treesforlife.org.uk or via the Association of Independent Festivals at
www.agreenerfestival.com. Supporters are also encouraged to come along and plant the trees.
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