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ONE FOR THE ROAD OUR FRIENDS:

We have some news. Big news. Neu! Reekie! will be putting on just one more show in 2022—in fact, we’re hitting the pause button. This will be happening on Sunday 14th August. It’s called Neu! Reekie!’s One For The Road and will be hosted at the lush (family run) Bellfield Brewery in Edinburgh.

It’s going to be a special evening and maybe a wee bit celebratory/emotional for all of us. We really hope loads of our regulars, and the many friends we’ve made over the years, will come to this last show for the foreseeable. It will absolutely teeming with some of our favourite writers / artists / humans.

After this August extravaganza, Neu! Reekie! will be taking an extended break, going into hibernation for a while, allowing all four of us time to pursue other projects, as well as reflect on what we’ve achieved over the last 12 years.

This long-running project has changed our lives immeasurably and allowed us the privilege of meeting and getting to know so many of you, as well as working with, and championing, some of the most incredible performers, writers, artists, DJs, film-makers and musicians in the land.

Gratitude and pride don’t quite cut the mustard when it comes to expressing our thanks, but we’ll try and find the words when the night draws in.

We’re hugely grateful to our sponsors over the years: Creative Scotland, Dewar’s Whisky, Edinburgh Beer Factory, Dreamtower, Bellfield Brewery & more.

We pay homage, and massive thanks, to our amazing audiences, some of you have been coming to Neu! Reekie! since we first showed up in January 2011.

Because of your support we’ve been able to produce hundreds of shows, birthed a micro publishing house and record label, and taken our unique events all over the world.

There’s so much more to be said on this, perhaps even in book form, but for now we send love and we hope to see you on Sunday 14th August.

This sublime event features (drum roll…): Liz Lochhead, Hollie McNish, Darren McGarvey, Salena Godden, Hannah Lavery, Tam Dean Burn, Davy Henderson, The Honey Farm, Solareye, Callum Easter & more TBA. There will also be key contributions from all our team/family: Michael Pedersen, Kevin Williamson, Kat Gollock and Davie Miller.

Your ticket also includes a complimentary can of bespoke Neu! Reekie! beer brewed just for the occasion—a true collector’s item.

What say you lovelies—one more for the road?

Michael, Kevin, Kat, Davie / Team Neu! Reekie! x

A showcase of fourteen writers who participated in Neu! Reekie!'s BBC Words First 2020. Performers include: Ami F Torrance * Andrés N Ordorica * Bee Asha Singh * Diljeet Kaur Bhachu * Feven Eyob Ghebremichael * Rian Paton * Haydn Park-Patterson * Jordin Revel * Michael Mullen * Mitchell Robertson * Oliver Robertson * Ria Smart * Sanjna Yechareddy * Stuart Kenny. Neu! Reekie! with BBC Arts / BBC Radio 1Xtra / BBC Asian Network.

Free to stream live on our Youtube Channel, Facebook Page and Instagram TV on Thursday from 7pm

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Neu! Reekie! in association with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Here's to Tree Life. Starring:
MARTIN DAWS - SIOBHAN WILSON - BIGG TAJ - HAILEY BEAVIS - IAIN GARDNER - TREES - SOME YOUNG TEAM

Tickets: http://www.summerhall.co.uk/.../a-neu-reekie-and-royal.../

Brought to you by Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson, Neu! Reekie! is a feast of spoken word, music and animation that's taken Scotland by storm.

Poetry from

MARTIN DAWS
is the young people's laureate for Wales; a double Farrago Slam Champ, and runner-up in both the Glastonbury Festival Slam and the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry, Martin got a coveted five star review on debut at the Edinburgh Festival (2008) and is the author of the acclaimed book/cd 'Skin Tight the Sidewalk'. Organisations Martin has successfully worked with include Literature Wales, National Opera Wales, The British Council, Apples and Snakes and Urban Word NYC.
http://www.martindaws.com/

Plus a couple of young adult readers selected by Martin.

Music from:

SIOBHAN WILSON
Siobhan plays the guitar and lots of other instruments and she sings and writes music and makes things. She recently went on tour with Willy Mason. She's shared gigs with the likes of Friendly Fires, Benjamin Biolay, Ben E King, Sebastien Tellier, and many more. http://siobhanwilson.net/

" smooth, controlled and yet passionate voice; personal, touching lyrics; and swoonsome, jazz-inflected melodies in abundance." Vic Galloway, BBC Radio Scotland

"Very pleasurable listening... definitely worth watching." The Scotsman

HAILEY BEAVIS:
Based in Edinburgh, singer/ songwriter Hailey Beavis is testament to true creative art. A self taught musician, writer and artist, Norfolk born Hailey is currently recording her debut album, due for release in 2014, to further enhance her reputation as one of the UK's finest evolving artists. Her voice and songs are honest and true to her life experiences, revealing a boundless and free imagination. See: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hailey-Beavis/147075482077184

Beatboxer, singer, song writer, producer, youth worker, theatre work (acting/music)

BIGG TAJ
Runner up in the 2009 UK beatbox championships, Glasgow born Bigg Taj has been carving a totally unique niche for himself as a beat boxer like no other since stepping up onstage for the first time nearly a decade ago. His rapid fire, off the wall rhythmic delivery and ability to produce morenoises than a fully loaded Akai sampler has astounded audiences across Scotland, the UK and beyond and earned him support slots for a who's who of hip hop – from Jurassic 5, GZA, Methodman & Redman, Immortal Technique, EL-P and MF Doom to legends like EPMD and Grandmaster Flash. But not content with that, he is also part of a duo with rapper Spee SixNine, and is increasingly in demand in theatre productions by leading Scottish writer/directors like Cora Bisset and Davey Anderson. Also a hip hop producer & lyricist who has been supported by the BBC Asian Network. Don't sleep, Bigg Taj is bringing a unique new noise to beat boxing.

Moving Forward from Ash Dieback – a Red Kite Animation Production

Iain Gardner's BAFTA nominated, Oscar long listed animation The Tannery - http://www.iaingardner.co.uk/

Plus a series of specifically curator short animations on Tree Life and beyond.

Sunday 1st December - Red Lecture Theatre Summerhall - 19:30 – 21:30

MORE TBC soon.

Tickets £4 or £3 concessions / young-ins.

Tickets: http://www.summerhall.co.uk/.../a-neu-reekie-and-royal.../

Supported by the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Sciences Division (RESAS), Scottish Government

Neu Reekie take to THAT Festival 2013.

Starring: Young Fathers - TeenCanteen - Will Anderson - Michael Pedrsen - Kevin Williamson

TICKETS: http://www.macrobert.org/neu-reekie-30.htm
or 01786 466666

Neu! Reekie! is a delicious feast of spoken word, music and animation; having achieved national acclaim for its radical ground-breaking approach to promoting and showcasing cutting edge arts. Tickets from:

YOUNG FATHERS:
is an alternative hip hop group based in Edinburgh The trio has developed a reputation for making a unique blend of music utilising diverse influences which reflect their backgrounds. Young Fathers formed in 2008,"Straight Back on It," their first single from the album, released on Black Sugar Records, was well received. The NME dubbed the band "locked somewhere between De La Soul and 3T, but re-imagined for the hipster generation." Framing themselves as a "psychedelic hip hop boy band," Young Fathers spent the next three years touring the UK and Europe. During this time they released another single, "Automatic," appearing on Channel 4's Big Brother's Big Mouth in 2009 and performing at T in the Park, Creamfields, Wakestock, Belladrum and Sónar and more recently Reading, Leeds and SXSW, as well as main support on tours with Esser and Simian Mobile Disco and support slots with Scottish Electro Pop Sensations Chvrches. By the end of 2011 Young Fathers had left Black Sugar Records. They released a mixtape, Tape One, as a free download and limited edition cassette in November 2011 London's Time Out put the group in their top ten "best new acts to watch out for in 2012." Young Fathers have continued with sporadic concerts through 2012, gaining support from DJs and gig reviewers. In September 2012, Young Fathers signed to the LA label Anticon. The band re-released Tape One on the label in January 2013 and Tape Two surfaced in June 2013. The band are currently blazing.
http://www.young-fathers.com/

TEENCANTEEN:
are an all girl pop group – Carla, Sita, Debbie, Amanda and Marlena. The band incorporates sixties girl group harmonies, a garage band / DIY style, powerful pop melodies and pounding choruses. They’ve played the likes of T in the Park, Wickerman and Doune the Rabbit Hole; they’ve been spun and praised by BBC Radio 6 DJ Marc Riley and Scotland’s Jim Gellatly; they've collaborated or worked with members of The Vaselines, BMX Bandits and Belle and Sebastian; had their songs synced into major feature films; and been tipped in myriad places as the ones to watch. Because, well, they are. www.teencanteen.co.uk

MICHAEL PEDERSEN
is a poet, playwright and animateur with an electric reputation on the performance circuit and a prolific precedent of collaborations - having teamed up with some of the UK’s top musicians, film-makers and artists. With publications in reputable magazines and two successful chapbooks under his belt, Polygon have just release his first full length collection Play With Me (Polygon) to great acclaim. He is co-founder and circus master of the Neu! Reekie!; a key creative within Dream Tower Productions; and lyricist for daydream pop-band Jesus, Baby! He has also written short plays for various troupes including National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh Arts Festival. http://www.birlinn.co.uk/Play-With-Me.html

‘Michael’s poems are so physical you can almost touch the images in them. Fabulously sensual and alive. I adore poetry like this’ – Stephen Fry

KEVIN WILLIAMSON
poet, novelist, performer and publisher. His published work includes "A Visitor's Guide To Edinburgh" (co-written with Irvine Welsh in 1993), and "Drugs and the Party Line" (1997). In 2005, he won the Robert Louis Stevenson Award for literature. His first collection of poetry, In A Room Darkened, was published by Two Ravens Press in October 2007. He is co-founder of Neu! Reekie! and burning bright Burns zealot with a hit festival show in tow. Back 1992 Williamson launched a literary magazine called Rebel Inc and through its pages was one of the first publishers of such Scottish writers as Irvine Welsh, Laura Hird, Alan Warner, and Toni Davidson. Williamson joined forces with Edinburgh-based Canongate Books to create the Rebel Inc imprint which, in the following five years, published almost sixty titles, mixing Scottish fiction with the international counter-culture and the politics of dissent. Within the Rebel Inc imprint Williamson re-published a series of out of print titles under the heading of Rebel Inc Classics that included writers such as Richard Brautigan, Alexander Trocchi, Charles Bukowski, Nelson Algren, John Fante, Knut Hamsun, Jim Dodge, Robert Sabbag and Jack London.

Animation showcase from WILL ANDERSON
a BAFTA winning writer/director specialising in character animation for film and tv. Recent short films include 'The Making of Longbird', 'Sweetie & Sunshine' & 'Monkey Love Experiments', which have screened at over 50 International film festivals. Recent feature projects include Jeanie Finlay's 'The Great Hip Hop Hoax'. Will works with collaborator Ainslie Henderson as part of an animation collective 'White Robot' (whiterobot.co.uk)

Poster Design by Iain Gardner

Starring: BILLY LETFORD – THE WELLGREEN – LINDEN – PUMAJAW - PROFESSOR ELECTRIK AL - JANETTE AYACHI

Tickets: http://www.summerhall.co.uk/2013/neu-reekie-39/

Brought to you my Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson Neu! Reekie! is a delicious feast of spoken word, music, animation and film fusion.

BILLY LETFORD
William Letford has an M.Litt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. He was the recipient of a New Writer's Award from the Scottish Book Trust and an Edwin Morgan Travel Bursary which allowed him to spend three months in the mountains of northern Italy in 2008, helping to restore a medieval village. His first collection, Bevel, was published by Carcanet Press in 2012. Billy Letford has received rave reviews for his work which combines experimental structure with cadences and accents of ordinary speech to produce “moments of transcendental insight” (The Guardian).
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/.../william-letford

PUMAJAW
are producer/multi-instrumentalist John Wills (ex-Loop) and songwriter/chanteuse Pinkie Maclure. A charismatic live act since 2000, they have toured the UK, Europe, Russia and the US, earning loyal fans who are seduced by their combination of great songwriting with inventive, atmospheric arrangements. They've have just completed a critically-acclaimed 3-week run at Edinburgh Fringe, performing audiovisual show 'Song Noir', reinventing songs from the screen (eg 'Twin Peaks', 'Kiss Me Deadly') using samples, synths, 'found sounds', concertina, electric guitar and autoharp. http://www.pumajaw.co.uk/

‘The bewitching Pumajaw are one of the Scottish music scene's most exotic animals.’ The Scotsman ****
’ Timeless, extraordinary......... the product of a potent musical chemistry.' THE WIRE

THE WELLGREEN
A blend of sixties songwriting, psychedelia, early powerpop The Wellgreen swear by vintage style recording techniques to make their records sound classic and timeless. The Wellgreen strip back the live performances to a completely organic two-piece, powered by their signature two part harmony. Accompanied by guitars, percussion and the retro casio tones, they offer a unique alternative to the future of music.
http://thewellgreen.bandcamp.com/

LINDEN
'My name is Joe McAlinden. I used to have a band called Superstar who were originally signed to Creation Records in 1992 by Alan McGee and, up until 2000, released around seven albums. I have played/written/collaborated with many people including Teenage Fanclub, Big Star/Alex Chilton, The Boy Hairdressers, NOM, BMX Bandits, Matthew Sweet, Jim Lambie, Alan Warner, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and lots more. I continue to write and record music from my wee studio up here in Argyll and have just released my new solo album, Bleached Highlights, on Edwyn Collins & James Endeacott's AED Records and I'm about to do another. In a nutshell, that’s about it.'

Album of the Week - Scotland On Sunday
"A beautiful record" 4/5 - Q Magazine
Album of the Week - Alexis Petridis The Guardian
"Beautifully assured" - The Scotsman
"This album is stunning" - Daily Record
Album of the Week - Vic Galloway BBC Radio Scotland
Album of the Week - Tom Morton BBC Radio perfect pop moment" 4/5 - Sunday Express
"Glorious… A prime contender for Scottish Album of The

Janette Ayachi: a poet with a pocket full of accolades, a suitcase of obsessions -an insomniac in the graduate graveyard of her Creative Writing Masters. She's introducing us to her new chapbook A Choir of Ghosts (Calder Wood Press) http://www.janetteayachi.webs.com/

Plus new works on display from PROFESSOR ELECTRIK AL: http://www.9voltproject.com/

The night features a curated series of animations.

http://www.summerhall.co.uk/2013/neu-reekie-39/

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THE SUMMERHALL BOX OFFICE (online, on the phone or in person):

Starring: THE MERRYLEES - HELEN IVORY – MARTIN FIGURA – GARETH SAGER (THE POP GROUP) – CRAIG LITHGOW & THE MUTINEERS - ROSS HOGG - ELECTRIK AL -
TICKETS: http://www.summerhall.co.uk/2013/neu-reekie-37/

Brought to you my Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson Neu! Reekie! is a delicious feast of spoken word, music, animation and film fusion.

THE MERRYLEES
formed at the start of 2012 and have gained plaudits up and down the UK. Sell out shows followed in London, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh. In October they were joined on stage by The Coral guitarist Lee Southall on acoustic guitar.
They recorded their debut single at Elevator Studios in Liverpool with Bill Ryder-Jones not only producing the record but also playing guitar on it. This is due for release in February 2013.
https://www.facebook.com/TheMerrylees

MARTIN FIGURA
most recently described in a hospital referral letter (bad back) as ‘a pleasant 56 year old gentleman’. His show and book Whistle (Arrowhead Press) was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and won 2013 The Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show. He won the 2010 Poetry Society Hamish Canham Prize and lives in Norwich where he works part-time at Writers’ Centre, Norwich and runs Café Writers monthly Live Lit programme. He also works as a photographer. His pamphlets Boring The Arse Off Young People & Arthur are published by Nasty Little Press. “Figura, was a revelation – funny, sharp and on top form. “ Robert McCrum, The Observer
http://www.martinfigura.co.uk/

HELEN IVORY
is a poet and artist. Her fourth Bloodaxe Books collection is Waiting for Bluebeard (May 2013) She has co-edited with George Szirtes In Their Own Words: Contemporary Poets on their Poetry Salt 2012. She teaches for the Arvon Foundation, The Poetry School and mentors for the Poetry Society. She edits the webzine Ink Sweat and Tears and is an editor for The Poetry Archive. This is her website http://www.helenivory.co.uk/

GARETH SAGER (The Pop Group)
A British guitarist, keyboardist, musician and songwriter, who has played in several British groups. Sager was a member of the Bristol acts The Pop Group, Rip Rig + Panic (with Neneh Cherry), Float Up CP and Head. He has also worked with Susie Hug, former lead singer of the Katydids. He has/does plays with Jock Scot at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and with a band and as a solo artist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Sager

CRAIG LITHGOW & THE MUTINEERS
Emelle back in town for Neu! Reekie! 37 before the skipper Craig ships off for Manchester; last chance (for a wee while) for a swatch of his goodies at Neu Reekie - oh but it's now Craig Lithgow & The Mutineers. https://www.facebook.com/CraigLithgow

"Craig's one of the most lyrically intriguing and precociously talented songwriters we’ve had the pleasure of showcasing. Pop melodies, poetic parlance and a strong folk footing – he's transmitting it all. Craig Lithgow and his troupe have helped us put Neu! Reekie! on the map'. Neu! Reekie!said that.

ROSS HOGG - Animation Showcase of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Here's the trailer: https://vimeo.com/67112623