Musician Dave Arcari welcomes the New Year with a gig near his home
Arcari ended 2015 with a month-long US tour (his second of the year) and a series of Scottish shows culminating with Glasgow on Ice in the city’s George Square.
And he can’t wait to play a ‘local’ show.
He said: “2015 was a hectic year for touring both in the UK and USA.
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Hide Ad“It seems ages since I’ve been home even though I played at Balmaha’s Braw Weekend festival at the start of October, there’s a bunch of new songs that I’m keen to play for all our local pals and the old-school village hall at Milton of Buchanan is one of my favourite places to play.”
Edinburgh singer/songwriter and pal Lee Patterson will open the show.
In between tours and festival appearances Arcari has been busy at Chem19 studios with engineer/produced Paul Savage (Delgados) recording tracks for a series of new releases scheduled for early 2016.
They will do a series of limited edition vinyl EPs and digital downloads followed by a more traditional album release later in 2016.
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Hide AdArcari has shared the stage with major artists including country/Americana legend Steve Earle, Toby Keith, the mighty Alabama 3, Seasick Steve and veteran blues-rocker Robin Trower.
A regular at UK and European festivals, Arcari cites recent highlights as Glastonbury; Moulin Blues Festival in Holland; Belgium’s Peer Festival (alongside Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa and Steve Winwood); BluesAlive in the Czech Republic and Poland.