The 677th Out of the Bedroom is on at Leith’s finest Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 4th October from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome.

Our feature act this week is Jim Bryce. Jim is… unique. If you want a “typical singer-songwriter” – whatever that is – you’re not going to get it. Bryce veers wildly from dissonant boogie-woogie to rock to MOR, from jazz-tinged musings to elegiac pibroch to music-hall. The influences are legion; the results unmistakably Bryce. Jim’s lyrics can be political, achingly beautiful, witty or plain daft. As a composer, he has written for BBC, theatres the length of the country, Ceebeebies and squeaky stuff for the concert-hall, with works performed at the Ravenna Festival and on the Edinburgh Fringe.

“Decidedly quirky songs, somewhere between boogie-woogie and advanced atonality” (The Scotsman) “Randy Newman after a pint of Pimms” (RBL music). “The Noel Coward for our generation.” (Joe Goldblatt) “Strums a guitar, plonks a keyboard, and has no idea why he’s here.” (Jim Bryce)

OOTB #676 took place on 20th September. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page and the Out of the Bedroom 676 review is posted here. Line up was: The Old Town Rambler, Startled Bee, David Cornwall, Jonas Cimermanas, Majk Stokes, Laura Silverstone, David Paton, Annabel Jones, feature act: Rosie Smith.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday…
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The 676th Out of the Bedroom is on at Leith’s finest Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 20th September from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome.

Our feature act this week is Rosie Smith. Born in Glasgow, Rosie returned to her parents’ native Edinburgh a few years ago for university, and finally got around to her longtime goal of learning to play the guitar. Rosie’s first Out of the Bedroom performance was also her open mic debut, back in February, with her first three original songs. She has since expanded her repertoire of melancholy songs, often reminiscent of the sad Scottish folksongs, which she is also a keen performer of. Rosie’s other main influences are Joan Baez, Simon and Garfunkel, and Billy Bragg. Most of her music centres around a poignant and mournful expression of love, heartbreak, and healing.

OOTB #675 took place on 6th September. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: James Igoe, Suzanne Dyson, Danny Emerson, Tina Louise Avery, Rosie Smith and feature act Gareth Herron.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday… 🙂 
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After our August break, the 675th Out of the Bedroom is back on at Leith’s finest Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 6th September from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome.

Our feature act this week is Gareth Herron. Originally from Northern Ireland, Gareth is a singer songwriter who has been playing his happysad songs around Edinburgh since April of this year. Inspired by Frightened Rabbit, The National and Sufjan Stevens; Gareth’s lyrically driven music offers an insight into the life of someone still trying to figure it all out.

OOTB #674 took place on 26th July. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Tina Louise Avery, Jim Bryce, Kevin Laing, Startled Bee, Gareth Herron, Metecandriu, Majk Stokes and feature act Small Feet Little Toes.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday… 🙂 
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Out of the Bedroom is having an August holiday break while the Edinburgh Fringe and other festivals take over the city. Our venue, Woodland Creatures, is hosting some Fringe shows as are Out of the Bedroom’s own Jim Bryce and Majk Stokes.

I’m sure you can find other shows in Edinburgh to attend during August!

We’ll be back in Woodland Creatures on Thursday 6th September. We hope to see you then – enjoy August. 🙂

Out of the Bedroom #674 is on at Leith’s finest Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 26th July from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is always free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome.

Our feature act this week is Small Feet Little Toes. Peach AKA Small Feet Little Toes is an Edinburgh based singer/song-writer belting out bi-polar love songs about mammalian relationships, dirty sex talk and sneakers. Small Feet Little Toes is part of the DECAGRAM collective and will be performing with her band for a special fringe performance on the 17th of August – check out the DECAGRAM page on Facebook. Small Feet Little Toes is super excited about recording her album at the end of this year.

OOTB #673 took place on 12th July. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Jim Bryce, Grant and Amber, Kevin Laing, James Igoe and feature act Calum Baird. 

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday… 
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Out of the Bedroom #673 is on at Leith’s finest Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 12th July from 8.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Entry is, as always, free and sign up for an open mic slot is from 7.30 p.m., with 10 to 15 minutes per act depending on the number of performers. Original music only for the open slots and all music lovers are welcome.

Our feature act this week is Calum Baird. Originally from Falkirk, Calum is a singer-songwriter and professional live musician with four years of experience of playing venues from Aberdeen to London and across Europe, Calum has received praise, admiration and recognition for his own particular style of folky-blues formed from tales of love and woe, heartfelt political commentaries and social observations. 

Since releasing his debut EP, Nothing to Lose, on Folk Rag Records in 2014, Calum has gone on to share bills and stages with some of Scotland’s greatest musicians from the established and upcoming scenes, as well as a host of international musicians too. These include; Dick Gaughan, Maeve Mackinnon, Kyle Falconer (of The View), The Jellyman’s Daughter, Andy Irvine (Ireland), David Rovics (US) and Boikot (Spain).

OOTB #672 took place on 28th June. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Ailsa and the Seahorses, ‘Fergal’, Gareth Herron, The Humors, Jeanice Lee, Joel Evry and feature act Callum Mackinnon. 

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday…
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