Out of the Bedroom 685 will take place in Woodland Creatures on Thursday, 7th February 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.

Feature act this week is expert storyteller John Porro. In John’s words: “I write songs accompanying myself singing on the acoustic guitar. The songs are about experiences and journeys which I like to explore in the lyrics. Some influences would be; Dylan, Cohen, Springsteen, Neil Young and Nick Drake. I’m also inspired by the poetry of William Blake, Robert Frost and Sylvia Plath.”

OOTB 684 took place on 24th January 2019. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Tina Louise Avery, Jack Blimey, JIm Bryce, Neil Matthew Fox, Ian Macdonald, John Porro, The Ben Inglis Band, Startled Bee, Nyk Stoddart, Impossible Songs, Rosie Smith, feature act: Kathy Muir.

See you at Woodland Creatures … 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 684 will take place in Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 24th January 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.

Feature act this week is soulful balladeer Kathy Muir. Kathy conjures enlightened songs that paint vivid landscapes of her journey as she transforms elements of pop and folk into brand-new sounds. Her warm voice glides through lyrics that unfold like the words of an inviting diary. They are joined by ethereal guitar melodies and rhythms of an orchestra of other instruments that help tell the story of her well-traveled life.

Kathy spent most of 2018 working on eight songs to complete the ‘Double Take Series’. She is is looking forward to becoming a growing part of the Scottish music community after living six years in the States and recording all her material in Connecticut.

OOTB 683 took place on 10th January 2019. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: James Igoe, Tina Louise Avery, John Porro, Will B, Terry Weston, Neil Matthew Fox, Angus Gibson, Nyk Stoddart, Mike McKenzie, Beth Clarke, Majk Stokes.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday. 🙂

Out of the Bedroom 683 will take place in Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 10th January 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.

It’s the first show of 2019 and we’re making it open slots only, so there is no feature act. This will hopefully allow as many people to play and wish the assembled throng a ‘Happy New Year’ through the medium of song!

OOTB 682 took place on 13th December 2018. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page and the review is available on the website. Line up was Small Feet Little Toes, John Porro, Callum McKinnon, Gareth Herron, Roy McIntosh, Sir Tom Watton, Jodi Findlay, James Kerr, Michael, Freeloadin’ Frank, Jonas Cimermanas, Jeanice Lee, Ben Murray, Paul Hitchens, Will Be, feature act: Majk Stokes.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday… 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 682 will take place in Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 13th December 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. 

It’s our Christmas night so covers of a festive nature are allowed. Original music is, as usual, encouraged and welcomed.

Feature act this week is the highly entertaining Majk Stokes. Majk (pronounced as “Mike”) a comedy singer-songwriter, poet, environmentalist, Quaker, and self-confessed caffeine addict. His subject matter takes in everything from deep ecology and archaeology to science fiction and superheroes, and his style is perhaps best described as a blend of Tom Lehrer, Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg and Bill Bailey – but without so many B’s. He acquired an unorthodox spelling of his name when he was working on a music and drama project with children and young people in Bosnia. His album “Too Much Caffeine” is available now online or in old-fashioned physical form, and his new book of poems, “Potatoes and Broken Hearts”, will be available very soon.

OOTB 681 took place on 29th November 2018. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was Tau Boo, Kendra France, Ben Murray, Jodi Findlay, Bill Philip, Nyk Stoddart, Tina Louise Avery, Sir Tom Watton, Kathy Muir, Freeloadin’ Frank, Conor Michael Riordan, feature act: Caro Bridges.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday… 🙂
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Out of the Bedroom 681 will take place in Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 29th November 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.

Feature act this week is the very fine Caro Bridges. Caro draws on indie, jazz and folk influences to create original and relatable songs. An able guitarist and singer, she is often accompanied by her band The River, an organic gathering of friends old and new who provide harmonically and rhythmically interesting layers of sound in acoustic or electric format.

Caro Bridges released her debut solo EP Words & Tunes in 2009 with three further band releases ‘100 Years From Now’ and ‘From The River To The Sea’ in 2013 and 2015 respectively, and ‘Be Terrible’ in 2017. The band have performed as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in and around venues in Edinburgh and across Scotland, supporting touring artists such as Marika Hackman, This Is The Kit, and Frances.

OOTB 680 took place on 15th November 2018. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was Startled Bee, Ailsa and the Seahorses, Chris Glen, Gareth Herron, Sam (Inkfields), Mikaela, James Igoe, feature act: Metecandriu.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday… 🙂 
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Out of the Bedroom 680 will take place in Woodland Creatures this Thursday, 15th November 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.

Feature act this week is Metecandriu. Metecandriu is a singer songwriter based in Edinburgh. Although having invested most of her time in other creative projects such as an animation career and getting by, she has always used music as a form of expression and story telling on a personal level. Always keen to collaborate when the opportunities have arisen and with the hopes in the future to have the time and means to make an album with all the songs written along the way and the musicians she has played with through the years. Her songs have been inspired by the people and the landscape from places where she has lived like Spain, France, Germany, and in Scotland places like Ullapool, North Uist and Benbecula, Dundee and Edinburgh.

OOTB 679 was a truly special night, taking place on the 17th anniversary of the first show on 1st November 2001. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was (deep breath): Jim Bryce, Ian Sclater, Marcos Garcia, Rosie Smith, Bill Philip, The Foul (Tommy Mackay), Scott Renton, Cloudland Blue Quartet, Neil Fox, Beth Clarke, Ian McKechnie, Majk Stokes, James Igoe, feature act: Tina Louise Avery.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday…
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Out of the Bedroom 679 is on Thursday 1st November and it is going to be a bit special, as it will be 17 years since OOTB started. There will be cake and there will be great music as usual. I hope you can join in – all are welcome, including those hundreds of musicians who have played over the years but maybe not for some time. 

Leith’s Woodland Creatures is, as usual, hosting 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.

Feature act for the occasion is Tina Louise Avery. Tina’s thought-provoking songs draw on real and fictional places and the people and emotions she encounters there.  Her clear-voiced lyrics are accompanied by her distinctive finger-picking style.  Her influences range from Paul Simon and Suzanne Vega to Natalie Merchant and Kate Bush. 

Tina has launched two EPs so far, Riverman (2013) and Tea Amongst the Birds (2017). She has played support at the Edinburgh and Leith Folk Clubs, and in January 2017 she was selected for the Danny Kyle Open Stage at Celtic Connections- a career highlight!  She has also staged two fundraising gigs for the charity WaterAid showcasing local singer-songwriters and locally baked cakes for a great cause!  Come & listen to her musical stories…

OOTB #678 took place on 18th October. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Majk Stokes (host), Norman Lamont, The Approximations, Rosie Smith, Fiona J Thom, James Igoe, feature act: Callaghan and Farrell.

See you at the party at Woodland Creatures on Thursday 1st November…
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Leith’s Woodland Creatures is hosting the 678th Out of the Bedroom this Thursday, 18th 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.

Feature act this week is Callaghan and Farrell. Gerry Callaghan is a storyteller in song, ranging from tender country ballads to gritty Glasgow street songs. John Farrell, one of the most tasteful and versatile guitarists in town complements Gerry’s big-hearted tales exquisitely. It’s taken them long enough to find each other but it’s a perfect match – don’t miss them!

OOTB #677 took place on 4th October. Photos from the evening can be found on our Facebook page. Line up was: Tina Louise Avery, Joel Evry, Rosie Smith, Callum Mackinnon, Bill Philip, Tau Boo, Beth Clarke, Majk Stokes, Beth Myers, feature act: Jim Bryce.

See you at Woodland Creatures this Thursday…
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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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