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Live Review: Blue Rose Code - Victoria Park House Hotel, Leith, Edinburgh - 3 February 2018

5/2/2018

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The 3rd of February was a good day for Leith.

Easter Road locals Hibs had travelled west to Glasgow, beaten Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox, then come home to blue skies. And local boy Ross Wilson had returned to the city to do an intimate gig in the unique event room of Victoria Park House the same evening.

It was a slightly odd venue. We weren’t entirely sure we were in the right place to start with. It was very much a hotel, but thankfully our nervous “are you… eh… here for the gig?” was met with the affirmative rather than the feared “no mate we’re here to sleep, it’s a hotel, please get out”.

It was a very unique gig too. A special, intimate night in Edinburgh.

Ross Wilson plays under the name Blue Rose Code. He’s a well-known name and face both in Edinburgh and beyond in the world of folk music, and he’s currently on a tour of the UK. His album 'The Water of Leith' landed to rave reviews and was even ranked Scottish Album of the Year for 2017 by The Skinny. 

The day before his Leith hotel gig, Blue Rose Code was playing the O2 ABC in Glasgow - no small venue - for ‘Celtic Connections’. The Victoria Park House gig was something quite different. It was a gig billed ‘for fans only’ and barely advertised. At it, Ross was there (with helping hands on other instruments) to do a one-off performance of breakthrough album ‘The Ballads of Peckham Rye’ from 2014. And that he did - plus a few extra hits.

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Live Review: Will Varley - La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 2 February 2018

4/2/2018

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Will Varley is your mate. Of course he is. There he is, up on the stage, Will Varley. Your mate Will. Up on the stage there. Playing the guitar.

There are many ways in which you can ascertain the fact that Will Varley is your mate despite having never actually met him before. Here are some of those ways:

Think back to when you were 16 years old. You had that one friend’s house where everyone used to go and hang out in the attic. There were bean bags and a magnetic dart board. Lots of discount Tesco 'cola'. There you are. Back there again. With all your mates. In a circle. And Will Varley’s there! Of course he’s there. Your mate Will. Wearing the same checked shirt he always wears and having that beard he has even though nobody else has yet come close to facial hair. Will Varley picks up the guitar in the corner, plays a few riffs and sings a few lyrics you don’t recognise and then stops. It’s nice. You ask him to play more but he gets slightly embarrassed and puts the guitar down whilst making a humorous jest. You can picture it, right? Will Varley is humble. Will Varley is your mate.

You say “maybe I should grow a beard” to the rest of the group and they laugh. You say “but Will has one!” and someone says, “yeah, but that’s Will” and everyone understands what they mean. Will pats you on the back. Will Varley is your mate.

You haven’t seen much of Will Varley lately because he’s been doing the whole guitar thing seriously now for a while. He’s not on Facebook or social media that much but when you do catch him, he’s the same old Will. You go along and see him at an open mic night and he’s glad to see you. He buys you a Guinness and dedicates a song to you. He’s definitely the best of the night, though the skinny-jean, leather-jacket, emptied-bottle-of-gel-on-head American thrash-violinist admittedly didn’t set the highest standard. Someone asks Will if he has a CD they can buy and Will hands him one. He introduces you to the stranger and you all have a drink. Will Varley is your mate, whoever you are.

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