GIGS
The satisfying solo project
For about 20 years now, I’ve made a habit of going to gigs alone. Mainly out of necessity – such is the solitary, slightly strange life of the music reviewer (tiny fiddle). But increasingly, it’s something I do by choice. More and more so, it’s a ritual I’ve come to love.
When I first started getting commissioned to write about concerts in Scotland for newspapers and magazines as a young freelance journalist straight out of uni, I couldn’t believe my luck. Something