Laura Silverstone is a singer songwriter based in Edinburgh, a former finalist on TV show Spain's Got Talent, but more often than not seen out on the city streets enjoying her first love busking to live crowds most especially around festival season, but also across Europe, Asia and as far afield as Australia which has seen her sing with the likes of Glen Hansard and others along the way.

She is also a busy recording artist and has just released her new album - Heartwood - ahead of a mini promotional tour in the van that she has for years as a travelling troubadour called home, a place her many fans on Instagram have come to recognise thanks to her role as a social media influencer and storyteller too.

In this interview with host Shaun Milne she delves into how her music career began, the modern pressures for not just creatives and musicians but life on the road, the dangers of burn out, the balance of lost loves and new friendships, and how inspiration lies around every bend. An interview that is as much about a life story, as it is a career.

Episode 14 'Laura' now streaming.

Show Notes

https://linktr.ee/laurasilverstone

https://www.instagram.com/laurasilverstonemusic

https://www.laurasilverstone.com/

The show's title music is Nothing's Going To Bring Me Down courtesy of singer songwriter Willie Campbell . https://open.spotify.com/track/4BKdWV... https://www.williecampbell.co.uk/ Good Stuff In Between is an independent podcast written, edited and produced by host Shaun Milne from Skog Media Associates. https://goodstuffinbetween.substack.com/https://skogmedia.com/

Kenna Ross is a piano player from Nairn in the Highlands who has been making a name for herself supporting other artists at some of the biggest festivals in music. She has appeared everywhere from Celtic Connections, Belladrum, and King Tut's, to Montreal Jazz and Lollapalooza in Paris.

The likes of BBC Radio 2's Zoe Ball have featured her live in the alternative Piano Room sessions, after her cover versions of songs by the likes of 21 Pilots and Paramore racked up hundreds of thousands of plays online.

Now though she is stepping out into the light under her own name with the launch of her first original album - In The Moment - recorded at the Wee Studio in the Western Isles and featuring a string of talented artists.

She talks with host Shaun Milne about where it all started, the hard yards she has put in playing hotels and other events along the way, inspiration, opportunity and the growing confidence that is allowing her to stage her own headline event for the very first time.

Episode 13: Kenna is streaming now.

Dougie Brown is a festival producer, promoter, artist manager and very much more. He is the music dynamo behind The Gathering and Belladrum music festivals that have brought some of the biggest artists on the planet to the Highlands, supported talent including the irresistible songs of Katie Gregson-MacLeod and is a champion for the region on so many levels. In episode of 12 of the Good Stuff In Between podcast, he talks to host Shaun Milne about how it all began with a passion for drums and love of Guns n Roses, gigs in pubs and harbourside hotels, how vision and determination are among the qualities that can lift any situation, and how team work, talent and having the right people around can be everything. His is a story that is inspirational, fascinating and is essential listening or anyone looking to make their way in the live music scene.

Episode 12, Dougie, streaming now.

Show Links

• Belladrum
• The Gathering
• Episode 1: Naomi
• Good Stuff In Between substack