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Reasons to be cheerful (Part II) starts with the wonderful eagleowl as they are set to release their new single Sleep the Winter on Friday 11th December at the Bowery in Edinburgh with a Glasgow show to follow on Monday 14th December at the 13th Note. If you can make to either of these shows then please do so, you certainly won't be disappointed. If you can't make it then you can always listen to them at www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack . I would like to introduce you to a girl called Sarah who writes music and makes charming videos under the name Line & a Dot. Her songs are sweet, simple, vulnerable and honest. The videos she makes are lo-fi and all the better for it! I particularly like the video for L.O.V.E. so here it is: You can listen to Line & a Dot at: www.myspace.com/abovethevaultedsky Next up is another wonderful female singer/songwriter, Kathryn Edwards. Such sparse and beautiful instrumentation compliments her gorgeous voice perfectly

Once again time has passed faster than I can account for. Autumn seems to have passed me by, it's golden glory has faded leaving behind it the cold, bleak days of winter. But.....there are still plenty of reasons to be cheerful! First up is Christmas. You're reading the wrong blog if I have to expand on this any further. Next is the weather. You may be wondering what the hell I am talking about, you may exclaim "The weather is a reason to be cheerful?! It's winter you mad fool!" but I like it. Yes, I miss the sun as much as the next person but I think we should make the most of it! I look forward to those cold, crisp days where the sky is cloudless, cool and blue and the sun is low and blindingly bright. I will get wrapped up and get out in the kind of cold that makes your nose tingle and your cheeks rosy, I feel like I could walk forever on those days. The dreich days when it's wet and miserable and all you want to do is go home and h