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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...

The Edinburgh music scene has been bolstered in recent years by the folks who run some of the less mainstream musical events in the capital and by the tight knit community of artists regularly getting together to play in each other's bands and to put on shows. The most recent example of this was Retreat! During the madness of August in Edinburgh, the brains behind The Gentle Invasion, Tracer Trails and Hollow Heart Parlour gave a home to some of the city's finest bands. The line up included The Pictish Trail, Emily Scott, Wounded Knee, Meursault and My Kappa Roots among many others. Retreat! also hosted the launch party for the long awaited release by eagleowl. eagleowl are a lo-fi post folk trio who are just getting better each time I have had the pleasure of seeing them play. They "believe in doing things right, rather than doing things fast" and this is obvious with the release of their EP For The Thoughts You Never Had. The songs are quite simply beautiful, they...