MIKE Oldfield's massive selling instrumental album Tubular Bells cropped up twice in Australian Aidan Roberts early years.
First time was on a long car journey to see his grandparents. The second was as a teenager when he went to see horror film The Exorcist where the music features for just a few minutes.
THE band that takes bagpipes into unlikely areas, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, return to Inverness's Ironworks this weekend with the energetic bagrock sound that won them top prize in BBC talent show When Will I Be Famous.
WITH a 200 strong chorus, backed by over 50 instrumentalists of Inverness Choral Sinfonia, the Voices United concert at Eden Court always had the makings of a memorable evening, and so it proved.
THERE was a bit of a homecoming vibe going on in Hootanannys on Sunday night for the return of Inverness singer songwrtier James Mackenzie.
It's only a few months since he left for Glasgow - and only a few weeks since we last saw him live at Brew At The Bog.
The legendary DJ Jon Pleased Wimmin guests at Saturday's State Of Grace night at Karma Lounge. The former fashion student, drag artist, retailer, first class honours music graduate, remixer, producer and - above all - master DJ, answers some of Margaret Chrystall's questions below.
