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Shades of Berlin Bowie and Ian Curtis: Hamish Hawk, at Usher Hall, reviewed

Hawk seems determined to single-handedly, and successfully, revive the tired medium of wiry, melodic guitar rock

Graeme Thomson
There was a dash of Jarvis Cocker about Hamish Hawk at Usher Hall Calum Mackintosh @ayecandyphotography
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 01 March 2025
issue 01 March 2025

I am a regular attendee at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh’s most ornate and venerable concert venue. On more than one occasion recently I have seen Hamish Hawk here – albeit each time he was showing the audience to our seats.

Hawk has graduated from Grand Circle stair duty to centre-stage spotlight, the kind of local-boy-made-good dramatic arc that positively begs for the Richard...

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