Thursday 4rth Emma Shearers Strathpeffer Coffee Shop Sessions.

12.00pm 12.45pm Coffee Shop Blues Review Emma Shearer, Matt Sillars, Gilbert Anderson, Tony Wallis & Neal Kinghorn http://emmashearer.get-ctrl.com/#/news/emma-shearer-s-coffee-shop-sessions

1.00pm 1.45pm Highland Hot Club http://www.myspace.com/highlandhotclub

2.00 pm 2.45pm John Colletta www.johncoletta.com

3.00pm - 3.55 Dave Sharp www.davesharp.com

Guitarist with Welsh Stadium Rockers The Alarm. When the band imploded Dave took to hard travelling the back roads of America Woody Guthrie Style, looking to regain his muse and eventually finding it in New Orleans, where he spent 10 years perfecting his art, these days touring solo and in the process of recording a new Band album to be released soon.

"Dave Sharp Song Driven Guitar Star"

3.55 - 4-55 Davy Cowan and The Storm Chasers www.davycowan.com

Local hero Davy Cowan is also a Dave Sharp fan of old and recently Dave has help Davy with his latest album The Journey, released to national and international acclaim earlier this summer, Davy and The Storm Chaser play a unique brand of Celtic Driven song based Rock and Reel and are welcome across Europe as well as across the Highlands and particularly welcome here on The Potting Shed Stage.

"Highland Leg-end"

5.00pm 5.45pm Catford http://www.myspace.com/bandcalledcatford

Cat­ford, are something of an Aberdeen super group, fea­turing multi-instrumentalists and singer/songwriters Steve Craw­ford and Davy Cat­tanach, + Davy’s former Old Blind Dogs band­mate. the amaz­ing Jonny Har­die on fiddle. Catford have just released a new album, "Chron­icles", driven by Steve and Davy’s per­cus­sion and gui­tar and under­pinned by Jonny’s lux­uri­ant strings,

"Exquis­ite songs, jaw-dropping har­mon­ies and vir­tu­oso musi­cian­ship"

6.00pm 6.30pm The Wellgreen www.myspace.com/thewellgreen

6.30 7.15 - Tabs & Willie MacAskill www.reverbnation.com/lushrollers

Lush Rollers sibling singer songwriters are a real Highland Treasure.

7.30pm 8.15pm Jason Ringenberg www.jasonringenberg

Jason Ringenberg is an American classic, lead singer of Jason & the Scorchers. Ringenberg was especially influential in the mid-1980s in the vanguard of the indie country/rock fusion Paisley movement. His music, and that of similar bands, served as the roots for the "alt country" genre that would arise in the 1990s

legendary Nashville singer-songwriter and alt-country /cow-punk pioneer

Adhock and informal Guerrilla Stage Line Up TBC on the day!

  9.45 10.45pm Rise Doug & Andy (The Nevis Radio Medicine Show Introduces)

Our climax act of the first day at Belladrum 2011 - Rob Ellen says

"On a weekend that does seem to have a strong nostalgic pull, personally I am delighted to host and welcome, two of my favourite all time musicians Champion Doug Veitch and Rise Kagona. The Doug Veitch self styled Cajun king of Caledonian swing of my youth, introduced me through his numerous John Peel Sessions to a world of exotic styles of roots music forms in one glorious band, he is a true pioneer of the genre that went on to be called "World Music". It was he who first went to Zimbabwe and discovered The Bhundu Boys took them to The UK, released their first album, resulting in the gates of African music opening to the other continents of the globe, and the rest is now music history. Rise Kagona is a founder of said African giants and a Guitar Hero, who's style of playing founded a whole genre "Harare Jit" now living in Scotland and playing with his old friend in this extra-ordinary combo.

"Harare Jit meets Scottish Jig"

12.00pm 12.45pm Matt Urmy www.matturmy.com

1.00pm 1.45pm Dumb Instrument www.dumbinstrument.com

2.00pm 2.45pm The Adriana Spina Band www.adriana-music.com

3.00pm 3.45pm Charlie Roth www.charlierothmusic.com

You are invited to be part of the magical and medicinal world of Minnesotan Charlie Roth, . A consummate showman, an entertainer with countless gigs under his belt, Charlie has mastered the art of playing and singing from his heart, exuding the sheer joy of making great music which can be felt by everyone who is connected to that spiritual grace. His fifth album 'Broken Ground' reached up to #6 on the Euro Americana charts and continues to get air play all over the world. He has recorded with the likes of Sam Bush, Michael Bland and other American legends, likened to John Prine Guy Clark & Townes Van Zantz.

4.00pm 4.45pm Gerry Jablonski and The Electric Band www.myspace.com/thegerryjablonski

Gerry Jablonski, the (almost) legendary guitar hero, 30 year veteran of the music scene has come up with a masterpiece. With the powerful and dynamic rhythm section of Dave Innes on drums and Grigor Leslie on bass, Polish blues harp prodigy Peter Narojczyk takes on guitar master Gerry in an exciting showcase of raw and honest talent

"A blistering powerhouse of a British Blues band"

5.00pm 5.45pm Innes & Present Company  

Present Company from Brisbane, Australia are four musicians with a passion for organically created music. Their unique sound is created via bass fiddle, violin, mandolin, banjo, guitar and four voices which are blended, old style, through the single microphone that the boys dance around. Their heroes range from Bill Monroe to The Strokes and from to old time bluegrass to contemporary acoustic music; their repertoire consists of quirky original songs and tunes written by the band as well as some cover versions which may surprise. The band have been delighting festival crowds up and down Australia since 2011 and are currently working hard on their new CD (due mid - 2012) In July 2012, they take their music overseas for the first time with a tour of Scotland.

 "Bill Monroe to The Strokes, from old-timey bluegrass to new-timey acoustic"

 www.reverbnation.com/innesandpresentcompany

6. 00pm 6.45pm The Lorelei www.thelorelei.co.uk

"These guys rock" - Paul Barrere (Little Feat)