Olaf Furniss
olafwide.bsky.social
Olaf Furniss
@olafwide.bsky.social
Founder of Born To Be Wide, Wide Days music convention & the Music Tourist Summit. Co-writes Under The Under, longest-running newspaper column dedicated to emerging Scottish talent. Member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association. Mexico enthusiast.
Looking for some new music? Check out this week's Under The Radar act, Water Machine, on Fat Cat Records. Album out next month. Excellent pic by @jannicahoney www.scotsman.com/whats-on/art...
May 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Really looking forward to this. It's most fitting that the event is taking place a minute away from the Forest Road flat where the first issues of The Skinny were produced.
On 30 Apr, we're joining the Born To Be Wide crew for a celebration of 20 years of the magazine – co-founder Sophie Kyle, editor Rosamund West and music editor @tallahbrash.bsky.social join @olafwide.bsky.social in-conversation...

INFO + TICKETS: www.universe.com/events/born-...
April 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Reposted by Olaf Furniss
👉🏼 wide.ink/ESNS25 If you're at #ESNS check out this year's artists from Scotland - #CaraRose, #Brogeal and #JacobAlon + come along to our reception on Thurs (1730-1930 at O'Maley's) RSVP and info via link above.
January 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Ahead of their ESNS showcase, this week's Under The Radar act are Brògeal. The band honed their craft during the pandemic, composing & playing under under a cheap ASDA gazeebo in a Falkirk garden www.scotsman.com/whats-on/art...
Under the Radar: Brògeal
Falkirk band Brògeal are about to perform at Europe’s biggest showcase festival, write Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon
www.scotsman.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM