Hoolie in the Hydro
Join us as for a party to remember as I have organised the biggest night of Scottish traditional music to ever take place under one roof! This will be a momentous moment for Scotland’s trad scene as it takes to the country’s biggest indoor arena. The OVO Hydro will host this massive evening of entertainment […]
Ceilidh Craic & Culture Club
Ceilidh Craic & Culture Club I’m delighted to launch the Ceilidh Craic & Culture Club this month. The CC & CC is a concert series that I’ve created for 12 months to hopefully help highlight the very best of our musical home grown talent here in Scotland. The music will predominantly showcase artists from […]
Life Stories & Musical Memories
We all have people in our lives that have great stories and memories to share and during this time in particular we are reminded just how precious these people and their voices are to us. So next month I am launching a new project where I will be offering people the chance to capture their […]
The First Forty Years
As I approach the big 4~0 next month I thought it would be nice to mark the milestone with a book release of tunes, pictures, stories and songs that I have composed over The First Forty Years. The book has been a pleasure to put together and has brought back and sparked so many great […]
SIX MEN
Earlier this year we recorded a two-part documentary on suicide with BBC Radio Scotland which will air this coming Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th September to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day. ‘SIX MEN’ is titled after the six men and friends at Fort William Shinty Club that I played alongside over two decades that […]
Composition Competition
I am delighted to be a judge for this prestigious composition competition especially at this very difficult time for musicians. Please find below a press release I have taken from the Royal Celtic Society website with all info/terms and conditions at the bottom. Very best of luck to all composers and musicians alike. Competition for […]
New show!!! Take the Floor, Your Request
We’re delighted through these tough times to bring you a little nice news. Take the Floor will have a brand new live request show starting on BBC Radio Scotland from 5th April 2020 called, Take the Floor, Your Requests. This will fill the usual TTF repeat show that is programmed between 5-7pm and all tracks […]
Take the Floor 2019 Award
Delighted to announce that Take the Floor has won the 2019, ‘Trad Music in the Media’ Award. Both producer Jennifer Cruickshank (pictured centre below) myself and all the TTF team are over the moon with this accolade and want to thank each and everyone of you that took the time to vote for us. Pictured […]
MÀNRAN: 10 BY THE BEN
I am delighted to be once again heading back onto An Aird Shinty field albeit in a very different capacity next April 10th and 11th 2020. Mànran are holding a two day music festival on Fort William’s Shinty pitch to mark our 10th anniversary and what better setting could be on offer than at the […]
Camanachd Cup Ambassador
I am very honoured to have been asked by the Camanachd Association to be their first ever Ambassador of Shinty’s most coveted trophy, The Camanachd Cup. A trophy that as a child I literally dreamed of winning. Many years later and I feel very privileged to hold five winner medals of this iconic cup with […]
Broadwood Live by the Loch Launch
This year’s Broadwood ‘Live By The Loch’ Festival was launched today at Cumbernauld’s Stadium and it gives me great pleasure to once again be this year’s musical director of the festival. Last year’s inaugural festival was a huge success and we are very excited about bringing such a strong line up to this year’s festival. […]
IMMINENT is LIVE
It feels like it’s been ages since first getting the digital master and pre-order hard copies distributed at the end of last year, but finally ‘IMMINENT’ is now available to the world! There shouldn’t be a digital or streaming site out there that doesn’t have access to the album and if there is then please […]