Hello
me at stereo, november 2008.
photo by claire quigley
You'll find a resource for my current and past musical sketches here including the acoustic / flamenco based / solo guitar (that's not really very flamenco-ish at all), From Home (guitar quartet with dance) and El Hombre Trajeado plus any other projects that come along.
Most of these projects have freely downloadable mp3's available. Why give it away? Two reasons. Firstly, because i can. Secondly, as a wise man once said "Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy".
Most of the music is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK: Scotland License which basically means that you can remix, share, redistribute and reuse the music as long as you do the same with whatever you make. See the full license here.
I'm always up for doing live shows, contact me here if you'd like to book a show. Also, check out Will Play For Food if you fancy putting on a show in your own home.
Anyway, here's what's new :
New release / upcoming shows
Wed 28th July 2010
First off, apologies for the lack of updates recently. Life has a funny habit of overtaking me sometimes.
New release
I'm very pleased to announce the release of a collaboration between myself and The Unwinding Hours. It is a cover of Spirit Ditch by Sparklehorse that was done for The Steinberg Principle's ongoing series of Sparklehorse, Vic Chesnutt and Elliott Smith covers in aid of Depression Alliance UK.
Mark Linkous was always an inspiration to me as someone that managed to channel his darker moments through music, something that I tend to do myself. His death affected me, first with sadness and a little bit of panic, but also with resolve.
It was an absolute pleasure to work with Craig and Iain, I hope that i get the chance to again.
You can download Spirit Ditch from Bandcamp here.
Upcoming shows
I have a load of very exciting shows coming up over the rest of the year. Here are the ones that are confirmed so far. There should be some more announced over the next few weeks.
13th Note, Glasgow
Solo show. The Second Hand Marching Band and Sarah Banjo are also performing.
Morden Tower, Newcastle
Solo show. Alasdair Roberts and The By & By String Band are also performing.
Govanhill Baths, Glasgow
Solo show. In the swimming pool :)
Stereo, Glasgow
Solo show. Adam Stafford, Deathpodal and Paws are also performing.
Wounded Knee collaboration podcast from Subcity Music
Sat 29th May 2010
Subcity Music have kindly posted some tracks from the collaborative show that Wounded Knee and I did for them and Cry Parrot recently. it features a new track from myself and two improvised collaborative pieces.
Upcoming shows, reviews, interviews & pictures
Fri 23rd April 2010
It's been a while since my last info dump so here goes :
Upcoming shows
Saturday 1st May : The Smugglers, Anstruther.
Saturday 8th May : Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.
Thursday 27th May : Barron Theatre, St Andrews.
Friday 28th May : New Portsound at Manna Cafe, Newport-on-Tay.
Thursday 1st July : Liquid Ship, Glasgow.
Reviews
First & Last at Aye Tunes
First & Last at Music News
First & Last at Earz Mag
First & Last at Folk Words
First & Last at Glasgow Podcart (also includes live session and interview)
First & Last at Tasty Fanzine
First & Last at Is This Music
First & Last at Blogcritics
Live review by Cows Are Just Food
Live review by Music News
Interviews
Americana UK
Peenko
Is This Music
Pay what you want pricing on CD's
Thu 1st April 2010
Following our wee experiment with letting people set their own prices for the download version of First & Last, we have decided to do the same for the CD version too.
So, as of right now, you can set your own price for the CD via Bandcamp. There is a minimum cost of £1.50 to cover Paypal charges and shipping.
For your reference, each CD costs us about £4 after taking recording, mastering & manufacturing into consideration.
Please tell your friends.
