I’m very excited to be returning to the Edinburgh Fringe with the latest line-up of my all-star 6-piece band.

This year I’m joined by:

• Caroline Gilmour – vocals (2016 No.1 single chart topping artist)
• Jean-Baptiste Richon – keys (Gecko 3, Organogel)
• Alex Hunter – bass (Adam Holmes and the Embers)
• Andy Farquhar – drums (Traveler, My Radio)
• Mat Clements – percussion (Orkestra del Sol)

Tickets available at the Fringe Box Office

To whet your appetite, here’s a chilled-out video from last year’s show.

Have a great Fringe!

This Sunday, I’m very happy to be supporting 2 stunning singer songwriters at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh – Lorna Brooks & Jennifer John.

Lorna Brooks is a revered name in the Edinburgh singer songwriter world having released 3 stunning albums and worked with the likes of John Martyn, Janis Ian,  Loudon Wainwright III,  Jimmy Sommerville,  Candi Staton and Eric Bibb

I had the pleasure of working with Jennifer John on a series of gigs with Big Big Sing last year and not only is she one of the UK’s most respected singers, she has also written and worked with an enviable catalog of music legends (Brian Eno, Damon Albarn, Paco Pena and Imogen Heap)

This will be a rare collaboration show, with yours truly opening up!  You should give yourself the gift of an extended weekend with a Sunday night of amazing live music.

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Finally, tonight I’m performing with local heroes Douglas Kay and Alan R Davison as part of “A Songwriter’s Circle” for the Corstorphine Festival at Lucy’s Cafe.  Doors 7:30

I was recently reminded by my pal Steve Richer of a video I hadn’t uploaded from the Jan 2014 live shoot he did with Bradley Steenkamp.  This was possibly my favourite of the four recordings, despite a guitar fluff due to cold hands and (mainly) ineptitude.

Steve also shot some lovely footage during my full band show at the Edinburgh Fringe last August so please subscribe to my YouTube channel and expect some up of that up in the near future too!

Here is the final video of the Jan session – Magnets Have Souls.

A live version of this was previously released on the very limited physical CD version of my 3-track Ricochet single.  So if you missed out, you’ll have to make do with the title track only stream of Ricochet on Spotify.

I have very good vibes about 2016.  Hope it’s a good one for you too!

A full 1-hour set from me!

Ho Ho Hope to see you there!

I’m doing as many support slots as I can along with fellow band mate Colin Train.

Tonight we’re in Germany.  Bring on the Brauhaus!

Gig Listings:

August 25th – Hasselbacher Brauhaus, Hagen, Germany

August 27th to 30th – Tonder Festival, Tonder, Denmark
with Richard Thompson, John Prine, Sturgill Simpson and many others!

September 2nd – Vera, Groningen, Holland

September 4th – The Old Cinema Launderette, Durham

Also billed are a streamlined version of The OK Social Club.

Get yourself down there and check out Kirsten’s music which has already been sneaking around the airwaves.

Tonight we return to the lovely Drouthy Cobbler, Elgin.

They're back – @AdamHolmesBand & the Embers Thurs 28th May at 7.30pm. Get tickets at bar and http://t.co/fo5veoR2FL pic.twitter.com/0Wir9bB8ij

— The Drouthy Cobbler (@DrouthyCobbler) May 27, 2015

I’m also proud to be participating in a couple of A Songwriter’s Circle events. Conceived by singer-songwriter Douglas Kay and inspired by the BBC Songwriter’s Circle Series these involve a group of us performing our songs, discussing the writing process them and possibly a wee bit of collaboration.

The first of these is at The Steeple, Newburgh featuring Douglas Kay, Alan R Davison, John Sloan and myself.

On August 9th we’re together again with another pal, the supremely talented Kirsten Adamson at House Concerts Moffat.

More gigs on the gigs page including a return to the Edinburgh Fringe with my band and a few very special guests.

Tickets on sale at the Fringe Box Office from June 4th but if you’re on my mailing list you may get a wee special deal…

Back to London this week playing at Green Note in Camden, London supporting Adam Holmes again on Dec 2nd

Final leg of the tour with Alex begins at the Bush Hall on Dec 8th.

Here’s a couple of wee reviews from the tours, kindly reviewing my solo support set as well:

First from the gig at the amazing Convent Club�with Adam Holmes

http://magmalblog.com/2014/11/09/adam-holmes-at-the-convent-club

Next from the Aberdeen date on the Alex Cornish tour:

http://www.thegaudie.co.uk/arts/alex-cornish-gig-review

Also, we had a day off during the last week of the Alex Cornish tour so we went into a studio and did this:

Roll on the next dates!

Press quotes from his previous 3 albums:

“A voice to stand comparison to Thom Yorke” – The Scotsman

“4am strings and monster choruses” – The Times

“A beautiful album that has Mercury Music Prize shortlist written all over it” – The Sunday Times

This�also means a UK tour and I’m very happy�to once again be the support act on each date as well as playing in Alex’s band.

Here’s some video of pre-tour rehearsal:

Hope to see you at one of the shows!

Tour Dates

�4th Nov – Cluny 2 – Newcastle

5th Nov – The Caves – Edinburgh

6th Nov – Glad Cafe – Glasgow

7th Nov – The Tunnels – Aberdeen

17th Nov – Band on the Wall – Manchester

18th – The Musician – Leicester

19th Nov – Studio 2 – Liverpool

20th Nov – Jericho Tavern – Oxford

21st Nov – Komedia – Brighton

8th Dec – The Bush Hall – London

9th Dec – The Portland Arms – Cambridge

10th Dec – Totnes Arts Centre – Totnes

11th Dec – The Railway – Winchester

12th Dec – The Louisiana – Bristol

13th Dec – College of Music – Leeds