I’m finally back in Scotland and just about getting over my jet-lag. Right now I’m just enjoying being back with Mish and the Bump. Before I blog some more about some of my adventures in Kansas at Camp, I wanted to share with you a recording I made of Virgil and Bonnie singing. Virgil is [...]
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Virgil and Bonnie
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Kansas or Bust
***Warning: incredibly slushy and gushing post follows. You have been warned.*** For the last few months I have been organising a folk concert to raise funds for my trip this summer to Camp Adventure, Topeka, KS. I will be working with Patrick Costello helping to run a music program for youth and adults with disabilities. [...]
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Saturday morning folk song
Morning folks! It look’s like spring has finally sprung. I got up early this morning to enjoy the lovely spring-fresh morning and sat with my ukulele and a pot of coffee. Here’s a version of the traditional folk song Wildwood Flower with frailing ukulele. Wildwood Flower Click here to download…
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Summer (Camp) Adventure
This summer I am headed to Topeka, Kansas to help run a music program for Camp Adventure with my banjo mentor and friend Patrick Costello. Patrick is one of the foremost instructors on old-time banjo and wrote the book The How and Tao of Old Time Banjo. Camp Adventure is a non-profit summer camp providing [...]
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Broon’s Best o’ the Noughties
We are fast approaching the end of this decade. How did that happen? It seems only yesterday that I was permanently wearing plaid shirts and banging on about how Beck was a visionary, Oasis were mince and Mick Foley was “more than just a wrassler”… Oh wait, that was yesterday. I’ve never really been fashionable [...]
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Win some, lose some
After having a really good time playing at a session on Sunday I decided to give it another shot. The Antiquary pub is within walking distance from our flat and it has a session on a Thursday night. It’s listed in the Edinburgh Gig Guide as an “informal session” so I thought I’d give it [...]
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