Crossing Borders November Tour
In just over a week, I’m going to be touring my album around Scotland with some great people starting in Orkney and finishing at the Fiddle Festival in Edinburgh. Gigs in Croy, Evanton and Edinburgh will feature the full 10 piece line up from the CD! I’m really looking forward to performing the music again with […]
Scots Trad Music Awards-Album of the Year
Fantastic news today to find my debut album ‘Crossing Borders’ has made the long list for ‘Album of the Year’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards amongst some great new releases over the past year. I would really appreciate if you could vote for my album by clicking the link below in order to get […]
September 2017
It’s been a busy month firstly meeting up with ‘Aizle‘ to play our very first European festival in Belgium. We were delighted to perform at the Schots Weekend alongside a host of fantastic bands including Four Men and a Dog and Moxie. Straight after the gig, I headed off to Paris to meet up with Parisian Barique group, […]
The Year of 2016
It was a very busy 2016 for me with lots of great new opportunities. In the first part of the year, I was working as the strings instructor for schools in the Argyll area. My first teaching job which had lots of challenges but really enjoyed getting to know and work with such a great […]
Scots Trad Award – Composer of the Year
It’s been a busy time since the album release back in September. ‘Crossing Borders’ has been well received on many radio stations including Mark Radcliffe’s Folk Show on BBC Radio 2, ‘Take The Floor’ and ‘Travelling Folk’ on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Nan Ghaidheal where it was album of the week and many more! Thanks for […]
Welcome to my new website!
My debut album ‘Crossing Borders’ is officially here! I’m delighted to let everyone hear the CD which was a Celtic Connections commission in 2015 written for a nine piece ensemble. It represents my musical journey to date, reflecting on places, people and musical styles that have influenced me and my music. The piece draws on […]