Good afternoon!! And a lovely sunny afternoon it is as i write this next blog : ) I have spent the morning basking in the Leeds sun with the lovely Rosie Doonan,having a cheeky shandy and buying the most recent copy of fRoots Magazine(october edition)which includes a nice little interview with the aforementioned Ms.Doonan on page 17.  The interview includes a nice little anecdote about my beard nonetheless ; ) If you wish to explore further,do grab yourself a copy…

BBC Radio Scotland-Mary Ann Kennedy’s ‘Global Gathering’ show…

Yes!!! Tonight,Mary Ann Kennedy is going to be playing ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ from my album ‘Boy Cries Wolf’ in the second hour of her Global Gathering Show(21:05pm onwards). You can listen online here;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0151w9z

A Night At The Theatre…

 We’re(Hope and Social that is-the band that i play drums for) very excited to be involved in Bring The Happy, an ongoing project from Leeds based art company Invisible Flock We’ve been working with them over the last few weeks and have five brand new songs to debut as part of a performance next Thursday 29th September at Northern Ballet performance space in Leeds. A little bit about the project…

“Last winter Invisible Flock built a giant map of Leeds in Kirkgate market. For two months they spoke to thousands of people about their memories of happiness, the where, the what and the why of it all. Each story, each individual memory was marked out, creating a 3D landscape of the city’s happiness. Bring The Happy is an installation that will transform - for one night only - into a performance, bringing together over 1000 memories, in all of their beautiful, sometimes tragic, sometimes ridiculous and occasionally mundane glory. Invisible Flock, in collaboration with Hope and Social and other special guests, will attempt a gloriously extravagant portrait of happiness in contemporary Britain. Become part of this project as it continues to grow.”

Get your tickets from http://www.northernballet.com/boxoffice/booknow3a.aspx?PerfID=176, quickly mind you as they’re very limited,…we’re all really excited about this one…a lovely life-affirming piece of beauty. And new songs to boot!

Och Aye The Noo!!!

Get your kilt socks on,get your haggis(or indeed ANYTHING else that takes your fancy)deep-fried,toss your caber,sound the bagpipesp-we’re coming up to Scotland this weekend!!! Aye indeed. This friday(30th september)we’re playing in my hometown of Perth at a nice wee pub called Brennans. Music starts at 9.30pm and we’ll be playing a set and so will Hope and Social. And it’s free entry too!! Blimey!!! Here’s the Facebook event;

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=275961272418549

On the saturday we are playing a House Gig somewhere in Edinburgh(details to follow)and on the sunday we are playing Kaleidoscope Festival in St.Andrews(http://www.kaleidoscopefestival.co.uk) which should be a really nice way to end our wee Scottish jaunt : )

That’s all for now folks. Take care,stay safe and hope to see you at a gig soon!!

G x