This year the AFC was granted the full use of the Fringe stage at the Spratton Folk Festival (SFF).  This was mainly due to the hard work of Lewis, Adam, and Brown’s contribution previously in 2008 where a Gathering was held in the local pub, the Kings Head, as and extra day of the SFF.  [...]

Things have been great since Berlin.  It’s been nearly a month and I’ve been loving the time I’ve had to spend on songwriting, recording, and gigging.  The Troubadour was a huge confidence boost and I have been in creative overload since I got back.  I met with Andy Lowe today; the guy who is recording [...]

I just saw myself on TV appearing on the politics show. I was filmed a couple of days ago to be part of a news report about the effects of alcohol. The film was presented to the deputy Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon and she seemed to like some of my ideas.   it was weird [...]

Once again I crossed the water to mainland Europe to compete in the Troubadour competition in Berlin.  This time it was the final and boy was it a night to remember!  Berlin never ceases to amaze me.  The people here are simply wonderful.  I had to stop and ask directions to get to the Troubadour [...]

It’s been a good while since I last updated my blog.  Lots of crazy things have been happening, both good and bad.  I’ll kick off with the not so nice: I’ve been terribly ill of late and unable to apply myself to anything.  I’ve made it along to gigs, and that’s been keeping me going, [...]

There are many moments in my life that have helped me in trying to define why I’m here.  Some are through my experiences with music, some with my faith, and some through simple observation of others.  We are so very complex as individuals and yet so simple when it comes to our basic functionality.

  This is a little later than I wanted to write.  I’ve been oober busy with recording, designing, college, weddings, and rehearsals.  But now that  I have some free time at 01:56am in the morning, I thought I should update my blog.  The Troubadour gig was fantastic.  The venue was the very cool Schlotts Jazz [...]

  The time has finally come! After a very nice trip to Berlin and winning the first round (one of them) of the Troubadour, it became clear that I was the only person there without a CD for sale. So…when I go back in April it was advised to have a wee something to help [...]

We is here!  Berlin is really nice so far.  We (the Mrs, my boy, and the DJ Buddha) left the house at some unGodly hour this morning to get our 6am flight from Edinburgh to Berlin.

SprattonWell well!  Spratton turned out to be a great experience all round.  Not only were we made to feel very welcome, we won the meat raffle on the first night (and enjoyed a massive pork roast on the Saturday), the prize raffle the next night (Frankie Boyle DVD), and the Gig went really well too.