Arrived to Shetland! highlights of the 12-hour ferry trip over included:
Playing games w/ Robin, Thom, Matt, and Paul w/ pints of Simmer Dim, reading Oscar & Lucinda, pretty comfy bunks, dancing on the deck (see video), being picked up by Neil Riddell (Ragged Wood Promotions), and taken back to scones and cats at his house…
From up in Newcastle come Suntrapp, whose debut single ‘All The Seas’ is out now. It fills three and a bit minutes of these fading days of summer with rolling rhythms and memories of time spent at the beach, and…
Argyll Hotel, Ullapool — I couldn’t hear the rain over the hubbub in the bar downstairs but now that we’re up in the room, it’s such a nice going-to-bed sound. When P and I were talking earlier, the view out the window behind him was insane: the weirdest round mountains totally smothered in mist, one in front of the other, all slightly different greys, and the water of the lake even another one. Now that it’s total day, the green is emerging a bit.
Lily of the Valley from brett davey on Vimeo. American artist Allysen Callery will see her fifth album Mumblin’ Sue get a European release on September 9. The Rhode Island native is heavily influenced by the British folk scene of…
The Woodwards is the brainchild of artist, Dutchman and mate-of-Andy-Warhol, Peter Schuyff. After the release of the eponymous debut album in 2009, Schuyff was joined by designer Stevie Guy, making them possible the best dressed band alive. The Wood is…
Finally got some wifi! What else have we gotten?
– Slobbered on by highland cows
– Flew over by various martins
– Compared rooks (here) with grackles (home)
– Played Letham Village Hall and Carmunnock Recreational Center, both terrific
– Hot opening sets by young first-time giggers Joanne, Rowan, Paul, and Amber
– Ate a lot of cupcakes…