In November, Ian Carr and I toured Sweden as part of Region Gävleborg’s public concerts programme. The last stop was Backa Bygdegård in Forsa on 7 November, a two-set evening presented by Forsa kulturgrupp. We recorded the whole concert, and you can watch it here. The set mixes tunes from[…]
I’m delighted to share that guitarist Ian Carr and I are heading to Sweden for a short tour from 4 to 7 November 2026. Ian and I first met in 1988 at the very first Radio 2 Young Tradition Award, and more than 35 years later we’re still finding new[…]
We had a great time at the EIF on the 24th August. All the musicians performed amazingly! Below is a link to all the video performances of the evening. At the moment they are only available here. The programme for the evening was:
Nine hymns, stripped back to their essence and given voice by two of Scotland’s most inventive musicians — Simon Thoumire on concertina and Rory Matheson on organ. These are melodies most of us already know by heart — sung in churches, at funerals and weddings, learned in school assemblies —[…]
Here are two beautiful marches – Provost of Forgandenny (Bobby Crowe) and Jimmy’s Aye Diggin (Ian Powrie) from our recent gig at Resolis Community Hall. They feature on our last album He Think’s He’s Invisible
