Abandon Ship 2012 part 1
Abandon Ship 2012, three days of madness on the high seas that saw us perform three sessions, three concerts and three ceilidhs for food, booze, money and occasionally the admiration of our peers....
View ArticleOne for the Ditch
I’m sure many of you are aware of our whisky related song ‘One For the Ditch’. A pal of ours who works in the whisky industry sent us a link to this fabulous clip of a speech on Whisky delivered by...
View ArticleCalling All House Concert Hosts
When we toured in North America it was not unusual for us to play at ‘House Concerts’. I’ve always been amazed that they’ve not really taken off in the UK. The idea behind them is simple. We come to...
View ArticleMusic+ Songwriting in the Round
Here’s a video made for Music+ by Louise Mather of No Middle Name. It was a songwriting in the round session I did with Kim Edgar and Louis Abbott of Admiral Fallow in Eden Court Theatre earlier this...
View ArticleThe Fiddle Tree & New Cample Farm
Many thanks to all the folks who helped us in our Bar Room Mountaineering last week. We played for the good people of The Fiddle Tree in Birnam Arts Centre on Thursday and completely forgot to take our...
View ArticleRehearsing Mountie Style
Rehearsing above West brewery for our gigs in Birnam and Thornhill with Douglas Millar, Euan Burton and Phil Hague.
View ArticleCambridge 2012- Festival Life
Here’s a few more shots from Cambridge Folk Festival 2012. A collections of random shots from backstage, late night and standing on security barriers… I think that counts as Bar Room Mountaineering....
View ArticleAn Taigh Òran 2012
This is a short film about the An Taigh Òran songwriting project I was involved with at Watercolour Music in March this year. The video features a lot of photos that I took while I was supposed to...
View ArticleAbandon Ship 2012 part 2
Here are a few more shots from Abandon Ship 2012. I hope they give you an idea of the great time we had. Thanks to Drew Harris, Kirsten Smithand John Somerville for arranging this mighty trip. Also a...
View ArticleBiography: Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers
Biography Uniquely Scottish and yet heavily influenced by the music of Elvis Costello and Loudon Wainwright III. Napier and his tight four piece band dispatch upbeat musical vignettes on a host of...
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