sunday 25th november 2007 - hightime
hightime i updated... played a lot o good gigs this year. highlight would have been celtic colours in cape breton. great place, lovely folk - remind me a lot of orcadians. just back from another gig in aberdeenshire, at woodend barn. some new stuff taking shape. . . album number three next year i'd say
just to let anybody out there know we're still on the go
cheers
tuesday 9th january 2007 - update
well it s been a while since i wrote anything here - which probably reflects the quiet time we ve had in the last few months. since i last wrote, douglas has become a proud father to lily and our musical focus has shifted to the big band lazy boy chair with whom we ve been doing a few gigs and some recording too.
anyway, our thoughts are turning to saltfish again now, and we re currently putting some stuff together for the coming year.. there s a few pretty exciting gigs coming up this year, starting with a date at celtic connections on 18th january as part of the orkney night. other confirmed dates are the stonehaven folk festival in july, and an offer of a trip to belgium in septmber. more to follow, as things always take shape throughout january.
wednesday 19th july 2006
well thats our peedie summer tour over. a great success. spent this morning in the studio laying down a few new 'uns - good to record them while they re fresh.
cheers
wednesday 14th june 2006
i ve set up a myspace page - have a look!
http://www.myspace.com/saltfishforty
wednesday 24th may 2006
well things really have been quiet haven't they? a peedie flurry of activity just now though; we ve just got back from cannes, where we had a gig at the film festival, and have orkney folk fest starting tomorrow. we re playing with croft no 5 on friday, lazy boy chair are 'stomping' on saturday, and it's the two of us on sunday afternoon at the supplement conceert.
france was fine and relaxed. took an extra day this time, since last year was such a rush. managed to get sunburnt, saw a band called 'spooky pussys' and spent £202.87 on food. don't know how much doug spent.
anyhows. got to go and practice for the weekend. if you see me there, buy me an export! or a plate o chips.
tuesday 11th april 2006
well, hoots was ok - although it was the usual saturday pub crowd - only half listening. never mind, good hospitality and i wrote a jig in the break :-) also got asked to submit a track for a hoots sampler, so can't see why not.
we re a bit thin on the ground for upcoming performances, although there ll be some tunes at the orkney fest, and a wee trip in july. have a look at the gig guide. i ll not post them here till nearer the time.
tuesday 28th march 2006
we ll be in hootanannies, inverness on saturday 1st april. if we re there in time, you could buy us wur tea :-)
the aberdeenshire gigs were just out of this world. every night a roaring success, and special thanks to bryony, susan and dave for making it so good. we had a right good laugh, were spectacularly well fed (pheasant soup) and they were the best concerts in a long time.. from a lot of highlights, i was quite taken with the moment after the saturday concert when a sleepwalking bob gibbon tried to find his accordion in jim and bryony's coolerbag.
wednesday 15th march 2006
we re playing a few dates in aberdeenshire 17, 18, 19, march. have a look at the gig guide for details
the gigs on the 17th and 18th are now sold out, although still a few spaces left on the sunday.
wednesday 8th march 2006 - howdy y'all
hope you like our shiny new website. thanks tom for a great job.
we re playing a few dates in aberdeenshire 17, 18, 19, march. have a look at the gig guide for details
just back from austin texas where we played in the scottish showcase alongside other acts including fiddlers bid, karine polwart . blazin fiddles and back of the moon. our first trip across the pond and hopefully no the last. did a lot o playin, a lot o eating and no much sleeping. had a trip out o town wi a couple o the bid boys too - quite an experience. it s a different world, although doug is used to folk locking their doors as he crosses the street in burray village as well :-)
monday 12th december 2005 - album launch
finally,they are home and working good.we are releasing the new album on thurs 15th december at fusion,8pm.
see you all there.
doug.
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