From Hi Arts, the northern arts newsletter -

http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-hianewo00.RefLocID-hiacg5005.Lang-EN.htm

For those of you who like me are not of a nocturnal disposition might have missed Michael Marra's appearance in STV's " High Times" fear not as you can view it here at

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1610699553/bctid1699225535

Enjoy

Stay Strong - New Orleans is the song off the new Blair Douglas featuring Michael Marra on vocals backed by The Nightcrawlers from New Orleans. He delivers the song in French which adds to the heartfelt sentiments of Blair's lyrics. Wonder if it will find it's way on to Michael's setlist. Deserves to!

 Got my copy of the CD today thanks to my local record shop. Yes, they still exist and we are fortunate to have them. CD is not officially released till Monday. If you can't wait till then you can hear a short selection of 4 tracks from the album including Rester Fort at Ridge Records Listening Room -

http://www.ridge-records.com/listen_blair.htm

sorry if it's a bit of a torment! Just enough to whet your appetite for the whole album which contains some wonderful music. Enjoy. 

Hi,

According the Blair Douglas website Michael Marra is helping out on vocals on his new CD - Stay Strong -

It is due out on 09 June. More information can be found at -

http://officialblairdouglas.com/Stay%20Strong.htm


It's not the first time they have worked together. Michael sung 4 songs on Blair's "Beneath The Beret" CD.

As Michael is playing fiddler Niel Gow in this weeks BBC Radio Scotland's drama titled " Burns and Gow" I thought you might be interested in this archive photograph from The Scotsman with Michael on the fiddle, flanked by Dick Gaughan and Brian McNeil.  

Scots Jazz vocalist Sylvia Rae Tracey has recorded a couple of Michael Marra songs on her latest album titled "Up From The Skies". The songs she has shown the great taste to cover are "Up Jumped the Moon" and "Under The Ullapool Moon".  You can download mp3s of these tracks  or indeed the whole album by visiting  http://www.tentotenrecords.com/ . Sylvia also covers three Sandy Wright songs on the album.

Greentrax Records have just released a wonderful CD of Peerie Willie Johnson. If you listened to the Radio Shetland repeat broadcast you will have heard a wee bit about the CD.