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Interview with Robert McFall about this week's Bongo Club gig with Michael Marra in The List -
http://www.list.co.uk/article/16276-mr-mcfalls-chamber-with-michael-marra/
Sound really exciting!!!
I see that Concerto Caledonia's David McGuinness is also involved in this upcoming project and gig at Edinburgh's Bongo Club in early March. David was responsible for the wonderful string arrangements on Paddy McAloon's "I Trawl The Megahertz".
Check out David's regular blog at http://www.concal.org/diary.htm for an interesting insight into the project.
I see that Michael Marra topped the poll of favourite performers who appeared at Edinburgh Folk Club in 2008.
Full listing at -
http://www.footstompin.com/public/forum?threadid=388940
Fit like,
I see Rod Patterson is playing a gig on 09 May 2009 at Bank Street Gallery in Kirriemuir as part of their Acoustic Gigs series. The venue only holds about 25 folk so it is really intimate. Ticket details shortly or contact the Gallery direct at -
http://www.bankstreetgallery.org/7/7/Gigs_Now/Next_Gig.html
Tickets are now on sale at £10 each also check out the Gallery's myspace page at -
http://www.myspace.com/bankstreetgallery
After being a "fringe" player for more years than I care to remember the boy Marra comes of age with his call up to the Edinburgh International Festival. More details of the gig which is part of The Caledonia Sessions can be found at -
Video of Michael Marra performance at Auld Lang Syne concert can be found at -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/celticconnections/2009/artists/michael_marra/index.shtml#emp
Can I recommend a wee programme I watched last night on BBC Alba -
"ANGUS PETER CAMPBELL – FRUIT ON BRANCHES -
Angus Peter Campbell, the award-winning poet, novelist, journalist, broadcaster
and actor discusses his life and his work, in a frank and open interview with
Father Colin MacInnes for BBC ALBA.
Starting with Angus Peter's roots in South Uist, he charts his early success as
a journalist at Grampian TV, through turbulent years battling alcohol addiction,
to his acclaimed success as a novelist, actor and poet.
The programme features dramatised re-enactments of Angus Peter's novel, Tilleadh
Dhachaigh, which tells the story of a WW1 ghost returning home from the Somme.
The ghost, representing the Gaelic language, is given the kiss of life.
With performances from Mary Ann Kennedy, Michael Marra, Cathy MacDonald and AL
Kennedy, this celebration of modern Gaelic writing is a treat not to be missed"
The programme is being repeated on Monday 25 October 2010 at 10.30pm. You can watch it
live on the BBC iplayer.