Thursday 22 March 2012

What's occurin'

It's been about a month or more since I posted a blog. Apologies!

Right now I'm listening to Joe Pug in my headphones. I supported him last month in Glasgow (still amazed I managed to land that gig!), and it was an absolute pleasure and an honour. I've been a fan of his for about a year now, and the fact he was such a great guy just added to the whole thing.

HUGE thanks to everyone who signed up to the mailing list after that show. It was great to talk to so many great people. I'll hopefully land another show with Joe when he comes back to the UK to tour his new album.

I'm also going to be supporting Neal Casal in May! That gig was supposed to have been at the beginning of March but was postponed for whatever reasons. I wasn't too familiar with Neal's solo stuff before, but obviously knew him as the guitarist in Ryan Adams & The Cardinals. I am fast becoming a fan. The guy can write a damn fine song! May 26th, Electric Circus, Edinburgh. Put it in your diaries, and grab tickets from the link on my Tour page :)

Our kitten Biggs is getting, err, big. He's awesome, but he can be a little shit too! This is him trying to be cute:


In other news, I'm booked to play at the Deer Shed Festival this summer. A nice weekend of folky vibes and great food beckons. Hope the weather behaves itself! It'll be my first festival since Wickerman in 2007 so I really can't wait. 

I bore myself with these blogs so I'll sign off now. Much Love.

Al

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Captain's Rest Blog. Stardate blah de blah....

Hello!

Christmas is out of the way so it's back to business. I had a quick trip down to London and Cardiff last week to warm up a little for my gig supporting the amazing Joe Pug on the 26th of Feb! It's at the Captain's Rest in Glasgow if anyone should fancy making it along. The guy is a true talent and I've been a fan for a while. You could do a lot worse than checking out his stuff. On that note, if you have any music to recommend, please do. I'm short of inspiration (songs to rip off) at the moment :)

We've had a new addition to the family recently. Our new kitten Biggs is chewing my hands to pieces and climbing all over every surface that'll hold his weight, and some that won't. He's really playful and pretty hilarious to watch. He crashed my laptop the other day by opening Firefox 300 times with his ass! Our other cat Daisy is NOT happy...

Oh and by the way a big thanks to all of you guys who have given me feedback about the album, band videos etc recently. It's all appreciated! I'll sign off with a little vid from September that recently found it's way onto the web courtesy of Future Exits Media. See ya soon!