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On the road again

Mark — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:00:13 +0000

This week we are heading back to France for some more gigs around Grenoble.

Eilidh Wins Argyll Award!

Mark — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:14:22 +0000

Eilidh has been awarded ‘Best Achievement for Argyll’

For more info see:

http://forargyll.com/2010/01/traditional-music-stakes-out-best-achievement-for-argyll-and-more/

Awards

Mark — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:33:47 +0000

Eilidh is currently a finalist in the Argyll Awards in the ‘Best Achievement for Argyll’ category. Voting closes tommorow: http://forargyll.com/forargyll-votes-2009

Spot us on TV

Mark — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:31:57 +0000

Last month we were filmed for the Josh’s band advert on TV for T-Mobile, and for the more observant you might be able to spot us on the current TV ad, or see and hear us on the single and video coming out in January.

9 Countries, 4800 miles and home

Mark — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:07:57 +0000

We made it home last night after a long few days driving from Frankfurt on Monday after our gig in the Frankfurt Art bar on Sunday, where we thought we passed through 4 countries on the way to Dunkerque. On the Ferry across to Dover we ment a film crew from Germany making a program about 4 brothers from a scrap yard traveling across Europe who came and filmed us as we where playing some tunes in the sunshine on the back of the boat.
Wednesday night we where playing at the Perfect 5th in Taunton, and then back up the road and after a few nights sleep in our own beds we’ll be ready for the Scottish part of the tour.

Dogs on stage

Mark — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:01:02 +0000

We had another great gig on Friday night in McMullers pub, Kofferen. It is a small town not too far from Dusseldorf but there was a good turnout for the gig and a even some lovely dogs, one which liked playing with us so much that it joined us on stage during the gig and wanted us to start throwing its toy for it…

Busking into Germany

Mark — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:24:50 +0000

We travelled up through Germany yesterday, Starting from Frieberg we drove North stopping for lunch in Strasbourg and busking for a wee while before heading on to Mannheim where we stopped again for some more busking, before finally heading up to Hoffheim where we ment up with some friends for dinner and more tunes.

Over the alps to Switzerland

Mark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:02:49 +0000

On Friday we had a long drive over from Forli over the alps and into Switzerland. Thankfully the temperature dropped from the 40 deg in Italy down into the 20s which makes the gigs a little less exhausting. We have just finished a very busy weekend with a gig on Friday in a small Swiss village called Rue and then all day workshops on Saturday followed by a Scottish/Swiss ceilidh with a great mix of Scottish, Swiss and French dancing. We have a day off today to catch up with some sleep and then its on the road again tomorrow and into Germany.

France and Italy

Mark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:56:45 +0000

We have had a great time so far in our travels, although the weather has been a little hot, with temperatures of around 38 deg in Paris for our gig in the Auld Alliance. After paris we headed south to Orleans where we had another great evening in the St Andrews pub and met some great French musicians.

After some more long drives we made our way to the South of France for a few more gigs in Toulon and then over to a small town near Avignon for more great tunes followed by a few days of traveling over towards Italy stopping briefly in Monte Carlo (only to get moved on by the police for busking before heading into Italy. We hearly got tempeted by one of the wee boats but don’t think we’ll make quite enough from this tour…..

In Italy we stopped over in Bologna and then headed to Forli where we had a great gig in a beautiful old church with the Box full of Treasures folk club.

Arrived in France

Mark — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:02:36 +0000

After many hours in the car we have now made it to the venue for the first of our tour gigs in France, we came over on the overnight ferry last night from Portsmouth where we left just after the sun was setting across the bay and arrived in St Malo shortly after sunrise this morning. Feeling a little tired from the travels but looking forward to getting into the gigs and starting to get used to driving on the right.