Newcomer is very nearly finished and you have a chance to order a copy TODAY!

I have launched a Crowdfunding Campaign on Indiegogo and hope to raise £5000. This will make up the remainder of my album budget, and fund a big CD launch in Glasgow (June 5th in Cottiers Theatre). Rewards for pledges include the album itself (signed of course!), CD launch tickets, tune commissions and more. Have a wee gander by clicking the button below:

The album will consist of seven instrumental tracks and three songs, two of which are poems of MacGill's I have put to music, and one self-penned song. Award winning musician and composer Mike Vass is engineering/producing the album and accompanying me, a host of amazing musicians; Michael Biggins (piano), Innes White (guitar), Steve Forman (percussion), Christine McGinley (French horn) and a string section; Seonaid Aitken (violin), Sarah Leonard (viola) and Su-a Lee (cello), with very special guests Andrew Waite (accordion), Tina Jordan Rees (flute), Jack Houston (spoken word) and Claire Hastings (vocals). 
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Sneak peak below of the album artwork by Somhairle MacDonald.

I'm thrilled that my second studio album 'Newcomer' is under production. In October I went into GloWorm Recordings in Glasgow with a group of fantastic musicians who brought my music to life: Innes White (guitar), Andrew Waite (accordion), Michael Biggins (piano), Steve Forman (percussion), Christine MacGinley (French horn), Seonaid Aitken (violin), Sarah Leonard (viola), Su-a Lee (cello), Tina Jordan Rees (flute) and Jack Houston (spoken word), with Mike Vass as engineer/producer.

'Newcomer' will focus on a literary heroine explored in Donegal writer Patrick MacGill’s novel 'The Rat Pit'. Norah Ryan was a woman of strength and beauty who nevertheless was vulnerable to poverty, sexual exploitation, and great emotional loss.