MHS @Belladrum Festival + EDINBURGH SUMMERALL NEXT UP (4/8/23)

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Were you there? Soundcheck and then the show 27987d9d982a4f6ba964583080bf3637 Edinburgh this Friday 4th August — full band show with strings — TICKETS New ‘ROOM’ album out now

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Mull Historical Society EDINBURGH FESTIVAL Summerhall – Friday 4th August *Full band show With Strings*

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MHS: July Mailer – Album news / shows / reviews / sessions

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  WATCH ALBUM TRAILER  “At once melodious and spiky” – The Sunday Times Culture “Both epic and intimate” – The Scotsman   “A remarkable, utterly fascinating album”– Far Out Magazine BUY NOW on DL / CD and pink Double-vinyl HERE LIVE THIS WEEK: BELLADRUM & EDINBURGH SUMMERHALL FRI 4 AUGUST THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED… ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’ on DL […]

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Author Nick Hornby provides lyrics for the new MHS single ‘Panicked Feathers’ – ALBUM OUT NOW!

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“Outside… my bedroom there was a flat roof // The garage roof where cats came through // My bedroom sat at the top // And sometimes they’d bring birds dead or dying // And sometimes they would drag them in // Over my teenage face // But who knows with cats, with cats? // And […]

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Mull Historical Society – In My Mind There’s A Room trailer & Great Reviews

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https://youtube.com/shorts/3vMwW77qomI?feature=share My new Mull Historical Society Society album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room’ “Both epic & intimate” – The Scotsman “At once melodious & spiky” – The Times and The Sunday Times Culture “A remarkable, utterly fascinating album”- Far Out Magazine Out Now on DL/CD/Double Vinyl Xtra Mile Recordings Here Video created by Daniel […]

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IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM Out Now! – MY ‘ROOM’

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Brilliant to see your feedback on my new @MullHistorical album. Was a dream to work on. 13 acclaimed writers sent me words on special rooms to them, I then (grew up) and recorded them in this very special room to me back home (me, hands clasped) in my grandparents/great-grandparent’s flat  Out now on Xtra Mile […]

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New MHS album out now – Booker-winner Sebastian Barry’s “ROOM”

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A special moment for me in my new MHS album ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’ and my collaborations with authors, is having Sebastian Barry on board. The Laureate For Irish Fiction Sebastian’s work has hugely influenced my own writing. His ‘room’ is in Kelshabeg, Wicklow: Here are his exquisite words (+my scribbles) & a […]

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Great 4/5 Reviews of the new MHS album in The Sunday Times & The Scotsman

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4/5 > New Mull Historical Society album > great review in The Sunday Times Culture by Dan Cairns – the album is out now on Xtra Mile Recordings      4/5 > In The Scotsman  BUY NOW!  

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Colin / MHS chats new album with The Herald Scotland – OUT NOW!

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I’ve been chatting rooms/collaboration/authors and heading home and away on my new Mull Historical Societyalbum with HeraldScotland @GabyMcKay Xtra Mile Recordings Val McDermid Ian Rankin Sonic PR MHS at Edinburgh Summerhall FRIDAY 4th August!

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Colin / MHS live in session on Billy Sloan Show @BBC Radio Scotland

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I will be strumming and chatting live in session on the Billy Sloan Show on BBC Radio Scotland BBC ScotlandTonight Sat 22nd JULY (From 10pm) — playing an MHS early track and 2 new tracks off the new @mullhistorical Society “ROOM” album – OUT NOW! on Xtra Mile Recordings >> You can tune in live […]

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A Garden of ROOMS… strum through my New MHS album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room’

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A garden of rooms… a strum and a few words on my new @mullhistorical album – Out today! – ‘In My Mind There’s A Room’ > It has been a special joy using the words from 13 literary giants about a room of significance to them, that I then used to write songs and record […]

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‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’ — NEW MHS ALBUM OUT NOW!!

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  I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY OUR ROOMS!! I’VE LOVED VISITING THEM — COLIN x BUY NOW on DL / CD and pink Double-vinyl HERE. Featuring literary giants: Nick Hornby, Ian Rankin, Jacqueline Wilson, Liz Lochhead, Val McDermid, Jennifer Clement, Alan Warner, Sebastian Barry, Stephen Kelman, James Robertson, Jackie Kay, Jason Mott – and Angus Macintyre (my […]

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