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 […]

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!  

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!

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

COLIN WILL ALSO BE PERFORMING A FEW TUNES! ALAN IS A CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR ON THE SONG ‘WAKE UP SALLY’ ON THE NEW MHS ALBUM – BUY HERE

The NEW Mull Historical Society single ‘PANICKED FEATHERS’ is out TODAY! With original words by the author Nick Hornby evoking such a vivid picture of his teenage bedroom. His mischief & adventure of coming of age was really fun to work on! Video by Daniel Padden (Music): The new album ‘In My Mind There’s A […]

Listen / Watch this fun interview I had on Dom Joly ‘s JACKfm Oxfordshire show: talking rooms – my new Mull Historical Society album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room’ – plus all the other agenda matters of any self-respecting historical society HERE

Countdown to the new MHS album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room’ – my collaboration with some of my fave authors on significant rooms to them. Sharing the rooms of Ian Rankin ‘My Bedroom Was My Rocket’ & Val McDermid ‘Room of Masks’ > plus the song sheets (their original words typed, and my subsequesnt […]

My new Mull Historical Society single ‘Panicked Feathers’ is out this Weds on Xtra Mile Recordings > Words by legendary best-selling author Nick Hornby & video by Daniel Padden > You can pre-save the single HERE!    The new album art is an original painting by BAFTA-winning film dir. & musician-artist, John MacLean of The Beta […]