Malawi Blog No.5 – hometime

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Back in Glasgow on Thurs we have a press launch for the gig where a container of Scottish aid will leave for Malawi, for this warehouse, so it was great to see where it all ends up. The aid warehouse is the base for the backpack project – MM have sent 30,000 backpacks overseas this […]

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Malawi Blog No.4 – ‘Most Welcome…’

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Hi all Yesterday on the way to a national wildlife reserve we passed through a township within walking distance to us – very colourful and we made a note to return. We were off to go to the reserve to see some of the surrounding animals – I'd heard there were birds, not my favourite, […]

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Malawi Blog No.3 – Mkwanda School (under 6’s) *photos added*

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Hi All Just visited this school on the edge of Blantyre. The children are all under 6 and are orphaned. Some live with extended families. They come to this school to be fed a Mary's Meal. Donald and I sat among them and soon we were surrounded! I was filming them and they loved seeing […]

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Malawi Blog 2 – St Augustines School – and a detour…

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Hi All What an amazing experience so far. I'm going to write something up over the weekend but here are some images and quick recollections while I can get online. The photos are from St Augustines School in Balak, Malawai. Some of you in Scotland may see the film on STV channel this week. I'll […]

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Colin’s off to Malawi! New album demos in the backpack…

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Hi All I'm off to Malawi to visit the Mary's Meals project out there in advance of the gig listed below. More details of the visit are on the press release below too.  You can read my tales and hear/see some impromptu performances out there on my own blog: http://colinmacintyre.typepad.com/blog Cheers! Colin    @twitter  @facebook  @myspace   Mull musician […]

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Malawi Blog No.1 – the off

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Hi all, in advance of the below gig, I'm off today to visit Mary's Meals schools projects in Malawi. I'm just about checked-in and waiting for my flight, via Ethiopia.  I'll also be playing at a local concert on Sat 23rd Oct in Blantyre, Malawi: we'll have images and film feeding back to here along the way […]

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New album

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NEW ALBUM ! Hi all The update is that I've been writing & demoing and now have the theme for my new album, to follow The Water album, after the more acoustic sound of 'Island'. So the new songs are back to a more 'electric' sound and are feeling good. I always like to have a theme to hang things […]

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Mary’s Meals Music Concert – Malawi trip

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MARY'S MEAL MUSIC – Fri 29th Oct – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow Hi All I'm excited to announce this event which I've helped organise. It's a concert for Mary's Meals, a charity which feeds 420,000 children around the world and has its base in Argyll, Scotland (en route to Mull).   I'm performing at it (with band), Jon Fratelli (playing […]

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Mary’s Meals Concert – Colin MacIntyre, Jon Fratelli & more… Colin’s Malawi visit

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MARY'S MEAL MUSIC – Fri 29th Oct – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow  Hi All I'm excited to announce this event which I've helped organise. It's a concert for Mary's Meals, a charity which feeds 420,000 children around the world and has its base in Argyll, Scotland (en route to Mull).   I'm performing at it (with band), Jon Fratelli (playing […]

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Sunday Herald announcement

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Tomorrow in the Sunday Herald they announce a charity gig that me & Band are performing at, which I've helped organise. It's in Glasgow at the end of Oct. Good line-up & DJ's. Should be a fun night! http://www.heraldscotland.com/  

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