on 16th December 2022
This Friday’s MHS archive now uploaded from the vaults is… Mull Historical Society performing ‘The Final Arrears’ live on ‘Born Sloppy’ on Channel 4. Filmed: 3/03/03. Taken from the second MHS album ‘Us’, now available to PRE-ORDER on special vinyl reissue along with ‘Loss’ & ‘This Is Hope’. Presented by Sara Cox, fellow guests included: Supergrass, […]
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on 24th December 2020
Hello ‘Society Members’ & Friends, Wishing you and your families a safe and happy Christmas and a healthy 2021, at the end of what has been an unheralded year for us all. I’d like to share this little film, a new arrangement of ‘Little Bird‘, recorded in August back home at An Tobar Arts Centre, Tobermory, isle […]
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on 6th July 2019
LATITUDE FESTIVAL! SATURDAY JULY 20TH: MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY & BERNARD BUTLER – MUSIC & FILM ARENA 8PM – BUY TICKETS 2000 TREES FESTIVAL: MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY & BERNARD BUTLER FRIDAY JULY 12TH FOREST STAGE, 9PM – BUY TICKETS EDINBURGH FESTIVAL! MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY & BERNARD BUTLER: THE MASH HOUSE, FRIDAY AUGUST 30TH – BUY […]
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on 21st June 2019
Delighted to announced Colin will be performing an MHS set with Bernard Butler accompanying on guitar at this years’ Latitude. Bernard (Suede founder, McAlmost & Butler, and much more) has produced the new MHS album ‘Wakelines‘. Colin will also be performing a book reading at the event. LATITUDE FESTIVAL 2019 MUSIC & FILM ARENA: Saturday July […]
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on 21st December 2018
MHS TO PLAY SHIIINE ON WEEKENDER MINI CRUISE TO AMSTERDAM! Friday 15th March 2019 BUY TICKETS! More details of the show and line-up below Shiiine On is the ultimate festival celebrating the Indie & Dance movement of the late 90s, 2000’s and beyond. With well-known musicians as well DJ sets and cinema screenings, this is […]
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on 30th July 2018
Check out the Mull Historical Society video for new single ‘Wakelines’ premiered with Clash Magazine – HERE ‘Wakelines’ is a charming, fresh-sounding lyrical return with a slight undercurrent of sadness…” Click on the tour dates to PRE-ORDER the album! SEPT 20: GLASGOW, HUG & PINT – ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY (Venue change from CCA due to fire)SEPT 21: EDINBURGH, […]
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on 23rd August 2017
‘Trainspotting’ author Irvine Welsh has named Mull Historical Society acclaimed debut album ‘Loss’ among his favourite albums of all time! See who else he picked on Radio X (Bowie, Roxy Music…) “Rousing, beautifully crafted songs. His gigs are incredible entertainment.” Check out ‘Loss‘ Irvine also mentioned recently on U.S. book blog The Virtual Memories Show that he had Colin’s […]
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Hi all, I am very excited (and pinching myself a bit) to bring the news that my debut novel The Letters of Ivor Punch is to be published in Spring 2015 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, of the Orion Publishing Group. You can read more news of the announcement from the Orion press release here or from […]
Read Moreon 24th January 2014
Following the 'fucking triumph' (not our words – yours!) of Mull at Celtic Connections, and head of MHS's performance of 'Loss' tonight at Scotland's Big Burns Supper in Dumfries, Friday 24th January, we thought you might like something from another bard, so here's one of Colin's grandfather's published poems – 'The SS Politician' (about the […]
Read Moreon 7th December 2012
COLIN ON BBC RADIO SCOTLAND – 'MY LIFE IN FIVE SONGS' Look out for Colin picking his favourite tunes and discussing his creative life, in conversation with Phil Cunningham on BBC Radio Scotland on 13th December at 2.05pm (and repeated on the a.m. of 16th): Listen
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WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE 'MUST YOU GET LOW', Filmed & Directed by Ben Morse. "We write dreams, so what's your part here?" Just uploaded, you can now see the brand spanking new video here: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrrhcGjzO0k?fs=1&feature=oembed]
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Check out the tracks that helped inspire new MHS album 'City Awakenings' Spotify
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