on 2nd December 2010
NEW ALBUM – Order it now! + Loads of exclusive CM & MHS archive offers Dear All, I’m about to record my new (6th) album. The songs are feeling good! Read on to find out more about how to get involved with exclusive offers - or you can steam ahead and order your own […]
Read Moreon 30th November 2010
International Talent Booking Agency Colin is proud to now be represented by the ITB Agency, home to his songwriting heroes such as Neil Young, Bob Dylan & Paul Simon. All live booking enquiries should now be directed to Joanna Ashmore at the ITB Agency: joanna@itb.co.uk / T: +44 (0)20 7637 6979 http://www.itb.co.uk colinmacintyre.com @twitter @facebook @myspace @typepad
Read Moreon 16th November 2010
Hi All Colin will be on Radio Scotland's 'Music Cafe' lunchtime programme on Weds (17th Nov) contributing to a discussion on musicians taking part in charity concerts, following his involvement in the Mary's Meals Music event in Glasgow. The discussion comes ahead of Friday's Children In Need annual BBC event. Listen live at 13.15pm: Listen live […]
Read Moreon 4th November 2010
Hi All Thanks to all the musicians, crew and all those who came to the Mary's Meals Music concert in Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket. We had a great turn out of 800 or so and lots of money and awareness raised for the good work Mary's Meals do worldwide. Here is my picture blog charting the […]
Read Moreon 4th November 2010
Hi All Thanks to all the musicians, crew and all those who came to the Mary's Meals Music concert in Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket. We had a great turn out of 800 or so and lots of money and awareness raised for the good work Mary's Meals do worldwide. Here is my picture blog charting the […]
Read Moreon 27th October 2010
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 […]
Read Moreon 27th October 2010
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, […]
Read Moreon 25th October 2010
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 […]
Read Moreon 23rd October 2010
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 […]
Read Moreon 19th October 2010
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 […]
Read Moreon 19th October 2010
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 […]
Read Moreon 4th October 2010
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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