on 7th December 2009
Hi All Here's my Jan 2010 gigs: hitting the warmer and colder climates: St Augustine in Florida where I'll be playing in the town where I wrote Island on a borrowed guitar and on a diet of toffee apples and red wine. It's become a home from home and much of what you've heard from […]
Read Moreon 25th November 2009
Love this still from Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette film. And being reminded of a great soundtrack. Anachronism is the first big word I learnt, when Fred Flintstone picked up a telephone. Update on new recordings to come. Colin
Read Moreon 5th November 2009
Hi All Thanks to those of you who came out to the October shows on both sides of the Atlantic. It felt like lots of unique nights for me and the band, you were great to play to – many highlights to look back on for us. Most nights were finished with 'Ned's Song' and, […]
Read Moreon 22nd October 2009
Tour hits Manchester Night & Day tonight. Felt like we brought the island to London last night. Thanks for all the tour feedback! Colin
Read Moreon 20th October 2009
Appropriate for an Island tour – tonight's promoter said he could have come and picked us up…and sailed us around the extra bulge in Ipswich
Read Moreon 18th October 2009
On route to Inverness. We hoped the van up ahead had a good variety of biscuits in it. The pics below are from a session at Moray Firth radio station: goes out tonight 8.30 or so, for streaming: http://www.mfr.co.uk/ Now at the venue in Inverness: on stage 9.40. Shows feeling really really good. Edinburgh + […]
Read Moreon 13th October 2009
Hi All Some random shots below from my trip to NY. The Chelsea Hotel has housed some famous names – Arthur Millar, Sid + Nancy, the guy who wrote Netherland (and the character in that book). Bleecker / MacDougal Street: if anyone has read Bob Dylan's 'Chronicles' book then you'll know that's where he started […]
Read Moreon 8th October 2009
From the dressing room at The Living Room. Gigging tonight across the river in Brooklyn, Union Hall. http://www.colinmacintyre.com/cm/GIGS.html New York inspirational + overwhelming as always. Falling leaves.. Setlist: Camelot Revisited Cape Wrath The Final Arrears The Edge Of Nearly I Tried Treescavengers Watching Xanadu Breathe Samuel Dempster RIP Maps (YYY's) You're A Star Dying to […]
Read Moreon 5th October 2009
Demo-ing new songs, quite intense but always helps to be reminded of your first initial at 3am after editing some drum loop for 2 hours.. adding reverb to timps etc. No vocals down yet but plenty bells. Waiting for more words to arrive. 15 new songs so far recorded in demo form, but some of this […]
Read Moreon 29th September 2009
Hey up All New album is out today in the States and Canada (29th Sept). It was written in the States (see article below) so it's very good to have it in the shops, online, on the wings of doves and seagulls or whatever over there. I've been recording at home, new songs to follow […]
Read Moreon 28th September 2009
Here's the story of my borrowed acoustic guitar that I wrote new album 'Island' on, thanks to the good people at Grampa's Music in St Augustine, Florida. Colin News of The World newspaper feature:
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