Famous For Being Famous – the videoshoot diary of Andy Warhol

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"In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." Andy Warhol, 1968 "I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous'."  Hi  Last Saturday night (bank holiday weekend) I went out with Brendon the video Director and shot the video. It's on […]

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It’s war-hol, as in hole…

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Hi All, Hope you enjoy some of the below – it's amazing what you can find in the loft.  I wrote 'It Seems' with the same group of songs that became 'Loss', my first album. I think i had a sore throat that day but in my excitement at being in a studio recording an […]

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Home again…

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Hi All I’ve been back home on Mull recording what will follow The Water. Having over 3 years between This Is Hope and The Water i dont want that to happen again, so its been good to work at what’s next so soon and at the same time as this campaign.  The next single from […]

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Songs From The Canyon – Brighton – acoustic performance

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Hi All I'll be playing an acoustic set this Monday bank holiday (26th May) in Brighton. Also on the bill are Tom McCrae & Kathryn Williams. All you need is copied below,  Cheers C www.myspace.com/songsfromthecanyon Tickets are available at the venue, The Joogleberry Playhouse, 14 – 17 Manchester St, Brighton, BN2 1TF – 01273 687171 […]

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Channel M live studio performance of ‘Be My Saviour’ & ‘Famous For Being Famous’

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Cheers to all who came along to the UK tour – see you very soon! C http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1127703951

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Be My Saviour Video Shoot

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Hi All I had the video shoot for the first single last week. Filmed it in Hoxton, East London. Very near where i recorded This Is Hope in the Strongroom Studios – that place will always feel a bit like home. Actually did some of The Water there too. The sun came out. Anyway, the […]

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The Water is released in Japan….today

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Hi All A good day….. BMG Japan Release The Water today!! 23/04/08 I think i should have a Japanese meal tonight in celebration…and watch the football somewhere. I love their packaging of the album – it all looks very cool. http://www.bmgjapan.com/_artist/info.php?id=2371 I’m being played on radio over there, on FM 802 if anyone is in […]

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I NEED YOU FOR MY VIDEO!!

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Hi All This is an SOS out to all of you who have ever fancied being in a music video – I'd love to have some of you up there on screen with me for new single Be My Saviour. Grab a hairbrush/broom handle or your Gran/child/pet and do your stuff. Mime the track off […]

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My trip to Westminster with Tony Benn

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In my last blog I said I’d let you know about one of the best days I’ve ever had. It happened two weeks ago. And In my blog In October last year I mentioned October's Book Of The Month: 'MORE TIME FOR POLITICS' – Dairies 2001-2007 by Tony Benn, in which I was stunned to […]

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The Water………….is launched today

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and now it feels real like sliding off a cliff and this past week i achieved a dream come true….more to come on that in my next posting, and some photos of a great day at Westminster, which felt like floating on air. hopefully see some of you this week across the Beanscene acoustic in-stores. […]

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love this……..

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Tom Waits ‘Martha’ cover on Youtube – check it out, i love it, some old guy in the states w/ great shades on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyWjhtw_veo

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! – Listen to samples of The Water, PRE PRDER NOW !! Colin

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