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No sign lockdown easing, but Endorsing Artist for Remic Microphones!

EXCITING NEWS! I’m delighted to announce that I’m officially a Remic Endorsing Artist! I’m honoured to join a list of some of the worlds best double bassists across genres like Simón García Bass, Adam BookerMagnus Bergström (bassist with Christian Jormin Trio) and Andres Martínto name a few. I’ve used their microphones on all my live gigs since 2018 and the sound it captures is fantastic. All we need are for live gigs to return!!!!

Time for a break!

It’s been a fairly busy, exciting and draining couple of months. With two tours back to back followed by numerous other one off gigs and teaching commitments, i’m completely pooped! Luckily for me i’ve got a few weeks of traveling around South America coming up after Christmas in the form of my honeymoon. Have a great festive holiday and see you in the new year!

Nominated as Young Scot of the Year!

A surprising early Christmas present today, I’ve named as one of Scottish Review’s 20/20 Vision Young Scot’s of The Year! 

20/20 Vision aims to highlight 20 notable young people in their 20s who are involved in remarkable work. Each person is nominated from a variety of occupations, so to be the sole representative for music is rather humbling given the wealth of talented musicians in Scotland. Check out the work the other amazing 19 people are doing, it’s pretty inspiring!

Twelfth Day – Face To Face Release Tour

It’s tour time again! Off on the road for a bumper few weeks with Twelfth Day, catch us at one of these dates!

15th November – Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh
18th November – Hug and Pint, Glasgow
19th November – Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
22nd November – Ashburton Arts Centre, Ashburton, Devon
23rd November – Tolmen Centre, Constantine, Cornwall
24th November – The Acorn, Penzance, Cornwall
25th November – The Bell Inn, Bath
26th November – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
27th November – Cecil Sharp House, London
28th November – Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
29th November – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
30th November – Victoria Hall, Settle

Belgrade Jazz Festival with Henry Spencer + Queens Hall with Alan Benzie Trio

It was a busy couple of weeks, starting off by playing at the Queens Hall with Alan Benzie Trio. It was part of Tommy Smith’s curation of the jazz programme there. It was quite a unique challenge performing completely acoustically but was really fun, and a great initiative to get jazz out into a different performance space.

Then I flew to Belgrade for the first time with Henry Spencer & Juncture. It was a great festival and we were sharing the billing with Steve Coleman which was amazing. He is a unique voice in the music, and it was a real pleasure to see his set.

Julian Joseph Trio Chester

I had a wonderful time playing with British jazz icon Julian Joseph and his trio in Chester. I first met Julian back in 2009 when he chaired the panel which awarded me BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician of the Year. Since then i’ve guested in his trio a couple of times, each occasion being a moment of real learning for me. He’s also helped guide me through various projects I needed some help with, as well as being someone who has a passion for nurturing you jazz talent at his weekly jazz academy in London.