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tour diary day7: oxford
Well now, England is indeed a green and pleasant land, and Oxford is full of foppish handsome types in eclectic knitwear scooting around on bikes, just like in Inspector Morse, as one had hoped. We...
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tour diary day8: sheffield
sheffield, oh sheffield. there’s always one. sheffield was always going to be a risk for us, knowing only 3.5 people there between us all, and two of them had the ‘flu, so we winged it slightly and on...
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new things, a podcast
Well, we’re obviously back from our tour, but while we were in Manchester, we recorded a little podcast for our favourite ukulele blog, Ukulele Hunt which was a joy and a pleasure. We chatted a lot of...
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Modernity, or why my face is stuck in a screen ALL the time.
So “i write letters i never send” is now available on iTunes. It took me long enough, but there we have it, I know how to do that now. This self-release thing is a bit of a mystery still, but I think...
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some new projects, festival madness, and all that
Well, it’s been a while, dear people. It’s summer already, for crivens out loud! Edinburgh festival nearly upon us with its big ol’ clumpy feet, late nights and inconvenient bus take-overs. Am taking...
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New York
Hi all, well I thought I’d update you on the progress of my intrepid travels through a small pea-sized amount of America. I’m in New York, my former home-town, where I taught music and art for a few...
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New York to Philly
Dear Gentleman Benefactor at the Back I have since discovered you ‘slipped me a Benjamin’, as I’m reliably informed that’s called, and I gave you a cd. May I take this opportunity to thank you properly...
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Houston/ Austin
So can I just say I’m so used to being treated kindly with Texan manners, and being called ‘ma’am’, that it’s going to be a bit of a shock returning home to the grunts and shuffles of normal life....
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Home again
Ok so I did manage to find a picture in my phone of Houston, here it is, folks, enveloped in the mists of time travel. Now I’m home I can’t quite believe I was there at all, a busy week looms before...
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sleep
I know it would appear I’ve been sleeping, dear people, but there’s no rest for the likes of me, I’ve just gone underground is all. Rest assured, there shall be some new developments soon, new songs,...
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praise be
Sometimes it’s hard to keep going. I obsess that what I do has no point whatsoever in terms of importance. I have a basic need to create things, for my own sanity’s sake, that lives outwith what anyone...
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Home-Pontefract-Home
Dearhearts, as Autumn encroaches, we return from the delights of the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival where a great time was had by all. We played our sad songs, people cried into their hand-crafted...
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London, and autumn leaf shufflings
So dears, I went to London for another little turn of the stage at the 12Bar Club, which went, you know, fine. I am getting better at London, and it is not so much getting the better of me. Beforehand...
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Warm surprises…
So just when I’m contemplating the battle through the winter blizzards of my brain to a new record, I receive news from Kev at Avalanche Records in Edinburgh (this is where one says ‘support your local...
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Old/new
I’ve been given the gift of space today to write some music, the thing I can liken it to the most is New Bike Feeling. The street is quiet outside, the gear’s all set up, who knows, I may record a...
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Lately
So, dear reader, we have begun recording our next album. It’s pure, and very me, and it seems to be shaping up pretty much the way it has been in my mind for a long time, thanks to tireless efforts of...
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And on we go and so on…
Here she is, our starlet. So there’s much being done, I am like the proverbial duck’s legs. I’ve been managing the tour, making last-minute string arrangements for ridiculous last-minute songs to sing...
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New produce from the garden
Hello. Here is my lovely new record. Out on 2nd June on heavy black 45rpm 12″ vinyl and download. It’s exciting. Here is a link to make a pre-order: http://emilyscottmusic.bandcamp.com/ You get a free...
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Tour diary #1: Glasgow
Aww, well it’s not really a tour yet if you’re still in your home town, and just round the corner at that. But ho! We had an emotionally charged, let’s say, afternoon. A viola mishap and last minute...
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Tour diary #2: Durham
Tour proper begins with our journey to Durham. A long-suffering lass at the car hire place watched me hum and haw like a dentist into the open maw of a wide array of vehicles to assess their...
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