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Burns Unit debut album due for release 2nd Aug
Since we all first met over 3 years ago, many of us involved with the Burnsong Songhouse project that took place over a week in a house in Southwest Scotland in Dec 2006, have been getting together (if a little sporadically) to play songs, write more songs, and record those songs as The Burns Unit. The resultant recordings have at last made it to record and the debut album ‘Side Show’ is due to be released on 2nd August.
We play 4 shows to celebrate the release of said album, at Cambridge Folk Festival, Glasgow’s ABC and Edinburgh’s Queen Hall. Go to Shows to find out more.
The Burns Unit is:
Kim Edgar
Kenny Anderson (King Creosote)
Michael Johnston
Sushil Dade (Future Pilot A.K.A)
Soom T
Emma Pollock
Karine Polwart
Mattie Foulds
New single, video and b-side - 'Red Orange Green' out 24th May
The new single to be taken from the new album, ‘Red Orange Green’, is out on Monday 24th May and we have a brand new video for it to show off courtesy of the wonderful Laura McCullagh.
The single will be available from iTunes and will be accompanied by
a cover of Elvis Costello’s classic ‘New Amsterdam’ which I tackled one day recently in the studio with the help of Alun Woodward’s engineering skills.
Glasgow Apple Store Gig May 13th
This Thursday – May 13th – I play an Apple Store instore in Glasgow’s Buchanan Street shop.
It will be a full band gig and we start to make noise at 6pm.