Week 34 #tuneoftheweek is a jig in E minor. I wrote this on the whistle. I was hoping to write something in a major key but this is what came […]

I wrote this tune when I returned to Glasgow after the Scots Trad Music Awards last weekend but I’ve only just got round to recording it. The awards were held […]

It really is amazing how quickly each week comes around when doing a weekly project like #tuneoftheweek. I feel like I’ve only just written a tune and it’s then time […]

Week 31 #tuneoftheweek has seen me write my very first strathspey. I have some feelings of insecurity about this tune as strathspeys wouldn’t be my strongest type of tune by […]

Well, week 30 is here already for my #tuneoftheweek project. I wasn’t trying to write a tune when this came out at the weekend. I’d just picked up the whistle […]

I wrote this tune whilst on Islay this weekend for the fantastic festival that is The Islay Sessions. I was out for the whole weekend playing in a wee duo […]

I’m absolutely over the moon to have been nominated in the ‘Composer of the Year’ category in the 2014 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. My #tuneoftheweek project has already […]

This week’s #tuneoftheweek is a slip jig in G minor. I think it’s my first tune in G minor for this project so far. A lot of the time if […]

Last week I hit a milestone in my #tuneoftheweek project having written 25 tunes, one tune every week for 25 consecutive weeks. I’m very proud of what I’ve managed to […]