Hey Folkeys,

Myself, Josh Damigo and Saba will be performing an end of year show at ‘Irenic’ (see tour section) in North Park, San Diego on the 2nd of December. The doors open at 7pm!!

Check out Josh and Saba here:
Josh Damigo http://www.joshdamigo.com/

Saba http://www.spinsterrecordings.com/

Presale tickets are available now for $10 and will be $15 at the door. The show itself will be filmed and recorded by Mr Craig Rian.

For tickets: http://casbah.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?lid=61326

This show is ALL AGES and families are encouraged. Kids 12 and under are FREE with paid adult admission.

Beer & Wine bar will be available…..naturally! 🙂

http://www.sddialedin.com/p/sddi-events.html

Let’s finish 2011 with a bang!
Colin x

Thursday the 8th September saw us perform live on San Diego television news channel KUSI. We played for an hour or so and I believe they used little snippets here and there to help us promote the artwalk by the bay set we performed on Sep. 11th.

I hope to get this video up on here asap……..watch this space!

It’s with great delight (and a slightly sore heid) I can announce, I won ‘Best Acoustic Act’ at the 2011 San Diego Music Awards! I thanked a few people last night in my acceptance speech but there are so many more I wish I could have thanked before getting the stage hook! 🙂

This win was down to all my friends and fans who voted for me and pushed the name out there. It’s a messy business but we got there in the end. Without you this couldn’t and wouldn’t have happened. I love you all.
Cheers
Colin X

Friends,

It’s with great excitement that I announce ‘Celtic crossroads’.

Irish fiddler extraordinaire Patric Petrie (of Skelpin), Irish singer songwriter David Lally and myself are holding an event at Oceanside’s delightful Sunshine Brooks Theatre. This evening of music will be held on Saturday the 25th of June at 730pm. The title is a suggestion of all our ‘celticness’ and how they intertwine and cross paths………..or something to that effect!

The format will be a showcase of our own individual styles combined with some collaborations between each artist and some special guests. Members of my band, including James Hood on lead guitar and Scottish Percussionist John McCallum will join me on stage to perform songs from my Internationally acclaimed album Doricana. Quite possibly a few Scottish favourites will be thrown into the Celtic cauldron and we’ll see how it tastes!

Tickets for this unique evening can be purchased direct from myself, David or Patric. They can also be purchased at the door and through the venue’s website:

Tickets are currently priced at $15.
http://www.nvtheatre.com/Tickets.htm
Please feel free to ‘share’ this event on Facebook too:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118199008259843&ref=ts

This will probably be my last performance in Southern California till the end of the Year. So, I hope to see all my friends and fans come out and enjoy a evening of music friendship and laughter.

Colin

‘…we are all connected by invisible lines…’

I’ll be embarking on a tour from Seattle on the 28th April. I’ll then be heading South through Ocean Shores, Portland, Vancouver (WA), Lake Oswego and then performing at the Sacramento Highland Games on the weekend of May 7th and 8th. Tickets for games can be found at:

http://www.saccallie.org/games/

Keep checking the tour section (on the book shelf) for gig info.

It’s with much sadness that I have to report that my Japanese tour has been postponed due to current circumstances in the country. My heart goes out to all affected by these recent events.

I hope to rearrange dates (and add more) later in the Year.
Warmest thanks
Colin

Doricana Producer / Engineer Alan Sanderson has won a Grammy for the work he did on San Diegan band, Switchfoot’s ‘Hello Hurricane’ album! A massive congratulations to my good friend Alan. It’s thoroughly well deserved!

There will be a bus running from San Diego up to the Molly Malone’s gig in L.A on the 17th February, to book an exclusive seat on this party bus please contact colin@s920040513.websitehome.co.uk

Warmest thanks
Colin

I’ve uploaded a ‘Behind the Scenes’ film on the recording of my new album Doricana!!!!! Starring myself, Alan Sanderson, James Hood, Enrique Platas and Marvin Glover.