Dutch Acoustic radio shows with Robin Boult and John Beck We arrive on Friday afternoon to play Live Uit Lloyd and it’s on the station Radio Rijnmond. At night we will be playing live on a show called Met Het Oog Op Morgen on Radio 1. This Saturday I¹ll be playing 3 songs in a unique acoustic setting at Radio … Read More
Lost Weekend
I woke up early Friday with a heid fu o chocolate frogs, oh yes indeedy! I’d stopped watching the incoming results after another “No” was registered from the islands and knew the writing was on the wall. It was a forlorn hope that there might have been an unexpected surge if a wee fairy waved a magic wand somewhere but … Read More
18th September A Personal statement on the Scottish Referendum
What is going on up here in Scotland now and what has been going on for a very long time and what will be decided today I cannot ignore and would be an absolute lie if I chose to pretend it did not affect me and chose to avoid it for “commercial” reasons. I was born in Edinburgh, brought up … Read More
Thoughts on Scottish Independance
Internal Exile Download
I’ve just got back from Calum Malcolm’s where I dropped off material from the “Internal Exile” album that will be going up as a download this weekend on i tunes and other sites. “Internal Exile” has never been available for download and as I am putting up the videos for both “Internal Exile” and “Credo” which also have never been … Read More
John Beck joins the Fish Circus to replace Mike Varty on keyboards
I’m very excited and pleased to announce that John Beck (It Bites) has joined the band as my new keyboard player to replace Mike Varty and bring us his vast experience and huge talent to complete a very special new line-up. I’ve known and admired him since 1987 when It Bites supported Marillion at Wembley arena and our paths … Read More
European Tour Dates Autumn 2014
Here are the tour dates for the end of the year . There are 2 shows to be confirmed, one in Germany ,the other in Italy, with a possible date in Southern France between Madrid and Milan. The rest of the spaces in the date sheet are assigned as “days off” with a 5 day break for band and crew … Read More
Homethoughts from Abroad
Well after that traumatic last week Monday began with the dealing with the fall out. The single “Blind to the Beautiful” dropped out of the Top 40 Independent charts in the UK which was no surprise considering I lost the principle support mechanism from the media opportunities generated by the lost UK tour and have so far had no support … Read More
A Sair Fecht
Lucky White Heather Club must have thrown me out without telling me or there’s someone out there with a Fish voodoo doll and a penchant for pin sticking! So there I was extricating myself from the wreckage of the tour with my mind programmed into gigging and suddenly I had to come to terms with more of the “day job”. … Read More







