A very special evening at the Usher Hall to see Rufus Wainwright backed by the BBC Scotland Symphony Orchestra. Stunning.

@selfesteem.music-social.com what a stunning performance in Edinburgh last night. One of my favourite gigs of all time

Added The Transcendent Tide to my @dougjohnstone.bsky.social collection @orendabooks.bsky.social

Absolutely stunning performance by @hamishhawk.bsky.social official at the Edinburgh Book Festival last night. He did his own version of Ivor Cutler's Life In A Scotch Sitting Room.

Friday night in a big top to see @hamishhawk.bsky.social at Fringe By The Sea. As excellent as ever.

Sisters by The Bluebells. The new extended version, number 3 of 250 Assai Records Obi Edition

Some great music at the Solas Festival yesterday from Theo Bleak, Alice Faye and Hamish Hawk

@hamishhawk.bsky.social set list from the Solas Festival yesterday

Delicious words about Independent Bookshop Week by Michael Pedersen in Dollar last night

80 pages in and this is a great read

Withered Hand in Edinburgh on Saturday morning

Withered Hand in the East Neuk on Friday night

My modern musette putting in a shift on Record Store Day @weare1of100.bsky.social

Sacred Paws being brilliant at the Tolbooth in Stirling on Saturday night 🎵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎵

Superb Jill Lorean gig in Newport-On-Tay last night put on by the brilliant Big Rock Records

This Rock by Jill Lorean. Having a listen ahead of Saturday's gig in Newport-On-Tay

Lochore Meadows looking lovely in the sunshine #lifeinfife

Gig number 8 of the year. Admiral Fallow performing their Tree Bursts In Snow album in full. Quality stuff.

Sunday night listening to Boygenius

Sad, creepy songs from Kathryn Joseph in Stirling last night. Stunning.

There is always.....

A very cool neon sign by Richard Jobson in Abbot House, Dunfermline

Couple of photos from Pittencrieff Park this morning

Number 57 of 120 picked up at the Usher Hall merch stall before the @hamishhawk.bsky.social gig last night

@hamishhawk.bsky.social were superb in the Usher Hall last night. They've come a long way since first seeing them in the Dreel Halls in Anstruther nine years ago

Some more @hamishhawk.bsky.social

Warming up for the Usher Hall Gig tonight @hamishhawk.bsky.social

Can't get out of the car when this classic is playing 🎵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎵

The deluxe edition boxset of Tonight by Franz Ferdinand

Time to make some plans @thelistuk.bsky.social

A very cool, original 1950s, Japanese clockwork robot

Discovered that Flemings Antique and Furniture Centre in Inverkeithing has a record stall inside. There's a decent selection of nicely priced records.

Gig number 5 of the year. @jamesyorkston.bsky.social and friends, KT Tunstall and @pictishtrail.bsky.social on the last night of the Tae Sup Wi A Fifer tour. Old friends from the East Neuk of Fife having a blast at the Eastgate Theatre in Peebles. Managed to catch KT's guitar plectrum 😀

A new addition to Lochore Country Park.

Outside the Old Town Barber Club in Dunfermline #lifeinfife

Eight years ago today I saw @hamishhawk.bsky.social at the Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. Will be seeing him again later this month in a slightly bigger venue, the Usher Hall.

Nice wander around Aberdour this afternoon #lifeinfife

A treat from @carlajeaston.bsky.social arrived yesterday. Demo versions of songs from upcoming album number 5 🤩 Bonus badge thrown in as well 🎵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎵

Charles Rennie MackIntosh building on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, during my walk yesterday morning.

Honey I Shrunk The Kids mural in Glasgow that I accidentally stumbled across this morning.

The new album by C Duncan, It's Only A Love Song. Full of beautiful, sumptuous strings.

Gig number 4 of the year KT Tunstall at Celtic Connections playing Eye to the Telescope in full to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary. An excellent evening with some special guest appearances from Eddie Reader, Julie Fowlis and Justin Currie

Gig number 3 of the year was an all-star cast for Roddy Hart's Roaming Roots Revue. Hamish Hawk, Villagers, Withered Hand, Kathryn Williams, Little Acres, Phil Campbell, Yola, Ed Harcourt and Jill Jackson. All backed by the Royal Scottish Conservatoir Orchestra. Superb stuff

Hamish Hawk covering Life On Mars at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall backed by the Royal Scottish Conservatoir Orchestra will live rent free in my head forever

Gig number two of the year, Lloyd Cole at the Royal Concert Hall for Celtic Connections.

Sky Meadows by The Pearlfishers picked for just £10 from one of the bargain bins at Assai Records in Edinburgh.

Picked up my Assai Records Edition of the new Franz Ferdinand album, The Human Fear.

Franz Ferdinand were on superb form in Edinburgh last night.

A wintery Blairadam Forest with added Springer Spaniel

@michaelmisrubbish.bsky.social very pleased to come home to this today