We've gone to Los Angeles, California for a few weeks and while we're there, we're looking into the acoustic music scene. It was the first time we'd been to a Sofar Sounds event. It sounded interesting. You go online and buy tickets for a music event without knowing who's playing and which venue it's going... Continue Reading →
August 2019. Circa 16 Studios, Dumfries, Scotland. Dave Miller sound engineer. Purplebox Productions on visuals. Armorel on cello. Joe on harmonica. RioMacRae on cloud nine and on fire! https://youtu.be/vHOzc8mToBQ
We're back in Spain now, but we've had busy times indeed. Here are a few highlights of our summer. July in CornwallWe were delighted to take part in World Refugee Day at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan with several other bands and a choir. Money was raised, useful items collected and much fun was had... Continue Reading →
Hola! We're back from our summer shenanigans and raring to go with the next Club Desierto. Sunday 29th September2.30pmBar El AlbarEl PilarLubrin Our special guest is Andy Butlin - a purveyor of fine songs. RioMacRae will be sharing our brand new songs. A relaxing Sunday afternoon with live and original music. We hope you can come.... Continue Reading →
Denise has written a story of events that happened in Dumfriesshire, Scotland in the nineteenth century. This was published in the Autumn 2018 edition of well-known literary magazine Southlight and is a true story of the murder of a pedlar boy called John Elliot in the lowland hills of Eskdalemuir and the local peoples’ response... Continue Reading →
Last month we spent time at our friend Jason’s recording studio laying down some backing vocals on his latest album 'The Ghosts of Granada'. It is always fun to work with him and the album is all original and full of great music. We are loving it! It’s out on 21 June. In the meantime,... Continue Reading →
This summer we will be heading to our favourite festival in the UK - the Upton Blues Festival in Worcestershire (19-21 July). Last year we played twice on the Campsite Stage with our friends Joe Evans and Rob McCabe - watch here. We were also interviewed twice and did a live 4 song set on... Continue Reading →
At the last Club Desierto event in May, we were joined by our good friend Armorel Allen on cello for this video of ‘Border Town’. Thanks to the steady hand of Iris Thorneywork on the camera. It was such a lovely afternoon with plenty of people enjoying the sunshine at El Albar. This was the... Continue Reading →
We drove and then tramped across a Spanish desert, passing palm trees to find this abandoned Game of Thrones film set. We sang some songs, made a vid or two and got some photos. Great laughs and fun! So, here is a vid of our song ‘Blown Off Course”, which is about the sober subject... Continue Reading →
