Modhan Featured on BBC Scotland's Travelling Folk with Bruce Macgregor!

Modhan have been featured on well-known BBC Scotland show 'Travelling Folk' with Bruce Macgregor. Modhan's track 'Nightmare on Mill Street' formed part of Bruce's show on 16th August and you can listen to it again here through the BBC Scotland radio player. You'd better hurry though as the podcast is only available for 6 more days! You'll hear Modhan at around about 1.38ish...

Modhan are very excited about this plug on BBC Scotland's flagship folk programme. We're delighted to be involved and will keep you informed of any other radio/media plugs that come our way. If you haven't already done so, don't forget to check out and 'like' our facebook page as well!

We will be posting details of our wee Autumn tour of Scotland (and beyond) up in the near future, so stay in touch. Thanks again for your support!

Summer Hols...

We will be playing in the Greenmantle from 9pm tonight in what will be our last Edinburgh tune night for a couple of weeks while several band members leave the madness of Edinburgh for their holidays.

If you miss tonight we will back at the Black Cat, Rose St, on the 28th August. 

News, News, News...

We have been enjoying the best of the other home nations over the last couple of weeks with a couple of trips to Pembrokeshire and Oxford. Really big thanks to Mike and the rest of the staff at the Pentre Arms, Llangrannog, Pembrokeshire for the wonderful hospitality and we definitely hope to come back down next summer to play some gigs.

The Edinburgh based members of Modhan, that is Andy, Graham, Kay and Mark, are making the most of Graham being in the country by playing some tunes at the Greenmantle on Nicolson Street every second Thursday over the summer. Come and catch us this Thursday for a great pint and a raucous tune.

We are currently in the process of having a new website built which should be ready to launch sometime in September, this is very exciting as it will be our first professionally made website.

Remember if you are out enjoying the sun this Sunday, pop down to Princes St Gardens to catch Modhan on the Ross Bandstand between 1300 and 1400 as part of  A Scottish Fantasia 2012, see previous post for more details.

Modhan @ 'A Scottish Fantasia' 2012

Modhan are very pleased to announce that we will be performing on the Ross Bandstand in Edinburgh's Princes St Gardens on Sunday 29th July at 12pm. The performance will be a part of 'A Scottish Fantasia' http://www.ascottishfantasia.com/, a series of outdoor music concerts running between 21st July and 27th August and featuring top musical acts from all over Scotland. Check out their website for more details! 

The concerts are all free so come on down and enjoy some live music in the beautiful surroundings of the gardens. We hope to see you there!

Thanks to Pitmedden Music Festival

Pitmedden Community Festival was a great success last night, in spite of the constant rain. Our music went down really well with the large crowd and a very positive review was written about the gig in the Press and Journal.

"...with the superb Edinburgh-based band Modhan headlining. Modhan have created a fascinating blend of traditional Scottish music married with splashes of jazz and funk. The result, as you can hear on their new album The Admirals Fireworks, is constantly surprising world music that charms and engages." (Press and Journal, p6, 23/06/2012, Roddy Phillips)

 Thanks to the festival for asking us to play and thanks for everyone who came down for braving the cold and the rain.

Newspaper Article

There was a great article written about us in one of Aberdeenshire's local newpapers, getting a bit of publicity before the Pitmedden Community Music Festival, see previous post.

"Smooth basslines, jaunty fiddles and catchy acoustic guitar riffs mix with whistles, mandolins, bongos and drums for a unique sound hailing disparate musical traditions."

For the rest of the article...http://www.inverurieherald.co.uk/lifestyle/lifestyle-leisure/local-band-gets-set-to-rock-pitmedden-1-2351511

Pitmedden Music Festival

We are delighted to be headlining the Friday night at the Pitmedden Music Festival, a community festival up in Aberdeenshire in a couple of weeks. If you happen to be in the area then not only will you see some great music but all of it will be enjoyed in the beautiful surroundings of Pitmedden Gardens.  

Farewell to Mr C. Higgins

As mentioned previously Modhan are playing a set on Friday night at the brilliant Knockengorroch World Ceilidh 2012 where we will also be welcoming back Graham on guitar for his first gig this year as he returns from touring around Australia and New Zealand with The String Contingent , expect a stonking set.

Unfortunately our mandolin player and multi instrumentalist Chris, above, played his last gig with us for a while as he has been drawn in by the bright lights of London and will be moving there very shortly. We suspect it will not be the last Modhan see of Chris and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

Walk the Walk

After a brilliant fundraising concert for Casa Allainza on Thursday night where lots of money was raised for a great cause Modhan are now looking forward to playing at the Edinburgh Moonwalk, raising money to unite against breast cancer. 

We will be playing some upbeat and grooving tunes to encourage the thousands of walkers as they go past between midnight and 2 o clock in the morning, somewhere near Holyrood Park Drive. Also our latest album "The Admiral's Fireworks" will be playing in the arrival tent once the walkers have finished and is currently being used as hold music for the Walk the Walk phone line. Remember the album can still be bought from our website or downloaded from many of your favourite local download sites.

Update

The Admirals Fireworks is now available on most major download sites including Spotify, Amazon amongst others, there are no excuses for not getting your copy.

Tickets are still available for the Casa Allianza charity concert this Thursday at the Methodist Hall on Nicolson Square in Edinburgh. See previous post for more details and where to get your tickets.

Also we are playing a friday night slot at the brilliant Knockengorroch World Ceilidh festival, first weekend in June. If you're there be sure to come and see us and say hello.

Download it...

The Admiral's Fireworks is now available for download form iTunes. So pick a track or download the whole thing, it's there at a click of a button. It will also soon be available from other major download sites so if you don't use iTunes then don't worry. 

Next Gig...

We are delighted to announce that we are playing a concert in aid of Casa Allianza, an international charity who work with street children in Latin America. Also on the bill are acoustic duo The Weatherfolk. 

It's all taking place at the Methodist Hall in Edinburgh on the 24th May. Tickets are on sale here.

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who came down to our Glasgow launch of "The Admiral's Fireworks" last Friday, it was a great night. Huge thanks also to Michael Cassidy for playing a brilliant set on the night. 

Remember, for those that couldn't make the launch parties the album is available to buy from the shop on our website and it will also soon be available for download. More details to follow. 

One day until the Glasgow launch of our latest album "The Admiral's Fireworks". Head to The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road from 8pm for a raucous night of our new music. The brilliant Michael Cassidy will be supporting.

Dance dance dance - footage from Edinburgh Launch Night

Here's some "bootleg" footage from the Edinburgh launch- a taster of what's to come at the Glasgow night on Sat 14th April (more info here)!  Check out those dancers!

Glasgow Launch Night featuring Michael Cassidy - Sat 14th April

Not forgetting our West coast contingent, Modhan host a release party for their brand new album "The Admiral's Fireworks" on SATURDAY 14th April at The Roxy 171, Great Western Road, Glasgow! Modhan will be performing tracks from the album, and are excited to have the brilliant Michael Cassidy playing a set also! From 8pm onwards - music, beer and banter! This is a launch party, so entry is FREE!! Copies of the album will be there, and available for purchase, bring your good selves, a friend, some banter and we look forward to seeing you there! Check out the Facebook page from more info!

Putting the "Folk" in Suffolk...

Modhan spent the weekend in the idyllic and picturesque countryside of Suffolk- great weather, a great night at Haughley Park Barn, and a great stay at Creeting House.  All rather quintessentially English!

Stay tuned for news of out Glasgow shindig to mark the launch of "The Admiral's Fireworks"

Album Launch Date Confirmed!

So we have a date for our Edinburgh Album Launch Party Night!

SATURDAY 24th MARCH at The Fiddlers Elbow: 4 Picardy Place, Edinburgh

The plan is to provide free nibbles, with free champagne for the first 50 guests! Watch this space for confirmation of this!

As with all the best things in life, entry is FREE, doors likely to be open to upstairs at 8pm!

More details will follow very soon!

Exclusive Preview Track - The Admiral's Fireworks

Check out a preview track, Sans la Mode, from our upcoming album "The Admiral's Fireworks". 

New Pics and Video

We have now posted the photos from our photo shoot with Rob Brady which happened on one freezing night in Edinburgh before Christmas. There are also some studio shots also taken by Rob from our recording of "The Admiral's Fireworks". Just click on the media tab and then gallery to have a look.

Also for all those that came along to our gig at the Voodoo Room's last November in Edinburgh and have been waiting patiently for video footage of the gig we have now posted a video of Big Bad Mama Jama on our website, alternatively you can find it on youtube.

Almost there....

Exciting news, we have now finished mixing our upcoming album "The Admiral's Fireworks"!  Huge thanks to Garry Boyle at The Depot for all the hard work he put into it. The mixes have now been sent to Stuart Hamilton at Castlesound Studios to master, we're absolutely delighted to be getting a chance to work with Stuart and we can't wait for the results.

We also had a very successful meeting with Glasgow artist John Felix who is doing the artwork for the album, check out his blog, http://john-thesheet.blogspot.com/ to see some of his previous work.

We are now looking at early February for having the finished product in our hands, will update when we have a confirmed date.