Spread Their Wings

The Kintyre Songwriter’s Festival is off and running. I’m playing tonight so was able to enjoy last nights acts without a care. They were all wonderful. But a particular privilege was seeing a young fella called Ruairidh Wallace hit it out the park with his stunningly angelic voice, wonderful “noodling”, and some really sophisticated songwriting.

One of the reasons why I got such a kick out of his performance was a connection to Homesong. He first performed live in our living room four years ago, with a young band of friends called The Endorphins. I sat with him for much of last nights festival, and he spoke with gratitude about how much confidence that experience gave him.

I was chuffed, as you can imagine. Like the KSF, Homesong is about just that kind of thing. Giving a relaxed environment for performing songwriters to Spread Their Wings and fly.

Ruairidh is flying and Homesong can take a little bit of reflected glory for that.