A very happy new year to you.

I have not been keeping up with the website updates and have made a new years resolution to change that!

With that in mind a brand new website is underway, and in the meantime, news of some new projects.

I’ve been rehearsing with 3 lovely fiddle players for a new project called ‘RANT’. We are just four fiddles ; Jenna Reid, Sarah-Jane Summers, Bethany Reid and me. You can listen to our music here and we will hopefully be out and about doing some gigs later in the year.

I’m also working towards a duo album with flute player Calum Stewart and starting to plant the seeds for the next solo album

Keep an eye on the gigs page for things coming up!

Cheers for now

Lauren

Been quiet here for a while. New site coming soon but in the meantime…..

Things are taking shape for the first Black Isle Fiddle Weekend. Keep up with happenings over on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Isle-Fiddle-Weekend/150057761724792 or on the website www.fiddleweekend.com

…joins the MacCollective for a couple of shows coming up! We’re delighted to have her on board for these concerts

29th Jan - Tron Theatre, Glasgow, as part of Celtic Connections

26th March - Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. Our first full show at the home-turf theatre

Hope to see you at one of these gigs,

Laurenx

The First Black Isle Fiddle Weekend takes place from 8th-10th July 2011 in Cromarty. Booking is open now : email fiddleweekend@me.com for a leaflet or visit www.fiddleweekend.com for more details. Hope to see you there in July!!

Delighted to announce the first Black Isle Fiddle Weekend will take place in Cromarty from 8th-10th July 2011. Tutors will be Charlie Mckerron, Chris Stout, and myself. It promises to be a great weekend of intensive tuition, gigs, sessions, and good highland fun!

I am in the process of putting together a website with all the info at www.fiddleweekend.com and booking/all full info will be available very soon.

Hope you can join us in the Black Isle next summer.

Laurenx

Keep your eyes peeled for info and dates of the very first Black Isle Fiddle Weekend, to be held in the beautiful village of Cromarty next summer. Plans are afoot for a top line up of tutors and numbers will be strictly limited for the tuition

I set off for 3 weeks in Austria with Maeve Mackinnon and Ewan MacPherson this Thursday. Leaving no turf uncovered we will be travelling the length and breadth of the country with the ‘Scottish Folk Night’ Tour.

For all dates visit http://www.weltenklang.at/tours.php?lang=de

You can hear our music at www.myspace.com/macmacmacmusic

Summer is finally here. I am marking it with a lovely gig on sunday 27th June in Torphichen Kirk, West Lothian. It is part of their Summer Nights series and takes place in a gorgeous setting.

Onwards from there to Barra for the Feis, and then Aberdeen for the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention. Can’t believe it’s 4 years since the last one. Time flies. I’ve got a few gigs with Maeve MacKinnon and Ewan MacPherson at the end of July, then it’s into August and the Edinburgh Fringe. Keep an eye on dates on the gigs page.

I’ve also got myself a youTube channel now, to keep track of some of the better quality recordings that have cropped up there. Have a peek and subscribe here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/LaurenMacColl

Have a fantatsic music-filled summer!x