Scotland and Birmingham, the End of the Road for 2009

So we wrapped up this years gigs with a 3 day venture to Scotland and then an evening south of Birmingham in Bromsgrove.
Balerno Folk Club saw a sixth member of Elbow Jane make an appearance for one night only... and the yellow duck now resides happily in Kevs bathroom!

At Edinburgh folk club the following evening, it was great to see people return who had heard us only the night before and a few others from when we visited Peebles earlier in the year. There were also a good number of people whod been on our website, had a listen to our music and come along to see for themselves.......including a couple from Madrid! We weren?t everybodys cup of tea though- theres a fantastically hilarious and scathing review of the night on a website...well post it here when we get a mo... it really is worth a look!
The Star club in Glasgow was perhaps the most beautiful venue weve ever played in a restored 18th century church. A welcoming crowd made us feel right at home and a big thanks to Tom for letting use the in house PA, and a massive hats off to our sound engineer Richard Harrison for working a miracle in a room with more than enough natural reverb!

So the final gig of our 3-Side Island jaunt around the UK saw us visit Shining Friends acoustic roots in Bromsgrove.. and we couldnt have picked a more fitting finish. We first met Paul & Jane when we played at Dougie McCleans Perthshire Amber Festival and it was lovely to visit their venue in the Lickey Hills. The night was rounded off with a good old Birmingham Curry provided by the venue a perfect end to the year?s gigs!

See you all in 2010, when we plan to do a handful of dates alongside writing and recording again.
Thanks to all who have supported us, making 2009 a real year to remember.