May 05 2008
NEW DOWNLOADS!
Visit Karine's Free Downloads page for April & May's free tracks.
Read More
Apr 23 2008
RADIO 2 ALED JONES GOOD MORNING SUNDAY
Karine will be singing and talking to Aled Jones on his "Good Morning Sunday" show this Sunday 27th April 2008.
Read More
Apr 15 2008
LIVE ON THE FIVE THIRTY SHOW STV
Watch exclusive live footage of Karine on Scottish TV's Five Thirty Show. Featuring "Maid of the Loch", "Firethief" and "Better Things".
Read More
Mar 25 2008
THIS EARTHLY SPELL NOW ON iTUNES
Just a note to let you know that my new album "This Earthly Spell" is now available to download on iTunes.
Read More
Mar 25 2008
DEADLY CARGO DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE MARCH 29TH 2008
Karine's song "Better Things" closes new Camcorder Guerillas film that tracks the nuclear convoys on Britain's roads.
Read More
Mar 25 2008
LASSIE SINGS LASSIE
Daily Record reveals Karine used to "stand on the wall at my next door neighbour's singing the theme tune from Lassie".
Read More
Mar 24 2008
NEW MAID OF THE LOCH FREE DOWNLOAD
New monthly free downloads of unreleased tracks exclusive to Karine's mailing list members.
Read More
Mar 05 2008
BBC GLOBAL GATHERING SESSION
There's a short live set from myself, Steven Polwart and Inge Thomson on BBC Radio Scotland's Global Gathering.
My session starts about 1 minute 15 seconds in ...
Read More
Feb 25 2008
ALBUM LAUNCH IN EDINBURGH
I'm launching my new album "This Earthly Spell" at Coda Music on The Mound in Edinburgh at 5pm on Friday March 7th.
Read More
Feb 24 2008
MOTHER TONGUE
There's an article in today's Scotland on Sunday.
Read More
Feb 10 2008
HEAR A LIVE BBC SESSION ONLINE
Have a listen to a recent live session by my trio on BBC Radio Scotland's Ian Anderson Show.
Read More
Feb 08 2008
SONGLINES
Fairest Floo'er is one of the "Top of The World" releases reviewed in SONGLINES magazine by Sue Wilson (March 2008) and also featured on the covermount CD (track: Mirk, Mirk Is This Midnight Hour).
Read More
Jan 18 2008
THIS EARTHLY SPELL TOUR DATES
Please check my gigs page for new Spring tour dates to coincide with the launch of my next album "This Earthly Spell".
Read More
Jan 17 2008
A HIMALAYAN ENDEAVOUR
For a simple album of rather miserable old Scottish songs made in my spare room, "Fairest Floo'er" is getting some surprisingly lovely feedback.
Read More
Jan 17 2008
SOAP FOR THE SOUL
If I was delighted and amazed at how much WORD magazine warmed to the darkness of "Fairest Floo'er", then I'm even more bewildered that Q magazine does too.
Read More
Jan 17 2008
COMMON GROUND
I had a great time last night performing at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, as part of "Common Ground", the opening show of Celtic Connections Festival 2008.
Read More
Dec 03 2007
OXFORD, WAVENDON, SALFORD CANCELLATIONS
The run of bad luck on my current tour continues. Unfortunately, I had to cancel my first ever show in Oxford last night due to an emerging throat infection and failing voice but hoped that a night of good sleep would solve the situation.
Read More
Nov 17 2007
IMPORTANT! PONYTRPIDD AND EXETER SHOWS CANCELLED
Karine sends her heartfelt apologies to everyone who bought tickets (and almost certainly also turned up) for her Pontypridd and Exeter shows this weekend.
Read More
Nov 11 2007
LONDON, SHEFFIELD AND NEWCASTLE RESCHEDULED DATES
Following on from my humble apologies for the postponement of November 07 dates in London, Sheffield and Newcastle (below), here are the rescheduled dates for 2008.
Read More
Nov 04 2007
LONDON, SHEFFIELD & NEWCASTLE DATES POSTPONED
My apologies to those of you who've bought tickets for shows at London Bloomsbury (Nov 11th), Sheffield Montgomery Hall (14th) or Newcastle Tyne Theatre (15th) but the promoter of these gigs has decided to postpone them until April 2008.
Read More
Nov 04 2007
FAIREST FLOO'ER BLOOMING SOON ...
2007 has been a most productive year for Karine Polwart with the birth of her first child and the recording of two albums worth of material.
Read More
Oct 22 2007
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2007 TOUR DATES
Lots of gigs coming up very soon in trio line-up, with Inge Thomson on accordion, percussion and vocals and Steven Polwart on guitars, banjo and vocals.
Read More
Jun 14 2007
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
Later this summer, I'll be one of the guests on "Thank You For The Music", a new BBC Radio Scotland series in which Janice Forsyth talks to eight Scottish songwriters about their craft.
Read More
Jun 13 2007
ARLO IS MY DARLING...
Just a wee note, because lots of people are asking, to let you know that I gave birth to a beautiful black haired wee boy called Arlo Polwart Foulds on 29th May.
Read More
May 20 2007
MATERNITY LEAVE
Just a wee note to say that I'm on maternity leave now until the autumn so I won't be as email friendly as I usually am over the summer months.
Read More
May 04 2007
CHECK OUT SOME PALS LIVE
I'm on maternity leave now til the autumn so I thought you might like to check out some pals who're touring this month instead.
Read More
Apr 12 2007
PATHHEAD MUSIC COLLECTIVE GIGS
Just a wee note to say that my local music collective (of which I'm a member) is hosting its first concert and ceilidh events next weekend to ick off a summer series that includes my last gasp in any guise before maternity leave.
Read More
Mar 28 2007
FIRST EVER KP GIG IN DUNDEE
Many years ago I lived in the bonnie toon of Dundee on the East Coast of Scotland, where I studied at university. This weekend, Sunday 1st April, I play my first Dundee gig as a soloist (well actually it's the KP trio with my brother Steven on guitar and vocals and Inge Thomson on accordion and vocals).
Read More
Mar 20 2007
BALLADS OF THE BOOK CD
Chemikal Underground Records are proud to announce the release, in March 2007, of Ballads Of the Book, an elaborately ambitious project featuring some of Scotland’s best writers and musicians.
Read More
Mar 16 2007
KP BAND ON BBC4, 16/3/07
The KP Band with Scottish Symphony Orchestra strings will feature tonight as part of BBC4's coverage of Celtic Connections Festival 2007.
Read More
Mar 15 2007
NEW BOY FOR KP BAND
Just a wee note to say our splendid band bass player Kev McGuire and his lovely wife Suse welcomed a wee boy called Hamish into the world yesterday afternoon.
Read More
Mar 12 2007
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Here's a link to an article in yesterday's "Scotland on Sunday" Newspaper, in which I reveal some aspects of "My Cultural Life" that are close to the heart, including Italian movies, Gregorian chanting in German churches and green shoes.
Read More
Mar 06 2007
TRADICALS
I get a nice wee mention in a Sunday Herald article about the "new wave" of Scottish "tradicals", folk-roots inspired Scottish musicians, including King Creosote, Roddy Woomble, Kris Drever and Julie Fowlis.
Read More
Mar 03 2007
NEW DEMOS OVER AT MYSPACE
Just a wee note to say I have two very simple new song demos posted up at myspace.
Read More
Feb 25 2007
GOOD MORNING SUNDAY
I forgot to mention that I'd be talking with Sally Magnusson on BBC Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday programme today (Sunday 25th 2007).
Read More
Feb 19 2007
KARINE VS FUTURE PILOT AKA
Just a wee note to say that I make some vocal contributions (and my piano debut! quite funny ...) to the brand new sprawling atmospheric album by Glasgow based indie collective Future Pilot AKA.
Read More
Feb 06 2007
DAISY WINS BEST ORIGINAL SONG AT BBC FOLK AWARDS
I'm cheered to let you know that my gentle wee song "Daisy" won Best Original Song at the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards last night in London.
Read More
Feb 02 2007
DAISY ON RADIO 2 PLAYLIST FOR THIRD WEEK
UPDATE: "Daisy" has made it onto the Radio 2 playlist for the third consecutive week, which is very exciting!
Read More
Feb 02 2007
BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2007
Me and the band are heading down to London for Monday night's Folk Awards ceremony, at which I'm nominated for Folk Singer of the Year and Best Original Song.
Read More
Jan 11 2007
HERE COMES MY BABY
Me and my partner Mattie are delighted to let you know we're expecting our first baby this summer.
Read More
Nov 06 2006
SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS 2006
I'm delighted to say I've been nominated in two categories at The Scots Trad Music Awards 2006: "Composer of the Year" and "Album of The Year".
Read More
Nov 06 2006
KP NOVEMBER TOUR DATES
Please check the gigs page for news of this month's gigs including visits to a few towns I haven't played in before (like Leeds and Liverpool).
Read More
Sep 29 2006
I'M GONNA DO A PRIMARY SCHOOL ANTHEM
Well I've mentioned this before at gigs but I'm finally paying a visit next Wednesday to Cockburnspath Primary School in my new home county of Berwickshire here in The Scottish Borders, which has adopted my song "I'm Gonna Do It All" as its new school anthem!
Read More
Sep 28 2006
ANDY KERSHAW SESSION
Ach heck I forgot to mention that me and Inge T were in session on Andy Kershaw's splendid BBC Radio 3 show on Sunday Night (September 24th).
Read More
Sep 28 2006
NOVEMBER DATES POSTED
KP Band November tour dates are now more or less finalised (just a wee handful to go). Check them out on the gigs page.
Read More
Sep 15 2006
BABY BOX
Shining star of the KP Band, the lovely Inge Thomson had a wee boy called Euan Thomas on Wednesday night!
Read More
Aug 07 2006
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
I'm delighted I'll be opening up for The Beautiful South at two of their forthcoming gigs.
Read More
Aug 07 2006
EDINBURGH FRINGE SHOWS
I play two shows during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year...
Read More
Jul 24 2006
KARINE ON RODDY WOOMBLE'S NEW ALBUM
Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble's new album "My Secret is My Silence" is out on Pure Records today.
Read More
Jul 24 2006
TINTO SUMMER SCHOOL DEMO UP
Well sneaking some backing vocals onto Roddy Woomble's new CDs is one thing and having a dozen or so young women aged 12 to 17 sing one of your songs down the phone to you in glorious harmony from a summer school in Lanarkshire is another - and equally splendid!
Read More
Jul 14 2006
DID I JUST HEAR KP ON HOLLYOAKS?!
Well I never! ´Maybe There´s A Road` from Scribbled in Chalk was played over the opening sequence of UK soap Hollyoaks yesterday (Thursday July 13th).
Read More
Jun 30 2006
JANICE LONG SHOW
Me and Inge and Steven were on Janice Long's late show last night in Radio 2. You can hear it from earlier today at the BBC website.
Read More
Jun 14 2006
CULTURE SHOW FILM CLIPS
The wee KP feature on the BBC 2 Culture Show aired on Saturday night (10th June) and can be viewed online til the weekend at the BBC website.
Read More
May 29 2006
BBC WALES TELLY
Well was surprised when a four man camera crew turned up at our gig in Ponty last night but apparently there's a chance the KP Band will feature on BBC Wales as part of coverage of The Full Ponty Festival.
Read More
May 13 2006
BBC WORLD HARP FESTIVAL SHOW
If you live outside the UK and have access to BBC World you'll be able to see some footage of myself and my friend, harper and singer Corrina Hewat, from Edinburgh Harp Festival last month.
Read More
Apr 24 2006
BBC RADIO SCOTLAND JANICE FORSYTH SHOW
I'll be playing a couple of songs live, with my brother Steven, on the BBC Radio Scotland Janice Forsyth show this Saturday 29th April 2006.
Read More
Apr 24 2006
CHECK OUT THE MAY/JUNE TOUR DATES
I've added a few dates to the May/June gig list so please have a wee look.
Read More
Apr 24 2006
DAISY PLAYLISTED ON RTE1 IN IRELAND
I'm delighted that my song Daisy has been picked up by Ireland's leading radio station RTE1 and is getting some play across the water.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
BBC RADIO 2 RADIO BALLADS
I have a new song, "You Can't Weld a Body" (co-written with Jez Lowe), featured in the last programme of the excellent BBC Radio 2 music/social documentary series The Radio Ballads.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
BBC RADIO 2 ALBUM SHOW & MIKE HARDING
On Monday 3rd April 2006 I'll be talking to Simon Mayo on his weekly Album Show for Radio 2 (88-91 FM), 7pm-8pm.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
I'M GONNA DO IT ALL SINGLE & VIDEO
My first ever single (who would have thought?!) is a limited edition of the cheery “I’m Gonna Do It All”, which also features a quirky video for the song starring my pal Dean Owens’s charming wee lass Billie (and spaceship drawings by my dad), as well as a new recording of the much requested ode to Italian puddings “John C Clark (The Gasman Song)”.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
SCRIBBLED IN CHALK LAUNCH
My new album Scribbled in Chalk will wing fly out into the world on April 10th 2006.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
FUTURE PILOT AKA VS KARINE P
There's a new Triple A side 7" pink bubblegum vinyl EP from cuddly Glasgow indie pop supremos Future Pilot AKA! The tracks feature Future Pilot in collaboration with Stuart Murdoch & Sarah Martin (Belle & Sebastian), Karine Polwart, Rick Webster (Unkle Bob) & Concerto Caledonia.
Read More
NEW DOWNLOADS!
Visit Karine's Free Downloads page for April & May's free tracks.
Read More
Apr 23 2008
RADIO 2 ALED JONES GOOD MORNING SUNDAY
Karine will be singing and talking to Aled Jones on his "Good Morning Sunday" show this Sunday 27th April 2008.
Read More
Apr 15 2008
LIVE ON THE FIVE THIRTY SHOW STV
Watch exclusive live footage of Karine on Scottish TV's Five Thirty Show. Featuring "Maid of the Loch", "Firethief" and "Better Things".
Read More
Mar 25 2008
THIS EARTHLY SPELL NOW ON iTUNES
Just a note to let you know that my new album "This Earthly Spell" is now available to download on iTunes.
Read More
Mar 25 2008
DEADLY CARGO DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE MARCH 29TH 2008
Karine's song "Better Things" closes new Camcorder Guerillas film that tracks the nuclear convoys on Britain's roads.
Read More
Mar 25 2008
LASSIE SINGS LASSIE
Daily Record reveals Karine used to "stand on the wall at my next door neighbour's singing the theme tune from Lassie".
Read More
Mar 24 2008
NEW MAID OF THE LOCH FREE DOWNLOAD
New monthly free downloads of unreleased tracks exclusive to Karine's mailing list members.
Read More
Mar 05 2008
BBC GLOBAL GATHERING SESSION
There's a short live set from myself, Steven Polwart and Inge Thomson on BBC Radio Scotland's Global Gathering.
My session starts about 1 minute 15 seconds in ...
Read More
Feb 25 2008
ALBUM LAUNCH IN EDINBURGH
I'm launching my new album "This Earthly Spell" at Coda Music on The Mound in Edinburgh at 5pm on Friday March 7th.
Read More
Feb 24 2008
MOTHER TONGUE
There's an article in today's Scotland on Sunday.
Read More
Feb 10 2008
HEAR A LIVE BBC SESSION ONLINE
Have a listen to a recent live session by my trio on BBC Radio Scotland's Ian Anderson Show.
Read More
Feb 08 2008
SONGLINES
Fairest Floo'er is one of the "Top of The World" releases reviewed in SONGLINES magazine by Sue Wilson (March 2008) and also featured on the covermount CD (track: Mirk, Mirk Is This Midnight Hour).
Read More
Jan 18 2008
THIS EARTHLY SPELL TOUR DATES
Please check my gigs page for new Spring tour dates to coincide with the launch of my next album "This Earthly Spell".
Read More
Jan 17 2008
A HIMALAYAN ENDEAVOUR
For a simple album of rather miserable old Scottish songs made in my spare room, "Fairest Floo'er" is getting some surprisingly lovely feedback.
Read More
Jan 17 2008
SOAP FOR THE SOUL
If I was delighted and amazed at how much WORD magazine warmed to the darkness of "Fairest Floo'er", then I'm even more bewildered that Q magazine does too.
Read More
Jan 17 2008
COMMON GROUND
I had a great time last night performing at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, as part of "Common Ground", the opening show of Celtic Connections Festival 2008.
Read More
Dec 03 2007
OXFORD, WAVENDON, SALFORD CANCELLATIONS
The run of bad luck on my current tour continues. Unfortunately, I had to cancel my first ever show in Oxford last night due to an emerging throat infection and failing voice but hoped that a night of good sleep would solve the situation.
Read More
Nov 17 2007
IMPORTANT! PONYTRPIDD AND EXETER SHOWS CANCELLED
Karine sends her heartfelt apologies to everyone who bought tickets (and almost certainly also turned up) for her Pontypridd and Exeter shows this weekend.
Read More
Nov 11 2007
LONDON, SHEFFIELD AND NEWCASTLE RESCHEDULED DATES
Following on from my humble apologies for the postponement of November 07 dates in London, Sheffield and Newcastle (below), here are the rescheduled dates for 2008.
Read More
Nov 04 2007
LONDON, SHEFFIELD & NEWCASTLE DATES POSTPONED
My apologies to those of you who've bought tickets for shows at London Bloomsbury (Nov 11th), Sheffield Montgomery Hall (14th) or Newcastle Tyne Theatre (15th) but the promoter of these gigs has decided to postpone them until April 2008.
Read More
Nov 04 2007
FAIREST FLOO'ER BLOOMING SOON ...
2007 has been a most productive year for Karine Polwart with the birth of her first child and the recording of two albums worth of material.
Read More
Oct 22 2007
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2007 TOUR DATES
Lots of gigs coming up very soon in trio line-up, with Inge Thomson on accordion, percussion and vocals and Steven Polwart on guitars, banjo and vocals.
Read More
Jun 14 2007
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
Later this summer, I'll be one of the guests on "Thank You For The Music", a new BBC Radio Scotland series in which Janice Forsyth talks to eight Scottish songwriters about their craft.
Read More
Jun 13 2007
ARLO IS MY DARLING...
Just a wee note, because lots of people are asking, to let you know that I gave birth to a beautiful black haired wee boy called Arlo Polwart Foulds on 29th May.
Read More
May 20 2007
MATERNITY LEAVE
Just a wee note to say that I'm on maternity leave now until the autumn so I won't be as email friendly as I usually am over the summer months.
Read More
May 04 2007
CHECK OUT SOME PALS LIVE
I'm on maternity leave now til the autumn so I thought you might like to check out some pals who're touring this month instead.
Read More
Apr 12 2007
PATHHEAD MUSIC COLLECTIVE GIGS
Just a wee note to say that my local music collective (of which I'm a member) is hosting its first concert and ceilidh events next weekend to ick off a summer series that includes my last gasp in any guise before maternity leave.
Read More
Mar 28 2007
FIRST EVER KP GIG IN DUNDEE
Many years ago I lived in the bonnie toon of Dundee on the East Coast of Scotland, where I studied at university. This weekend, Sunday 1st April, I play my first Dundee gig as a soloist (well actually it's the KP trio with my brother Steven on guitar and vocals and Inge Thomson on accordion and vocals).
Read More
Mar 20 2007
BALLADS OF THE BOOK CD
Chemikal Underground Records are proud to announce the release, in March 2007, of Ballads Of the Book, an elaborately ambitious project featuring some of Scotland’s best writers and musicians.
Read More
Mar 16 2007
KP BAND ON BBC4, 16/3/07
The KP Band with Scottish Symphony Orchestra strings will feature tonight as part of BBC4's coverage of Celtic Connections Festival 2007.
Read More
Mar 15 2007
NEW BOY FOR KP BAND
Just a wee note to say our splendid band bass player Kev McGuire and his lovely wife Suse welcomed a wee boy called Hamish into the world yesterday afternoon.
Read More
Mar 12 2007
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Here's a link to an article in yesterday's "Scotland on Sunday" Newspaper, in which I reveal some aspects of "My Cultural Life" that are close to the heart, including Italian movies, Gregorian chanting in German churches and green shoes.
Read More
Mar 06 2007
TRADICALS
I get a nice wee mention in a Sunday Herald article about the "new wave" of Scottish "tradicals", folk-roots inspired Scottish musicians, including King Creosote, Roddy Woomble, Kris Drever and Julie Fowlis.
Read More
Mar 03 2007
NEW DEMOS OVER AT MYSPACE
Just a wee note to say I have two very simple new song demos posted up at myspace.
Read More
Feb 25 2007
GOOD MORNING SUNDAY
I forgot to mention that I'd be talking with Sally Magnusson on BBC Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday programme today (Sunday 25th 2007).
Read More
Feb 19 2007
KARINE VS FUTURE PILOT AKA
Just a wee note to say that I make some vocal contributions (and my piano debut! quite funny ...) to the brand new sprawling atmospheric album by Glasgow based indie collective Future Pilot AKA.
Read More
Feb 06 2007
DAISY WINS BEST ORIGINAL SONG AT BBC FOLK AWARDS
I'm cheered to let you know that my gentle wee song "Daisy" won Best Original Song at the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards last night in London.
Read More
Feb 02 2007
DAISY ON RADIO 2 PLAYLIST FOR THIRD WEEK
UPDATE: "Daisy" has made it onto the Radio 2 playlist for the third consecutive week, which is very exciting!
Read More
Feb 02 2007
BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2007
Me and the band are heading down to London for Monday night's Folk Awards ceremony, at which I'm nominated for Folk Singer of the Year and Best Original Song.
Read More
Jan 11 2007
HERE COMES MY BABY
Me and my partner Mattie are delighted to let you know we're expecting our first baby this summer.
Read More
Nov 06 2006
SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS 2006
I'm delighted to say I've been nominated in two categories at The Scots Trad Music Awards 2006: "Composer of the Year" and "Album of The Year".
Read More
Nov 06 2006
KP NOVEMBER TOUR DATES
Please check the gigs page for news of this month's gigs including visits to a few towns I haven't played in before (like Leeds and Liverpool).
Read More
Sep 29 2006
I'M GONNA DO A PRIMARY SCHOOL ANTHEM
Well I've mentioned this before at gigs but I'm finally paying a visit next Wednesday to Cockburnspath Primary School in my new home county of Berwickshire here in The Scottish Borders, which has adopted my song "I'm Gonna Do It All" as its new school anthem!
Read More
Sep 28 2006
ANDY KERSHAW SESSION
Ach heck I forgot to mention that me and Inge T were in session on Andy Kershaw's splendid BBC Radio 3 show on Sunday Night (September 24th).
Read More
Sep 28 2006
NOVEMBER DATES POSTED
KP Band November tour dates are now more or less finalised (just a wee handful to go). Check them out on the gigs page.
Read More
Sep 15 2006
BABY BOX
Shining star of the KP Band, the lovely Inge Thomson had a wee boy called Euan Thomas on Wednesday night!
Read More
Aug 07 2006
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
I'm delighted I'll be opening up for The Beautiful South at two of their forthcoming gigs.
Read More
Aug 07 2006
EDINBURGH FRINGE SHOWS
I play two shows during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year...
Read More
Jul 24 2006
KARINE ON RODDY WOOMBLE'S NEW ALBUM
Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble's new album "My Secret is My Silence" is out on Pure Records today.
Read More
Jul 24 2006
TINTO SUMMER SCHOOL DEMO UP
Well sneaking some backing vocals onto Roddy Woomble's new CDs is one thing and having a dozen or so young women aged 12 to 17 sing one of your songs down the phone to you in glorious harmony from a summer school in Lanarkshire is another - and equally splendid!
Read More
Jul 14 2006
DID I JUST HEAR KP ON HOLLYOAKS?!
Well I never! ´Maybe There´s A Road` from Scribbled in Chalk was played over the opening sequence of UK soap Hollyoaks yesterday (Thursday July 13th).
Read More
Jun 30 2006
JANICE LONG SHOW
Me and Inge and Steven were on Janice Long's late show last night in Radio 2. You can hear it from earlier today at the BBC website.
Read More
Jun 14 2006
CULTURE SHOW FILM CLIPS
The wee KP feature on the BBC 2 Culture Show aired on Saturday night (10th June) and can be viewed online til the weekend at the BBC website.
Read More
May 29 2006
BBC WALES TELLY
Well was surprised when a four man camera crew turned up at our gig in Ponty last night but apparently there's a chance the KP Band will feature on BBC Wales as part of coverage of The Full Ponty Festival.
Read More
May 13 2006
BBC WORLD HARP FESTIVAL SHOW
If you live outside the UK and have access to BBC World you'll be able to see some footage of myself and my friend, harper and singer Corrina Hewat, from Edinburgh Harp Festival last month.
Read More
Apr 24 2006
BBC RADIO SCOTLAND JANICE FORSYTH SHOW
I'll be playing a couple of songs live, with my brother Steven, on the BBC Radio Scotland Janice Forsyth show this Saturday 29th April 2006.
Read More
Apr 24 2006
CHECK OUT THE MAY/JUNE TOUR DATES
I've added a few dates to the May/June gig list so please have a wee look.
Read More
Apr 24 2006
DAISY PLAYLISTED ON RTE1 IN IRELAND
I'm delighted that my song Daisy has been picked up by Ireland's leading radio station RTE1 and is getting some play across the water.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
BBC RADIO 2 RADIO BALLADS
I have a new song, "You Can't Weld a Body" (co-written with Jez Lowe), featured in the last programme of the excellent BBC Radio 2 music/social documentary series The Radio Ballads.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
BBC RADIO 2 ALBUM SHOW & MIKE HARDING
On Monday 3rd April 2006 I'll be talking to Simon Mayo on his weekly Album Show for Radio 2 (88-91 FM), 7pm-8pm.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
I'M GONNA DO IT ALL SINGLE & VIDEO
My first ever single (who would have thought?!) is a limited edition of the cheery “I’m Gonna Do It All”, which also features a quirky video for the song starring my pal Dean Owens’s charming wee lass Billie (and spaceship drawings by my dad), as well as a new recording of the much requested ode to Italian puddings “John C Clark (The Gasman Song)”.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
SCRIBBLED IN CHALK LAUNCH
My new album Scribbled in Chalk will wing fly out into the world on April 10th 2006.
Read More
Mar 30 2006
FUTURE PILOT AKA VS KARINE P
There's a new Triple A side 7" pink bubblegum vinyl EP from cuddly Glasgow indie pop supremos Future Pilot AKA! The tracks feature Future Pilot in collaboration with Stuart Murdoch & Sarah Martin (Belle & Sebastian), Karine Polwart, Rick Webster (Unkle Bob) & Concerto Caledonia.
Read More
