Yearly Archives: 2014


Review of JazzMain at Linlithgow Jazz Club

We had an great night at this excellent club on 7th June just after we came back from our wee trip to Ireland the previous week. We were joined by Campbell Normand on keys and Maria Speight on guest vocals, we were also joined by the accomplished vocalist Sue McHugh […]


The Best Is Yet To Come

January and February is traditionally a very quiet time of year for musicians.  This is either an opportunity to practice or market the band or a complete bummer, if you have no gigs in the book. At this time of year it is good to keep playing by being versatile and […]


New Year New Resolutions

It is now coming up for a year since I left the mobile communications industry and so I have started to play more music with the band.   Now that I’ve got more time to focus on music, this year I have plans to get even more involved in various […]


Jazz in 2014 – is it relevent?

For a long time now some people have been telling us that jazz is no longer relevant and that live music is dying – another victim in the change of culture/economy etc.  However if you ask the question “what is jazz” then you will get as many different answers as […]


Jazzmain Website Revamp

Although we have been busy performing at events such as dances, dinners, corporate gigs, weddings, festivals etc not only in Edinburgh and Glasgow but elsewhere in Scotland and Ireland, the Jazzmain website was sadly neglected, with no updates being posted during 2013. And so it is with renewed enthusiasm that […]