Since we opened nearly two years ago, we have looked for ways to develop the venue as a place for the arts to thrive in the Cairngorms National Park. We never expected to host concerts but the gallery has been a lovely venue to small intimate concerts.
Now we’ve got another gig for the roster. We’ve already had performances by quite a few Napiers – Hamish, his Mum Marie-Louise, and his wife Su-a Lee. And now it’s the turn of another - Findlay.
This award-winning singer-songwriter is touring for the release of his latest album, Outsider, and the Spey Bank Studio is delighted to be on the list of dates. The album will be released in the winter 2024.
He is widely regarded as one of the finest performers on the UK music scene and has been touring a releasing music since the early 2000s - first with groundbreaking trad folk band Back of the Moon, then with Nu-Folk pioneers Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers. Most recently, he has worked as a solo act, under the guidance of legendary songwriter Boo Hewerdine.
About Findlay Napier
His breakthrough solo album VIP: Very Interesting Persons, produced by Boo Hewerdine, was number 2 in The Telegraph’s top folk albums of 2014. He followed it with 2017’s Glasgow, which led to a number of high profile gigs including a couple of seasons as opening act on Eddi Reader’s UK tour. In 2021 he released It Is What It Is a collaboration album in all but name with producer and multi-instrumentalist Angus Lyon.
In 2017, Findlay was invited to take part in Greg Russell’s ‘Shake the Chains’ project with Nancy Kerr and Hannah Martin where they toured, recorded and released a double live album. After meeting award winning songwriter Megan Henwood at an EFDSS songwriting retreat he formed the duo The Story Song Scientists writing songs about science, releasing two EPs and touring the UK. In late 2021, he joined folk rock supergroup The Magpie Arc, performing on festival main stages and arts centres across the UK. Their debut album “Glamour in the Grey”, featuring three of Napier’s original songs including a co-write with Max O’Conner was released in October 2022.
Findlay is often commissioned to write songs including one for The 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, two songs for Morgan Fisher’s Miniatures 2020 and more recently penning an anthem for the 125th anniversary of the Scottish TUC.
Book your ticket
This will be a fantastic chance to hear Findlay perform in his hometown.
The gig is on Sunday November 17, starting at 4pm (doors open at 3.30pm). Tickets are £16.50 (inc. £1.50 booking fee.)
Seats are limited so booking is essential via We Got Tickets.
And check out the other dates on the tour - maybe there's one near you!
