Barry Nisbet

2020 has been a challenging, and rewarding year so far! Weather - it never stops raining; life - it's hard to find time for all the recordng, study, gigs and composing I'm trying to fit in!

In January, Celtic Connections…

After a busy winter preparing, I'm arriving in Orkney for this year's first Sessions and Sail trip! 

The weather is perfect - blue skies and a sailing breeze - and, apart from some stress watching the ship's much-delayed progress making…

These tracks lead home... from the delapidated station in Quievrain, Belgium, to Edinburgh via the Eurostar, Brussels and London.

I travelled down to south-west France on November 23rd to play a few gigs with Tildon Krautz. A mediatheque…

The Sessions and Sail project took place last week! The concept of a week sailing a tall-ship with a crew of musicians was a big experiment, but felt like a very successful one.

From the moment we sailed off…

Dundee City Square in the sun - a big sound set up and a good crowd. It was nice to get the full band together - Robbie on keys, Gav on guitar, Ade on drums, Fiona on backing vocals and…

So Trump has arrived in the UK; he continues to spread his offensive views on immigrants and minorities, women and Muslims wherever he goes, reinforcing his opinions with all the power that his office gives him.

Meanwhile, hundreds of…

I've been in communication about an exciting gig we'll be playing next month - I will reveal details here as soon as I can.

In the meantime, I left the Lady of Avenel on Saturday, in Oban, and have…

So my website is live! Thank you Bandzoogle... I'm impressed.

I've also spent the last 12 hours in howling wind and rain with the sailing ship 'Lady of Avenel' anchored in the bay at Tobermory. It's keeping me very busy…