Jimmie Macgregor in Peebles on 09/08/12
August 5th, 2012
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Jimmie Macgregor’s Gathering of Songs, Stories and Famous Folk
July 27th, 2012
I go back a long way with this one. (You won’t believe how long) Lots of famous folk, songs, jokes and reminiscences. I really love doing this show, and touring ...
Jimmie Macgregor’s Gathering at the Oran Mor, Glasgow
June 23rd, 2011
Jimmie MacGregor brought his 50-plus years of performing experience to bear lightly on this informal two-hour saunter through his back pages, reflecting the diversity of his career with songs, jokes, ...
Perthshire Amber 2011 programme announced
April 28th, 2011
The 2011 Perthshire Amber Festival (28 October to 6 November), headed up by Scots singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean, has announced its line-up for Autumn this year. It includes rising star Emily ...
Songs, Stories and Famous Folk, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
April 5th, 2011
Jimmie MacGregor celebrated his 80th birthday last year and was surprised to get a phone call from a former neighbour in London who tracked him down to the pub where ...
Word power to the people
March 18th, 2011
“Folk music,” legendary trade unionist Jimmy Reid once said, “has no meaning unless it expresses the lives and struggles of ordinary people. In 1971, when the shipyard workers on upper ...