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Tag Archives: Tristan Mackay
Album review: TRISTAN MACKAY – Invisible Light
Website [Release date 14.02.19] Following the incredibly good ‘Out Along the Wire’, with its breezy Eric Clapton unplugged vibe which was a showcase for Tristan Mackay’s electric guitar playing and the second album ‘Wire and Wood’, which was a darker … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Ed Sheeran, Eric Clapton, guitarist, Invisible Light, melodic, review, rock, singer songwriter, Tristan Mackay
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News: British Blues Award nominee TRISTAN MACKAY announces UK dates for June
British Blues Award nominated songsmith is set to play six headline shows throughout June 2015. The dates follow the released in April 2015 of Tristan’s highly acclaimed new album ‘Wire & Wood’, which hit #4 on the iTunes blues chart, … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, blues, British Blues Award, news, Out Along The Wire, rock, Tristan Mackay, UK dates
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Quick plays: TRISTAN MACKAY, THE KENNEDYS, VANESSA PETERS
TRISTAN MACKAY Wire & Wood The clue, as they say, is in the title – Wire & Wood is a pared back acoustic follow-up to singer songwriter Tiverton, Devon-born Tristan Mackay’s debut release Out Along The Wire (2012). Originally ‘discovered’ … Continue reading
Interview: Rising Stars – TRISTAN MACKAY
Tristan Mackay releases his second album ‘Wire & Wood’, a follow-up to ‘Out Along The Wire’ and here we hear about the new album, his musical influences and more… Can you take us through your new album ‘Wire & Wood’? … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, interview, Rising Stars, singer songwriter, Tristan Mackay, Wire & Wood
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Gig review: CARAVAN – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 13 April 2014
Tonight the Rescue Rooms are playing host to Caravan, a name synonymous with the early British Prog/Canterbury music scene, I’m sure one of the founding members Pye Hastings won’t mind me reminding him that this is their 46th year and … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 April 2014, Caravan, Geoffrey Richardson, gig, Nottingham, progressive, Pye Hastings, Rescue Rooms, review, rock, Tristan Mackay
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TRISTAN MACKAY – ‘Out Along The Wire’
Battered Hat Records 2011 Singer songwriter Tristan Mackay was first inspired to pick up the guitar after hearing Clapton’s “Unplugged” album and you can certainly hear that in his style of playing. Having released a couple of EPs and had … Continue reading
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