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Malcolm MacFarlane
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Nov 15
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Malcolm MacFarlane
there's a wide selection of music on here! it's shared between solo projects and some varied and fabulous collaborations too! music across many different genres and styles and there will be much more ...
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 1d
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: community.350.org/petitions/we...
Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil!
Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil as they demand a real seat at the table in the world’s top climate talks. Let’s make sure their voices rise above the fossil fuel lobbyists! Sign the petition no...
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 5d
it’s a typically grey and windy Scottish autumn day, this music is a very fitting accompaniment! 😀 #radiohead #grey #weather #music
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 6d
today, just in case anyone is in the Callander area! 😀 #solo
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 8d
November solo gig!
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 8d
a fun launch last night for this exciting @soundhouse.org.uk festival at which I will be playing a very small part as special guest for the amazing Niki King on November 29th! 😀
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The Soundhouse Winter Festival
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 13d
absolutely!!!
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13d
Compulsory ID cards are an expensive threat to democracy and freedom.

Discussing that on @bbc5live.bsky.social at 9am
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16d
not long to go, my new solo set gets premiered here... 😀
#newmusic #live #solo #Callander #festival
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 19d
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Eurovision - Ban Israel now!
More and more countries are calling for Israel to be banned. Join in this critical moment – and push Eurovision to act!
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 24d
nice, I'll try to check this out! (I have a busy week...) #poetry
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 24d
Currently on BBC Sounds, recorded at the Ledbury Poetry Festival: Ian McMillan presents poetry in performance with Jackie Kay, @holliemcnish.bsky.social & @michaelpedersen.bsky.social, sharing poems of friendship, childhood, & of love in its many forms
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The Verb - The Adverb from the Ledbury Poetry Festival - BBC Sounds
Ian McMillan, Jackie Kay, Hollie McNish & Michael Pedersen at the Ledbury Poetry Festival
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 25d
RIP Hermeto, a maverick and one-off!
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Hermeto Pascoal - Bebê
YouTube video by Hermeto Pascoal
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 26d
nice project by young Scottish artists, covers of Joy Division songs in aid of the CALM charity - please have a listen! 👍
#CALM #charity #JoyDivision #ScottishArtists #music #health
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24 Hours, by Lolabored
from the album Joy Division Covers by Scottish Artists
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 27d
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Sumud Flotilla – Safe Passage Now
They’re risking their lives to break the blockade on Gaza - join to demand safe passage and an end to the siege!
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 28d
I bought a copy of this for a friend of mine assuming that, once she'd read it, she would then lend it to me - she's obviously enjoying so much that there's still no sign of it coming in my direction 😀 #books #possession #lender #borrower #johnmartyn #biography
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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 28d
John Martyn was born on this day in 1948. Often sublime as an artist. Often the opposite as a human being. I wrote a book about him which came out in 2020. It’s quite short, but probably long enough. It stands up, I think. omnibuspress.com/products/sma...
5 paperback copies of Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn Review quotes for Small Hours
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · 29d
just heard about his nomination on the radio, nice news!
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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 29d
Nice for Martin Carthy to be nominated for the Mercury Prize. (He should win it, obvs). To celebrate, here's my epic @theartsdesk.bsky.social Q&A with the great man, back when he was a mere stripling of 70...
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theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Martin Carthy
One of Britain’s most esteemed and influential folk artists, Martin Carthy (b 1941) celebrates his 70th birthday on 21 May. The occasion is being marked by the release of a two-disc career overview, M...
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Sep 9
they're not the only ones - energy companies, banks, Amazon, landlords, big oil, the whole shareholder culture etc... maybe we could fairly tax them all for the common good?
#equality #justice #fairness
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · Sep 9
Gambling companies are making billions in profit while outdated tax rules let them off the hook. A fairer tax could raise £3 billion - enough to scrap the cruel two-child limit and directly lift 500,000 children out of poverty overnight.
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Sep 9
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Stop Israel’s president from visiting the UK
While Gaza is being bombed and starved, Israel’s president is about to be welcomed by the UK. Even Starmer’s own MPs oppose this. Let’s show the public won’t stand for it - sign and share the petition...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 9
The grift goes on.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests
www.theguardian.com
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Sep 7
good interview, watch what happens around 12:54! 😀
#upstaged #interloper #unscripted #nyc #davidbyrne
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David Byrne: Who Is The Sky?, Social Media in Music, & Looking Forward | Zane Lowe Interview
YouTube video by Apple Music
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Sep 3
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FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel
But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Sep 2
This is how dictatorships behave
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Aug 31
yes, one of the greats IMHO! #music #songs #guitarplaying
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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · Aug 30
I recently delivered my sleevenotes for this boxset. I can't wait for people to hear it. 7 CDs & a DVD filled with the most incredible music, much of it previously unreleased. Dick Gaughan is, of course, one of the greats. This set makes that fact blindingly & brilliantly clear, time and time again
A picture of R/evolution, the forthcoming boxset of music by Dick Gaughan.
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Aug 25
ludicrous!
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Screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested at protest under terror act
The 68-year-old, who wrote the film I, Daniel Blake, was arrested outside a police station in Edinburgh.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 24
It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Aug 24
last show today! 😀 #edfringe2025 #festival #show
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Malcolm MacFarlane @malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social · Aug 23
14:30 today, George Street, Edinburgh at LeMonde - only 2 shows to go, we hope you can make it along! 😀 #show