Findlay Napier
@findlaynapier.bsky.social
Singer-songwriter, story telling, touring solo artist, songwriting workshop leader, husband, parent and Labrador herder. Folk music, trail running and the outdoors. Living on the Isle of Arran, Scotland
We are delighted with the new @TheMagpieArc album. It comes out on 12th December. If you pre-order it and download the album it'll help us qualify for those all important album charts: themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/album/gil-br...
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We are delighted with the new @TheMagpieArc album. It comes out on 12th December. If you pre-order it and download the album it'll help us qualify for those all important album charts: themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/album/gil-br...
Damn you technology. Oh when you work you're great. A broken link prevented this newsletter reaching fans. Solo touring, @themagpiearc.bsky.social tour, songwriting workshops and my Patreon page returns. preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
September 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Damn you technology. Oh when you work you're great. A broken link prevented this newsletter reaching fans. Solo touring, @themagpiearc.bsky.social tour, songwriting workshops and my Patreon page returns. preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
My monthly newsletter is back. Much easier to consume that social media. Solo shows, tour & album with The Magpie Arc, 3 songwriting workshops. Everything you need to know at your fingertips. CONSUME and DISTRIBUTE 😂 preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
September 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
My monthly newsletter is back. Much easier to consume that social media. Solo shows, tour & album with The Magpie Arc, 3 songwriting workshops. Everything you need to know at your fingertips. CONSUME and DISTRIBUTE 😂 preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
August 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My NEWsletter with all things songwriting workshop, 21st Century Folk, solo shows and @themagpiearc.bsky.social gigs and new album and much more preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
August 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My NEWsletter with all things songwriting workshop, 21st Century Folk, solo shows and @themagpiearc.bsky.social gigs and new album and much more preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
Wow! I’m in @radiotimes.bsky.social an article about the song I wrote for 21st Century Folk. I’ll be on @thejeremyvine.bsky.social Show @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social and Front Row BBC radio 4 on Monday and Folk Show @markradcliffe.bsky.social on Wednesday. #folk #singersongwriter
July 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Wow! I’m in @radiotimes.bsky.social an article about the song I wrote for 21st Century Folk. I’ll be on @thejeremyvine.bsky.social Show @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social and Front Row BBC radio 4 on Monday and Folk Show @markradcliffe.bsky.social on Wednesday. #folk #singersongwriter
Heather and flies. Off to #Glasgow for #songwriter in the round at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut (it’s freeee). Girvan Folk Club coming up 11th July and @elyfolkfestival.bsky.social on 13th July with The Magpie Arc.
June 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Heather and flies. Off to #Glasgow for #songwriter in the round at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut (it’s freeee). Girvan Folk Club coming up 11th July and @elyfolkfestival.bsky.social on 13th July with The Magpie Arc.
“Silver Service” (minus the prominent SHITE) got a spin on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social Folk Show last night. Listen again here- www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
June 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“Silver Service” (minus the prominent SHITE) got a spin on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social Folk Show last night. Listen again here- www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What is my coffee table book all about? Watch this. Then head over to my website and get yourself a copy 👍
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What is my coffee table book all about? Watch this. Then head over to my website and get yourself a copy 👍
Songwriting retreat! Amazing criac. Eskdale in the Lake District with @peteastor.bsky.social as my co-tutor. Thank you Lorraine Lucas (Folkestone Songwriting Fest) for organising and thank you all the participants.
June 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Songwriting retreat! Amazing criac. Eskdale in the Lake District with @peteastor.bsky.social as my co-tutor. Thank you Lorraine Lucas (Folkestone Songwriting Fest) for organising and thank you all the participants.
Looking forward to Whiting Bay Forest Trail Race on Sunday 1st June. Info and sign up is here: www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?el...
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Looking forward to Whiting Bay Forest Trail Race on Sunday 1st June. Info and sign up is here: www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?el...
Something to read on your coffee break. I wrote “The Procrastinated Creation of Outsider” for the Trad Music Forum’s TRACS Blog. tracscotland.org/blog/the-pro... #blog #singersongwriter #creative
May 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Something to read on your coffee break. I wrote “The Procrastinated Creation of Outsider” for the Trad Music Forum’s TRACS Blog. tracscotland.org/blog/the-pro... #blog #singersongwriter #creative
There are a few places left on this songwriting retreat. We’d love you to join us. People have asked so we’ve set up Clearpay so you can spread the cost over a few months.
May 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
There are a few places left on this songwriting retreat. We’d love you to join us. People have asked so we’ve set up Clearpay so you can spread the cost over a few months.
May newsletter is out now. Check your inbox or click here. I'm at @feisrois.bsky.social this weekend performing and teaching. Songwriting workshop with Tracyanne & Donna from #CameraObscuraBand next week. preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
May 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
May newsletter is out now. Check your inbox or click here. I'm at @feisrois.bsky.social this weekend performing and teaching. Songwriting workshop with Tracyanne & Donna from #CameraObscuraBand next week. preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4751...
A ink to Paul English’s article abkut my new book and album in The National www.thenational.scot/culture/best...
April 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A ink to Paul English’s article abkut my new book and album in The National www.thenational.scot/culture/best...
Great article about my new album “Outsider” in The Sunday Herald. Thank you to Paul English for the interview and the article.
April 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Great article about my new album “Outsider” in The Sunday Herald. Thank you to Paul English for the interview and the article.
Easter with The Magpie Arc.
April 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Easter with The Magpie Arc.
Rehearse, record, promote. Great times this week in Sheffield. Off to Newcastle today to play The Glasshouse. Tomorrow is Yellow Arch in Sheffield.
April 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Rehearse, record, promote. Great times this week in Sheffield. Off to Newcastle today to play The Glasshouse. Tomorrow is Yellow Arch in Sheffield.
Great news! @markradcliffe.bsky.social is playing a song off “Outsider” tonight on The Folk Show. 9pm on BBC Radio 2. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
April 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Great news! @markradcliffe.bsky.social is playing a song off “Outsider” tonight on The Folk Show. 9pm on BBC Radio 2. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BEHOLD! People of Gateshead/Newcastle, Sheffield, Oxford, South Petherton, Exeter and Bath The Magpie Arc cometh! They bring(eth) folk music, drums, electrical guitars, fiddle and the wonder of songs both original and traditional. “Wow!” You will say and buy a CD or tea towel before you go home.
April 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
BEHOLD! People of Gateshead/Newcastle, Sheffield, Oxford, South Petherton, Exeter and Bath The Magpie Arc cometh! They bring(eth) folk music, drums, electrical guitars, fiddle and the wonder of songs both original and traditional. “Wow!” You will say and buy a CD or tea towel before you go home.
New review of Outsider over at Folking.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New review of Outsider over at Folking.com
Some great airplay for “Outsider”. Thank you BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Scotland!
April 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Some great airplay for “Outsider”. Thank you BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Scotland!
First review in for Outsider. Thank you @fateamagazine.bsky.social and Mike Davies for an outstanding review. I’m delighted and honoured. It’s a proper deep dive review. www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
April 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
First review in for Outsider. Thank you @fateamagazine.bsky.social and Mike Davies for an outstanding review. I’m delighted and honoured. It’s a proper deep dive review. www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
Wee run along the Fairy Glen and a G&T to celebrate Outsider’s official release. Thank you all the crowdfunders who backed this album. Stream it here findlaynapier.ffm.to/outsider and buy it from my website www.findlaynapier.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Wee run along the Fairy Glen and a G&T to celebrate Outsider’s official release. Thank you all the crowdfunders who backed this album. Stream it here findlaynapier.ffm.to/outsider and buy it from my website www.findlaynapier.com
Outsider is OUT NOW! It’s an augmented reality coffee table book, it’s a CD, it’s a download and you can a stream it on all the streaming things findlaynapier.ffm.to/outsider buy it- www.thebothysociety.com/store
April 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Outsider is OUT NOW! It’s an augmented reality coffee table book, it’s a CD, it’s a download and you can a stream it on all the streaming things findlaynapier.ffm.to/outsider buy it- www.thebothysociety.com/store