David McLean
@swordsaintpress.bsky.social
Displaced Smoggie in the Great Wen. Worker, novelist, amateur #tradfolk singer and #folktronica muso. New book ‘Fox Silver’ out NOW! Fear no foe.
August 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
… pears, different apples, hazelnuts 2/2
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
… pears, different apples, hazelnuts 2/2
Fruit trees in the garden are giving it loads this year, we’ll see how many survive the squirrels: damsons, hazelnuts, plums, apples 1/2
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Fruit trees in the garden are giving it loads this year, we’ll see how many survive the squirrels: damsons, hazelnuts, plums, apples 1/2
June 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Very proud to be a member of the EFDSS and wholeheartedly support this.
May 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Very proud to be a member of the EFDSS and wholeheartedly support this.
Goblin band are absolutely phenomenal
March 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Goblin band are absolutely phenomenal
Ticket sales for the March gig are slower than a naked man crawling over a mile of knives. If they don’t pick up, it might be cancelled. Folk clubs operate on margins thinner than a midge’s minim, so this would be a terrible, no good, very bad thing.
(Pictured: a very bad thing)
(Pictured: a very bad thing)
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ticket sales for the March gig are slower than a naked man crawling over a mile of knives. If they don’t pick up, it might be cancelled. Folk clubs operate on margins thinner than a midge’s minim, so this would be a terrible, no good, very bad thing.
(Pictured: a very bad thing)
(Pictured: a very bad thing)
Damien and Mike are absolutely superb. I bought their album ‘The Old Songs’ and you should buy it, too
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Damien and Mike are absolutely superb. I bought their album ‘The Old Songs’ and you should buy it, too
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
Nyge & Sue (TheGooseIsOut) are the reason why the Ivy House is a major folk venue played by folk folk like eliza carthy, her Daddy, John Kirkpatrick, Goblin Band, Lisa Knapp, Nicky Hart, StickInTheWheel, Melrose Quartet, nd many others
(Pictured: Goblins @ the ivyhouse)
(Pictured: Goblins @ the ivyhouse)
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Nyge & Sue (TheGooseIsOut) are the reason why the Ivy House is a major folk venue played by folk folk like eliza carthy, her Daddy, John Kirkpatrick, Goblin Band, Lisa Knapp, Nicky Hart, StickInTheWheel, Melrose Quartet, nd many others
(Pictured: Goblins @ the ivyhouse)
(Pictured: Goblins @ the ivyhouse)
On 28 March, Damien Barber and Mike Wilson (pictured) are playing the ivy house in Nunhead, London’s first community owned pub (full disclosure: I am a shareholder). The gig is run by TheGooseIsOut , the lovely people who run the folk club in said pub on the second Sunday of the month.
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
On 28 March, Damien Barber and Mike Wilson (pictured) are playing the ivy house in Nunhead, London’s first community owned pub (full disclosure: I am a shareholder). The gig is run by TheGooseIsOut , the lovely people who run the folk club in said pub on the second Sunday of the month.
Greetings my #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic peeps from #LDN and surrounds. Welcome to another in your host’s irregular series, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FOLK CLUB SO IT DOESN’T DIE
(Pictured: a folk club, yesterday)
(Pictured: a folk club, yesterday)
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Greetings my #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic peeps from #LDN and surrounds. Welcome to another in your host’s irregular series, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FOLK CLUB SO IT DOESN’T DIE
(Pictured: a folk club, yesterday)
(Pictured: a folk club, yesterday)
Damien and Mike are absolutely superb. I bought their album ‘The Old Songs’ and you should buy it, too
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
February 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Damien and Mike are absolutely superb. I bought their album ‘The Old Songs’ and you should buy it, too
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
(Pictured: a superb album, yesterday)
Saw Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell in Much Ado About Nothing tonight and it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. Absolutely spectacular. Shame they’re so blurry in real life really
February 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Saw Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell in Much Ado About Nothing tonight and it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. Absolutely spectacular. Shame they’re so blurry in real life really
current listening: ‘Ordinary Man’ by Christy Moore. Brilliant album of Irish folk. Cover art: no attempt was made #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic #irishfolk
January 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
current listening: ‘Ordinary Man’ by Christy Moore. Brilliant album of Irish folk. Cover art: no attempt was made #folk #tradfolk #folkmusic #irishfolk
Well it’s been a few months since I published my last book, time to start editing my next one, that shouldn’t take long what the fuck man who wrote all this
December 15, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Well it’s been a few months since I published my last book, time to start editing my next one, that shouldn’t take long what the fuck man who wrote all this
Well, I’m convinced
November 21, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Well, I’m convinced
Some big belated love to @thelongestjohns.bsky.social for their spectacular support gig for @bellowhead.bsky.social at the Palladium. You rocked and were charm personified
November 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Some big belated love to @thelongestjohns.bsky.social for their spectacular support gig for @bellowhead.bsky.social at the Palladium. You rocked and were charm personified
Nonchalant fiddler is nonchalant (at the Palladium)
November 20, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Nonchalant fiddler is nonchalant (at the Palladium)
Last night at the Palladium was the best gig I’ve ever seen
November 19, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Last night at the Palladium was the best gig I’ve ever seen