Diving for Pearls Concert – June 20th at The Grand Ole Opry

Lorraine & The Borderlands are looking forward to playing at The Grand Ole Opry on June 20th in support of Diving for Pearls a multi-media project coordinated by Govan & Craigton Integration Network. The Concert is part of Refugee Week and they will be part of the line-up along with the wonderful Alasdair Roberts & Friends, The Carlton Jug Band, Big Hogg and the Diving for Pearls songwriting group.

Inspired by Clive Langer and Elvis Costello’s song Shipbuilding, it will explore the cultural, social and economic impact of the shipbuilding industry on the population of Govan by focusing on and bringing together people with migrant histories: from the descendants of Highland and Irish settlers to the more recent arrivals from Europe, and refugees from around the world.

Belong…. to our music video

Lorraine & The Borderlands will perform at STEREO in Glasgow along with a team of Contemporary Dancers & music video screenings by Wake Up Advice and we will have the wonderful Megan Davidson for support.

This Gig is to support and celebrate the making of a Dance Video for the song ‘Belong‘ from Lorraine & The Borderlands debut album.

The ‘Belong‘ Dance Video project is a collaboration between Lorraine McCauley & The Borderlands, 4 Contemporary Dancers and Wake Up Advice Video makers.

All money raised by this Gig in ticket sales & donations will go towards the costs of making the video.

So we welcome you to be our very own Modern Day Patron of the Arts, not only will you get a Live Music Gig with Dance performances and Video screenings but you will also support the making of the ‘Belong‘ Dance Video to boot.

If you can’t make the Gig but would like to support the making of the video please choose the Belong Video Donation Button and your name can be added to our Video credits on request (http://belong.eventbrite.com)

Many thanks and please spread the word,

Lorraine & The Borderlands

Please Welcome Mat Clements to the Borderlands

We are very happy to announce that the fabulous Mat Clements of Orkestra del Sol fame has joined the band. Mat joined Lorraine & the Borderlands in the run up to their album launch and his fantastic percussion is a wonderful fit to the band. For over 6 years Mat has been playing with Orkestra del Sol who have charmed audiences all over Europe and Australia as well as at festivals in India, and China. Orkestra del Sol are well renowned for their bombastic brass, good-time honkstep and tongue-in-cheek humour. The Edinburgh-based 9-piece kicked off 2011 with a 23-show tour of Australia, including a high profile season at Sydney International Art Festival. Check out one of their great videos below….

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A beautiful launch for Light in the Darkest Corners

A big thanks to St. Celilia’s Hall for hosting the launch of our debut album ‘Light in the Darkest Corners‘ and thanks to everyone who came along to celebrate with us. The night was a huge success and we made the most of the beautiful venue. Here is a video capturing Big Love with the full band and choreographed contemporary dance. Enjoy xxx

‘Light in the Darkest Corners’ Album Launch Oct 13th

Lorraine & The Borderlands are to launch their debut album in the oldest Concert venue in Scotland. Dating from 1763 St. Celilia’s is a beautiful oval shaped hall purpose built for musical performances.

To celebrate the album release, Lorraine will be performing with the full band along with performances by a contempory dance troop. The Borderlands include Nick Jenkins on fiddle, mandolin, viola, Jonee Duggan on accordion, Billy Hamilton on cello and Mat Clements on percussion.

As part of the event the Musical Museum will provide guests the opportunity to take a free guided tour of the Musical Museum prior to the concert. A tour will start at 4pm where you can discover how music is made and see fascinating and beautiful musical instruments going back 400 years. To book your place on a tour email lorraineandtheborderlands@gmail.com

Pledge Music Celebration Gig Sept 29th

To celebrate and thank everyone for helping us to reach our pledge music target, we’d like to invite you all to a little free gig in Coda Music shop on the Mound Edinburgh. Thanks to all our pledgers we have reached our target required to complete and launch our debut album. So we welcome all pledgers and pledgers friends too to come and celebrate with this little intimate pre-launch gig. We look forward to thanking all pledgers in person who can make it along. You can also pick up the album on the day. More info on gig details here

Join our pledge music campaign and help us launch our Debut Album

We are going on a journey and we’d like you to come with us. It is a musical adventure and we can’t go on it without you. This particular adventure will involve You, Us and Pledge Music.

Pledge Music is a new way for artists to make music with the direct support of their fans, friends and families. By pledging and pre -purchasing our album you will help us to raise the funds needed to complete and launch our debut album.

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