Shades of Amber 2022 is a development from the previous pre-covid ‘Perthshire Amber Festival’ and will be in part a series of concerts and in part a get together and chat with friends and food and some great music sessions! The four individual concerts are being held at Cardney Steading, Perthshire from Friday 4th – Sunday 6th November.
Dougie and Jenny MacLean have always felt spontaneous music sessions to be the lifeblood of any musical event and Dougie is very much looking forward to a weekend with less travel to and from venues and the necessary sound and lighting checks involved…and more time for making music with friends!
So this will be a series of concerts over the weekend in the Old Mill where Dougie will be joined by musical friends from over the years, as well as informal music sessions in the Rustic Cattle Shed and around the Firepit! … there’s no script or tight schedule and it will be kept as informal and spontaneous as possible … and see where the music takes us!
Jenny said: “We are lucky that so many of the musicians who’ve performed with Dougie in the past are still great friends and will be here for the performances during the weekend including a full line-up of: Ross Ainslie, Tim Edey, Pete Garnett, Sorren Maclean and Hannah Fisher, Mairi Sutherland, Katie Kross & Ross Barron, Gina Macleod & Alan Jordan, Davie Duncan, Gordon Maclean, Alan Sutherland, Ali Fergusson, Chris Agnew to name but a few….with other ‘surprise’ guests still to be announced. We are thrilled that these and other great musical friends are joining us!”
All this will be combined with an exhibition of Jenny’s watercolours and weavings throughout the wonderful spaces that make up the Cardney Steading venue, along with a cosy corner for The Big Knit (Shades of Amber fundraising initiative for the Cyrenians charity) – this will all make for a great weekend!
Dougie MacLean commented: “We have thought long and hard and it just didn’t seem right to go forward with a traditional style of festival with headline acts and tightly programmed concerts. We had hoped to release the programme of concerts and artists at the beginning of September but it just didn’t feel right under the current circumstances. With many concerts and events of late being postponed and cancelled due to so many of the performers getting covid (and the other illnesses going around), we decided that an event that can ebb and flow with these turbulent times would be wiser”.
Then Jenny MacLean commented: “One of the things we personally missed most about Perthshire Amber (and one of the most liked elements of past festivals!) was the Farewell Bash …. along with the Dougie MacLean with Friends Concerts. We have decided to make the whole weekend like one long Dougie with Friends Concert!”
The Farewell Concert with the full line-up will be streamed live to an global ticketed audience and another concert (yet to be announced) will be streamed free of charge to MacLean’s growing global audience.
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http://www.perthshireamber.com/shadesofamber2022
http://www.dunkeld.com/collections/shades-of-amber-2022
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