From Thursday 6th to Monday 10th June 2019 Facilitated by Mairi Campbell, Helen Chadwick, Kate Howard and Ali Mills at Kilcreggan House (one hour from Glasgow on the Clyde Estuary) A message from Ali Mills: Dear all, I cannot imagine a better way of celebrating a midsummer than a Festival of Song with some of my favourite song leaders and that is exactly what we have on offer in June this year! Over the course of a long weekend we’ll

Hi everyone, A happy new year to you all! May it bring you inspiration, courage and kindness… I’m about to head off on the ‘Arms around Scotland’ (Auld Lang Syne) tour, something I’ve dreamt of doing for years. I’m excited to be touring village halls across the country, feeling into the folk and the place, and offering up this wonderful show. Robert Burns, who is so famously associated with the original poem, did much the same thing 200 years ago, touring as a performance poet from the

Robert Burns is said to have first heard Auld Lang Syne sung by an old man in a pub in Dumfries in 1795. He added three verses to the original, then when he sent the song to his publisher Thompson in Edinburgh, they recommended he change the tune to the one we know today. But the first tune hasn’t been forgotten… definitely not. In fact, I’ll be singing it during the new show (Mairi Campbell: Auld Lang Syne), which I’ll be playing at the Fringe most

Hello everyone, Exciting news!  Tickets are now on sale for the new show Mairi Campbell: Auld Lang Syne at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We’ll be playing the show most days from 4 to 28 August (4.30pm) at Scottish Storytelling Centre, High Street, Edinburgh. Free track In celebration, I’m giving away a free MP3 of Scotland’s most famous song, which Dave Francis and I recently got back in the studio to record. Dave’s playing on it is totally gorgeous. We hope you like it. Check out my website to read more about the new show, buy your tickets, and

a review by Hildegard Ginzler Sinzig, 2nd May 2018 ‘Culture from the Vaults’ has been thoroughly refreshed by Monika Recker-Johnson. And that, despite the fact that the guest performer from Scotland, Mairi Campbell, is little known in these parts. In the British Isles, however, the multi-talented musician, singer and composer is celebrated. Her voice is known throughout the world, having sung ‘Auld Lang Syne’ in a scene in the Sex and the City film. Campbell has already appeared at the

Hello everyone, It’s all systems go now with the new show Mairi Campbell: Auld Lang Syne in the run up to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018. We’ll be playing the show every day from the 4 to 28 August at 4.30pm at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, High Street. The show is the sequel to Pulse and the second of a trilogy. I’m also really delighted for it to have won the support of Made in Scotland, a curated showcase of Scotland based work. Co-director Kath Burlinson, founder of the Authentic Artist Collective, and I

Dear all, Songcraft and Singing with Cera Impala and Mairi Campbell 2018 is happening in June and it’s going to be great! Run by Cera and I for the second year in a row, this course will give you the tools to kickstart your songwriting and take it to a whole new level. Our camp creates the perfect conditions for your creative cooking: peaceful, supportive and inspiring. Since there are just a few spaces left, I want to make sure you didn’t miss

Hi folks, We’re in the midst of week two of a three week rehearsal process for Wolves. It’s so wonderful I can’t quite believe it.  Dancing and being in the show with my daughter Ellen is a special feeling. Come and see us… Barrowland Ballet present Wolves 2:30pm & 7.30pm, Saturday 17th February | The Studio, Potterrow, Edinburgh TICKETS HERE Developed from the original five star production, Wolves explores the stories that have been told through time to different generations, keeping us all in