Overton & McCann

Working on arrangements for an upcoming house concert - this one’s called Strange Days

Overton & McCann, by Overton & McCann 5 track album

It's Bandcamp Friday! Bandcamp don't take a cut of anything artists sell today so we thought we'd just say we still have some copies of our EP, if you like hard media, and of course downloads as well🎸 💛🎺
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Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All - VEEPS With forty years of making music as the iconic folk-rock band Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have made their mark as musicians, songwriters, and dedicated activists. They have represented rad...

Just watched #indigogirls doc and so should you. For less than a fiver you get amazing archive footage, both musical and activist, and Amy and Emily's smart, funny and wise takes on all the phases of their lives and career. Brilliant! 💜 veeps.com/oscilloscope...

We got along to Out of the Bedroom for 1st time this year. It's Edinburgh's longest-running open mic night where you can't play covers, only originals. It was quiet, just half a dozen or so acts, but here's to songs dreamed up by humans and sung by humans to other humans 👫

"It's All Happening Tonight" is a beautiful new song by Gareth - and it was def true on Tuesday when we rehearsed and Lorraine played a bit of lead! 😮🎸

This Friday, May 2nd, is Bandcamp Friday. From midnight to midnight PST, we'll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready!

wee preview of our next single. It's in the later stages of mixing and we have 21st June pencilled in for release.😀

Hope you're enjoying Record Store Day. 💙 Lorraine was in Dundee the other day and can fully recommend Le Freak Records on Perth Road and Thirteen Records on Union Street btw

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We were very pleased to be guests of our good pal Mark McCreadie again on his new Emerging Music show on Black Diamond FM last week. We shared some influences and played four songs live in the studio. Listen again link 👇

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Recording update... So we've got two versions of the single 'Song of Dawn' in the pipeline - one that uses a bit of Tusk by Fleetwood Mac and one that doesn't. Am talking to Lindsey's publisher so fingers crossed they say yes, and that we can afford it 🤞 Gareth's trumpet sounds BRILLIANT on it.

What a night this was. The singing was exceptional, the songs and arrangements gorgeous. I'd never heard #JulieFowlis live and, wow, she has a voice for the ages. And #IndigoGirls - what can I say except haste ye back ❤️

have emailed you, Sarah

thanks!

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Frida's harmony is so perfect. Just gorgeous.
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We're really hoping that anyone who knew Dawn from her online personality will recognise and like the song. But we're also nervous and want to do this the right way. So if anyone can put us in touch with anyone close to Dawn who can help or advise us, we'd be very grateful. #dawnfoster

In fact it's called 'Song Of Dawn' and we are planning to record and release it next month. As neither of us knew Dawn 'in real life', we feel like we should reach out to some of Dawn's friends or family to check that it's ok to do this, maybe show them the lyrics or something...

Bluesky, can you help us with something? Our guitarist Lorraine used to be on Twitter and was a longtime follower of the late, great Dawn Foster. They shared a love of Fleetwood Mac and talked about the Oxford comma, among other things. Anyway, Lorraine has written a song about Dawn...

In honour of #peteryarrow we did a quick blast of That's What You Get For Loving Me the other night. It was written by Gordon Lightfoot but a big hit for Peter, Paul & Mary in 1964. Also one of the first songs we learned to sing together. ✌️

Woman sitting playing guitar in recording studio wearing a red and blue christmas jumper

Did some recording tonight. My wee GS Mini sounded amazing through an AKG414 😘

The rock drummer Mick Fleetwood posing like a twat in front of a massive Rolls Royce, used to ironically illustrate a modest royalties payout from PRS

PRS royalties day

Welsh carols, Derbyshire ballads and Cajun drinking songs: the best folk music for Christmas and winter As the Unthanks release a new collection of wintry folk, we pick out other seasonal albums full of variously warm, sparkling and sharp songcraft

It's nearly Christmas. You want some good festive folk. I wrote about some of my favourites for @theguardian.com (not shared last week because of the strike). Add yours below.
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YouTube video by Overton & McCann I WISH IT WAS JUNE - Overton & McCann (Official Video)

It's like: imagine 'Baby Driver' as a Christmas song. With a bit of TwoTone brass. And a really, really tiny bit of Brian Wilson. Our song about the real meaning of Christmas...
📺 watching Columbo
🤮 dodging mince pies

Full version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQ3...

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*clears throat* Just to say we're releasing our (non-)Christmas song later today. No fanfare, but actually LOADS of 🎺

yes! trumpet 💯

We're also working on a *whisper it* christmas song. BUT it's kind of anti... AND we're going full Brian Wilson on the harmonies - both vocal and trumpet - bc nothing says xmas more than a bit of miserable maximalism. Coming soon.

We did an interview in the November edition of A B Records e-zine. Sorry about the screencaps but it's probably the best way to share it. Have a good week!

Hello, bluesky and folkies everywhere... We're happy to be here and to support anyone who's making their own music. We're based in Edinburgh, always working away on new songs and... yeah, come say hello! 💛