Marc Govan

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

Thank you Josie! I was hesitant to put this into the set but was convinced by… the drummer!

Oh nee! Dat zou vréselijk zijn!

What a fascinating image! I love how the head looks more like a sculpture and the arms more human. At least, to me.

YouTube video by Marc Govan Midnight Waltz - live

I just put a #live video of a beautiful #country #waltz on YouTube. Lighting was suitably subdued, so I chose this thumbnail instead of an auto-select one. What do you think?
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Ticket sales For a coffee concert I am performing on 12 April, 2026, I have recently partnered with a Ticketmaster company. This gained me an unintended wow factor w...

"What, you - on #Ticketmaster?" my friends ask. So I wrote a blog post to explain why I don't have to be like Lady Gaga. And to pimp my #concert on 12 April...
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Looking for a #harpist who can work with #chordsymbols and #augmentedchords to record on my weird duet Oyster! Help! Does such a person even exist?!
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This Sunday in Leiden, a short live set of songs from the album High Tide, out later this year!
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I just put my first collab ad out on Vampr for my VERY sad and mysterious new song Oyster:
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To my European and sensible American friends: this is how you can help redress the power balance that is currently skewing the global stage so badly.
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Dankjewel voor de reactie. Ik vind dat plaatsing van X als kanaal op jullie site suggereert dat het een fatsoenlijk medium is. Het komt over als advertentie voor dat platform. Daarnaast voeden reposts het haatzaaiende algoritme. Ik hoop dat jullie deze kritiek doorgeven aan de globale organisatie.

De Correspondent deelt zijn journalistiek niet langer op X Wij stoppen met onze journalistiek posten op X. Ons bereik op het platform is matig (en tanende), de interactie van extreem lage kwaliteit, de opbrengst in termen van bezoekers of nieuwe leden zeer kl...

Gelukkig nieuwjaar! Graag deel ik hier 1 van mijn voornemens. Wie doet mee?
@decorrespondent.nl maakte begin vorig jaar een goede beslissing… Waar blijven @partijvoordedieren.nl en @azgnl.bsky.social nu? Ik heb mijn donaties opgezegd tot zij ook x de rug toekeren.
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A brief background story about Francesco Marcheselli and how that gorgeous #oboe tune came about... Can't wait to put it on #vinyl next year!
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Wait Out the Storm (teaser) Featuring the amazing blues oboist Francesco Marcheselli, this song has the most complex texture of all Marc's songs so far. The full song with all the vocals will be available on the album High Tide

It's almost the longest night of the year, and this part of a gorgeous tune I wrote featuring an #oboe seems particularly fitting for #MusicSky
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YouTube video by Marc Govan Falcon Head

I've just put a video on YouTube of our live performance of "Falcon Head" at @tivolivredenburg.bsky.social on Sunday 7 December. Enjoy!
youtu.be/dwWbUGUxm4s

I’m now free of #facebook and #instagram and already look forward to a productive day on 16 December 2025 - without sponsored shit and/or political division.

I’m on Signal, similar to WhatsApp! X

I'm so pleased that Bandzoogle - which powers my musician website - has added the @bsky.app logo to the list of pages one can link to from the homepage! Thanks!
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I started a countdown for leaving Meta a couple of days ago. Are you still on Facebook or Instagram? Wanna join the exodus?
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Tivoli gig Sunday, 7 December 2025 saw our first gig with a complete band. The venue was the central hall at Tivoli, Utrecht, which is one of the best-known venue ...

I had such an amazing gig with Scrapheap at Tivoli in Utrecht! Even though half the band was initially stuck on a train that had hit a tree, they got to the venue just in time and we all played a great set filled with songs I’ve written over the years. Thanks band!
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I've just made this jpg to post on #Instagram and #Facebook after posting something on Bluesky. I hope it'll help make the #socialmediatransition quicker. Feel free to copy and use it!

As a musician, I thought it'd be nice to put the creative mind behind my recent visuals in the limelight... Emphasising how different art forms enhance each other!
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So good to see that the concept of #playlist isn’t the monopoly of one streaming platform only. Yay for #bandcamp and other #independent minded places!

Tango Till They're Sore Marc’s cover of a Tom Waits favourite. The clarinet, trombone and viola add a bit of a New Orleans vibe.

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I’m making this song public just for a few days as I’ll be playing it at my gig at @tivolivredenburg.bsky.social this Sunday!

Fresh Picks Of The Week - Night Shift Discover our latest Fresh Finds of the week.

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I'm very grateful to see my single "Falcon Head" included in Fresh Picks of the Week on music platform Night Shift. Thank you!

First time ever I performed this song with just #vocals and #guitar. I wrote #PrayforRain out of frustration at #polarisation in general and at the #genocide in #Gaza.

Happy early birthday! That was a joy to listen to and to watch.

Falcon Head Falcon Head is a folk-rock ode to seafarers. It has a full sound, with wind instruments suggesting the force of the ocean, and with backing vocals echoing through the chorus.

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My new folk-rock single "Falcon Head" (with analogue-only instruments including a #trombone, #accordion, #flute and #violin) can be heard on #SoundCloud, #Bandcamp and other decent platforms #MusicSky

@cookieduh.xyz #AddMusicSky please :)

Mijn eerste post op dit platform - en mijn eerste videoclip ooit - ging ook over hem. Was leuk om te maken maar heeft helaas geen invloed gehad op de verkiezingen daar…