Happy New Year!
We hope things improve for everyone in 2021 and we offer our immense gratitude to all the people who have worked to keep us safe.
RIP Jim McLean
A Scottish sporting giant and an inspiration
WHOLE LOTTA ROADIES- Album now available
The Fruit Tree Foundation is delighted to announce the creation of a brand-new unique album, ‘Whole Lotta Roadies’, put together by some of Scotland’s most loved musical artists and their crew. The project is the idea of Rod Jones of Idlewild, who saw first-hand the devastating effect the pandemic was having on all aspects of live shows, and in particular, those who rely on live events for a living, many now facing the prospect of an entire year of cancelled bookings.
As well as The Proclaimers performing Over and Done WIth, the line-up features, Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, Twin Atlantic, Arab Strap, KT Tunstall, Fatherson, Emma Pollock, Honeyblood, Kathryn Joseph, The Rezillos, The Xcerts, and Idlewild.
Available at bandwagon – https://ffm.to/wlr
BBC Radio 4 – SOUL MUSIC – Why Sunshine on Leith is a love song to humanity
Broadcast 15 December 2020
Special thanks to producer Maggie Ayre for crafting this moving and insightful episode and to the contributors Melida Tetley, Clive Stafford-Smith, Margaret Alcorn, Dave Robb and Ross Wilson.
LISTEN HERE
New Bodies Gym – ‘I Would Lunge 500 Miles’ – Raising money for Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Well done to Emma and Andrew Lomax and members of their Buxton gym for their super Christmas themed spirited and entertaining performances for a great cause.
The idea was inspired by the parents of two-year-old Molly Corthorn – who doctors gave a 30% chance of survival at birth. Molly was found to have fluid on the brain and a hernia causing pressure on her heart and lungs during her mums’ pregnancy.
The tot miraculously pulled through, parents Kimberly and Dan were told she may never walk and talk but now she is a happy chatty little girl, and she is now learning to walk with her frame.
Mum of 3 Emma said Molly spent her first Christmas at the hospital and staff made it so special for them. We just thought it would be nice to raise some money for other children spending this Christmas in hospital.
The video is at – https://youtu.be/oyue62EnuL0 and on Facebook www.Facebook.com/New.Bodies.gyms.
Donate at – https://www.facebook.com/donate/714072612850627/
SUNSHINE ON LEITH (single version) on LIMITED EDITION GREEN VINYL proceeds to NHS Edinburgh & Lothians.
We are delighted to be partnering with Hibernian FC and Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation to bring you the reissue of the single ‘Sunshine on Leith’ on limited edition 7″ clear green vinyl, featuring artwork edited from the original 1988 single. This limited edition reissue features ‘Sunshine on Leith (Single Version)’ as an A side and is accompanied by a live version recorded at Barrowlands, Glasgow 10th May 1994 on the B side.
£6 will be donated from the sale of each product to Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation, the official charity of NHS Lothian. Now available to pre-order exclusively through Hibernian Direct here: https://lnk.to/SunshineOnLeith
Money raised will help Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation continue to provide additional support for NHS Lothian staff during one of the largest global health crises of our lifetime.