We’ve been fairly quiet on the live front over the last couple of months (other than a gig for our old friends at Dalgety Bay Folk Club and a charity concert in Castle Douglas) but we have not been idle.

Recording is now underway on Sorries album number 7 and we’re very excited to be back in the studio. The album is likely to have 11 or 12 tracks on it and promises to include some of the songs we have introduced to the live set over the last year or two, as well as a couple we have talked about recording for years – but haven’t got round to! The album will also include a couple of very old songs which are new to us and possibly even a couple of original compositions…

Those of you who are subscribers to our Patreon have already been getting sneak previews of some of the tracks as well as behind-the-scenes clips of us hard at work – if you’d like to subscribe for this (and more) you can support us for a little as £3 a month (and cancel anytime) by going to www.patreon.com/thesorries

Never having taken The Sorries to the South-West before, it was lovely to experience a wonderful Castle Douglas crowd when we played a charity event there on the 6th April. We opened and closed a special night of music in honour of local men Peter French and Michael Coutts which featured some great musicians and raised almost £3000 for the chosen charities (Prostate Cancer UK & Marie Curie). A particular highlight (for one half of the band!) took place off stage during the interval however, when Marty tried to open the bathroom door and found the handle not performing as expected. As the raffle rolled on, a small but dedicated group worked like fury (although Douglas was largely just laughing at this point) to remove the glass pane in the door to allow Marty to make his escape. With a bit of effort and bread knives standing in for chisels, the glass was safely unpinned and it was just left for Marty to clamber through. The window being positioned fairly high up, this could have been an issue for a man less nimble than the sturdy Aberdonian, but with the help of a couple of chairs he escaped and was back in position for the start of the concert’s second half. The incident left Marty quite unharmed, although the same might not be said of those who witnessed his passage through the eye-level window in his kilt…

Lastly, keep an eye open over the next day or two for news of some Sorries shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.