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Hiya all Welcome to May and a Rab Noakes news update.   The dates in March went well and included a successful, well-attended, return to London at The Kalamazoo Klub. The first half of April was dogged by the presence…
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Hiya all As we enter the second half of July here’s a Rab Noakes news update. I’ll start with a reminder of a couple of shows happening later in the month. One is at The Byre in The Botanics in…
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Hiya all Welcome to June and a Rab Noakes news update.   I’ll start with a reminder of a couple of shows happening later in the month. The first is in Dundee at Clark’s on Lindsay Street. That’s on Thursday…
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Part of my forthcoming trip south is a show in London, for the first time in a wee while. It’ll be great to see you there. It’s on Friday March 11th. The organiser has asked me to make sure everyone…
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Hello everyone I’ll open this brief note with a stop-press update on a forthcoming date. I’m delighted to say my show at Porters in Tynemouth on Saturday March 5th has sold out. Ray Laidlaw has kindly suggested another night so…
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Hello everyone   It was, indeed, sad news we heard on Sunday 31st Jan regarding the death of Terry Wogan. I remember first hearing him on BBC Radio 1 in 1969 with his show which included the delightful ‘Song for the…
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Hello everyone Happy New Year to you all Here’s wishing all the best to all of you for 2016.   Here’s a reminder that this year’s seasonal offer involves Red Pump Special – 40th anniversary edition. The CD is available…
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Hello all It’s December, the heart of midwinter as well as the festive season, so here’s wishing all the best to all of you for all festivities and for 2016. This year’s seasonal offer involves Red Pump Special – 40th…
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Hello all As November comes to a close so does my wee tour to launch the new record. Stephy, in her role as agent, did a great job putting the dates together. The first show following my previous newsletter was…
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Hello all, Welcome to November and a newsletter with a further update on, amongst other things, the new album ‘I’m walkin’ here’. That comes later but first a wee report from last night at The Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock…
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