Neal Macdonald is a local artist and face about town. You will no doubt have seen him walking around looking busy with his retro adidas top and slight flared brown slacks. I only met Neil for the first time a few weeks ago through Willie and discovered he lives round the corner from me and doesn't own a mobile phone. Fact.
Anyway he has produced a great body of work for some shows which I believe include paintings and screen prints of album covers for Birdsong. I guess there was a time when Birdsong albums were cutting edge and would still be great for sampling today. The work I have seen so far looks amazing and is definately worth a few moments of your time so pop along to the Foyer restaurant before the 29th Nov or if you are in Banchory you can see Neal's work at Lang Byre Gallery until the 9th Nov.
Deen Scene - What's On # 16!
Its been another hectic few months and with Christmas and New Year looming there's not much sign of it slowing down. But its good to take a minute to recap what's been happening probably for the last time this year and to see what's coming up for 2019! Before that though press play on the mix tape above from Lucky Me artist Jacques Greene . I've been listening to this a lot over the last couple of weeks and I've found it an uplifting trip for this rather bleak and depressing time of year. Although released in April the EP which features many of these new tracks has just been released and can be purchased via his website / Lucky Me shop . Other musical highlights this month include this beautiful cover of 'Avril 14th' by Aphex Twin on a pedal steel guitar, rediscovering the amazing Jeff Buckley and despite not going to see him at The Lemon Tree I've still had 'SIX' by Mansun on heavy rotation, a masterpiece from the late 90's that ...