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It was a damn cold night in Strathpeffer tonight, and where else would you want to be , but in the Coffee House, listening to good music, with an Americano express and some blueberry muffins?



Well the coffee and cakes made an impact, and you can't beat a cup of damn hot coffee, but after three covers from Damn Hot, the female belters of the cliche rock classics, using a highly clever trick of substituting original gender references to the opposite , eg The Girls are Back in Town… Continue

A driech summer Monday night in Strathpeffer, and at this terrific wee venue, it should have been standing room only, but it wasn't and that is to the detriment of those who never showed up.



Travelling a wee distance to see the great acts that have appeared at the Coffee House, for me is well worth it, and for someone of Esther O'Connors talent, I would drive 500 miles, no sorry, someones already done that one.



A passerby, may have thought that Buffy Saint Marie or Joni… Continue

Northern Roots Festival: The Highlight of this fantastic festival, was Alan and Maryann Frew.

I say that with as much of an unbiased slant as I can muster. As the openers of the final Sunday night line up, they were sensational.

Not with foot stomping, unison handclapping stuff, but reflective, insightful beautiful songs, performed with a soothing velvet like sound, that had the ability to put an audience at ease, no, let's say a blissful state.

A Fleet Foxes cover to… Continue