The Three Six Five Collection (2024)
A 32 year project to capture Ayrshire and beyond in this hardback A4 landscape sheet music masterpiece, 365 compositions (it's actually 368 because stopping composing for a book is akin to stopping an oil tanker). Due for release December 2024.
This publication contains 81 compositions for the Scottish bagpipes and artwork by renowned artist Eòghann MacColl.
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The Tarbolton Collection (2023)
This isn’t just the story of a few streets - this is Tarbowton - Tarbolton - from the Robert Burns years to the present. This is the spirit of the Scots and an Ayrshire village -overlooked by many, but just mibbies, a microcosm of who we are as a people.
Welcome to the Tarbolton Collection.
In a first, every street within the town is immortalised in composition, along with local dignitaries, famous sons and daughters, and of course, relevant Robert Burns historical figures from the area.
The Tarbolton Collection recounts the cultural importance of the village during Robert Burns’ time whilst demonstrating the present dynamism and the vital continuation of the Scots language within the area.
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The Kilmarnock Collection (2018)
It is every spark that illuminates our skies - gone, all too quickly, sometimes without warning - and leaving constellations of darkness within our souls.
This book is a scliff of life, a moment from Kilmarnock, a point in time that will never again return. Please cherish these compositions and give each and every person the immortality they truly deserve.
15 years in the making, John's first major published edition is the Kilmarnock Collection with cover by award winning Scottish artist Eòghann MacColl.
The book contains 164 compositions, based around life, both in Kilmarnock, and it's outstretched connections throughout the world. The idea was to capture the humanity, the sights, smells, characters, streets and establishments that is the Kilmarnock we know - a snapshot of a moment in time.
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