At the peak of a festival in the Western Isles, a working class, untrained, hard drinking Glaswegian musician experiences a pivotal moment in his musical journey. He spends the next seven years battling to recreate this moment, on the outskirts of an industry swamped in privilege, to which he feels he does not belong. His struggle with class identity culminates in grinding mental health battles and alcoholism, but is pulled back by his partner, Iona, and a deep but affinity love for music. A modern perspective on the Scottish music industry intertwined with romance, class bias and the unpredictability of creativity.
At the peak of a festival in the Western Isles, a working class, untrained, hard drinking Glaswegian musician experiences a pivotal moment in his musical journey. He spends the next seven years battling to recreate this moment, on the outskirts of an industry swamped in privilege, to which he feels he does not belong. His struggle with class identity culminates in grinding mental health battles and alcoholism, but is pulled back by his partner, Iona, and a deep but affinity love for music. A modern perspective on the Scottish music industry intertwined with romance, class bias and the unpredictability of creativity.
Shane Johnstone is a Glaswegian poet, translator, and novelist. His poetry in Gaelic, Scots and English is widely published in Scotland, and his first novel, The Gods of Frequency, was published by Arkbound Publishing in 2020. Shane (whose family speak Gaelic at home) is a practitioner in a Gaelic immersion nursery with a love of French literature. He loves hiking with his two sons, who he lives with in Govanhill.
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