Hunter & McMustard, Scotland On Sunday, 5 May 2024
Hunter & McMustard | Off Axis Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 5 May 2024
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Hunter & McMustard are a contemporary alt-folk act, featuring John McMustard frontman of genre-hopping festival favourites Colonel Mustard and The Dijon 5 and singer songwriter Colin Hunter. They’re joined by Mellow Party with regular members Gordy Duncan, Stevie Black, Garry McFadden and other musicians from Scotland and beyond such as Lynette Beatton, Craig Weir and Alistair Edwards.
Their first release was a tribute to comedy legend Billy Connolly which enjoyed airplay on Iain Anderson’s BBC Radio Scotland show Travelling Folk and they’ve played festivals like Solas and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Stand In the Moment, inspired by the Kenmure Street Protest where Glaswegians prevented the deportation of two Sikh men, was released on Friday. Their next single, Go On Yourself also features Mellow Party and Dumfries Community Choir and is out via Button Up Records on 7 June. See them 20 May at the Scottish Football Museum, Hampden Park for Julie McNeill’s book launch, We Are Scottish Football and 26 May at Slanj A Va in Stirling visit https://linktr.ee/hunterandmcmustard
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