Kevin 'lefty' Farrell... lefty = left handed.

“Being a lefty in a righty world has been and continues to be a fascinating experience....”

Hanging on to the coat tails of the blues, 40+ years playing live has forged a quirky and eclectic reflection of life in an acoustic, genre-defying performance, not to be missed. If you like 'original', you will not be disappointed.

“I like my songs to be like wet clay, they shift in mood, key, tempo and delivery at every outing. I like it that way. A bit like the british weather.”

Hey, I'm Gary.

A recent events programme described what I do as: 'Laid-back acoustic story-telling seasoned with hints of folk, soul and ragtime'. I'm happy to go with that.

Life is increasingly on-line now, and I'm creating songs with writers in different continents and time zones. But nothing gives a better, bigger buzz than live music. A great gig for me is when we start as a room full of individuals, and end as a group of friends.

Hope to share that experience with you soon

“Neither music, nor life, should be a lonely journey. And if it is, the journey can change”.

Hi, I’m David and I’ve been writing songs forever. Songs about the joys and sorrows, the pure weird, hilarious beauty, of life and death, and everything in between. I record and release a new song every month.

I’m also the founder of Homesong, and gigs in houses are my favourite way to perform and hear songs. Through my music I want to connect with people who believe that the world can become a kinder and more compassionate place for us all, when we choose to take our slice of responsibility.

I’m from Ayr. Like so many others, writing songs and posing with a guitar were my chosen (and only) routes to social acceptance as a teenager.

I’ve been writing songs since I was 16. It wasn’t until I moved to Edinburgh in my forties that I took songwriting seriously. That period of writing, recording and networking laid the foundation for my albums that followed and many of the songs I still play: funny, spiritual, rocking and melancholy

I love Fripp and Eno’s soundscapes and have created my own. Recently I’ve been studying classical composition styles and film music.

Following a career spent writing and directing award winning musicals for young people, Chris has now returned to the stage himself. Performing a mix of melodic, poignant and often downright silly self-penned songs he aims to enrapture, enthral and appal in equal measure.

Based in sleepy Drumlemble near Campbeltown, Chris likes nothing better than walking on local beaches making up new ditties in his head in his continuing quest to write the perfect song. He advocates social justice, equality and world peace and is a campaigner for a universal basic income and free jelly babies for all.

Since I started writing my own songs, I’ve made four albums, the latest of which, Where Time Suspends, (Ian Rankin - “beautiful”) became the featured album on the BBC Radio Scotland’s Iain Anderson’s Show in February 2021 and was also the Album of the Week in Scotland on Sunday at that time.

We had the huge pleasure to do four Homesongs gigs and there really is nothing to compare with the thrill of playing to a receptive audience and being part of that moment with them. Absolutely magic!!

Beldina Odenyo is a songwriter who has played Homesong gigs solo and with others. She writes the kind of songs that come alive in an intimate home setting and loves the more informal, community orientated nature of Homesong. She also likes the way it gives an opportunity for up and coming artists who hold down regular jobs to fit in some fairly easily organised gigs around the weekends.

Daniel Smith is a musician who is returning to full time music making and finds that homesong gigs are a great way to make some money and build an audience between bigger events. They are simple to organise. They are enjoyable in their own right, with a special intimate vibe. And they are possibly a place to experiment or try out new material away from the more pressured, bigger stages.
daniel

Brenda Xu lives in the US but is planning a tour in Europe. Homesong gigs are a great way to help her fill the gaps in her itinerary, or even make up most of the tour, and of introducing herself to a new audience. At the moment it takes her a fair bit of organisation to arrange such a tour. The more Homesong venues the better. And the more artists who could then take the plunge of arranging a tour on new horizons with minimal overheads and a lot less risk