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The Sundancer



The Sundancer is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Ayrshire. He has released 3 albums and numerous singles and e.p's on The Sundancer Music label. As a solo performer he started performing around Edinburgh and Glasgow in the esrly 2000's. During this time he put out several lo-fi cd's and was a regular performer at the CCA in Glasgow experimenting with songs, stories and white noise collaborations inspired by John and Yoko.

In 2005 he released Out of The Woods which was recorded at Moonglass Studios in Glasgow which led to Surrender being included in the film The Man By The Side of The Road and a remix of of Aching To Return by Norman Rodger of TV21. The e.p. was favourably reviewed by Julian Cope amongst others.

While playing widely across Scotland at Celtic Connections, The Edinburgh Fringe, coffee shops and bars as a solo performer, he began putting together a band. This led to recording at Green Door Studios in Glasgow after one of the songs There Will Come A Day was heard by the producers at the studio. 5 Miles To Sunrise was released in 2010 along with two videos and a series of promotional gigs including Record Store Day appearances in Glasgow, Leith and Edinburgh.

Live appearances at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and venues around Scotland followed before the band was stripped back to a two or three piece accoustic act and appearances at many Scottish Festivals.

A second album, Caught In Amber, was recorded at Green Door Studios in 2012 which captured this accoustic sound with Mads Mitchell on djembe and Paul Wood on violin. It was not released until 2019.

In 2013 21st Century Prophet$ was released on The Sundancer Music label, a collaboration with Dave Guild. A successful launch event with full band was held at Sloans in Glasgow supported by Norman Lamont and Traquair. After this there were no more performances in support of the new material.

The Sundancer returned to live in Ayrshire and life as a solo performer mentoring local bands and songwriters and performing in outdoor locations to large groups near lochs and hillsides and around campfires.

In 2019 the firat new recorded music in 6 years from The Sundancer arrived in the shape of Planet Ur-Th. Recorded in Ayrshire with producer and guitarist Laurence Lamb and bringing in Dave Guild and Paul Wood from previous albums. A return to full band performances in 2020 and an album launch was curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Last Star was released in August 2020, a song performed live many times and written back in 1997. This was followed by the One Way Traffic and In A State of Nature e.p's and a video for One More Day as The Sundancer once again moved back into a creative period. The songs were widely played on radio.

In January 2021 a short film for the Artists In Lockdown series featured original music while sharing experiences of what Lockdown had meant to him.