Calum Baird
INTRODUCING: Calum Baird
Falkirk-based singer songwriter Calum Baird, who prior to Covid-19 was regularly touring across mainland Europe and throughout the UK. He has performed alongside artists such as Dick Gaughan, Ewan McLennan, The Jellyman’s Daughter, Kyle Falconer and scores of international artists.
Baird writes excellent songs containing social commentary and political / protest song, he’s been featured by Jim Gellatly on Amazing Radio.
A View From the Notebooks is an EP of material written during lockdown, three acoustic songs, with all too familiar themes; alienation, an eternally contradicted external world, climate change and general introspection. Baird said, “it is based on a combination of dreams, imaginings and characterisations of the absurdities in the world today but also the latent beauty that is there to be seen, despite all the noise.”
Baird took up painting as a therapeutic and creative hobby during lockdown and the result is hand-painted artwork to accompany the A View From the Notebooks EP. He also wanted to paint the absurdities and contradictions that he is singing about on the EP in colour, rather than black.
Calum’s EP - A View From the Notebooks is released on 4 December pre-save at https://ditto.fm/a-view-from-the-notebooks and check back here. In the meantime visit Calum’s website for some of his art / listen to some older songs https://calumbaird.com/
Website: https://calumbaird.com/ | Facebook: @CalumBairdSongs | Instagram: @calumbairdsongs | Twitter: @CalumBairdSongs | Spotify: HERE
A View From the Notebooks EP out 4 December 2020