Music + Memory: A Personal Photography Project

Music, words and photos are important things in my life. This ongoing project is a way of trying to show the special memories that specific music has for me and talking a little bit about them. I'll also try to make a photo that captures some of what they make me feel.

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Wild, beautiful and unbelievably tight, @ditzband gig tonight at The Mash House c/o @432presents reinforces their position as one of the best bands in the UK. Glasgow pals shouldn't miss them at @thehugandpint tomorrow night 👏 Photo album with @comp

Fun day documenting all the good stuff at this year's 360 Fest at @nationalmuseumsscotland National Museum of Flight including the @extrememountainbikeshow not being limited by boring things like gravity 😳

Another fab Book(ish) event today at @nationalgalleriesscot with Senior Archivist Kirstie Meehan introducing some very Unbooky Books including Andy Warhol's 'Index Book' (with Velvets flexidisc), @chloespicerart 'Self Service Library Rave' (with disc

Edinburgh Psych Fest 2025 bows out with some cracking sets from @_deadletter + @la_securite_avant_tout + @thebanddonothing + @swiss.portrait 👏👏👏

Quick peek at the ongoing fun'n'mischief happening at today's Edinburgh Psych Fest with @iamheartworms + @blind_yeo_band + @theorchestrafornow + @anna___erhard 👏

That's Edinburgh Psych Fest 2025 (AKA Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Fest) out of the blocks with a storming set from @the_moonlandingz at @queens_hall including guest slot from @nadineshah 👏

After another depressing week of senseless cruelty and political cowardice, it was good to join today's Time to Take Action protest march to Bute House 🇵🇸 Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/time-to-take-action-30-august-2025

Final festivals show of 2025 is a belter from @ducksltdband + @former.champ at @sneakypetesclub showing a perfect mix of exuberance and economy 👏👏👏 - don’t miss their show at @nicensleazy on 26 Aug 2025. Photo album > https://andycatlin.m

Wish every celebration was as joyous and good natured as @pieute 13th birthday party tonight on Chambers Street (with some of the most fearless barbering ever seen by @half_cut_barbershop 😂). Bumper photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.co

Thrilling time taking photos of tonight's 'Puff' performance by performer Hiltinho Fantástico & choreographer Alice Ripoll at @dancebase c/o @cambioartbr / @assemblyfest 👏

How Wednesday Ends: very cool seeing a sold out @labelleedinburgh giving the love tonight to @throwingmusesofficial on the first night of their UK tour ❤️ Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/throwing-muses-20-august-2025
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How Wednesday Starts: full-on 'Monga' performance from Jéssica Teixeira at @assemblyfest bulldozing what society considers 'normal' for bodies (warning: contains nudity, audience dancing, Dolly Parton, whisky and joy 👍 | next shows Fri 22-Sun

How Tuesday Night Ends: wild show of impassioned blues from @fantasticnegrito + @meganblackmusic at @labelleedinburgh c/o @432presents 👏 Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/fantastic-negrito-megan-black-19-august-2025

How Tuesday Night Starts: thrilling / emotional / sobering to revisit @thistimcrouch remarkable "My Arm" at @shedinburgh_fest after working on its @traversetheatre premiere a mere 22 years and 18 days ago 👏

This might look idyllic but this is the River Usk at Graig y Pandy beginning to choke on algal blooms. Today Natural Resources Wales @natreswales declared a drought after the driest six months recorded in almost 50 years. The final photo is the strea

Good to hear that 'waiting' and 'f/8 and be there' are still photography rules to live by at today's excellent talk at @nationalgalleriesscot from Pam Isherwood & Maggie Murray, original members of pioneering photo agency Format 📷

All the emotions at last night's @shittheatre pitch-perfect return of their remarkable show "Or What's Left of Us" at @shedinburgh_fest (including a passionate 'death! death! death! singaround) ❤️❤️❤️ Photo album > https://andycatlin.myp

The @rafredarrows flew over @edinburghtattoo tonight. Discuss.

Albums of the Year 2021

December 31, 2021