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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All-star alumni cast at last night's @weekofsound @music.eca Recording Culture concert celebrating 75 years of the School of Scottish Studies Archives @scottish.studies.archives and its remarkable work in both preserving and developing new work 👏 Ph

After last week's session in the recording studio, good time catching up with @blackstar_falling live last night at @whistlebinkies 👏

Sharp young minds at work today taking part in the Giant Geometry Challenge  at @nationalmuseumsscotland as part of their free half term family activities celebrating the latest exhibition 'Giants' https://www.nms.ac.uk/events/giants-half-term

Alternative Valentine's Day fun at @edinburghmedicalschool Anatomical Museum's heart-themed Public Open Day as part of their 300th anniversary celebrations (and way better than overpriced petrol station chocs'n'flowers 😍)

Cracking afternoon taking photos with @blackstar_falling who are recording their new album at @markmorrowaudio - catch them live at @whistlebinkies in #Edinburgh on Wed 18 Feb 2026 🎶

Fascinating 'Defamation and Desire | Edinburgh’s Sapphic Scandal' talk today from writer & researcher Indigo Dunphy-Smith at @nationalgalleriesscot as part of LGBTQ+ History Month, rich in detail about the city's neighbourhoods, people and

Lovely wee set today from @kristinaleesikmusic + @seamus_obaoighill at @nationalmuseumsscotland in partnership with @livemusicnowscotland 👏 More free live music coming up → https://www.nms.ac.uk/events/live-music-mondays
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Wild, dirty, unhinged, DIRTY gig tonight at @corsica.studios from Big Sexy Noise (AKA Lydia Lunch / @jamesfjohnston / Ian White) 👏👏👏

Back-to-back joy from a packed line-up at the inaugural @cowgateblockparty celebrating discovery, emerging artists and local culture. Bumper photo album including @filmstarband @alexapolline @bathingsuitsband @gurrywurry @nobadnewsinheaven @vonavella

Still fizzing after Saturday night's @thenightwith bold and kinetic show with @haptic_music + @stefconnersong at @fruitmarketgallery 🧨 Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/the-night-before-31-january-2026

My, what big teeth you have! Sneak preview encounter with Livyatan melvillei at the excellent 'Giants' exhibition at @nationalmuseumsscotland which showcases the colossal prehistoric creatures that lived after the extinction of the dinosaurs with lif

Cracking gig tonight from Boston's @scottishfishband at @sneakypetesclub - haste ye back 👏 Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/scottish-fish-28-january-2026

Braving the elements today documenting many hands making light work as @edinburghnapier MSc Wildlife Biology & Conservation students visited the East Lothian Council Ranger Service at Levenhall Links in Musselburgh 💪

Ace time documenting today's Sensory Sunday, the @nationalmuseumsscotland programme of sensory play sessions for children with additional support needs and disabilities and their families (also got to read dinosaur storybooks in between taking photos

Blinding 'Sgeul is Seirm' gig tonight from @mairi.callan with Màrtainn Skene + @maxmacintyremusic at @music.eca - exceptional mix of contemporary and traditional 👏👏👏

Good to see the residents of @edinburghzoo starting the New Year with best intentions and extra credit to the buff-cheeked gibbon, Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, Visayan spotted deer and Prevost's squirrel for keeping a healthy diet and staying hydr

Any Blue Monday despondency demolished by Monster Chetwynd's joyful and freewheeling talk tonight @edinburghcollegeofart covering - amongst a zillion other topics - Halloween parties, handsome vets and the Sean Connery legend that is Zardoz 🤩

Good to see and hear so many impassioned voices at today's @stwuk Hands Off Venezuela protest at the US Consulate General in #Edinburgh 👏🇻🇪👏 Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/hands-off-venezuela-demonstration-10-january-2026

Gorgeous set tonight from @resolstringquartet at @nationalgalleriesscot c/o @livemusicnowscotland with gold stars all round for including @carolineadelaideshaw exquisite 'Plan and Elevation' 👏

After a year of cloud cover wash-outs, a promising start to 2026 with a gorgeous Wolf supermoon scooting around the Balmoral Hotel and Nelson Monument in Edinburgh 🌝
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Albums of the Year 2025

December 31, 2025

DITZ - Never Exhale

Adwaith - Solas

Sorry - COSPLAY

Benefits - Constant Noise

Brìghde Chaimbeul - Sunwise

M(h)aol - Something Soft

Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On

Arvo Pärt & Vox Clamantis - And I Heard A Voice

Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten

Alice Sara Ott - John Field Complete Noctures

Melaine Dalibert & David Sylvian - Vermilion Hours

Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver - Hinterland

Iona Lane - Swilkie

Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow

Albertine Sarges - Girl Missing

Jackie Mittoo - Reggae Magic

Jenny Hval - Iris Silver Mist

Kae Tempest - Self Titled

Marie Davidson - City of Clowns

Poor Creature - All Smiles Tonight

Ringdown - Lady on the Bike

Sacred Paws - Jump into Life

Cerys Hafana - Angel

Snocaps - Snocaps

Duo Ruut - Ilmateade