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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Shyly sneaking about in the clouds, here's tonight's full Wolf Moon over central Edinburgh 🌕
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#edinburgh #scotland #moon #fullmoon #wolfmoon2025 #wolfmoon #astrophotography

One for #throwbackthursday - here's Taylor Wilson at her Chansons concert in @natgalleriessco on this day in 2019 as part of the excellent 'Pin-Ups | Toulouse-Lautrec and the Art of Celebrity' exhibition.
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Full photo album coming but here's some highlights from today's @edhogmanay First Footin', one of my favourite #Edinburgh events with @theunicorndanceparty at @nationalmuseumsscotland + @valtosband at @greyfriarskirk_official, Graeme Stephen & Fi

Last job of 2024 / first job of 2025 capturing all the joy at @edhogmanay New Year Revels at @assembly_rooms_edinburgh
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#edinburgh #scotland #hogmanay #hogmanay2024 #ceilidh

It’s that time of year again. Here - in no particular order - are my favourite 25 Albums of 2024. Go give them a listen 👏

@shellacofnorthamerica - To All Trains
@niamh.bury - Yellow Roses
@danishquartet - Keel Road
@lipcritic - Hex Dealer
@6h

Final gig of 2024 is a heartwarming community singalong love-in c/o @witheredhand and @haileybeavis at @sneakypetesclub ❤️ Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/withered-hand-hailey-beavis-21-december-2024 (and huge shout to the audienc

Last job before Christmas is a hoot at @assemblyroxy with @teannaich and the @edceilidh leading the festive charge 😊
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Much festive joy'n'shenanigans at today's @dunedinconsortscot Children’s Messiah concert at @queens_hall 🎄
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#edinburgh #scotland #music #musicphotography #musicphotographer #livemusic #livemusicphotography #livemusicedinburgh #liv

Good times at tonight's Silent Night event at Stockbridge Primary School with cracking building-sized projections and festive singalongs as part of the @edinburghschristmas community celebrations 🎅
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How Saturday Ends: finishing on a energy buzz documenting @captivatetheatre production of 'Six' at @assemblyroxy ⚡️
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#edinburgh #scotland #assemblyroxy #musicaltheatre #captivatetheatre #scottishtheatre #six

How Saturday Starts: All of the festive fun capturing @strangetownco three excellent shows at @scottishstorytellingcentre 👏👏👏
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#edinburgh #scotland #theatre #youththeatre #strangetown #scottishtheatre #scottishstorytellingcentre

So that's what it looks like on the other side of the lens 😀 Starting a busy weekend of documenting festive shows with @captivatetheatre 'Nativity! The Musical ' at @assemblyroxy (performances on 13 - 15 Dec 2024)
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Fun night with students from @edinburghnapier exploring the bright lights of @edinburghschristmas 🎄

How Friday Ends: good time joining the @infrasisters_ #NoExcuse bike ride as they continue their campaign for night time infrastructure in Edinburgh that is safe and comfortable for women and girls. Full photo album to follow but here's some highligh

How Friday Goes: fascinating performance and discussion at @uoe_efi with @malinlewismusic + @hjosephinegiles + Ashley Douglas on Unco, a project to create a new Scots lexicon of LGBT+ words.

How Friday Starts: fun / challenging time working in -8°C to capture the visual treats in the Polar Ice Bar as part of @edinburghschristmas events on George Street.
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Proud as punch seeing my pals @blackstar_falling making their live debut at @thevoodoorooms last night and celebrating the release of their 'Beyond' EP, plus fun supports from @astronautcanteen + Samuel Turner leading a mini Tribute to Nothing reform

Thoughtful and energising night documenting @lighthousebks Radical Book Fair at @assemblyroxy with great talks from @ustaz_marwan, Oliver Escobar, Kate Pickett &
@jeremycorbyn 📚
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Spectral folk adventures tonight from @shovel_dance_collective + @bell.lungs c/o @432presents at the Voodoo Rooms - make sure to catch their Glasgow gig on 25 Feb 2025 ⭐️ Photo album > https://andycatlin.myportfolio.com/shovel-dance-collective-21-

It really shouldn't need to be said but saving lives is not controversial. Good to join today's @edcriticalmass call for safer streets ahead of the Council’s Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) meeting in a month which has already seen ni

Albums of the Year 2024

December 31, 2024

Shellac - To All Trains

Niamh Bury - Yellow Roses

Danish String Quartet - Keel Road

Lip Critic - Hex Dealer

6hunesseq - Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Chain of Light

John Cale - Poptical Illusion

Kuniko - Kuniko Plays Reich II

SPRINTS - Letter to Self

Creation Rebel - High Above Harlesden

Rheingans Sisters - Start Close In

Work Money Death - People Of The Fast Flowing River

The Bug Club - On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System…

Maya Beiser - In C

Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath

Landless - Lúireach

Quatuor Ébène - Milestones

Mohammad Syfkhan - I am Kurdish

Andrew Bird Trio - Sunday Morning Put-on

Emily D’Angelo - Freezing

Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More

Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

Hinds - Viva Hinds

Sahra Halgan - Hiddo Dhawr