Notices by Iona Fyfe (ionafyfe@mastodon.scot)

My Edinburgh Fringe show tickets are on sale now! 🎟️ https://bit.ly/ionafringe

Have you got your tickets for my show at The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen? I’ll be joined on grand piano by Dan Brown. Come for a pre-Euros singsong! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Tickets here ➡️ https://bit.ly/ionalamp

What we have witnessed in the last six months is nothing short of a genocide. Innocent civilians being bombed, a blockade of water, energy and aid. Israel missiles being shot at hospitals. This is a genocide and we need a ceasefire.

🧵In December 2023, when I used my acceptance speech of Scots Singer of the Year to call for a ceasefire, I was later taken aside and chasitised by a representative of MG ALBA. He told me that someone in the audience was Jewish and that she took offence to my speech. That person was Muriel Gray.

I panicked. Did I upset someone with my call for a ceasefire? The cameras panned out when I held up a piece of paper that read “immediate ceasefire now”. Woody Guthrie said that it was a folksingers job to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. I panicked that Muriel took it upon herself to complain about my speech. I told the gentleman that if she was upset at me, I’d happily speak to her via email, and explain all the reasons why I believe we needed a ceasefire. She never mailed.

It’s Swinney time 💛 A speech full of hope from newly appointed leader John Swinney and soon to be First Minister of Scotland. Looking forward to the future, where tackling child poverty in Scotland will continue to be a priority for the Government.

Have you got yer tickets to my Aberdeen show on 13th June at my FAVOURITE venue ever, The Blue Lamp? 💙Lots of songs old and new. Tickets here ➡️ https://bit.ly/ionalamp

Why has the role of ‘Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development’ been scrapped? And no position with responsibilities for Scots? Something needs fixed asap, otherwise this looks like a full frontal attack on culture. An act of sheer and dangerous folly.

A rubbish day of online nastiness. It would mean ever so much to me to share something positive ✨Check out my music, do a digital download or buy a CD from my Bandcamp. https://ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/album/iona-fyfe

Annie Lennox calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the end of her performance of Nothing Compares 2 U at the Grammys. I just know that if Sinèad was still here, she’d be calling for peace, humanity and ceasefire too. #Grammys

Day 1 of #Scotstober celebrating the #Scotslanguage is: Fain.

“Aye wind, I ken them weel eneuch an fine they fa and rise,
And fain I’d feel the creepin mist on yonder shore that lies.” - Violet Jacob

https://open.spotify.com/track/7gn4zwcac8iSPvotUtxcXu

Genoa knows the score. ✊🏻

Last month I had 24257 streams. I gained £82.57. Streaming is killing the industry and the ability to monetise. If 8 folk bought a digital download of my album, or any of the singles, I’d have made the same amount. Today is Bandcamp Friday. ♥️ https://bit.ly/3LIVFOO