Blog – Maria Quinn

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Tiny Painted Room

A peek inside a busy brain forever turning things over and trying to find solutions to problems which might not even exist. Written after a conversation with my friend Mike Rawlins, so I dedicate it to him.

January 4, 2023

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North

My first home lay on the north edge of town and it crops up frequently in my songs. The title is also a nod further northward towards Scotland where I live now. This is a jazz-infused swirl of images from my childhood and teenage years.

January 4, 2023

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Malcolm Brings the Milk

Explores the external and the internal; how people appear in public vs what might be going on behind the scenes.

January 4, 2023

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I Knew Josephine

A dark story hiding behind an upbeat tune. The contrast between things that play out on this side and that side of the door.

January 4, 2023

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Pillow Talk

A very small song which is best viewed on a large screen.

January 4, 2023

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Dwelling

In my dreams I often go back to the town where I grew up, to taste the sea air and recall the touch of the banister in the hallway of the house I left behind.

January 4, 2023

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At Beekeeper’s Corner

Looking at the gaps between things rather than the things themselves. The place I call Beekeeper's Corner was growing wild when I wrote this song, but since then, four new houses have appeared.

January 4, 2023

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Inside This Coat

A blueprint for the way I’d like it to be.

January 4, 2023

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Hinges Torn

The first Glasgow Songwriting Festival took place in Govanhill Baths. I found inspiration in the cubicle doors of the hot baths suite, beautiful in their dilapidated state and silently holding their history.

January 4, 2023

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The Gate

On a family holiday to St Abbs a few years ago, the ritual of stopping to open a farm gate, holding it to allow the car through, and closing it again, grew in significance by the day.

January 4, 2023

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So Many Tunes

Loss is never straightforward, it is complicated and imperfect, just like we are.

January 4, 2023

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CLOSURE Album Launch 15th SEPT

Delighted to announce some details of my Closure album launch concert on 15th September. I will be accompanied by a full band featuring good friends Andy Wood on bass, Lesley Woodbrooks on violin and Joanne Donaldson on clarinet. We are…

August 4, 2023