Observed arrival · 2026-09-25
In the Wake of Neil Gunn: a voyage turned into an album
Musician Mike Vass documents an album project retracing Scottish writer Neil Gunn’s 1937 sailing trip along the west coast of Scotland.
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- Vass researched local tunes in the School of Scottish Studies archive before staging a different concert at each stop.
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The page names Windsong, a 35-foot boat owned by Vass’s father, as the vessel for the 2014 trip. It recounts how Gunn’s book guided the route and says local tunes were researched in the School of Scottish Studies archive before concerts at the stops. The project account also notes that copies of Off in a Boat sold out at Arisaig, prompting the publisher to send its remaining stock to the Iona post office. Album credits and a 2015 award longlist are included.
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