Fil Campbell & Tom McFarland

New release

Written by Tom McFarland Vocals: Tom McFarland 

Background Vocals: Fil Campbell 

Guitars, Keyboards, Arrangement: Brian Sweeney 

Violin: Cian Sweeney 

Recorded and Mastered at Breesy Studio Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland 

Produced By Tom McFarland

Lyrics

I cry tears like…

On a walk through the wonderful Marble Arch Caves last week it struck me that the colours beneath the earth were mirroring the world above as we turn slowly from Autumn to Winter.   I love this time of year when…

Happy St Brigid's Day - enjoy the video and song.

Rehearsal time with the lovely fiddle player Colette McAree from Laghey who's joining us on our upcoming concert in Ballyshannon - it's a treat to have a melody instrument with us and very much looking forward to playing together for…

Delighted to announce that we have Colette McAree as our special guest for this concert in Ballyshannon on 6th September.   Colette is a fabulous fiddle player and is a member of several bands in South Donegal and WEst Fermanagh.   

We've just sent a couple of songs out as a single to radio this week - Does that count as a double A side?  It never feels quite real not having an actual record.   But many thanks to all the…

Bloomsday is June 16th and is being celebrated more widely these days - a chance for people to dress up and sing old songs and possibly read parts of James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses.   Enjoy our version of Love's Old Sweet…

We're just back from a lovely short trip to Scotland.  The Haal Fesetival up in beautiful Portsoy - this photo is from our BnB window looking over the 17th century harbour.  We had a couple of great workshops, sang a…

The start of Summer in the Celtic Calendar and last night all over this north west corner of Ireland people were leaving May flowers (Marsh marigolds) outside doors and windows to keep the fairies out - apparently they couldn't resist…

Our second visit to the Abbey Centre in Ballyshannon has just gone on sale online - we'll be there on 6th September 2024.   Last year we played it just 6 days after our house move - crazy time but a…

Like the twisted trunk of this old tree Tom and I have re rooted ourselves and moved West to my old home house on the borders of Co. Fermanagh and Co. Donegal - we're a few miles from the Atlantic…

Greetings from frosty Co. Fermanagh and best wishes for a peaceful year to come.  

We had a very enjoyable session at Slemish Sessions in Broughshane with Andrew and Brian recording this live video of "People"

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If this is a new thing for you, check out our very off the cuff welcome video and we'll explain how it works.  

All dressed up for Bloomsday - we were part of a lovely evening of readings from Ulysses interspersed with songs mentioned in the book - check out our version of Love's Old Sweet Song which is referred to as being…

Blooms Day is the annual celebration of James Joyce's epic novel Ulysses  where all the action of the novel takes place on 16th June.   One of the characters travels to Rostrevor by the sea and our local theatre company The…

Our newest CD album Shoreline is here and will be available NOW. 

A collection of 10 folk songs , some sung by Fil, some featuring Tom and a couple of duets.  

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The Christmas Fire is our latest single out in time for the holiday season.   It's a traditional song that Tom and I recorded live in the summer - guitar, percussion and vocals - and our good friend Colum Sands added…

Delighted to be back in the studio putting finishing touches to the new album which we are aiming now to have out for 1st March.   And while we were recording earlier in the year we put down a Christmas song…

Gosh it's been ages since I've checked in here and I thought it was time to come by and reassure everyone that I'm still here - thanks Susan for the nudge.   

Things have been a bit manic here and I'm a bit the worse for wear at this stage, but the end is in sight.   

My brother arrived home from Australia on Sunday for…

 I just had to share this ... 

In the middle of the recording this afternoon I looked out the window and we had four feeding together ... how fabulous.  

Thank you for all your comments the other day - much…