Radio Session

Ainslie and Poppy did an acoustic session for Michael Gordon's Sunday Session when they were in Aberdeen recently. It is being broadcast on Sunday 14th September 2008 at 7-10pm UK time. Tune in on 96.9FM in the Aberdeen area, or listen online worldwide @ www.northsound1.com.

Dundee gig cancelled

The Acoustic Cafe gig scheduled for 19th October has been cancelled. We hope to get something else fixed up soon.

Live gig webcast

We've added two London gigs to the listings and do hope you can come along, but the good news is that you don't need to miss out even if you're nowhere near London as both gigs will be webcast live.

The first is on Friday 6th June from The Regal Room, starting at 8.30pm.

And the second is on Monday 9th June from The Bedford, starting 9.00pm.

Both gigs are in two halves, and Ainslie will perform in each half, so remember to keep watching.

Click here to watch.

NB. Times quoted are UK times.

Ainslie on Talk 107.

Ainslie will be on The AM 2 PM Show on Talk 107 in Edinburgh for an hour from 11am on Monday 12th May 2008. He's going to take his guitar and play and few songs, so do tune in if you can. You can listen on 107FM in the Edinburgh area, or online at http://www.talk107.co.uk/

dirty dust, make it matter.

hello everyone. just to let you know, there's a live version of dust (the dirty dust i have on here and my space) on a charity compilation cd, 'make it matter'. it's available from make music matter and all proceeds go to invisible children, inc. and the schools, facilities and programs that they have created in uganda. there's some great stuff on it. enjoy and thanks for your support. ainslie.

Digital Downloads

The much loved track, 'Coming Up For Air', from the lost album, is now available from iTunes and Napster worldwide. It will shortly also be available from various other download stores.

Ainslie's debut album, 'Growing Flowers By Candlelight', is now also available from iTunes. It too will be going up on various other download stores. You can still of course buy a signed copy on CD from the shop here on ainsliemusic.com

Beanscene Chart June 2007

'Growing Flowers By Candlelight' is at number 3 in the new Beanscene chart, compiled directly by Beanscene Customers. The chart is compiled taking in account their 13 stores in Ayr, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews and Stirling.

Thank you to everyone who helped get it there!

MONO WINS BEST DRAMA SHORT

Richards Smith's GMAC Digicult short film Mono has won Best Drama Short at the End of the Pier International Film Festival which took place 24 April-7 May 2007 in Bognor Regis.

The film has also been selected for international competition at Los Angeles Film Festival which runs 21 June-1 July.

Mono is writer Richard Smith's (Leonard, Trauma) directorial debut. Featuring the film debuts of Samantha Young and Ainslie Henderson, the short drama tells the story of two young city dwellers who find themselves living next door to each other, with just a wall dividing them.

Interview and live tracks on Star FM

Star FM will be broadcasting an interview with Ainslie and a couple of live tracks on their 'Cool As Folk' show at midnight-1am Wednesday night/Thursday morning (UK time). It may also be repeated again at the weekend. Photos from the interview are also on their website.You can listen and view the pics at www.standrewsradio.com

For your listening pleasure...

Those lovely people at Smoke Radio are doing a 24 hour broadcast, 'The Big Red One', for Comic Relief and we'll be on for an acoustic session and chat.

The broadcast starts at noon on Friday 16th March, and we'll be on between 8.00-10.00pm GMT. You can listen online worldwide at www.smokeradio.co.uk

Get some Fresh Air!

Our friends at Fresh Air had a 'Radio Day', a 24 hour continuous radio show, in aid of Comic Relief last week, and Ains, Pete and Pomplemousse popped in for a wee acoustic session and chat. It was all a bit last minute, so we didn't have time to give you advance warning, but the good news is that you can download the session from the Radio Day page on the Fresh Air site. Although the show is over, please make a small donation if you are able - all you have to do is head to www.myrednoseday.com/radioday and click the big 'sponsor me' button near the top of the page.

Don't forget to listen in online to Fresh Air this Friday, 2nd March, when Ainslie, Pete and Poppy will be back at the station for another acoustic set and chat, this time on the 'This Is Music with HP' show. The show is on from 7.30-9.00pm GMT, and the guys are on around 8.00pm GMT, hopefully better practiced this time!

fail.

hello darlings, thought i'd just let you know i've put up an acoustic version of fail, a few of you asked about it after hearing the band do it live, it's a bit messy, ,but i hope you like it anyway. x

Mono, mugs and media...

MONO

We're proud to announce that MONO scooped second prize at the BBC New Filmmakers Talent Award event at Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol last week. BBC Film Network caught up with the three winners at Bristol and talked to them about their award-winning films. Click here to watch a video of what they had to say for themselves.

You can watch the winning films on BBC Three, Friday 8th December. The winner, Cubs, will be shown at 9.50pm, with the other finalists' films, including MONO, being shown at 1.20am (Saturday morning). The films are all also still available to watch on the BBC Film Network.

MUGS

We now have a new batch of Ainslie's handmade mugs for sale in the shop, they tend to sell quickly, so get one while you can!

MEDIA

We've updated the press page with a couple of new, and rather lovely, reviews of 'Growing Flowers by Candlelight'.

Watch MONO online

MONO is now available for your viewing pleasure on the BBC Film Network site... enjoy!

dirty dust.

hello beautiful friends, i thought you might like a listen to a live version of dust, presented in the style of johnny cash on speed. it's the first recording of the band, jospetepoppydaveandcranny. aren't they good. you can listen to it here on the web site, or at my space. enjoy. x

Teatro gig cancelled

Sadly we've had to cancel the gig at Teatro on 4th December, but we hope to reschedule for the new year - keep an eye on the gig listings.

Mono update

Mono won the audience award at Merchant City Festival in Glasgow, and in addition to those already mentioned, has been selected for the Foyle and Leeds film festivals.

Media stuff

The Xfm Scotland acoustic session from 13th September is now in the session archive on their site for your listening pleasure - link

Don't forget to keep an eye on our press section for links to all the latest reviews, etc., and please do let us know if you have seen anything which we haven't included. As always, you can email us at ainsliesite@gmail.com

MONO

Some of you may be aware of Ainslie's cinematic debut, MONO, written and directed by Richard Smith. The short film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this year, and was well received. The best part is that the film is going further. Thanks to Ainslie's name, a promo copy of the DVD fetched around thirty quid on ebay, and the film Mono has been shortlisted for the LA International Short Film Festival, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival and the Uppsala Film Festival. it has also been shortlisted to be one of the ten films up for the BBC New Filmmakers Award, which also means it will be aired on BBC3 next year, on the BBC Film Network site and at Brief Encounters (Bristol) for the Awards ceremony itself.

coming up this week.

hello darlings, there's something very interesting happening, please have a listen into jim gellatly's show on xfm scotland on wednesday night to hear "man made" , "go back to sleep" and "dust" in their nice quiet acoustic clothes. 10pm-1am on 105.7-106.1 fm in central scotland, or listen online wherever you are at www.xfmscotland.co.uk . also, we play pj's in dunfermline on thursday night. tickets are £5.00 at the door, and there is a bus on from edinburgh, leaving west register house on charlotte square at 8.30pm and coming back at around 12.30am, at a cost of £5.00 return. hope to see you there. x

new stuff...

hello folks, i wanted to let you all know that some new material has been added to the site. i thought i could let you all find it on your own, but that it was nicer of me to tell you. there is a remix version of "dust" in the player now, the work of our very own jos medelvic, which is kind of cute, and i have also put my t-shirts and the mugs i made up for sale on the shop. i know the mugs seem expensive, but i made each of them myself, and they take a bloody age to make. because of this they are all slightly different, and terribly charming. x

vote for 'dust'.

darlings, a nice lady called sarah was lovely enough to play our song 'dust' on xfm london, apparently if we get enough votes it'll get played again on one of the morning shows. to vote, please go to www.xfm.co.uk/unsigned

isn't that nice.

every night this week the lovely jim gellatly on xfm scotland will be playing two tracks from the album on his evening show. isn't that nice.

10pm-1am on 105.7-106.1 fm in central scotland, or you can listen online at www.xfmscotland.co.uk

Daily Record feature on Saturday 15th July 2006

this saturday, yes the day of the album launch, there will be an article in the daily record about, oh yes, ainslie henderson's new album release.

album now on sale!

hello everyone, the albums arrived this morning, and i am happy to announce that they are now on sale! they will be shipped after the album launch on saturday, however you can pre-purchase your copy of 'growing flowers by candlelight' right now.

...going, going, gone!

i don't mean to cause a state of panic, but i thought i would let you all know that there are only 20 tickets left for the album launch gig on the 15th... so if you want to come, you had best book your ticket.