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Many years ago I was commissioned by the writer Ricardo Pinto to write the music for his trilogy The Stone Dance of the Chameleon. At the time, Ricardo was quite clear about what he wanted me to write and asked me to listen to 3 composers before writing the works which conjured up the atmosphere of…

Phamie is so pleased to be celebrating a work she was commissioned to write by Celtic Connections at the age of 19. Twenty years later to the day, Phamie will be performing Lammwnmuir at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with some of the original cast, such as Alasdair Fraser, Mairi Campbell but this time she…

11th of October: Opening Celtic Colours Festival. CANADA Phamie is delighted to be invited to perform for the opening ceremony of this year’s Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Breton Island, Canada in October. Phamie will be performing alongside her long-standing friend, exceptional star fiddler Ashley MacIsaac and others. The opening event is happening at the…

James Graham is the featured singer on Phamie’s new single, Bu Tusa an Gaol (You Were The Love on My Mind), released 26 Jul 2019. Composed by Phamie, with lyrics by the great Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail, it is an exquisitely poignant song, with Phamie on piano and backing vocals, and cello by Seylan Baxter.…

Phamie is delighted to return to one of her favourite parts of the world, the South of France. She will be performing a solo concert on the celtic harp on the 26th of May at 7pm at L’eglise du Barry in Montpeyroux. 10 years ago Phamie performed there to a complete full house and left…

Phamie is extremely happy to announce the opportunity to share her new show called ‘Phamie Gow and Phriends’ which will be premiered in this year’s Festival Fringe at The Queens Hall in Edinburgh. The show will include a lineup of exquisite musicians from Africa and beyond. Tickets on sale here.

Phamie is excited to preview a love song called ‘Nancy’s Song’ dedicated to Nancy Ord and David Hume. The song is written for soprano, tenor and piano. This will be premiered after Kelly Burke’s performance of ‘Nancy’s Philosopher’. Tickets can be bought here: https://www.summerhall.co.uk/event/nancys-philosopher-2019/

It has been a very exciting and productive year for Phamie. After the success of Beyond the Milky Way (going viral on Spotify), Phamie will release her first single ever entitled ‘The Peace Farmer’. This is the piano solo version of the composition. Phamie also had huge pleasure in collaborating with extremely gifted filmmaker Craig…

Phamie is pleased to be Caffe Nero’s ‘Artist of the Month’ for September. Find out more  

  A journey through the music, history, poetry and tales of Scotland – and beyond. Enlightenment scholar Professor David Purdie will be joining Phamie on stage for the first time in this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. David is one of Scotland’s most celebrated public speakers. His seriously amusing speeches are in great demand for occasions…