Scottish singer-songwriter. Featured on BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing & BBC Radio Scotland 📻 Make tea, not war 🕊️ Contact: calumbairdsongs[at]outlook.com linktr.ee/calumbairdsongshttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lo6psp7s3s2v✨OUT NOW ✨ My new single, A Part of This Land, is now available wherever you get your music! Recorded in Germany last summer, this is a working class folk song all about Falkirk and my relationship with the town 🎶🌿 Go give it a listen 🎵🎧02 May 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6psp7s3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lo2f3mhfms2mSTUC ✅ Straight on to gig number one of the tour: a house concert in The People’s Republic of Falkland with @joe-solo.bsky.social!30 Apr 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2f3mhfms2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lnfj7mwti22vReally looking forward to playing another edition of The Great Edinburgh May Day cabaret on May 1st - gig two of my May Day Tour with @joe-solo.bsky.social! Tickets available at my link in bio!22 Apr 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfj7mwti22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lmoszyhrws2bNew single, A Part of This Land, drops May 2nd - don’t miss it! A working-class acoustic track inspired by The Pogues & Scottish Folk. Contemporary, acoustic and rooted in everyday life ⚒️🌞13 Apr 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoszyhrws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3ljzvg2t2lc2vBefore Elon took over, I think Twitter went down once in the 10 years I had my account. It’s gone down three times today alone. The US is letting this guy run a government department and their space program. Uh huh…10 Mar 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzvg2t2lc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lijznvzlec2sEdinburgh! My headline show in Leith Depot is right around the corner - here’s a flavour of what you’re in for! 🎶 Grab your ticket today and let’s have a folkin great night together 🎟️🎸19 Feb 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijznvzlec2shttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lh4kzehxgc2kI wrote some reflections on my time in Havana back in November for the @peaceandjustice.bsky.social - one of the sponsors who supported my performances at the Havana Biennial 📝 I talk about my gigs and Cuba as well as some other takeaways. Read all about it 👇 https://thecorbynproject.com/news/music-for-the-many-calum-baird-live-in-havana/01 Feb 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4kzehxgc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lgzuxgdkf22fMy new single is out one week today and available wherever you get your music 🎶 Here it is in production back in August 2024 🎸 Presave from my link in bio 🆕🔗31 Jan 2025 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzuxgdkf22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lfp5pvsxrc2nI’m absolutely delighted that my song Between the Worlds was played on the Unwinds Show with Angela Griffin on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday night! ⚡️📻⚡️ The first time my music has been on Radio 2 and it followed on from Neil Young as well! Full show at my link in bio 🔗14 Jan 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfp5pvsxrc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3leh5ncrhhc2gEveryone hates on Twitter because of Elon but Instagram gets away with murder. Such a toxic place to be as well. “Oh, look at me, how exciting is my life right now?” Constant Match of the Day-style highlights reel that makes you feel pitted against everyone else. Burn it down.29 Dec 2024 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3leh5ncrhhc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3ldbedyymss2dJoined my local library yesterday! 📚 Probably the only person to walk in and out of the building to be reminded of the old Palast der Republik in the former DDR 😃14 Dec 2024 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbedyymss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lcusjcb56k2mUna Semana en La Habana - Live in Havana 🎶 Recorded while I was out in Cuba performing at the Havana Biennial, the full version drops at 7pm on my YouTube Channel 🕖 For now, I hope you enjoy this sneak preview 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇺✨09 Dec 2024 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcusjcb56k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lcffiiboxk2aMade it two days into December before being Whammed. Ffs 🤦🏻‍♂️ #whamageddon03 Dec 2024 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcffiiboxk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lbiaewdwp22zGreetings from Havana, looking out at the sea from a friend’s apartment. Next stop: the USA 🌞🇨🇺21 Nov 2024 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbiaewdwp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lb33r66g2c2tWas aggressively growing my beard ahead of going to Cuba so I’d low-key look like Fidel but, with just days to go, I caved and trimmed it back https://media.tenor.com/69VwrUtChf0AAAAC/star-wars-anakin-skywalker.gif?hh=205&ww=50016 Nov 2024 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb33r66g2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lawa2nm2lk2l@calumbusbymusic.bsky.social https://media.tenor.com/5D_XxFIPmoMAAAAC/forest-gump.gif?hh=498&ww=39914 Nov 2024 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawa2nm2lk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3lavoliwmtk23I’m heading out to Cuba on Monday to take a little bit of Scotland to the Havana Biennial - the only Scottish artist performing or exhibiting there! Travelling with support from Peace & Justice Project, PCS, FBU, Unison, BFAWU & supporters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿➡️🇨🇺14 Nov 2024 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavoliwmtk23https://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3latxnprn3s2vLast night’s sunset in Falkirk 🌅13 Nov 2024 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3latxnprn3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3l2uzf4m6ed27Elon has struck again29 Aug 2024 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2uzf4m6ed27https://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3kqiazhvf2k27In a couple of weeks, the May Day Tour will be in full swing 🎸 Here’s where we’ll be: EDINBURGH - May 2nd DUNDEE - May 3rd SHEFFIELD - May 4th BARNSLEY - May 5th GLASGOW - May 6th Tickets available at my link in bio 🔗19 Apr 2024 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqiazhvf2k27https://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3kk7qegkexw2u‼️ NEW MUSIC - 23.02.24 ‼️ My next single, Una Semana en La Habana, drops Friday 23rd February 🇨🇺 The track asks questions about life, relationships, society and global politics as well as exploring what it is to be human in the world today ☀️ Pre-save at my link in bio 🔗30 Jan 2024 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3kk7qegkexw2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/calumbairdsongs.bsky.social/post/3kbznxisgyl26Live version of my song, Beauty in the Worst of Times, from my set at Culture For The Many back in August this year 🌺 🎥 by Keep It Creative https://youtu.be/8JIBL3Q6as8?si=hCpBSyXZSyYbnvcY18 Oct 2023 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:3ijgr46z7ldwbirw7fx6cdmo/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbznxisgyl26