Blue Rose Code

Blue Rose Code Caledonia Soul atCeltic Connections, The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 30th January 2020

Blue Rose Code + Roseanne Reid, The Fallen Angels Club, St. Lukes, Glasgow, 7th March 2019

Cottiers, Glasgow, Scotland

Falkirk Town Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark

When you hear another member of the audience say, “This was like Van Morrison's Caledonia Soul Orchestra,” on the way out, and you don't think it's hyperbole, then you've been to a rather special show. Similarities with Morrison abound when one hears and sees Blue Rose Code, the band name for Ross Wilson's endeavours.

“I'm going to start with my most miserable song.” Thus opened the 10th Glasgow Americana Festival, the words spoken by Ross Wilson of Blue Rose Code as he opened his set with a solo rendition of the achingly beautiful “Pokesdown Waltz”.

Or maybe you prefer folk, in which case you’ll love Woody Guthrie’s "Oklahoma Hills" and Bob Dylan’s "Not Dark Yet".