The Names (November 2025; digital release only) is a new EP from Colin Macduff. Three compelling, but very different, songs bound together by their focus on the power of names:

George and Stanley: written in response to seeing a striking photograph of all the pupils and staff of a large private school. Influenced by reading reports of abuse suffered.

Martin: many people will have met a lad or lass like Martin.

The Names: a love song to Indian and Pakistani restaurants, never more magical than on a snowy winter night.

The Names is available through Bandcamp at https://colinmacduff.bandcamp.com/, and via all major streaming platforms listen.scot/cmdtn

Musicians: Colin Macduff (guitar and vocals); Angus Lyon (production; accordion); Maria Quinn (piano); Alec Cooper (sitar)