Now living between Germany and the UK, Inverness singer-songwriter James Mackenzie has been on our radar for a couple of years now, having toured with fellow Highland acts Skerryvore and Runrig as well as Newton Faulkner and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Radio support has come courtesy of BBC Radio Scotland’s flagship culture programme The Afternoon Show as well as BBC Introducing, Jim Gellatly on Amazing Radio and numerous German stations too. Thanks to a loyal fanbase, Mackenzie crowdfunded his forthcoming album The Honeymoon. It’s his strongest material yet, a mix of super-catchy anthems and expertly penned ballads with beautiful boy/girl harmonies, and it could well see him break out. Recorded in the UK, Germany and the USA (with Matt Noveskey from Blue October producing) you can listen to rock-pop gem Heart’s On Fire at https://ffm.to/vwrrdr0 Find out more https://www.jamesmackenziemusic.co.uk Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music industry seminar and social night Born To Be Wide visit www.borntobewide.co.uk The Academy of Music & Sound was founded in 1994, and has welcomed over 5,000 students into courses in popular music, production and music business over the years. The academy has launched a new Rap/Hip-Hop course and continues to provide full time courses, HND, BA(hons) and MMus in Music. See http://www.academyofmusic.ac.uk/ A message from the Editor: Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you. The dramatic events of 2020 are having a major impact on many of our advertisers - and consequently the revenue we receive. We are now more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription to support our journalism. To subscribe to scotsman.com and enjoy unlimited access to Scottish news and information online and on our app, visit https://www.scotsman.com/subscriptions Joy Yates Editorial Director