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IT’S been a busy 12 months for Calum Baird.
After graduating earlier in the year, his album No Right Turn was nominated for Scottish Album of 2016 and he’s been on the road non-stop, including well-received appearances at the Avante festival in Portugal.
Baird revels in tales of appearing with artists he admires like David Rovics in his home city Edinburgh — “an honour and an inspiration to young singers like myself looking to write and sing political music” — and The Blockheads in Paisley on bonfire night.
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