Fergus McCreadie scores Spike Lee’s new film and announces UK live dates for November 2025.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Scottish jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie has scored Spike Lee's latest project, "Highest to Lowest". McCreadie's trio are on tour this November with new album "The Sheiling".
Serious have forwarded the following press release;
Fergus McCreadie Scores Spike Lee’s New Film
Scottish jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie scores Spike Lee’s latest project, Highest to Lowest, following an an unexpected encounter when Lee personally contacted him to contribute to the soundtrack. Fergus McCreadie’s trio are back on tour this November across Leeds, Birmingham, London and Bristol with new album The Sheiling.
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https://serious.org.uk/events/fergus-mccreadie
Fergus McCreadie Trio
Sun 16 Nov 2025–Fri 21 Nov 2025
With a unique blend of Jazz and Scottish folk inspired by his country’s sublime landscapes, pianist Fergus McCreadie’s music captures the hearts and minds of audiences worldwide, with an appeal that extends far beyond the constraints of genre.
Released to instant critical acclaim, Fergus’s 2022 album Forest Floor catapulted him into the international spotlight. The album topped the UK Jazz & Blues charts, prompted sold-out performances across the UK, praise from BBC 6Music, The Times, NME and earned him a 2022 Mercury Prize shortlist nomination, the 2022 Jazz FM Instrumentalist of the Year Award as well as the 2022 Scottish Album of the Year Award - the first jazz artist ever to be awarded the prize.
Following the success of his three albums – Cairn, Forest Floor and Stream – pianist Fergus McCreadie returns in 2025 with The Shieling, an album that marks a change in process for him and his longstanding trio. The Shieling reflects a deeper sense of space, rootedness, and stillness, recorded in a remote cottage studio on North Uist in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, and produced by celebrated musician Laura Jurd.
The Shieling is released on 24th October 2025, followed by a European and UK tour.
Sun 16 November
Stage time / 7:30pm
LEEDS Howard Assembly Room,
32 New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU
Visit Website https://www.operanorth.co.uk/howard-assembly-room/
Tickets https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/fergus-mccreadie/
£20 + booking fee
Tue 18 November
Stage time / 8:30pm
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space,
Symphony Hall, 8 Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Visit Website https://bmusic.co.uk/b-intimate
Book Tickets https://bmusic.co.uk/events/fergus-mccreadie
£18.50 + booking fee
Thu 20 November
Stage time / 7:30pm
Union Chapel,
Compton Terrace,
Islington,
London,
N1 2UN
Visit Website https://unionchapel.org.uk/
Book tickets https://serious.org.uk/events/fergus-mccreadie
£22.50 + booking fee
The above dates are promoted by Serious. Other UK and European tour dates can be found at https://www.fergusmccreadie.co.uk/events-2-1