The Press and Journal - Singer to pay village tribute

Author: Marc Thompson

Publication: The Press and Journal

Date: 27/01/26

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Aber­deen­shire singer Adele Hende­r­son has been selec­ted as the first artist for the live per­form­ance pro­gramme asso­ci­ated with the Finn Moray project, AON: The Gath­er­ing .

Finn Moray is the artistic pseud­onym of north-east song­writer and pro­du­cer David Sheret.

Mum of two Adele, 33, from Aber­chirder – known loc­ally as Fog­gie – will per­form a track writ­ten by Finn Moray about the Ban­ff­shire vil­lage titled “Fog­gie” when the AON tour arrives there this year when a date has been con­firmed.

The song and the project were show­cased on BBC Radio Scot­land’s Off The Ball pro­gramme at the week­end.

The Finn Moray project launched last month and has received rave reviews.

At its heart is AON, a col­lec­tion of ori­ginal songs writ­ten about places that have shaped the song­writer’s life, form­ing a musical map of Scot­land.

The album includes songs about Darvel, Ler­wick, Yeth­olm, Cum­bernauld, Aber­deen, Dun­beath, Dun­ferm­line, Aber­chirder, Glas­gow, Edin­burgh, Ayr and Inverness along­side trib­utes to fig­ures who have made a last­ing impres­sion on Scot­tish cul­tural life such as Sir Billy Con­nolly and Stu­art Adam­son.

Each song is rooted in place and memory, and is linked through a scheme that com­mits 50% of profits to be returned to Scot­tish com­munit­ies, cul­tural causes and under­fun­ded local ini­ti­at­ives.

Adele said: “Fog­gie is where I grew up and where I still feel most at home. My fam­ily are here, my pals are here, and it’s a place where people really do look out for each other. When I first heard the song, it gave me shivers.

“I felt a huge sense of pride that someone had writ­ten a song about Fog­gie and that I had been trus­ted to sing it. I hope when people from here listen to it, they feel proud of the vil­lage and feel that con­nec­tion to the place and the people who shaped it.”

Sheret said: “Adele’s voice car­ries Fog­gie in it. You can hear the warmth, authen­ti­city and belong­ing. That can’t be man­u­fac­tured.”

He added: “Finn Moray exists to write songs about real places, find the voices that belong to them and make sure any suc­cess is shared back with the com­munit­ies that inspired it.

“There is extraordin­ary tal­ent across Scot­land, par­tic­u­larly in vil­lages and towns that are rarely given a plat­form. Given the chance, people shine.”