The next day's walk was a fairly simple jeep track, 12 km or so; which although it was the easiest terrain was no less devoid of beautiful views - a river below us, with mountains and waterfalls alongside; and company on the road in the form of a friendly dog, ubiquitous cows, and a bunch of Israelis in a jeep convoy which seemed to be moving ( Read more... )

After an evening of reacquainting ourselves with some of the delicious Georgian yummies we've missed - including khachapuri (pastry filled with home-made cheese), a delicious walnut & beetroot paste, and tarragon lemonade - we head off the following morning to commence a rather gulp-inducing five day trek. The extent of the task is reinforced when ( Read more... )

So it's our third trip back to Georgia, the country that keeps on calling. That where so much is unique, despite the miracle that it has retained its independence at all given its neighbours (Russia, Turkey, Iran) - where it is termed Eurasia; but instead of a geographical crossroads, it feels more like Alice's proverbial rabbit hole. Almost every ( Read more... )

1. Was 2013 a good year for you?
Yes.

2. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before?
Travel for four months. Play keyboards live. Have my music released under my name - by the first label I approached. Start the project with L that we had been planning for years and never had time to do. Behave in an extrovert fashion by dancing onstage ( Read more... )

I have just received an email informing me that my livejournal account has been accessed from an unrecognised location. That'll be me, logging into it from home!

Thoughts on the last 6 months to come...

At the moment I'm taking advantage of rare contact with a computer courtesy of the hostel, which affords the luxury of typing on something other than my phone. I'm feeling rather guilty about this, given the blazing sunshine outside and it being the last of our three days in a town (Luang Prabang) which undoubtedly merits more. Nevertheless, a kind ( Read more... )

10 years ago today I met the one that changed my life, and it really is quite incredible to look back at what was then and what is now. Then I was unemployed - by choice, but increasingly the reason for that choice was becoming fruitless, as I had hit the limits of what I would achieve with music at that time. And actually all the time I was ( Read more... )

1. What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before?
After doing all the previous CDs totally by myself, releasing the last Seventh Harmonic album on a major record label :)

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Gave up on that a long time time ago!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 
Yes, my brother' ( Read more... )

Writing about music in 2011, it's difficult to know where to start. It was bound up with life like never before; and suddenly a lifetime of effort, energy, and enthusiasm crystallised into wonderful outcomes. My project Seventh Harmonic - which I began in 1999 and reluctantly abandoned in 2004 - resuscitated afresh with the album I never dared ( Read more... )

After falling head over heels for the country when we visited in 2009 (very recently after the war with Russia - that write up starts here: http://caro7.livejournal.com/2009/04/27/ ), we visited Georgia again. This time was even more beautiful - also exceptionally hot, in sharp ( Read more... )