Yesterday was a long day - I'd snagged a gig at the Friends of the Earth Annual Conference at Nottingham, performing at their Friday Green Fair. One lift and three trains later (I was offered a route involving FIVE changes... on a journey one can drive in under three hours. And this is our public transport system? Grrr) I was there, with a huge ( Read more... )

Today I tweaked the lyric a little here and there as you'll see, and I only got as far as picking up the bouzouki and the music fell into place from there. The tune had been more or less in place in my head since yesterday, and a few little twiddles and details appeared as I recorded it in teh studio just now on the handheld Tascam of which I'm so ( Read more... )

My friend Brian gave me the prompt that became this... tune's brewing ( Read more... )

WASH THE DAMN SPOON ( Read more... )

New thing... I rather like it. No music yet, but that will likely come in its season. The trigger for this was a Marples plane. Yes, that one. Go read some Jack Lewis if you will. Oh - and I believe one of my grandfathers was a carpenter, too ( Read more... )

That was a whole bunch of fun - Friday evening I went to Amesbury with Chantelle to sing at The Forge, which is a shop full of beautiful handmade things. I had a delightful audience, which included my dear friend Marisa, and I must say, being greeted by my host with 'Would you like a cup of tea?' always sets me up for a great gig ( Read more... )

WHAT a blast we had! Russ and his team - Claire, MC Kevin, and I daresay others behind the scenes as well - run a lovely, welcoming evening at 'Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub'. Yes, it's got an upstairs theatre; currently there's a run of the play 'Girlfriends', and the stage was set up for that. It must be a beautifully intimate setting for ( Read more... )

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Camping! Sunshine! Music! Maypole! Dancing! Drumming! And a gig in Brighton for my dear friends in the Greenmantle gang, to celebrate the release of the Beltane edition of the Greenmantle magazine. Each copy of this edition comes with a cover disc of songs by me - it’s a whole mini-album, actually, with the following six songs ( Read more... )

...thanks to Annie Walker for this ( Read more... )