Had such a fun time playing to the thousands gathered at Aylesbury Town Festival yesterday with my band, and on that stage! It was epic, maybe the best gig we have done yet?! š¤ Was so happy I almost couldnāt sing straight, bubbly joy is not good for controlling the voice. š¤£šš Thanks to my team, the sign language ladies keeping up with me, Stu Robb for booking us and Heather Nesbit for some of these pics!
21 weeks ago I had a thought… Should I do a song challenge? I have a new home, a new environment and new neighbourhood to explore, a new set of people to get to know. Would this be a good time to challenge myself to create a new body of work? A good time to…
Whilst the Festival in Coventry on the 4th of September is going ahead, my part in it is not. Unfortunately though my leg is mending, it is not sufficiently mended for the logistics of gigging. At the moment I can’t drive far, or walk far, or stand for long, or carry much heavy stuff… And…
Unless you were paying special attention when I posted my Theme Song To A Van Life blog post, you might have missed what an enormous Jack Savoretti fan I am, how I have driven thousands of miles listening to him, and how I would dearly love to tour with him as his support act. I would claim…
Okay… I have an announcement to make – I’m undertaking a new ‘challenge’! You know how I like a challenge! If not, well, previous challenges include: Becoming a full-time muso!! Writing 52 songs in a year and posting them all on Youtube, creating a proper album of the best ones, taking part in dance competition Strictly,…
Yesterday I awoke to the foulest smell and the air thick with smog. The heater, fitted in October which has thus far been doing a grand job of keep me warm on these January nights, malfunctioned… It should have been pumping it’s diesel fumes to outside but something has gone totally awry and instead itās…
There’s nothing like a song challenge to bring out the critics! In fact there’s nothing like being a singer songwriter to bring out the critics! Over the years I have received all sorts of unsolicited criticism on all fronts. It seems to me that when you are an artist on a stage (or just a…