Oct 26 2021
AUTUMN SHOWS
With thanks to the presenters, venues and audiences for making these live concerts possible. "Each one feels a gift."
October 2021
29th Royston Folk Club, Royston, Hertfordshire
November 2021
5th The Institute (Big Wheel Blues Presents), Laxey,…
Oct 26 2021
RICOCHET IN TIME
OCTOBER'S FREE DOWNLOAD
This month's free download is my arrangement of Shawn Colvin's Ricochet In Time. It's a part of my life's soundtrack from back in the days when I was just beginning to tour. In…
Oct 26 2021
Jesus came to one of my gigs. It was during his slow season. After Christmas, but before Lent. Not many tourists were around so he didn’t have as many shows as usual. Apparently, his performance schedule leading up to Easter…
Sep 3 2021
AUTUMN CONCERTS & GIGS 2021
Sep 2021
3rd Fulbourn Arts Presents, The Six Bells, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire
4th Maverick Festival, Easton Farm, Suffolk (6pm & 8.30pm plus John Prine Tribute)
17th Salt Work Sessions, Northwich, Cheshire (Brooks &…
Aug 11 2021
First Ghost Owl Video Launches!
From the new album with Aaron Catlow it's the first track. Ghost Owl. Out 3rd September 2021. Audio by Chris Pepper at Saltwell Studio. Owl film by Simon Hurwitz. Video by Ecki. This recording project…
Jul 30 2021
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
August
1st VIRTUAL Greenwich Village Folk Festival, New York, NY
(Watch on YouTube. Watch on Facebook. This online festival is FREE!)
7th Down Home Festival, Alstonefield, Derbyshire (sold out)
13 Blues Down Festival, Haydon…
Jul 14 2021
SUMMER 2021 CONCERTS
July
14 Baldock Folk Club, Baldock, Hertfordshire (Reservations 07990 530778)
16 Birmingham Jazz Festival, Birmingham, West Midlands (Solihull 1pm; Blackheath Library 7:30pm)
17 Songwriter In The Round, Village Hall, Alstonefield, Derbyshire (w Boo
Hewerdine and…
Jul 14 2021
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
In the deep Winter of 2021 I was asked to make up some guitar music to go with a few films of barn owls flying over fields. "Some guitar music" became an album's worth of music called …
Jul 14 2021
FROM BOSTON TO DUBLIN - 'How To Play'
Another song from the Grant Avenue Tapes 12-inch LP. From Boston To Dublin is in the ‘People’s Key’ (C), and features a folk-Americana alternating rhythm and my favourite inversion of G7. Have…
Jul 14 2021
SUMMER 2021 Live Dates
26 Jun Bury St Edmunds Folk Festival, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
9 Jul Haverhill Arts Centre, Haverhill, Suffolk
14 Jul Baldock Folk Club, Baldock, Hertfordshire
16 Jul Birmingham Jazz Festival, Birmingham
17 Jul Songwriter…
Jul 14 2021
MAYBE? PERHAPS? HOPE SPRINGS...
June
26th Bury St Edmunds Folk Festival, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK
July
9th Haverhill Arts Centre, Haverhill, Suffolk
14th Baldock Folk Club, Baldock, Hertfordshire
17th Songwriter-In-The-Round, Alstonefield, Derbyshire (w Findlay Napier &…
Jul 14 2021
Live Music - Perhaps?
Baby steps, as they say. The UK is opening up a bit as the vaccine programme rolls out further and further here, so there might - just might - be a gig or two showing up…
Jul 14 2021
Grant Avenue Arrives!
As the pre-orders of my first 12-inch vinyl record, Grant Avenue Tapes, wind their way through the post to turntables around the UK and the US (and even one to Germany!), I've been receiving some lovely…
Jul 14 2021
Grant Avenue Tapes Vinyl Arrives
Watch the unboxing. (There's a cat!)
My first vinyl. From some sessions I recorded at Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario Canada in 1995. Thankfully the studio still has the tapes. And I do…
Jul 14 2021
SPRING MUSIC WEEKEND - COLORADO STYLE!
Saturday, April 10th 2021
1st Session 4pm (London), 11am (New York), 9am (Denver)
2nd Session 5:30pm (London), 12:30pm (New York), 10:30am (Denver)
A few spaces remain for this Saturday's guitar workshops being presented by…