A week and a half ago I drove over to Bristol to spend a bit of time rehearsing with a few musicians and then we recorded in Alex Garden's delightful studio. We recorded three tracks which constitutes half the project. The rough bounces sound very promising. I haven't yet started the process of writing mix notes for how I want Alex to shape the tracks. They will shift a little, but the skeletons are very much up and about and bopping around. I'm really looking forward to get

Whilst I’m keen not to fall into the trap of turning these little blog posts into an exercise in patting my own back, I have decided to sail perilously close to that self aggrandising wind once again with some more reflection on recent triumphs. This summer I was lucky enough to play for ceilidhs with Queer Folk at two festivals, Sidmouth Folk Festival in Devon and Shrewsbury Folk Festival in Shropshire. I’ve not had many opportunities to play at festivals and I’ve certainly

The Kickstarter for my new project is live! Correspondence: a little collection of queer tunes, is a collaborative composing project that...

What is this project? Correspondence is a collaboration. I've asked some queer folk musicians, including George Sansome, Alex Garden and...

I've had a weekend of joyful queer things that I'd like to tell you about.  I have felt such a strong feeling of coming full circle. I've...