On my recent tour of Europe I was very pleased to be invited by the Vienna Songwriting Association to be the surprise guest at their album launch. The Sky Is Big Today is the the 6th album in the Between The Lines series. Each album commemorates the previous year’s Bluebird Festival featuring artists that performed…
European Tour November 2014
Ten dates, five countries and lots of new venues. This tour will involve some particularly long train journeys which I love, a fantastic opportunity to get some writing done. I’m especially pleased to be playing for the first time in my old home town of Bratislava, even more so as I’m on the same bill…
Adieu To Old England…
No, not off on tour again quite yet, Adieu To Old England is the traditional song that I have interpreted for the compilation ‘Shirley Inspired…’ Shirley Collins has been inspiring people for several decades, ever since she began singing folk songs back in the 50s. Collaborating with a who’s who of the folk world from…
Kisses, tattoos and lots of friends.
Originally written for a close friend who was going through a very messy separation at the time, You Will Be Loved Again has proven to be one of the most popular songs on ‘Up Here’. I’m happy to say that the message of hope seems to have touched even the stoniest of hearts. Inspired by…
Give me a kiss!!!
A song of hope for those without a valentine, You Will Be Loved Again is proving to be one of the most popular tracks from Up Here. To celebrate this I’ll be releasing a video to accompany the song on February 14th. If you’d like to be in the video all you need to do…
A Happy new Year to you.
A very happy New Year to friends old and new. And what a start!!!!! Up Hear has been released in the UK and already there have been great reviews in Mojo, Uncut and the Mirror. Folk Radio have made it album of the month and written possibly the best review I could ever hope to…
‘Up Here’ UK release details
I’m very chuffed to announce that Up Here is all set to get a UK release through PIAS distribution in early January 2014. To support this we’ll be doing a couple of live dates in December, the first on the 13th at Ventnor Arts Club and the second on Monday 16th at the Slaughtered Lamb…
Up Here
So…. the new album is mixed, mastered and being pressed up as we speak. Unfortunately, budgetary restrictions mean it will not yet be released on vinyl, but CDs and downloads will be available from early October. The cover is a painting by my good friend Florian Mitgutsch and portrays me as a middle aged superhero…
Live Dates
With the new album all recorded I’m pleased to say a few gigs are starting to come in. Hopefully in most instances I shall be accompanied by a selection of musicians who perform on the new album. First up is a show at the Isle of Arts Festival on the 19th April at the Boathouse…
New Album Finished
Very pleased to say that after a magical week in Studio Humbug (an old water tower on Queen Victoria’s Osborne estate), the new album is pretty much all recorded. We made good time and recorded much more than an album’s worth of material completely from scratch, and we all had much more fun than men…