Tag: Bespoke songs

Bespoke Songs Now Available

I’m very pleased to finally be able to present the fives bespoke songs written in five days earlier this year and performed at Quay Arts on 26th April. The concert was recorded by Jim and Rob Holmes from Studio Humbug and I’ve tied up their recordings to a film of the show taken by my…


My Bit For The Olympics

I’ve never been a great fan of the Olympics but this year I’ve found myself already caught up in it’s wake.  So despite my disapproval of Union Carbide’s sponsorship (the people behind the Bhopal disasters for which I shaved my head) I already have tickets for several paralympic swimming events to cheer on my superhuman…


Bespoke Songs from the Larmer Tree

As the Literary Laureate at this year’s Larmer Tree Festival, I gave myself the task of writing two songs a day about people at the festival. Each day at noon I’d appear on stage in the Lost Woods, sing a few songs and ask for volunteers to come forward from the audience. I would distribute…