Lamontations

About my songs and songwriting

Here's where I put new songs, videos and instrumentals.

Heaven Sent album – latest previews

Note to Self – a song I wasn’t expecting

The Twilight Show – Best of the Blues

Film music exercise – the Scottish Parliament

Only The Sea (at last!)

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About other people's music

I've written a lot of articles about artists who've inspired me, particularly those on the Island and Virgin record labels in the early 1970s. Flick through and see if there's anyone you've always liked but never read much about.

In memory of Dave Christopher

What has John Martyn Ever Done for Me? (and other stories)

Death Songs of a Four Year Old

I Remember It All From Before …

Songworks #4: Passenger Pigeons by the Handsome Family

The Moody Blues – a Lost Chord rediscovered

Cover Ups has Bowie covered for charity

Songworks #3: Feast of Stephen by Mike Heron (and John Cale)

Updates on Kevin Ayers and Dr Strangely Strange

Drinking with Jackie Leven

Songworks #2: 18th Avenue by Cat Stevens