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Put a small bunch of songwriters in a ski lodge in May with food, drink and recording equipment and what do you get? A lot of fun, some songs we’d never have written, some some recordings we’d never have had and an album to follow up last year’s. Meet on the Lodge I’ve never doing … Read moreLiving it up in the country – Orchy Sessions 2018
The whole album launch in March was filmed but lots of ‘real life’ has got in the way of getting it public quickly. Here are the first two – hope you like them! Until I Found You This was the end of the ‘official’ set, although we came back to do Come Together. You can … Read moreTwo videos from the album launch
Here’s another song from short sequence of videos I recorded one winter’s night a few months ago. This is a Jacques Brel cover, of his song Ne Me Quitte Pas, translated by Momus. There are some incredible cover versions of this magnificent song available – my favourite is Nina Simone’s – but English versions have … Read moreThe Twilight Show continues with a Jacques Brel cover
There’s a great review of the new album in RnR Magazine #68 (Mar/Apr 2018). Lamont is a storyteller whose entertaining, tongue-in-cheek lyrics are delivered with self-assured laconic panache. Read it here
If you know my songs this probably sounds a familiar story – I get talking to someone who turns out to be Bob Dylan. That’s the song The Ballad of Bob Dylan. Now in a new twist, crime author Andrew C Ferguson (he’ll love me calling him that) has penned a new story. Me and … Read moreHow I met Bob Dylan – with turmeric
As a reminder that the launch gig is … tomorrow! Here’s the band with End of Tears, recorded in December at The Village. Some advance tickets still available here.