On 29th June I played a solo house concert collecting funds for the charity Freedom From Torture. It was a fantastic night for me, particularly just having an audience who really listened to all the words. Friendly and intimate. My thanks to Alison Fish Paterson for inviting me to play, and John Farrell for lending … Read more
We put on a small gig at the Bowler’s Rest in Leith to celebrate my beginning to relinquish my youth and good looks. We had sets from The Heaven Sent, the Lost Headband, Boulderfields, Liz Jones, James Igoe and Rosie Nimmo. If you were there, you’re probably in one of these videos. If you weren’t, … Read more
Here’s a new song. This one started life as a poem, some time before COVID. I had a daily practice of writing a couple of pages before breakfast, most of it rubbish, of course. One morning this just wrote itself; I was quite astonished. A year or so later I asked Gerry Callaghan if he … Read more
Many many years ago, before you were a twinkle in your mother’s eye, I was at the flea market in Clignancourt when I heard some music drifting across the stalls. It was like traditional Celtic music with Indian drones, but had an odd melodic twist that told me it wasn’t any of the British folk-rock … Read more
This is my first recording in my new playroom. It won’t sound any different to you but it means a lot to me to be able to record in our new house. And the best of it is, since it’s an old property and the walls are thick, I don’t disturb anyone else. To test … Read more
Here’s a new Twilight Show song. Actually a very old song that I’ve never felt it was the right time to put out there. I wrote this song around 1987, about the time of the first Palestinian Intifada (uprising). I’ve sat on it since then. Partly because I couldn’t think of a good musical arrangement, … Read more