I asked on Facebook for requests before this session. I got one for a song going back to the 1970s which I didn’t even remember existed. And one for a cover version of an Arabic song which I learned from some Algerian students in the early 1980s. And like a trouper, I relearned them! Cherchez … Read more
Last week’s livestream with Homesongs4Life finally overcame some of the audio and video glitches that I’ve had with previous streams on that and other channels. Here is is – four songs: something old – New Eyes from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon album something new – A Careless Blow – one of the songs … Read more
On Tuesday March 30th, the Ruby Tuesday Sessions page on Facebook selected a few veterans of Edinburgh’s Out of the Bedroom open mic to play some longer sets. I was one, so here’s my live solo show. Despite extensive testing of my setup – audio and streaming – the day before, it didn’t seem to … Read more
Here’s a new Twilight Show episode, a little more upbeat than previous offerings. This song has quite a long history. When I was teaching English in Cairo in the 70s, some friends – Rodney Blakeston and Andy Harper – and I decided to write some songs to teach points of English grammar, usage and vocabulary. … Read more
A few weeks ago, Chris Denerley kindly played this song on his radio show The Beyond Folk and Acoustic Show on Beyond Radio, a station in Lancaster. He said it summed up what a lot of people were feeling, separated from friends and loved ones by lockdown. I hadn’t made the connection myself, but since … Read more
As you can see my website has had a new lick of paint. The previous design was from the colour palette of In Another Life, and I felt it was time to brighten it up and simplify it. Particularly, I had to simplify the Music section and the Shop, both of which were muddled and … Read more