I was listening to Gather, one of my favourite songs by Di recently and I felt the mix was a bit of a barrier to entry. I would have liked to have mixed it differently. Thanks to a couple of AI tools I was able to extract several individual tracks from the original mix – … Read more
Here’s a new song. Like so many of my ‘new’ songs I actually found the lyrics in an old notebook and took it from there. If you fancy buying me half a cup of coffee, the song’s available on Bandcamp. Footage by Getty Images, via Cyberlink PowerDirector.
Earlier in the year the band and I recorded a new version of my song Christmas Revolution, more upbeat with a cracking saxophone from Konrad Wiszniewski. Jennifer Ellen Clark, who produced the Turn album, made it fizz and pop nicely. In October we teamed up with video maker Terry Dray and the Bowler’s Rest in … 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
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
Here’s a new song. More info about it below the video. What’s it all about? Anyone who’s dabbled in the domain known variously as religion, spirituality or belief knows that there can be a big disconnect between what you want to believe and what you understand is realistic or true. I’ve been there myself on … Read more