2012 5/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat @birdeatsbaby, @maryepworth, #popuppeople and More Besides

1) Birdeatsbaby – Incitatus Brighton based dark cabaret outfit Birdeatsbaby have just released this BRILLIANT new video, and like the last video for “Feast Of Hammers” it’s deliciously spooky. And makes me scared of bands… “Feast Of Hammers” – the album – is released on February 20th and I’m supporting them at their London launch...

“Little Battles” vBlog Episode 1 Online Now! Brighton, Birdeatsbaby, BBC 6 Music and Singing To Seabirds

The first in my brand new video blog series to celebrate my new album coming out on April 9th, woohoo! The album launch extravaganza will be at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, London SE24 on Wednesday 11th April with tickets available very soon. “In This Boat” will be released on February 14th as digital...

2012 4/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Grace Petrie, Brighton and Musical Broccoli

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Grace Petrie A wonderfully inspiring songwriter and performer I met at last weekend’s Midwinter Picnic 4. She makes music that really gets you in the gut, and her rousing lyrics are still echoing around my head a week on. I should have heard of her...

2012 3/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Gil Scott Heron, Martin Luther King & Handcrafted Chocolate

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) “The Last Holiday : A Memoir” by Gil Scott Heron I’m so thankful to a friend for introducing me to the wonderful work of Gil Scott Heron a number of years before he sadly died, and though I’ve only just started reading this newly published...

“Slow Puncture” On BBC Introducing – Listen Again + Tickets For Feb Shows With @hiband & @birdeatsbaby

Get the song here on a pay-what-you-can basis… I was very excited and pleased to receive an email from the Tom Robinson show last week informing me that “Slow Puncture” would be played on the show early on Monday morning (today), as a result of being selected from songs uploaded to the BBC Introducing Uploader....

2012 2/52 – Five Things I Liked This Week – Feat Chris T-T, Arctic Hooping & Bike Doctor

Click to see the rest of this week’s photos 1) Chris T-T – “Binker” – the video! I don’t know how I missed this on Twitter last week but I only just stumbled across this gorgeous film. Chris’ 2011 Edinburgh Festival show “Disobedience: Chris T-T Sings A.A. Milne” was one of the musical highlights of...

Category: Gigs

She Makes War for Katie on 10th September 2011

Tickets are now available for a very special gig this September – I’m hosting and performing at a benefit show for Katie Huttlestone, a fantastic girl who is undergoing treatment for stage 3 breast cancer – at the age of 21. Katie has been sharing her story so far via...

Tricky Tour : South America : Photos

Posted 01 Jun 2011 in Gigs,Music,Official News,Photo Post,Travel
It’s my birthday and I’ll blog if I want to…more posts to come on the last few cities we visited on the Tricky tour but I’m disappearing to Dorset for a couple of days to rest and look at lighthouses so here are all my digital photos from the past...

Tricky Tour : South America : Day 3 & 4 : Montevideo-Buenos Aires-Cordoba-Buenos Aires

TIRED. Yesterday was a great example of a day when my “All glamour, all the time” mantra came in handy. For anyone still under the impression that the life of a touring musician is all pink fluffy clouds, constant sexual gratification and champagne will be sorely disappointed to hear that...

Tricky Tour : South America : Day 1 & 2 : Uruguay

Posted 18 May 2011 in Gigs,Music,Photo Post,Ramblings,Travel
SEE ALL MY SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR PHOTOS ON FLICKR HERE… +++ Greetings from my hotel room in Montevideo, Uruguay, where I’m having a last listen through 30-odd Tricky songs I’ve been rehearsing for the last couple of weeks in preparation for a two week tour of South America! Having last...

Oxford – Tonight!

Posted 02 May 2011 in Gigs,Music,Official News,She Makes War,Travel
The fabulous Little Fish present a night of music and poetry hosted by George Chopping with She Makes War, Djevara Redux, Spring Offensive and Adam Barnes. This is not an ordinary gig! Little Fish will kick things off at 7.30 and we’ll all be playing multiple short sets throughout the...

South West War Tour – More Photos

I’m nicely tucked up in bed in Oxford – the scene of tomorrow’s last gig of this short tour for me and a great night of music and poetry at Port Mahon, doors 7pm for a 7.30 sharp start. More photos from the tour so far can be viewed here...

All Aboard The South West War Tour

I am having a brilliant time intrepidly adventuring across the West Country on the #swwartour. So far I’ve played shows in Tunbridge Wells (not South West I know), Bristol and Falmouth and need to get some sleep so I can make it round to Dartmouth tomorrow. Utterly exhausted from my...