I’m all about the challenges these days, what with the recent half marathon and now NaNoWriMo, so when I saw one of my favourite blogs, (ex-Sleater-Kinney guitarist/vocalist) Carrie Brownstein’s Monitor Mix, was encouraging everyone to celebrate home recording this weekend by writing and demoing a brand new song I was...

FIRST: I wanted to remind you all I will be appearing not once but twice at this weekend’s Freedom Festival. Set over two days and two venues (Krankenhouse in Crouch End and The Foundry in Shoreditch), the festival is being staged by the powerhouse behind Djevara Music and the...

I am back! Touched down at Heathrow at 2.30 on Thursday, gibbering jetlag hit around 10pm and I spent most of Friday napping. Today I feel almost human again after a nice run in the park – half marathon training gets serious now – some good food and...

PS apologies for any weirdness on the blog at the moment, am moving servers…nearly there now… PPS anyone got a Garmin 205 spare or for sale? I’m going to need...