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...

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#smwalbum2 Recording Updates

It’s my fourth day in the studio with Myles working on the second She Makes War album, and I’m uploading updates throughout the recording on my Pledge Music page. I’ll also be using Twitter and Audioboo sporadically and doing an occasional blog post here, but all the juicy sneak peeks...

Limited Edition She Makes Wardoll Available Now!

I already knew I had some pretty awesome fans, but when I received the template for a She Makes Wardoll on my birthday last week from artist and fellow ukulele player Morgan Gleave I was over the moon. Morgan first got in touch after he saw me play in Leicester...

11 Days To Go – Second Album Pre-Order / Pledge – The Whys and Wherefores

I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for weeks, but my already overambitious schedule got thrown out of the window this month by the Tricky tour and I’m just now settling down to start chipping away at the pile of posts, pitches and plans I’ve been filing away in...

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 5 : Buenos Aires

SEE ALL MY SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR PHOTOS ON FLICKR HERE… On a hectic tour like this it’s a real treat to wake up in the city you’re playing in that evening, with a lovely late afternoon lobby call of 4.30 and the possibility of adventure lying ahead. Of course, having...

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...