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: Ramblings

Oops, I’m A Finalist – So What Does That *MEAN*, Exactly?

First up – thanks so much to all of you who helped get me in to the final of the Just A Girl competition – your votes mean I will be playing at the live final at The Horatia in Holloway Road on Saturday 23rd October alongside Birds Of Paradise,...

C’est Moi – Chatting on the Thomyk Podcast! And Some Photos From My Day…

Posted 30 Sep 2010 in News,Photo Post,Ramblings
Last night I spent a very enjoyable evening round at lovely @mykreeve‘s place eating gnocchi and sweet potato bake and chatting about music, travelling, hula hooping and everything in between (including Eddie Stobart!) for the regular Thomyk podcast. Special guest jingling sounds from Mister Benji. Check it ouuuuut: Powered by...

Playing With Posh Toys In Rainy Soho…

Posted 22 Sep 2010 in Photo Post,Ramblings,Recommendations
…or, how I spent last Tuesday evening in the company of fellow photo geeks. Thanks to the kind hospitality of the folks at 1000 Heads and Canon Camera Buzz, last week I was invited along to have a play with some brand new camera models and posher lenses than I’ll...

Hello, Being A Music Fan & Funny Spam

SO much to catch up on. I have been out of the loop for the last nine days with my social media reporter hat on, working with Reuters at a big event on sustainability. I’ve interviewed scores of intelligent, interesting people on the subject and have a lot to ponder...

The Album Is Out! Thanks And Musings on Independence

People, people, people – I am overwhelmed. The support I am getting for my debut album, “Disarm”, both in link sharing/Tweeting/Facebooking and orders (physical and digital) is amazing. I am so appreciative and over the moon to hear people are loving the tunes. This has been a lot of work...

Social Media Music News : Tunited

I have been given the gift of time today after a couple of meetings got cancelled, hopefully to be rescheduled later in the week. This afternoon I will be travelling up to Edinburgh to do some social media reporting work for Amplified and possibly a little bit of battle ukulele...

Press : Unicorns and Paper Boats at The Hospital Club

Posted 17 Aug 2010 in Press,Ramblings,She Makes War
A piece I wrote for The Hospital Club in May 2010 on what I hold important as an indie musician. +++ Saturday 15th May 2010: 4pm. An empty car park, Shoreditch. I am dressed as a unicorn in a fleecy all-in-one Kigurumi playsuit, white with a turquoise mane, crouched down...