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Ukraine , a first mailing, and a new Folk Club

It’s been a very busy six months . The year began with an off the cuff mission to Ukraine to rescue my friends partner whilst...

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Manchester sets the bar very high.

About three months ago I went to Manchester for a week. It was the only place where live music was starting to be played regularly coming...

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5 days wild camping the Northumbrian coast..no guitar.

I’ve just come back from the Northumbrian coast . Not aching as I thought I would but refreshed and invigorated . Had a very pleasant...

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Rehoming ambition in the face of international travel restrictions ..

By this time into a new year I would have managed at least to get out the country once or twice . For me personally it’s a reset both...

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Why Warsaw maybe the New Berlin..

A couple of years ago I did a tour of the south coast of the Baltic . Poland Lithuania Latvia and ending in Estonia . I hit the ground...

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If you find a scene , don’t tell anyone..

Very recently have come across a new music scene by accident. It has all the elements , talent unselfconsciousness and cheap drinks. It’s...

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Pre-Lockdown EP ‘Amsterdam Sessions’

As the album recording has been halted by the pandemic and lockdown it’s given me the chance to look back on some of the previous years...

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