I know that not many of my readers are in London, but you never know who’s going to drop by. On Saturday 18th I’ll be playing an afternoon matinee at Camden’s Green Note Cafe …
Archive for ‘Music’
Monday, May 13th, 2013 Category: Music, My music No Comments 
Nobody actually needs a favourite songwriter of course, any more than you need a favourite food or a favourite place. It’s just a convention.
But in the car on the way home last night, listening to a CD of theirs I hadn’t played in years I …
Read More >I have my parents to thank for my love of Burns, as well as being brought up in the heart of the Burns legend. This song finds the poet, let’s face it, feeling sorry for himself and complaining about why the birds and trees can …
Read More >Monday, January 14th, 2013 Category: Music, My music No Comments
I’ve been reading this a little at a time over the last week or two. It’s a strange one. Unlike, say Dylan or Keith Richard’s autobiographies, there’s no flamboyant writerly …
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 Category: Books, Music No Comments
A good friend introduced me to this band, whose CD has been gradually growing on me, but this is the song that first made me want to hear more. I loved the non-sequitur, intriguing lyrics. The audience here seems to …
Friday, November 2nd, 2012 Category: Music No Comments
