Category Archives: Free-range Musician

Moving right along now – 2017….

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Brian Heywood

We flew into Sydney on the second January 2nd (we left London om January 1st!) still vibrating from a very busy 2016. As Dawn wrote on Facebook – “Well, that was a bit of a crazy year!  In the seven … Continue reading →

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Heading back home in a land downunder…

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Brian Heywood

2016 was another busy year split between the UK & Australia This year we flew out of the UK on Jan 6th so that we could play a posh wedding at Brocket Hall in rural Hertfordshire. Where we were playing … Continue reading →

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Talking the talk, walking the walk…

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Brian Heywood

Only 5 years to catch up on now so I reckon that I’ll try and power quickly through 2015… For me (and Dawn), the year starts out in England as we finish off a gig at the Lamb Inn in … Continue reading →

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Changing places – catchup continued (2014)…

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Brian Heywood

This blog is part of a very rapid tour of what I’ve been up to over the last five years, only four years to go…. So on with the motley… January was pretty much of a washout as I was … Continue reading →

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Where does the time go – or Catch up (if you can)

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Brian Heywood

It’s been awhile since my last blog, perhaps I shouldn’t have written at the end of the last one; “Well that’s the end of Part One. My next blog will cover the Summer of 2013 and will be posted in … Continue reading →

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A year of living dangerously… [part one]

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Brian Heywood

It’s been more than a year since I’ve put my thoughts down in this blog and what a year it’s been… So what I’ll do a quick run through peppered with some random thoughts. Pay attention, there may a short quiz … Continue reading →

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The death of live music in Luton / Dunstable / UK?

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Brian Heywood

Live music is the most engaging – and least monetised – of all the multifarious forms of entertainment available to us here in the UK – and perhaps the western world.  When I started writing my regular live column in the … Continue reading →

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