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Heading back home in a land downunder…
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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Tagged Australia, Bluetongue, Brian Heywood, Hugh McDonald, live music, Melbourne, Ovation Guitar, Redgum, Sydney, Tathra, UK, WoodworX
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Talking the talk, walking the walk…
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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Where does the time go – or Catch up (if you can)
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
The death of live music in Luton / Dunstable / UK?
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
Veni, Vidi, Exi – I came, I saw, I went away…
Time Flies like an Arrow, Fruit Flies’ like a Banana Finally the final instalment about my trip to Australia… After a packed musical weekend at The National Folk Festival in Canberra, I decide to drive up the Western side of … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Brian Heywood, Crocodile, Darwin, Melbourne, NSW, Oberon, Opera House, Orange, Sydney
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Off to Canberra for the National Folk Festival
On the road… I head up to Canberra on the Wednesday (April 4) to get to the Folklore Conference on the Thursday. After a diversion to the centre of Melbourne to pick up a passenger (Wim) who offered to share … Continue reading
Back in Australia – and a week passes by….
Another week just flys by in Melbourne… The weather is not great but still warm enough to have breakfast on the verandah. I spent the the first few days on the phone to various contacts and trying to get into … Continue reading
Sessions, a Royal encounter and a lot of horses running around…
The run up to my Antipodean expedition… On the last day of February I went down to the Blues session at the Goat in St Albans. This jam is run by Doctor Ika, an eastern European blues guitarist of some … Continue reading
