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Changing places – catchup continued (2014)…

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

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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A year of living dangerously… [part one]

Posted on May 7, 2014 by

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

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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Off to Canberra for the National Folk Festival

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

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 →

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Back in Australia – and a week passes by….

Posted on April 2, 2012 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 →

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Back in Australia – the first four days…

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

After about 24 hours in the air on QF030 I touched down at Tullamarine just before 8am on Thursday morning. It was quite a comfortable flight with an aisle seat on the first leg to Hong Kong where they turfed … Continue reading →

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Sessions, a Royal encounter and a lot of horses running around…

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

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 →

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Free Range Musician…

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

A the end of January I decided to do something about my ‘free range musician’ idea so I started a page on Facebook and nabbed the top level domain. The idea is that musicians who are making a living out … Continue reading →

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Burns’ Night Shenanigans – January 2012

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

My oh My, doesn’t the time fly…. Gigwise, January is usually a bit like the Parson’s Egg, starting out quite dead with a burst of activity near the end as people put on Burns’ Night events to celebrate the Scottish … Continue reading →

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Summer, Autumn, Winter – via Spain and Tetbury…

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Another biggish gap in publication means that I’m going to try and wrap up the rest of 2011 in this blog in one rush. Please try and keep up… August turned out to be quite a busy month for me. … Continue reading →

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