Hello, all. I’m just back from my first-ever tour in Scotland, which was also my first-ever tour with the family in tow ... AND my first-ever tour with my beautiful new guitar, made for me by Andy Manson. Past…
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A cover girl at last!
A major surprise in today’s post: I’ve just received the October/November edition of Welsh folk magazine Taplas, only to discover that I’m on the cover! I did the interview with the magazine’s editor, Keith Hudson, some weeks back but had…
Read moreReturn From Camden Town
Hello, one and all. I’m sitting on the train as I write this, on my way home to Cornwall from the Return To Camden Town Festival (www.returntocamden.org) in London, but metaphorically speaking I’m walking on air. The night…
Read moreWadebridge back on! and other bits and pieces
Hello, all. The good news is that the Wadebridge folk festival this coming weekend is back on again after being cancelled in June (see http://www.folkweekend.co.uk), and I’ll be doing a half-hour slot in the Sunday evening concert headlined by…
Read moreSingin’ in the rain ... in Cornwall
Hello there. The family and I are now installed in our new home in Cornwall, and the weather is making us feel right at home. I think there’s been at least some rain on every day of the four weeks…
Read moreRediscovering Bobbie Gentry, the Bothy Band and a few other things besides ...
Hello there. I’m on day nine of the recording of my new album, and it’s sounding really lovely so far. All thanks, I must immediately point out, to the good offices of Gerry O’Beirne and Trevor Hutchinson, who are back…
Read moreMy son, the poet
The day before yesterday, my three-year-old son Eli, while looking at a picture of a tiger, having already observed that said tiger was orange and black, uttered the following: “Tigers are made from fire and they’re made from night-time.” And…
Read moreOn the airwaves!
Thanks to all the good work of the supremely competent Bernie at Gael Linn, I’m spending quite a bit of time on the airwaves these days. Charlie McGettigan (http://www.charliemcgettigan.com) does a brilliant show on Shannonside/Northern Sound Radio (…
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