I start the new decade with a baby daughter, so my music-making time has become somewhat curtailed. Nonetheless, I have a new story and song project to launch with my friend Bill Church (events are slowly appearing on the site) and I’m co-producing a new album with my musical partners-in-crime, Lady Nade and Paul Isaac. […]

…or 1603, or 1606…no-one’s sure. I live in the Gloucestershire village of Frampton-on-Severn. It has a beautiful long green, a pub a each end and the Sharpness Canal raised into dyke to protect the inhabitants from the powerful tidal waters of the River Severn. Although we are near sea-level, the area has been mercifully free […]

I am out and about with my storytelling friend, Bill Church, this spring. We are touring a mythical, factual and musical exploration the River Severn. Kind of like a live podcast, in which we blend music and spoken word into a continuous 90 minute show. We’re at the Village Society in Frampton, Folktales in Bristol […]

I’ve been spending hours pushing my sleeping 4 month-old daughter around the local housing estates. It’s been a great way to find a bit of time to enjoy podcasts. Two favourites: RadioLab on WNYC Studios and 99% Invisible on Radiotopia.

Hello. I’ve been musically busy in the studio for the last six month, helping to produce my friend, Lady Nade’s, new album. There has been some time for new solo material, but this won’t appear ‘on wax’ until later in 2019. I’ve had various projects on the go, including an oral history/storytelling and musical project […]

It’s been a much quieter Summer gig-wise because I’ve committed to help co-write and record Lady Nade’s second album. You’ll probably see me play the odd gig in the Stroud area (and possibly Sidmouth Folk Festival) but things will get busier in the Autumn when Nade and I start to work out an album launch […]

24th March – The Railway, Winchester 30th March – Talking Heads, Southampton 10th May – The Prince Albert, Stroud 12th May – Bristol Folkhouse 25th May – Hot Numbers, Cambridge

Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage on Dungeness Landschaftpark Nord in the Ruhr Valley, Germany. A massive, rusting steelworks which has been turned into a public park.

So where am I stood on the front cover of Fragments? The image is a photo-montage of various shopping arcades in Paris. These narrow, glass-roofed passageways  are lined with boutiques and bistros and date as far back as the 18th Century. At one time, there were over 120 dotted all over the city, but urban […]

After spending the last year recording, chopping, changing, cursing, crying and cheering, I am happy announce the release of my first LP. Hard copies are due back from the printers shortly, but those who prefer ones and zeros, you can download Fragments via my ‘Releases’ page, or through Spotify, iTunes, Google Play and all the […]

Driving up to the Green Note in London with Lady Nade and Mike Cooper

Jethro and I planning our photo-shoot around the old arcades of Paris. Most were built during the first few decades of the 18th Century and are nowadays full of eateries and bric-a-brac shops. Passage Jouffroy. Full of old-fashioned opticians One of my favourite shots on the right. An arcade just off Montmartre full of little […]

After spending the last nine months recording, chopping, changing, cursing, crying and cheering, I am happy to report the impending release of my first solo LP. An 11th hour flurry of creative activity added a further four songs into the mix. I spent much time agonising over the best way to promote and sell the […]

I came across this photo of Polly and Steeny from the Billets Doux when we were last in Ireland. This is behind De Barra’s, a venue in Clonakilty and local of Roy Harper.

Paris in the early Nineteenth Century was woven with a network of beautiful shopping arcades, designed to usher the newly-wealthy middle-class out of the sun and rain and into cosy passages filled with worldly goods. These glass-roofed ‘Passages couverts de Paris‘ were lined with shops selling everything made in the expanding French Empire from sofas […]

It’s been a long time coming, but my new E.P. is nearing completion. One month to go…Now it’s about adding those finishing touches….30-part harmonies, string sections…cow bells. Most of the drum tracks have also now been added to the mix, thanks to the talented assistance of Mike Cooper. Much of the recording has been done […]

I'm off to Colorado for the first half of February and I'm taking my guitar and a ribbon mic with me ...

Happy New Year, Cybernauts My new LP is coming together after a long and painful period of experimentation with alternative guitar tunings, broken nails and calloused fingers. It’s also rather uncomfortable trying to record in a room with no heating in mid-January….anyway, solo show booking are starting to come in, so check out my ‘gigs’ […]

Hello folks,   I’m playing that the Three Horseshoes in Frampton-on-Severn tonight. Join me for songs, storytelling and real ale….

Thank you for hosting me, Sofar Denver. It was a lovely, balmy evening, with good company, good beer and the gentle chirruping of cicada outside. For more information on the good work Sofar does all over the world, go to www.sofarsounds.com

This is Evergreen Fish, featuring James Fisher on Guitar and Jon Green on Drums. Our re-working of a Jazz classic

This is taken of me playing at the Cardiff Sofar Sounds in December. What a great evening

I am supporting the Seattle-based singer-songwriter, Shawn Smith, in Bristol on Friday Shawn has a distinguished history in the grunge and alternative rock scene of the Pacific Northwest, so I thought it only right to play Green River – a song about a band Shawn was once associated   …Check out my music page for […]