Thank you to those who braved the Arctic weather to be there with us last night.

Watching and listening to Gannets was an utterly unique experience. Completely captivating. Crazy. I loved it.

Jools and I were joined by the wonderful Martha Rose and Jakob Jonsson towards the end of our set. They added violin and trumpet harmonies to our very new cover of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World”. We all think the original is terrific.

Well hello!

I’ll be supporting GANNETS on the 5th FEBRUARY at the Blind Tiger Club in Brighton. Hooray!

More info and tickets on the Melting Vinyl website.

Interesting fact: Chris Cundy (from Gannets and much more) plays bass clarinet on our forthcoming début album.

I’m very excited to be playing with the extraordinary Hamilton Yarns at The Needlemakers in Lewes on Tuesday 20th of December.

I’ll be joined once more by the most excellent Julian Owen on drums.

Come on down!

Another Photochrom Travel View from the Library of Congress.

Crevasse formation in Illecillewaet Glacier, Selkirk Mountains (1902)

On Wednesday 9^th of November I supported the triumphant, heart warming Dancehalls and had the pleasure of hearing the eccentric, joy inducing Bunty for the first time.

The downstairs chamber of The Caxton Arms is pretty cosy.

In the spirit of Willkommen’s collaborative nature I asked the very talented Julian Owen (of Dancehalls and much more) to play drums with me.

I messed up a little. But he knew what he was doing. And I think we managed to keep the crowd from throwing their shoes at us.

Songs seem to have a will of their own at times, and how it feels to play them live can change dramatically in different environments.

More thoughts coming soon!

Jeff Buckley seems to be in the air this autumn, perhaps because we are approaching his birth date, 17th November.

I’ve been watching hazy, flickering videotape interviews with him during the 90’s on YouTube.

He spoke many truths in a voice so soft. One thing he said is echoing in my head today. This is it, roughly:

“The flow, the understanding, the intuition… not like knowing facts but just understanding things just somehow, is very, very extremely devalued. It’s the seed of all art, the seed of all artistic expression.”

 You can watch the inspiring interview here.

We all need heroes. Someone to show us, remind us of the way.

An excellent new design by Joe Collins connecting the dots in the Willkommen labyrinth.

It’s independent, it’s continent hopping, and I like it!

Ola’s Kool Kitchen will be playing one of the songs from my homemade EP during her show. Thanks Ola!

It will be broadcast today at 9pm GMT on Radio23.

And repeated on ErrorFM this Saturday 15th at 6pm and the following Wednesday 19th at 5am.

There’s something very special about these prints from the Library of Congress.

Folgefond Glacier, Hardanger Fjord, Norway (1890 - 1900)

“The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.”