2017

We will be playing at Cafe Oto:  March 14th





We will also play the Colchester Arts Centre, June 30th 2016.

A huge thanks to everyone who arranged and made playing in Denmark such a pleasure:
at The Jazz House: Mads Pedersen, Rasmus Steffensen, & Andreas Korsgaard Rasmussen, & Anders Feerup for the most amazing sound with his collection of strategically placed & magical microphones. A real thrill to play acoustic guitar into. As it once was before the world of pick-ups intruded.

In Aarlborg, The Northern Winter Beat Festival at the Huset
Thanks to Michael Marino, who it gradually became clear to me not only runs the whole festival, books it, did our sound, and ten other things, but also has a relationship and children. And astonishingly was always smiling!. Thanks, Michael for everything. An inspiration.

And of course, as always, Sarah & Mikkel, Blood on a Feather, who made the both the practices & traveling as enjoyable as the shows. And the shows were really great! We will do others!



I will be playing two shows in Denmark in January which I am very much looking forward to; both shows will be as a group with the inventive sounds and percussion of Sarah Hepburn and Mikkel Elzer of Blood on a Feather.

Friday Jan 29th at: Jazzhouse, Copenhagen
Niels Hemmingsens Gade 10, 1153 Copenhagen K
http://jazzhouse.dk

&

Saturday Jan 30th at: Northern Winter Beat Festival, Aalborg
http://winterbeat.dk

2015

9th Feb:  Cafe Oto  8pm
www.cafeoto.co.uk/events

We are very much looking forward to playing again at the wonderful Cafe Oto. This set will be with Joolie Wood on violin & various things that are blown into  & Ian Hothersall on drums. It will be both electric and acoustic. I realize that it will in fact be the first time I've played in London with a drummer since 1970. Time flies.  Grimm Grimm has been kind enough to open which I am also really looking forward t.o

Another bit of Cafe Oto news. David Toop will be joining us on a couple of songs from Pass the Distance. David and I haven't played together live for 45 years! We met up recently to try and work out what key, if any, we'd played them in. Once that was sorted it all seemed to fall into place wondrously smoothly.


Cafe OTO, 18 - 22 Ashwin street, London. E8 3DL. Details and directions can be found at www.cafeoto.co.uk

Dec 2nd, 2014: Colchester Arts Centre - The Arts Centre is always a luxury to play. It has lovely people and fabulous sound. This show will be with Joolie Wood & Ian Hothersal on Drums, and I will be playing a mix of electric and acoustic.

Also playing will be Fishclaw, a group I heard for the first time two months ago and loved.

Leigh-on-Sea folk festival: June 30th.
I understand there are a number of venues. I will be playing in the church at 5pm on Sunday.

Colchester Arts Centre: August 21st.
This will be with United Bible Studies & Dead Rat Orchestra

Copenhagen: Sept 5th.  at Huset,  with Blood on a Feather and The Great Park

I will be back in Canada Sept 17th.


Colchester Arts Centre: 12th Sept
Before I leave I will be doing a "plugged" experimental set at the Colchester Arts Centre opening for United Bible Studies. Whom I look forward to hearing. I haven't seen Alison since Nidge's birthdays party.
By "experimental"  I mean only that I will be playing an electric guitar and be playing a some songs I've not previously used mixec with some longer and different versions of songs I have used. 


Arriving Montreal:
I will be arriving in Montreal, Sept 24th. It will be really wonderful to see everyone again.

The Fano festival was a wonderful experience in every way; as part of the show, part of the audience, and part tourist.
Thank you Rasmus (Steffensen) for a really enjoyable and unique few days.  It was wonderful to spend as relaxed a time with so much music and energy. The festival seemed to have worked as a very succesful human filter.  Virtually all the people attending, either as players or audience, were talented and/or interesting and/or delightful to be around.
I also want to thank Blood on a Feather, (Sarah & Mikkel) for being kind enough to join Joolie and I, on top of doing their own set. Thank you!! It worked very well and with your permission we will do it again!

DENMARK:
Fano Festival July 27th - 29th
Joolie and I will be playing at the Fano Festival on Fano Island, in Denmark. I am not sure which day yet.
Joolie will also be doing her own set!  And Sarah Loraine Hepburn will be playing with us.  Both on my own set and on Joolie's. Sarah played and sang with me last time I came to Copenhagen and is fab!


We all had a really fabulous time in Spain thanks to so many people's effort. A really big thank you to Edu at  Girodisco for putting everyone together as well as aranging the Madrid show.
Marta & Alfredo, the dinner you took us all too afterwards in Vitorio we are still talking about.  Alex thank you for an amazing lunch, we loved your bar (and John!).   Ivan thank you for Santiago, and Brandan for his kindness, everything was so perfect. My only sadness is that I should have stayed a little longer!
 
And thanks too to Nidge, for being the world's best road manager, and keeping us all sane and on-board.

UK:
May 09th - Colchester Arts Centre
Joolie, Maja and I will be doing a show at the Colchester Arts Centre. It is one of the loveliest venues in the UK and the sound is always wonderful there. If I'm lucky there will also be someone with one of my favourite voices playing.

Lille and Copenhagen were both really wonderful shows and lovely places to play.
In Copenhagen: thank you to Mads & Lasse and to Klaus at the Studenterhuset, it is the 3rd time playing there and it has been perfect each time. And a very big thank you to Sarah Hepburn for being kind enough to add her lovely voice and instraments to brighten some of my songs . And thanks to Aron and Blood on a Feather for playing.
In Lille: Thanks to Arthur for arranging everything, and Guillaume, "Radio" Charles (I'm a terrible interviewee!) and Le Malterie for hosting the show, Thanks to Raphaelle for doing sound. And the incredible audience for their warmth; your encores used up all the songs I'd rehearsed.  So a big thank you to the person who saved my life by suggesting I repeat a song. 


SPAIN:
In a couple of weeks I will be heading off to Spain with Joolie (Wood), Maja (Elliott) for the below shows. Nidge Ince will be accompanying us as our, badly needed, tour manager.

Mar 14th -   Vitorio,  Spain.       Vitoria-Gasteiz's University
Mar 15th -   Bermeo,  Spain.     Ateneo Cultural Beleza Malandra
           
Mar 16th -   Madrid,  Spain.   Club Ganimedes "Nasti" Calle de San Vicente Ferrer, 33, 28004 Madrid
Mar 18th -   Santiago, Spain  Theatre Principal Compostella. 



FRANCE
Feb 22nd -   Lille, France.   La Malterie, 42 rue Kuhlmann 59000, Lille
Sam Nolin will also play.  And I'm hoping he will play "Her Marshmallows were Grey" - one of my favourites

DENMARK
Feb 2nd -     Copenhagen, Dnmrk      Studenterhuset
also playing at this show will be Aron and Blood on a Feather
which I very much look forward to hearing
 

A big thank you from Joolie, Maja and myself to everyone who made the London show what it was. That magic combination where the sound, venue, and audience were all wonderful. Thank you James for doing such an amazing job on sound, everyone after the show mentioned it. (I'm seldom aware 'til then!)
Thanks Jenna for your work, and Rich for arranging Cafe Oto. And as always special thanks to Joolie & Maja whose voices and playing were truly amazing.


London show:  Café Oto. Saturday Dec 10th
This show will be with the wonderful Joolie Wood & Maja Elliott
Black Carrot will be opening the evening
Cafe OTO, 18 - 22 Ashwin street, London. E8 3DL. Details and directions can be found at www.cafeoto.co.uk







A 3rd night in Tokyo has now been added.

All dates & details are below

UK:

Thur. Feb 17th - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester

 

Denmark:

Thur. Nov 25th - Studenterhuset,  Copenhagen

Sept 23rd, Casa, Montreal, Canada



London:  HMV Forum May 28th



Single for HMV show


St. Etienne

Marseille







Paris


Madrid