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Farewell 2020, you won't be missed
31st December 2020

Farewell 2020, you won’t be missed

What a year. What. A. Fucking. Year.  It’s the last day of 2020, and with the turning of the year, comes that moment where nostalgia typically swells, and hopefulness pokes up its little bright head above the winter snows. Except, this is 2020. Surely, 2021 can’t be worse, can it? There’s no snow yet, at least not visible here, in my little lockdown room. But, is that hope peeking out? Maybe. Maybe.  I’ve been one of the lucky ones. I, […]

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Slowdive is out today!
1st September 2019

Slowdive is out today!

it’s been a long, hard journey, but finally, the album is out, and it’s now everyone’s – not just ‘my album’. the songs are mostly very personal, but i also hope that they are universal. i care very much about the lyrics, and worked hard to make them ‘true’. it’s not that everything should be strictly factual or autobiographical, but the truth, honesty and vulnerability must be real and not pretended – in these songs i gave a lot away, […]

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Supporting Josienne Clarke
17th August 2019

Supporting Josienne Clarke

Really exciting news, I’ll be supporting Josienne Clarke on her first live dates in Slovakia this September. Josienne is one of the best singers in the world, and has won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Josienne has frequently been compared to the great Sandy Denny, but present too are elements of Nina Simone and Gillian Welch; all three are important influences on her work. Mr Alec Bowman will also be playing some songs from his forthcoming work, and this […]

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Love Without Borders
8th August 2019

Love Without Borders

a while ago, i had an idea for a song. there was just a melody in my head, but i heard it as a choir. i wrote the melody down, and as i was singing it, words started to form. i very rarely write songs quickly, but in this case, the song just started to come together fast. the first part of the song was mostly a list of phrases that i felt would likely fit there, but the ending […]

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A picture of andi (the ashen) in the underground
6th June 2019

The Bowman Experience

i recently did a photoshoot with Mr Alec Bowman, and he made a rather lovely blog post about our day. i have to say that meeting him was a confirmation to me that finding real friendship through social media channels like Twitter is quite possible. through a series of serendipitous events we were able to meet up in London, and quite apart from the many, many photographs he took of me (quite possibly more than are in existence in the […]

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The Ashfields Estate
28th May 2019

The Ashfields Estate

working with other artists is something that i personally enjoy. it’s much less stressful than working alone, and often more inspiring. such was the case when working with my friend Marcus Druce of @hilliatfields fame. Marcus contacted me out of the blue one day, and asked me if i would put some acoustic guitar over a few synth pieces that he’d created. i’ve been an admirer of his work for some time, and so was immediately interested. it took me […]

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