Word! I’m back busking for SolarAid again. The Big Chill Label is releasing a new compilation this month and I’m very happy to have a track featured thereon. 50% of the profits from the album, will go directly to SolarAid. Deets on where to listen and buy shall be made clear as they become apparent to me!
To celebrate the launch we’re having a bash at the Big Chill Bar with several of the artists including moi giving you thirty minutes of their music-time if you have the inclination.
Read what the people themselves have to say about it on bigchill.net. I am proud to be involved in such a thing and also excited about the idea of having my first song released. Happy times.
Feels like I’ve not done any gigs for yonks to be honest, but warmed up with a really nice little gig for the Tabarnak crew at the Crown and Goose. For the ampless, micless gig the audience were perfectly silent and listened to every note. I hope the same kind of warmth can happen next Thurs at The Duke of Wellington on Balls Pond Road. Deb and I will be helping the pub kick off it’s first ever live acoustic night. Come on down and help pack the place out – should be a really nice gig. More info is available on the Facebook Event.
WIRED Festival at The Vortex Jazz Bar this Sunday gone, was full of goodness. I enjoyed watching lots of cool folks of the Stephen Long, Nick Mulvey and Fiona Bevan variety smashing it up onstage and also had a lot of fun playing my set despite menacing hangover over and troublesome microphone stand (either one is OK but not the combination). Played some new tunes which was all good but really just had a top time cavorting around Gillet Square with some of the best people in this fine city, I feel.
Big thanks to the TABARNAK IKTOMS and BOABABS crew for having me. Next stop is The Victoria Oct 21st. Smashy smashy smashy.
I just got a very nice call from Jeremy Sallis at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to come and play last-minute on The Audio Files Introducing tomorrow night. So it’s on the train from London, guitar on back. The show is 6PM-7PM and you can tune in to 96FM, 95.7FM, 1026MW or go online at bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire.
Just booked in to play this bad-boy London festival. Here is a little blurb from super-promotor Kevin Molloy:
Wired Fest ran for the first time on Saturday 29th September 2007. It was considered to have been a massive success by all concerned, which made us very happy. Those people included Timeout, The London Paper and The London Student, which made us even happier.
And then it happened all over again on Sat 27th AND Sun 28th September 2008 – over 100 acts were involved, and it was, in frankest terms, really really great.
So, we’ll be back again in 2009 with more of the same, keep your eyes open and ears to the ground… and whilst you’re waiting, you can keep yourself busy with great music from our regular nights – go check out the IKTOMS MYSPACE for all the details…
25th August 2009, 8PM
Below Zero, 31/33 Heddon Street (Off Regent Street), W1B 4BN
Entrance £5, but there’s a £3 unlimited guestlist for the artists so e-mail me if you want in.
Can’t turn down a gig at a venue like this. In fact you can’t turn down a gig from the Tabarnak crew altogether. Rachelle is said to own a sniper rifle and a sharp eye. Looking forward to this one – icey and vodka’d up. Will my hands get cold playing?
