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Am delighted to say that there will be a new release of Talking With Strangers on vinyl by Tonefloat. This time with Jackie Morris Artwork, which will look wonderful as a 12" cover. Hopefully that will be up for sale soon on the Tonefloat website

And I am more than delighted that Gonzo Multimedia will be releasing Talking With Strangers in the USA, as a proper release and not as an import. So hopefully many more people will be able to hear the music that I am so proud of. Hooray!

I am trying to cobble together an autobiography. It is taking ages because I keep finding other things to do like walking the dog or making a cup of coffee or indeed eating a biscuit. I am nagging myself quite severely to get on with it. Which I will..

Am really sad to hear of the death of Lol Coxhill with whom I worked or indeed played during the 70s' along with Steve and Phil Miller..

He was a lovely unique person and through playing with him discovered the joys of freeform improvisation. Not that I could do it, but I learned to love listening to it.

I am  proud to have  been a small part of his history.. 

RIP Lol

http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/news-mainmenu-139/69-2012/12425-jazz-breaking-news-saxophonist-lol-coxhill-dies-age-79

Have returned from the Norfolk coast where I watched the sun setting exquisitely and beautifully on a pink sea, before being taken to a tiny room where the vocals for many songs were sung and harmonised and additioned and tweaked... the new album is beginning to dance on its little toes...  

I am delighted to say that my new website is fully up and running, redesigned by Jane and Paul Merrick and looking absolutely fantastic.. please leave a message on the guestbook if you like...
definitely new beginnings :-)

Fabulous it is

From today 17/3/2012, I will be managed by Paul Maynard of Impact Music. Contact details will be added in a minute. When he tells me what he wants me to write . New beginnings eh?

Here we go

Management
Paul Maynard at Impact Music
email: impactmusic@btinternet.com

Please use the above email for business purposes, or to contact me use this email or the contact form on the right hand side of the site.

is in the process of being designed… in the meantime I begin to work on new music. It will be a while before it’s complete and ready but I think it will be pretty good

Hmmm. Well I am very sorry to have to say seemingly my album, ‘Newborn Creatures‘ will now not be released in its current incarnation. Lee Fletcher and Markus Reuter have decided to remove my songwords and my vocals and artwork and anything to do with me from the recording. I do not know what they intend to do with what is left, but they have stated that they intend to release my album without me in some form and at some point in the future.

Well now. It was a Grey October Day here this morning so it seems a good day to tell you that the song will be available as a digital single on iTunes on 31st October 2011. It can be pre-ordered from here.. there are four versions – the album track, the radio edit, and two remixed versions. Just for fun

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/grey-october-day-remixes-ep/id470218642

Newborn Creatures Promo

Hope that works It’s got Cathy Hyde’s pictures as well..

"Harpsong" won a Hancock Award for Best Original Song in 2010, and I was given the award at the bar at this year’s Fairport’s Cropredy Convention. It took that long because I haven’t done any live gigs where it could be presented. I was obviously really delighted to finally get my hands on it and accepted it on behalf of myself, Alistair Murphy and Tim Bowness who between us created the song