FOLKDISCO BLOG

Big big night on the Big Corner in Cambridge. The big lumpy rainclouds come over from the midlands as expected, but we just move the show under the leafy tree. Never gets so damp that we've got to run off to a shop doorway. Big result... See More

Head out late, very late onto The Big Corner to play a few tunes after the drizzle stops. Stay under the leafy tree in case it starts chucking it down again. It doesn't. Just a few good people around, but nice fun all the same. Big shouts... See More

Brushing my teeth last night, a melody and some chords appeared in my mind. Strumming and singing it into my phone, a bridge/chorus turned up. Wrote downa few words, and now it's a song. All hunky dory, infectious hook, sounding lovely in... See More

Rowan says all the police know me, note the zone of peaceful happiness when they're on duty, and dance along when they're off. He's been a Cambridge Copper since 2007, and says I'm clearly the best busker in Cambridge. He lights up a... See More

Land's End, Lowestoft, Suffolk... I am currently the most easterly man in Britain! Taking far, far too many photographs of the sun slowly rising over the North Sea. Watching all the colours change. Blue, sparking white, orange, yellow, blue. Windmills and waves. Seagulls and trawlers. Fantastic.

Take over the half ruined thatched church at Covehithe, to video a few songs amid all the crazy photogenic history. I'll have to see how everything sounds when I get back to civilisation. It looks amazing here. There's a huge ruined church... See More

A couple of old scruffy bobble hatted Compo and Clegg clones eating their sandwiches outside the half ruined thatched church at Covehithe. Only you walk past them, and they're not gossiping about Nora Batty, they're discussing how to install drivers for an external USB CD writer. Very strange. Call me old fashioned, but I'm sure this kind of thing doesn't happen in Holmfirth.

On a bench at Southwold, below millions of little stars. Listening to the waves splash in, and watching a big yellow half moon rise up over the North Sea. Gotta go to bed soon, ready for the radio show in a few hours. x

Late night Big Corner Session in Cambridge with my guitar and a few singalong dancealong friends. A bit nippy, but good fun and anyway, music is central heating for FOLKDISCOs. Big shouts to Punk Ian, Nick, Ollie, Kirsty, Chloe, and 'Get Her Off The Mic It's Hurting My Ears' Nicky. Quote: 'That was beautiful, I love your voice!' - Katherine Macfarland :-)

Walking up to Charing Cross for the night bus, after a long and lovely evening of music. Missed my last tube, and I'm a bit knackered, but it's been fantastic! :-) x