“Never lament casually; and if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty.”
wow… quite the acceptance speech, but would we expect anything less?
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RHS harvest festival
We had a lovely show last wednesday at the RHS Harvest Festival surrounded by some of the largest and most impressive fruit and veg I have ever seen.
To the left of me above is Caitlin my new accordion player, on the right is Basia and then Helen Babbs with a copy of her delighful book ‘My Garden, The City and Me‘ which I have read and love. Find out more about it here – http://helenbabbs.wordpress.com/book/
anja mccloskey visits from southampton
Anja and I just recorded this cover of ‘The Park’ by Feist for our american friend Mr Ron Trembath. I hope you like it!
edinburgh fringe festival adventures
Wow – an epic week up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in which Basia, Jane and I managed to clock up over twelve shows in a week!
Click on the above image to hear us play ‘The Suitors Ballyhoo’ on the last Pleasance podcast of the festival.
Highlights included an amazing show at the last Golden Hour for The Forest Cafe and a lovely moment when we got to serenade a group of Maths academics in The Pleasance Courtyard who got another group of friends to watch us play via skype on their laptop.
Podcast recording and filming … L-R: Paul on camera, Robin on guitar, Basia on violin, Jane on accordion and Al on microphones.
A slightly tired Basia and Jane having a nap on the train heading north to Edinburgh.
moodmixes and magnatune
I have had my music on the magnatune website for over a year now and they have been awesome, handling all of my music licensing stuff and generally being the most ‘on it’ and accountable crew I work with.
You can hear loads of music on their site which you might not find elsewhere – it is all curated by one guy called John who has great and eclectic taste!
They are currently in the business of starting a website to provide music for businesses and restaurants called moodmixes which you should check out too.
folk at the urban physic garden
My next show is at The Urban Physic Garden in Southwark, sharing a stage with Sam Lee and Dear Winesburg.
The evening is being put on by The Magpie’s Nest and Folie à Deux, my favourite north and south london folk promoters working together for the first time.
The garden is a lovely green spot with table tennis tables, see-saws and a camp fire. Need I say more! Do come – facebook page is here.
Wednesday 10th August, 7pm
The Urban Physic Garden (map)
100 Union Street
Southwark, London, UK SE1 0NL