some photos from july

July was quite the epic musical adventure with over fifteen gigs including a nature reserve, a squat, a farm, a cafe, a theatre, a library, a shopping mall, a canal boat and a floating stage by a pop-up cinema. Here are some of the photos…

Performing at The Big Day Out Festival at The Pleasance… That is none other than the living legend Ronnie Le Drew doing the puppetry! Photograph by Joey Toller.

This was taken at Helen Babbs‘ book launch on the summer solstice at Camley Street Nature Reserve.

These photos were both taken during our Folly For A Flyover show on a floating stage!

Teaching the kids how to hold a protest march at William Pattern Summer Fete with Jane and Basia.

norfolk photos

I don’t think I ever posted these online …a nice memory of a lovely trip to norfolk where we recorded quite a few tracks for my next album in a converted mill

Left to right – me, Iain Macleod, Amy Bowles, Basia Bartz, Ben Oliver and Joe Allen

first norfolk stuff

I have got back from spending the most divine three days with the band in an enchanted music studio tucked inside a mill in deepest sunniest norfolk. You can see the studio’s site here but it really does not do justice to the place.

There are loads of photos knocking about which I will post as they land in my inbox.

Barbara took this one of me emerging from the gimp-like vocal booth after the last take of the sessions and was able to email it to me straight away from her hi tech new phone so I thought I would post it up now.

lindsay west and new songs

Having enthusiastically accosted her after a seeing her perform with ‘Matthew And The Atlas‘ a while back, i have recently had the pleasure of working with Lindsay West.

We have been putting harmonies to some new songs of mine and learning a few of hers. At our rehearsal last week, Barbara (who has gone out and bought herself an accordion which she is playing beautifully) took a few snaps.

My favourite is this one above but if you click on the photo you can see a few more. Hopefully you will get to hear how ace the harmonies sound with accordion soon!