you may have noticed i like playing joanna newsom songs 🙂 so here is another…
with Iain Macleod on banjo – http://www.iainmacleodmusic.com/
the hackney gentrification song
You know this place it means the world to me.
Knock it down build flats knock it down.
The first place I really felt home in London.
Now my life is in bags and my heart’s on my sleeve
And there’s so many memories I’d rather not leave.
When I moved here ‘The Four Aces’ club still stood proud
And ‘The Vortex’ on Church Street was in with the crowd.
Now ‘The George‘ is up next and my dear studio
And Vogue says that Hackney’s the in place to go.
Tesco’s are popping up like unwelcome weeds
And they just put a pound on the price of a pide.
The places we used to shoot pool: they’re all gone.
Whilst the prostitutes, pimps and drug dealers look on.
Louisa Jones on accordion
folk rising at cecil sharpe house
I have just confirmed my first gig of the year for Thursday 3rd February, playing at Cecil Sharp House, home of the English Folk Dance And Song Society.
The evening is part of the Folk Rising series of shows put together by the fine people from The Magpies Nest.
I will be on around 8pm and joined by Ben Oliver on piano and Basia Bartz on violin. Do come!
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY – nearest tube is Camden Town or Regents Park
Tickets here (£5) – http://folkshop.efdss.org/Tickets/Folk+Rising/Ticket%2C+Folk+Rising+03.02.11.html
Music studio space available in Dalston, Hackney
I am looking for someone to share my lovely music studio in Dalston Culture House next to the Vortex, N16 8JN.
It would suit someone who needs a teaching, recording or practice space for solo or small ensemble work.
Ideally you would want to use the space 1 – 2.5 days a week and be up for paying £70-£150 towards the costs
Contact me via mail (at) robingrey (dot) com
’81 – joanna newsom cover
One of my new years resolutions is to record more youtube covers. It is a fun thing to do and quite a few folks seem to find my music after stumbling upon me singing other peoples songs.
To kick things off, here is a nocturnal cover of ’81 by Joanna Newsom shot in my little house boat:
ron’s albums of the year
Ron has put together an ‘albums of the year’ post on his blog.
Am pretty flattered to have come first – must go and have a listen to some of the competition now!
http://tartproductions.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-37-12-albums-of-2010.html