Wednesday 25th October Kathy’s fundraiser has reach £2500! Her story was covered in a Canadian newspaper and rather sweetly, the journalist mentioned that ‘even a Brit has written a song for her’. I found this quite lovely as I never think of myself as a Brit. I’ve broken into The Brits a few times, but…
Wednesday 18th October It’s three days since I was at the Isle of Wight. I’ve been trying to get in touch with Dwayne about the drone footage but I think he must have been very busy as there was no answer. I’ll leave it to fate. If I’m meant to have the drone footage, he…
Sunday 15th October We stayed in a hotel which was very sweet but very Fawlty Towers too. I actually liked it, lots of 70s wallpaper everywhere and it felt family run. We had something to eat in the hotel restaurant and halfway through my risotto (Nim had vegetable soup), there was a power cut. We…
Saturday 14th October The East Finchley Arts Festival was amazing. It was such an uplifting gig. I loved playing the new songs with Graeme. Somehow the simple piano accompaniment without any of the drums or vast instrumentation from the albums makes me fill more of the songs up with more of my voice. Can’t explain…
Tuesday 10th October, My head has been in too many different places today. Excited to be rehearsing with the girls tonight. Still trying to decide what to play at the arts festival for the two-album show. And still not sure if I will manage to shave off my goatee and moustache in the interval to…
Sunday 8th October. Weird day today. After Michael and Katie lost their home a few weeks ago in a fire, the same thing has now happened to my friend Kathy and her mum Neva. In fact all the apartments in their block have burnt down, related to an attack on one of the Syrian families…