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Monday, 27 April 2009

Bea Arthur

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Sadly, Bea Arthur passed away this weekend. I remember when 'The Golden Girls' first came out & what a buzz it caused amongst me...
Friday, 17 April 2009

"In dieser stadt"

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My wake up song at the moment is Hildegard Knef singing "In dieser stadt". I remember the Canadian writer Ann-Marie MacDonald desc...

Easter

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Over Easter, I visited 3 London exhibitions. Roni Horn at the Tate [link] I had the feeling that she was not quite comfortable with the spa...
Wednesday, 1 April 2009

TT Podcast !

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I have a new page on my website called 'the attic' in which you will find a TT podcast. In the podcast I will sing an accoustic vers...

Helen Levitt

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I was saddened to hear that Helen Levitt the photographer has recently passed away. I've mentioned her before on the 'mystuff page...
Thursday, 26 February 2009

Still writing...

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Still working on new material. I’m very happy writing with Mark, he has brought this truly joyous sense of groove to the songs and I feel he...

Lecuona Cuban boys

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My wake up song at the moment is Lecuona Cuban Boys ‘Hindu’. It reminds me of Lotte Lenya singing ‘Alabama’ in that it fills me with nostalg...
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Interesting ….

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Sometimes I enjoy attending an event where I don’t know what to expect. I decided to try the ‘This is Tuesday‘ experimental music evening at...
Sunday, 8 February 2009

Ramon !

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Ramon my brother came by this week to sing on one of the new songs. He has a completely different voice to me, it is really powerful (perhap...

Elisabeth Leonskaja

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Wednesday evening Mark and I went to the Wigmore Hall to hear Elisabeth Leonskaja. Playing Beethoven’s late piano sonatas. One of the most m...
Thursday, 29 January 2009

Mark Creswell

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I’m currently finishing off the new material with Mark Creswell. I’ve known Mark since I was 18 so it was about time that we actually wrote ...

Piano Mania

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Last week my two pianos were regulated and generally spruced up by a wonderful piano technician called Ben Edwards. And although the biggest...
Sunday, 11 January 2009

Happy New Year !

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Hello. Happy New Year to everyone ! I wish you all a peaceful year full of adventure and lots of new discoveries... and, of course Love, lov...
Sunday, 21 December 2008

Wolfgang Tillmans

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Tuesday evening was rather exciting. I had my photo taken by Wolfgang Tillmans. I love his work but what is an even more pleasant discovery ...
Monday, 17 November 2008

Finished a song last week...

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... that had been rather troublesome. It has such a lovely beginning that I didn't quite know how to reach the end. When it was finally ...

Gerald Kersh and Bill Withers

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Hello, I'm in the middle of a riveting read. It's called 'Night and the City' by Gerald Kersh. Never heard of him till about...
Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Welcome to my new blog. Sorry it's taken so long to begin !

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I hope everyone has had a long and enjoyable summer. My summer was fine except for my one valiant attempt to go green by taking a holida...
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