Last night was brilliant fun once again, so thanks to Shakka and Yasmin and everyone who came down and made it a great night, we're already looking forward to the next one on the 19th of august! 

Here's a couple of videos of Shakka's wonderful singing skills:

It's been a long time coming and will be a long time here. The Record  Industry is changing. No. It has changed. Beyond all recognition and predictability. It seems as though the people have finally spoken and are voting with their feet... OK, er, fingers, as the shift to digital download continues in the face of the Industry's attempts to halt it in its tracks, pardon the pun. Strange that so many have yet to cotton on to this and still rely on 'Who's signed to Who' as a mark of quality and calibre in an artist. No sir. Those days are long gone. Why not ask yourself: Who's our generation's Stevie Wonder? Who's our Pink Floyd? Who's our Bob Dylan? Kate Bush? Joni Mitchell? The list of alleged irreplaceable's is endless...

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So last thursday we had the second of our monthly nights at Olver's and it was an amazingly fun night. Thanks to all of you who came down and made it so. Big ups to you all!

Thanks to Kaz Simmons for her wonderful songs and a great performance, thanks to yas and Bernie for the post-gig jam session, thanks to the Ben Elton lookalike for busting shapes on the (dance?) floor, and thanks to Oliver for providing the beer, venue and being the perfect host. We can't wait for the next one where we'll be playing with the incredibly talented Yasmin Baker, and hope to see you there for more revelry and Merriment. Till then, here's a couple of videos for your delectation.

Words and music are similar in so many ways: both deal with combinations of rhythm, beats, timbre, tone, articulation, expression, and phrases. They are both organised into coherence involving the use of narrative and appropriate structure; both can subject their component parts to the application of either tearse, rigid, concepts or blind expressionism at the writer's whimsy. Music and words are so inextricably linked that the fringes of where one medium ends and another begins is often a fine line; for example, between text-setting and songwriting, poetry and lyrics, prose and librettism, between sound and word, even, that make for endless possibilities of development and communication.... (click to continue reading)

The first half of the year is always a busy time as acts prepare their albums in time for release in the summer. This spring I have been lucky enough to have hooked up with Milk Kan in their preparatory stages for their second release. I’m not in on the title of it yet but I have heard about half the album and what I can say about it is that it will instantly put a smile on your face.

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