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News of legends

In which I bang on about a gig featuring Mike & Kate Westbrook, and my pal there on the bass, Marcus Vergette

Inspired in a field

Sharing some great music inspo after going to Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here festival

Family announcement

I share news, pix and vids about going to the States to meet my newfound black family.

Glastonbury Festival

Video of the enormous fun I had at Glastonbury Festival - truly the greatest show on Earth!

Festy ready

Dates and times of my Glastonbury Festival appearances, plus Nellie Lutcher & Ruben Fox on video, and a tasty recipe

Coronation treat

Time to crack out my version of Anarchy in the UK in time for new monarch…

A new tune & Mardi Gras

Grab my nature-funk tune Wiggle on Bandcamp right here, plus my blog about the amazing Mardi Gras weekender with my boogie-woogie daddyo Diz Watson

Blues, beats’n’rhymes

Vids’n’pics of Mardi Gras/Diz Watson blues action, plus news of International Women’s Day gigs & a support-slot for Palestinian Rasha Nahas

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