Little darlings, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter.
But spring is almost here. Daffodils are in bloom, hedgehogs will soon awake from hibernation. Before long, swallows will appear on a hazy, distant horizon. And I have a new album on its way. I’ll leave it to others tell me where I’m going with Misfits’ Jamboree, released on 25th April, and whether I’m getting there. In this strange moment after the album has been created and before anyone has heard or reviewed it, all I can say is that I feel pretty pleased with it. Misfits’ Jubilee feels like a step forward.
I’ll be doing a few gigs to support the new album – next up, Uxbridge Folk Club on 27 March, and will also be touring my show Old Enough To Know Better (aka The Shock of the Old) in early March: on 7th March I’m in Bonsall near Matlock in Derbyshire, on 8th March it’s Greatford and on the 9th I’ll be Rolleston on Dove in Staffordshire. All these shows are almost sold out and have just a few tickets remaining.
There are other plans I’ll be telling you about soon. In the meantime, enjoy the spring and keep on listening, singing and playing.
In a recent edition of The Living Tradition, there’s profile of me to tie in with the release of Playing For Time.
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