After four radio interviews, enthusiastic album airplay, a feature article in the local music press and an epic two set show at the superb Northcote Social Club, The Disenchanted’s February trip to Melbourne was swift but successful. Melbourne is one of the greatest music towns in the world, 3RRR is[…]
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Composing cool tunes for warm people
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London update It’s been a unexpectedly busy year music-wise, with gigs every 6 weeks in London – all at small but famous venues. Always a thrill to play places which have a rich music history where my idols have performed, such as the Water Rats in Kings Cross – the[…]
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Deal With Your Disenchantment is my 12th album. It is a 21st century woman’s (ie me) take on Dylan’s classic albums of the ‘60s/ early ‘70s. All the tracks are original, but they started with a specific Dylan track or genre in mind. I used the Dylan classics as inspiration,[…]
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I was fortunate enough to be asked by Australia’s most popular indie radio station 2JJ to do two mixes of Australian ’90s electronica plus write liner notes for a retrospective they have just broadcast about that golden era. Transcript plus links below. Hope you enjoy listening to these sounds (again)[…]
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June Was the End of May The last few weeks have been victorious ones for Skeltys’ campaigns. I type this as Tory leader Theresa May is swiftly doing a deal with the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), a divisive far right wing party of women and gay haters founded by[…]
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I could be wrong, but I think I have released 11 albums so far. Maybe 12 if I include all my extremely odd Stoner Classix vinyl, which are currently enjoying a resurgence of interest. Regardless, I choose to regard the album I am currently working on – Deal With Your Disenchantment –[…]
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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence So how many childhood heroes did I lose in 2016? Bowie, Prince, Cohen, Gene Wilder, Greg Lake (from Emerson, Lake and Palmer), Ronnie Corbett, are the headlines. But the lesser known newly dead were also fond companions on my ‘growing up’ television – Andrew Sachs (Manuel[…]
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Lets get this first bit over with quickly… You might think that because I haven’t posted a blog for a year, I might have nothing to say. Not been up to much. 9.00 – 5.00 office worker, nose pressed flat against someone’s shoulder in the District Line crush to and from the Royal[…]
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So lets imagine the Queen, a teenage war time ambulance driver and mechanic, this year decides to ditch her carefully crafted annual Xmas address to the nation and instead reflect upon the history and meaning of ambulance services. We’d switch on the TV, ‘A Message from the Queen’ in important[…]
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So next week, my temporary contract with the Barts Centre For Trauma Sciences winds up. And how many times can you say that your job has changed your life? Here are some experiences/ images that I will take with me to my grave. 1) Shooting a video, with fellow Australian[…]
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