Writing

Notes from the road.

Album updates, essays on music and protest, and dispatches from Trealy Farm and Paros — collected here as they're written.

1 September 2026

Late Summer Update: This Is The Fire

Ten years of Campout comes full circle at The Bridge, a joyous choir send-off led by Jodie Miller, and the album moves toward mastering.

Album UpdateCampfireCampout
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21 June 2026

The Michelle Shocked Story

A newly surfaced photograph from the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage, June 1987 — and the story of a campfire recording in Texas that changed two lives.

StoryCooking VinylMichelle Shocked
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May 2026

This Is The Fire — May album update

Guest musicians, a brass band nicknamed The Risings, a reunion with Caravan's Geoffrey Richardson, and the Swingle Singers connection that brings things full circle.

Album UpdateThis Is The Fire
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February 2026

This Is The Fire — February album update

A new co-producer, Oskar Vizan, seven tracks recorded in two days, and a trip to Devon to record Marnie Hunter ahead of this year's Campout.

Album UpdateThis Is The Fire
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December

Midwinter Mixes

Marking 20 years since a memorable Big Chill concert with Tom Middleton, revisiting Deep and Crisp and Even — plus two more seasonal mixes for the stocking.

MusicSeasonal
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Autumn

Autumn Update: This Is The Fire

Thanks for the crowdfunder, a community singing weekend at Trealy Farm, and a Leamington Spa DJ set screening Deep and Crisp and Even.

Album UpdateCommunity
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Summer

Music as a Superpower

On Pete Seeger, my father's wartime dance band in liberated Cherbourg, protest songs old and new, and why music has the tools to change the world.

EssayMusicProtest
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