Coming up is a small tour of the county of Småland in Southern Sweden, famed for it's rocky fields and great folk music tradition. This is the first time I have had a solo winter tour in Sweden, but the distances are small and I shall have my spiked winter tyres on by then. All tickets…Read more November: tour in Sweden and showcase in Nottingham.

I managed to find a second hand Fazer piano last week and get it into my studio. I hate moving pianos. It looks in rather strange shape here as the first thing I did was take it apart and give it a good clean. It is back together now and almost in tune (that is…Read more The Well Tempered Clavier

Last night I saw a star, two stars, for the first time since May. I got so used to the twilight nights here in Sweden, now the darkness is unfamiliar and almost shocking. It is a prelude to autumn. The holiday is nearly over and with it the lazy days. But it is not over…Read more Before the Dive

...his father was a carpenter (or so I'm told). Did he come to redeem the world? When fully grown he travelled across lands and oceans until he stopped at my doorstep and I let him in. His name is….Martin. Yes, my mail order Martin guitar arrived in the post all the way from Nazareth Pensylvania…Read more He came from Nazareth…