Last night saw the end of the second Ragged Kingdom tour in the beautiful old theatre in Treorchy, South Wales. Thanks to all the fans who came along to wish me well, I was very touched by the depth of feeling and all the wonderful presents. It was an emotional night for many of us. This has…Read more The last show with Oysterband 23 February 2013

Photograph by Alexis Pantos

It has been a great week and no doubt. Two good house concerts and three public shows, The Musician in Leicester, The Red Lion in Birmingham and ending with the very fine Barley Hall in York. I was impressed by York, it was older, more interesting and livelier than I thought. The Barley Hall was…Read more February Tour and trail of the dead kings

I landed at Stansted in a snow storm, to be faced with a 2 hour night drive on what we call back home 'summer tyres'. The hire car was a lot smaller and lighter than it looked in the picture on the Eurocar website, but it works and it got me here. A great start…Read more Snow business like show business.