My Albums and Gigs of the Year
As promised here are my favourite albums of the year and my favourite gigs of the year. The albums are just based on those I have managed to hear. I’m not going to write about them all but do want to say a few words about the Little Women album as the band aren’t well [...]
My favourite images from 2010
This is Jasper Hoiby and Dave Smith. They played at Rush Hour Blues last night in a great band led by Sam Crowe. I was there and really enjoyed the gig but I’m afraid I didn’t take any photos as I was feeling wiped out after having had chemo again on Tuesday. This image is [...]
Soweto Kinch’s homecoming and some other stuff!
I had a few days in London with my partner at the start of the week and caught an awesome gig by The Thing at the Vortex on Monday night. All three musicians played brilliantly but Paal Nilssen-Love playing in a trio seems to give him more space than in a larger band. His drumming [...]