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Currently finising off the recordings we did in Studio 150, Bethlehemkerk in April. I always like to let a recording session go dormant for a month or two before coming back to it. Its a kind of litmus test for whats been commited to tape/drive – if I still like it after all that time…

Ive written swags of songs during covid and am heading into Studio 150 Bethlehemkerk in Amsterdam to record a bunch of them in April. The 9 or 10 tunes I plan to track in there belong together, but more to the point they lend themselves to being recorded with a big spacious room sound. 150…

Left to Right: Stefan Wolfs (guitars &  pedal steel), Mischa Porte (drums & percussion), Madelief van Vlijmen (bass, keys, synths and bvs) listening back to our work in Bethlehemkerk Studio 150, Amsterdam, May 2021 Making a record with these guys was very easy. I mean, they are all well-trained, vibey, experienced players but you need…

Dan Tuffy triumphantly blends electronic and earthy sounds on his sophomore album, Letters Of Gold REVIEW: FORTE MAGAZINE – AUSTRALIA (August 2020)A record bound to cast a long shadow.“I first heard Dan Tuffy way back in the 1980s when in Tasmania. He was a founding member of Wild Pumpkins at Midnight, which later went on…

Dan Tuffy triumphantly blends electronic and earthy sounds on his sophomore album, Letters Of Gold REVIEW: FORTE MAGAZINE – AUSTRALIA (August 2020)A record bound to cast a long shadow.“I first heard Dan Tuffy way back in the 1980s when in Tasmania. He was a founding member of Wild Pumpkins at Midnight, which later went on…

This song is my tribute to friend, musical legend and mentor Chris Wilson who died last year. I recorded it pretty much the day he left us but have been sitting on it for long enough now. Its the last track on my new record Letters of Gold. Old WPAM comrade Michael Turner made this…

Have just done a couple of strange 1,5 metre shows. This post gig shot tells that story. A half-full room is suddenly the new full room. We played 2 sets to 2 different paying audiences last Sunday evening at the Blue Room Sessions in Den Bosch. Its good to be back out doing shows but…

As restrictions lift and strange little social distancing gigs begin to loom on the horizon I find myself feeling a mixture of indifference and trepidation. Ive done 1 or 2 social distancing shows, as well as a couple of online streaming gigs – they were cool I suppose but they also felt a bit like…

In March before Covid hit I was looking at a great run of shows in the Netherlands, bookings were coming in for Germany and the UK too. Australian dates were lining up easy-peasy in July/August –  it was coming together like a dream. Believe me, you dont get that happening so easily too many times…

Well its been a journey. When this COVID stuff hit the fan we thought about delaying the release but we were already up the hill, over the ridge and halfway down the other side so we decided to bite the bullet and stick to the plan, side-winding and swerving all the way. All my April…