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Here it is – vinyl on its way in a few weeks. Ist presentation of this album happening in the 1st 2 weeks of April in the Netherlands (see gigs). Australia follows in July & August with some nice shows strting to trickle in there. German shows beginning to line up towards the end of…

Currently finishing work on the new album. The recordings have been delivered to Zlaya who is mixing and mastering for me on the run in London, Berlin & Barcelona. Things are starting to shape up. Digital release will be early January, physical (CD & vinyl) in March/April. A tour is currently being booked which will…

Im coming back to Australia to do two and two only exclusive gigs in July. The 1st is that fantastic Syndey nightclub called Django@Camelot in Marrackville on 4 July. The 2nd is The Merri Creek Tavern in Melbourne which just has to be about the best place in town for a solo show. Im stoked…

Folks Im in recording mode! Well, actually Im almost done. Im now deciding on takes, collating, editing and abandoning crap. Im happy to be able to report that I havent had to abandon much so far. What I have here is 20-25 multi-track recordings from 5-6 studio sessions over the past 3 years in Holland…

Just had a great show on the weekend at the Liedjesmakersfestival in Almelo with these two legends: Madelief van Vlijmen on double bass and Mathijs Leeuwis on pedal steel.

Shows galore down-under with Lucie Thorne this year. Nice opener coming up soon here in The Netherlands with Pokey LaFarge (see SHOWS). Recording loads as well but more on that when Im in the clear and can step back and see what Im actually making. In the meantime here’s the latest.

People down under starting to call and email me – allways nice to have folk contact me for shows than the other way around! Very cool show just confirmed for 1 September in Brisbane at MUSIC BY THE SEA. Looking at doing some recording in July with Matt Walker & Lucie Thorne and will very likely add a few shows…

Looking back, 2017 was pretty good really. Ridiculously good album reviews, a couple of TOP 10 albums of the year listings and some very cool shows; The Dashville Skyline Festival in NSW, The Oerol Festival, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Doornroosje in Nijmegen, The Spotted Mallard in Melbourne. Tasty gigs as they say in the business. The…

Extremely excited to be announcing two big shows back in the old country. I will be doing an exclusive Melbourne show at the Spotted Mallard in Brunswick on Thursday night 21 September. The weekend after that I will be flying up to Newcastle to play at the Dashville Skyline Festival. On board for these shows will be Matt…

The album is now officially available on CD via a licensing agreement between my label Smoked Recordings and Continental Record Services. The reviews are starting to come in and the music press are saying some nice things about it “The Biggest Bastard Who Ever Rode the West is possibly one of the best songs of…