Music, busking, travel, and complete gibberish from folkdisco http://www.folkdisco.com/ http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1772.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1772.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_8106 almeria espana espana.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Big big night on the Big Corner in Cambridge. The big lumpy rainclouds come over from the midlands as expected, but we just move the show under the leafy tree. Never gets so damp that we've got to run off to a shop doorway.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1772.htm Sat, 11 May 2013 23:00:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1771.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1771.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_7259 cambridge street gig auntie pauline a fans.jpg" width="96" height="96" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Head out late, very late onto The Big Corner to play a few tunes after the drizzle stops. Stay under the leafy tree in case it starts chucking it down again. It doesn't. Just a few good people around, but nice fun all the same.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1771.htm Sat, 11 May 2013 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1769.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1769.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_3818 potts gabriel potts portugal 937.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Rowan says all the police know me, note the zone of peaceful happiness when they're on duty, and dance along when they're off. He's been a Cambridge Copper since 2007, and says I'm clearly the best busker in Cambridge.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1769.htm Fri, 03 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1768.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1768.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/180 norway oslo fjord.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Land's End, Lowestoft, Suffolk... I am currently the most easterly man in Britain! Taking far, far too many photographs of the sun slowly rising over the North Sea. Watching all the colours change. Blue, sparking white, orange, yellow, blue.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1768.htm Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1767.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1767.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/124 a netherlands amsterdam.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Take over the half ruined thatched church at Covehithe, to video a few songs amid all the crazy photogenic history. I'll have to see how everything sounds when I get back to civilisation. It looks amazing here.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1767.htm Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1766.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1766.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_6399 puerto de el boyar manatee 1005 andalucia espana.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>A couple of old scruffy bobble hatted Compo and Clegg clones eating their sandwiches outside the half ruined thatched church at Covehithe. Only you walk past them, and they're not gossiping about Nora Batty, they're discussing how to install drivers for an external USB CD writer.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1766.htm Wed, 01 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1764.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1764.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_1343 italy ravenna duomo night.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>I'll be playing live on this Suffolk radio show. Click 'Listen Now' on the web page link this morning, sometime around 11am, and maybe hear some lovely tunes. Any requests? :-)... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1764.htm Wed, 01 May 2013 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1765.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1765.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_7381 granada mad car andalucia espana 1021.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>On a bench at Southwold, below millions of little stars. Listening to the waves splash in, and watching a big yellow half moon rise up over the North Sea. Gotta go to bed soon, ready for the radio show in a few hours.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1765.htm Wed, 01 May 2013 01:30:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1763.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1763.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_1057 austria.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Late night Big Corner Session in Cambridge with my guitar and a few singalong dancealong friends. A bit nippy, but good fun and anyway, music is central heating for FOLKDISCOs. Big shouts to Punk Ian, Nick, Ollie, Kirsty, Chloe, and 'Get Her Off The Mic It's Hurting My Ears' Nicky.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1763.htm Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:00:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1761.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1761.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_9649 cambridge street gig 1124.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Walking up to Charing Cross for the night bus, after a long and lovely evening of music. Missed my last tube, and I'm a bit knackered, but it's been fantastic! :-) x... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1761.htm Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:55:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1762.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1762.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_7219 fuengirola andalucia espana 1015.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>A fantastic long evening by the Thames, playing tunes to the tourists, internationals and the odd local. Just about the most fun I've ever had playing in this city. Meet loads of great people, but especially big shouts to the couple from Colorado, James and Jess from Arizona, Ross the Magician (again), Violin Karen, Hayley, (Give Me Hope!... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1762.htm Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:00:00 -0400 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1760.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1760.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_4483 vale de lobo beach portugal.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Oh Lordy! Why did I spend so long recording music on Cubase? Knew it was time for a change, so I fired up Ableton Live, which just had me scratching my head a lot. Ableton can't cope with my low spec laptop, and I can't cope with Ableton's daft interface.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1760.htm Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:35:00 -0500 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1759.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1759.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_1787 basque coast roads espana 901.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Hmmm, should have brought more AAs and more chocolate. By 10pm my Zoom H4 is moaning about power, and my hands are shaking with hunger. A nice long evening on Jubilee Bridge West, entertaining the tourists, locals and internationals.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1759.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:00:00 -0500 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1758.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1758.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_8326 cabo de gata playa de monsul espana espana.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>GigBox 2.3 now has a fully working over-engineered hinged lid to go with her masterful fidelity, silky smooth cones and pretty fairy light illuminations. She's kinda heavy in your right hand, but loads better for lugging around the streets and tubes of London.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1758.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1757.htm <a href="http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1757.htm"><img src="http://www.folkdisco.com/tiny/img_1146 italy garda.jpg" width="96" height="72" align="right" border="0" vspace="2" hspace="5"></a>Play a late afternoon session down between the Millennium Bridge and Tate Modern. Good stuff, even the English Londoners are friendly and generous. A few alkies, girls, mothers, and children dancing down the front.... http://www.folkdisco.com/blog/-1757.htm Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:32:00 -0500