Monday morning, I am sitting in the decaying splendour of the Palace Hotel in Buxton, the Big Session festival is over and it was great. Meeting Oysterband again is always a kind of social event and this time it certainly was. I had my own show on Saturday in The Pavillion, it was quite a…Read more Drunk On Summer

The Celtic Emotions Festival Tour is now in full swing and I must say, it's a lot of fun. The whole week feels like a dream. Hey! I dreamt Leonard Cohen died, Trump was elected president and then I found myself jamming a reel on stage in a sold out show in Berlin with a super group…Read more Full Swing

I had a couple of welcome days off, including a birthday at my friend Ralf's house in Dorsten. Time to unwind, continue booking my UK tour in February, catch up with a few friends on Facetime and smoke a cigar down by the canal, spending an hour or two watching the great barges slide past…Read more Tour Diary 3