How a dead man taught me about comfort music
We all need comfort music. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. You know those times when you’ve had a long day, nothing’s going your way and you finally understand those Bond villains who want to destroy the world, you crawl home and kick off
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My Visit To Nashville
Wow. What a trip. So, if you’ve been following along you know I went to Nashville to play the Melodica festival in Nashville. And boy, oh boy, I had a great time. There was music, a lot of extremely unhealthy and delicious southern food, and I
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My Love Letter To Nick Cave
So if you’ve heard my music or have been around me at all, it probably won’t come as a huge surprise to learn that I really love Nick Cave. He’s one of my all time favourite songwriters, and he’s been a huge influence on me and
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I’ve got a thing about my son calling me old
I’m not getting any younger. None of us are, I guess. I’ve never really minded getting older, since I’ve always been very firm in my belief that with age comes wisdom. Although, if that’s true, I guess I’m not old at all. Hur hur. Anyway. I
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Why I don’t write love songs for my wife
“Hey, honey, I have a new song. Do you want to hear it?” “Sure. Is it a love song for me?” “Uh… Nope.” This happens all the time. Well, it used to happen all the time. My wife has stopped asking me that question now, because
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Of Dog Poo and Depression
This is going to be tricky. I like to come across as a little witty, funny if I can, and make people smile and laugh, just before I attempt to reduce them to tears with my songs. It’s a fun dance that we do. But this
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