I am happy to say that I have been rather prolific of late with the old songwriting. I believe it is a truism that black moods lead to more artistic inspiration and I have been rather inspired these last few months.
I am really looking forward to mid-summer when I am booked into the Davy Lawrence […]
This week I have mostly been listening to:
Soulwax
Most Of The Remixes… [Disc 2]
Doves
Kingdom Of Rust
Art Brut
Alcoholics Unanimous
Joy Division (Warsaw)
Warsaw (Sessions 1977-1980)
Joy Division (Warsaw)
Excite One
Leonard Rosenman
The Lord Of The Rings Soundtrack
I was very sad to learn of the death of JG Ballard at the age of 78. He had been ill for several years, struggling with prostate cancer, and died on Sunday morning. Ballard is one of my favourite authors, penning such classics as ‘The Drowned World’, ‘Concrete Island’ and ‘Crash’. He said his books […]
The website for the band Enormous, the world’s best edgy, hook-laden guitar pop group, has been redesigned, and indeed reloaded. Skip on over there and read main man Davy Lawrence’s description of the new Enormous album ‘Lust and Loathing at the Tender Heart’.
Davy explains that the songs are, “Personal portraits and saucy little vignettes about […]
Rumours of my premature demise circulated in the national press and various celebrity websites have been greatly exaggerated. I recently enjoyed a little break over the Christmas period to spend some time with family, imbibe far too much booze, eat more than my own body weight, record a couple of classic tunes and recharge my […]
You may have noticed that my usual (almost) daily postings have been rather thin on the ground as of late. I apologise. This is due to the Christmas slump, a vicious little entity, which affected me rather badly this time last year. What this means is that I have had little or no time to […]
You have a brilliant idea. There is a melody in your head and you can not stop humming it. It could be a song.
You find out what the notes are on the guitar and you write some amazing lyrics to go along. Within twenty minutes you have come up with a rough idea of an […]
Hey baby, at last I have recorded my first musical podcast series. My visit to the Davy Lawrence studio saw me put the finishing touches to my acoustic album ‘Half Nelson’. This glorious aural treat is soon to be released on Big Arena Records and will be available on the website. The podcasts are to […]
A few years ago my band played a gig near Nottingham. At the time we were called The Johnsons and we were playing in the palatial environs of Woolaton Park. It was a lovely balmy summer’s day in August. We were honoured to have a guest appearance from Enormous frontman Davy Lawrence on drum, that’s […]
The new Enormous album ‘Electric Baby Grand’ is now available to buy from the Big Arena Records website. If you do not already own this album I suggest you get a copy right now, it will be the best decision you have ever made. Singer/songwriter Davy Lawrence is one of the greatest songwriters of our […]