Some late news: Mark from Woodpigeon and I will collaborate on a new soundtrack to Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times’ at No Direction Home Festival next weekend (8-10 June).
The new issue of the Caught by the River ‘An Antidote to Indifference’ zine is out, and it includes a chat between Hanna Tuulikki (from Two Wings) and I on birdsong, music and the environment and all this other stuff:
“At last, here’s issue number 3 of our occasional foray into print and paper. This issue of An Antidote To Indifference is a ‘music special’ and features – deep breath – illustrations from Kavel Rafferty (previously responsible for the illustration and design of our Remember Roger Eagle special and the cover image of the Music Book Reader), Andrew Loog Oldham on Immediate, a previously unpublished interview that Jon Savage did with UK soul legend, Dave Godin in the early ’90s, Kevin Pearce, Nik Cohn, Ian Preece, Richard King and Caught by the River’s Jeff Barrett on the magic of the record shop. And a whole lot more.
Buy your copy here, priced £3.00 (plus p&p)”
News soon…
Field recording in Malta
Up since 6am on a Maltese hill watching turtle doves, golden orioles and blue rock thrushes flit between hunter’s guns in the valley with Ghosts of Gone Birds. Taking plenty of field recordings (a nightingale interspersed with gunfire this morning…). Eye opening. More to come.
Info: Ghosts of Gone Birds | BirdLife Malta
Free download of ‘Sargasso Sea’ from the Weald LP, newly available on CD here. Enjoy.
BBC 6 Music with Andrew Collins on Weds 4th
I’m popping into the BBC 6 music studios on Wednesday (4th) afternoon at about 1730 hours to have a chat with Andrew Collins, listen in here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01f8372
Domino. From ‘Weald’ (2011)
Stainforth Force. From ‘Weald’ (2011)
