Thanks to all of you who have sent birthday wishes. You've made a bold man very sappy... My birthday started early; yesterday Di took ...

'It was like learning how to walk again, a little bit like going for a walk in the woods without really knowing where you're going...

Ok, it's a day too late... I love Bonfire night. I love fireworks so much that... I wrote a song about them. I hope that you enjoy th...

No words, just listen. Oh, and there's fireworks too...

'What's a clown when there's no-one around? There's no joy in laughing on your own Please forgive me for my funny bones...

Thanks to  Boo Hewerdine  for such a brilliant set on Saturday. Our next presentation comes to you from Melbourne Australia. I've...

I'm not sure if you know this but... Di and I run a music venue. The Hat Club is hosted in the bar of our local squash club in Beacons...

'Closing Time'  (1973) was the debut; fairly conventional fare in retrospect. This song is beautifully rendered but I think that I ...

How do you judge people? On whether they are kind to animals or old folk? On how they behave when they know that they are not being watche...

"What is important, what has meaning, is the journey… [and] journeys are through history as well as through a landscape"  Theo A...

"She's like a wrecking ball that's no longer attached to the chain" I know this song from the fine Joe Henry produced So...

Wait's married screen writer  Kathleen Brennan  in 1980 and her theatrical influence became apparent in his writing, initially with 19...

Sappy title I know but... Tom's best 'ballads'?  An impossible question as each is like a cross eyed lover; you adore them fo...

Taken from 'Hopeland (Notes from Corsica) Fish to Fry It was a beautiful day, not a cloud. We sat outside La Chariot in Algajola an...

My first word was 'Tractor' Unsure as to why Now whenever I see one Just want to cry, cry and cry If my first word was 'fog...

Reading Joe Henry 's birthday eulogy for Elvis Costello yesterday got me reaching, tellingly, not for EC records, but for Joe's l...

I've just got home from a fairly challenging weekend at The Purbeck Folk Festival.  It's set on a splendid little peninsular in D...

Barry Cross  is a very clever man. He designs the CD covers for  Miracle Mile  and my solo stuff. He's also doing the posters for our ...