Current Projects

I am always dreaming up new projects, ideas and songs and so any true ‘currently’ page is likely to be out of date quickly. This page gives some information about the main ongoing projects I am actively engaged in.

Recently I have been making music with early years, the elderly (and especially those living with dementia) and in intergenerational settings. As a freelance musician I work with many organisations but have had the joy of being involved with two now on a regular basis for many years.

Gigs / Workshops

Fowl

Fowl have a whole set of gigs in spring 2026 upcoming – please get in touch if you’d like more information, especially re the House Gigs as they are very limited in terms of numbers, but it would be great if you were able to come along.

Lots of new songs emerging and excited to share with you all.

March 7th – House Gig in Bristol – 7pm

March 8th – Northern Quarter – Huddersfield – 6pm

March 9th – The Gregson, Lancaster – 7.30pm

April 10th – House Gig in Edinburgh – 7pm

April 11th – Tower Hotel, Oxton, (near Lauder – the Borders) – 4pm

April 12th – The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle – 5pm

May 21st – House Gig in Devizes – 7pm

May 22nd – House Gig in Oxford – 7pm

May 24th – Theatre Ship, Canary Wharf, London – 7.30pm

May 28th – Ashburton Arts Centre, Devon – 7.30pm

End of the Road Festival

August 28th – 31st – Larmer Tree Gardens – Instant Songs with members of Natural Causes, Fowl and Corkivell

Sponge

New band with at least Dean and Hugh – will play a gig in the next 6 or 8 months

Corkivell

Duration Studies coming along – expect new announcement any day/week/weekend.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - BSO

I am a Music Associate with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and in this role I co-run intergenerational family orchestras, lead on mentoring and training projects and work on health and wellbeing programmes in hospitals and care homes.

Young Sounds UK

I am a creative lead for Young Sounds UK working on their Discover strand of work. This has been an exciting emerging project that is now included in the National Music Plan for England and is ground-breaking in the way that we are looking at how to identify and support musical potential in group settings.

Sufjan Steven’s Songs For Christmas

I have been co-running a celebratory project each winter sharing a selection of Sufjan Stevens’ Songs For Christmas. Sufjan Stevens has written ten albums of Christmas Music that he has put on creative commons, and a number of us have taken this invitation and made different community projects in various parts of the country.

Book - The Social Musician

I am writing on a book about my practice which I hope to be sharing next year – it will be titled The Social Musician – A Journey Through Practice.

I will share some of the ideas in this book on the writing page.

Bands

I play in many different bands and currently active on several fronts, all of which involve playing with friends in different parts of the land:

– positive songs about the changing climate with Mark Fisher in The Sweet

Hunamafi Rhythm Orchestra – https://soundcloud.com/sweet-hunamafi-rhythm

– creating some new Birdsongs with poet Peter Oswald

– making occasional songs and podcasts with Graham Browning in Fowl – https://fowl1.bandcamp.com/

– Inventing new videos and music with Cormac Thomas in Corkivell – https://soundcloud.com/corkivell

– Playing at festivals with Trio Of Men – https://www.trioofmen.org/

– Composing and improvising with Natural Causes – https://naturalcauses.bandcamp.com/music

When there is a new song/tune from one of these groups I will post it here.