India, 2011 The train spat us out onto the deserted platform, and with a weary groan, heaved its shuddering bulk back into the night. We were alone. Well, as alone as anyone could be in an Indian train station, for experience had taught me that there were always people in the shadows. But this wasContinue reading “The Circle”
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You Keep Me Young
Istanbul, 2008 There are times when I am reminded of the power of music. I was at a house party recently, set up to play in the living room. An elderly man was next to me, hunched up on the sofa with a blanket over his shoulders. It was clear, from his vacant, faraway look,Continue reading “You Keep Me Young”
The Music In Me (just don’t wanna die)
Grenoble, France, 1995 – Suffolk, England 2020 The first gig I ever did was in a brothel in the south of France. I was twenty years old. On paper I was a student at Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, but in reality I was learning life in other ways. I didn’t realise it was aContinue reading “The Music In Me (just don’t wanna die)”
52 Silent Songs 