I've been a fan of Chicago's Joel Paterson for a while now and it was a real pleasure to interview the man himself for The Guitar Magazine recently! Click on the pic below to go through to the full interview…
Mar 16 2020
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Feb 21 2020
Catching Up With Rosie Heydenrych - Turnstone Guitars
One of the joys of a visit to the Turnstone Guitars workshop is a cup of tea and a chat with Rosie Heydenrych, the luthier behind all these beautiful instruments.
This time we filmed it (it's been a while!) as…
Feb 10 2020
Cypress with Rosie - Some beautiful new Turnstone Guitars!
It's always a pleasure to visit Rosie Heydenrych of Turnstone Guitars - all the more so because I can be pretty sure that due to her constant explorations of English woods she'll have something for me to play that I've…
Jan 20 2020
The 5am Tango on a Gibson L5
I was back at Surrey Studios this week to record The 5am Tango - which will be one of the 9 tracks on my next album HYLAB. I was really looking forward to this session as the good people…
Jan 8 2020
More Vintage Guitars Than is Strictly Fair...
It's been an exciting start to the year for me and I sincerely hope for you too!
Thank you to everyone for your messages over the holiday period. It was wonderful to hear from you all!
I've been busy in…
Dec 19 2019
The Story of Celandine
The response to the launch of the transcription for Celandine has been amazing and I'm both happy and humbled that so many of you have dedicated your time to learning this piece of music. Thank you.
As seen on YouTube!
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Dec 1 2019
Celandine TAB is now available!
The opening track from my debut album Vetiver is one of my most popular pieces and many of you have been in touch asking for the score. It's been a long time coming but I am thrilled to announce that…
Nov 29 2019
Panning for Jazz Gold
One of the things I have been looking forward to most about the process of creating this next album HYLAB is the chance to learn more about recording in contexts away from the acoustic guitar. It would not be unfair…
Nov 6 2019
Album Recording Diary Episode 2 - The first Session
And we're off! It's official, the first recordings have happened and I am very pleased with the results!
I spent a wonderful day back at Surrey Studios last week with the dream rhythm section that is Rex Horan (Double Bass)
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Oct 11 2019
Album Recording Diary Episode 1 - The First Pre-Production Meeting
It has been a busy month that has seen me complete the writing process for my next album HYLAB (Have You Left Anything Behind). With all the pieces demo'd to some extent I met up with producer Jack Vasiliou of…