Our new album 'Illuminated Friend' will be available in a few weeks. We have put an awful lot of work into this one. The aim was to keep most tracks minimal in the production department. The end result is an album which sounds more like we do live. There are nine brand new songs plus two revisited ones . Here's the cover...

We decided to use something a bit different for the album cover this time and we came up with a couple of photos which were taken years ago. The one on the front was taken in 2007 and the one on the back was three years later... it really doesn't snow that often in north London! If you are on our mailing list we'll contact you when the album is available.

We've been doing some very varied but really enjoyable gigs over the last couple of months. Everything from a new concert venue in Letchworth (the Settlement) to an afternoon gig in an Indian restaurant in Ruislip. We've mostly been very busy assembling our new album 'Illuminated Friend'. Details to follow soon.

Last night's fundraiser for the Soundlounge in Sutton was good fun (except for the 6 hours it took to travel 30 miles there and back through bank holiday weekend London traffic!) with our old friend Bob Wood and of course his wife Maggie who are sadly missed with their brilliant running of the Ram Club which they decided to stop running around Covid times. Bob played a great set and this was almost a Ram Club night revisited at the Sound Lounge with a good crowd supporting another local venue in trouble. Good luck to Keiron and Hannah in their efforts to get things moving again. The sound and the restaurant were both superb and we hope to see you again some time. Thanks to everyone who turned out.

Finished most of our gigs in May now. Click the photo for some more pictures from our Swiss tour earlier this month. (picture by Werner Rolli)

Just back from Switzerland where we did some great gigs, playing to some of the best audiences we've ever had. The 4 gigs were very different. The first was the wonderfull Folk in Heaven in Pieterlen which was an incredibly well organised concert venue. For the second one we were playing outside in a street festival show. The third was a house party with about 40 invited guests who couldn't have been more appreciative! And the last one was in a trendy venue in Bern (in the street where Einstein used to live). There is talk of returning in a couple of years time which we hope will happen. We can't leave it 10 years which is when we last did this... for obvious reasons!

We are still working on our new album which hasn't yet got a title but it does have most of the tracks completed. We have 9 new songs plus new versions of a couple of old ones. This is very representative of our live sets at the moment, so if you want a preview and can't wait, then come and see us at a gig! See gig page.

The album should be available in the Autumn. We'll keep you posted!

And here we are at the aforementioned. A good crowd and a lovely evening with yet more appreciative people. The night before this we were in Faversham FC playing in one of the best atmospheres I can remember. We're beginning to think that people might like us after all!

We're looking forward to playing in Islington tonight. We played in Faversham last night and what a lovely atmosphere there was in that little room. We played our little hearts out and we intend to do the same this evening if we possibly can. Do come on down to the Brewhouse and Kitchen on Highbury roundabout which houses Islington Folk Club on the first floor. Highbury & Islington tube. Parking down the back streets after 7. Details here.

We had an absolute ball at Chequers Folk Club last Wednesday in High Wycombe. What a totally fab appreciative and attentive audience. Thanks everyone. Can't wait to go back some time!

11/mar/26

details on the gig page

21/jan/26

We're doing a mixture of recording and gigs at the same time. This is going to get more complicated the longer we take finishing our recording project competing with an increasing number of gigs as we move steadily onwards through 2026. Oh... happy new year by the way, or should I say HNYBTW. We did play a gig in St Neots last night which we enjoyed very much and was good fun as usual, although it takes a lot of work to prepare for a gig when you've been involved in recording... and then trying to perform five of the new songs in the sets!
Also it was a first live outing for Dave's new replacement J45 Banner which was a joy to play. Although it's been used in some of the more recent recordings, this was its first outing in the field of battle. Our next gig is in 3 weeks (in Dorking), so we are going to try and complete our new album in that time. Wish us luck!

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