You are quite right there,@mike_h. Touring with an orchestra would cost a fortune and makes no sense when there are talented musicians available. The model that SIGUR have is really win-win for them and the […]

I’m glad you put up this post @Mike_H . I have been keen to attend a Hejira gig for some time now. I just missed out last year when the band played in Cumbernauld, not too far from Glasgow. After following the […]

@Mike_H and Foxy march on Westminster after an overdose of Rotten Boroughs…

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I’m sure there are directors who take the approach you describe @Mike_H. But at the same time, there are several modern directors who put a lot of time and care, (and sometimes quite a lot of money) into […]

That is impressive @Mike_H. I must dip into them. Glad you mentioned games. That is an enormous industry with some serious money to spend. And some very creative people, It could well be more lucrative than […]

Excellent question @Mike_H. I think there are considerable advantages for world musicians to play in Europe. Every case is distinct but let’s take the late, very great, Toumani Diabate. In an interview I read […]

@Mike_H Depends who’s playing with Fergs an ex school student from the school I worked at plays with them. I’ll check if he’s playing as we’re down the night before for Fairport at the Union Chapel.

Looking forward to watching this later – thanks, @Mike_H, I’d have missed it without your reminder.

Thanks @Mike_H. That will keep me busy all week. I am impressed that they not only have the playlist on the streaming sites but also on YouTube. I can imagine that will open all manner of interesting doors. […]

On shuffle as I write. Thanks @Mike_H

Did you ever work for Andy’s Records @mike_h?

That’s marvelous, @Mike_H. A gem to be enjoyed every Xmas. Sharon Jones’s passing in 2016 was a very sad loss. Thanks to you. I’ve become a bg fan of the London Vocal Project.

Quite amusing to read Wiki about that, @Mike_H. “In 1957, when Frank Sinatra approached Martin to record the song, he asked him to revise the lyrics to promote more positive themes; he particularly pointed out […]

That was a real treat, @Mike_H. The LVP are a marvelous new discovery. They radiate joy in their singing. I also love Chrissie Hynde’s version with the Blind Boys of Alabama. I knew that Rosetti had written […]

I had a nerve blocker in my L4 earlier this month and there’s still the occasional twinge but it’s so much better. Alas I’d left my travel fez at home as @Mike_H can confirm.

I was once at a micro-mingle with Colin H in Newcastle and there was someone else there, whose name I never caught. I always wondered who that was. Could that have been @mike_h? Other than that, barely anyone, […]

I remember @mike_h made a point of attending as many mingles as he could, he attending the one midlands one I got to. A Chinese resto in Lichfield, I think. @stevet was there and may remember better.

That’s a stupendous list, @Mike_H. And it’s not even complete. I’d say, for example, that Nordic Jazz is a sub genre with its own sound. Just a few names off the top of my head… Jan Johansson, Jan […]

Mark Kavuma features on this excellent playlist that I made from @Mike_H‘s 25 Recent(ish) Jazz Purchases. Give it a try! There’s considerable variety but it is rarely an agonising squawk out. Stockholm’s […]

Here’s a playlist to enable us all to dip into @Mike_H‘s latest jazz albums. I’m looking forward to giving this a serious listen.