mariam’s cake puppetry video

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin

Gosh – it is done – glass of fizzy pop all round. I hope you like it.

A music video featuring the talents of legendary puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew on marionette (http://www.ronnieledrew.com/) and young blood Arran Glass on plants.

Director and Editor – Luck Pawlak (http://www.lucypawlak.com/)
Cinematography – Michael Rabinovitz and Lucy Pawlak

Violin – Basia Bartz
Accordion – Caitlin Roberts

Banjo – Iain Macleod
Drums – Joe Allen
Bass – Amy Bowles
Backing vocals – Jane South
Guitar and voice – Robin Grey

With thanks to Yoav Segal, Candida Alderson, Lesley Scott, and Damian Chrobak.

songs from the shed

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

Whilst down in Somerset, Basia, Candy, Caitlin and I popped by to visit Jon, AKA Songs From The Shed (http://www.songsfromtheshed.com/)

He has had all manner of brilliant musicians come and perform for him over the years – do check out his site or youtube channel to see more.

Here is our performance of ‘The Finchley Waltz’ – enjoy…

’till dawn’ video from somerset

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

Whilst down in Somerset on an evening off from gigging we had a lovely night in at Caitlin’s folks place, messing about with a camera and a bottle of red wine. Here is a recording of Till Dawn from that session.

Recorded at The Old Chapel, Kilmersdon in Somerset, on 3rd March 2012 – watch on youtube
Featuring Candy Parfitt on backing vocals, Caitlin Roberts on accordion and Basia Bartz on violin

graeme’s videos

Posted on February 10, 2012 by admin

Whilst filming the video for Mariam’s Cake on tuesday a few passersby stopped for a little light serenading…
Lucy and Mike are filming us from a boat on the river below. Thanks to Graeme Hind for his little films.

floaty boat video

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin

Basia and I have been messing about recording on my little boat – I hope you enjoy this video of us playing The Suitor’s Ballyhoo.

some more of your videos

Posted on November 29, 2011 by admin

I just discovered a few more videos using my music which have been under my radar. Below are a couple of ones i found both featuring ‘Shakes & Shudders‘…

Colour Test – Choeut Beach from Ryan Bessin on Vimeo.

youtube video which made me smile

Posted on November 23, 2011 by admin

I have had ‘make a music video’ on my to do list for ages now – one of the things holding me back is that quite a few people seem to be doing it for me.

This video got sent to me this morning and it made me happy – i have no idea who they are but i love the amount of smiling going on!

peach plum pear (joanna newsom cover)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by admin

you may have noticed i like playing joanna newsom songs so here is another…

with Iain Macleod on banjo – http://www.iainmacleodmusic.com/

’81 – joanna newsom cover

Posted on December 24, 2010 by admin

One of my new years resolutions is to record more youtube covers. It is a fun thing to do and quite a few folks seem to find my music after stumbling upon me singing other peoples songs.

To kick things off, here is a nocturnal cover of ’81 by Joanna Newsom shot in my little house boat:

amazing grace

Posted on April 14, 2010 by admin

Ukulele lessons can be so much fun… worth noting that John was convinced he was never going to be able to play when he had his first lesson nearly a year ago now.

It is so distressing how many people have that silly ‘i can’t play music’ voice stuck permanently in their heads and so much fun helping them to overpower it.