Despite being in a severe state of renovation, the current owners of Farringford, Tennyson’s former Island residence, have agreed to allow us to launch the album there on Sunday 18th September. Tickets will be £8.00 and will soon be on sale from Waterstones in Newport and from reception at  Farringford 01983 752500. Two days later…

Very, very chuffed to have a track from the new Tennyson album included on the covermount CD of the September edition of The Word magazine. They have chosen Little Birdie which I’m not sure is the best choice as it doesn’t exactly scream Tennyson, indeed I put it as the first track on the CD…

Last year I was asked by Paul Butler of the Bees to contribute some double bass to a session he was producing for an up and coming singer/songwriter called Michael Kiwanuka. He turned out to be a lovely bloke with a gorgeous voice and an obvious gift for writing gentle but soulful tunes. So much…

Whilst at this years Larmer Tree Festival I renewed my acquaintance with the delightful artist Olivia Keith. Not only did she produce an impressive painting of the Gramophone Party performance of which I was a part but she also did this sketch of me performing solo which I am really taken with. You can see…