Our Surge Orchestra gig at mac was a huge success with a very heartening turn out. Feeling fully inspired and optimistic about the future of Surge as an established Birmingham ensemble. Plans are afoot. Here’s a couple of reviews of the gig that gives you more info on the set we played. Surge Orchestra review […]
Very pleased to announce that the track Malahide from Peacock Angell CD Love Forgiven is a finalist in the instrumental section of the International Songwriting Competition. Ruth and I were inspired for this piece after a visit to Malahide in our camper van. It was composed and premiered at Wooda Farm during my time as […]
The flyer for Celebrating Sanctuary Birmingham’s Spring Series is out. We have lost of exciting gigs including Afro Mio, Kadialy Kouyate, Jasmine Moon Ensemble, Mostafa Abassi-Zadeh, Trikhon Vietnamese Theatre, Damba and Redeemed. Events are taken place at Ort Cafe with Afro Mio at The MAC and Redeemed at The Drum. I will post a bit […]
We had a good gig in London last week. The band played a stormer and it felt good to be out again. Really hope we can get down to play a better venue in London soon though. The Barbican had a nice vibe but lots of background noise and difficult acoustics. There is a lot […]
Two great events coming up on Saturday 24th January. The first is Steve Troman’s Beat Series Part II: A musical setting of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road.. The performance of selected excerpts from the full work will take place in Lecture Room 1 of the Arts Building at Birmingham University at 14:30 on Saturday 24th […]
Happy New Year folks, A great start to the New Year too. Tomorrow night I will be reciting Beat Poet Gregory Corso’s Bomb at the Yardbird as part of Steve Troman’s Beat Series. If you are interested in good music and/or Beat generation poetry get down to the Yardbird, Paradise Place in Birmingham. I will […]
A couple of pics of Tuesdays gig from the ever present lens of Russ Escritt
What a weird start to a gig! The Jam House had booked a hairdressing corporate event before us so there were lots of hairdresser types and models doing hairy stuff before we started. This went on late and we didn’t get started till after 10. Despite this we had a great gig. I am very […]
Hi there, I’ve got a Surge gig at the Jam House, St Pauls Square, Birmingham on Tuesday night 9ish start. It’s quite a new line up for the band and lots of new tunes. We were rehearsing last night and it is sounding hot.If your in Birmingham come along, it’s free in! And in keeping […]