My first artistic activity of 2008 was working with Steve Tromans on a musical setting of Jack Kerouac’s classic novel “On The Road”. This is part of Steve’s “Beat Series” project which you can learn a bit more about here.

I was fortunate to narrate Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” for Steve and we had many memorable gigs especially one in the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast where I had met Ginsberg in 1994.

We recorded part of “On The Road” yesterday for the benefits of promoters and maybe a potential internet premier. We will be looking for performance opportunities in 2008 for both “Howl” and “On The Road”.

Steve is a Birmingham musician who I had worked closely with before his leaving for foreign shores. He has kept a diary and photo album of his travels at his website along with some of the great music he has recorded along the way.