This Thursday Surge will be performing at the Yardbird Jazz Cafe at Paradise PLace, Birmingham. Second outing for the new set and line up. Also on the bill will be a new saxophone quartet I have composed for local boys, Lluis Mather, Chris & Huw Morgan and Colin Mills. It was inspired by a short […]
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 […]
This is where I was when we found out Obama had got the gig. I’m only slightly concerned that Aaron is turning into a werewolf.
Yma Sumac 1922 -2008.
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 […]
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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 […]
Sorry for the lack of blogging of late. I’ve been cycling as you can see from the pic. Will post more informative things soon as my life becomes more eventful.