Music | Gigs | Videos page 30 October 2023
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Music | Gigs | Videos page 30 October 2023
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Elton John tribute night 7 November 2023
Fabulous night covering some of my favourite Elton John songs at Tribute night (23 September 2023). It was a real struggle getting that jacket off at the end – way …
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Getting ready for the gig on 14 November 3 November 2023
I think Tuesday 14 November is a temporal lay line for me. One of those days when it looks like everything seems to want to happen. Fingers-crossed the meetings that …
Videos from the Turks Head – Oct 2022 16 October 2022
It was brilliant to get back on stage with the band on 7th October, at the Turks Head. We’ve managed to keep things together during the weirdness of the covid …
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Looking forward to the Climate Festival 10 October 2020
It’s October already. The second wave of the coronavirus dominates the news, and is a huge concern for everyone. As I write this, we are in self-isolation. We’re waiting for …
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Link to: How does it make you feel…?
This amazing event was recorded on 14 November 2020. We had great on-line audience, who made it really special with all the kind and supportive chat messages. I’m very pleased to be able to share the recording with you to listen again…
The Return of the Sun album 28 September 2020
This is the first Avian album (released 2020).
Static Rain 31 May 2020
You can find out a lot more information about about Static Rain on our old website (here). It’s an old-school, guitar driven, passionate rock band. There’s lots of nice gig …
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Music history – first chords 25 May 2020
I picked up my Dad’s guitar when I was about sixteen. I found the ‘teach yourself guitar’ book that he was learning from and got down to it. After a …
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Recording the new album 16 August 2018
We recorded the first Avian album at Whitehouse Studios (Reading) earlier this year. It was a mighty fine effort…we set out to record 3 tracks but ended up doing 8… …
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Reading Fringe festival – Climate Symposium 27 July 2018
CLIMATE SYMPOSIUM: “A WORLD WITHOUT…..” This Friday, 27th July – 1pm – I’m very excited to be joining Fiona Talkington (BBC Radio 3 presenter and festival curator), and 3 other …
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