New studio, new chapter

March 2022 and lots of new things in the air, not least a possibility to give live performances again. First up, we have finished the new studio on our farm and I now have a beautiful, wood-lined 12m long space in which to be inspired, to create and to share....
Ballad of a Changing World

Ballad of a Changing World

‘Ballad of a Changing World’ is my brand new digital show: a music and text piece with cellist Maja Bugge and scientists Helen F. Wilson and Tone Reiertsen about species on the move. We learn about how Kittiwakes are moving into my hometown of Newcastle...

Between a tour and a farm

11th November 2020 There is a familiar feeling which happens, even in normal (i.e. non-Covid) life, after a tour ends, a big concert is over, something is finished.  It is a dip.  A relaxation.  A sinking into.  A rekindling of normal.  A reconnecting with whoever is...

We want to live

I’ve written a song called ‘We want to live’, about the climate and ecological emergency and how we could face it. This is my contribution to the Culture Declares Emergency campaign #LetterstoPower demanding we #BuildBackBetter. Thanks to Anna-Liisa...

Tour re-starting 2020

What a lively time to be re-launching the tour of my #12yearspiano piece about the climate and ecological emergency! As XR fill the streets with protests on so many different issues relating to global heating, pollution and corruption, people are again talking about...

Lockdown 2020

I have a few things to share with you that I’ve managed to salvage from the crazy turn of events that have led us to lockdown. As I write, we’re in our eighth week and there’s been time for an entire gamut of emotional states. I’ve been...