As part of my son Ben’s 10th birthday celebrations this weekend, we visited the excellent Rolling Stones exhibition at the Saatchi
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Jazz in the House
My thanks to sponsors PPL, Chris Hodgkins and the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) for my invitation to
Ben fractures his arm
Bad luck for Ben at his Saturday morning football training at Club Langley. Right at the end of the session
JoanOvArc concert
My family and I spent a highly enjoyable evening going back in time through rock history, as JoanOvArc and a
The Hospital Club
My thanks to Sue Harris of the respected Republic Media PR for the invitation to catch the UK launch this
London FolkFest 2016
It was a joy to attend the press launch tonight of this year’s London FolkFest, a four-day event set to be
Mitch Dalton gig
Photographer Jonathan Stewart and I had a very relaxing and entertaining evening in the company of Mitch Dalton and the
Parliamentary Jazz
Preparations for the annual Parliamentary Jazz Awards, now recognised as the premier awards for the jazz community, include two afternoon
Country stars
Another cracking evening at the 229 The Venue, in Great Portland Street, as Time Out presented their Rising Stars event.
The Musician (March)
The spring 2016 issue of The Musician is being dispatched to members this week and the latest edition of the
Barney Hoskyns
A very enjoyable evening at Rough Trade East in London’s Brick Lane last night, with author and online editor Barney
The Guitar Show
I returned to the New Bingley Hall in Birmingham this weekend to manage the MU presence and stand at The
Music Education Expo
The MU, in partnership with the National Union of Teachers, hosted a stand at this year’s Expo, which once again
Time Out Rising Stars
I dropped in this evening on the monthly Time Out Rising Stars event for unsigned artists at the 229 venue
SXSW Workshop
I was invited by Musicians’ Union Assistant General Secretary Horace Trubridge to represent the organisation at the SXSW 2016 Workshop
Glasgow and Stirling
I flew to Glasgow from London City Airport yesterday to visit the MU’s exhibition at the Mitchell Library – an
Orchestral event
Being responsible for national events at the MU, I attended the Union’s inaugural Orchestra Section Conference today at the Wesley
Adam Goldsmith
Ace session guitarist Adam Goldsmith joined Jim Hawkins and myself at Jim’s studio in Kingston this afternoon to record both
MU Christmas lunch
The MU held its annual Christmas lunch this afternoon at the Avalon, Balham Hill, in south London. The majority of the Union’s
Carols in the Square
This evening I joined a wonderful assembly of carol singers next to the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square (thanks to Norway, as
Equalities training
At the invitation of Bindu Paul, MU Education and Equalities Official, I attended a valuable Equalities training session in the
The Musician (Dec)
The winter 2015 issue of The Musician is being dispatched to MU members this week. The journal’s contents include: Frontline
Cue the Music
My thanks to Laura Westcott, CEO of Soundcheque, who invited me to ‘Cue the Music‘ at the Slaughtered Lamb in
Soho House
UK Music hosted their annual Christmas lunch this afternoon, this time upstairs in Soho House on the corner of Greek
