It’s been fascinating to get some quality time with an Emerald Guitars X20 model - AND here is a no-talking demo for you to enjoy. The track is Between Streets and it's all one take.
As always there is no…
Read moreMar 26 2024
It’s been fascinating to get some quality time with an Emerald Guitars X20 model - AND here is a no-talking demo for you to enjoy. The track is Between Streets and it's all one take.
As always there is no…
Read moreMar 22 2024
Some time ago I borrowed a superb Casimi guitar from a friend. While it was with me I filmed several videos and during one of them an improvised idea popped out.
I had forgotten all about this little idea until…
Read moreFeb 16 2024
Welcome to The Dusk Session - as I got more familiar with this new instrument I decided to leave the cameras rolling while I played through single take performances of three original pieces.
The light was fading and the wind…
Read moreFeb 15 2024
It was a joy to catch up with my friend Derek Gripper while I was in Cape Town. Derek is a sensational guitarist who plays the Cora music of Mali on a vintage Hauser classical guitar.
I visited Derek at…
Read moreFeb 7 2024
The first full piece on my new Casimi guitar was Birdseye - I don’t know why, it just felt right. My hands were shaking and there are moments where I have to pause for a second to try and understand…
Read moreDec 15 2023
I’ve been practising intensely recently and during one session I decided to keep my cameras rolling - sometimes it helps to see what you’re doing after you’ve done it.
I managed to capture this performance of a newer piece Three…
Read moreNov 10 2023
Early 20th century Gibson acoustics with dead strings? I know many players have found timbral nirvana with the combination of a guitar that is around 100 years old and uncoated strings that were last changed during the Reagan administration. This…
Read moreNov 10 2023
It’s a little bit Nick Drake, a little bit John Martyn but mostly Michael Watts - this is a run through of a new original piece - it may not be the definitive version but I like it and I…
Read moreJul 7 2023
I don’t know how many Nocturnes have been written for solo ukulele - I’ve certainly only managed one so far and it was the final track on my debut album Vetiver.
I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to play this…
Read moreJun 28 2023
Back to Hawaii now, and one of the most intriguing and inspiring guitars I have played recently.
This is Steve Grimes’ elegant Freehand model with its asymmetrical body, double cutaways and elliptical sound hole. What a thing!
Then there’s the…
Read moreJun 28 2023
The first video of Howard Feng’s blistering opening salvo under his own name certainly made an impression.
Having trashed his hotel room so thoroughly in order to build our film set it seemed churlish to stop at just on video…
Read moreJun 22 2023
I have loved Emma Tricca’s work for years and it was a real pleasure to welcome her to my studio.
You may have seen her on tour with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Robyn Hitchcock and Dinosaur Jr. The song…
Read moreJun 22 2023
The Steve Grimes Beamer model is a fascinating instrument - a double sound hole flat top that has some arch top characteristics and something else going on in there - it’s no exaggeration to say that I haven’t heard anything…
Read moreMar 3 2023
During my recent visit to Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival I got the chance to spend time with one of my favourite guitar builders - and people - Michael Bashkin. Next week will bring the premiere of the…
Read moreAug 11 2022
In amongst The Blue Guitars I found a trio of exceptional brown guitars and in a relatively quiet moment in amongst the azure mayhem I managed to film them.
Just look at them!
Here is the first, a sumptuous Casimi…
Read moreJul 29 2022
It was a privilege to be asked to contribute to the SUNFLOWER GUITAR appeal for Ukraine - a humanitarian endeavour by Linda Manzer, a dear friend and one of the world's finest guitar makers.
Heartbroken at the suffering caused…
Read moreJul 14 2021
I'd like to share this new piece with you - It's called Birdseye and while it's still a work in progress to some extent, I managed to pull off a take during some long-overdue time spent with loved ones in…
Read moreFeb 4 2021
Jan 7 2021
Sometimes you just have to play it all out. This was one of those times. I'm playing a beautiful Supro Belmont into a Cornford Hurricane for this Fat Possum meets Buena Vista improvised Slide Blues. I hope you enjoy it.
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