January.....

So I've decided to try and make this into a monthly thing even though I'm pretty useless at keeping it up I'm hoping this will spur me into being more regular (even if I am only now doing the January post....). I've used the picture above as a reminder of the rolling hills and 'snowy-linen' land and of how damn cold it was back in January!

It's been a pretty whirlwind start to 2013 so far....in my last post I mentioned the next single being 'Make a Little Room' well that got January off to a great start by being added onto the BBC Radio 2 playlist (watch the video here). I then had many a surreal moment when my song would come on the radio as I'd be driving home / cooking in the kitchen or just pottering in the flat! It was a surreal experience having Steve Wright say my name during the middle of the afternoon...great feeling nonetheless. It was then picked up by Magic FM and added to their playlist too!

At the beginning of the month the session I'd done for great new music website Daytrotter was released (alongside a cool cartoon drawing of me)..you can listen back to the session here.

At the end of the month I was invited up to Glasgow to take part in the wonderful Celtic Connections festival that is held up there lasting almost a month. Being a Welshman it was a festival I felt extremely at home with playing. The venue I played was the stunning Mitchell Library in support of Tanita Tikaram. It would be the first of our dates together incorporating some gorgeous venues along the way.

 


Whilst we were up in Gateshead preparing for the show at the armadillo shaped Sage (not too dissimilar to the Wales Millennium Centre) - I popped in to see the guys over at Amazing Radio HQ. They are big champions of new music and have real music lovers in their midst which is nice to see! I did an acoustic version of 'Make a Little Room' for them. You can watch it here.