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This is #Pianodrome. It is one of the most exciting projects I have had the pleasure of taking part in to date and it’s so KMZ. I am very fortunate to have a talented and passionate team of wonderful folk … Continue reading →

‘I used to play this with my Dad …’ … so opens the pianologue — a masterful interweaving of stories, music and the stuff of life from acclaimed pianist Will Pickvance. From late night piano sessions with his father, Will … Continue reading →

chalk, light piano from Música Callada by Federico Mompou

I had just finished reading a review copy of George Plimpton’s oral biography of Truman Capote at the time I wrote my first true crime book, so I had flexible notions of just how objective and “true” true crime had … Continue reading →

Jonny Diamond is at the heart of an enthralling and hopeful new project. He explains it best in his own words: I lived in a bookstore in Paris for six months. It was a romantic and terrible experience: a Turkish … Continue reading →

Sampling old musical passages to create new music is a rich and widely discussed practice. But sampling old music to make new photography? My work with the °CLAIR Gallery introduced me to the photographer Petr Lovigin and his remarkable ‘Black … Continue reading →

I went to Barclays bank today and asked them what their ethical policy was. The lady looked blank. Then a light dawned and she asked did I mean stocks and shares? Her brighter colleague came to her rescue saying that … Continue reading →

après moi le déluge et le déluge tombe dans le sink à Paris Saturday 8th Nov, 5pm :: Tumbleweed Music sink play Shakespeare & Co., 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, 5e later on Saturday 8th Nov, 7.30pm :: Sink the Jazzbar … Continue reading →

Mike Dineen passed away last Thursday. In productions I was involved in, Mike played the judge in Earth in Paris and Amsterdam, and 3 in the Châteaudun performance of Part 2 of Three Parts — the first public performance of a … Continue reading →