Hello! Its been a while hasnt it. Ive moved house. Wow it takes a long time. I’m pretty sure its going to take me another month to get everything sorted. Happily though, this house feels like home already and I am very lucky to be living with incredibly wonderful people. Since we moved in we havent had one meal that hasnt taken place outside in our back yard. I say yard because its a huge slab of concrete. The next door neighbors have a lovely tree though which a blackbird likes to frequent while he chats to another blackbird that hangs out in a tree around the corner. Have I just written a song?
Anyway, so that’s my living arrangements sorted. On to music news…
Here we go…
I am playing my first gig of the year! How the hell has time passed so quickly? This feels like a very special gig, not just because its the first in 6 months, but because I am headlining at Sohos Floridita and playing not one but two 45 minute sets. Crazy! The other thing that could potentially be special about this gig is it will be my first go at playing the piano live in front of anyone in the world. DRAMA!!! Im not going to lie, I am slightly nervous but there comes a point in your life when you just have to say to yourself STOP BEING A DIV, so that’s what I am doing. I am taking the ebony and ivory by the horns and I am gonna ride that piano until it chucks me off. Then I will get back on it again until beast becomes beauty. Im hamming it up slightly, the parts arent even hard and Im not playing on every song. In fact, I will be joined by Mr Scrimshire on his guitar and effects, Kevin Singfield on bass, Ben Thomas on Drums and my two first ladies Abi Sugden and Marie-Claire Denyer, as well as the OneTaste Choir. Its going to be an evening packed with delight and maybe a cameo from Les Dawson’s spirit. Who knows!
So here is the link to tickets if you fancy coming down and here is the facebook event page for your perusal. Id love to see as many faces as possible.
IM EXCITED!
Stac xx