Blog Posts

  • Release the Beast….

    There is no beast. I couldn’t think of a title that I liked, either for this post, or for the thing that I am about to release. An EP – I am about to digitally release my debut EP. I am quite happy about that. Occasionally, I’m even happy with it. But like many people…

  • ….And It is Not Nothing

    This week, I will be mostly waiting to hear the first ever radio play of one of my songs. I am 47 years old. It’s not surprising that it’s taken this long. Everything takes me longer than it really should. That may sound harsh. I have certainly been wile unkind to myself in the past…

  • It’s sunny though, I’d hoped for rain….

    ….That’s not true. Rain is a given in Ireland. The only reason one might hope for it, is to have something guaranteed on your wish-list; a sure thing to reassure you hoping is not futile. But who needs my pop philosophising? This stretch of good weather we are having is marvellous. I’m drinking in every…

  • The Wait you Carry

    I am going to record my debut EP. For once, this appears to not be a drill. I have some recording dates booked in. I have (willingly) signed my life away to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Whilst I don’t imagine they’d send the boys around, I suspect I’d be in receipt of some…

  • Women’s Work: A Working Title…

    So these particular musings are about work. Also, women. And the world we live in. Fun times. I work/have worked in different ways. I have had permanent contract jobs in a number of organisations. I have also been contracted to work for a number of organisations, long-term, on an ongoing basis. In other cases I…