Sometimes someone comes into your life for a short time and lifts your spirits when you need it most - like touring musician Matt who, many years ago, inspired the opening lyric of my new song. Orā¦
I suppose itās a paradox in itself to attempt to write a song about wordlessness and the unspoken knowingness between two souls, or the felt truth beyond the mind chatter with all itās fears and stories. But this song almostā¦
The last few years with lockdowns and losses of many kinds, have put a strain on many close relationships. Some made it through intact, others not so much. This isā¦
Making an album during a global pandemic can feel like clutching at fragments of gold while the river washes uncontrollably downstream. Frankly, I was already behind schedule - my own that is - sometimes life has other ideas and Iāveā¦
As a child I knew it was precious. As a young adult it stretched out before me forever, full of endless possibilities. Now I am older it comes in wavesā¦ the ever-present reminders of its passing, and a desire toā¦
A decade ago I was just re-adjusting to ānormalā life again after coming off tour playing electric harp with Snow Patrol. It had been an amazing experience but I wanted to go back to performing my own songs in aā¦
The song āSea Glassā touches on many things that are important to me but perhaps the most significant, is friendship. In an era when most of the post that arrives through the door is either from utility companies or theā¦
The world has got both bigger and smaller. Bigger because this generation has never experienced anything as universally impactful as this global pandemic, and smaller because we are seeing our own lives, our own neighbourhoods, and our relationships to ourselvesā¦