After a sold out Pier 17 show in New York I stayed at the Soho Grand and made my way to Boston on the midday train, it was full to capacity and unlike our bus, tranquil and safe. I had regrets about leaving the bus but another night in a bed seemed like the right […]
When you separate puppies and they go off to different homes it’s very sad, for the mothers and the puppies, when they for some reason ever come back together, in a park or a field, they have this instinctive knowledge about themselves and start to play. As if they have never been separated, a sense […]
I sat in my seat and wept like a baby as the plane veered right then left, up then down, shuddering like a transit van on a cobbled street. The pilot said it would last 40 minutes, and it did, the email from the weather pilot said the same thing. I was so tired, and […]
Why am I so surprised when I look out of a hotel window and find myself stolen from life, schizophrenia and the travelling musician. For over 40 years I have checked in and out of hotels on the road and found myself at this point during my stay. Home has mostly been the other place, […]
Since my Irish jaunt I have been playing mostly all of the time, up and down the country to some small audiences and some larger ones too. It doesn’t matter, its all part of my journey. The sad thing is that I have not had time to be at home, a lovely home it is […]