Thanks to everyone who came to my gig at Twickfolk in London – it was so lovely to be back there again.  You can watch a video on my YouTube channel of me performing my song ‘Back Home’ there – click here to see it.

Tickets are now on sale for my next gig which will be at Cambridge Folk Club on Friday 20 February.  You can book your place here.  This is a hometown gig for me!  The next night I’m playing a last minute show at the very intimate and quirky Drawing Room in Chesham – tickets are now on sale here.

Then it’s my first gig with violinist Sue Lord at The Small Space in Barry – the smallest theatre in the UK!  If you want to be there, please book here.  After that we’re playing the wonderful room at the Dog & Fox Inn in Bradford on Avon – bookings can be made here.

If you’re not on my mailing list and would like me to let you know about my upcoming gigs and my next album release, please just enter your email address on this site and I’ll keep you posted.

I hope all’s well in your world.

xx

It’s nearly the end of the year and I’ve done my final gig of 2025 at The Old Stables in Cricklade.

After all the gigs I’ve done this year it’s extraordinary to think now that when I came back from Australia on my own in 2023 I thought my career as a singer-songwriter was over.  Dealing with a 20 year break-up at the same time as a bipolar breakdown totally floored me.  Even if I’d been mentally well enough I had no confidence I could perform on my own.

But then I started singing to friends in my sitting room and found that my songs could be performed solo.  Then I had the amazing good fortune to meet Jody Prewett, a fantastic singer-songwriter who lives in a flat upstairs from me here in Bath.  Jody has a car and a PA so we did a few small gigs before my kidney operation last December, then once I’d recovered we started touring together this year.

I have to say a huge thank you to Jody for making it possible for me to start performing again.  It has been such a pleasure touring with him and hearing his beautiful songs night after night.  You can hear him at https://jodyprewett.bandcamp.com.

I also have to say a huge thank you to all of you who have come out to support me at my gigs this year.  It’s been so lovely to see old friends and new faces and get such warm feedback.  It means the world to me and has hugely encouraged me to keep going on this road.  I also want to say a special thank you to all of you who have hosted house concerts for me this year.

Next year I’ll be doing more gigs with Jody but I’m also going to be touring with my old friend Sue Lord who is a fantastic violinist and viola player.  Dates booked so far are all on my upcoming gigs page so please save the date or book tickets now if you’d like to see us.

I’m also going to be releasing a new album which is being mixed right now by David Lord.  David is 81 years old and is renowned in the music business as a producer and composer.  I can’t quite believe my luck in meeting him here in Bath and having the opportunity to work with him.  I am really excited about how the new songs are sounding and can’t wait for you to hear them.

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and hope to see you at another gig somewhere along the road…

xx`

I’m so excited to be touring next year with Sue Lord, a wonderful violinist and viola player and a very dear friend of mine.

As the first violinist of the Red Carousel string quartet, Sue has played and recorded with artists such as Peter Gabriel, Newton Faulkner, The Unthanks, The Bookshop Band, This Is The Kit, Jim Moray and The Heavy. The quartet focusses on original compositions and recording projects.

Thanks to everyone who came to my concert at Heddington Village Hall last night – Jody and I had such a great time.  Thanks to Carolyn and Chris for organising it and their friends from the village for helping out on the night.

If you would like me to come and perform in your local village hall, all you need to do is book the venue and spread the word in your community – we’ll supply the PA and the music.  Just get in touch with me to find out more.  Next year, in addition to solo gigs, I will also be touring with the wonderful violinist and viola player Sue Lord.  You can hear some of the songs here.

In the meantime, Jody and I are really looking forward to performing at the renowned Green Note venue in Camden Town, London on Monday 3 November.  If you can make it, it would be great to see you there.  You can book your tickets here.

Thanks to everyone who came to my gig at the Square and Compass pub in the Isle of Purbeck on Saturday night (and thanks to Anthony Paine for the photo).  It’s always such a special night there and a bit of a homecoming gig for me as I’ve known Worth Matravers my whole life and the pub is where I performed one of my songs in public for the very first time nearly 30 years ago.

My friend and neighbour Jody Prewett played a fantastic opening set and a particularly magical moment in the night was when my cousin Melissa Viney sang the backing vocal for my song ‘Back Home’ from the middle of the room (she’d had enough Guinness by then!).  The next day we did a house concert in Corfe Castle for some very lovely locals which was a great end to a great weekend.

My last public gigs of 2025 are at Green Note in London (Monday 3 November), Kingsmead House Concerts in High Wycombe (Sunday 23 November), and The Old Stables in Cricklade near Swindon (Thursday 11 December).  Ticket links can be found here.  Please spread the word…

I hope all’s well in your world.

xx

I’ve just made a space on my website for some of my poems – ones from my collections ‘Words With Wings’ and ‘Meditation Mind’, plus more recent ones that haven’t been published yet.  They are all stream-of-consciousness, written after my meditation practice each morning.  I seem to have this habit now of writing them – if I write something I’m happy with, I feel like I’ve done something creative to start the day.  Click here to read them.

You can also now hear me reading all the poems from ‘Words With Wings’ with their piano accompaniments.  Click here to listen.  You can download the album for free here.

   

In May 2022, I wrote a song about Donald Trump.  I can’t remember what triggered it, of all the things that might have triggered it.  Click here to listen.

I’m really looking forward to my concert at Fiddington Village Hall on Saturday 13 September which is in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.  Tickets are £12.50 and can be booked by emailing Juliet Harkness at fiddingtonnews@gmail.com.

It’s been a while – time has flown!  In June and July I did 3 house concerts – in Norwich, London and a beautiful farm in west Wales – which I really enjoyed.  I was supposed to play Twickfolk in London in June but got a virus so that gig has been postponed to 11th January next year.

I’ve been taking a break from gigs during August and working on a new album.  These are songs which were mostly recorded in Australia before I left in 2023 and I’ve just finished recording the vocals here in Bath with a very lovely and renowned producer called David Lord.  We are now in the process of mixing the album.

I am still writing a poem a day after my meditation practice – just sitting down with a coffee and writing down the first thing that comes into my head.  It’s become a habit and though it’s not always I write something I’m particularly pleased with (!), it’s a creative start to my day that I really enjoy.

I hope you’ve been enjoying the wonderful spring and summer – sometimes it’s felt like I’m back in south-east Queensland!  In the autumn I’ll be doing more private house concerts and some public gigs (please see my gigs page for ticket links and info) supported again by fantastic singer-songwriter Jody Prewett.  Please do get in touch if any of you would like to host a private house concert or a gig in your local village hall.

I hope all’s well in your world.

xx

It was such a joy to find myself back at the wonderful Gaunts House near Wimborne at the weekend.  I’ve played there a couple of times before and every time wish I could stay longer.  The huge house and gardens are used for spiritual retreats and the peaceful atmosphere and lovely people who run it make it a very special place indeed.  Jody and I performed in their beautiful ballroom.  Thanks to everyone who came to hear us play.  I hope to come back there next year.  Thanks to Mike Watts you can now watch one of the songs I sang  (‘About Everything’ from my album ‘A Light To Follow’) on my YouTube channel.  Click here to see it.

I’m looking forward to another London gig next month (Sunday 22 June), this time returning to Twickfolk in Twickenham where I’ve played before.  Tickets are on sale now.  If you can make it, it would be great to see you there.