I will be performing with Mark Eitzel in London tomorrow night (7/3/17) and as a late addition will also be doing the Sheffield Greystones show. The Greystones is always a great show which i put down to the lovely pies…Read more

Happy New Year!
I have added some new dates to the LIVE page, all in Europe, one in Paris with Mark Eitzel, and 3 in Italy with Ben Watt. I can't even remember the last time I played either of…Read more

I've been busy in the studio this year in between tours with Ben Watt. Records from Mark Eitzel and Pace will be due in the new year. You can hear the first track from Mark here on the Merge…Read more

I will be performing a free show with Ben Watt this Saturday 16/4/16 outside the Rough Trade shop in Talbot Road, London as part of Record Store Day. Please come along & hear songs from Ben's new record "Fever…Read more

Ben Watt has now announced me as part of his band for his June tour of the U.S. Contrary to a few bizarre reports this is not my first time in the US in 20 years ( ! ) as…Read more

Kate Jackson has released a taster from the album we made together. "British Road Movies" was produced by me and written with Kate mainly around 2010 but we only got around to finishing it recently. It's a beautiful,yearning and fuzzy…Read more

Ben Watt releases his new album "Fever Dream" on April 8th on his own Unmade Road label. It is Ben's 3rd solo album and the follow up to 2014's Hendra which I also featured on. It was recorded in a…Read more

New live dates for 2016 have been added to the LIVE page, all as part of the Ben Watt Band. Ticket links and even maps! More to come too. See you out there.....

Really proud to announce I will once again be celebrating the work and life of Bert Jansch, this time as part of  the Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival in January. I will play two nights with Ben Watt 30/1 at the…Read more

Backstreet Merchandise are doing a limited run of t shirts as part of the McAlmont & Butler tour. You can buy a lovely shirt featuring a photo of my actual Gibson ES-355 via the M&B website here. If you don't…Read more

Hi I performed parts of the underscore to the TV documentary "Kids In Crisis" which aired last night on Channel 4. The score was arranged by Nick Phillips who asked me to contribute some guitar.
If you'd like to have…Read more

I will be appearing alongside Ben Watt on Tuesday 30th June as special guests for Ron Sexsmith's show.
Details and ticket link are On the live page . We will be playing for around 40 minutes and Ben has a…Read more