Drawing down the Crow Man – now!

Since I created Herne’s Apprentice the music industry has changed, I think for the better. The internet has been a curse to the traditional music industry, but a gift to independent musicians. Herne’s Apprentice, Hills they are Hollow and Spirit of Albion were all produced as CDs, but in 2006 they all became available on [...]

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Let’s catch up! More from Prague and Vienna

Almost a month since I posted on the blog! I’ve had my head deep in recording mode – recording the last few songs, laying down the parts from the guest musicians, then mixing, and mastering, the new CD. I’ll post separately about that another time, but first let’s catch up on what’s been happening in [...]

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Bardic Comedy – Steve Hughes

I saw this comedian, Steve Hughes, on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow last night. I haven’t laughed so much for years. The Bard’s were said to be able to raise welts on the faces of their enemies with satire and this comedian continues that tradition. He reminds me of the great American comedian Bill Hicks. I [...]

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Thoughts on Anderida Gorsedd camps

The way that the tickets for the Anderida Gorsedd Autumn camp sold out in under a day has really shocked me and Cerri. My own natural reaction is to try and please everyone, so when I get emails from disappointed people I just want to make them happy and shift the boundaries to accommodate them. [...]

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Pamh the Bard & Gramh the Bard

Isn’t it good to have friends. At the recent Anderida Gorsedd conference, just after my set, two of my closest friends took the stage for this genius version of Only human. I knew nothing about it, but knew something was going on when I saw Paul’s (Pamh’s) wig. Anyway, make sure you’re not drinking a [...]

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Three Live Videos from the OBOD Summer Gathering 2009

As the title says, here are three live videos from the OBOD Summer Gathering. The first is Hills they are Hollow, followed by Lughnasadh Dance, and lastly the encore of Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode. What a great night it was!

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1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Damh the Bard live

One of the joys of playing any instrument is playing your favourite songs – something I like to sometimes indulge when I play live. Here’s a little video taken from the audience at this year’s Wessex Gathering of the classic Richard Thompson song, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.

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Song of Awen video from OBOD Summer Gathering

Hi peeps,
Here’s a video from the OBOD Summer Gathering concert at Glastonbury Town Hall. My fellow musicians are Paul Newman (Guitar and backing vox) and Keiron Sibley (Djembe). As I watched this back I can see the potential of some gigs with a ‘Damh the Bard band’ in the future. Both of these people are [...]

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Video Blog of the OBOD Summer Gathering

My good friend Paul Newman has produced a ‘fly on the wall’ video diary of this years OBOD Summer Gathering in Glastonbury. It’s brilliantly done, funny, some great clips of some of the eisteddfod performances. Do check it out here

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Tales from the Road – To Roadwater!

I seem to be spending more and more time in the West Country these days. From mine and Cerri’s lovely weekend break on Dartmoor, to the PF Wessex, Wessex Gathering, Plymouth moot, PF Devon and Cornwall conference, and this weekend just past a gig in the beautiful village of Roadwater, and the famous OBOD Summer [...]

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