Currently listening to; Bach Cello fournier suite, A Love Supreme - John Coltrane and Ballads played by the John Coltrane Quartet - fed up of listening to simplistic three-minute pop having heard and enjoyed it all before! Learning Hey Joe, Blackbird and Wildwood Flower.
Mike is a singer-songwriter from the North West of England. He presently works full-time as a self-employed guitar tutor and musician and has a residency at the New Inn, Clitheroe, running the 'New Inn Electro-Acoustic Sessions every Friday night from 9pm onwards (www.myspace.com/newinnelectroacousticsessions).
Mike has previously produced music in an array of line-ups; including a popular acoustic, urban-folk duo, 'Kaikoura' (supported Eliza Carthy and Julie Felix) and a successful electro-acoustic, indie-folk band, 'Indian Runner' (resident band at The Blue Cat Cafe - Stockport and at the Unicorn in Preston). He has constantly written songs and inconsistently performed since 1984, fitting this in between a wide variety of jobs (everything from journalist to postman to Sociology tutor) and travel (from New Zealand to the Himalayas).
He has been settled in a weavers' cottage near the River Ribble since 2004 where he lives with artist Anna Ashworth. He is now gigging regularly covering guitar favourites (everyone from Damien Rice to John Lennon) and playing his own material with local musicians.
His own songs are intended to be honest, melodic and original.
For lessons or performance please contact Mike via this site.
Rhythm Festival 2009
21-23 August
Twinwood Arena, Clapham, Beds, MK41 6AB
The Proclaimers, Alabama 3, Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, The Beat, Terry Reid, Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers, James Hunter, Alvin Youngblood Hart, The Blow Monkeys, Pentangle, The Strawbs, Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash and LOADS more...
http://www.rhythmfestival.net
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Day / Weekend Tickets available in person from Piccadilly Records and online from Ticketline, seetickets and wegottickets
CONFIRMED BANDS FOR 2009 INCLUDE... NINE BLACK ALPS KID BRITISH WAVE MACHINES MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE THE TRAVELLING BAND TEN BEARS THE VORTEX THE MAYBES KARIMA FRANCIS THE JESSIE ROSE TRIP FRAZER KING CASIO KID GIDEON CONN THE GAY BLADES THE WHISKYCATS TEN BEARS ..... with around 200 bands over the weekend
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