I envy those with a rock 'n' roll constitution. Made of stuff so solid they can cope with a touring schedule this relentless while partying and drug taking into the wee hours with apparently little side effect. I don't know how they do it. With over an hour and a...

A slight shock to the system. From chilling in my flat in London trying to shake off flu to a quick rehearsal, straight onto a German tourbus, then a Dover ferry, before a headline show in Paris, five radio performances, some very good coffee, a train to Lausanne and now...

I've been up to my iBalls (sorry) in new technology this week. I decided to have a geeky update on gadgets at the Apple store and have spent the last few days trying to get the new gizmos plus my existing phones, laptops, TVs, desktops and tablets to all talk...

After promoting the new album almost nonstop since last summer it was really refreshing to be back in the studio recording this week. Good song writing takes time and I am keen to start the next album nice and early to avoid the inevitable panic as a desired release date...

I have to admit the music business has got to me this week. I find it frustrating when my record is off and flying in some territories while in others I can't seem to get arrested. Fans from the countries where I'm struggling to get heard often write me incredulous...

Once in a while a young artist or band emerges seemingly from nowhere, makes an album themselves with no outside help, and their debut climbs to the summit of the treacherous music business in which we operate. So unstoppably talented are they that it all appears effortless (Arctic Monkeys and...

So I'm sitting on the Eurostar watching an orange sunset over snowy fields somewhere near Dover *digs out iPhone map* actually between Ashford and Hythe to be precise, and feeling a little rough around the edges after last nights' gig in Camden at the Barfly.

Woke up early for...

It felt deeply satisfying to return home and travel the length and breadth of the country this week. From Brighton and the south coast we went up to Glasgow and back down to London as we tried to squeeze in as many regional radio stations as possible. As we drove...

First off I have to say I'm well chuffed that The Huffington Post have asked me to write this blog for a while. Its very flattering when people are interested in how you feel about things and that hasn't always been the case over the last few years! Result.

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