I have said it many times, but one of the best things I ever did was to start a pub music session that is known as the Arlesey Jammers. Out of that have come several bands and at least one music career.

Last weekend my band The Moonshots played a little gig at The Angel's Share bar in Hitchin. This is our first actual gig, but we have performed at open mic sessions there. This time we were playing for

Yesterday was the day of the Hitchin Hive walk. I had several people interested, but a few could not make it in the end. I met two people for the first time when we met up by the station. In attendance

The News I am going to hijack my own post to publicise the meetup this weekend. I was trying to think of a pun for the title and there were a few options. I will start, as usual, with the price chart.

Hive meetup in Hitchin, UK 23rd July 2023

On Friday night I went along with @todayslight to a whisky tasting at The Angel's Share in Hitchin. This is a small bar where we have run a lot of open mic music sessions and I have done some paid gigs

I started the Arlesey Musicians music sessions nine years ago. It was originally at The White Horse in Arlesey, but has moved around a bit since then. We have had people joining us from a wide area as

Last week my duo @swing47 got a support gig at The Angel's Share, which is a bar in Hitchin run by a lovely Sikh guy called Harpreet. We must have been doing something right as we were asked back to do

Live music has really suffered during the current pandemic with lockdowns and physical distancing making a lot of it non-viable. I have been lucky to have been able to get together with friend to jam outside

Although I have played music for many years it was just last year that I had my first experience of busking. That was when my @swing47 collaborator Danielle and I played in Letchworth. That was fun, but

It barely seems a year since I was at this festival just after starting my current job. Some of my colleagues were going and invited me along. It was another lovely day today. This time I cycled there

A friend of one of my pub musician buddies was playing a gig in Hitchin last night, so I went along to show support. Volks Patent is originally from Germany, but he's lived in the UK for a long time. He

One of the perks of my new job is that we can leave early on a Friday. Just after lunch today a group of us caught the train to Hitchin to attend the beer festival. I've not been to this one before, but