Is anyone else getting Bowie?

I suddenly have 2 spare tickets for the amazing Leonora Piano Trio on Tues at Edinburgh The Queen's Hall on Tues 6th Aug. £34.50 each. DM me if interested.

Amazing music from BalimayaProject last night at The Queen's Hall. Took me back to working in Guediawaye and listening to jazz with my dad. Brain feeling wider, heart fuller. Go see them if you can!

Fantastic to see Lisa O'Neill Music again at Edinburgh International Festival last night. Just one woman's voice, guitar and a hammer dulcimer and so much heart. Hearing her rallying against the wrongs of the world was just what I needed. The Simone, Dylan, Baez and Bragg of our day.

Why?! Why would anyone to do this? Full boak! tiktok.com/@garron_music/…

This child is so amazing at bird calls!

5 peaceful climate protesters are facing an excessive sentence under the undemocratic Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. I’m calling on Labour to repeal the Conservatives’ repressive anti-protest laws which undermine our obligations under international law.

Love this from Joshua Idehen ! Coming to Edinburgh soon... bit.ly/4hxRnbW

Oh man, politics... Bragg and Wilco summing it all up best for me today. bit.ly/4ez0Vkt Keep going , head up. You make the culture too, one day at a time.

Best moment of my week reading this! Wren and kite got me totally giggling away. More please RSPB

Glued to watching it in full. Obsessed scrutinising every micro movement of Zelensky's face. youtube.com/watch?v=zT2QzZ…

Stomping night dancing to FatDog this week. Most buzzing gig I've been to in quite a while. Recommend. I definitely plan to catch them again sometime. fatdogfatdogfatdog.com

"We have to show young men that character is more important than status." Gareth Southgate demands leaders step up to become positive role models for 'isolated' young men.

Being away for a while in March, I have just caught up with the BBC decisions to shut down #APointOfView & end overseas access to BBC Sounds. Aside from the sheer incompetence of these decisions, in the week of increases to the Licence Fee, the optics could not be worse

I still don't go walking or biking out in the wilds by myself. After making this BBC Radio 4 doc 'Clipped Wings' a few years back, I would like to be braver but I wonder how many feel the same. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

"When I tell you what went down, it will burn off both your ears". A story of basketball, the fall of the Soviet Union, Grateful Dead, a nascent Lithuania and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, presented by Bill Walton. Ep1 on podcast players or on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3H2BtIO

Delighted to see my podcast promoted as one of The Guardian's 3 picks for best podcast of the week! Also picked by The Sunday Times - apple.co/3FhQXrZ

It could be tinnitus. It could be a neighbour’s terrible music. Nippy and a long night ahead either way!