Only a few days until I go to Iceland !

I have finally booked a ticket to go home to Iceland. I am playing an acoustic gig there with an Icelandic rock star called Bubbi, we are quite different artists so it should be interesting. He has written some great songs in his career and I am trying to pick one to add to my set. I was struggling to find a flight to Iceland for a reasonable price, because it is......... a) the middle of the tourist season, b) short notice ,c ) not the best time to pay for things in Icelandic krona's. So it wasn't looking great. I did hope that I would find the end of the rainbow where they keep all the gold, but that sadly hasn't happened yet. But I spoke to a very nice lady at Icelandair UK and she gave me a special banjo player discount ( it was looking more and more likely I would have to go on my own and I promise you, no one needs to hear my banjo solo's ).

So I want to say thank you to www.icelandair.co.uk for sorting out Mr Banjoman's flight.

Talking about new album and Kongulo at ITN.

Email from " The Human Spider "

Yes I am telling the truth ! This morning I got an email from Alain Robert, aka Spiderman.
And guess what he has listened to Kongulo many times and really likes it, says that he is very happy with the lyrics I wrote about him. How cool is that.

So Spiderman likes my Spiderman song.

JJJJJJJJJEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birthday picture !

This summery picture for the cover of Leifur magazine was taken on my birthday. So I had lots of ballons for the photo shoot.

Glasgow gig and a pink hippo ! ( In a leotard )

Me and Alisdair played a lovely venue in Glasgow called Brel. It was kind of like playing in a green house, but in a greenhouse full of people. They looked after us really well gave us nice food and were so lovely. But I can't mention Glasgow without mentioning Angela. I first met her when I played in Glasgow almost 2 years ago, then she made me a cat in a ski jumper on ski's. This time she made me a pink hippo in a leotard and tutu. She told be that she was going to make me a horse but the head got so fat that she turned it into a hippo. I don't know where the connection comes from this time as I don't have songs about a hippo's or horses, but maybe I should write one called Hippos and horses.

Here is a picture of me Angela and the hippo.



To see more of Angela's toys go to www.angelatiara.etsy.com

BC Northampton radio session last night.

Did a radio session at BBC Northampton. Talked a lot like always, played some songs, taught Natasha some Icelandic and had hot chocolate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7gh

Video clips from acoustic gig in Bath !

Somebody has posted a few video's from my acoustic gig in Bath the other day. Here is a link.

http://gigger.co.uk/videos/414
http://gigger.co.uk/videos/416
http://gigger.co.uk/videos/415
http://gigger.co.uk/videos/411