Monthly Archives: October 2013

Stage fright and singing lessons: the story of Self Help

In February 2009, I started playing acoustic gigs again after a very long break. I chose the venues I knew and loved best: the Regal Room, the Bedford, the Cobden Club (alas no more), the Troubadour. I had a case for my keyboard that rendered it nearly-unliftable, but would protect it well in the backs… Read more »

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Making a new album…

…doesn’t happen very often. So I’m excited. I’m also excited to be working with composer and producer Paul Ressel, who’s worked previously with Bryn Christopher and Lana Del Rey. We’re still at the preproduction stage, which means arranging strings and experimenting with a pallette of instruments for each of track (as well as drinking a… Read more »

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The Story of Divine

This is the first in a series of posts that will tell the stories behind the songs on I Am Not The Night. I plan to write them in the order in which the songs were written; with Divine, it’s easy – I was eighteen!

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Review from the Afterword of Vin’s Night In at St James Theatre

A little review from the Afterword by the lovely Azeem of my performance at St James Theatre on the 20th September. Thank you Ellie Rose for the photograph.

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