Two Doors Down in Edinburgh’s Prince’s Street Gardens


This was our favourite busking location on the St Cuthbert’s side of the Prince’s Street, Gardens.

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On the Fringes of the Fringe


Margriet and I will be in Edinburgh in August, hosted by a good friend of mine. We’re taking along our instruments, so we can do some busking, on the fringes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We did consider the fringe festival busking opportunities, but soon realised our music would be drowned out by all the hustle and bustle on the…

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Dreaming of some gigs at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in August


Margriet and I spent the evening trawling the Edinburgh Fringe website for Venues where our music might find an appreciative, listening audience. Sent an email to the programmer for one venue. Watch this space …

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At the Taxi Road Rally 2015 in LA


This is us at the head of the queue for the open mic at the Taxi Road Rally in Los Angeles on Saturday, 7 November 2015. Later that evening Jack performed a ukulele solo, Al a guitar solo with effects, Laura a song with piano accompaniment, and Margriet and I sang “This is for you”, with ukulele, recorder and vocals.

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Performing at THISSFEST 2013


We have four 20-minute slots in THE HAGUE INTERNATIONAL SINGER-SONGWRITER FESTIVAL this weekend: Friday, 28 June 2013 20:40 | Lokaal Vredebreuk 22:00 | O’Casey’s Saturday, 29 June 2013 12:00 | De Libertijn 17:40 |  O’Casey’s For more information about tickets, and the other singer-songwriters taking part, see: http://www.thissfest.org

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Dot to Dot Festival, Manchester


On Monday, 4 June, in the middle of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Margriet and Irene attended the Dot to Dot Festival in Manchester. The highlight was “Pearl and the Beard”, the band that drew us to the festival in the first place. A close second was “Pond”. The Ritz had the best sound system, but the Deaf Institute was…

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