Ida Valley - New Song - AVAILABLE 9th March 2023

Road West, Ida Valley ©Grahame Sydney

After a long time in the wilderness, I thought it well overdue that some new music was set free.

“Ida Valley” is the first track to see the light. This is a song I penned whilst stuck in the depths of the lockdown, when staring at pictures on the wall and picking the guitar was the only way to escape.

Ida Valley is inspired by the work of Sir Grahame Sydney who has kindly given permission for his art work ‘Road West, Ida Valley’ to be used for the release. The single will be available from 9th March on all the usual streaming and digital platforms, links will be posted shortly.

I’ll write further updates on the journey of this song as we go, so stay tuned…

Top 10 inspirational albums

Doing the rounds on social media recently was the top 10 inspirational album lists. Top ten lists of music are always difficult, there are so many great albums, it depends on your mood, what you can remember at the time etc however here are mine. I've based this on each of these has stood the test of time, and hold and created a particular special moment when i listened to them at fist and to this day - correct as at time of going to print! See below for the Spotify play list

B.B King - Live at The Regal 1965

Tom Petty - Wildflowers 1991

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Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love 1987

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Neil Young - Harvest Moon 1992

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Dire Straits- Dire Straits 1978

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Tom Waits - Mule Variations 1999

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Led Zepplin I 1969

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Greg Brown - Further In 1996

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Ryan Adams - Gold 2001

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Buddy Guy - Blues Singer 2003

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