Me and my Piano....

...I am just transported – I have no idea what is going on around me and I am at peace. Until someone comes into the lounge, right in the middle of a pivotal moment and says “Hey Mum, can you make me a sandwich?”. 

“Geez, Beethoven didn’t have to put up with this s^&*”, I think to myself....

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At last...

So now I finally have some news. I am about to launch a pre sale and reveal my latest offering. Thanks for your patience. I hope that that wait was worth it. But it does take time to flip a bird… in a good way.

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THE LOST SONGS – THE STORY BEHIND THE LOST SONGS

A year or so ago I was cleaning out some cupboards and came across a taped up box I had carried around with me for so long I couldn’t even remember why.

On opening this box (which had done time outside in the garage with the bugs and spiders and was looking a little ragged) I found a whole bunch of DAT and cassette recordings of old live sessions, demos and studio work from 1990 – 2003.

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ALL GROWN UP – ALBUM REVIEWS PART B

St Elsewhere  Graham Reid.

The title tells its own story, it has been well over a decade since Jan Hellriegel made an album and that might explain the huge interest in this one: lotsa interviews, articles and media attention, my guess from people who remember Hellriegel fondly for her swagger and sensitivity in bands and on her solo albums.

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