This year marks my fifteenth consecutive Tamworth Country Music Festival. That might seem like a lot, but there are artists (and fans) in their early twenties who’ve been to more than me. It’s pretty rare and unique for an event…

“Don’t they look fantastic?!” said Dad, admiring the Pakistani fielders in their cream trousers, woven vests and fitted, woolen caps. We were seated twenty rows or so from the boundary fence, close enough to observe the inverted bowl shape of…

Malmo, Sweden - June 30, 2023

I’ll be honest, there are moments when I question what the hell am I doing with my life. And when I say ‘moments’, of course I really mean hours (and sometimes days, weeks…) I’m…

Stockholm, Sweden - June 29, 2023

Rehearsal rooms are the same the world over - airless, windowless boxes filled with sweaty men and the occasional sweaty woman fighting to be heard amidst the microphone feedback, the single-coil pickup buzz and…