Wild Folk
A few years ago I made a guitar for George Bloomfield. He’s just composed the music for a lovely film about Marcus Tribe, a man who cares deeply about our woodlands. As well as the …
Three Shades of Grey
A virtual lockdown trio, Mike Ainscough, Doc Rossi and myself. Why do I look so grim? Because I find the whole business of wearing headphones and hanging onto a guide track pretty painful. Oh to …
Corona Virus Lockdown!
My old friend Doc Rossi has been making very good use of his isolation time. Locked down in Portugul he’s been recording multi track performances. Check him out on YouTube but here are a couple …
Richard Durrant introduces the Tenor Guitar
Some beautiful playing by Richard on The Uffington Tenor – the Uffington Horse inlayed in silver on the ebony headstock – which I made for him in 2016. Richard plays The Skye Boat Song and …
Richard Durrant Ditchling Recital
Virtuoso Richard Durrant will be playing one of my instruments at a recital in Ditchling on Friday March 2nd. This concert will be performed on a Gary Southwell concert guitar crafted from 5,000 year old …
Baritone Cittern recordings by Doc Rossi
A selection of recordings featuring Doc Rossi playing his Baritone Cittern As well as his baritone cittern Doc also has one of my guitars, a short scale model G, and a two point mandolin.
Tenor Guitar videos
My old friend Will Fly and I got together to try out a recently completed tenor guitar before I shipped it off to its new owner. It’s maple and spruce with Waverley tuners on a …
No 21, spruce and English Cherry, 2009
The very first post I made in this blog featured a guitar made from English cherry. Doc Rossi has just posted a video where he plays this guitar. Sounding even better than I remember.
The Twagger Band at The Old Meeting House
On Friday 15th May 2015 The Twagger Band are playing at The Old Meeting House, The Twitten, Ditchling, BN6 8UJ. Starts at 7:30, £6 on the door, including a glass of wine! We’re not robbing …
Last of The Bull sessions
After over ten years we’re moving to The White Horse, just across the road. Good turn out and some great music for the last night at The Bull, even the barmaids were dancing. Next …