So the livestreams are over for this year - thank you to everyone who joined in with today's Light in the Dark edition! (Still available...

Another Laura classic today - Timer recorded live in Japan. Sweet funny moment on that descending scale... ("Too many..."). Aptly enough,...

Time for another Laura classic, the beautiful ballad Emmie. There are many different versions of Laura singing this on YouTube - because...

Christmas is coming - and our Light in the Dark livestream is coming even sooner than that! Hope you can join us this Sunday at 4pm...

What's this, a blog post going up well before midnight? Strange! Pic from last night at the Bay Horse (thanks Patrick!). Apart from...

Coming in a little late after the crazy day of THREE gigs (you know what they say about London Buses?). It was really fun to be playing...

This is the super-busy week of the year as regards concerts and rehearsals and carols services! I love it! But still, it's easy to get...

A little late if you're on UK-time, but here's today's posting and Laura song! Lovely rehearsal this morning with Ayo - what fun to...

I changed my mind which track of Laura's to include tonight, after watching the Daily Antidote of Song's session from today, which was...

Daytrip to Taunton to lead a music session - and a chance to try real Somerset cider! At first there didn't seem so much choice - then I...

What an interesting mix of music today - carols and choral arrangements this morning with the University of the Third Age choir, then a...

Missed the midnight deadline by a little bit - though of course, it depends on where you are... Just in from a jaunt to Truro and the...

As well as the many cover versions there are of Laura's songs, Laura herself made her own recordings of other people's songs, often soul...

So many people have covered Laura's songs - but most often it's the same handful of songs from the first two or three albums. By the time...

Stunning coastal walk this afternoon with Ruth (from DAS!) visiting - the sea, the sky, the space... It's easy to be inspired in such a...

A shorter song today, taken from The Loom's Desire (1993/94 concert recording). It's lovely anyway, and specially included today for...

Tucking it in just before midnight UK-time, it's today's entry for our Laura Nyro Celebration Advent Calendar! This song is astonishing...

First of all, thank you to everyone who joined the Noirvember livestream last night! I really loved reading all of your comments and...

What is it about film noir? It's a style and a mood - the story can be secondary. It helps if the dialogue is snappy and the music cool....

Not long until our night of noir - time for drinking in some of the night's special qualities! All night-owls know it - the magic that...