Hi friends, Grateful Web, an American music site, ran a long interview with me this week. It's the first English-language feature on the new album. Read the interview → We talk about: the pensioners who march near Plaça Catalunya every week, and how their song turned into "Homage to Catalonia" the Stetson Kennedy house in Florida, where Woody Guthrie once lived and where the first record of this trilogy got written sharing stages with Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion and Scarlet Rivera "Truck...
2 days ago • 1 min read
Pre-order the vinyl → Watch "Just Because" live → Hi friends, This Friday is Bandcamp Friday. From 9am Friday to 9am Saturday, Barcelona time, Bandcamp takes no cut. Nearly everything you spend goes to the label and the artist. If you've been thinking about the vinyl, that's the day to buy it. Luigi Falagario is making it by hand at Almost Halloween Time Records in Bari, Italy. There are 58 copies: 50 in hand-made sleeves, each one individually designed. €30. 8 with hand-painted, numbered...
9 days ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, Two Spanish music magazines wrote about "Homage to Catalonia" this week. If you haven't heard it yet, start here: Listen to "Homage to Catalonia" → Rock and Roll Army summed the song up in one line: "Convierte una melodía popular catalana en himno de protesta y homenaje a Catalunya."(It turns a Catalan folk melody into a protest anthem and a tribute to Catalonia.) That's the song. The melody is one I heard from a friend's balcony here in Barcelona, sung by a group of pensioners...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, Seeing as this week is Halloween, it only feels right to officially announce this one... My new album Homage to Catalonia is getting an ultra-limited physical vinyl release through Almost Halloween Time Records in Bari, Italy. If you don't know the label, what Luigi Falagario does is pure folk art. There are only 58 copies in total being made for all of Europe, and no two copies in existence are the same: 50 Standard Edition copies (€30): Each jacket is an original, individual...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, "Homage to Catalonia," the title track of my new album, is out today. Give it a listen, and if you like it, add it to a playlist. That's what gets a song in front of new people. Gracias! Listen to "Homage to Catalonia" It's on Bandcamp too, where you can also pre-order the whole album. AND IN VERY EXCITING NEWS!!! The album is also coming out on vinyl, and this one is really special. My friend Luigi Falagario is putting it out on his label, Almost Halloween Time Records, in Bari,...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, The title track from my new album, "Homage to Catalonia," is almost out. Pre-save it now and it lands in your library the moment it's released. Ten seconds, and it really helps the song get heard. Pre-save "Homage to Catalonia" There's a video too: the song played live in the street outside Dr. Flow, in Barcelona's old city. Watch it on YouTube. A like or a share goes a long way. And two shows coming up: Barcelona, this Wednesday, 21 October. A Wine Wednesday Takeover at Nomad...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Hi, Bradley here from This Frontier Needs Heroes. I'm playing Nomad House in Barcelona next Wednesday, 21 October. It's A Wine Wednesday Takeover. Doors are at 20:00 and I'm on at 21:00. Carrer del Notariat 1, in the Raval. Tickets are €12 on DICE. Get tickets I'll be playing songs from my new album, Homage to Catalonia. For a taste, here's the title track played live outside Dr. Flow in Barcelona: watch it on YouTube. Pre-save "Homage to Catalonia" Pre-order the album on Bandcamp Bring a...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, There's a new video up: "Homage to Catalonia," played live outside Dr. Flow in Barcelona. Watch "Homage to Catalonia" live → And if you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel yet, you can do that here. It's free, it's one click, and it really helps the videos get seen. I wrote this one on a friend's balcony in Barcelona, watching the Catalan pensioners who turn out to protest every Monday. The melody is borrowed from an old Catalan folk tune. It's the title track of the new...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, I'm playing one show in Barcelona this month, but its more like an event near and dear to me. It's free, it's next Thursday, and you need to sign up to get in. Reserve your free spot for Thursday 15 October → It's part of Barcelona Climate Week, and I've been helping put it together with the Barcelona Hub of the Climate Reality Project. The idea is simple: songs reach people a database never will. What happens: 18:00 Doors 18:15 A short, science-based talk on the climate crisis...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
