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October 2025
Paul Armer and the Dawn Chorus have recorded an EP together at Get Real Audio studio. There will be more news on that before the end of the year. See the Upcoming Gigs page to find where they are performing next or the Folk page to hear the band in play.
September 2025
Pete Thomas will be performing with both The Vanguards and The Guildford Bluegrass Band at the King Harvest Festival in Basingstoke this month. See the Upcoming Gigs page for details or the Folk page to hear The Vanguards in play.
July 2025
Paul Armer and the Dawn Chorus will be performing at the Battlefield Bluegrass Festival this month. See the Upcoming Gigs page to book tickets.
The Victoria Bass Trio has played its first gigs. Check out where they're playing next, or see the Jazz page to hear them in play.
April 2025
An exciting new bluegrass band, Paul Armer & The Dawn Chorus, has been formed, featuring Pete Thomas, Chris Lord and Noel Dashwood. See the folk page to hear them in action.
The Lipstick On Your Collar show tour provides an evening of back to back hits from the 1950s and 60s by a full live band, featuring some of the country's top musicians direct from the West End including Pete for several of the shows. Check the Upcoming Gigs page to find out where they are playing.
December 2024
This month, The Bluejays are playing aboard Cunard's Queen Victoria cruise to the Canary Islands.
See the Rhythm & Blues page to hear The Bluejays in action or visit the Upcoming Gigs page to find out more about the cruise.
October 2024
PM Warson's album A Little More Time continues to generate interest and excitement. The latest example of this is full feature and review in the latest issue of Detail magazine.
Likewise there is a full feature about Denver Cuss and her album Leaving Me in the German edition of Rolling Stone magazine.
Enthusiastic reviews continue to roll in for both, most recently one praising the "caramel voice" of Denver Cuss and her fellow musicians.
See the Rhythm & Blues and Discography pages for more about the features, reviews and music.
September 2024
PM Warson will be amongst those playing at the Misty Fields Festival (6th-8th of this month) in Asten-Heusden, The Netherlands coinciding with the release of his album A Little More Time. This has already attracted glowing reviews in Shindig! and Hi-Fi+ magazines
See the Upcoming Gigs page for links to this and other gigs, or the Rhythm & Blues and Discography pages for more about the reviews and music.
Also this month, Pete is flying to Turin with other musicians as part of a project in association with guitar craftsman Jerome Duffell.
(More on this in 2025!)
August 2024
Denver Cuss's album Leaving Me is now available to stream or buy as CD or LP as of 30th August in most of Europe. (A delay of two more weeks for hard copies in the UK is expected.)
Links are available on the Discography page (as will reviews be when available).
July 2024
Two albums are upcoming and available for pre-ordering: PM Warson's A Little More Time will be released in September; frequent collaborator Denver Cuss's Leaving Me just before, at the end of August.
You can listen to featured single Right Here, Last Night on the Blues page. Links will be available to buy/stream both on Discography when available. Their performances will be on the Upcoming Gigs page, including the Misty Fields Festival in The Netherlands in September.
May 2024
Well the Medics were right! I damaged the ring finger of my left hand three months ago and they said it would be healed in three months and healed it is!
Lots of physio and lots of practice and I’m getting ready to gig again. Meanwhile check out PM Warson’s 7” record (which you can digitally down load as well) “Right Here, Last Night” on which I played bass before my finger escapade!
You can listen to the track on the Blues page then click through to the Discography page for links to stream the single, and keep an eye on the Upcoming Gigs page to see when I'll be returning to play.
February 2024
UPDATE: Unfortunately I have snapped a tendon and will be unable to play for the next few months. This will almost certainly affect the Ryde Festival.
The first festival of the year is the Ryde Gypsy Jazz Festival taking place on the Isle of Wight. See the Upcoming Gigs page for more details.
The festival features both the Harry Diplock Trio and the London Django Collective, check out the Discography page for links to/reviews of the music of each, or listen to them in play on the Jazz page first.
January 2024
The year begins with a selection of gypsy jazz gigs including the one above at the Crazy Coqs live music venue on Django Reinhardt's birthday. See the Upcoming Gigs page for more details.
To listen to more gypsy jazz, check out the first enthusiastic reviews of The Harry Diplock Trio's debut album on the Discography page and then consider streaming or buying.
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