Neil Sedaka interview Although I claimed that I don’t blog about the individual episodes of my songwriting podcast, there are sometimes exceptions to that rule, and the current episode is one such instance. Episode 25 features an interview with Brill Building veteran singer-songwriter and pianist Neil Sedaka. More
US-Canada Road Trip 2012 – A Summary I wanted to publish a summary of my US-Canada road trip 2012, as much for my own memories as anything. Unfortunately, it took me a month to get to it. Anyway, here it is. If you’re interested in travel, you might enjoy checking it out. More
On Songwriting turns 20 My songwriting podcast, Sodajerker On Songwriting, reached 20 episodes this week. Thank you to everyone that has continued to support me and my co-presenter Brian, from the guests who have taken part, to the listeners who download the show and send in their thoughts and suggestions. We couldn’t have made it this far without you... More
Avalon Landing This Sunday is Father’s Day in the UK. It is also one year to the day that I lost my Dad to cancer. I hadn’t experienced a loss of that magnitude until last year and so in many ways it has been the most difficult of my life. It’s fair to say that not a... More
US-Canada road trip In a couple of weeks, i’ll be making a short reprise of a trip I made back in 2010, during which I drove across the United States from Boston to Seattle with my wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. This trip is much shorter and takes in some of Canada as well, but it should be a... More