I chose some of my favourite classical, jazz and experimental pieces, and chatted about my family and music on BBC Radio 3’s long-running Private Passions show yesterday. You can catch up with it here.
News — In Full
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New EBTG album
Earlier this month Tracey and I announced we have made our first Everything But The Girl album in over two decades. It is due out next spring. We have also set up a new Instagram profile where we have been uploading vintage and rare pics with stories behind the images. Take a look. More news soon.
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Cool Oak Diary
Last month - following the launch of Cool Oak - I was invited by arts-nature journal Caught By The River to document my work campaigning at Brent Reservoir in a monthly column. Today saw the second piece posted online. You can catch up with both here. More will added each month.
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The launch of Cool Oak
As many of you know, prevented from touring, I have spent much of the pandemic fighting instead to save my local reservoir - Brent Reservoir (also known as the Welsh Harp) in North London - from decades of neglect.
My grandfather was the first naturalist-broadcaster on the BBC in the 1930s and 40s, so perhaps it wasn't such a leap that I should want to look after one of my local green spaces.
I formed a loose alliance with other local campaigners in January 2021, posted photo-stories online, presented crisis reports, met with owners, key statutory bodies and the local MP. The upshot is we have really moved the dial.
Last month we went go a step further and launched officially as an environmental pressure group called Cool Oak (named after the ancient road, Cool Oak Lane that bisects the reservoir).
You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram. And read all about it at cooloakgroup.com
I hope to be back with new music at some point. Until then, I hope you can support Cool Oak.
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Interview with The Guardian
I walked round my local reservoir Welsh Harp with The Guardian’s Sam Wollaston and talked about environmental campaigning, birds, lockdown and my new record.
