Quiet start to the year on the gig front, but behind the scenes things have been manic as I try to write and record the next album before the gigs and We Shall Overcome suck up all the spare time.

There has been a slight change of plan in that the proposed ‘Potter’s Field’ album has been put on hold for 12 months following my reading two books by Brian W. Lavery about Hull’s fishing industry and the Hessle Road community central to it. My head went BANG and I wrote an album of songs in three weeks. With time on my hands I set about recording them and I’m currently 9 down out of 11 and looking good to be finished the first stage for Easter meaning I can focus on the live stuff after that.

If you’re interested in my progress, the demo versions are here:

https://joesolomusic.bandcamp.com/album/headscarves-hurricanes-demos

and I’m hoping to have the album, ‘Headscarves & Hurricanes’ out this year as it is the 50th anniversary of the Triple Trawler disaster which sparked many of the songs on the record.

From next week the gigs come thick and fast, and if you want to catch me out there then here’s where to find me between now and the end of June.