Where are you? 

Black Horse. (formerly Tap & Spile). 

29 Monkgate York YO31 7PB 

What’s it like? 

It’s like being at a mates house for a chat and a sing and a play. Only better, because…

I’ve been a regular at Filey Folk Festival for many years ...on and of..(I realised I didn’t go last year...and wasn’t exactly sure where the time went ?) Thanks to those who kicked my butt back into gear for this…

I'm not saying it's a government conspiracy...well..maybe... I am. 
This. Always. 

10 days before you travel the the weather looks like this: 

Over the course of the next week a slow but sure degradation of…

Staxtonbury 2017: a baby, a guitar and a radio station..... 

This weekend saw Staxtonbury Festival's ninth year and for us it was a busy one! I was there in my capacity as musical artist and my partner Jez as…

Fit this into your Sunday plan!!  

After the usual Black Horse acoustic session this Sunday we will be running a fundraiser (there may even be a raffle tbc!!!) for the upcoming Two Rivers @Staxtonbury broadcast at the Corner Pin…

Cottingham Cottingham Cottingham....it's been at LEAST 5 years, more I think since playing at the annual Cottingham Springboard Festival.  Cottingham Springboard is held across a number of pubs and the civic hall. This year I played at the King William…

So, as all our regular Sunday session players know,  I can be found playing every Sunday (when I manage to get a few songs in that is!)  3pm - 7pm at the Black Horse on Monkgate, and slowly but surely…

Well ok, I havnt really been anywhere but gigs have been light on the ground the past few months as we have been welcoming our daughter Erin Jane into the world, so whilst this was her first Filey Folk Festival…