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My son just confused William the Conqueror with Willy Wonka. Have a nice Sunday!

Soundchecked, set up and ready for Hackney Colliery Band Norwegian debut tonight for Hemnesjazz - 9 years in the making. Very, very excited.

Had such a blast doing my thing with chrislintott and also a live podcast recording Camp Wildfire Excited to hit lots more festivals with this next year!

Hello! If you've not checked out my podcast yet and you're at all musically curious, do give it a go. 20 episodes in and I've spoken to a hugely broad range of amazing people about what music is, how it's made and why it's important link.chtbl.com/OOTPEp20

Latest podcast ep is a north Norway special: a chat with the hilarious Bitchy Big Boobies Bang Band (!), one of the finest 8 string ukulele makers outside of Honolulu (!!) and an examination of the links between Sámi joiking and west African rhythms(!!!) stevepretty.com/originofthepie…

8th October EartH we’re launching our new album ‘Collaborations: Volume Two’ with guests including DJ Yoda 🎧 Ola Onabule and many, many more! Can’t WAIT for our biggest, most ambitious collaborative show since we sold out the Barbican.

Had a very odd and extremely frustrating technical problem with my (admittedly complicated) audio mixing setup today. Pleased to report that Focusrite sorted it incredibly efficiently via a Remote Desktop session. Great company! And it ended up being an Apple issue anyway

Super exicted to get back to Wilton's Music Hall in November for another mega live podcast show wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/steve…

Was a pleasure to be artist-in-residence at the amazing @firstlight_Fest this year. Lovely little video round up here - how many times can you spot me?! Very excited to already be plotting for 2025 too... youtu.be/L3lcsYWTd0o?si…

Little excerpt of the amazing Nawar Alnadaff from episode 21 of the podcast. On the show we talk oud, net, microtones and how music has helped her get through the experience of being a refugee. Check it out! link.chtbl.com/OOTPEpisode21

Really enjoyed my chat with Alwar Nadaff on ep 21 of the podcast. She’s a Syrian musician who came to Norway as a refugee and and is making incredible work there. Short snippet of the interview I did with her here. Head here for the full thing: patreon.com/posts/11331300…

In Manchester for Horizons At Womex this week. Love this city! But struggled to find somewhere civilised but fun for a quiet central drink, food and chat & pretty much gave up when I found Mr Thomas’s Chop House. Framed pic of Alan Bennet by the entrance says it all. WHAT A PLACE

This is happening in a week’s time! Musical theatre royalty Frances Ruffelle cabaret and theatre superstar Sarah-Louise Young, and Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Alua Nascimento. Live music, chat, entertainment, FUN. wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/steve…

Sometimes, the best compositions come from a little chaos… and for this recent commission, for a film project I can’t talk about yet, I really dialled up the chaos in a few places! #composerlife #composersofinstagram #zither #recorderplayersoftiktok

Kicked off half term with the kids in style yesterday with a visit to London Museum Docklands. Really great! And a cool handling desk with this fine specimen… 🐚 Let’s hope it’s still there tomorrow 🧐 #conch #conchshell #theft

Had a fun little gig last week and ended the set with Olly Blackman serving dual drum and skank duties. Very impressive, especially as it was a spontaneous idea on a tune he didn’t know! CHAMP. #drumlife #skanking #livemusic #multitalented

All about asshaling! In episode 23 of the podcast I spoke to the amazing Petra Poutanen about throat singing, and here’s a quick lesson! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ste… #VocalTechniques, #Singing #OriginOfThePieces #MusicPodcast #throatsinging #petrapoutanen

If you’re a musician/composer/artist/band etc and have a SoundCloud account, I’d urge you to consider whether it’s worth keeping your music on there. I’ve just deleted mine as they seem to be using the data to train AI systems without our permission. 🤬 #music #production

Sylvia Young has sadly died — a huge loss to British theatre. In this clip from my Eurovision special with her daughter @frances_ruffelle, we talk music hall, vinyl, and how Sylvia helped save Wilton's Music Hall with a group of kids & some postage stamps. shows.acast.com/651cae7e315af9…

An hour of ambient music made entirely from conch and triton shells, processed live using some very lovely gear. It’s gentle, droney, and strangely calming — ideal for background focus or zoning out. Also: the silver torso was already there. 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=uHSyJP…