
There’s a big storm in the British Isles today. I just measured a wind gust of 81mph! It is rocking the Nutmeg to her foundations…. er, bilges. Small domestic animals flying past the windows. No ships to be seen on the North Sea, which is unsurprising seeing as the waves look to be about 12ft. I ...

A belated note about the latest Prefab Sprout album, ‘Let’s Change The World With Music’, which was released a few weeks ago. It has a curious history. Paddy McAloon wrote the songs at the beginning of the 90s, intending to make a follow-up album to 1990’s ‘Jordan: The Comeback’. As he like...

Announcing: THOMAS DOLBY AND FRIENDS: Circumnavigating ‘The Flat Earth.’ Union Chapel, Islington, London Feb 28th, 2010 The other night I met up for a drink with my friends from the Flat Earth live band I took with me on my world tour in 1983-84–Justin Hildreth, Matthew Seligman, and Lesley Fairb...

About fifteen years ago, a new song popped into my head. It had a title, a melody, and a handful of lyrics. It had a faintly Brazillian feel to the rhythm and the harmonies. The title was Simone. It seemed to be about a woman who left her partner and escaped to some exotic location...

When I occasionally need to record a group of musicians I don’t have room to do it in my lifeboat studio, the Nutmeg. I have to go and rent a studio elsewhere. Trouble is, I’m very hard to please in that department. Wh...

Some pics from TEDGlobal in Oxford last week, copyright TED/ James Duncan Davidson. Imogen Heap turns the audience into a human looping machine while jamming on the Hang drum. Matthew White, euphonium impresario...

It’s been an intimate meeting here in Oxford, a bit like a return to the pre-Long Beach days in Monterey, when the audience was small enough that you made new friends early on and bumped into them repeatedly over the next few days. ...

It looks like EMI Canada is releasing GAOW and TFE Collectors Edition CDs on August 10th. Still no plan for EMI USA to release them physically, but I am actively looking for another US label to license them. I’m here in Oxford where TEDGlobal 2009 is about to get underway. ...

I’ve been a bad blogger the last couple of weeks. It’s been a busy time: I’m leaving today for Oxford where TEDGlobal 2009 runs July 21st-24th. As TED’s music director (great gig!) I contact, book and organise the musicians who play between speakers over the four days of TED. This y...

Thomas Dolby *** OUT TODAY *** Thomas Dolby Collector's Editions: The Golden Age Of Wireless (CD + DVD) and The Flat Earth
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELONDON, UK July 13th 2009 - Thomas Dolby, iconic synthesist/songwriter and tech entrepreneur, has remastered his first two albums 'The Golden Age Of Wireless' (1982) and 'The Flat Earth' (1984). ...

James Cabooter on Sunday 5, 2009 Hi James Cabooter here, my ears have been burning. I can happily confirm this is nothing to do with me. First I heard about it was this morning thanks to a barrage of abusive emails...

There’s an interesting scenario unfolding over at eBay. A record seller listed a DJ pre-release copy of Imogen Heap’s forthcoming ‘Ellipse’ album, with an unopened seal. Large ...

Hallelujah. FedEx just brought me a box of the “Golden Age Of Wireless” and “The Flat Earth” (Collectors Editions). They look great! Very pleased with the way the packages turned out. I’ve spotted a couple of typos already, but hey. That pro...


















