Tom Sands and Daisy Tempest were guests at the annual RMMGA UK gathering in June 2019 and it was such a treat to meet them both. Not only does Tom make some of the most exquisite acoustic guitars that I’ve ever played, he’s also really fun to hang out with. We had a lovely conversation […]
Acoustic Guitar Gatherings
Little Brother’s Acoustic Jam 2003
2003 Jam So I wasn’t there, but I do have some photos that I can share. I’m not sure whose they are – either Kelvyn’s or Jon Burdon’s I think. According to the metadata they were shot on an Olympus C920Z or D450Z, so that should help to narrow down whose they are. I’ll add […]
Little Brother’s Acoustic Jam 2004
I still have my emails from when I was planning my trip to my first LB Jam and it’s really fun reading through the history. The date was the weekend of 17 September 2004. I don’t have much in the way of photos or video from that one. This was before smartphones and I didn’t […]
Little Brother’s Acoustic Jams
It was the early noughts, the heyday of acoustic guitar forums. I can’t quite recall how I came across Little Brother, but it would certainly have been on one of the many forums that I was a regular on in those days, maybe the now defunct Acoustic Guitar magazine forum, or Harmony Central, or maybe […]
Acoustic Guitar Gatherings and Festivals
I travelled to my first acoustic gathering in September 2004, a trip to Conyers, Georgia to hang out with some of the most amazing people I’ve ever met. That became a regular thing, and so did the UK meetings of the RMMGA newsgroup. I went to my first one of those in March 2005. Then […]
Acoustic Soundboard UK Gatherings
The Acoustic Soundboard UK guitar forum holds an annual gathering in Yorkshire. Cams started going in 2018, with camera and mics!