Olivia and I will be playing at the Live Am See festival in Meschede tomorrow. “Live Am See” means Live By The Lake because… What will be different from last year? Well, I wanted to play some obscure cover songs (not obscure to me and those that love them) like The Dolphins by Fred Neil and Blues Runs The Game by Jackson C. Frank. In the sixties talented singer-songwriters would often include contemporaries’ songs on their albums simply because they were great songs. The lack of ego benefitting the quality […]

It is with great sadness that I have to report that Mark Wilkin, Noctorum drummer, who played on the first three albums, was tragically killed in a motorbike accident on May 6th near Helston in Cornwall. It’s taken a while to report this as I didn’t really know how to say it. Mark was a lovely man with the poshest accent and although we hadn’t seen him recently due to the rather large gaps between recording Noctorum albums we will always remember him fondly and gratefully for his musicianship and […]

Anekdoten land gets intense as we come closer to our shows in Italy. Oh those tricky riffs, long exploratory passages and explosive crescendos. What a pleasure, challenging, dynamic and inspiring. We are rehearsing in Stockholm and will be playing in Norway, France and Finland with more dates hopefully added through the year. Confirmed dates: martywillson-piper.com/shows/ A couple of weeks ago the article below appeared. So, if you are new to Anekdoten, this might be a place to start investigating the music. The band has been together for 25 years, made 8 […]