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Hi…

Thanks for coming and do enjoy the site.  I write for several music and entertainment magazines around the world, and work in musical diplomacy, linking up partners in Canada, UK and across Europe to do business.  In that position, I am the UK/EU Export Manager for CIMA.

I used to run the PR department alongside a colleague at One Little Indian and FatCat Records, two of UK’s best indies, as well.

I live in North London.  I have an MA from the University of Amsterdam and a BA from McMaster in Canada and Leeds University. I am writing my PhD at The London Consortium, University of London (Birkbeck College)

If you would like to get in touch and chat, please email me on the contact page.  All the best.

Currently Listening To:

The Mary Onettes, Via Tania, Winterless in Manitoba, Dan Mangan, Human League, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Broken Records, Nick Drake and CBC Radio 3 stream and podcasts.

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Currently Reading:

The Economist, Monocle, VICE, Waitrose Food Illustrated, Intelligent Life and Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.

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Currently Watching:

Come Dine with Me, The Daily Show, South Park, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Futurama, The Inbetweeners, Onion TV Online, Jamie at Home, Question Time.

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Friends and Lovers:

(to add your link, just email me)

One Little Indian Records, FatCat Records, Arts & Crafts, CIRPA, Electroacoustic Club, Vanderpark, Kae Sun, Bella Union, Drag City, Weewerk, Absolutely Kosher, London Legion, Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Triad Publicity, LA Digit, AU Clash, DrownedinSound, VICE, Familiar Music, Belmont Bookings, URBNET, Alli’s Journey, Medicine Jar, Forward Music, Spurt Magazine, Fuzzy Logic Recordings, We Are Busy Bodies, XL Recordings, Music Nova Scotia, Manitoba Music, Pheromone Recordings, MusExpo, Sounds Australia, Catalan Music, Music Export Finland, The Great Escape, M for Montreal, The Quietus, Canada Day in London, Ohbijou, The Perms, Craig Cardiff, Miles Jones, Blue Skies Turn Black, Over the Top Fest, G!, Canadian Music Week

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