How Askew
blues inspired guitar-player, van dweller & data wrangler
Like everybody else, our plans for 2020 have been turned upside down by the global COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not clear yet when we’ll be able to travel and tour in Europe.
The main thing for now is that we have found a safe place to park the van and we’re able to follow social distancing guidelines. Stay safe everyone 🙂
With no paying gigs and no chance to travel, I’m keeping busy with data management contract work. Bev’s busy with her handmade gifts and cards – Check out her Etsy store below…
Looking back at lockdown in a van - 2 adults + 2 dogs in a box 6m by 2m – at times strange, intense and worrying! But in many ways we count ourselves lucky. Read more...
So, at last, very pleased to say the album is out now and live on bandcamp - 10 tracks, 'ten bob' a track or a fiver for the lot 😉 Huge 'thank you' to all involved - especially Bev, the band Phil Muriel and Richy Clarke, my guests Lyndon Anderson, Phil Moore, Gary Grainger and Gav Warrender, and to Dee at Ginger Music Company in Gateshead. Read more...
Hindsight is a wonderful thing of course. With the open data now available, I wondered if I could track our homeward journey through the unfolding pandemic. How close did we come? Where might we have been exposed? Read more...
How Askew is a guitar player and songwriter from the UK. In April 2019, he set off with this wife Bev, taking life on the road in a motorhome travelling and performing around Europe. He released his first studio album - Brass Neck! - in December 2019. Read more...