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Absolutely fantastic French dance show on at the playhouse with a wide range of dance styles, amazing video back projectiopns with animals, nude people, and funky classical music by Rameau. Loved it. Feel inspired to play the drums…..

I found out about  it on the Thursday afternoon. I had completely forgotten about it. Couldn’t collect it cos I was doing last show. Gina went and brought the award on stage at the end of the last Kidsamonium show. I got carried away and snogged read more

Kidsamonium, Assembly @ St George’s West

ROB ADAMS

Star rating: *****

Warning: Kidsamonium can seriously strain your smile muscles. Tom Bancroft’s fantasia aimed at introducing children between read more

Biggest Selling JAZZ MAGAZINE IN EUROPE saw it this way:

C’est le batteur écossais Tom Bancroft avec son groupe Kidsamonium qui a remporté le BBC Jazz Award for Innovation 2007, coiffant sur le poteau les deux autres read more

Ah …… as expected we were not to everyone’s taste…..

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2126385,00.html

I don’t believe in answering back to reviews. Critics should say read more

What a fantastic night……

First things first: I voted for Evan Parker in my category and obviously I am a sub-pimple on a pimple on the arse of his level of innovation. So it was truly ridiculous that I won – I guess I read more

It is the run in to doing Kidsamonium on the fringe. I am really crapping my pants on many levels to the extent that I am fantasising about this being over and going fishing somewhere for a day on my own and, while fishing, really thinking about jacking read more

Trip down.

Missed first possible train from Glasgow due to sat nav taking me round and round glasgow looking for the car park.

Pasta in Glasgow.

Had a while to wait so had brilliant pasta lunch in Glasgow Central station read more

It’s been one of those days. I got up very early to get ready to drive to Newcastle to get a train to Cheltenham to do a gig with Enzo Rocco, my Italian friend who plays guitar.

After the gig I had to get on a train back to Newcastle to then get in read more

Was in a pub in London with Phil and Rob after an ABC meeting when Gina phoned to say I had been nominated for a BBC Jazz Award for innovation. Total shock. F**ing brilliant.

photo from new photo shoot by Louis De Carlo