It's a bank holiday, so it's a day of unrelenting rain. Oh well. I now have first edits of almost every track of the Lion CD and it comes to about 84' of music, so some weeding is necessary as well as desirable. There's still some mixing to do and the vocals to record, but it's taking shape nicely. Actually it sounds fantastic but I'm too tired to enthuse properly in print. Another time. It's a strange feeling having the music collected together: on the one hand it's very exciting hearing it take its overall shape, but on the other it's a bit deflating having two years' worth of scattered bits of work come together in something as two-dimensional as a CD. 

I had a chance to think a bit about music today for forthcoming concerts: I practised a bit of Frescobaldi for New York, and thought briefly about repertoire for the Geminiani CD launch gigs with Alison in May and June.  Alison took this photo of Katherine yesterday: yes, look out world, Katherine now has a nyckelharpa and is prepared to use it.

I've just finished reading Craig Thompson's wonderful Blankets, and today picked up this study of Chris Ware's work. Some books are difficult to put down, but this one is irresistible to pick up repeatedly.