The new CD Spring Any Day Now will (barring last minute interventions of chaos, always a possibility) have its American release on 16 or 23 September, depending on EMI's schedules.

Meanwhile, I'm told Paddy McAloon will be the guest on Radio 3's Mixing It this Sunday - the programme should be available on the website at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 if you miss it.  Speaking of Radio 3, Gillian Reynolds in the Daily Telegraph gave my psalm programme a very nice review, concluding 'it's a shame only a few thousand people will have heard it.'  I appreciate the sentiment, but I've never been one to put (total) faith in listening figures, or in bums on seats. The financial rewards of popularity are better of course.