#blog bard – Leon The Pig Farmer – Website by Steve Reilly

Long time no natter

Its been a while since i gave a website and social word update. Japan trip.. family health.. departed cat and rehearsals for gigs and album demos made me forget. And other things just get in the way… Anyway its important to reflect and move forward. So heres the first waffle in a while. We haveContinue reading “Long time no natter”

Absent.. no longer

Its been a long time since i dragged my arse onto wordpress. Too long.. i try at least every two weeks.. not leave it 2 months.. MID TOUR.. Sorting cancelled gigs..replitting gigs.. on the road tour part 2 .. Damaged music batch.. designing hats.. getting the rest of the year in some order gig wise.Continue reading “Absent.. no longer”

What a year!!…

As the Dirt and Leon projects shut down for an xmas breather we reflect… on what has been a mega year. The Dirt- An album release -Agitator.. That has shifted all its limited 100 press vinyl copies. As CDs continue to sell with downloads. Listed in the top 100 albums by Louder than war. AndContinue reading “What a year!!…”

Countdown is progressing

So.. the new book is soon to be released, launched and celebrated over the weekend of 8-10 December 2023. Test prints received and edits made. It is now looking like a belter. BRILLIANT Illustrations by kitty aurora and excellent tech work pre publishing by Steve Reilly of fluid prepress. So excited to release this latestContinue reading “Countdown is progressing”

Waiting for an iridescent dream….

So.. Test print of my new book – ordered New batch of The Dirt CDs – arrived New stickers and badges for The Dirt dispatched New green colour logo T shirts – ordered Gigs booked for the Dirt up to Oct 2014 – sorted. Realistically im waiting mostly for the test press of “An IridescentContinue reading “Waiting for an iridescent dream….”

Back from japan.

Back on UK time.. considerations were made to write a blog travelling on a bullet train between marvelous destinations. But as always the scenery was too good to have a head in a phone. The last UK gigs were the peerhat as the Dirt for Abbattoir blues and Bradfords Radical book fair for me soloContinue reading “Back from japan.”

Countdown is progressing

So its 10 days until i (we) land back in Japan and resurrect “Haiku Tourist”. With that in mind its been cram time for gigs and stuff. Leon has been all over.. Radical book fairs, fringe festivals, spoken word feature slots, gig supports.. its been mega. And in between ive been building book three withContinue reading “Countdown is progressing”