When I am not writing about science, I am working with musicians. I contribute original songs, fiddle and vocals to folk-rock band Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes, and play fiddle and sing backing vocals for Linda Moylan’s London Irish songs.
Gig dates are below for the next couple of months with these bands and also Women of Folk, and Laurel Canyon Project.
My science writing is colliding with songwriting in my solo piano projects Unsung Heroines of Science and Holloways which you can read about below.
Gig dates for July and August 2026
Here are my gigs for July and August 2026 with Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes, Linda Moylan, Women of Folk, Laurel Canyon Project and solo. Come and join us, it would be great to see you!
- Saturday 4th July 2026 at the New Forest Folk Festival with Laurel Canyon Project tickets and info
- Thursday 9th July 2026, 7.30pm at Rosslyn Court Margate with Women of Folk tickets and info, livestream available
- Saturday 11th July 2026, 12.00 midday, Cromwell Lodge Banbury, Solo with the Octoberband info
- Friday 17th July 2026, 7.30pm at St Edith’s Folk Club, Sevenoaks, with Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes supported by Snez tickets and info
- Sunday 19th July 2026, 11.00am at Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Dorset, with Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes tickets and info – Sunday is free entry
- Friday 24th July 2026, Trowbridge Festival, Wiltshire, with Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes tickets and info
- Sunday 26th July 2026, 3.00pm, Baldock & Letchwork Folk Festival, Letchworth Rugby Club, with Linda Moylan Band free event, info
- Monday 3rd August 2026, 7.30pm, Lighthorne Folk Club, Warwickshire, with Women of Folk tickets and info
- Saturday 8th August 2026 at Gig in a Field Festival, Wroot nr Doncaster, with Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes tickets and info
- Saturday 29th August 2026, busking at Flower Funky, The Minories, Stratford upon Avon, with Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes
Unsung Heroines of Science show
My current solo show is Unsung Heroines of Science which I recently presented at the Springboard Festival at Coventry’s Criterion Theatre. It features original songs about women whose work in science was minimised, stolen or simply ignored, and explores why so many women have gone unsung for so long.
Holloways project
I’m also working on songs relating to holloways, ancient paths worn into the landscape over hundreds of years. Read more about that project on my new substack.
My first song in the series, Holloway, is about the paths that lead us together, and apart. I wrote it in snowy weather and recorded a video with an unexpected ginger helper.
Here is the Bandcamp link and the video (below), along with clips of my songs Rising Tide and Holloway from a solo gig I did supporting the wonderful John Douglas (‘Weightlifting’) at The Tin, Coventry, in May 2024. Rising Tide is from my EP of the same name, which I released in 2023.
Rising Tide EP
Rising Tide was produced and recorded by Mark Stevens, with guitar development by Liam Stuchbury. He plays on the songs, along with P J Wright, Brendan O’Neill on bass, and Mark (Parky) on drums and flugelhorn. In various line-ups, I played the songs on Rising Tide during summer 2024 at some lovely events including Adderbury Party in the Park.
You can find five tracks everywhere on streaming, and if you buy the EP on Bandcamp you can download a bonus extra track. BUT because I don’t want you to miss out on it, drummer Dave Forster has made me this fantastic drum cover of the extra song, called No Fury. Have a listen, the lyrics are a little bit dark but the flugelhorn is great and there is a wonderful achey guitar solo.
Underground EP
My debut collection was Underground, produced by Matt Berry, and you can find tracks from it on YouTube and all streaming services. Below you can hear All In The Mind, which had radio play on BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire. Andy Holdcroft kindly reviewed the EP and said:
a most compelling debut… between the expected & the surprising. It’ll mess with your mind I think, but in a way which will stimulate rather than traumatise it.” – Hot Music Live
For the latest updates on Liam Vincent & The Odd Foxes, please visit our website.
Odd Foxes debut album: Fabric of a Flawed Society
Liam Vincent and The Odd Foxes, who I play fiddle with, launched our debut album on 5.5.23.
Fabric of a Flawed Society is a tightly-woven collection of songs on all our favourite political and social topics – I contributed one that’s about the rush you get from being on Twitter too much. You will hear us all playing our instruments to the max and even spot some guests in the mix. Meet the band here.
The new album has had lovely reviews.
Listening to the band, you’ll probably feel like dancing until the music stops & then going straight off & using the dynamics of your high to help put something right.”
Rise Up… seems to draw on Ukrainian folk music as an inspiration while Rebecca’s prominent playing very much recalls the style of Scarlet Rivera.”
