John Bisset’s kids left home.
He threw his guitar in a campervan and recorded himself playing wherever his wanderlust led, an often combative improviser indulging his sometimes suppressed facility for fluid folk melodies. The Spanish and French backdrops of these fecund field recordings inspire flamenco flourishes and café society chords, as Bisset battles bird and bee noise with pizzicato flurries.
Rain hisses. He offers long sonorous notes to the rising sun.
Coming Home’s cautiously euphoric refrain suggests a problem solved.
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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John Robins, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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