The new album is now being made up and will be ready for shipment from 10 to 1 from mid July and can be ordered through PayPal at the below.

To place an order go to paypal and use the email address 10to1recordsuk@gmail.com
and put RATS LAUGH MICE SING in the subject line. There are 14 new tracks, a booklet with lyrics & drawings and it is roughly 44 mins in length. The cost of the CD is £8 + £1.50 shipping

To those of you kind enough to have already placed your order, they will be signed and posted the moment the CDs arrive. Your envelopes are already addressed! Thanks to you I was able to bring the price of the CDs down. It is my plan to get many euro coins and put one in each of your envelopes by way of thanks.


over the next couple of months 10 to 1 should have it's own web site up which will be www.10to1records.co.uk which, being as I will not be allowed near it, will be rather better organized than this one.

To those kind enough to ask. Yes, A few shows are being worked on for the Autumn/ Winter

I will play in Warsaw sometime between the 5th
and the 12 of Nov and will put more details up in June/July

Copenhagen, Denmark. 10th June 2009
The show will be at LADES
Kattesundet 6
Copenhagen, 1485K
DK

The Madrid show at the Museum, Circulo Bella Artes on Friday the 24th July
directions can be found on their site below.
I am told it is to be on the roof so I shall be careful not to amble off of it.
http://www.circulobellasartes.com/ag_cba_visita_virtual.php

Paris will be on the the 17th Oct at the Cinéma Jean-Vigo
1 rue Pierre et Marie Curie 92230 Gennevilliers (01 40 85 48 80)
cinevigo@club-internet.fr )

Tickets will be on sale as below:
Concert : 12 euros, 9 euros pour les adhérents
Concert + buffet : 15 euros, 12 euros pour les adhérents.

and it is a cinema, so for those who wish to make a night out of it:
Film + buffet + concert : 18 euros, 15 euros pour les adhérents.

Pour s’y rendre Ligne 13 direction Asnières/Gennevilliers : arrêt Les Agnettes, puis prendre le Bd Calmel pendant 300 mètres et tou

There will be shows in various places in Europe coming up and info will go up as it comes in. But Paris is now confirmed and will, as the last two years be with the lovely & gifted Joolie Wood.

Madrid will also be with Joolie and looks like it will be in the last half of July - but I will put details up over next month.

Warsaw looks like it will be in the begining of Nov.

And Czech Republic dates are still being worked on and will be with Joolie also

Coventry Sat. March 14th
Taylor John's House: Coal Vaults, Canal Basin, Coventry CV1 4LY.
tel: 024 7655 9958

CRACOW - March 3rd - Alchemia club, 20.00hr
reservations: rezerwacje@alchemia.com.pl
reservations: 516 095 863
office (phone/ fax): (012) 428 47 80
5 Estery St.
31-056 Cracow

Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia
ul. Jaskółcza 1, 80-767 Gdańsk
tel. 058 305 40 50
fax 058 305 26 80
office@laznia.pl

GDANSK - March 5th 2009 - Gdansk Art Centre - 18.00hr

An as yet multi-titled CD is in the process of being recorded and will hopefully be ready for release late spring or summer.

There are also some shows being worked on in both the UK and Europe. I will put details up in the New Year.
Until then may you all be blessed with a smooth transition.

this will be at Chapter on Sunday the 26th. accompanied by Joolie Wood.

for tickets outside Cardiff please write to cosmic702003@yahoo.co.uk

11th Sept at Teatteri Telakka Tampere, Finland
There are many Finn's in Finland. Now there will now be one more for a couple days.

Brighton UK FRI 19TH Sep 8pm - 11pm
Playing with me will be once more the wonderful Joolie Wood on violin and flute and also the inimitable Karl Blake on electric guitar

Caroline Weeks and Birdengine will also be playing on this evening

The Red Roaster, St. James Street
Tickets Rounder Records 01273 325440/ Resident 01273 606312

for tickets and further details please contact :

putitonpromotions@googlemail.com

Madrid 27th Sept at the Asociacion Cultural La Casa de los Jacintos

Castellon 30th Sept at the Casino Antiguo

Tarragona 2nd Oct at the Groove Bar

Barcelona 5th Oct 2008 Sala Monasterio 8pm

May 14th Colchester Arts Centre UK
for information and to buy tickets please go to the http://www.colchesterartscentre.com

May 9th, Barcelona, Spain. details shortly

April 29th Copenhagen details shortly

details will be posted soon in the 10 to 1 records section on this site
and at www.mayfair-music.com

21st Feb, 2008 Sa Nostra, Palma,
doors: 19:30h show: 20h
info: waitingforwaits@yahoo.es
This is part of the Waits festival taking place in Palma throughout the spring and summer

March 1st Bateau EL ALAMEIN
17 Quai François Mauriac (en face de la Bibliothèque Nationale)
Port de la Gare, Paris 75013
Metro Quai de la gare ligne 6, Bercy ligne 14
for info and tickets contact:
vulturesmusick@free.fr
http://elalamein.free.fr

I'm very behind on everything including reviews. I'm moving, everything is in boxes and I don't have a webmistress or master at the moment. Please be gentle with me, I'm learning as fast as I can but I don't know how to put songs up yet and have no time to learn. there are few bits and pieces incompetently put up under Press


Accidental Life
Steve Guimond
November 22nd, 2007


Montrealer Simon Finn's songs have always carried the weight of the world on their three-minute shoulders, heady vivid narratives cutting to the heart of personal, romantic and familial relationships. Accidental Life is only the third record in his topsy-turvy, 35-plus-year career, a solid gold gem that outshines its largely acoustic-guitar predecessors through beefy production and a further incorporation of outside instruments (percussion, strings, winds, electrics, piano, backing vocals). Finn's a world-class lyricist and picker who deserves a much greater spotlight, particularly in his adopted hometown.

I will be playing at the Tranzac Club on Friday 30th Nov.
Also playing will be The Silt & Wyrd Visions, who played at the same venue with me last year and have kindly offered to play once more.
The Tranzac is located at:
292 Brunswick Avenue
Toronto. info: 416 923-8137 or
info@tranzac.org

24th Nov, 2007
Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada
Accidental Life, the new 16 track CD will be available at the show

Sam Shalabi has kindly agreed to play for this show.
info and tickets
4873 boul. St-Laurent
Montreal, QC H2T 1R6
tel: 514.284.3804

tickets are also obtainable from: Cheap Thrills, Oblique and Atom Heart

Wed, 31th Oct, 2007
Buffalo bar, Windsor place, Cardiff, Wales CF10 3BY

Joolie Wood has confirmed that she will be able to play!

29th Oct
The Gramaphone 60-62 Commercial Street, E1 6LT Liverpool Street
tel: 020 7377 5332
Advance tickets can be got at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/22621

21st Oct, 2007
Taylor John's, Coventry, UK
opening for Michael Gira

Once more, Joolie and Karl will be playing with me at this show!

I will be playing on October 10th at the very lovely Colchester Arts Centre UK
for information and to buy tickets please go to the http://www.colchesterartscentre.com

the very gifted Accidental Life musicians, Joolie Wood and Karl Blake will be playing with me for this show!

It looks promising that a bass will also be added for the Coventry and Colchester show. I will give details beginning of Oct.

6th Oct 2007
13th Note, Glasgow, Scotland

Some other shows will go up over next couple of weeks once I have all the details.

I apologise for this appallingly untended website. I don't know how to do everything and I don't have access to some things, in any case.

This will all change at some point over the next few months as Lars Erik, a very kind 'webber' from Denmark has offered to help me set up a new 'hotel' as they are apparently called. though I'm going for a B&B, with the full English, as I don't need the spacious grounds unless a porn site he says..

Thanks for your patience. My only excuse is that I wasn't brought up with all of this, I will get it, but like Greek, it takes a little longer as you get older.

Sept 25th
The Green, Dulwich, London, UK
London,
UK
Cost:8
Description:56-60 East Dulwich Rd. London, London and South East SE22 9AX UK Cost:8 Description:for reservations, tickets, and information call: 07951723938

Donau Festival
review by David Stubbs

.....Simon Finn delivered his bitter Blakeian Songs of Experience with such venom that he twice broke his acoustic guitar strings, but finished with a towering, incensed version of Jerusalem which made Roy Harper sound like Cat Stevens.

30th May
The Green Note, London UK
106 Parkway, Camden
London, NW1 7AN
Info: Tel: 020 7485 9899
Email: mail@greennote.co.uk

it is now possible to buy tickets at the below.

www.wegottickets.com/event/17176

24th May
SLAK, Cheltenham, UK
Tickets available from Cheltenham Town Hall Box Office on
(01242)227979 or through cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk

for information email: mendiamler@googlemail.com

22nd May at The Green
58-60 East Dulwich Rd. SE22 9AX
for reservations, tickets, and information call: 07951723938
www.greenbar.co.uk

19th May Sa Taronja, Mallorca
for information and tickets: info@sataronja.com

3rd May
The Tin Angel, Coventry, UK
for tickets contact: The Tin Angel

April 27th Athens, Greece
Also playing will be Joolie Wood, Maja Elliott and Defile Des Ames
‘Art House Ekvasis’
5 Deligianni Str
Behind Panteion University
Metro Station: Syggrou-Fix
Tickets will go on sale on Monday March 26th.
I-TICKET www.i-ticket.gr
Lost-In-Thyme Music Festival
Tickets : 25.00 € / day or 3-day pass: 55.00 € ,
INFO: st.shepherd@smallmusictheatre.gr

- 27/04/2007, h. 20:00: Simon Finn, Joolie Wood, Maja Elliott, Defile Des Ames, Sketches
- 28/04/2007, h. 20:00: Baby Dee & John Contreras, Julia Kent , Ernesto Tomasini & Othon Mataragas
- 29/04/2007, h. 20:00: Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch, Blind Cave Salamander, Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo, Burgundy Grapes

Donau, Austria.
Fri 20th April
Sat 21st April, 2007

The festival will feature many artists I know and love as musicians and people. Thanks, once again, to David Tibet for magically bringing us all together.

I will play with Current 93 on the 20th and my set will be on 21st.

Info and tickets will be available for the festival at: www.donaufestival.at

14th April 2007 Art And Colur, Copenhagen, Denmark

Moscow, Russia

8th April 2007
The Ikra , Moscow, Russia

31st March 2007
Les Voutes, Paris, France.
For information and tickets: vulturesmusick@free.fr

March 10th:
Cabaret Music Hall with Pop Levi Montreal, Canada
2111 St Laurent
Phone: (514) 845-2014

Fri 3rd Nov
Tranzac Club, Toronto, Canada
with The Saffron Sect + Wyrd Visions + Castlemusic
Ticket information: info@tranzac.org
Tickets may be bought at: The Tranzac Club, Soundscape, Rotate This, or through Fig Records www.figrecords.com

Tranzac
292 Brunswick Avenue
Toronto. info: 416 923-8137

Fri 20th Oct
Sala Rossa, Montreal, Canada
+ The Saffron Sect
Ticket information: casadelpopolo.com

23rd Sept
Ikra, Moscow, Russia

24th Sept
Ikra, Moscow, Russia

booking:
www.off.to.it

c93booking@hotamil.it

The shows in the US have had to be delayed for a while once again. I do appologize to those who have written asking about dates and thanks so much for your patience, and something will get sorted out over the next few months, there was apparently some confusion , I don’t believe my fault, but then one never does. But having been on the road since last Nov. I in any case badly needed some time to finish writing and recording the next album. Which I hope will be ready for release before the year ends.

Joolie Wood will be playing her lovely violin at many of the below shows


Thur 22nd June
Brighton, UK- The Hanbury Ballroom
Phil@meltingvinyl.co.uk

Sun 18th June
Glasgow, UK - Tchai - Luke Devlin

Sun 18th June Matinee
Glasgow, UK - Garrioch Arms - Luke Devlin

Sat 17th June
Stockton (Nr. Newcastle) UK- The Georgian Theatre - Tim McConway

Fri 16th June
Newcastle, UK - TBA Tim McConway

Sat 10th June
London, UK - The Green Note, Camden
http://www.inthepines.org

Fri 9th June
London, UK - The Green Note, Camden
http://www.inthepines.org

Thur 8th June
Coventry, UK - The Tin Angel, The Tin Angel

Sun 4th June
Ravenna, Italy - Teatro Rasi
www.bronsonproduzioni.com

Sat 3 June
Ravenna, Italy - Teatro Rasi

Fri 2 June
Athens, Greece - Opening and Playing with Current 93 Dimitris Horn Theatre

Thur 1 June
Athens, Greece -Playing with Current 93 Dimitris Horn Theatre
www.current93athens.gr or Dimitris Horn Theatre

Mon 29 May
Berlin, Germany Opening and Playing with Current 93 Volksbuehne, Berlin
SOLD OUT

Sun 28 May
Berlin, Germany Playing with Current 93 Volksbuehne, Berlin
SOLD OUT

Sat 27 May
Prague, CZ Playing with Current 93 Gorlice Subterranean Hall (Vysehrad Casemates)

Thur 25 May
Barcelona, Spain -Playing with Current 93 La Paloma Info: c93bcn@yahoo.es

Sat 20 May
Antwerp, Belgium Playing with Current 93 - Luchtbal Theatrehall

Fri 19 May
Antwerp, Belgium Opening and Playing with Current - 93 Luchtbal Theatrehall

Fri 12 May
Barcelona, Spain. The Pocket Club

Mon 8 May
Sun 7 May
Paris, France at LE 1ER CHANTIER MUSICAL festival: Le Chantier, 24 rue Hanard, Paris, Paris, FR.
Advance tickets from: sevenpines@free.fr
24 euros per day or 58 for the whole festival.
Amongst those playing will be: Joolie Wood, Karl Blake, Danielle Dax, Baby Dee and many others.
It takes place on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of May 2006. I will play on the 8th and Joolie Wood will be accompanying me on violin.
Joolie will be playing a set of her own lovely songs on the 7th, and I will be accompanying her on guitar.

Sun 9 April
Nantes, France playing with Current 93
Special guests will be Six Organs of Admittance and OM
Tickets

5/5/2007 The Green Note London UK
5/24/2007 Slak Cheltenham UK
5/22/2007 The Green London UK
5/19/2007 Sa Taronja Palma ES
5/3/2007 St John Taylor Coventry UK
4/27/2007 Diavlos Music House Athens GR
4/20/2007 Donau Festival, Vienna, Krems AT
4/14/2007 Arts & Colour Copenhagen UK
4/8/2007 Ikra Moscow RU
3/31/2007 Les Veutes Paris FR
3/10/2007 the Cabaret Hall Montreal CA
11/3/2006 Tranzac Toronto CA
10/20/2006 Sala Rosa Montreal CA
9/24/2006 Ikra Moscow RU
9/23/2006 Ikra Moscow RU
6/22/2006 the Hanbury Ballroom Brighton UK
6/18/2006 Tchai Glasgow UK
6/17/2006 The Georgean Theatre Stockton UK
6/16/2006 The Parrot Newcastle UK
6/10/2006 The Green Note London UK
6/9/2006 The Green Note London UK
6/8/2006 St John Taylor Coventry UK
6/4/2006 Teatro Rasi Ravenna IT
6/3/2006 Teatro Rasi Ravenna IT
6/2/2006 Dimitris Horn Theatre Athens GR
6/1/2006 Dimitris Horn Theatre Athens GR
5/29/2006 Die Volksbühne Berlin DE
5/28/2006 Die Volksbühne Berlin DE
5/27/2006 Church of St.Simon and Juda Prague CZ
5/25/2006 La Paloma Barcelona ES
5/20/2006 Luchtbal Theatrehall Antwerp BE
5/19/2006 Luchtbal Theatrehall Antwerp BE
5/12/2006 The Pocket Club Barcelona ES
5/8/2006 LE 1ER CHANTIER MUSICAL festival: Paris FR
5/7/2006 LE 1ER CHANTIER MUSICAL festival: Paris FR
4/9/2006 Le Lieu Unique Festival Nantes FR
1/27/2006 The Tin Angel Coventry UK
1/20/2006 The Freebutt Brighton UK
1/19/2006 the Cube Bristol UK
1/18/2006 Slak Cheltenham UK
1/17/2006 The Buffalo Bar Cardiff UK
1/13/2006 The Green Note London UK
12/17/2005 Frontline Ghent BE
12/8/2005 Teatro Rasi Ravenna IT
12/6/2005 Café Procope Torino IT
12/4/2005 Teatro Fondamenta Nuove Venice IT
12/3/2005 Teatro Fondamenta Nuove Venice IT
12/2/2005 Teatro Fondamenta Nuove Venice IT
11/26/2005 Byens Lys Copenhagen dk
11/13/2005 McCabe's LA US
11/5/2005 Great American Music Hall San Francisco US
11/4/2005 Great American Music Hall San Francisco US
6/18/2005 Tonic NY US
6/11/2005 Sala Rosa Montreal CA
6/4/2005 St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church Toronto CA
6/3/2005 St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church Toronto CA
6/2/2005 St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church Toronto CA
1/12/2005 the Make out Room San Francisco,US
10/16/2004 "Instal Festival, The Arches" Glasgow, UK
9/25/2004 Teatro Juvarra Turin IT
9/24/2004 Teatro Juvarra Turin IT
9/11/2004 Teatro Ibérico Lisbon PT
9/10/2004 Teatro Ibérico Lisbon PT
8/8/2004 The Empty Bottle Chicago US
6/19/2004 St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church Toronto CA
6/18/2004 St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church Toronto CA
6/17/2004 St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church Toronto CA