"An eccentric treasure for those who like this sort of thing"

So I went to London for meetings...

...culture...

...cuisine...

The best hake and cauliflower gratin in Soho... 

The best pollo alla milanese in Soho

...and to get my portrait painted with Harry Pye (read Harry's blog here)...

Here is a new video by Gordon Beswick for "We Love Mike Love"...



And here's what The Arts Desk has to say about "Bonjour" - our new album, released July 7th via Republic of Music distribution:

Francis Macdonald & Harry Pye Bonjour (Shoeshine/Republic of Music): 

"...a funny record, in both senses; old-fashioned, poignant, likeable and offbeat. Macdonald is a dab hand with sweet melodic easy-listening indie numbers such as “Isle of Capri”, “Paul In Vauxhall” and the Beach Boys parody “Mike Love Fan Club”, while Pye contributes spoken word anecdotes that are perfectly written, clumsily delivered and gripping, especially “I Made Him Smile”, his account of the two times he met Lucian Freud. An eccentric treasure for those who like this sort of thing."

You can order it here...